WASHINGTON, _July 26, 1854_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to the
resolution of the Senate of the 23d of May last, relative to the slave
trade in the island of Cuba.
The information contained in the papers accompanying the report will, it
is believed, be considered important, and perhaps necessary to enable
the Senate to form an opinion upon the subjects to which they relate;
but doubts may be entertained in regard to the expediency of publishing
some of the documents at this juncture.
This communication is accordingly addressed to the Senate in executive
session, in order that a discretion may be exercised in regard to its
publication.