He had written to his constituents to be made acquainted with this circumstance, and he must be guided by them on the subject.
Mr.Martin was surprised how any person could give an opposition to such a bill.

Whatever were the merits of the great question, all would allow, that if human beings were to be transported across the ocean, they should be carried over with as little suffering as possible to themselves.
Mr.Hamilton deprecated the subdivision of this great and important question, which the house had reserved for another session.

Every endeavour to meddle with one part of it, before the whole of it could be taken into consideration, looked rather as if it came from an enemy than from a friend.

He was fearful that such a bill as this would sanction a traffic, which should never be viewed but in a hostile light, or as repugnant to the feelings of our nature, and to the voice of our religion.
Lord Frederic Campbell was convinced that the postponing of all consideration of the subject till the next session was a wise measure.
He was sure that neither the house nor the public were in a temper sufficiently cool to discuss it properly.

There was a general warmth of feeling, or an enthusiasm about it, which ran away with the understandings of men, and disqualified them from judging soberly concerning it.