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MONT^HrvY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC:/aF FAI RS; OR, The Christian's Survey of the Political World* ^¦M^HHM^H^M
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ciple—bat that , on the contrary , the consequence willbe its revival ; inn a ; large scale , and to an indeiinte extent-^ That it appears to ydur petitioners , that this revival is attended viich circumstances of peculiar aggravations great aiid populous colonies ; in which , during the la-1 seven years , the import i ^ on of slaves has bee n strict , v
prohibited , and has even been made highly penal , having been freely ceded to France , not only without any stipulation for th . continuance of that prohibition , but with the declared purpose , oh tjie ' part of that country , of commencing a new Slave Trade for their supply ; 1
and thus a system of robbery and rounder , which Had for many years been pra * tically extinct , is now to" * be revived at the very moment when France has been njanifestly and signally favoured by Divine Prpvidence , aad the restoration to that country of the blessings
and etKoyments of peace is to be the signal for bringing all the evils and miseries of a continued warfare on the unoffending inhabitants" of the African Continent . * - * That the revival of the French Slave "Trade , and the unconditional restoration to France of her African forts * arid
factortes , hav « excited the peculiar regret of your petitioners , by disappointing the hopes they had be * m led to indulge of the improvement and civilizatiQ ^ . of , that large , district in wjiich tho § e , possess ions are sifted , ancl in wjxich , the Slave Trao ! e haying been nearly supprcssed , the' cdnsecj [ Utnt introduction of cultivation and a legitimate ; commerce had , begun . to make sqhie coracompensarion ib Africa for the miseries formeriy inflicted . ; 44 That it appears to your petitioners ,
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A day of general thanksgiving has tijiken place since our last report ; oil' which the representative of the sovereign , the pe ^ rs of the rejalni , an $ the reptresentatiy / es of U n people went in ; solemn procesr fiiQa to the great church in the metropolis , to offer thanks to the Al- > mighty for the cessation of those
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that the fair and legitimate commerce with Africa ^ wh ich iince t h ^ - aboliti on of the slave trade by Great Britain hax $ Kuit ^ rially increased , and was rapidly enlarging itself to an extent which promised'important advaritageiv to both counciies , is e > p © s < i to immediate injury , and to eventual destruction , by the reviv al of that inhu man traffic
which for so many ages retained that ill-fated coast in a state of barbarism and-desolation . * ' That your petitioners cannot but laijient that i be recognitidn ' iri tiiME treaty of the radical in ustice oY the A frit an
slave trade ^ should followed by a provision for . its revival ; and though that- provision is accompanied hy the declaration of an intention to abolish the trade in slaves after five years , yet they cannot coticeal from themselves that various aad « itensive interests will be created , whih at the end of the specified term will ^ rese ^ t : new . and alarming obstacles to * the fulfilment of the declared intention .
c < Your petitioners theref 6 t 5 j& , deeply impressed with the necessity ' of immediately adopting such 1 trie ^ siires , in , parliament as may be best £ a > lculated to-pTeVentall the before-mentioned evils , as ^ wefl as the evasion or irifraction of th ^ kbotition law s of Gteat Britain by tbe clandestine impoitatforp of slaves from the Ftench colonies into ^ out own ,
or < by the . employment 6 f 'British capital i n thi 9 n e far id us" tr affi c , fc u m f v ly pray your [ Lprkships ] to take tr ^ e , premises into your serious cbnsidejration / and to adopt such measures thereupon as to your [ Lordships' ] wi « do ^ n rriay seem meet , • " Arid your petitioners will ever pray , &c . &c . &c . "
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calamities , which a dreadfulwar had brought upon all the inhabitants of Eiirope . What a crowjl of refl ^ ctiQUM pre ^ upon , the Christian mi ad op su ^ Ji an event , a » 4 w > th yypyt } 9 y wo ^ 4 it bereceived * if the whole worMt wer ^ dwl y * s ^ A ' si We , of < ttye atrocity . pf war , « uid the blessings of that kingdom of peace ,
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444 State of Public Affairs *
Mont^Hrvy Retrospect Of Public:/Af Fai Rs; Or, The Christian's Survey Of The Political World* ^¦M^Hhm^H^M
MONT ^ HrvY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC : / aF FAI RS ; OR , The Christian ' s Survey of the Political World * ^¦ M ^ HHM ^ H ^ M
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 444, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/60/
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