A - Hutidied Yea . rs Ago r" THE SiEoTZTOR;"' Jinia 15is,
*1833.
If a measure were complete without details—if the mere passing of resolutions, arst.tlie sanction Of a .Principle, were sufficient to set great, question's at rest7---then, -indeed,- the members of the British House of Carainoris might fairly be"allowed to congratulate themselves on their laboArs -of the-past week, the importance of which it -would be difficult -to exaggerate. On Monday and Tuead,sf,':' the remainder 'of ;Mr... Sianley'S resolutions for the ex• tinction of dolonial Slavery were adopted by large majorities. Although many :448407ov-0d:of.: the mode in cirliich this greet work is to be aceoraplished,it is gratifying to-find that not a single voice was liftedlop.a‘=oViedlyiin-defenee of -.the system which is now staggering under 'a•. deathblavi... The vietoiy,- , which the better feelings of 'our countrymen' haVe gained, is one which the philanthropist may ;well rejoice, to contemplate. , How great change has been-wrought,' n the lands sinee the, slaVe-tiade. with all its -horrors, was strenuously defended, by men still 1 iviug. and in the high 'places Tof power I The_'Only Inestion now is in what way the purse and stigma which that trade, entailed upon us, can be - most speedily and completely removed. Ap severe wounds never heal without leaving a 'scar, so, national crime: of long continuance Lind deep dye can only be expiated at a heavy cost.. This perialty the people of Engluncl_gre,abolit to pay. The loan of fift,sen'Inillioxis,sfOr which we were to receive good security and interest at 4--per cent., is converted into a grant of twenty mill ioni .WithoUt any-interest' at -all: • -
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