es: and to express, as you have already done
through the mouths of the eloquent speakers who have preceded
me, sentiments of peace and of good-will toward the American
Republic. Sure I am that these sentiments will be heartily
reciprocated by my countrymen. (Cheers.)

I must here disclaim, with all sincerity of soul, any special
praise for anything that I have done. I have simply tried to
maintain the integrity of my soul before God, and to do my duty.
(Cheers.) I have refused to go with the multitude to do evil. I
have endeavored to save my country from ruin. I have sought to
liberate such as were held captive in the house of bondage. But
all this I ought to have done.

And now, rejoicing here with you at the marvellous change which
has taken place across the Atlantic, I am unable to express the
satisfaction I feel in believing that, henceforth, my country
will be a mighty power for good in the world. While she held a
seventh portion of her vast population in a state of chattelism,
it was in vain that she boasted of her democratic principles and
her free institutions; ostentatiously holding her Declaration of
Independence in one hand, and brutally wielding her
slave-driving lash in the other. Marvellous inconsistency and
unparalleled assurance. But now, God be praised, she is free,
free to advance the cause of liberty throughout the world. (Loud
cheers.)

Sir, this is not the first time I have been in England. I have
been here three times before on anti-slavery missions; and
wherever I traveled, I was always exultantly told, "Slaves
cannot breathe in England!" Now, at last, I am at liberty to
say, and I came over with the purpose to say it, "Slaves cannot
breathe in America!" (Cheers.) And so England and America stand
side by side in the cause of negro emancipation; and side by
side may they stand in all that is just and noble and good,
leading the way gloriously in the world's redemption. (Loud
cheers.)

I came to this country for the first time in 1833, to undeceive
Wilberforce, Clarkson, and other eminent philanthropists, in
regard to the real character, tendency, and object of the
American Colonization Society. I am happy to say that I quickly
succeeded in doing so. Before leaving, I had the pleasure of
receiving a protest against that Society as an obstru