Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-08

executive. ln surrender ugIt.vrs ri any description
They are, accordingly. constantly refused and rnc',
England has been the asy ms. a.! the Pao!is, the Ia
Notes. tn. Ca!onnrs; in short, ~ tie ntrtco"S o.
jcndcrS, well rs o. The most innocent victims, who
have been able 20 gct rrr In c,rrboratIon OF tbs,
Will stale, that bat the other day. that is, on the 'it Z"
November IaL, II stated III thu lnirg. nc"r iHtar
pcaton had been made t. the Secretary of the l"'"c
Department (England) for warrant tu arrest B"w'n
but II refused tie ground that treaty spna'
ton required such cors" aud without H. 1t WAS wh'
ly nadn!SsblT Il hr is not stated with pacuaii
ty; enough however: appears /" she" that II was 10" OF"
OF the ar"cluuS clasS. mentioned by Gruus that ho"r
rer Is not stated The raso but The want ri treaty
stip.:Allun not prepared 10 say. how tar the sr
crctary actd upon the prime pie stalled III snie OF the
books, that GovernI nts in The practice OF con-
nvns at the lesser offences. that the demand Vas n'
made by our Government
There is, INDEED, Il cas: in Gambia in La where j
criminal from Irrm"nt vas delivered ~ line Authorizes
Of that State upon charge Of Larceny conrntrd there,
upon warrant ISSUED by The G"vcrnut III the lruvnc'
he was arrested, and iJbcas Corpus, before the Ih
Justice. it held awlu; in his opinion. Ii" gr.u"d"
hnjii, g"n"ra'ly upon The authorities and c?"- t'"fe
stnrd, aud his d,cs'on therefore. must stand OF !a WIN
them. 1t is worthy r remark. however. that tbs ""S
"f simple larceny and Of great atrocy ~
drscrihd Grolus, and Tat III" arrest vas
grounded upon charge oath rt the irl'ny, ana Nv"
upon demand by Our Government; so that 1t wou'o
seem, that the opinion Of the Government at nHr GU
tercd from that in Tie Provnr" u! Canada me orr
Mon of European nations t.'s suiJc - 'nahlrs"H
By the numerous treaties made by them: containing r'o
vision for the mutual surrender Ui criminals.
In Isl Kcn,s Counenarrs: page 81, we nrr i"!' lat
treaties Of this kind uaGr. between England '"n
Scotland in li7i aud England and Fiarcc ~ lo 'Eu
France ana savoy in 1913. AS these we're III Tic COM
parativcly harbaros ages Of Europe, let conc COW"
10 period, when civilization had reached Il high point
In the letter Of Mr. Jefferson before referred to. da''
I79l he says: "lhe delivery Of iugv"s: from one cP"
Try another prac.scd by several nat!ons " IN
uuence ufconvcntioIls settled between trH dehhl"gP
cIsely the wherein such deliveries shall take P
know (says hc) that such conventions exist Det%
France and Spain, FRANCE and Sardinia, rance aho
many France and the United Netherlands; lct",e"
several snveegns. constituting the Gcrnanic ooo; On
believe very generally, trtwcrn co-trTmnons ia M a.
the continent d Europe. Why, let me ASK a.. hsr
trratics in ancient and modern times: ans"tii ah,
because the opinion CT rutirnd"tt was e'nsoeeI
that without treaty stipulation, there was no "o' ;rs.,
to surrender at least, the question was 80 20
i!ed the respective rights and obligations "' +,
indetrrninate and the refusal the part OF no
surrender frequent tha, without treaty tnrp yaInc
oblira:ion all y, any sort OF pfac'i'.L ,,r
for what is this imperfect obligation OF which so,yes
lers speak is the right of TO ask "h,cn y. his
the rinlt of tie other to refuse and as apPru az
particular subject lIt, refusal had become 50 o"'''