| Show tur bs the law roi bidding III the A ier firl jwj W can calix slave trade ni cd SO in answer to a question ad bessea to 1 to 11 i he national iniello Iniel lf deveer by a tha georgia as to uI whether lether the southern ett ti ter mert men tool took the lead in in enacts enacting n g the B I 1 i aar 1 I 1 1 he against a the african slave trade almy bel gives an I 1 interesting account of the iii t lai of the act ar ir question it says M 0 the act was passed on the y 3 tion president jefferson and each braf bra to ot of congress vied led w with ith the other in its re ness less to te move mode for the earliest pOss possible bl s i to of the infamous traffic for go 80 boia 12 was nas regarded at that ay d y by the lie keprean Ke preat it natives of the people from ev th ery carter of f tw union on the day after the annual fit of f mr jefferson for 0 december 61 ti t been read in in the senate the first act record ed among the proceedings of that bony bay eoa h lists or of a notice given on wednesday D de cember ad by mr bradley of I 1 armor that he would on oil the following ay december 8 ask leave to prohibit tl age to importation of slaves into any t or oriU 11 zi within the he jurisdiction jur of the cited state from and aft after er the last dav of jania ila 1808 in the th e house of i resent aties tie iwas was also res resolved reso hed olied on the same day that i to much of the message of the president ortt united states as relates to the prohibit 0 of f the african slave trade he referred C a select committee and Pet peter erEg ears th of georgia thomas 11 randolph of 1 tr ginia gini aJohn john campbell of mary mar lani land tah IC en eia a n 0 of f north jorth carolina cc cot 0 n of massachusetts james kailey kalle 0 of f per parl b alvinia syl vanla and killan IC vin van Rens sera ot of new ark york eie appointed sucu coic cittee i c the committee raised betre ly 6 e the saire gains subject consisted con aisted of lesar st A rhen phen it bradley of vermont Ver moat david danil so 01 1 oboth of north carolina william B giles 0 fl it gnia john gaillard of south carom an and 1 abraham Baldwin of gergia georgia these committees N aich it m all ill lip comprised in in their minder mi a bajo m rity from Sout southern hernand and slaveholding states SLates reported to their respective houses bills strong lyp hibi tory of the foreign slave trade after it tit I 1 first of january 1808 16 the bill introduced by the seri senate coe was passed in that body without li damar on the of january the in ceasir reported to the house by its comin committee m debated from tims time to tune time with the view ew L ascertaining and inserting I 1 the most 1 ci hs penalties by abich to pt put I 1 t an end eid to ti 1 traffic when on oil the of ry isu r the bill sent from the se benato bif a tc ater after b ati I 1 amended wis was read and passed auth e BI ive five d 1 esar silas belloi i maine martin crittenden of vermont jas a I 1 M garnett 0 olvir of virginia inia abraham ani tra i i 0 of f vieginia Vis gima ginia and david R williams of son t carolina I 1 it may be proper to state tt it the 4 i li sIc fiction tion of the dill bill as amended by he not of representatives contained a proviso el cc hepting p tin the trade in negro legro elaf not n at imported contrary to the provisions protis isioM ions the act under consideration from the re hi sanctions and penalties a atles embraced in in the till bi to lo this ame amendment yen ment the senate refused 1 agree and the house insisting committe commit teil of 0 conference confer enie were vere respectively respective yap aproda point on oil the part of both branches of Coic Coig rs As the result of this conference the bem the house substantially prevail prevailed edy tn not without some modifications volica evoked strong dissent on the part of fw representatives the fhe bill was finally passed in the lie house by a vote of 63 yeas veas against 18 48 naya days among the latter is recorded the ww dame of 0 mr early of georgia who ni he had been 0 actively instrumental in in framing the act but it is important to add that lie he ftc ly based his opposition on the ground that tb J bill as modified left in it his judgment a doe w wide ide open to evasion and would mould not prevell pa the introduction of a single slave elas nai y greit great gre it mass masa of those who voted amt ith him c j in the negative w were ere in I 1 liki like manner pro old by dissatisfaction with the details and not V with the substance or object of the nie luos ure the subsequent measures adopted in ISIS ll 11 and 1820 affixing additional penalties to th tha i 1 were in in like manner adopted by gill common consent of Represent representatives at ves fron t d parts of the union and n till the ap aslen of president XvI monroe onroe in pursuance of ot palled niile j earnest recommendations they were i by the rational national legislature |
