of the public lands, next west of
the Mississippi, as a fund for the purpose of, in the

"_First place_; Employing a naval force, competent to the annihilation
of the slave trade," etc. Question to consider decided in the
affirmative, 63 to 50; laid on the table, 66 to 55. _House Journal_, 16
Cong. 2 sess. p. 238; _Annals of Cong._, 16 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 1168-70.

~1821, Dec. 3. President Monroe's Message.~

"Like success has attended our efforts to suppress the slave trade.
Under the flag of the United States, and the sanction of their papers,
the trade may be considered as entirely suppressed; and, if any of our
citizens are engaged in it, under the flag and papers of other powers,
it is only from a respect to the rights of those powers, that these
offenders are not seized and brought home, to receive the punishment
which the laws inflict. If every other power should adopt the same
policy, and pursue the same vigorous means for carrying it into effect,
the trade could no longer exist." _House Journal_, 17 Cong. 1 sess. p.
22.

~1822, April 12. Congress (House): Proposed Resolution.~

"_Resolved_, That the President of the United States be requested to
enter into such arrangements as he may deem suitable and proper, with
one or more of the maritime powers of Europe, for the effectual
abolition of the slave trade." _House Reports_, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No.
92, p. 4; _Annals of Cong._, 17 Cong. 1 sess. p. 1538.

~1822, June 18. Mississippi: Act on Importation, etc.~

"An act, to reduce into one, the several acts, concerning slaves, free
negroes, and mulattoes."

Sec. 2. Slaves born and resident in the United States, and not criminals,
may be imported.

Sec. 3. No slave born or resident outside the United States shall be
brought in, under penalty of $1,000 per slave. Travellers are excepted.
_Revised Code of the Laws of Mississippi_ (Natchez, 1824), p. 369.

~1822, Dec. 3. President Monroe's Message.~

"A cruise has also been maintained on the coast of Africa, when the
season would permit, for the suppression of the slave-trade; and orders
have been given to the commanders of all our public ships to seize our
own vessels, should they find any engaged in that trade, and to bring
them in for adjudication." _House Journal_, 17 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 12, 21.

~1823, Jan. 1. Alabama: Act to Dispose of Illegally Imported Slaves.~

"An Act to carry into effect the laws of the United States prohibiting
the slav