EditorialA Plea for the Constitution. The political philosopher, Jeremy Bentham, circulated A Plea for the Constitution to influential friends and members of the British government in 1803. Bentham urged the abandonment of convict transportation to penal coloni...
EditorialTHE SEIZURE BY CAPTAIN WILKS, OF THE UNITED STATES' WAR SHIP SAN JACINTO, OF MESSRS. SLIDELL AND MASON, CONFEDERATE COMMISSIONERS, ON BOARD THE BRITISH MAIL STEAMER TRENT.