in St. Domingo.  With respect to the abolition of the Slave-trade, it might be yet carried; but not unless England would concur in the measure.  On this topic he enlarged with much feeling.  He hoped the day was near at hand, when two great nations, which had been hitherto distinguished only for their hostility, one toward the other, would unite in so sublime a measure; and that they would follow up their union by another, still more lovely, for the preservation of eternal and universal peace.  Thus their future rivalships might have the extraordinary merit of being rivalships in good.  Thus the revolution of France, through the mighty aid of England, might become the source of civilization, of freedom, and of happiness to the whole world.  No other nations were sufficiently enlightened for such an union, but all other nations might be benefited by it.

The last person whom I saw, was Brissot.  He accompanied me to my carriage.  With him therefore I shall end my French account; and I shall end it in no way so satisfactory to myself, as in a very concise vindication of his character, from actual knowledge, against the attacks of those who have endeavoured to disparage it; but who never knew him.  Justice and truth, I am convinced, demand some little declaration on this subject at my hands.  Brissot then was a man of plain and modest appearance.  His habits, contrary to those of his countrymen in general, were domestic.  In his own family he set an amiable example, both as a husband and as a father.  On all occasions he was a faithful friend.  He was particularly watchful over his private conduct.  From the simplicity of his appearance, and the severity of his morals, he was called The Quaker; at least in all the circles which I frequented.  He was a man of deep feeling.  He was charitable to the poor as far as a slender income permitted him.  But his benevolence went beyond the usual bounds.  He was no patriot in the ordinary acceptation of the word; for he took the habitable globe as his country, and wished to consider every foreigner as his brother.

I left France, as it maybe easily imagined, much disappointed, that my labours, which had been of nearly six months continuance, should have had no better success; nor did I see, in looking forward, any circumstances that were consoling with respect to the issue of them there; for it was impossible that Mr. Pitt, even if he had been inclined to write to Mirabeau, circumstanced as matters then were with respect to the hearing of evidence, could have given him a promise, at least of a speedy abolition; and, unless his answer had been immediate, it would have arrived, seeing that the French planters were daily profiting by their intrigues, too late to be effectual.