[67] This was the object of attack in 1851 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.