Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-03-13
lNr. For 10 NJ. FORSYTH.

this country is, in our opinion, decidedly
right.
lur. For TO NJ. Forsyth.
WAsmxGroN, Jan. 90, l8Al.
Sir:--I am instructed to represent To you
that the attention Of Her Majesty's Govern.
ment has been seriously directed to the
case Of certain African negroes found on
board the Spanish ship "Amistad,' the same
persons whose cause has been brought be.
fore the courts Of law Of the United States.
for whom powerful and humane interest APP
pears to he Tin tins country as well as in
England.
Il is known to Her Majesty's Govern
nlent that these negroes were imported in
TO Cuba direct from the coast Of Africa, in !
Portuguese slave vessel, called the Teho |
IA, in the summer of 1899, and that short.
" after their arrival, they were purchased
MS slaves at the Havana, by two Span.
iardS OF the names OF Jose Ruiz and Pedro
Montez. Ruiz and Montez then placed the
negroes on boarl the schr. Amistad, nten-
ding to convey them to another port in Gu
ba. 1t appears that DUNG the voyage, the
negroes. with 4 view OF recovering their
liberty, seized possession Of the vessel. put
the master TO death, and ordered the re-
mining whites to navigate the vessel to
the coast of Africa. The whites, howev
cr, directed their course towards North A.
mcrca until they were fallen in with by the
United States brig oil war Washington.
when the AmiStad was finally brought into
the port Of New London, Connecticut.
The proceedings which have taken place
subsequently, to the arrival Of the negroes
in the United States was sufficiently well
known 10 YOU.
Now, Her Majesty 'sgovernment have to
Qbsel ve.that since the year 1920, it has be-
come unlawful according to the law OF
Spain, to import negroes from Africa as
slaves into the Spanish dominion, and that
us the negroes referred TO have been newly
imported from Africa to Cuba. and could not
by law be imported as slaves they must in
tho eye OF the law be considered as free per-
sens.
And Great Britain is also bound to re-
member that the law oi Spain which prohb
tied the slave trade throughout the Spanish
doninons from the date OF the 3O,h Of May.
1890, rthe provisions of which law are con-
tanned in the King of SPANS Royal Cedula
If the 18th OF December, 1917, was pas
scd in compliance with treaty of o5'iga-
ton to that OBJECT, ty which the crown OF
"H la" 0I',.'" ''Tt'' ~ wv I'"','' ~ >''1"'
Dillh!h, ana ion when Ea'uaUlG, CON pen
s'oil IN return was given by Grew britain
IL SPAN Us may be seen ny reference 10
me Zu' 3D. ana ~" "f''c,e' VI Puol.c 'Ie'I
~ cohcu"'o between DrG"t britain ana
0Pnlh on 'ne -|a OF .oeP'e"oeF loi|'
Ter Majesty NoVertiIAehti uere'oie'
are move" 10y SPec'"l ana peculiar ledSons
10 take an interest IN lhe 'ate OF t'eso uh-
fortunate AiFl'a"S' VINO are HhoWn 10 nave
heeh HegaI'y ana 'e.on'ouS'y feoOSeo 10
saE'ry ~ su"Jec'S OF SPAN.
1t Is n:Xt 10 oe observed ''iaI UFeal Dr. L%l-
tan ana me Cn'ca states I nave ,a Inp" ~. NY
engaged ''eIlsv''eS |" eaci' r' Ul'''I .! '"e
lolh article o: the treaty OF Eheht' 10 use
theIF 0eSt enaeaVoEs tor The entire a slI.
can be no doubt OF the ffm "a laten''on OF
both parties relSioUS'y 10 lu'iI Tie terms
OF that encaremplt.
Now tie unfortunate Africans whose
c,.e is the ei,hiac, NJ tho nraSant rnnrasen