s, much had been done--much was still doing--and in proof
of this as regarded this particular denomination--in addition to what
he had all along declared, with reference to the great emancipation
party, in all of those states, he asked attention to the several
documents he was about to lay before them. The first was a series of
resolutions appended to a lucid and extended report, drawn up by a
large committee of Ministers and Elders of the synod of Kentucky--in
obedience to its orders after the subject had been several years
before that body. That Synod embraces the whole state of _Kentucky_,
which is one of the largest slave states in the Union. The resolutions
are quoted from the New York Observer, of April 23, 1836.

1. We would recommend that all slaves now under 20 years of
age, and all those yet to be born in our possession be
emancipated, as they severally reach their 25th year.

2. We recommend that deeds of emancipation be now drawn up,
and recorded in our respective County Courts, specifying the
slaves we are about to emancipate, and the age at which each
is to become free.

This measure is highly necessary, as it will furnish to our
own minds, to the world, and to our slaves, satisfactory
proof of our sincerity in this work; and it will also secure
the liberty of the slaves against contingencies.

3. We recommend that our slaves be instructed in the common
elementary branches of education.

4. We recommend that strenuous and persevering efforts be
made, to induce them to attend regularly upon the ordinary
services of religion, both domestic and public.

5. We recommend that great pains be token to teach them the
Holy Scriptures; and that to effect this, the instrumentality
of Sabbath Schools, wherever they can be enjoyed, be united
with that of domestic instruction.

The plan revealed in these resolution, was the one of all others,
which most commended itself to his (Mr. B.'s) judgment. And he most
particularly asked their attention to it, on an account somewhat
personal. He had several times been publicly referred to in this
country, as having shown the sincerity of his principles in the
manumission of his own slaves. He was most anxious that no error
should exist on this subject, which he had not at any time, had any
part in bringing before the public, and which, as often only as he was
forced to do so, had he explained