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the coast of Africa, or the islands of the West Indies. Ile was in• clined to belieYe that an importation of slan•:; from Cuba had taken place, but he had not heard of any such importation from the coast of Africa. With reg:ml to the importation of sla\'eS from Cuba, he must say, that it hnd occurred be[fore] the treaty, for suppressing the slave trade, had f been put into l operation. The statement of the honorable [member for] Southampton, therefore, applied to a time [anteced]ent to the ratification of the treaty. The noble Lord then entered into various particulars of the measures taken by the Government with foreign powers for the suppression of the slave trade, and at1ded, if the Government should have any authen• tic accounts of the [intro]duction of slaves in Texas, it would be their wish as well as duty, to take such immediate steps as would put it down. Now, as to the political question [mutilated] there were no grounds whatever why the government should interfere polit- ically. As . . . f mutilated] address which called on the crown to interfere to prevent the traffic of slaves in Texas, he thought it would involve a censure on the Government that it did not deserve, considering the measures they had already adopted, and on these grounds he must oppose the motion. :Mr. E Buxton did not think any blame attributable to the Govern- ment with respect to the extension of sla,ery in Texas, but he thought the subject required their continued vigilance His Government was bound to remonstrate with the l\lexican Government as well as that of the United States, which as a government was strongly opposed to the extension of slavery as we were [aware.] Mr B Hoyt, after what the noble Lord had said, would not Press his motion. Mr. Hume, Sir T. French, Sir J. T Reed, made some important remarks. D. Lushington said there were several circumstances u~der which this country possessed a right to interfere to prevent the traffic in slaves in Texas. So long as 1'exas remained in a state of dependence on .Mexico, or did not establish its independence, this country had a right to insist on its observation of the treaty which we had made with Mexico, of which under such circumstances, it must be considered as still foaming [forming] a part. If it did establish its independence, we could recognize a state on such conditions as we pleased, and could make the abolition of the slave trade on[e of] them. But if the state was received into the union of the North American States, then we could demand that it should be bound by the treaties which we had con- tracted with the government of those states. Dr Bowring thought we were bound to remonstrate with the Gov- ernment of North America, against the introduction of any slave deal- ing state into the Union, 'The amendment was then withdrawn.
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