[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. [58] _Annals of Cong._, 5 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 511, 515, 532-3. [59] _Ibid._, 5 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 1235, 1249, 1277-84, 1296-1313. [60] _Annals of Cong._, 5 Cong. 2 sess. p. 1313. [61] _Statutes at Large_, I. 549. [62] _Amer. State Papers, Miscellaneous_, I. No. 177. [63] _Annals of Cong._, 8 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 106, 211, 223, 231, 233-4, 238. [64] _Ibid._, pp. 240, 1186. [65] _Ibid._, p. 241. [66] _Ibid._, p. 240. [67] _Ibid._, p. 242. [68] For further proceedings, see _Annals of Cong._, 8 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 240-55, 1038-79, 1128-9, 1185-9. For the law, see _Statutes at Large_, II. 283-9. [69] First, a bill was introduced applying the Northwest Ordinance to the Territory (_Annals of Cong._, 8 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 45-6); but this was replaced by a Senate bill (_Ibid._, p. 68; _Senate Journal_, repr. 1821, 8 Cong. 2 sess. III. 464). For the petition of the inhabitants, see _Annals of Cong._, 8 Cong. 2 sess. p. 727-8. [70] The bill was hurried through, and there are no records of debate. Cf. _Annals of Cong._, 8 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 28-69, 727, 871, 957, 1016-20, 1213-5. In _Senate Journal_ (repr. 1821), III., see Index, Bill No. 8. Importation of slaves was allowed by a clause erecting a Frame of Government "similar" to that of the Mississippi Territory. [71] _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. p. 443. The whole trade was practically foreign, for the slavers merely entered the Negroes at Charleston and immediately reshipped them to New Orleans. Cf. _Annals of Cong._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. p. 264. [72] _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 1 sess. V. 264; _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 445, 878. [73] _House Reports_, 9 Cong. 1 sess. Feb. 17, 1806. [74] House Bill No. 123. [75] _Annals of Cong._, 16 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 73-7. This report covers the time from Jan. 1, 1804, to Dec. 31, 1807. During that time the following was the number of ships engaged in the traffic:-- From Charleston, 61 From Connecticut, 1 " Rhode Island, 59 " Sweden, 1 " Baltimore, 4 " Great Britain, 70 " Boston, 1 " France, 3 " Norfolk, 2 202