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Thus it was that by preaching against the
trade in slaves popularity - and in the seat of power
at any rate popularity is power, was and is, to
be gained. But neither these nor as yet any where
else by the preaching against that dominion but
for which men would neither be bought nor held in slavery
by any British hand is any popularity to be gained;
accordingly no such preaching neither from that nor any
other quarter has any such preaching down to this day been
ever heard.

Now should it be from what quarter should it come?
From men of power in possession? To the Rulers it would
be self-impoverishment; to the system of misrule, suicide
From the men of power in expectancy st the effects
still the same in specie, with no other difference
than that between the present and the contingent
future: and toin such eye contingency ever clothes
itself in the Garb of certainty and the future is of
that sort which by Gramarians is called the pau-
lo post future.

By Pitt the first, by the amusement of George
the Second was not america conquered in Germany
Here then as the long'd for and promised fruit of a
needless and useless war we had an aquisition worse
than useless. By Lord Grenville, by Chas Fox was not
Hanover viewed in Hampshire? With how much greater
facility might not any part in the whole of that new continent have been
received in that same or any other english county especially
if there be any other such county that has the good fortune
to begin with the same
two letters-



Identifier: | JB/008/008/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.

Date_1

1818-07-25

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

008

Main Headings

emancipation spanish

Folio number

008

Info in main headings field

emancipate preface

Image

001

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

c3

Penner

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Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

3112

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