Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-12-14

lera Niagara. III. be TRANSPORTED n NV
coast of Africa, under Tho CHARGE If tbf
4. agent pf the United States, pursuant u
i thp provisions Of stheact Of the 81 March,
1910. Il in addition to the acts prohibiting
the slayeirade.'
II ~ ndqT the second section Of dis AL
u 9hs President is .authorizedI to make such
i regulations aud arrangements All ne NAV
deem pSpedient, for tie safe Keeping, sun
lpoFt, and. removal beyond The limits |, 81
the United States, all suck negroes. mu
II latEoes. or persons, OF color captured
10y vessels Of The United status, as may be
4dehEserel tofthc marshal Of die district
1 Into which they are brought !; and to 5ap
/ point, e proper person Or persons residing
| L. upon ting coast Of Africa, as agent oragents
/ Tor receiving the negroes, muIattoes, or
persons of color. delivered from,on board
i vessels seized IN the the prosecution If The
/ slave tribe by commanders Of lie Uuited
States armed vessels.
a doubt Immediately arose as to the
ttrue constrllctior Of thisaet. Itis quite
clear from its terms llat tlie p resident was
althorizeI to proYide4s for The safe keep
ing, supp ort, and lpmoyai7 Of shese ne
/ gross up till the time Of their delivery to
ithe agent on the coast of Africa bnt. no
exDfess provision was made fortheir pro-
! lection ahd support after they had reach
led the PLACE -of their destination. sifk
fan ngen9 was 10 be appointed itblreceive
them in.EAfrica. ;;tanl il "ebuid moi have
been SUPPOSED titat Congrassf intended ha
should desert then1 M the moment they
we're reeeiyetl, and turn lhen1l looseron
THE inhos4pilablc coast to Perish for want
3.of food. 3S % become again the victims Of
/ the slave trale. Lad Ills besn llle IN
4Itentioa q Congress, the cniplaynlentlof
fap. agent toreeeiye them, who is feqni4ed
10 reside Ion tic coast, was alnifec essary,
and stheJysmistt have been landed BY our
fessels anywhere il Africa, and left ex,.
posed 70 tlesnfferings and the fate which
weuldccftanily await them. t'i.# II
Mr.. Monroe, IN Ills special message,oi
7til December, 1919, 81 tho first session.
after the act was passed, announced To-
Congress what, m his opinion, was its
true CONSTRUCTION. IIe believed it 10 be.
/ his .daiyIIIlnder il, 70 follow these unfor-I
7 tunates into Africa, and make, provision
for Them there, until they should be able,
ttoPr,oyideIfor themselves. dn COMMUNE
eating th9ihterpreta,ion ofthe ACT Of Con-
gress, lie Stated that some doubt had been
leptettaineh as 10 its lrue intent and mean
| ing, and he submitted the question Ito
|. them 50 That they might, 4 should'it be
deemed advisable, amend llle same before
FURTHER proceed ings are hadEunder it.'''
.Ncthins was done BY Congress to explain
| the act, and Mr. Mlinfoe proceeded 10 o;trry il
linto eNecution, according TO has own inter
| pfetatiensl I4lis, tlfen,t became the practical
construction Whenthe Africans ftom on
| bgafl'the ECHO were delivered to the Marshal
| at Charleston, it hecalneI ms a aiyto consider
what idfEpasitlon ought 10 be made qfthenl
tiaderitte law. For many reasons twas ex
Ipediaat 70 lelaoye { hem from lliat beality as
speedily III possible
.aAlLhougl Fl tho conduct Of thc authori1
tics and eitizens Of Charleston In giving
lcoulltenanSe TO the execution Of tho law,
was lust What might have been expected
lrom their high character, yet a prolong-.
ed continuance of lhreeIh dldrad Africans
III tie Immediate vicinity Of that city
could not. have failed to- become a source
of Inconvenience and anxiety 70 lis ini,.sb-
fiitances. Wi.ereIto send them was the
question There was nq* portionsGf the
coast Of. Africa, to which they could Do
removed with any regard y humanity,
exeeptto Liberia. i.
HUnder these circumstances, an agree
nlent VAS entered into with the CoIoniza+
lion Society, Oh The 7tl2lofz September
last! a. cory of which is herewith transmitted,
.uhder whjeHihe Society engaged, for the CON
sheraton Oh forty i've abotssslsa -dollerss I'd
.recei,eEthe All3dans inI Liberia, from the
agent al the United Sta tes; aud furnish them
.furiil. The, peFod of que year thtrea fter, Will
eoinlartable shelter, clio hing, provisions, and
medical attenuallce, causing tilc children I'd
receive oIothstig. ami all, whether ehildIeuE1
or.adtllts, 10 BE inslEuctedi The arts ofSeiy-ti
.il1zea life, suitable to their con dltion.
fPfils aggresate old forty-fiye taou5and 1of-3HI
lars f6r ea CHI Individual, was based upon AMI
allowance of one hltndred Eand. fisYIdoilaIs8
for eaehR individually and ali there h,as been
eonsidt rabIe mortality among them, am mayI
be more beford they reach Afficasthe. soc 'tty
Rave aerted,-ih an equitable spirit to maze
such i, tleduciion from the amount, as under \
the cifcutfstaSces Mpy appear just and real
sonable. Thisca1not be fixed until We shalt
ascertaaa The actual number which may be-
come charaetfo The society. fsds
IL was iflso distinctly agreed, that under no /
cIrcutnsta aeesi shalt TINS. government DE cal \
led upon fof aay Additional expenses.
T. lei agenIsI Of the society manifested Il
.desife TO conform t5 file wishes Of
ihrough ont the Ira nSadtion 4
IiIey asslred Ine, after a careful calculation, /
they syt1aitl he required ito expenl the sum of /
oha hnndFedahd fifty dollars on each indiYi- /
tlnal n do1apISing with the agreement, and |
tIhtsy would have notahinglleft To Teunmerate /
them ior their care, ttou ble, and sesRonsibl-
tty 1T aIl events. coulH lpake no better /
Arrangement, aid there was no ether alter
native. During The period when!the govern
,1lent tsel tHidus b its own agfnl 81 under
Idok lie task III prayiding for captured ne /
groes In Affica, the cost per hcattsSsas inncif
Esgater. E3 Id
q There having beenEn ontsta dlagta ppfo a i
praasion Applicable ID this puIrose, could
MT advanee any inopey on the ing een1ent. |
Il therefore recommend that an appropriation |
may be made, Of tie amount necessafyte car |
ryyTl into ELECT. NH. Iss
Other captufes 81 Al s'milaf character may, /
and b tehably BE made by our naNa liorcesi
and earnestly rteqmmend that Congress |
may amend the SECOND section Of the ActsofI
aiarcl, 81 1870, Vs. asVto frtesits eonstruction
Ironi tie ambiguity which has 50 long existed,
aud render the duty dE THE ;ldent plain an
executing its provisions.
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