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1 Andrew Johnson, Slavery or Peonage in Mexico: Message from the President of the United States 1 (1865)

handle is hein.slavery/slvpmexm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 39TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I Ex. Doc. 1st ,Session. No. 13. SLAVERY OR PEONAGE IN MEXICO. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ANSWER TO A resolution of the House of 1 lth instant concerning the re-establishment of sla- very or peonage in the republic of Mexico. DECEMBER 20, 1865.-Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. To the House (f Representatives: In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th in- stant, requesting information relative to a so-called decree concerning the re-estab- lishment of slavery or peonage in the republic of Mexico, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, and the documents by which it was accompanied. ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, December 14, 1865. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, I1'asington, December 14, 1865. The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, requesting the President, if not incompat- ible with the public service, to communicate to that House any information in possession of any of the executive departments of the government in reference to a so-called decree by Maximilian, the French agent in Mexico, under date of September 5, A. D. 1865, re-establishing slavery or peonage in that repub- lic, and to inform that House what action, if any, has been taken by the government of the United States in reference thereto, has the honor to lay be- Reproduced with permission from the University of Illinois at Chicago