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may become their purchasers, and they hesitate, unless grossly ill-treated, to leave those surroundings to which they have been accustomed, in order to trust themselves to the
protection of
4.
an alien race.
If the Ordinance which has been lately enacted effects any real good, such will be a matter for congratulation, but I doubt it.
I venture to think that the time is yet far distant when what may be our ideas of civilization or morality will be accepted as such by those whose training, education, and even laws, may have imbued them with notions of a totally different description.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,
J. Fleming