rica to find a locality suitable
for a select emigration of colored people; if possible, a large
cotton-growing region, and with a situation accessible by
civilization. All this he had found, with, in addition, a
well-disposed and industrious people. The facts which Dr. Delany
grouped together as to the climate and soil; as to productions and
trade; as to the readiness of the people to take hold of these
higher ideas; and as to the anxiety of the people to have him and
his party return, were new and thrilling. An interesting
conversation ensued on the points brought forward, and the
following minute, moved by Mr. Wilson Armistead, and seconded by
the Rev. Dr. Brewer, was unanimously passed:--

That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Dr. Delany and Wm.
Howard Day, Esq., for the valuable information received from them,
with an ardent desire that their plans for the elevation of their
race may be crowned with success, and it is the opinion of this
meeting that they be made materially to hasten the extinction of
the slave-trade and slavery.

Character of Commercial Relations

The commercial relations entered into in Scotland are with the first
business men in the United Kingdom, among whom are Henry Dunlop, Esq.,
Ex-Lord Provost of Glasgow, one of the largest proprietors in Scotland;
Andrew Stevenson, Esq., one of the greatest cotton dealers; and Messrs.
Crum, Graham & Co., 111 Virginia Place, Glasgow, one of the heaviest
firms in that part of the old world, which is the house with which I
have negotiated for an immediate, active and practical prosecution of
our enterprise, and whose agency in Europe for any or all of our
produce, may be fully relied on. I speak from personal acquaintance
with these extensively-known, high-standing gentlemen.

Reliable Arrangements

One of the most important parts of such an adventure as this, is to have
reliable Foreign Agencies, and these have been fully secured; as whilst
these gentlemen, as should all business men, deal with us only on
business terms, yet they have entered into the matter as much as
Christians and philanthropists, to see truth and right prevail whereby
humanity may be elevated, as for anything else; because they are already
wealthy, and had they been seeking after wealth, they certainly could
and would have sought some more certainly immediate means.

I left Scotland D