ABSTRACT
They then proceed to the subject of St. Domingo. They call General Maitland's treaty, " a very weak measure, and founded
on the most mistaken p o l i c y — say that their safety in a great measure depends on the civil war's continuing in St. Domingo, and that it is impossible to withhold from their slaves the knowledge of an authorized intercourse between the government and " rebellious slaves of the very worst description." " What impression then (they say) may it not be apprehended will be made on the minds of our slaves, from the example held out by this intercourse? Viewing the measure in all points, the committee are decidedly of opinion, that no possible advantage can be derived to Jamaica by its continuance, but on the contrary, that it is fraught with the most imminent danger to our very existence."
