Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-23

the Governor OF Iowa TOT ms eAt'"otu'
nary conduct liz refusing to grant the
rcouisition asked for BY me in the name
and on behalf Of this State. In my
JUDGMENT they will fall very far short
of justification. -,
The act Of Congress provides that
vnen a requsition is properly made tor
n 6agitiyc from justice" it shall be the
INV Of the executive authority Of the
'E..tc or Territory TO which such person
Shall have fled to cause him or her to be
arrested and secured, and notice Of the
arrest to be given to the executive au-
thority making such demand. or to the
agent Of such authority appointed TO re-
ceive the fugitive, and to cause the fu'
gitive to be delivered to such agent
when he shall appear Comfy between
friendly sister States would seem to re-
auirc thst in notorious cases like the
present, Of aggravated offenses known
to the whole country,t the offender should
not be PERMITTED to escape Tor mere
technical objections. Comfy would
seem to require that the act OF ConQ' Gss
should be complied With. and that the
Govcrnor should .canss him or her to be
piyen 10 the executive authority making
such 3 demand and suggcst the defect
in the rcquisition, and then if secure | to
deliver up the fugitive-if not, to DIS
charge him. And such was tho course
of the patriotic and enlightened. Exc
cutiye Of Pennsylvania in tho case Of
Edward UszIett, who was demanded by
the name of Albert Hazlett. But when
the prisoner swore that his name was
not iIazlett, but Albert Harrison, ia-
stead of dischargiug him, he was re-
handed to Jail by the Judge, and there
held until requisition could be award
ed ny Gov. Wise, under his proper
name.
How different has been the course Of
the Governor of Iowa! Instead of caus-
ing this offender to be arrested and &C.
cured, aud notice given OF the arrest to
the Executive OF Virginia, he actually
published in the newspapers of his State
a. have reason to believe, his letter ad-
dressed to me, and before l could
have received it, thereby giving notice
to the criminal to make his escape be-
fore the requisltion could be amended if
it had been erroneous. have also red-
son to believe:that message was des-
patched to giAe information to the GRIM
NAL that the agent Of tho State was in
pursuit of him; but whether this mes
sage was sent by the Governor or by
come other person to whom the fact had
been communicated, am not advised.
The Virginia law upon this subject
provides that, 'whcncver any person
shall be found within this State, charged
with treason. felony or other crime COM
mitted in any other State, any Justice
may on complaint or oath,or other salts
factory evidence that such person com
mitted the otfense, issue warrant to
bring the person so charged before the
same or some other Justice within the
State If it shall appear to the JUS
tees that there is reasonable cause to
believe that the complaint is true he
shall commit the offender to prison, and
shall apprise the Governor thereof, who
shall thcrsupon communicate the same
to the Executive of the State where the
crime is charged to have been commit
cd Since l have been in office have
executed this,law by.giving the required
information to the Executive Of Ohio.
This is the comfy required between
friendly sister States; not the action
which will refuse to arrest q fragrant
offender, SHE'D him from Justice on friv-
oIous prstexts, and then give him notice
to fee. Such could have been prompted
by no other consideration than sympa-
phy for the criminal and the crime.
On reference to the Code of Iowa,
chap. 2O6, p. 45s, under the title, Stu
gitives from Justice it is provided that
whenever demand is made upon tue
Governor of this State by the Executive
Of any other State or Territory, in any
case authorized by the constitution aud
laws of the United States, for the deliv-
cry OF any person charged in such State
or Territory with any crime,if such per-
son is not held in custody or under bail
to answer tor any otfense against the
laws Of the u nited States or Of this State,
he shall issue his warrant under the seal
of the State authorizing the agent who
makes such demand, either forthwith or
at such time as may be designated in the
warrant, to take and transport such per-
son to the line of this State at the ex.
pensc of such an agent, and may also by
such warrant require all peace officers
to afford needfuI assistance in the exc
cution thereof This section Of the law
clearly defines the duty of the Executive
of Iowa in the case under consideration,
and prescribes in clear and distinct
terms the cou.s to be pursued by him;
and lift had been observed we would
now have had this violator of our laws 10
a condition to insure his trial for the
crimes charged against him. As mat
tcrs now stand it is barely possible that
he may be arrested and brought to trial.
A few days ago received the "inau-
gural address" Of Governor Kirkw God,
Of Iowa, and the paragraph relating to
the recent occurrence at Harpcrs Ferry
shows most clearly that his feelings and
sympathies are warmly enlisted on the
side Of John Brown and his criminal as
sociates: While he unquaIificdly con-
dennis the act, yet che cannot wonder
at the recent unfortunate and bloody
occurrences At Harper. Ferry;'. while
ne does not justify it, lie yet declares it
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