Excerpt from Political Orations /i do not think, my Lords, that ever but once before in the whole course of my public life I have risen to address either House Of Parliament with the anxiety under which I labour at this moment. The occasion to which alone I can liken the present was when I stood up in the Commons to expose the treatment of that persecuted missionary, whose case gave birth to the memorable debate upon the condition of our negro brethren in the Colonies - a debate happily so fruitful of results to the whole of this great Cause. But there is this difference between the two Occasions to sustain my spirits now, that, whereas at the former period the horizon was all wrapt in gloom, through which not a ray of light pierced to cheer us, we have now emerged into a comparatively bright atmosphere, and are pursuing our journey full of hope. For this we have mainly to thank that important discussion, and those eminent A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.