are deeply sensible of the services
rendered to the anti-slavery cause by their esteemed friend and
coadjutor, James Gillespie Birney, Esq., whilst in this country,
in a course of laborious efforts, in which his accurate and
extensive information, his wise and judicious counsels, and his
power of calm and convincing statement, have become eminently
conspicuous.

"The committee also take the present occasion to record their
sense of his zealous and disinterested labors in defence of the
rights of outraged humanity in his own country, during a period
of great excitement and opposition: and of the proof he has
given of his sincerity, in having twice manumitted the slaves
that had come into his possession; a noble example, which they
trust others will not be slow to follow."

Whilst J.G. Birney was in this country, in addition to his arduous
labors, in addressing large assemblies in many of the cities of the
United Kingdom, he prepared and published his excellent work, "The
American Churches the Bulwark of American Slavery," which is eminently
deserving of the attentive perusal of all Christian readers. The
estimation in which James G. Birney is held by American abolitionists,
is marked by his having been twice unanimously selected by the "Liberty
Party," as a candidate for the Presidential chair.

I found G. Smith as much interested in the subject of temperance, as in
that of slavery. No person in the whole of the township in which he
lives is licensed to sell drams. For an innkeeper to sell a glass of
spirits, or even of strong beer, is illegal, and exposes him to a heavy
fine.

The next morning I left early for Utica, where I had the pleasure of
again meeting the friends I had parted from at Buffalo, with whom I paid
a visit to the Oneida Institute, about two miles from Utica. This
college was the first in the United States to throw open its doors to
students, irrespective of color. It was also one of the earliest
institutions to combine manual labor with instruction. The principle is
adopted partly from a motive of economy, but principally because
intellectual vigor is believed to depend on bodily health, and that
these can be best secured and preserved by exercise and labor,
especially out of door and agricultural employments. The labor of the
students defrays a considerable part of the expense of their support,
but as the severe pressure of the times has limit