[18] Amongst these, and at the head of them stands _Mr. Hosmer_, Editor of the Northern C. Advocate, author of "_Slavery_ and the _Church_," and a number of other excellent books. [19] See Methodist Discipline. [20] Annual Report of American and Foreign Anti-slavery Society. [21] Distinguished from the Moravians, or old United Brethren by the additional phrase--"_in Christ_." [22] Methodist Quarterly. [23] Hon. Charles Sumner's speech on the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill, delivered in the Senate, August 1852, is one of the finest specimens of eloquence in the English language. Its arguments too, are unanswerable. [24] The following estimate of their numbers and localities is taken from one of the able reports of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society, carefully drawn up by its former Secretary, John Scoble, Esq.: United States, 3,650,000 Brazil, 4,050,000 Spanish Colonies, 1,470,000 S. Amer. Republics, 1,130,000 British Colonies, 750,000 Hayti, 850,000 French Colonies, 270,000 Dutch Colonies, 50,000 Danish Colonies, 45,000 Mexico, 70,000 Canada, 35,000 ---------- Total, 12,370,000 _Rep. Am. and For. Anti. Slav. Society._ Transcriber's Note: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible. Some minor corrections of spelling and puctuation have been made. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. OE ligatures have been expanded. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Slavery Question, by John Lawrence