And as these considerations
comforted us, when we looked forward to future operations on this great
question, so we found great consolation as to the past, in believing, that,
unless human constitutions were stronger then they really were, we could
not have done more than we had done towards the furtherance of the cause.
[Footnote A: It is a pity that no perfect list was ever made of this or of
any other division in the House of Commons on this subject. I can give,
however, the names of the following members, as having voted for Mr.
Wilberforce's motion at this time.
Mr. Pitt, Hon. R. Fitzpatrick,
Mr. Fox, Sir William Dolben,
Mr. Burke, Sir Henry Houghton,
Mr. Grey, Sir Edward Lyttleton,
Mr. Windham, Sir William Scott,
Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Samuel Thornton,
Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Henry Thornton,
Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Robert Thornton,
Mr. Francis, Mr. Duncombe,
Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Martin,
Mr. Ryder, Mr. Milnes,
Mr. William Smith, Mr. Steele,
Mr. John Smyth, Mr. Coke,
Mr. Robert Smith, Mr. Elliott,
Mr. Powys, Mr.
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