The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-03
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State prohibited such bringing H. &c. Mistakng its object
and the of its enactment eminent judge,
hasy opinion called for in the case, doubted its app-
cation to negro who of the of foreign
sell and is since sought to evade by bringing such
persons in that capacity In defiance Of State aws This is
most important and saluary act if properly and sidly
enforced. The British government have demonstrated
against its enforcement the Bahamian negro and muat-
10 Emancipees who found board the and
fishing sacks OF those islands and the other British
indieS land who infcs coasts and waters, interfering
with the privileges OF our citizens and attempting do
mischief otherwise, and aege violation Of treaty
stpulaions with Great Britain and the opinion of the
judge have alluded TO has been noticed sustain de-
patmenta suggestion TO the restraining operation
as 10 he crews OF foreign vessels but the question right
~ let untouched: and the law ,oiu take It's when
proper case arises The people of Florida, it certain, if
this act is Intellectual will find other means of preventing
the admission of foreign ncendaries into the State and
all hazards The act passed expressly and in TERMS
Intended to be Ia aid OF the of different States
prohibiting the bringing of negroes muattoes and
OF COLOR whether free slaves from abroad That
passed upon the petition of citizens of Wilmington, North
Carolina Laws OF that State prohibiting the introduction
OF all negroes &c from abroad found be Intellectual
This was made to aid in their enforcement II imposes
heavy penalties and forfeiture, of vessel &C. for violation
OF any State law whether the of color bond
Free Its immediate object to keep the ugtives and
muattoes (bond free) escaping from ST. Domingo and
other West India islands during the Brgand and Maroon
instructions. IL passed five years before the expra
ton Of the nterdict in 1893 Nobody disputed its
stitutionalty.
Inc passcu 10 go INTO operation
uay ls 1903, prohib,s the importation of negroes
atoes persons Of color saues The 9th and 9th
TONS have before stated recognise the transportation of
slaves from slave State by sea" any place ohin the
jurisdiction Of The United States" An additional was pass
ed April 90 lo6 repeating the LIST sir sections of the Of
and altering and extending those provisions but the
5th 9th and l0ih sections were untouched This last
pressy names territories" and makes the prohibition
applicable TO them precisely applied to the States. The
1h ee,soo prohibiting the purchasing or holding Of slave
Illegally imported and imposing foreures therefore,
ains this proviso:
Prorided That the aforesaid forfeiture shall extend
the seller purchaser any rnuatto OF person OF
color who may be sold or disposed of in virtue of any
which have been heretofore shall hereafter be-
lawfully made by any Legislature OF any State Territory
States"
The fifth section of of 1918 provides that negroes
&C., so imported shall remain subject regulationsnot
contravening that acwhch the legislature of any State
Territory had made should make for their disposal An
additional act passed, March g. 1919, aording
etcacous of enforcing the previous laws but not
very materially changing them. On the 18th May, 1920
an act was passed making the being concerned citizen
of the United States any way the foreign slave trade
statutory piracy" This law is still in force. This
novel species of piracy punished by death The punish
ment had been forfeiture Of vessel fine, imprisonment &C.
slavery in" Territories" With respect this mode of
king participation in the slave trade piracy the is
tainly curiosity. Piracy" Is crime defined by and
against the acs NATIONS Ii punished under those aws by
every civilized nation. pirate hosis humans geer and
the authorities of any nation may sezc try and hang him.
Is anomalous for government thus not only to oao,
to the whole world its citizens by local sutue but to
declare that being concerned in certain trade heretofore
sanctioned by the laws of niions shall constitute definite
act might have been well declared murder though
homicide committed, perjury. Then, too
it would have involved the inconsistency of refusing,
though rghuly the armed vessels of other governments
permission and their try citizens
gagged in what by law expressly declare to be piracy
Southern Territorial .4cts.
The first act Of Congress relating to the southern terrific
res that of May IL 1890 and adopted the ordinance
Of 1o
the cesson from North Carolina made by State legislature
IN December 1883, and by her commissioners February
25b, $780, and accepted by Congress April 2, $780, This
related to Tennessee which admitted June lst l796.
The second was respecting the Mississippi Territory,
passed the 7h April 1893 This also adopts the ordinance
excluding the sixth article This article was subsequently
excluded by the of the cesson, Oath April 1902
The act of 1893 prohibited any importing or bringing
nto Mississippi Territory any slave from any place with
out the limits of the United States nunder penalty of $500
AND slave to be free.
The third same Territory and was passed
May 10, 1900 but it does not bear this question 1t
provides chiefly for the election by the ec people of
territorial legislature.
The fourth act is that of October 81 1909 authorizing
the President to take possession of Louisiana and investing
all military, civil and judicial powers in the officers he may
appoint to govern it temporarily
The fifth the act of March g. 1904 dividing Louisiana
into two districts one to be called Orleans Territory"
The tenth section adopts the prohibition Of the Mississippi
act of the It'll of April 1885, in TERMS penalty &c II then
excludes slau from any place ,ctn the United States i'm
ported into the United States since May J. l79S and all
slaves thereafter imported from abroad under like penalty
&c and further excludes all Slaves Of citizens Of the
United States who shall be their bona de owners and for
actual settlement &c. and slave introduced contrary
the shall be free, &c This go operation LIST
October 1904, and expire LIST October 1905, end
session of Congress thereafter This also created
the district of louisiana composed of the northern of
the country coded by France and placed under the control
of the.authorities of the Indiana territory.
The sixth is that of I'd March, 1905 1t supplies the
temporary last cited 1t adopts the ordinance of 81,
except the 9th article, to slavery which expressly
Excludes" and dcscents, &c 1t continues " resi-
&c.
The seventh act that of February 90 1911, by which
the free white male citizens" of Orleans Territory
authorized to form State constitution and by of May
D. 1922 the State of Louisiana admitted into the Union
The eighth is that of June d. 1872 by which
the Territory formerly called Louisiana created Ter
rory, and called 90 Missouri" 1t contains provisions
with respect to slavery, except that free white male
citizens" only allowed the elective franchise. The
of 1904 and 1905 extended when not repugnant
The ninth relates to Alabama organized Terri
tory March 3, 1917 Nothing said about slavery the
act, but the Mississippi laws adopted Her FREE
chite male ctizens authorized to form State
March 49, 1919; and December 4, 1919, she
admitted into the Union.
The tenth is the act of 2i March, l89 which formed
Arkansas Territory of the southern part of Missouri Civ
ING her free ohis male residents" only the elective fran
chise She-wasadmitted June 49, 1886 into the Union.
Eleventh. Florida organized territory in 1922.
The President had been previously empowered to take
session. and appoint officers done in Orleans Ter
zng the territorial government the importation of slaves
from abroad prohibited, under penalty of 5000 and
the slave being free That law being amended the provision
reenacted by of 1923 and continued while
Florida Territory. The elective franchise allow
ed by act of Congress to certain free Whte mae citizens