Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-04
LEGISLATURE O" GEORGIA.
Of The Committee on the State IF The Republic.

UNANIMOUSLY HIpVttN ~ UciH ihuSct'
The Joint Cnnrnittre on the Slate o! The Republic. 20
which was referred. go much nt the G"rrrn"r Message,
rs relates 10 lis correspondence With lie Governor OF
Maine, which Cn!rcsp0I:!eGCe was urcas:"ncd hr HE sn.
cret and teIuniuus abduction. from The City OF SaVan.
rah. OF O negro slave, named Auicua. Tie property Of
Jarlcs and Henry Sa.uS. By Daniel PEilhronk and Ed.
ward krlirran, citizens uf the State oil Maine, and fugi.
lives from Justice; together with Tie accompanying do.
cuments, TO sit. The affidavit "f James SagIrs, one ot
;M. nw nCrs ui said sin rc, the warrant Gi HE magistrate.
and the return Of the officer thereon: the consequent de-
mand Of the Executive uf Georgia, upon the Executive
nf iiainr. fox The delivery ot said iugiti9rs, 10 the agent
uI tie State nt Georgia, in order that they might be
mad. anicuaLlr To the violated laws of The State, and
the refusal Of the Governor Of Maine, to comply with
said dei~nant(-iETuRT
Tina, said Committee have fully reviewed all The cir.
cumslancns attending sail demand and rclusal-that in
I'M, npininn of said Committee, ;hr Governor Of Maine
has siEnaIlv failed 10 show any good and sufficient cause
TO jnstiiy him in refusing to comply with The just aud
reasonable demand o. lie Executive of Georgia, but
that, on the contrary, tie 7Viy ct the Governor ut
Georgia, 10 the letter OF refusal at the Governor OF
Maine, contains arguments, unanswrtab!r arguments,
which should at oncc have caused that officer, if al all
disposed to comply with the acquisitions Of The Constl-
,uiinn of the United States, BY performing The sacred
duties which j! imposed upon hiGn, or To preserve that
courtesy which should ever snbsisl between the sister
States Of this Union upon any md every subject, how.
ever triiiBg it might he in lis nGiurr, but nl"'" parhcu.
larry upUu questions nf such grave Import, as the one
now under cGasiGr ration, To have caused SAID ingitlves
In hip arrested, dUI tIe eCtSSd IDtfCC ~ lIts
given to the Governor Of Georgia, 50 that they might be
made to answer the charges preferred against tiirm-and
if iunnccnt. to vindica,r their innocence: II guilty. 10
endure the Just punishment OF ti:sr crimes.
The refusal mf Governor Dunlap, orcurring at n period
when llr minds u The people OF The South are j~nsilyPx
cited. and their feelings most wanionly outraged by the
Vaccinations o! crrialn fanatics "t the North, Who seem
determined, in defiance Of sound policy, and The dictates
of aorrsi patriotism, and Ui every principle Of natural and
constitutional law, To keep up an excitement in relation
10 a ccrlain species oi property, with which no tHtcrft.
rfucc from nny qunrtrr arha!!0erer Will br permllted-a
uruurIIy. guaranteed 10 ihcm b. The Constitution Of the
i. STATES. and without which guarantee this Union ne
yer wnu!d have been urmed-apprars IN the opinion of
ynrr Committee, if MT Ike a disposition on The part Of
In. Governor OF Maine, To foster and encourage said ia
nalics in their umloly Crusade" against Southern rights,
and mhici. i perSiSt'd IN, mus, tnccEaMy tend IN a sptcdy
HssoI uiion nj The Cnion, at irast like an inclination to
wink al the lr proceedings. By screening their miserable
nrsn,s. who alone carry their tocIIin;s into practical ef.
feet by wantnn Expectations upon our property, from the
Justice vi nuc laws.
The reasoning Of his ExcelIcncy of Maine, in Ills let.
ter Of refusal, 10 the demand OF the Governor If Geor-
ri, is, in the opinion If your committee, entirely fallu-
cions, and evasive Of the true question al issue. The af-
Gdayit OF The owner al the stolen slave, directly charges
Ina, The fugiliycs did. "on or about the fourth day Of May,
.i,h,een hundred and thirty Sc ren. te0niDHsiy inrcigir,
| stcsi, take and carry aeay, without the limits "f the State
of Georgia, n certain negro slave named Atticns, the
prouerly of depnnent and his BROTHER; and further
states, thai the offence is, a. depnnent Is informed and
UfkSEe. q ltIDDy uHIcT III idhS WI eoiS u WV
Duniap affects TO consider, that the belief OF the dcpon.
! cn,. that the acl committed was 4 felony under the laws
of Georgia, was not sufficient 10 authorize him 10 de-
liver the iugilives to the agent of the State. Upon this
pnrl of his Exccllency's most s~"phistical letter, your
| committee cannot fail 10 speak in terms other than those
of the most unqualified rcprubalinn- The ~iugitives were
directly and positively charged with having Jeoniousiy
inrtigitd. si0sn. taken md cnrrtcd nUoY a negro slave;
| will, having, after the commission Of said felony, fled
from the State; and that They were behaved at the time 10
be within the limits Of the State of Maine. Is it for
one moment 10 be presumed that the Governor Of the
State OF Maine was not aware lhn, larceny is made, by
| The laws nj every Stale IN The Union, felony unless,
indeed, it may mol so be b. those Of Maine: That
Stale. indeed, may have, in tender mercy 10 thieves and
;ncendiarirs, declared it otherwise; but his Jour COM
ni,iee does not, and Cannot believe. Whether, how-
ever. felony or not, by the laws Of Maine. is 1t not a
crime: Il is sn declared by the penal code OF The ota'e
of Gco-gia. which fact was communicated to the G"f-
ernor Of Maine, BY the Governor of Georgia. Has,
then. the Governor Of Maine dune that, winch not only
common courtesy, but Justice, policy, patriotism, and
imperative duty, required him to prT' . has ne
of The United States. which he has sworn 10 support and
defend: No. but lie has tisrrsardrd and violated all.