Dr.Davis returned me an answer, and received me.

The questions which he put to me were judicious.

He asked me, first, whether, if the slaves were emancipated, there would not be much confusion in the islands?
I told him that the emancipation of them was no part of our plan.

We solicited nothing but the stopping of all future importations of them into the islands.

He then asked what the planters would do for labourers.