, 1861-03-25
FROM WISQONSIN. .
Proposed Modification OF the Personal
Liberty LaW...ConstttutIon Con.
vcnttcn NOT Favored n.

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LlneEty W-.USnstffutaone1 Com
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Ia letter Tom cur Madison correspondent dated
March 1ath; nmhrnc,np matters nf national tnier
ii ~. - a+..,,-.7s. a:,;r:a 80 LII -
set' 'stateesx 4ete!sa - ~ ma4.
not hove1et' too la1e to publish the fol1o"ttng
:. ~ Hntah,pso,,: ROW, 4be aa1ata Judiciary I
:; Aar' h9tcalnsons 1ton tne sena'e :
Committee made 4 report; Tuesday recon-. :"
lnenuAus AA"]er41t LIZ - t
Liberty Law. The report maintains that II |
+he Fna,t,va s1oya Lsw is unconstitutional,
the aovereYen writ Of habeas corpus IL IS avail |
~. .zss.4 ~ o7,ora+,ona vr,thont onr ner.
aole 10 taWas ns ntsao.
kaf1a1 TbtTtV law 40 with H. li-4f-M c0nsutu-E
t,v,,, r. co1ics that our statute is fnoperatiye
llonai,aA toa'o" Inv ", a.s....s - 49,
Whatever opinion may DO entertaineo ot tne
eo1s'4'uu Z s....~..-,s !. i.sss..t.,. ~.
we do not intend TO oiscass,n II 1s ccFtalu 11at
nr ststnte IL either stat,ectssayy or ssAtoastltt
oo1 etos4s" =. - y
tionhl. We are neither required 10 aaopt Inc
.-+rama .v,ew; of f.nmnlete suhrnissfon-EhatE
s ths tsne,s, 40 government ia the snal {naeo Of
the e1+ent If de1epated powere. which might;
LILO .4.e!t. " .,z,Ia-
result n despot1sm, nor that otner eonc'aslon
~ soS s0"~& - ~: ~, ..,.xa,, ". l,no,
Judgments, #hen, IN t1Fern oPinlou. 'Ae A1no
which divides the two jurisdictions has been
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encroached upon, and the exercise !" '~"nen
n;av lead Ia anarchy. "s:::...:"' -"
cls,ns ut w5atsyer niescesisity existed for
H.. a+,a,+,ne ent the Sfatute I1a6 passed away,
e 80 = S3,s:.4toss .as;;sad e for
and #hateVer just 'no'sn.41ou aet1e ~
,-...... 49,. o,,.r .,3s.n for tn
law, no single instance mas exet ailSen ios A'e
practical application. II, then, Its continu-
r.
ance ls " ~ e. -, .e.l ~
slightest pretext 1or 1mpeaehng me losalfy OF
Wiscone1u ~ LIE = eueta eoA10'At"'t' Io'
q modification be afforded, though It is doubt
n-7ws,1tto,.; - cora,ota viii, that ;natrnnoent
1n1 "ae1neS =. eos.s w." sas,.;s I. t 49,. % .,,-
.,,o,,1d fr.o ,,a froro f.,a ohl,aat4nn IN de..
laH snontn 1lee lib Aoui etao opAeaA4on ~ oe'
49, aa,t;n.n 4 +hs ,,s1n1a ,,ov raco,,
tne tiioea. ~. - @3 N~~.A1
w,hjc,, that obligation Ess sought to be en-
e,..<sa .s7 ~. +ha csnse of ;ts enactment
TSa ,oaort conc1nidea t1na.
.,r,s r.,a,,, 9, nuc, =, tb,a
law, as makes it ,he duty Il the District Attorneys
protect ana defend ne pa1i1es aEsesea LION na-
cy, e. fraud, ia MOI forco shall. remove him from the
State, and IN paying the pound I'd of flesh that not
ys nd bower is vested in h1 bYgeners1 laws
for Ills @ purpose, and lie eenersi statute against
kldnappi1g, imposes penalties and eafeenafas -
I'M: In submitiing b. this Recommendation, we hare no
traitors viii Viii arms IN ther hands. Wills By tzca-
son II high places, tue means Of executing those
poe M io to eGs h hoh ang as a D.
Era3nf III r. a een nsed hV estgia men
- dowa ond nhroad m ina ,+ua aa3nu and prefu-
dice, and drive stIll further nrunder the already
clashing elements. We may thus remove stsaWs
from ths paths Of stumbling bfetnren ana aea!
masgoaaeq Or ioss - nsn5 1titi
eat no fleeh while tue world standeth.''
We Int reHect tbs united sentiment Of our peo-
| pie, while offering to remove from our Statute
everything that may g1ve oaence. r. aemanuan9
Lnat otael atates snaH au.aa laSn an
ptesen. tee - nr;Ena an rt. nhi;gs "a ~
forcs n hehaH ~ bumantv and iu+iice. The fQl
sttcr n the hnrd oncht at Ieatt to be regarded
imperative as gu ,he Side of oppression, and her
in conflict with the natural instincts Of humanity
The patry excuse o. want ol alacraty ~ rstu1n M r.
ing an oeaMonal runaway save enis a7, 81 tng
sgor o. st ~ Stete shs,, he en-
f;,ied r. ai nr;y,ieTes md immnnities cf citizen.
| in the several States,'' commands not even pass
ins notice; aud oatragea, 20 fragrant as would hayt
brought ua to war with the whole universe, dnt
M notice With anattonal Congreas or the @ speeaa
defenders OF t4e peconar lnsfatna1on. tae M l1a
cois sgscus !. nEa1p lyncn1 a!
fne ~ -. whist man ~ nerc nicadiIios he ee5