Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-04-06

II they plcased not otherwise but II the /
States forbade it, they could not. They de- |
cidcd another thing: that this subject of the
Of mgitives from labor was pccu-
liarly and exclusively the business Of the
General Government. They decided not only
that the States had no right to interfere with
IT, but they said they had no right even to
make law to carry it into effect. ! know
that Judge fancy and Judge Daniel differ as
to that; they dissentcd on that point; but
all the rest of the Court, I believe--unlcss,
perhaps, Judge Mclean, certainly Judge story
and a majority of the Court-dccided that all
laws made by the States, tending to secure
mgitivcs. were utterly null and void There
fore the States were, by that decision, rolcas-
ed from all obligations. They were not cx-
pcctcd to do anything about it, friendly or
unfricndy. 1t does not seem TO me that There
can be any good ground TO complain in rcla-
ton to the States not carrying into effect the
fugitive slave law, or that provision of the
Constitution. when they were distinctly and
expressly told IL was none Of their business :
and that all the laws they could pass about it.
or in any way iuconsiston. with that provi-
sion Of the Constitution, were simply and ut
tory void.
he LEGISLATION MuIru was Odue on INli
occasion in my state provided for the security
Of oar citi,ons Inv the act of 1914. of which
the Senator from Georgia complains though
do not understand from his note one thing.
lie SAYS that our act denies 90 the District
Court of the United States power to enter
tain a haleas corpus. / do not know but that
my be so but it is out Of my mind, and /
|p;.t natho c,ct R,t ,ybor oor r,.o-
al, soid t,o;r sbcr;r. and ;,,.t;ccs sboold mott
i,,o,f,r, ',,iti, 81 and That onr neonlo shoYlJ
not bo taken without process of law. they
r,rtbor nroy;Jo5 that potbip, in that act
.honId bc cors;dorcd ne cvtopding to any per-
son that was acting as United States judge
or Marsha. or ANYBODY acting under him. il
is true that other LEGISLATION has since takcn
placc. When. in 1850. the new fugitive slave
+ ia,y yas made il ie trne that was Received I'm
,b,, opartcr rnpcb ,s tbe senator from Ohio
saw. il wos in his State II was obnoxious.
abborrcnt /, vos agoinst the feolinp of our
noonlc and cs,oci,lIy that mart of II which
roonircJ tLc,n ~ bccorc aid. and assistants
+, f,lI,wi,, and rpr,i,, oftcr allcgod r.gi-
,;,a, ,,nIa57 L ',', ,,,,,,it;os
n ia said that his act was essentially tbo
oct or 1zo3 Wc diJ NOT view il so. we do
NOT now Rs this act certain men called
commissioners who are amounted by the
District Courts ,rc ri. tbod with certain now
a,s III ,o,,,ai.s;,,,ors b,1 ovistod bor,ro
N,, oy;.,ol l,vl,,. ,,,,.,;r,cl t, ,ho
oa,,r,. Co., c,r,,;,, ,rrIo.,s .rhasc n.,r,,o..s
,yoro 70 t,l.e donosi,inns ~ hind oycr cri,i.
nal. t,Lo L,aj. ~ sl,o., IN ,h, rro,,r,.
tory stons looling 70 tri,l i, some court
M tho5 ,,.ro moro r,iristc,i,l officers with
NJ, r,,rcr Of al;ndic,tior N, n,vcr or d.ci-
s.oa ND t6o lam, ~ 7o2 /, rcl,t;on =,
motives from instics an tsst is Jone i, to
rcturn the man Who il a fugitive from Justice
- so,,,o o,hor st,,o f,r tbo nnr,osc If t,,ls-
in,, lie trial tboro II lools IN trial II is
n n,oro rrcnorator,, sto, t,,bcr Won como
To tbis law If I85o 10 All nractical nnrposo,
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ogicc,s So Far NO. ,bo con,ts no d;strict
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tbo,i,, ,o aots ~ 1874 a,d t-oq aro .lit. .
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