" Introduced by
Slidell, and favorably reported from Committee on Foreign Relations in
Executive Session, June 13, 1854. _Senate Journal_, 34 Cong. 1-2 sess.
pp. 396, 695-8; _Senate Reports_, 34 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 195.
~1854, June 21. Congress (Senate): Bill Regulating Navigation.~
"Mr. Seward asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill (Senate, No.
407) to regulate navigation to the coast of Africa in vessels owned by
citizens of the United States, in certain cases; which was read and
passed to a second reading." June 22, ordered to be printed. _Senate
Journal_, 33 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 448, 451; _Congressional Globe_, 33 Cong.
1 sess. pp. 1456, 1461, 1472.
~1854, June 26. Congress (Senate): Bill to Suppress Slave-Trade.~
"A bill for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade in
American built vessels." See references to May 22, 1854, above.
~1856, June 23. Congress (House): Proposition to Amend Act of 1818.~
Notice given of a bill to amend the Act of April 20, 1818. _House
Journal_, 34 Cong. 1 sess. II. 1101.
~1856, Aug. 18. United States Statute: Appropriation.~
To carry out the Act of March 3, 1819, and subsequent acts, $8,000.
_Statutes at Large_, XI. 90.
~1856, Nov. 24. South Carolina: Governor's Message.~
Governor Adams, in his annual message to the legislature, said:--
"It is apprehended that the opening of this trade [_i.
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