Chapter 18

[1]Ante, Vol. VI. pp. 442, 502; Vol. VII. p. 152.[2]Ante, Vol. IX. pp. 39-46.[3]Acts 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Ch. CLXXXIX. Sec. 1: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 588.[4]Acts 1st Cong., Ch. XX. Sec. 29, 34: Ibid., Vol. I. pp. 88, 92.[5]Statev.Whitaker, 3 Harrington, R., 550.[6]Ch. 52, § 12.[7]Ch. 107, § 4.[8]Ch. 52, § 12.[9]Elliottv.Morgan, 3 Harrington, R., 317.[10]Statev.Whitaker, 3 Harrington, R., 549.[11]Statev.Cooper, Ibid., 571.[12]Statev.Jeans, 4 Ibid., 570.[13]Reddenv.Spruance et als., Ibid., 217.[14]Webbv.Pindergrass, 4 Harrington, R., 439.[15]Statev.Bender, 3 Ibid., 572, note.[16]Collinsv.Hall, Ibid., 574, note.[17]Statev.Fisher, 1 Harris and Johnson, R., 750.[18]Ruskv.Sowerwine, 3 Ibid., 97.[19]Spriggv.Negro Mary, Ibid., 491.[20]Ch. 176, § 20.[21]Winnv.Jones, 6 Leigh, R., 74.[22]Johnsonv.The Commonwealth, 2 Grattan, R., 581.[23]Code of Virginia (1849), Ch. 215, § 9.[24]Ch. 107, § 1. See Tumeyv.Knox, 7 T. B. Monroe, R., 91.[25]Pagev.Carter, 8 B. Monroe, R., 192.[26]Ch. 111, § 50; Act 1777, Ch. 115, § 42; Act 1821, Ch. 1123. See Statev.Ben, 1 Hawks, R., 434.[27]Statev.Chittem, 2 Devereux, R., 49.[28]Statev.Patton, 5 Iredell, Law Rep., 186.[29]Williamsv.Blincoe, 5 Littell, R., 171.[30]Jonesv.The State, Meigs, R., 121.[31]Nicholson’s Supplement to the Statutes, 131.[32]7 Statutes at Large, 411.[33]2 De Bow, Industrial Resources, etc., of the Southern and Western States, 279.[34]2 De Bow, 274.[35]7 Statutes at Large, 401, 402.[36]2 De Bow, 274.[37]Whitev.Helmes, 1 McCord, R., 435.[38]Groningv.Devana, 2 Bailey, R., 192.[39]Heywardv.Glover, Riley, Chan. Rep., 53.[40]Gagev.M’Ilwain, 1 Strobhart, R., 135.[41]Section 10: Cobb’s Digest, 973.[42]Cobb’s Digest, 988.[43]Section 2276; see, also, Section 3596.[44]Sections 110, 111: Hutchinson, Code, 861.[45]Hutchinson, Code, 136. Harrisv.Newman, 3 Smedes and Marshall, R., 575, 576; Colemanv.Doe, 4 Ibid., 40.[46]Thompson’s Digest, 542.[47]Ch. 187, § 22.[48]Meechumv.Judy, 4 Missouri Rep., 361.[49]Ch. 158, § 25.[50]Consol. and Rev. Stat., 556; Act of 1816, Ch. 146, §§ 1, 2.[51]Art. 1584.[52]Art. 2261; see, also, Art. 177.[53]Hartley’s Digest, Art. 2586.[54]Ovid, Metamorph., Lib. II. 13, 14.[55]No allusion is made to Free States where exclusion on account of color was recognized.[56]Hawkinsv.The State, 7 Missouri Rep., 192.[57]Spencerv.The State, 20 Alabama Rep., 27.[58]Potts et al.v.House, 6 Georgia Rep., 348.[59]De Lacyv.Antoine et als., 7 Leigh, R., 438; Commonwealthv.Oldham, 1 Dana, R., 466; Williamsv.Blincoe, 5 Littell, R., 171; 2 De Bow, 274.[60]Commonwealthv.Oldham, 1 Dana, R., 467.[61]Clancyv.Overman, 1 Devereux and Battle, R., 402.[62]Bilesv.Holmes et als., 11 Iredell, Law Rep., 21.[63]Yeatman et al.v.Hart, 6 Humphreys, R., 377. See, also, Marrv.Hill et al., 10 Missouri Rep., 320; M’Clintockv.Hunter, Dudley, So. Car. Law Rep., 327; Brownv.Lester, Georgia Decisions, Part I. p. 77.[64]Roulhacv.White et al., 9 Iredell, Law Rep., 63; Jonesv.White, 11 Humphreys, R., 268.[65]Brownstonv.Cropper, 1 Littell, R., 176.[66]Bilesv.Holmes et als., 11 Iredell, Law Rep., 20, 21. See, also, Maddinv.Edmondson, 10 Missouri Rep., 643.[67]7 Statutes at Large, 411.[68]Act 1740, § 46, 7 Statutes at Large, 413; Act 1800, § 5, Ibid., 442; 3 McCord, R., 363.[69]Act 1846, Ch. 87, § 12, Thompson’s Digest, 176; Act November 21, 1828, § 43, Ibid., 511.[70]Act December 20, 1823, § 2, 2 Cobb’s Digest, 996; Act May 10, 1770, § 43, Ibid., p. 981.[71]Act 1814, Ch. 32, §§ 1-3, Consol. and Rev. Stat., p. 525.[72]Introductory View of the Rationale of Evidence, Ch. XIX.-XXII.; Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Book IX.: Works (Edinburgh, 1843), Vols. VI. pp. 86-116, VII. 335-563.[73]An elaborate letter to Mr. Sumner from this distinguished authority on the exclusion of colored testimony was annexed to this Report,—Senate Reports, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 25, pp. 18-28.[74]Pufendorf, Law of Nature and Nations, Book V. ch. 13, § 9.[75]Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Book IX. ch. 3: Works (Edinburgh, 1843), Vol. VII. p. 339.[76]History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Ch. L.[77]Tocqueville, L’Ancien Régime, Liv. III. ch. 5, (2me édit.,) p. 302.[78]Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne, Liv. II. ch. 6.[79]Charles Comte, Traité de Législation, (2me édit.,) Tom. IV. pp. 129, 445.[80]Journey through Upper India, (London, 1829,) Vol. III. p. 355.[81]“Scio me esse servum: nescio etiam id quod scio.”—Plautus,Bacchides, Act. IV. Sc. vii. 21 [Ritschl, 791].[82]Smith, Dict. Greek and Roman Antiq., art.ServusandTormentum.[83]Notes on Virginia, Query XIV.: Writings, Vol. VIII. p. 385.[84]Blair, Inquiry into the State of Slavery amongst the Romans, pp. 62-64.[85]Voet, Commentarius ad Pandectas, Lib. XXII. Tit. 5, sec. 2. See, also, Stephens, Slavery of the British West India Colonies, Vol. I. p. 171.[86]Capitularia Regum Francorum, ed. Baluzius, Lib. VI. cap. 352, Lib. VII. cap. 208.[87]Potgiesser, De Statu Servorum, Lib. III. cap. 3, p. 612, note.[88]Ibid., p. 611; Leg. Burgund., Tit. VI. § 3.[89]Ibid., p. 612.[90]Europe during the Middle Ages (London, 1846), Ch. II. Part 2, Vol. I. p. 149, note.[91]Coke upon Littleton, 122 b.; Brooke’s Abridgment,Villenage, 68; Fitzherbert’s Abridgment,Villenage, 38, 39.[92]Hawkins, Pleas of the Crown, (7th edit.,) Book II. ch. 46, § 162 [45].[93]Stephens, Slavery in the British West India Colonies, Vol. I. pp. 174, 175.[94]Act 1705, § 31: 3 Hening, Statutes at Large, 298.[95]Wheeler, Law of Slavery, p. 194, note.[96]De Bow, Industrial Resources, &c., of the Southern and Western States, Vol. II. p. 274.[97]Lewisv.The State, 9 Smedes and Marshall, R., 120.[98]See Rev. Code Del., Ch. 80, § 28, Ch. 130, § 1; 1 Dorsey, Laws Md., 92, 777; Code Va., Ch. 194, § 1, Ch. 200. § 8; Rev. Stat. Ky., Ch. 93, art. 7, §§ 14, 15; Rev. Stat. N. C., Ch. 111, § 52; Car. and Nich., Comp. Tenn., 674; Thompson, Dig. Fa., 540. § 11; Cobb, Dig. Ga., 974, § 19, 987, § 63; Code Ala., §§ 3315, 3318; Hutchinson, Code Miss., 521, § 59.[99]Tate, Dig., 338, § 3.[100]1 Dorsey, 92.[101]Act of 1828, § 41: Thompson’s Digest, 540, § 11.[102]Act of 1822, June 18, § 59.[103]Rev. Stat., Ch. 74, art. 3, § 8.[104]De Bow, Industrial Resources, Vol. II. p. 274.[105]Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 1094-1096.[106]Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV. p. 226.[107]Statutes at Large, Vol. XI. p. 55, Ch. 127, § 7.[108]Statutes at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 139.[109]Judges, v. 23.[110]Martial, Epigr., Lib. II. 64.[111]House Journal, February 18, 1807. Report on Petition of Merchants of Charleston, S. C.: Reports, 9th Cong. 2d Sess., Vol. II.[112]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., Vol. V., Doc. 102.[113]See Appendix.[114]Senate Reports, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 41, Appendix.[115]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 249.[116]French Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mr. Morris, Oct. 14, 1793: Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 70.[117]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 43.[118]Ibid., p. 217.[119]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 253.[120]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 263.[121]Ibid., p. 77.[122]Ibid., pp. 77, 78.[123]American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 683.[124]Ibid., p. 469.[125]Ibid., p. 747.[126]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 149.[127]Report of the Secretary of State, Jan. 18, 1799: Ibid., p. 434.[128]Ibid., pp. 434, 435.[129]Ibid., p. 435.[130]Ibid., p. 163.[131]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 471.[132]Ibid., p. 377.[133]Ibid., p. 484.[134]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, pp. 454, 455.[135]American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. II. p. 163.[136]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 487.[137]Garden, Traités de Paix, Tom. VI. p. 120.[138]Adams’s Works, Vol. I. p. 553.[139]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, pp. 562, 575.[140]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 430.[141]Ibid., pp. 580, 581.[142]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 581.[143]Ibid., p. 582.[144]Ibid., p. 583.[145]Ibid., p. 609.[146]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 490.[147]To the President of Congress, December 23, 1777: Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. V. p. 197.[148]Treaty of Alliance, Art. XI.: U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 10.[149]Treaty of Alliance, Art. XII.: U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 10.[150]Message to Parliament, January 28, 1793: Hansard, Parliamentary History, Vol. XXX. col. 239.[151]Speech on the King’s Message, February 1, 1793: Hansard, XXX. 307.[152]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 457.[153]Articles VI., VII.: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 16.[154]Article XVII.: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII., p. 22.[155]Article XXII.: Ibid., p. 24.[156]Article VIII.: Ibid., p. 112.[157]American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 347.[158]Ibid.[159]Le Droit des Gens, Liv. III. ch. 6, § 94.[160]Report of Mr. Livingston on the French Spoliations, February 22, 1830: Senate Documents, 21st Cong. 1st Sess., No. 68, p. 5.[161]Gebhardt’s American and French State Papers, Vol. I. pp. 9, 10.[162]Letter to Mr. Jefferson, September 18, 1793: American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. pp. 173, 174.[163]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 193.[164]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 199.[165]Ibid., p. 231.[166]Ibid., pp. 78, 79.[167]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 84.

[1]Ante, Vol. VI. pp. 442, 502; Vol. VII. p. 152.

[1]Ante, Vol. VI. pp. 442, 502; Vol. VII. p. 152.

[2]Ante, Vol. IX. pp. 39-46.

[2]Ante, Vol. IX. pp. 39-46.

[3]Acts 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Ch. CLXXXIX. Sec. 1: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 588.

[3]Acts 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Ch. CLXXXIX. Sec. 1: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 588.

[4]Acts 1st Cong., Ch. XX. Sec. 29, 34: Ibid., Vol. I. pp. 88, 92.

[4]Acts 1st Cong., Ch. XX. Sec. 29, 34: Ibid., Vol. I. pp. 88, 92.

[5]Statev.Whitaker, 3 Harrington, R., 550.

[5]Statev.Whitaker, 3 Harrington, R., 550.

[6]Ch. 52, § 12.

[6]Ch. 52, § 12.

[7]Ch. 107, § 4.

[7]Ch. 107, § 4.

[8]Ch. 52, § 12.

[8]Ch. 52, § 12.

[9]Elliottv.Morgan, 3 Harrington, R., 317.

[9]Elliottv.Morgan, 3 Harrington, R., 317.

[10]Statev.Whitaker, 3 Harrington, R., 549.

[10]Statev.Whitaker, 3 Harrington, R., 549.

[11]Statev.Cooper, Ibid., 571.

[11]Statev.Cooper, Ibid., 571.

[12]Statev.Jeans, 4 Ibid., 570.

[12]Statev.Jeans, 4 Ibid., 570.

[13]Reddenv.Spruance et als., Ibid., 217.

[13]Reddenv.Spruance et als., Ibid., 217.

[14]Webbv.Pindergrass, 4 Harrington, R., 439.

[14]Webbv.Pindergrass, 4 Harrington, R., 439.

[15]Statev.Bender, 3 Ibid., 572, note.

[15]Statev.Bender, 3 Ibid., 572, note.

[16]Collinsv.Hall, Ibid., 574, note.

[16]Collinsv.Hall, Ibid., 574, note.

[17]Statev.Fisher, 1 Harris and Johnson, R., 750.

[17]Statev.Fisher, 1 Harris and Johnson, R., 750.

[18]Ruskv.Sowerwine, 3 Ibid., 97.

[18]Ruskv.Sowerwine, 3 Ibid., 97.

[19]Spriggv.Negro Mary, Ibid., 491.

[19]Spriggv.Negro Mary, Ibid., 491.

[20]Ch. 176, § 20.

[20]Ch. 176, § 20.

[21]Winnv.Jones, 6 Leigh, R., 74.

[21]Winnv.Jones, 6 Leigh, R., 74.

[22]Johnsonv.The Commonwealth, 2 Grattan, R., 581.

[22]Johnsonv.The Commonwealth, 2 Grattan, R., 581.

[23]Code of Virginia (1849), Ch. 215, § 9.

[23]Code of Virginia (1849), Ch. 215, § 9.

[24]Ch. 107, § 1. See Tumeyv.Knox, 7 T. B. Monroe, R., 91.

[24]Ch. 107, § 1. See Tumeyv.Knox, 7 T. B. Monroe, R., 91.

[25]Pagev.Carter, 8 B. Monroe, R., 192.

[25]Pagev.Carter, 8 B. Monroe, R., 192.

[26]Ch. 111, § 50; Act 1777, Ch. 115, § 42; Act 1821, Ch. 1123. See Statev.Ben, 1 Hawks, R., 434.

[26]Ch. 111, § 50; Act 1777, Ch. 115, § 42; Act 1821, Ch. 1123. See Statev.Ben, 1 Hawks, R., 434.

[27]Statev.Chittem, 2 Devereux, R., 49.

[27]Statev.Chittem, 2 Devereux, R., 49.

[28]Statev.Patton, 5 Iredell, Law Rep., 186.

[28]Statev.Patton, 5 Iredell, Law Rep., 186.

[29]Williamsv.Blincoe, 5 Littell, R., 171.

[29]Williamsv.Blincoe, 5 Littell, R., 171.

[30]Jonesv.The State, Meigs, R., 121.

[30]Jonesv.The State, Meigs, R., 121.

[31]Nicholson’s Supplement to the Statutes, 131.

[31]Nicholson’s Supplement to the Statutes, 131.

[32]7 Statutes at Large, 411.

[32]7 Statutes at Large, 411.

[33]2 De Bow, Industrial Resources, etc., of the Southern and Western States, 279.

[33]2 De Bow, Industrial Resources, etc., of the Southern and Western States, 279.

[34]2 De Bow, 274.

[34]2 De Bow, 274.

[35]7 Statutes at Large, 401, 402.

[35]7 Statutes at Large, 401, 402.

[36]2 De Bow, 274.

[36]2 De Bow, 274.

[37]Whitev.Helmes, 1 McCord, R., 435.

[37]Whitev.Helmes, 1 McCord, R., 435.

[38]Groningv.Devana, 2 Bailey, R., 192.

[38]Groningv.Devana, 2 Bailey, R., 192.

[39]Heywardv.Glover, Riley, Chan. Rep., 53.

[39]Heywardv.Glover, Riley, Chan. Rep., 53.

[40]Gagev.M’Ilwain, 1 Strobhart, R., 135.

[40]Gagev.M’Ilwain, 1 Strobhart, R., 135.

[41]Section 10: Cobb’s Digest, 973.

[41]Section 10: Cobb’s Digest, 973.

[42]Cobb’s Digest, 988.

[42]Cobb’s Digest, 988.

[43]Section 2276; see, also, Section 3596.

[43]Section 2276; see, also, Section 3596.

[44]Sections 110, 111: Hutchinson, Code, 861.

[44]Sections 110, 111: Hutchinson, Code, 861.

[45]Hutchinson, Code, 136. Harrisv.Newman, 3 Smedes and Marshall, R., 575, 576; Colemanv.Doe, 4 Ibid., 40.

[45]Hutchinson, Code, 136. Harrisv.Newman, 3 Smedes and Marshall, R., 575, 576; Colemanv.Doe, 4 Ibid., 40.

[46]Thompson’s Digest, 542.

[46]Thompson’s Digest, 542.

[47]Ch. 187, § 22.

[47]Ch. 187, § 22.

[48]Meechumv.Judy, 4 Missouri Rep., 361.

[48]Meechumv.Judy, 4 Missouri Rep., 361.

[49]Ch. 158, § 25.

[49]Ch. 158, § 25.

[50]Consol. and Rev. Stat., 556; Act of 1816, Ch. 146, §§ 1, 2.

[50]Consol. and Rev. Stat., 556; Act of 1816, Ch. 146, §§ 1, 2.

[51]Art. 1584.

[51]Art. 1584.

[52]Art. 2261; see, also, Art. 177.

[52]Art. 2261; see, also, Art. 177.

[53]Hartley’s Digest, Art. 2586.

[53]Hartley’s Digest, Art. 2586.

[54]Ovid, Metamorph., Lib. II. 13, 14.

[54]Ovid, Metamorph., Lib. II. 13, 14.

[55]No allusion is made to Free States where exclusion on account of color was recognized.

[55]No allusion is made to Free States where exclusion on account of color was recognized.

[56]Hawkinsv.The State, 7 Missouri Rep., 192.

[56]Hawkinsv.The State, 7 Missouri Rep., 192.

[57]Spencerv.The State, 20 Alabama Rep., 27.

[57]Spencerv.The State, 20 Alabama Rep., 27.

[58]Potts et al.v.House, 6 Georgia Rep., 348.

[58]Potts et al.v.House, 6 Georgia Rep., 348.

[59]De Lacyv.Antoine et als., 7 Leigh, R., 438; Commonwealthv.Oldham, 1 Dana, R., 466; Williamsv.Blincoe, 5 Littell, R., 171; 2 De Bow, 274.

[59]De Lacyv.Antoine et als., 7 Leigh, R., 438; Commonwealthv.Oldham, 1 Dana, R., 466; Williamsv.Blincoe, 5 Littell, R., 171; 2 De Bow, 274.

[60]Commonwealthv.Oldham, 1 Dana, R., 467.

[60]Commonwealthv.Oldham, 1 Dana, R., 467.

[61]Clancyv.Overman, 1 Devereux and Battle, R., 402.

[61]Clancyv.Overman, 1 Devereux and Battle, R., 402.

[62]Bilesv.Holmes et als., 11 Iredell, Law Rep., 21.

[62]Bilesv.Holmes et als., 11 Iredell, Law Rep., 21.

[63]Yeatman et al.v.Hart, 6 Humphreys, R., 377. See, also, Marrv.Hill et al., 10 Missouri Rep., 320; M’Clintockv.Hunter, Dudley, So. Car. Law Rep., 327; Brownv.Lester, Georgia Decisions, Part I. p. 77.

[63]Yeatman et al.v.Hart, 6 Humphreys, R., 377. See, also, Marrv.Hill et al., 10 Missouri Rep., 320; M’Clintockv.Hunter, Dudley, So. Car. Law Rep., 327; Brownv.Lester, Georgia Decisions, Part I. p. 77.

[64]Roulhacv.White et al., 9 Iredell, Law Rep., 63; Jonesv.White, 11 Humphreys, R., 268.

[64]Roulhacv.White et al., 9 Iredell, Law Rep., 63; Jonesv.White, 11 Humphreys, R., 268.

[65]Brownstonv.Cropper, 1 Littell, R., 176.

[65]Brownstonv.Cropper, 1 Littell, R., 176.

[66]Bilesv.Holmes et als., 11 Iredell, Law Rep., 20, 21. See, also, Maddinv.Edmondson, 10 Missouri Rep., 643.

[66]Bilesv.Holmes et als., 11 Iredell, Law Rep., 20, 21. See, also, Maddinv.Edmondson, 10 Missouri Rep., 643.

[67]7 Statutes at Large, 411.

[67]7 Statutes at Large, 411.

[68]Act 1740, § 46, 7 Statutes at Large, 413; Act 1800, § 5, Ibid., 442; 3 McCord, R., 363.

[68]Act 1740, § 46, 7 Statutes at Large, 413; Act 1800, § 5, Ibid., 442; 3 McCord, R., 363.

[69]Act 1846, Ch. 87, § 12, Thompson’s Digest, 176; Act November 21, 1828, § 43, Ibid., 511.

[69]Act 1846, Ch. 87, § 12, Thompson’s Digest, 176; Act November 21, 1828, § 43, Ibid., 511.

[70]Act December 20, 1823, § 2, 2 Cobb’s Digest, 996; Act May 10, 1770, § 43, Ibid., p. 981.

[70]Act December 20, 1823, § 2, 2 Cobb’s Digest, 996; Act May 10, 1770, § 43, Ibid., p. 981.

[71]Act 1814, Ch. 32, §§ 1-3, Consol. and Rev. Stat., p. 525.

[71]Act 1814, Ch. 32, §§ 1-3, Consol. and Rev. Stat., p. 525.

[72]Introductory View of the Rationale of Evidence, Ch. XIX.-XXII.; Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Book IX.: Works (Edinburgh, 1843), Vols. VI. pp. 86-116, VII. 335-563.

[72]Introductory View of the Rationale of Evidence, Ch. XIX.-XXII.; Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Book IX.: Works (Edinburgh, 1843), Vols. VI. pp. 86-116, VII. 335-563.

[73]An elaborate letter to Mr. Sumner from this distinguished authority on the exclusion of colored testimony was annexed to this Report,—Senate Reports, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 25, pp. 18-28.

[73]An elaborate letter to Mr. Sumner from this distinguished authority on the exclusion of colored testimony was annexed to this Report,—Senate Reports, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 25, pp. 18-28.

[74]Pufendorf, Law of Nature and Nations, Book V. ch. 13, § 9.

[74]Pufendorf, Law of Nature and Nations, Book V. ch. 13, § 9.

[75]Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Book IX. ch. 3: Works (Edinburgh, 1843), Vol. VII. p. 339.

[75]Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Book IX. ch. 3: Works (Edinburgh, 1843), Vol. VII. p. 339.

[76]History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Ch. L.

[76]History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Ch. L.

[77]Tocqueville, L’Ancien Régime, Liv. III. ch. 5, (2me édit.,) p. 302.

[77]Tocqueville, L’Ancien Régime, Liv. III. ch. 5, (2me édit.,) p. 302.

[78]Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne, Liv. II. ch. 6.

[78]Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne, Liv. II. ch. 6.

[79]Charles Comte, Traité de Législation, (2me édit.,) Tom. IV. pp. 129, 445.

[79]Charles Comte, Traité de Législation, (2me édit.,) Tom. IV. pp. 129, 445.

[80]Journey through Upper India, (London, 1829,) Vol. III. p. 355.

[80]Journey through Upper India, (London, 1829,) Vol. III. p. 355.

[81]“Scio me esse servum: nescio etiam id quod scio.”—Plautus,Bacchides, Act. IV. Sc. vii. 21 [Ritschl, 791].

[81]“Scio me esse servum: nescio etiam id quod scio.”—Plautus,Bacchides, Act. IV. Sc. vii. 21 [Ritschl, 791].

[82]Smith, Dict. Greek and Roman Antiq., art.ServusandTormentum.

[82]Smith, Dict. Greek and Roman Antiq., art.ServusandTormentum.

[83]Notes on Virginia, Query XIV.: Writings, Vol. VIII. p. 385.

[83]Notes on Virginia, Query XIV.: Writings, Vol. VIII. p. 385.

[84]Blair, Inquiry into the State of Slavery amongst the Romans, pp. 62-64.

[84]Blair, Inquiry into the State of Slavery amongst the Romans, pp. 62-64.

[85]Voet, Commentarius ad Pandectas, Lib. XXII. Tit. 5, sec. 2. See, also, Stephens, Slavery of the British West India Colonies, Vol. I. p. 171.

[85]Voet, Commentarius ad Pandectas, Lib. XXII. Tit. 5, sec. 2. See, also, Stephens, Slavery of the British West India Colonies, Vol. I. p. 171.

[86]Capitularia Regum Francorum, ed. Baluzius, Lib. VI. cap. 352, Lib. VII. cap. 208.

[86]Capitularia Regum Francorum, ed. Baluzius, Lib. VI. cap. 352, Lib. VII. cap. 208.

[87]Potgiesser, De Statu Servorum, Lib. III. cap. 3, p. 612, note.

[87]Potgiesser, De Statu Servorum, Lib. III. cap. 3, p. 612, note.

[88]Ibid., p. 611; Leg. Burgund., Tit. VI. § 3.

[88]Ibid., p. 611; Leg. Burgund., Tit. VI. § 3.

[89]Ibid., p. 612.

[89]Ibid., p. 612.

[90]Europe during the Middle Ages (London, 1846), Ch. II. Part 2, Vol. I. p. 149, note.

[90]Europe during the Middle Ages (London, 1846), Ch. II. Part 2, Vol. I. p. 149, note.

[91]Coke upon Littleton, 122 b.; Brooke’s Abridgment,Villenage, 68; Fitzherbert’s Abridgment,Villenage, 38, 39.

[91]Coke upon Littleton, 122 b.; Brooke’s Abridgment,Villenage, 68; Fitzherbert’s Abridgment,Villenage, 38, 39.

[92]Hawkins, Pleas of the Crown, (7th edit.,) Book II. ch. 46, § 162 [45].

[92]Hawkins, Pleas of the Crown, (7th edit.,) Book II. ch. 46, § 162 [45].

[93]Stephens, Slavery in the British West India Colonies, Vol. I. pp. 174, 175.

[93]Stephens, Slavery in the British West India Colonies, Vol. I. pp. 174, 175.

[94]Act 1705, § 31: 3 Hening, Statutes at Large, 298.

[94]Act 1705, § 31: 3 Hening, Statutes at Large, 298.

[95]Wheeler, Law of Slavery, p. 194, note.

[95]Wheeler, Law of Slavery, p. 194, note.

[96]De Bow, Industrial Resources, &c., of the Southern and Western States, Vol. II. p. 274.

[96]De Bow, Industrial Resources, &c., of the Southern and Western States, Vol. II. p. 274.

[97]Lewisv.The State, 9 Smedes and Marshall, R., 120.

[97]Lewisv.The State, 9 Smedes and Marshall, R., 120.

[98]See Rev. Code Del., Ch. 80, § 28, Ch. 130, § 1; 1 Dorsey, Laws Md., 92, 777; Code Va., Ch. 194, § 1, Ch. 200. § 8; Rev. Stat. Ky., Ch. 93, art. 7, §§ 14, 15; Rev. Stat. N. C., Ch. 111, § 52; Car. and Nich., Comp. Tenn., 674; Thompson, Dig. Fa., 540. § 11; Cobb, Dig. Ga., 974, § 19, 987, § 63; Code Ala., §§ 3315, 3318; Hutchinson, Code Miss., 521, § 59.

[98]See Rev. Code Del., Ch. 80, § 28, Ch. 130, § 1; 1 Dorsey, Laws Md., 92, 777; Code Va., Ch. 194, § 1, Ch. 200. § 8; Rev. Stat. Ky., Ch. 93, art. 7, §§ 14, 15; Rev. Stat. N. C., Ch. 111, § 52; Car. and Nich., Comp. Tenn., 674; Thompson, Dig. Fa., 540. § 11; Cobb, Dig. Ga., 974, § 19, 987, § 63; Code Ala., §§ 3315, 3318; Hutchinson, Code Miss., 521, § 59.

[99]Tate, Dig., 338, § 3.

[99]Tate, Dig., 338, § 3.

[100]1 Dorsey, 92.

[100]1 Dorsey, 92.

[101]Act of 1828, § 41: Thompson’s Digest, 540, § 11.

[101]Act of 1828, § 41: Thompson’s Digest, 540, § 11.

[102]Act of 1822, June 18, § 59.

[102]Act of 1822, June 18, § 59.

[103]Rev. Stat., Ch. 74, art. 3, § 8.

[103]Rev. Stat., Ch. 74, art. 3, § 8.

[104]De Bow, Industrial Resources, Vol. II. p. 274.

[104]De Bow, Industrial Resources, Vol. II. p. 274.

[105]Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 1094-1096.

[105]Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 1094-1096.

[106]Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV. p. 226.

[106]Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV. p. 226.

[107]Statutes at Large, Vol. XI. p. 55, Ch. 127, § 7.

[107]Statutes at Large, Vol. XI. p. 55, Ch. 127, § 7.

[108]Statutes at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 139.

[108]Statutes at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 139.

[109]Judges, v. 23.

[109]Judges, v. 23.

[110]Martial, Epigr., Lib. II. 64.

[110]Martial, Epigr., Lib. II. 64.

[111]House Journal, February 18, 1807. Report on Petition of Merchants of Charleston, S. C.: Reports, 9th Cong. 2d Sess., Vol. II.

[111]House Journal, February 18, 1807. Report on Petition of Merchants of Charleston, S. C.: Reports, 9th Cong. 2d Sess., Vol. II.

[112]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., Vol. V., Doc. 102.

[112]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., Vol. V., Doc. 102.

[113]See Appendix.

[113]See Appendix.

[114]Senate Reports, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 41, Appendix.

[114]Senate Reports, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 41, Appendix.

[115]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 249.

[115]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 249.

[116]French Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mr. Morris, Oct. 14, 1793: Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 70.

[116]French Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mr. Morris, Oct. 14, 1793: Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 70.

[117]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 43.

[117]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 43.

[118]Ibid., p. 217.

[118]Ibid., p. 217.

[119]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 253.

[119]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 253.

[120]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 263.

[120]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 263.

[121]Ibid., p. 77.

[121]Ibid., p. 77.

[122]Ibid., pp. 77, 78.

[122]Ibid., pp. 77, 78.

[123]American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 683.

[123]American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 683.

[124]Ibid., p. 469.

[124]Ibid., p. 469.

[125]Ibid., p. 747.

[125]Ibid., p. 747.

[126]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 149.

[126]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 149.

[127]Report of the Secretary of State, Jan. 18, 1799: Ibid., p. 434.

[127]Report of the Secretary of State, Jan. 18, 1799: Ibid., p. 434.

[128]Ibid., pp. 434, 435.

[128]Ibid., pp. 434, 435.

[129]Ibid., p. 435.

[129]Ibid., p. 435.

[130]Ibid., p. 163.

[130]Ibid., p. 163.

[131]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 471.

[131]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 471.

[132]Ibid., p. 377.

[132]Ibid., p. 377.

[133]Ibid., p. 484.

[133]Ibid., p. 484.

[134]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, pp. 454, 455.

[134]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, pp. 454, 455.

[135]American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. II. p. 163.

[135]American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. II. p. 163.

[136]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 487.

[136]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 487.

[137]Garden, Traités de Paix, Tom. VI. p. 120.

[137]Garden, Traités de Paix, Tom. VI. p. 120.

[138]Adams’s Works, Vol. I. p. 553.

[138]Adams’s Works, Vol. I. p. 553.

[139]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, pp. 562, 575.

[139]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, pp. 562, 575.

[140]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 430.

[140]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 430.

[141]Ibid., pp. 580, 581.

[141]Ibid., pp. 580, 581.

[142]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 581.

[142]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 581.

[143]Ibid., p. 582.

[143]Ibid., p. 582.

[144]Ibid., p. 583.

[144]Ibid., p. 583.

[145]Ibid., p. 609.

[145]Ibid., p. 609.

[146]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 490.

[146]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 490.

[147]To the President of Congress, December 23, 1777: Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. V. p. 197.

[147]To the President of Congress, December 23, 1777: Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. V. p. 197.

[148]Treaty of Alliance, Art. XI.: U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 10.

[148]Treaty of Alliance, Art. XI.: U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 10.

[149]Treaty of Alliance, Art. XII.: U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 10.

[149]Treaty of Alliance, Art. XII.: U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 10.

[150]Message to Parliament, January 28, 1793: Hansard, Parliamentary History, Vol. XXX. col. 239.

[150]Message to Parliament, January 28, 1793: Hansard, Parliamentary History, Vol. XXX. col. 239.

[151]Speech on the King’s Message, February 1, 1793: Hansard, XXX. 307.

[151]Speech on the King’s Message, February 1, 1793: Hansard, XXX. 307.

[152]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 457.

[152]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 457.

[153]Articles VI., VII.: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 16.

[153]Articles VI., VII.: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 16.

[154]Article XVII.: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII., p. 22.

[154]Article XVII.: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII., p. 22.

[155]Article XXII.: Ibid., p. 24.

[155]Article XXII.: Ibid., p. 24.

[156]Article VIII.: Ibid., p. 112.

[156]Article VIII.: Ibid., p. 112.

[157]American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 347.

[157]American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 347.

[158]Ibid.

[158]Ibid.

[159]Le Droit des Gens, Liv. III. ch. 6, § 94.

[159]Le Droit des Gens, Liv. III. ch. 6, § 94.

[160]Report of Mr. Livingston on the French Spoliations, February 22, 1830: Senate Documents, 21st Cong. 1st Sess., No. 68, p. 5.

[160]Report of Mr. Livingston on the French Spoliations, February 22, 1830: Senate Documents, 21st Cong. 1st Sess., No. 68, p. 5.

[161]Gebhardt’s American and French State Papers, Vol. I. pp. 9, 10.

[161]Gebhardt’s American and French State Papers, Vol. I. pp. 9, 10.

[162]Letter to Mr. Jefferson, September 18, 1793: American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. pp. 173, 174.

[162]Letter to Mr. Jefferson, September 18, 1793: American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. pp. 173, 174.

[163]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 193.

[163]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 193.

[164]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 199.

[164]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 199.

[165]Ibid., p. 231.

[165]Ibid., p. 231.

[166]Ibid., pp. 78, 79.

[166]Ibid., pp. 78, 79.

[167]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 84.

[167]Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 84.


Back to IndexNext