64 MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
trade; he will send them good gold like what he wears himself, 
(shewing his armlets,) not bad gold like he knows the Fantees 
make, his people don't know how to do that, the Fantees do it in 
their own houses before they give it to white men. If at any time 
the English in the forts are in want of any thing to eat, and send 
to him, he will send them every thing. To morrow is Sunday, 
but the next day is Monday, then he will give you a proper 
messenger/' 
We cannot do justice to the King's sentiments either in detail 
or in expression ; they were incredibly liberal, and would have 
ennobled the most civilized monarch ; they seemed to break the 
spell which has shut the Interior. He begged us to drink with him, 
and Mr. James agreed in the toast of " May the Ashantees and 
English always be one it pleased him, and he begged us to touch 
his glass with ours. He then turned suddenly to the Fantee 
messengers (who were trembling in the rear) and said, " you made 
me very angry with you, and I am very angry with you, but never 
mind, come and drink some of my liquor." 
Our critical situation demands the delivery of our sentiments on 
the subject of these notes ; we do so with diffidence and respect. 
The services of the BrafFoes, who hold the one, are merely 
nominal, their enmity nugatory from their political situation; the 
issuing of a fresh note to Amooney will be but a small addition to 
the expenditure, and even the expense of renewing them both 
cannot be weighed with the prevention of another Fantee war, of 
the destruction of a whole people, and the ruin of our Settlements 
in their defence, with the defeat of the intrigue and devices of our 
rival, and the acquisition of the confidence of a powerful and 
liberal monarch, whose influence may perfect the views of the 
British Government on the Interior. We hail the circumstances as 
auspicious, even in the present serious moment. 
