Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-06-26

portaat? Why is It guaroeu aha = ~
with so much care, If no duty sot exercise
accompanies the Yight2 Where isashe wise !
dom and utility of these provisions, u they 4
are forever to slumber! e9 - a
But still, il may be said, tho criminal
NAV take refuge in CoMtnbIa district, ana
10 thar place none ofthese clauses extends.
Here then, we arrive at the haal. OBJECT q
our inquiry. fine is safe here, our DIS
cus.ion is at an aud, and the man who mas,
without the sanction ofiaw, taksn,the HE
Of another, or II, other words, Is guilty OF d
murder. may iegislare for the security OF
the properly. Liberty and lives ofhts tsllow' /,
ci,;zens. He may bid defiance to the .prln.
ciples of republicamsm and the arm Of G y
authority, and glory in his shame. pas
this degrading idea Is not to De aam'ttsa' !
We will suppose, as our inquiry implies,
thar the crimina: has fed TO this central
no,n, of our union; that he has taken re-
:fuee in this sanctuary of our country, and
/. that, shielded by the brass OF ms own au-
dacity, he1s unblushingly seated 10 the Ca
piloi: where none but tae congsegatsd wor-
| lhies of cur nation should dare 20 sue"
|, their faces.
/ We viii saw in the emphatic language OF
/ Cicero. which is quoted at the head OF THIS
essay. s.sThe murderer yet lives; Lives
I did I saw; Yea he even comes into tnSs
senate ne shares our public deliberations
he points on, & marks with his eye each one
of us for destruction" Even here he IS with.
/ in the grasp of justice. He may behurisu )
+ from his exalted station and brought, TOE
trial, to the tribunal of his insulled co.'fe,y.
/ An &C, of congress .dated March 8. a. u.
4 eiohteen hundred and one, (volume hve,
cage two hundred and eighty seven,) con-
tains the following provision
"In all cases where the constitution or
laws of the United States, provide that cfi-
minsls and fugitives from justice, or per-
sons held to labor in any state, escaping ln'
10 another. State, shall be delivered up =
the Chief Justice of the said Dictrlct (d
5, Celumbia) shall be, and he is hereby EN-
powered and required to cause to De apl
pretended and delivered such crlmlnai' III
gi,ive from justice, or persons heeine
= from service, 1as the case may De, wnp
shall be found within the District, 10 u. .ns
il a,
latlons as the executive authority of the Sc.
yeral states are required to do the same !;
and all executive and judicial officers are
+ hereby required to obey all lawful precep.s
or other process issued for that purpose,
andto be aiding and assisting in such deli
livery" Here then he is routed from his
last retreat, and thus our government is
rescued from the imputation of plaring
impotence. If the states are vigilanr, and
perform their duty, the criminal can find
no lurking hole SO deep, aud no elevation
50 high as TO secure him from the grasp OF
the laws OF his country and the penal con-
sequences OF his crimes. He will rot
long ind shelter il the legislature to mock
the majesty OF government, trample on the
princlPles,ot republican virtue, and insult
the union. In this elevated station, he
becomes conspicuous he may be seized
with more facility by the ministers of iniur-
| ed justice, led to the bar Of conviction,
and made TO feel the heavy arm of ven.
geance. He may be made to repent the
day when his heart became cailous to the
impressions of humanity. He may look
back, with pain, to the time when -
VAN was che widows, vain the orphans cry,
! 10 touch his feelings, to f. 9TH his ragc- 81
| I" Vain the pure drop that rod from beautys eve
| Vain the dumb grief of duplicating ags.'"
| His time has arrived. and now, rstributiye
justice will compel him to implore and 10
supplieate IN vain. We find there is con-
stitutional powerto $50
! Drag forth tn illegal moniser into lish,,
I And bid the feel -the pafns give
There is power to rescue our nation from
the indelible stain of being governed by
muvderefs, and e:hope and trust that,
| whenever occasion requires, that power
| will be exercised fer the projections of our
! government from desu uction and. our ma
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