[62] U.S.  Treaties and Conventions (ed. 1889), pp. 436-7. 
      For the debates in the Senate, see Congressional Globe, 27
      Cong. 3 sess.  Appendix.  Cass resigned on account of the
      acceptance of this treaty without a distinct denial of the
      Right of Search, claiming that this compromised his position
      in France.  Cf. Senate Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess.  II., IV.  Nos.
      52, 223; 29 Cong. 1 sess.  VIII.  No. 377.

 [63] Cf. below, Chapter X.

 [64] Senate Exec.  Doc., 28 Cong. 2 sess.  IX.  No. 150, p. 72.

 [65] Ibid., p. 77.

 [66] House Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess.  V. No. 192, p. 4.  Cf.
      British and Foreign State Papers, 1842-3, p. 708 ff.

 [67] House Journal, 27 Cong. 3 sess. pp. 431, 485-8.  Cf.
      House Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess.  V. No. 192.

 [68] Cf. below, Chapter X.

 [69] With a fleet of 26 vessels, reduced to 12 in 1849: 
      British and Foreign State Papers, 1844-5, p. 4 ff.; 1849-50,
      p. 480.

 [70] Ibid., 1850-1, p. 953.

 [71] Portugal renewed her Right of Search treaty in 1842: 
      Ibid., 1841-2, p. 527 ff.; 1842-3, p. 450.

 [72] Ibid., 1843-4, p. 316.

 [73] Ibid., 1844-5, p. 592.  There already existed some such
      privileges between England and Texas.

 [74] Ibid., 1847-8, p. 397 ff.

 [75] Ibid., 1858-9, pp. 1121, 1129.

 [76] British and Foreign State Papers, 1859-60, pp. 902-3.

 [77] House Exec.  Doc., 36 Cong. 2 sess.  IV.  No. 7.

 [78] Ibid.

 [79] Senate Exec.  Doc., 37 Cong. 2 sess.  V. No. 57.

 [80] Senate Exec.  Journal, XII. 230-1, 240, 254, 256, 391,
      400, 403; Diplomatic Correspondence, 1862, pp. 141, 158;
      U.S.  Treaties and Conventions (ed. 1889), pp. 454-9.

 [81] Diplomatic Correspondence, 1862, pp. 64-5.  This treaty
      was revised in 1863.  The mixed court in the West Indies had,
      by February, 1864, liberated 95,206 Africans:  Senate Exec. 
      Doc., 38 Cong. 1 sess.  No. 56, p. 24.

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Chapter X

THE RISE OF THE COTTON KINGDOM. 1820-1850.

74.  The Economic Revolution. 75.  The Attitude of the South. 76.  The Attitude of the North and Congress. 77.  Imperfect Application of the Laws. 78.  Responsibility of the Government. 79.  Activity of the Slave-Trade.

74. The Economic Revolution. The history of slavery and the slave-trade after 1820 must be read in the light of the industrial revolution through which the civilized world passed in the first half of the nineteenth century.  Between the years