and 1853 by
Giddings: _House Journal_, 32 Cong. 1 sess. p. 42; 33 Cong. 1
sess. p. 147. Cf. _House Journal_, 38 Cong. 1 sess. p. 46.

[68] By Mr. Wilson, March 20, 1860: _Senate Journal_, 36 Cong.
1 sess. p. 274.

[69] Four or five such attempts were made: Dec. 12, 1860,
_House Journal_, 36 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 61-2; Jan. 7, 1861,
_Congressional Globe_, 36 Cong. 2 sess. p. 279; Jan. 23, 1861,
_Ibid._, p. 527; Feb. 1, 1861, _Ibid._, p. 690; Feb. 27, 1861,
_Ibid._, pp. 1243, 1259.

[70] "The Slave-Trade in New York," in the _Continental
Monthly_, January, 1862, p. 87.

[71] New York _Herald_, July 14, 1856.

[72] _Ibid._ Cf. _Senate Exec. Doc._, 37 Cong. 2 sess. V. No.
53.

[73] _27th Report of the Amer. Anti-slav. Soc._, pp. 25-6. Cf.
_26th Report_, _Ibid._, pp. 45-9.

[74] _27th Report_, _Ibid._, pp. 26-7.

[75] _26th Report_, _Ibid._, p. 54.

[76] _British and Foreign State Papers_, 1859-60, pp. 899,
973.

[77] Nov. 29, 1851: _House Exec. Doc._, 32 Cong. 1 sess. II.
pt. 2, No. 2, p. 4.

[78] Dec. 4, 1852: _House Exec. Doc._, 32 Cong. 2 sess. I. pt.
2, No. 1, p. 293.

[79] _Ibid._, 34 Cong. 1 sess. I. pt. 3, No. 1, p. 5.

[80] _Ibid._, 34 Cong. 3 sess. I. pt. 2, No. 1, p. 407.

[81] Commander Burgess to Commodore Wise, Whydah, Aug. 12,
1857: _Parliamentary Papers_, 1857-8, vol. LXI. _Slave Trade_,
Class A, p. 136.

[82] _House Exec. Doc._, 35 Cong. 1 sess. II. pt. 3, No. 2, p.
576.

[83] _Ibid._, 35 Cong. 2 sess. II. pt. 1, No. 2, pp. 14-15,
31-33.

[84] _Senate Exec. Doc._, 36 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1, p. 24.
The Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1859, contains this
ambiguous passage: "What the effect of breaking up the trade
will be upon the United States or Cuba it is not necessary to
inquire; certainly, under the laws of Congress and our treaty
obligations, it is the duty of the executive government to see
that our citizens shall not be engaged in it": _Ibid._, 36
Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 2, pp. 1138-9.

[85] _Senate Exec. Doc._, 36 Cong. 2 sess. III. pt. 1, No. 1,
pp. 8-9.

[86] _Statutes at Large_, XII. 40.

[87] _Confederate States of America Statutes at Large_, 1861,
p. 15, Constitution, Art. 1, sect. 9, Sec.Sec. 1, 2.

[88] From an intercepted circular despatch from J.P. Benjamin,
"Secretary of State,"