"_Resolved_, That it is inexpedient to repeal the laws prohibiting the African slave trade." Offered by Mr. Orr; not voted upon. _Congressional Globe_, 34 Cong. 3 sess. p. 123. ~1856, Dec. 15. Congress (House): Reopening of Slave-Trade.~ "_Resolved_, That it is inexpedient, unwise, and contrary to the settled policy of the United States, to repeal the laws prohibiting the African slave trade." Offered by Mr. Orr; agreed to, 183 to 8. _House Journal_, 34 Cong. 3 sess. pp. 111-3; _Congressional Globe_, 34 Cong. 3 sess. pp. 125-6. ~1856, Dec. 15. Congress (House): Reopening of Slave-Trade.~ "_Resolved_, That the House of Representatives, expressing, as they believe, public opinion both North and South, are utterly opposed to the reopening of the slave trade." Offered by Mr. Boyce; not voted upon. _Congressional Globe_, 34 Cong. 3 sess. p. 125. ~1857. South Carolina: Report of Legislative Committee.~ Special committee of seven on the slave-trade clause in the Governor's message report: majority report of six members, favoring the reopening of the African slave-trade; minority report of Pettigrew, opposing it. _Report of the Special Committee_, etc., published in 1857. ~1857, March 3. United States Statute: Appropriation.~ To carry out the Act of March 3, 1819, and subsequent acts, $8,000. _Statutes at Large_, XI. 227; _House Journal_, 34 Cong. 3 sess. p. 397. Cf. _House Exec. Doc._, 34 Cong. 3 sess. IX. No. 70. ~1858, March (?). Louisiana: Bill to Import Africans.~ Passed House; lost in Senate by two votes. Cf. _Congressional Globe_, 35 Cong. 1 sess. p. 1362. ~1858, Dec. 6. President Buchanan's Message.~ "The truth is, that Cuba in its existing colonial condition, is a constant source of injury and annoyance to the American people. It is the only spot in the civilized world where the African slave trade is tolerated; and we are bound by treaty with Great Britain to maintain a naval force on the coast of Africa, at much expense both of life and treasure, solely for the purpose of arresting slavers bound to that island. The late serious difficulties between the United States and Great Britain respecting the right of search, now so happily terminated, could never have arisen if Cuba had not afforded a market for slaves. As long as this market shall remain open, there can be no hope for the civilization of benighted Africa....