in the annals of the world. Since their military organization has been improved, and their numbers augmented, they have shown themselves among the firmest and bravest of men. To justify this assertion, we need only refer to the extremely interesting and able papers furnished by Mr. Ashmun, many of which have been published.

Note F.

In Sir George Collier's report to the British Government, on the Slave Trade, in 1821, we find the following statement: "I am quite satisfied, as suits the views of the SPANISH slaving schooners, they at one time act as pirates against all vessels; then, under the flag of Artigas, as South American cruizers; and then, when it shall better serve them, return to the practice of slaving; and a vessel under the South American flag, professing herself a cruizer, may wait a cargo of slaves off the port where they may be collecting, without power on the part of a British officer to prevent her doing so, but at the risk of his ruin." The African Institution, in their report for 1824, have the following remarks in reference to the Spanish Slave Trade: "It is now made the law of Spain, that all captains, masters, and pilots of Spanish vessels, who purchase negroes on the coast of Africa, or introduce them into any part of the Spanish monarchy, or are found with slaves on board their vessels, shall lose their vessels, and be sentenced to ten years hard labour on the public works. It is to be regretted that these penalties should be so limited in their operation. They ought to extend to all Spanish subjects engaged in the Slave Trade as principals or agents."

"The importation of slaves into Cuba, is chiefly effected under the French and Portuguese flags; but notwithstanding the risks attending it, and the penal inflictions denounced against it, the Spanish flag also, is still employed in this proscribed traffic. And, in proportion to the risks, the desperate audacity of the criminals appears to have increased. They proceed strongly armed, to carry on their work of rapine and blood on the coast; and some of them have not been captured without a severe conflict with the British boats, attended by the loss of lives, and involving all the guilt of murder and piracy."

Note G.

A very able and interesting memorial has recently been addressed by the Free People of Colour of Baltimore, to the citizens of that place, imploring the means of emigration to Liberia. It has excited strong feelings in their favour, and it is expected that a bill appropriating one thousand dollars annually for such a purpose, will pass both Houses of the State Legislature. Such a bill has been adopted in the House of Delegates.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY VARIOUS RELIGIOUS AND LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

Resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia. "Whereas, the General Assembly of Virginia, have repeatedly sought to obtain an asylum, beyond the limits of the United States, for such persons of colour as had been, or might be emancipated under the laws of this Commonwealth, but have hitherto found all their efforts for the accomplishment of this desirable purpose, frustrated, either by the disturbed state of other nations, or domestic causes equally unpropitious to its success:

They now avail themselves of a period when peace has healed the wounds of humanity, and the principal nations of Europe have concurred with the Government of the United States, in abolishing the African Slave Trade, (a traffic which this Commonwealth, both before and since the Revolution, zealously sought to terminate;) to renew this effort, and do therefore Resolve, That the Executive be requested to correspond with the President of the United States, for the purpose of obtaining a Territory upon the coast of Africa, or at some other place, not within any of the States or Territorial Governments of the United States, to serve as an asylum for such persons of colour as are now free, and may desire the same, and for those who may hereafter be emancipated, within this Commonwealth, and that the Senators and Representatives of this State in the Congress of the United States, be requested to exert their best efforts to aid the President of the United States in the attainment of the above object: Provided, That no contract or arrangement respecting such Territory, shall be obligatory on this Commonwealth, until ratified by the Legislature.

Passed by the House of Delegates, December 15th-by the Senate, with an amendment, December 20th-concurred in by the House of Delegates, December 21, 1816.

The following resolution unanimously passed the Legislature of Maryland.

BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, January 26th, 1818. Resolved, unanimously, That the Governor be requested to communicate to the President of the United States, and to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, the opinion of this General Assembly, that a wise and provident policy suggests the expediency, on the part of our National Government, of procuring, through negotiation, by cession or purchase, a tract of country on the Western coast of Africa, for the colonization of the Free People of Colour of the United States.

By order:

LOUIS GASSAWAY, clerk.

Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee.

Your Committee are of opinion that such parts of said memorials and petitions as ask this General Assembly to aid the Federal Government in devising and executing a plan for colonizing, in some distant country, the Free People of Colour in the U. States, is reasonable, and for the purpose of effecting the object which they have in view, the Committee have drafted a resolution, which accompanies this report, the adoption of which they would recommend.

The Committee are of opinion that such parts of said memorials and petitions as pray the passage of a law to prohibit the bringing of slaves into, or through, the State, for sale, as well as those parts which pray that the owners of slaves of certain ages and descriptions, may be permitted to emancipate them without giving any security, are reasonable; and to endeavour to accomplish those objects, they have drafted a bill, which accompanies this report, the enacting of which into a law, the Committee also recommend.

All which is respectfully submitted,

NATH. WILLIS, Chairman.

Mr. Willis, from the same Committee, submitted the following resolution, which was read and adopted:

Resolved, By the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Senators in Congress from this State, be, and they are hereby instructed; and that the Representatives be, and they are hereby requested, to give to the Government of the United States

any aid in their power, in devising and carrying into effect a plan which may have for its object the colonizing, in some distant country, the Free People of Colour who are within the limits of the United States, or within the limits of any of their Territories.

By New Jerscy-1825.

"Resolved, 'That, in the opinion of this Legislature, a system of foreign colonization, with correspondent measures, might he adopted, that would, in due time, effect the entire emancipation of slaves in our country, and furnish an asylum for the free blacks, without any violation of the national compact, or infringement of the rights of individuals; and that such a system should be predicated upon the principle, that the evil of slavery is a national one, and that the People and the States of this Union, ought mutually to participate in the duties and the burdens of removing it."

By Ohio-1824.

A resolution recommending "the gradual but entire emancipation of slaves, and a system of foreign colonization; and the pas sage of a law by the General Government, with the consent of the slave-holding States, providing that all children born of slaves thereafter, be free at the age of 21; and recognising the evil of slavery as a national one, and the principle that all the States should share in the duties and burdens of removing it."

By Connecticut-1824.

"Resolved, That the existence of slavery in the United States, is a great national evil, and that the People and the States ought to participate in the burdens and the duties of removing it, by all just and prudent measures, which may be adopted with a due regard to their internal peace and mutual harmony; and that a system of colonization, under the patronage of the General Government, may reasonably be deemed conducive to so desirable an object."

January 16, 1827.

"Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That they view with deep and friendly interest, the exertions of the American Colonization Society, in establishing an Asylum on the coast of Africa, for the Free People of Colour of the United States: and that the Senators and Representatives in

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Congress from this State, be, and they are hereby requested, to use their efforts to facilitate the removal of such free persons of colour as may desire to emigrate from the United States to the Colony of Africa, and to insure to them the protection and patronage of the General Government, so far as shall be deemed consistent with the safety and interest of the United States.

"Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress,"

Similar resolutions are believed to have been adopted by the States of Rhode Island and Illinois.

The following resolution, was submitted to the Senate of the United States, by Mr. King, of New York, Feb. 18th, 1825:

"Resolved, That as soon as the portion of the existing funded debt of the United States, for the payment of which the public land of the United States is pledged, shall have been paid off, then, and thenceforth, the whole of the public land of the United States, with the nett proceeds of all future sales thereof, shall constitute or form a fund, which is hereby appropriated, and the faith of the United States is pledged, that the said fund shall be inviolably applied, to aid the emancipation of such slaves, within any of the United States, and aid the removal of such slaves, and the removal of such Free People of Colour in any of the said States, as by the laws of the States respectively, may be allowed to be emancipated, or removed to any territory or country without the limits of the United States of America."

The following by Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, March 2, 1825: "Resolved, That the Secretary of War be required to ascertain the probable expense of extinguishing the Indian title to a portion of the country lying west of the Rocky Mountains, that may be suitable for colonizing the Free People of Colour; the best routes across the Mountains, and the probable cost of a road and military post, necessary to a safe communication with such Colony, and to report the same to this House, at the next session of Congress.

From the (Geo.) Missionary.

At a called session of the Jackson County Auxiliary Colonization Society, held on the 2d day of April, 1825, the following preamble and resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted: Whereas, it is obvious that the present is an age of great and