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expressing his admiration of the noble river at the back of 
their town, from exploring which he had just returned. 
He was astonished that those who professed to be friends 
of Mosquito had not long ago made known the vast resources 
which the river Blewfields afforded for immigration, it was 
universally admitted that population was all that was re¬ 
quired to make Mosquito prosperous and happy, why then 
had not the offer been made to the Government of the 
United States to receive with open arms those of the 
coloured people of the South who chose to come and settle ? 
By so doing, they would have made friends on all sides; the 
Government of the United States would be delighted to see 
a fruitful source of discord removed from their midst if one 
might judge from a speech of the late Mr. Abraham Lincoln 
at Washington, on the 14th August, 1862, in reference to 
the emigration of the coloured race; and the families them¬ 
selves coming to settle in Mosquito would find themselves 
amongst a people speaking the same language, professing 
the same religion, and enjoying the advantage of schools for 
children, just as in the country they had left, and in which 
they would participate without let or hindrance of any sort. 
He was sure that a hearty welcome would be extended to 
them, and he hoped that when the Executive Council next 
met this subject would meet with the attention it deserved. 
The Chairman then read the second resolution as follows:—■ 
“Resolved .—That this meeting request Captain Bedford 
Pirn, R.N., to protect and defend the interests of the in¬ 
habitants of the Mosquito Reservation in such manner as 
shall seem to him best, and those members of Council now 
present, pledge themselves to send him a regular authority 
from the Executive Council so to act as soon as said Council 
meet in session.” 
—which was put and carried unanimously, every hand being 
held up for it. 
The third resolution was then read by Captain Pirn and its 
meaning explained. The Chairman said that, respecting the 
ceding of land to the emigrants, he was not certain that this 
