Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-12-20
ar. Bartorrfo JNr. Cioy.
OcrO1tx g. 1926.

EKrRAcT.
In THIS conference ! opened the subject Of
slaves taking refuge in the British North Amcri.
can possessions, by representing thst our confer.
mnous possessions had been attended with the
usual border Inconvenience ailudinr to the cases
OF refugees from justice. deserters, and persons
neio 70 serVicei IN other words, runaway slaves.
When mentioned the border Inconvenience. he
Instantly, before explained my object, and with
apparent interest," spoke of our difficulties in th,,
Northeast at once undeceived him, by a,iny
tnat mad received no communications from nv
Government on that head, lowing, I suupose IN
the delays OF navigaton,) and proceeded to state
what had In view. endeavored to impress ON
him the Importance Of the subject, stating that
one member OF the confederacy, and the House of
Representatives OF Ae United States. had urced
upcn the Executive the necessity of makjng some
arrangement by which facilities should be given
to the losers OF slaves, In regauiny them That
the mischief was, by no means, confined to the
NUMBERS that escaped, but acted on. and much i'm
paired the value OF those who remained: the sc
cessful attempts ~ e,opement conet;tutiny sronp
aiiuTement with all to absccnd Lord Aberdeen
remarked, that similar complaints had been pre i.
ierred by other Powers having West India DOS.
sessions; mat whist he would be happy to grant
the most substantial remedy, vet, in the present
state oil public feeling on this subject, which he
said might properly be called mania, the appli-
Gallon oil the remedy an affair Of some deiica-
ccy and difficulty; that the law Of Parliament gave
freedom to every slave who effected his landing
on British ground. i remarked to his Lortship.
that he was laboring, thought, under a mistake,
as this was the result OF judicial decision rather
MAN OF Parliamentary enactment. He insisted
that there was statutory provision to the effect
| spoken Of, but added that Sir George Murray, the
head OF the Colonial Department, intended TO bring
the subject before Parliament, when, he hoped
the evil complained Of would be obviated, as he
could not conceive that any people would wish to
see their numbers increased by such subjects"
COMMISSARlAT.
The engrossed bill to continue tho mr. n, moi
OF supplying the Army OF the United States, and
Tor other purposes appertaining TO the same, was
called up, and re-cominitted to the Committee OH
Military Affairs.
DRAW BACK ON SUGAR REFINED.
The bill increasing the amount Of drawback on
sugars Refined within the United States was next
taken up-when,
Mr. Cambreleng, TO remove all doubts as TO the
eject oil the bills being confined exclusively to
sugars Refined from foreign materials, read a
paragraph from the former bills passed in 1916 and
1915 but, lest any suspicion should remain, NOV
ed to amend the bill, by adding thereto the FOLLOW.
ing proviso:
'Prorided, That this act shall not alter or re-
peal any law, now in force, regulating the expor-
tation OF Sugar Refined in the United States, ex-
cePt to change the rate OF drawback, when SO ex.
ported"
Here ensued debate Of considerable length,
which lasted till nearly four o'clock, and was in
terrupted only by an adjournment without taking
the question.