Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-01-27

ma, concealed IN q barn, and that when
the party who arrested him were about
leaving with the recovered property, they
were pelted by the populace, and the own
or with difficulty escaped from the fury
ofthe mob
But it is unnecessary to dilate farther.
All the facts oithe case show concusyely
that the Governor Of Maine, if not dispo-
sed at the time Of the demand to comply
with it, for want Of information, should
have done so on the reception Of Governor
Schley's second letter. To that letter, no
reply, so far as your Committee is nlor-
med, has ever been received. Compelled,
therefore, from all these circumstances, to
believe that the constituted authorities of
Maine do not mean TO comply with the
laws and Constitution Of the country, but
in total disregard Of both, TO treat with.
contempt the demand Of Georgia, all that
remains for your committee to perform, is,
10 suggest the remedy, This is indeed&W
delicate and difficult task. We cannot
close our ports against the vessels of
Maine. We cannot declare non-inter-
course with her citizens. Either course
would be unconstitutional. To seize upon
the persons Of her citizens as hostages, or
to levy upon their property found in our
State, by way of reprisal, would also be
unconstitutional; but irnot, il would be UNI
Just, because it would be furnishing the in
nocent tor the guilty. What, then, ought
to be done? Resort to the ultima ratio!
This, in the language Ex-Governor Schley,
Hcannot be resortcd TO without a violation
Of the federal compact;" and long, long
may II be, before the States Of this Union
shall be involved in civil conflict. But
knowing that this dreadful alternative
must inevitabl y be ultimately rcsorted to,
as matter of selfdefence by the people
OF the South, in case the unhalowed ex-
ample Of The Governor Of Maine be follow
ed by the authorities of the other States
Of the North, and willing 10 prove to the
world by our forbearance, our reverence
for the Constitutional forbearancc which, ,
It is hoped, will hereafter insure us JUS
'lcc--your Committee, although strongly
disposed to recommend the passage Of a .
law imposing a quarantine upon all YES =,
sells coming into our waters from the State
0t Maine, in consequence Of viewing the II
loctrlne of abolition as q moral and polit- A
cal pes,ilence, which if not checked, will
spread devastation and ruin over the land. .
BE il therefore unanimously resolved, r.
~ the Senate and House of Representa- I"
ives Of Georgia, in General Assembly &c
net, That the refusal on the part of the II
Governor Of the State of Maine, TO deliver ST
p, upon demand of the Governor Of this -.
tate, Daniel Philbrook and Edward Kcl- .
oran, who stand charged with the COM ID
Mission ola crime against the laws Of this ri
tate, and have fled therefrom, is not only Il
angerous TO the rights of the people Of D
Georgia, but clearly and directly in viola =
on ofthe plain letter Of the Constitution
t the United States; which is in the fol- !.
wing words, to wit: "a person charged
any State with treason, felony or other C
rhine, who shall flee from Justice, and be S
,und in any other State, shall, on demand
the Executive authority Of the State
rom which he fled, be delivered up to be
cmovcd to the State having jurisdiction
the crime" Il
Be it further Resolved, That the State T.
{ Georgia, and each OF the other mem Il
crs Of the Conlederacy, by the adoption I,
{ the Federal Constitution, became q par :.
Y thereto, no less for the better protec- .
ion of her own than the common rights Il
nd interests Of all--and when these ends b
ease to be attained by the faithessness of il
my to the constitutional engagement, she =
S no longer bound by any obligations to
he common compact; and it then becomes
lot only her right, but her duty, para i
mount 10 all others, to seek and provide t.
for her own people, in her own C
way.
Be it further Resolved, That as soon a
as bill Of indictment shall be found true, d
in the Superior Court OF Chatham county, S
against the said Daniel PhiIbrook and Ed d
ward Kelleran, Tor the offence aforesaid, =
he Executive of Georgia be requested to
make upon the Executive Of Maine, a Sc u
,ond demand for the persons of the said "
.ugitlves, predicated upon said bill Of in il
lictment, and accompanied by such other n
evidence as is contemplated by the act of :
Congress in such cases made and provi- y
led. v
Be it further Resolved, That should the r
Executive of the State of Maine refuse TO S
comply with such second demand, the Ex- :,
ccutive of Georgia be requested to trans
NIT copy Of these resolutions to the Elk u
ecutive of each State Of the Union, to be u
presented to their several Legislatures, o
and also copy to the President of the c
United States, and to our Senators and n
Representatives in Congress, to be laid be- 7
fore that body. And should the Legisla :
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