as well as the hearts of the women of this country. [Hear, hear!] Such was the mighty influence brought to bear upon every thing that threatened slavery, that had it not been for the decided expression on this side of the Atlantic in reference to the work which has exerted, under God, so much influence, there is every reason to fear that it would have been crushed and put under foot, as many other efforts for the overthrow of slavery have been in the United States.  But it is impossible; the unanimous voice of Christendom prohibits it; and it shows that God has a work to accomplish, and that he has just commenced it.  There are social evils in England.  Undoubtedly there are; but the difference between the social evils in England and this great evil of slavery in the United States is just here:  In England, the power of the government and the power of Christian sympathy are exerted for the removal of those evils.  Look at the committees of inquiry in Parliament, look at the amount of information collected with regard to the suffering poor in their reports, and see how ready the government of Great Britain is to enter into those inquiries, and to remove those evils.  Look at the benevolent institutions of the United Kingdom, and see how active all these are in administering relief; and then see the condition of slavery in the United States, where the whole power of the government is used in the contrary direction, where every influence is brought to bear to prevent any mitigation of the evil, and where every voice that is lifted to plead for a mitigation is drowned in vituperation and abuse from those who are determined that the evil shall not be mitigated.  This is the difference:  England repents and reforms.  America refuses to repent and reform.  It is said, ’Let each country take care of itself, and let the ladies of England attend to their own business.’  Now I have always found that those who labor at home are those who labor abroad; [Hear, hear!] and those who say, ‘Let us do the work at home,’ are those who do no work of good either at home or abroad. [Hear, hear!] It was just so when the great missionary effort came up in the United States.  They said, ’We have a great territory here.  Let us send missionaries to our own territories.  Why should we send missionaries across the ocean?’ But those who sent missionaries across the ocean were those who sent missionaries in the United States; and those who did not send missionaries across the ocean were those who sent missionaries nowhere. [Hear, hear!] They who say, ‘Charity begins at home,’ are generally those who have no charity; and when I see a lady whose name is signed to this address, I am sure to find a lady who is exercising her benevolence at home.  Let me thank you for all the interest you have manifested and for all the kindness which we have received at your hands, which we shall ever remember, both with gratitude to you and to God our Father.”