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The Committee Was Appointed "to Inquire Into The...

operation of the Act 16 and 17 Viet. c. 99, intituled An Act to substitute in certain cases other punishment in lieu of trans- portation' " ; and the Committee was "empowered to......

Slavery-extension In The United States. Among The...

the brief career of Republi- can institutions in the United States of America, the extension of slavery is not the least, nor the least wonderful. While America consented to......