Message of the President of the United States
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Excerpt from Message of the President of the United States: Communicating, in Compliance With a Resolution of the Senate, a Report of the Secretary of State, With Documents Relating to the African Slave Trade List of papers accompanying the report of the Secretary of State to the President, of the 11th December, 1850. Mr. Tod to Mr. Buchanan, No. 11, (extracts) October 16, 1847. The same to the same, No. 17, (extract) January 27, 1848. The same to the same, No. 23, (extract) May 29, 1848. The same to the same, No. 28, (extract) September 30, 1848. The same to the same, No. 34, (extract) January 11, 1849. The same to Mr. Clayton, No. 45, (extracts) October 17, 1849. The same to the same, January 8, 1850. The same to the same, No. 53, (extract) March 18, 1850. The same to the same, No. 58, June 20, 1850. Mr. Tod to Mr. Puchanan, [Extracts.] Legation of the United States, Rio de Janeiro, October 16, 1847. Sir: I am mortified to learn, by reference to their correspondence, that my predecessors have been compelled to report to your department frequent instances of the use of the flag of our country in the infamous traffic of carrying negroes from the coast of Africa to this country. It has also been their painful duty to announce the fact of American citizens being engaged in this abominable trade. I deeply regret that it is likewise incumbent upon me to address my government upon the subject. The infamous traffic is yet carried on to an extent, I am advised, almost incredible. Many discreet and intelligent men have informed me that not less than forty-five thousand negroes have been imported into Brazil within the last year. The poor creatures are not only separated from their homes and friends; but, on their passage, and frequently after their arrival here, are treated most brutally. More or less of every cargo are murdered on the voyage, and the survivors are too often used as mere beasts of burden. This traffic should, at all hazards, be put down; and when I inform you that by far the greater portion of it is carried on in vessels built in the United States, and under the flag of our country, I trust you will agree with me, that it becomes us to act, and to act promptly. For myself, I will do so with hearty good-will. Our consul at this place, in the months of May and July last, took sundry depositions, clearly establishing the fact that the American brig "Senator" proceeded to the coast of Africa, in the month of December last, and brought to the coast of Brazil a large cargo of negroes. The depositions (an abstract of which I enclose you, marked A) represent a scene of cruelty and horror indescribable. I was informed that the monster Miller, the mate, was yet in this city and that he openly defied the authority of our government to arrest him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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