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.
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