erful anti-slavery advocate.

I proceeded in the evening to Albany, and thence to New York the next
morning; where I remained from the 17th to the 26th instant, and, during
this time, I put in circulation the following address:--

"_To the Members of the Religious Society of Friends in the
United States of America_.

"Dear Friends,--Having for many years believed it my duty to
devote a considerable portion of my time and attention to the
promotion of the abolition of slavery and the slave-trade, I
have acted in cordial co-operation with the British and Foreign
Anti-Slavery Society since its formation. The principles of that
Society may be briefly explained by the following extract from
its constitution: 'That so long as slavery exists, there is no
reasonable prospect of the annihilation of the slave-trade, and
of extinguishing the sale and barter of human beings: that the
extinction of slavery and the slave-trade will be attained most
effectually by the employment of those means which are of a
moral, religious, and pacific character: and that no measures be
resorted to by this society in the prosecution of their objects,
but such as are in entire accordance with these principles.'

"My visit to this country had reference, in a great measure, to
the objects for which this society was established; but,
although I left my native land with the general approbation and
full unity of my friends, they concurred with me in opinion,
that any _official_ document, beyond a certificate from 'my
monthly meeting,' expressive of sympathy with my engagement,
might rather obstruct than promote the end I had in view. I was
desirous of a personal interchange of sentiment with many of the
abolitionists in this land, upon matters having an important
bearing upon our future exertions. The warm attachment which I
have ever felt to the religious society with which I am
connected, and the ready co-operation of its members with their
Christian neighbors in promoting this cause in Great Britain,
inclined me to embrace every suitable opportunity to communicate
with Friends in this country. And I have been encouraged, not
only by the great personal kindness I have received from them
generally, but also by the lively interest expressed by most, on
the subject of emancipation, wherever I have introduced it.