The noble exordium of another able advocate of the same righteous cause, must not however be omitted in this place: The House of Commons being now apprized of the nature of this trade, having received evidence, having had the facts undeniably established, knowing, in short, _what the Slave-Trade was_, he declared, that if they did not, by the vote of that night, mark to all mankind their abhorrence of a practice so enormous, so savage, so repugnant to all laws, human and divine, it would be more scandalous, and more defaming, in the eyes of the country, and of the world, than any vote which any House of Commons had ever given. He desired them seriously to reflect, before they gave their votes, what they were about to do that evening. If they voted that the Slave Trade should not be abolished, they would, by their vote that night, give a _Parliamentary sanction_ to RAPINE, ROBBERY and MURDER; for a system of rapine, robbery, and murder, the Slave Trade had now _most clearly_ been proved to be[11]. It remains now to recommend, as earnestly and as strongly as possible, to the inhabitants of this Land of Freedom individually, a particular and serious attention to THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY, ON EVERY CONSIDERATION OF MORALITY AND JUSTICE, OF PUTTING AN END TO A PRACTICE SO PREGNANT WITH CIRCUMSTANCES OF TERROR AND ALARM TO THIS COUNTRY. Much has been lately done, by the united friends of equitable freedom, in circulating throughout the kingdom important information on this interesting subject: but much remains yet to be done. The minds of many have been informed, and their indignation justly kindled by the history of a commerce “_written throughout in characters of blood_[12].” But the understandings it is to be fear’d, of a great majority of the people of England, are still unenlightened. Should the foregoing Short Sketch of the Evidence, awaken the feelings, or quicken the attention, of any, in favour of their greatly injured fellow-creatures, the oppressed Africans, it is much to be wished, that they will not hastily dismiss the subject from their recollection, or suffer its painful impressions to be made in vain: but seek a further acquaintance with the evidence, which the more they examine, the stronger will be their inducements to exert every power and faculty they possess, for the purpose of procuring the Abolition of the Slave-Trade. Let no one say, “my situation of privacy and obscurity, precludes all possibility of serving the cause”--for the greatest numbers consist of units, and the most mighty exertions of states and empires are but aggregates of individual ability. Next to Members of Parliament, all who have any just influence in the election of them, are particularly concerned to consider, how far the attainment of the great end we have in view may depend upon their conduct. We may certainly conclude, that whoever is not a friend to the liberty of the meanest subject, is