Whatever could be done to relieve them in their hard situation, till parliament could take up the whole of their case, ought to be done by men living in a civilized country, and professing the Christian religion: he therefore begged leave to second the motion which had been made.
General Norton was sorry that he had not risen up sooner.

He wished to have seconded this humane motion himself.

It had his most cordial approbation.
Mr.Burgess complimented the worthy baronet on the honour he had done himself on this occasion, and congratulated the house on the good, which they were likely to do by acceding, as he was sure they would, to his proposition.
Mr.Joliffe rose, and said that the motion in question should have his strenuous support.
Mr.Gascoyne stated, that having understood from the honourable baronet that he meant only to remedy the evils, which were stated to exist in transporting the inhabitants of Africa to the West Indies, he had told them that he would not object to the introduction of such a bill.

Should it however interfere with the general question, the discussion of which had been prohibited, he would then oppose it.

He must also reserve another case for his opposition; and this would be, if the evils of which it took cognizance should appear not to have been well founded.