Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-06-11

~ w. dc "ey existed Immediately before the mass
sag OF ihs ACT Provided, siso that nothing herein
contained shall! he construed repeal, asnuI or nj.
YER, any ct the enacin,enis or provisions
:" 'nse' passed in the 6y-6rs Year Of his late NJ
Jesy, 'n''tuied An act for rendering more efec,ual
an act made in the for,y-sevcnib nj. .;es, ;,
re'gD, inDied An for fe abolition Of the slave
trade except rofar IN .ucb enac,n,en,s or prov,s-
ioos are altered varied by this act but ,,a, the
said ACT shall IN all other respects, remain in full
forcr and fleet. -
Ill. And be j, further enacted and declared. Tha,
all aud every the offences hereinbefore specified shall
and may be inquired of, either according To The o,
nary course al law, aud the provisions OF an act
rd ~ the twepiy-eighfh year OF the reign of King
Heny the Eighth, Iniituled " An act for pirates" o.
:y's'x,h year OF the reign OF His late Majesty King
ueo'ee The Third, in'i,uIed &" An act for The more
speedy trial of offences committed i'm distant maria
upon he high seas
Nv. And lie IL further enacted Tba, H.. "a, -.
be amended, altered, or repealed, by any act on
10 he passed III this session of Parlianenf.
IN SENATE OF THE UNITED sTATEs,
MAY 81. 1924.
Tread, and printed in confidence for the use of the Mem
10 the Senate Of The Uniied States:
experimenting, from the delay in the decis-
ION That some difficulty exists with the Senate,
respecting the ratification Of the Convention
lately concluded with the British Govern
ment Tor thu suppression of The slave trade, by
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municate for your consideration, such views
as appear to me to merit attention. Charged.
AS The Executive is and as have long been,
win maintaining the political relations be-
tween The United States ant; other nations,
consider 1t my duty, in submitting for your
ADVICE and consent, as TO the ratification, any
treaty or convention which has been agreed
on win another power, TO explain, when the
occasion requires II, all the reasons which in
duced the measure.
It's 10y such full and frankie xplanat.on, only.
tnat Inc senate can be enabled Ia discharge
the high trust repOsed in them with advantage
TO their Country. Having the instrument be-
lore them, with the views which guided the
Executive ln forming it, the Senate viii pos.
sess all The light necessary to a sound de-
cisi0n.
BY an act of Congress. of 4 th May, 1920,
The slave trade, AS described by that act, was
made piratical and all such Of our citizens as
might br found engaged in that trade, were
subjected, on conviction thereof, by the
Circuit Courts ofiar United States, to capital
punishment. TO communicate more dis
iincfiy the import of that act, refer to its
fourth and 9Th sections, which are in the fol-
lowing words:
" Ser. n lind be al further enactsd, That, if any
citizen al The UniI-d States hring of the crew on
ships company of any foreign slip a, vessel Ell
IN the slave trade any person whatever, being of
Tue crew or ship s company Of any ship vessel,
Owned :" the whole OF par, or nayigacd for, in
nens citizen or tiIzens Of the Cnited Sraies
sha'i land from any sich ship vessel and on any
foreign sHore seize. any negro muniio, not held
10 service or labor by the lava Of either Of tue states
or territories Of the UUit"d StatGs, Win intent TO
make such negro or muiao a slave, or shall decoy
or iorc'hiy bring carry, shall receive such ne
gro or mniato on board any ship vessel, will, in-
tent ~ aforesaid, such ciiixcn or nc rson shall lie AL
pli.,ul heren haf,
Cltnit Conr Of the United States, inr The district
wherein he may be brought or found, shall suffer
deaih" N
Sec. 3. 7nd be Il further enocfd That, ;r any ci,i-
re" OF The Uncd S'es, being of The crew or ships
company oil any foreign ship vessel engaged ia The
slave trade, or any person whatever, being Of the
crew or ships company Of any ship or vessei owned
whoiy or IN part, or navga,ed for, Ia behalf Of
any citizen oi citizens Of The United States, shall for
c'hiy coHhne or detaIU, AID and abet IN forciby
oonfio'"g OF deiaining on board such ship vessel
any negro or mulatto not held 10 service by the laws
oil ehher al The states or territories Of The United
STATES, with intent make such negro or muIa,to a
slave, or shall hoard any such ship or vessel Of
Ter or attempt 10 SELL slave any negro or muIa,io
not bPid In service aforesaid, shall on the hip
seas, of any where tide water, transfer OF deliver
over TO any other ship vessel any negro or nu,f-
To, not held to service, rs aforesaid, with intent 10
make such negro c,ustO slave, shall land or
deliver on shore, from board any such shin or vps-
sci, any snch negro mulao, with intent 10 make
sale OIL or having previously sold such negro
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Judged piraie and, on conviction thereof, bef,re
the Circuit Court OF the United States FOR the dis |
irc' wherein he may be brought " found, shall su-
fer death"
Aud on the e8th of February, 1928, the
House of Representative. by a ma iority of
13i TO 8. passed resolution TO the following
effect
I" Resol'ed That fh President Of he United States
he requested TO enter upon and prosecute from me
10 tine, such negotiations with The several maritime
Of a.IA
pedien Tor the effeciu'I abolition Of The African
slave trade, aud us ultimate Remuneration as piracy
under The law OF nations, by The cJnsenof the civiI
zed world"
BY the act of Congress above referred 10,
whereby the most cifectu,a me ans that could he
devised were adopted, for the exiirpalion Of
the slave trade. the wish of the United States
was explicitly declared that all nations might
concur in similar policy. Ii could only be
by such concurrence, that the great ubjtvl
could be accomplished and it vas by nesotia
ton and treaty alUDr, that such concurrence
could he obtained. commencing with one
power, and extending il to others. The
course, therefore, which ihe Executive. who
had conquered in The act, had To pursue. was
marked out for it. Had there, bow
ever, been any doubt respecting il, the resp
luton OF the Huuse Of RepreseDiaii, es, the
branch which might with strict proprieiy ex-
press its opinion, could not fail 10 have re-
moved IT,.
by the tenth article Of The treaty Of peace
bet~een the United States and Great Britain.
concluded at Ghent il was stipulated that
both parties should use their best cpdeavors to
accomplish the abolition of the African slave
trade. This object has brcn, accordingly,
pursued by both governments, with great
by separate acts ofiegslation, and
by negotiation, almost uninterrupted, will, the
purpose Ufestablishing concert between them