Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-05-24
Ties, and ta ,se IN PERISH amiasliIe R,;ns,

., which was passed without oppositio
and is as follows:
c AN ACT respecting fueifiues f ON ju
), tice, anu persons Escaping from, the sci
d vice asLteir master,
( Sec. u Br'ti enacted. &C., That when
:, ever tbl executive horiIy Of any Stat
: : in HE the Union, Or Of either Of rEe Terri
Z iorlce northwest or south Of the river Ohio
shall demand any person as n fugitive from
justice. of the executive authority of an,
such State or Territory TO which sucI
person shall havo fled, and shall, moreov
er, produce The copy Of an indictment
found, or all alli'lpvil made, before a mag
lstrate ofany State or Territory as afore
said, charging The person so demanded
with having committed treason. felony. or
any other crime, certified rs authentic by
The Governor or chief Magistrate of ihc
State or Territory from whence The person
so charged fled, il shall he the duly of the
executive authority of The State or Terri
tory to which such person shall have fled, to
cause him or her TO be arrested and .secur. {.
ed, and notice of the arrest be given TO the
executive authority making such demand,
or to the agent of such authority appointed
to receive the fugitive, and to cause the
fugitive 10 be delivered 10 such agent when
he shall appear. But if no such asen:
shall appear within SIX months from The
time Of the arrest, the prisoner may beds.
charged. Add oil COSTS or expenses incur.
red in the apprehending, securing and
transmitting such fugitive the State or
Territory making such demand, shall be
paid by such Stale or Territory.
Sec. 2. That any agent appointed az
aforesaid, who shall receive the fugitive in.
10 his custody, shall be empowered 10
transmit him or her 10 The Stale or Terri,
tory from which he or she has led. And
If any person or persons shall. by force.
set at liberty, or rescue lhe fugitive from
such agent while transporting, as afore-
sale, The person.; orr persons so offending
shall, on conviction, be- fined nolSSexceed.
ing: five hundred; oliarsi aud be :imprfsonv
;ed. exceeding ones ',,s
Sec. 3; Pbats hen person i,eld Ito Ia.
ran fthe United Staies, of in eth
ierols the rrit5ries NOR iiryesto rssoilib afi
The / fiyeI 0hia under si,es avs nefeofs
'siial Lsesra i6iig any Befs sJf thessaid|
stases or YefF Fitpfiss person 10 whom
such aahar er ssfyice ii his ageftsI
OF ta
take him or her before any judeesof the /
circuit or district courts of The w.. States
residing or being within the State. or be.
!oFe any magistrate Of county, ci,y or
Town corporate, wherein such seizures Or
arrest shall be made, and upon proof 10
~: lne satisfaction of such judge or magistrate,
liner oy ora testimony or affidavit taken
,e.p'e ,'e 9 and certified by magistrate of any
'uch state or Territory. that The person So
e'Ze.l Or arrested doth, under the laws of ,
ne Slate Or Territory from which he or
ne ned, owe service or labor 10 The person ,
Ialmns him or her, it shall be the duty of :
uch judge or magistrate 10 give cerIiti.
ale thereof TO such claimant, his acen. or
tlorney. which shall be sufficient warrant
or removing the said fugitive from labor ?
The State Or Territory from which he or
he is fled. :.
Sec. i. That any person who shall e
uowinsIy and willingly obs,ruct or hin. u
er such claimant, his agent or attorney. ~
so seizins or arrcs!ins such fugitive - =,
ON labor. or shall rescue such fugitive -,
ON such claimant, his agent Or attorney. a.
hen so arrested, nursuant 10 the auIhori- III
herein given or declared or shall har. 81
Or or conceal such person., after notice III
at he or she was Il fugitive from labor. pl
aforesaid. shall, for either Cr the said vi
lences, forfeit and pay The sum of five tc
indred dollars. Which penalty NAV be 70
covered by and for The benefit of such ~ y.
by the ac'iUn Of debt, in any y
urt proper 10 the same; saving. more !"
'er, 10 The person claiming such labor or pc
rvice, his right Of action for, or on ac- ca
unt ol the said injuries, or either of them. hi
lApprovcd, Feb. II, 1893 co
The clauses Of these acts are statute.
commentaries upon the understanding ie'
the times by the dccisiun ofan unan. an
Gus Congress, that the Owne:: or his 'u
cnt had rig ght to apprehcnd and ev
ze his own slave wherever he could OF
d him, without le, or IIinderancc; and. no
II lie had Alright to apply us well TO oil
State cn;irts rs TO the United ae
atcS officers, fIr assistance in procu- ITO
g IL certificate fnr the removal of an III
,iive slave. Tie act was but the Ht
affirmation Of previous usage, and on val
an uniform and convent. ma
mode of dealing with the subject. cn'
may well hc said that it Instituted no Oh
" practice; but only in(orcnd and old u''
e. "Tho colonial history of tho
nntry world show that at one period, tha
very was rccngnisr'i us Il legal insi'u. vlo
n in all the colonies! and, that in all Cat
thrm conventional or customary sha
= prevailed, which conferred on the du
ncr of fugitive slave Ile right to rs> ten
I'M him wherever Inc might be fonnd." du
icr tho revolution, the public srnli> O.!
mi Of some of the northern States, in sci
ich slave labor lad become of little sol
ue, commenced undergoing change. Cal
1850, PENNSYLVANIA passed an net nrs