Speaker. when the United States Government undertook to suppress African slavery. or when it entered into an agreement in a treaty with other governments that they would suppress African slavery. It also provided by law that when any vessel having slaves on board was captured upon the high seas by any of our cruisers those Africans found on board and held as slaves. if brought to the United States. should only remain hero six months and then be returned back to their native country. Some of the States of this Union. and particularly many of the Northwestern States. had in their organic laws a proviso which prevented any free negro from immigrating within the State or settling there. Now. Mr.
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