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be proper officer to administer oaths-
to be such an officer as he declares
himself to haz=anl tA.. lie paper TO-,
which ha officer lal given his certid
cate is suchsa papertas Should be re-
ceiyed and acknowledged to be authen-
tic. The Governor oofI5Fa, therefore,
had sufficient evidence to justify the
issue of his warrant for the arrest aofI
the fugitive. Indeed, he seems to have
considered this reason insufficient, asl
he follows it with the declaration that
"it is in it's nature technical" . 4l.,'
+ The second. reason he assigns NH
this he regards as conclusive) is, that
the demand for the requisition should
be accompanied by ''the copy of the in
dictment found, or an affidavit made be-
fore magistrate The act of Con-
gress which requires the rendition of
fugitives from justice was passed in
the year 1893, and does provide that
whenever the executive authority of
any State, &C., shall demand a person
as a fugitive from justice: Of the execu-
tive authority of any other State, "and
shall, moreover, produce the copy of an
indictment found, or affidavit made be-
fore a magistrate Of any State" &c,
the executive shall deliver him., &c
But the Governor of Iowa has failed to
see that by an act of Congress passed
on the 10Th of September, 1850, it is
provided, ''that in all cases in which,
under the laws of the United States,
oaths or affirmations or acknowledge
ments may be taken before any Justice
Of the Peace, Or any State or Territory,
such oaths, aiirmations or acknowledg
ments may be hereafter also taken or
made by, or before any notary public
duly appointed in any State or Terrific
ry." This act undoubtedly recognizes
notaries public as proper officers before
whom .afidayits can be made, in all
u. snch eases, and completely overthrows
the reason assigned by the Governor of
Iowa, and makes the case so plain that
argument and Illustration can add moth
ing to it. -
The Governors second letter, dated
the :2.4Attl Of January, assigns another
reason in justification of his refusal to
grant the requisition, viz:-That "it is
not stated, unless it be inferentially,
that Coppic committed the acts charged
in the State Of Virginia, On refer
ence to the preceding paragraph in his
letter, Governor Kirkwood uses this
! language: Mr.. Hunter states that from
information received by him from GER
tain persons condemned and executed
in your State Virginia. and from 9TH
er facts which have come to his knowl-
edge, he believes that Coppic was aid
ing and abetting John Brown and 9th
ers, who on certain days, in Virginia,
committed certain crimes, and that
from information recently received, he
verify believes that Coppic is fugi-
tive from justice, escaping in this State
According to this statement of the al
legations contained in the affidavit,
transmitted under the seal Of this State
to the Governor of Iowa. the charge is
clear and distinct that the crimes were
committed in Virginia, and that Cop
pic is q fugitive from justice. .1.
These are all the reasons assigned by
the Governor Of Iowa, for his extraor-
dinary conduct in refusing to grant
the requisition asked for by me in the
name and on behalf Of this State. In
my judgement they will fall very far
snort OF JuStltlcatlOn.
The act Of Congress provides that
when % requisition is properly made for
a fugitive from justice ;'it shall be the
duty Of the executive authority of the
State or Territory to which such per-
son shall have fed to cause him or her
to be arrested and secured, and no
tice of the arrest to be given to the to
the executive authority making such