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tlie cultivation of the soil, you will not fail, on all proper occa- 
sions, so far as you may deem it expedient and compatible with 
the main objects of your mission, to draw his attention to the 
superior advantages of Free over Slai^e Labour ; to impress upon 
him the impolicy, as well as the injustice of slavery, and to 
acquaint him with the abhorrence in which it is held by her 
Majesty and the people of England. You may remind him of 
the large tracts of waste land in his possession ; state how un- 
profitable they are to him at present, and inform him, that if he 
could procure such land to be cultivated by his subjects on a 
system of free labour, he would be justly entitled to receive a 
considerable share of the increased profits ; far more than enough 
to counterbalance all the profits which could possibly arise from 
the continuance of the Slave Trade. You may further remind 
him, that every man naturally w'orks harder for himself than for 
another, and is more economical and more careful of his own 
property ; consequently, that the produce of the country would 
be much greater by free labour than by any other system, and 
that he would derive a double advantage ; first, from his share of 
the produce as a landlord, and afterwards from the duties he 
would get as Chief on the sale of the remainder. You may 
further intimate to him, that a compliance with the wish of her 
Majesty's Government and her people in this respect, would 
certainly increase her Majesty's interest in his welfare, and enable 
her Majesty and her people to render much greater assistance and 
encouragement in improving the condition of himself and his peo- 
ple, than could be afforded them during the continuance of a system 
of Slave labour. But you must always bear in mind that the 
main object of your Commission is the extinction of the Foreign 
Slave Trade, and all other points must for the present be con- 
sidered subordinate. 
15. You will, at the proper time, exhibit the presents with 
which you are furnished from Her Majesty, as proofs of the 
desire of friendship which the Queen entertains towards the 
Chief, and as samples of the articles, with which among others, 
this country will be glad to supply himself and his subjects in as 
great a quantity, as they shall want and wish, on fair and 
reasonable terms of barter. 
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