pp. 6-7.

[89] _Ibid._, pp. 11-12.

[90] _Amer. State Papers, Miscellaneous_, II. No. 529.

[91] _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 42, p. 7.

[92] _Ibid._, p. 6.

[93] _House Reports_, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 82.

[94] They were not general instructions, but were directed to
Commander Campbell. Cf. _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No.
84, pp. 5-6.

[95] _Statutes at Large_, III. 471 ff.

[96] _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 2 sess. VI. No. 107, pp. 8-9.

[97] _Ibid._, IV. No. 84. Cf. Chew's letters in _House
Reports_, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348.

[98] _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 12, pp. 22, 38; 15
Cong. 2 sess. VI. No. 100, p. 13; 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No.
42, p. 9, etc.; _House Reports_, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No.
348, p. 85.

[99] _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 2 sess. VI. No. 107, pp. 8-9.

[100] _House Reports_, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 77.

[101] Cf. _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 42, p. 11:
"The Grand Jury found true bills against the owners of the
vessels, masters, and a supercargo--all of whom are
discharged; why or wherefore I cannot say, except that it
could not be for want of proof against them."

[102] E.g., in July, 1818, one informer "will have to leave
that part of the country to save his life": _Ibid._, 15 Cong.
2 sess. VI. No. 100, p. 9.

[103] Joseph Nourse, Register of the Treasury, to Hon. W.H.
Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury: _Ibid._, 15 Cong. 2 sess.
VI. No. 107, p. 5.

[104] The slaves on the "Constitution" were not condemned, for
the technical reason that she was not captured by a
commissioned officer of the United States navy.

[105] These proceedings are very obscure, and little was said
about them. The Spanish claimants were, it was alleged with
much probability, but representatives of Americans. The claim
was paid under the provisions of the Treaty of Florida, and
included slaves whom the court afterward declared forfeited.

[106] An act to relieve him was finally passed, Feb. 8, 1827,
nine years after the capture. See _Statutes at Large_, VI.
357.

[107] It is difficult to get at the exact facts in this
complicated case. The above statement is, I think, much milder
than the real facts would warrant, if thoroughly known. Cf.
_House Reports_, 19 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 231; 2