bell were commissioned to go
out and explore a considerable portion of Western Africa, near to
the mouths of the Niger, and not far from the equator. A report of
this expedition is in progress by Dr. Delany, who is himself so
fully convinced of the advantages which the rich resources of that
part of Africa offer, that he has concluded to remove his family
there immediately. A meeting of the Leeds Anti-Slavery Committee
was held on Wednesday night, Wm. Scholefield, Esq., in the chair,
when valuable information was communicated by Dr. Delany and
William Howard Day, Esq., M.A., from Canada, who is connected with
this movement. The following summary of their remarks will be
found of deep interest:--

Wm. Howard Day, M.A., having been called upon, pointed out the
necessity for an active anti-slavery organization in this country,
as was so well expressed by the Chairman, to keep the heart of the
English people warm upon the subject of human bondage.... By the
production of cotton slavery began to be a power. So that as the
cotton interest increased the testimony of the Church decreased.
Cotton now is three-fifths of the production of the South. So that
the Hon. Amasa Walker, formerly Republican Secretary of State for
the State of Massachusetts, at the meeting held in London, August
1, 1859, and presided over by Lord Brougham, really expressed the
whole truth when he said--"While cotton is fourteen cents per pound
slavery will never end." Now we propose to break the back of this
monopoly in America by raising in Africa--in the African's own
home--as well as in the West Indies, cotton of the same quality as
the American, and at a cheaper rate. It had been demonstrated by
Mr. Clegg, of Manchester, that cotton of superior quality could be
laid down at Liverpool cheaper from Africa than America. We have
sent my friend, Dr. Delany, to see what Africa is, and he will tell
you the results--so very favorable--of his exploration. Then we
feel that we have in Canada the colored men to pioneer the way--men
reared among the cotton of the United States, and who have found an
asylum among us. The bone and sinew is in Africa--we wish to give
it direction. We wish thereby to save to England millions of pounds
by the difference in price between the two cottons; we wish to