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I am bound however, in candour, to declare that I have not hitherto seen any plan proposed which could safely be adopted as a substitute for the right of search: and when M. Guizot recollects how earnestly the people of this country have desired the abolition of the slave trade, and the enormous sacrifices which they have made, and are dayly making, to secure the attainment of this object, he will not be surprised if we hesitate to abrogate treaties the stipulations of which have been found efficient, until we are satisfied that the measures about to be proposed will be attended with equal success.
Hitherto, less fortunate in France than in Germany, I have only been known to French readers not thoroughly acquainted with the English language, through occasional, fragmentary and unauthorized translations over which I have had no control, and from which I have derived no advantage. The present translation of my writings was proposed to me by Messrs. L. Hachette and Co. and Ch.
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