[96] Mr. Fish to Mr. Moran, December 30, 1870; Recall of Minister Motley: Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 11, pp. 27, seqq.

[97] Debate of March 10, 1871: Congressional Globe, p. 36, col. 2.

[98] Mr. Fish to Mr. Moran, December 30, 1870: Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 11, pp. 36-37.

[99] Mr. Fish to Mr. Moran: Ex. Doc., ut supra, p. 37.

[100] Mr. Fish to Mr. Moran: Ex. Doc., ut supra, p. 37.

[101] Ibid., p. 32.

[102] Mr. Fish to Mr. Moran: Ex. Doc., ut supra, p. 34.

[103] Ante, p. 111.

[104] Report of Select Committee to investigate the alleged Outrages in the Southern States,—North Carolina: Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 1st Sess., No. 1.

[105] A case in Executive Session of the Senate, March and April, 1848, relative to the surreptitious procurement and publication of a copy of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. For some particulars of this case, see speech entitled “Usurpation of the Senate in imprisoning a Citizen,” June 15, 1860,—ante, Vol. VI. p. 90, note.