[48] Cf. Fowler, Local Law in Massachusetts and Connecticut, etc., p. 126.
[49] Speech of S.L. Mitchell of New York, Feb. 14, 1804: Annals of Cong., 8 Cong. 1 sess. p. 1000. Cf. also speech of Bedinger: Ibid., pp. 997–8.
[50] Speech of Lowndes in the House, Feb. 14, 1804: Annals of Cong., 8 Cong., 1 sess. p. 992. Cf. Stanton's speech later: Ibid., 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 240.
[51] Annals of Cong., 8 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 820, 876.
[52] Ibid., pp. 992–1036.
[53] Huger of South Carolina declared that the whole South Carolina Congressional delegation opposed the repeal of the law, although they maintained the State's right to do so if she chose: Annals of Cong., 8 Cong. 1 sess. p. 1005.
[54] Ibid., pp. 1020–36; House Journal (repr. 1826), 8 Cong. 1 sess. IV 523, 578, 580, 581–5.
[55] On slavery in the Territories, cf. Welling, in Report Amer. Hist. Assoc., 1891, pp. 133–60.
[56] Statutes at Large, I. 108.
[57] Journals of Cong., XII. 137–8.