Now, it happens that behind all this exceeding great zeal against the right of search is a question which the gentleman took care not to bring into view, and that is the support and perpetuation of the African slave-trade.
Quincy points out that the debate over the right of search is intertwined with the issue of the African slave trade, which he believes is being obscured.
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