the purchase of the liberty of other slaves, who formerly belonged to Colonel Fitzhugh.  It is nearly seven years since Gerrit Smith and his family adopted the practice of total abstinence from all slave produce, thus additionally manifesting the sincerity of those convictions which have induced him to contribute so largely of his wealth both to the anti-slavery funds, and for the liberation of all slaves with which his family property had the most remote connection.

[Footnote A:  See Appendix I.]

Here, I had some expectation of again meeting my friend, James G. Birney, who was gone on a journey to Ohio, and is well known to English abolitionists, by his able assistance at the great Anti-Slavery Convention, as one of its vice-presidents, and by his subsequent labors, which are thus acknowledged, on his return to America, by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society:—­

“That this committee 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.