Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-04-30

r.ev> similar TO the ccd;cil OF Il will. TMs,..
article provides for the Organization Of Con-
rress defines its powers ; prescribes limit.
tons upon the powers previously gralGtcd
and sets mctes and bounds 10 the AUTHORITY =;
the state governments. The second artc.
,royides for the organization OF the Execute.
Departlnent, and defines its power aid ,lu,r
The third article defines the te,ure BY Which
the persons in whom the Judicial Power NJ,
be vested shall hold their Offices, and prescribe,
the extent of their power aud junsdicdoa.-
These three articles provide Tor the Tire
great departments, CT government called Ito
existence blythe constitution, bat some oAsr
provisions Just then occur. wElch ought 10
have been included III one or the other Of tie
preceding articles, and these provisions are
,ncorpor, ted and compose the 18th ardck
The first section Of it declares, that "EuD
f.itb and credit shall be given IN each sae
to the public acts, records ana !uoiSisi Pre-.
ceeJinrs Of every other state. Aud the Con-
eress may by general laws prescribe the maa
ner in which such acts, records AID proceed.
mos shall be proved and the effect thereof
In the second section it declares, that per.
son, charged in any state with treason, telay
or OTHER crime, WHO Shall rec from justice,
and be found in arother state, Shall, Oh De.
mand of the executive authority OF the site
from which he fed, be delivered up, to bere.
moved to the state having jurisdiction Ct tie
crime. A similar provision is contained in
the same section, relative to lug. tivcs Who are
bound to labor by the laws OF any site. In
the first case which his been selected express
authority has been given to Congo 's, to Pre-.
scribe the manner in which the records, &c.
should be proved, and also the effect thereof,
bet in the other two, no authority Is sHenw
Congress, and vet the bare Inspection 1.-THE
three cases will prove that tie hIterierehce o.
Congress is less necessary III tic hist THAN 10
the two remaining cases. A record must si'
ways be proved by itself, because 1t Is tie
highest evidence of which the case adiis
The effect of a record ought to depend upon
the laws of the state of which it is record
and therefore tie power to prescribe t''e ei.
feet Ola record was wholly unnecessary 10
has been s. held by Cong ress---no law n"VibS
been passed to prescribe the effect OF rccofA
IL the second Case there seems to DC Soiac
app rent reason ior passing law 10 ascef'
tain the officer upon whom the demand Is 70
be made what evidence Of the identity OF
the person demanded and of the guilt OF tine
party charged must be produced before the
obligation to deliver Shall be complete. The
SANE apparent reason exists for the passage OF
law relative to tug:tives from labor. Accor-
ding however, to tie rule Of construction
contended for, Congress Cannot PASS amy law
to carry the constitution into effect, in the two
last cases selected, because express power
has been given in the first and is withheld Il
the two last. But Congress has never theicis'
passed laws to Carry those provisions nto ef-
feet, and this exercise of power never been
complained ofby the people or the states.
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