It so happened that the great mass of the people in England who attended and patronized my anti-slavery meetings, were, in truth, about as good republicans as the mass of Americans, and with this decided advantage over the latter--they are lovers of republicanism for all men, for black men as well as for white men.

They are the people who sympathize with Louis Kossuth and Mazzini, and with the oppressed and enslaved, of every color and nation, the world over.

They constitute the democratic element in British politics, and are as much opposed to the union of church and state as we, in America, are to such an union.
At the meeting where this speech was delivered, Joseph Sturge--a world-wide philanthropist,{293} and a member of the society of Friends--presided, and addressed the meeting.

George William Alexander, another Friend, who has spent more than an Ameriacn( sic) fortune in promoting the anti-slavery cause in different sections of the world, was on the platform; and also Dr.Campbell (now of the _British Banner_) who combines all the humane tenderness of Melanchthon, with the directness and boldness of Luther.

He is in the very front ranks of non-conformists, and looks with no unfriendly eye upon America.