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mark almost exclude their produce from being
sold in foreign or nearer markets, 1t IS lmpos-
sible for planters to realise a reasonable surplus
from their estates, and for not a few among them
to continue sugar cultivation on them. Inns
conviction is doubtless shared by Your Excel
lency, and whereas Your ExceIlency as well as
the Central Administrator Of the Colonies IN
Denmark-are perfectly acquainted with the re-
lations in question in their detail, there Is. no
need of a minute representation thereon by the
Council, an undertaking that, with the cession
of the Island as our principal aim, would appear
superfuous. The Council will moreover acceed
to the expressions used by the Chairman on the
introduction of the memorial, the correctness
whereof in general-has doubtless been acknoWl-
edged by Your Excellency, together with the
strength in support of this memorial.
The Council, therefore, begs to approach Your
Excellency with the request, that You would
please
First and Foremost to convey to the Gov
eminent of His Majesty the King, the convlc-
ton of this population of the necessity for the
cession of this Island to the United States IN
case the Sister-Islands be ceded, as also their
lively wish and hope, that the cession may
take place, if possible, contemporaneously
with that of the two other Islands.
In the event of the cessiOn being delayed,
the Council will request of Your Excellency,
that You will by all means in Your power en-
deavOr to obtain, that until the cesSiOn be effect
ed, the produce of this Island on being imported
into Denmark shall there enjoy a protection by
duty, against similar products from foreign places,
of not less than 2 Skillings R. NJ. pr. Pound
Sugar, and 10 Rigsdollars R. M. pr. 80 ViertIes
Rum, and that this protection shall rule for all
the importations from here, for the whole of this
present year.
Colonial Council st. Croix, oath February
1865"
No one demanding the word the draft was put
tothe vote and adopted nanimously with 14yotes.
The LIST member for Christiansted's country
district (ChristmaS) asked for the Councils
consent to address a question to His Excellen-
cy the Governor. In the last meeting His Ex-
cellency had stated, that, in the event of the
Council adopting the committee report, he
would not be unwilling to suspend the criminal
suit instituted against the editor of the St.
Croix Avis, provided some security be obtained
against any new attempt being made to call
forth an application to a foreign government.
He would now beg leave to ask, if the Govern
ment would not consider this sufficient security,
that it at all times may institute an action for
any new attempt in the direction in question.
Although he himself was not among those who
advocated the editor, on the contrary, totally
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same paper, he nevertheless considered it de-
sirable, that the suit instituted be dropped, pub
lie opinion being strongly opposed to it,
The crown-member (DuBois) corroborated
the views stated by the Vice-Chairman, and
seconded his application.
His Excellency stated, that he in the last
meeting had called upon the Council, previous
to its voting on the committee-report, to con-
slider we'll the terms and wording ofthe report with
regard to the impression they may have in re-
ference to the action which the Government
had reluctantly instituted against the editor.
He had pointed out, that an attempt to apply
to a foreign Power to interfere in a matter of
the State-afairs of Denmark, according to the
principles of our laws, is punishable, and that
the Government would therefore have neglect
ed its duty, had it not instituted the action in
question. 1t must however be acknowledged,
that the circumstances under which the cali in
the press to that effect was brought forward
were very excusable, and there was reason to