Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-10-17

"render 1t speedy and et1ectual remedy, IN
q" all cases proper therefor" 1t protects the
citizens from all unlawful imprisonment. and it
matters not how obscure the person illegally
detained, or how high the pretended authority
who claims to detaln. Congress, in the pcn-
+ tude of their power, cannot suspend it, nor can
they direct how a trial shall be had in the same,
before what tribunal, or at what time
| IT, as remarked before, the legislature were
sincere in their convictions of the unconstItu-
ti'nality Of the act of congress, or even if they
had any reasonable doubt upon the subject,
they took the method least liable to objection,
when they made provision to refer it to a Judi
! clal tribunal, whose decision was still liable to
| re examination before the highest courts of this
state, and of the United States. That there is
nothing novel i'll referring to the writ of babeaS
corpus for rehcf against any act of congress,
supposed to be against the provisions of the
constitution. may refer to the expressed opir-
ion of Mr. Jefferson, whose authority will be
! listened to in some of the states which have
manifested hostility to the law of this state
Writing to a distinguished foreigner, who was
/ liable to be removed by virtue of an act of
congress called the alen law" and inviting
him to the state of Virginia, he says: "that
should you choose it for your asylum, the laws
of the land, administered by upright Judges,
would protect Won from any exercise of power
Unauthorized by the constitution of the United
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IugtiNeS' l'o''' ,topl Vi JuSL'cc' anu
ol tne Po"G'' '''' ""'lcS VI '''c eAPcuuNc anu
e!lS,atiVe prd"cnps Vi S''lc governments are
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iereh' ana u''coru'lI VIEWS vi 'heSe f"e9Ilo''9'
do not look with dlsiavor on any attempt to
try the validity OF law OF congress, or OF
state Legislature, by appeals to the judiciary,
whir wholly disc untenancc all attempts OF
i0rclbe resistance; but nave not formed so
low an OPINION OF Inc s'aDlI!ty OF the Chlon or
the authority OF tle general government as TO
suppose that either can be materially affected
by any violent outbreak OF popular indignation,
or the lndIScfeuon. even OF large bodies OF lle
people. Nor am Wiling 50 to coniound the
distinctions between crimes as 10 magnify them
TO u'e c''''.c u. ue"so'l' 'i' inquest VIII" Can
Ut con .,'''v wv, ~ , a SUI, c,:c. 49,,
Etncu on', ~ Nv ;,;.;' Pi,t y. IL, ~ VIII,
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. .iu y "o H. ,i,o.;,,, J lf H., ITn;,.,I
S,',a. h., boJ,os e sr,nod ,non nro,,ort, sai.,
"a mnJnr thn arthor;,s If tbn Irn;toJ Sto,ns
raso,,aj h., ,.;oIorco and hv MAJ, orn,oJ Ear tho
nnrnnsc soIdiars frod nnon yonndcd and
s,,Io ~ ,bo,, shot down in tho disch,rro ,f
,Ln;r dntv professional inrcnnitv t,vo1 70 thn
utmost IN screen thn o4i;,n icrs and IN rondnr
tLn I,vs ;rot}actu,l and oItbou,rh s,roo of tho
offenders were convicted of murder and man.
sr,r,rh,rr IN the courts If this st,ta vnt w,.
t,urht Inv tho courts of tho Irnitod states that
M fro,s6n wa. committed The integrity of
tbo Tn;on was not DESTROYED or imnai1ed bv
swcL violent and lawle.s acts. ALTHOUGH thew
wore constant and confined for lone time. =
I r,s then tonrh, \ lesson of reverence and
,rbn,iss;nn to The laws which rn,dc an innros.
s,on an nv mind 4 resistance and n,rticn-
Iorl, resistance nv force. and bv men arnej.
and hr mnrdarons assault was not occenrohle
~ ma ,bnn NOR i. # now ,nd hone the m,;os-
-. AMI srnro,n,c,, nf,be I,w w n evarh no vindi-
c,te6 Rut have no fears that tho rovorn.
,rent will he ear;ouslv affected Inv anv sncb
tnu1nI,nons and nonnl1r connotions
I.. 49,, .I... A.. l- c.,. :.
II ~ "o' WIN p,oNSu'c' t''"' nn'p lUlt ~
iece,sa'! !" 81! 'iiu' ''',,'n ." tHe laws Vi
'nc CH'tGu 'Ia!'S ana Vi u'IS 'o'a'p'- "a re-
'P'cI So'i lor t'it oH'o"' anu io' 'His "''lc'
"ouiu not permit me 10 say less
! have received several communications
from other States, and from constitutional
conventions, which Will be transmitted to You,
a communication from the State OF Virginia,
and also one from the State OF North Caro-
lima, were so dlsrespcctful and offensive to
tins State that deem 1t not consistent with
the respect bear the legislature, to conmu-
nlcate them to you, except at your request,