[68] By Mr. Wilson, March 20, 1860: Senate Journal, 36 Cong. 1 sess. p. 274.
[69] Four or five such attempts were made: Dec. 12, 1860, House Journal, 36 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 61–2; Jan. 7, 1861, Congressional Globe, 36 Cong. 2 sess. p. 279; Jan. 23, 1861, Ibid., p. 527; Feb. 1, 1861, Ibid., p. 690; Feb. 27, 1861, Ibid., pp. 1243, 1259.
[70] "The Slave-Trade in New York," in the Continental Monthly, January, 1862, p. 87.
[71] New York Herald, July 14, 1856.
[72] Ibid. Cf. Senate Exec. Doc., 37 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 53.
[73] 27th Report of the Amer. Anti-slav. Soc., pp. 25–6. Cf. 26th Report, Ibid., pp. 45–9.
[74] 27th Report, Ibid., pp. 26–7.
[75] 26th Report, Ibid., p. 54.
[76] British and Foreign State Papers, 1859–60, pp. 899, 973.
[77] Nov. 29, 1851: House Exec. Doc., 32 Cong. 1 sess. II. pt. 2, No. 2, p. 4.