The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-04-17

fleeing from iusfice /: rel ai.hin me mean.
ing Of lhe constitution. he flers from ius.
lice Who. being charged with sreasan. f.
lony. or oihsr crime, in State af ilse I'm
ion having q Jurisdiction az the subject
Leaves lie STATE 10 avoid a Trial. Ths
mraning Of the constitution was. sl.zs that
jurisdiction shall he taken 10 haze she ca.
paciiy and integrity 10 dsiermine justly ;
and therefore when he fres frnin IL
whether in laci guilty. or innocent. he 10 10
be treated as might've from justice.
As TO fugiiises from serrire, de eonsll-
foiion provides ihus;
~Ns nfr.on hr,a 4. service a, I,tor IN one s,.,.
under lie Lws thereof escaping into another
shall ia consequence q any Law or Regulations
,hs'e,n, e discharged from such sersice Or labor
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ne ino cases are 10 principle precise
~ similar The iugliIve from justice is
" nc delivered up =" me executive. Win
.rprrsenls. ~ ex ernsi transactions. The
jnsuee on me STALE me ipginre IRON IN
o"' I" o We nriissFeu up. on the tlsim oil
h'"i '" mhoin snrh iahor may he due. and
earn y 10 ne returned TO That jurisdiction
h"hlfh ne - properly amenable and The
question wheiher one y guilty. or The 9TH
~ IS riehiuily slave. 10 nnt question
y" or transferred tn he Jurisdiction IN
Thirh me fugitive may be ionnd.
his. Nr. President. was The view of
those VIM passed fhr art of 1893. In the
first place. that act Of 1893 includes. un>
der tie same statute. provisions in respect
Ia both of ihrse cases. In ih- next place.
il auihorizes The delivering up nf tie furi.
tive from jusiicc, upon the transmission Of
evidence 10 show lha, he has been dnIy
charged in the State irnm which he esrap-
ed. and 10 whose Justice he onghl To be
amenahle. And, IN regard to a fugitive
fIom labor, il anlhoiizes the master, his
agent. or attorney. To seize or arrest such
fugitive" lake him or hen before any of
lie ofiicefs named in The act. and n non sa-
iislaciory proof, either oral or by affidavit.
Be-, the officer 10 10 give certificate to
the claimant. his agent. or attorney. .wbich
hall he Sufficient warrant for removing
The said fugitive from labor 20 The State or
Territory from which he or she fleG."-
moi shall be sufficient proof that The per.
son deli, cred IN is slave ar owes the IA.
Dor 10 the claimani-not shall setlle. or
determine, or adiudicate the question.
No; thai question Is open, 10 be settled
hy the jurisdiction &c The State from which
he escapes. Then he il 10 be returned.
Then. If he is wronefulIy detained IN sa-
very, he must make his appeal 10 the pro-
per tribunals. According 10 The proyi.
sions Of The constitution Of the United
States, as recognised in this statute, IL is
to their juslice and their impartsli,y the
whole must be confded. And, Mr.. Pre-
sideni, il was all.impor,an, that such prn-
vision should be made. We know well
thai foreign States are moi IN tile habit OF
surrenderins fugiiives from justice or from
Iabnr. Each Stale seems To have consider.
ed itself henefiited. as ils neighbour was in
jured, by its receiving. connlenancing, aud
fngi,ives from Justice; and
when slave escaped, as the law which
recognised slavery was strictly territorial
IN It's operation. Of course the State or go.
vernmeni tn which he escaped deuiad The
light 10 reclaim the fugitive. II was,
therefore. Indispensable TO the formation
81 our constitutional Union that there
should he introduced provision hy which
the ordinary practice and doctrine nf States |
IN regard 10 both Of illsse eases should be
reverscd--a provision by which the do
nestle Question should be left 10 The do
nestle irbuna'-shnnld moi he transferred
Ia anoilier Jurisdiction by the escape of
the individual. hui shnn!i in every case he
submitted TO The proper domestic jurisdir-
iion, hy returning the fugitive. whether
III claim upon hlm shunld be for Justice
or FOR service.
u was said by the honorable Senator,
from New York. Nr. Seward that ilii
was curnpart IN the constitution To be
executed only BY The States. Now.
whether II was compact 10 be executed
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