The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-12-25

sent out of the State against his will; or
8. To cause such other persons to be
sold as slave, or in any way held to SER
vice against his will, shall upon conviction
DO punished by Imprisonment in the State
Prison not exceeding ten years.
Whoever, within this State, arrests 9
person charged with crime alleged to have
been committc d therein against the laws
either of the State or of the United States
is bound to convey the person SO arrested,
without delay, before the proper magis
trste, or other judicial officer within the
State, 10 be dealt with according to law.
Any seizure of the person ola citizen for
any other purpose is without lawful au-
thority, and any detention or confinement
Of person SO arrested for any longer time
than may reasonably be required to convey
him before such magistrate or officer, is
also without authority of law.
The removal of any person from this
State into any other State or Territory, to
answer to any charge Of having committed
here All oflense against the laws of either
the United States or the State, is without
law. And every person. whether he be
an officer or private individual, who shall
Be- re and confne any person whomsoever.
charged with having committed any crime
within the State, with intent either secret
ly to confne or imprison him here, or to
remove him out of the State against his,
will acts in violation Of the statute have
just read to you and renders himself liable to
Indictment and Imprisonment. Upon the
trial of such Indictment. the fact that such
seizure, confinement and removal was by
order of the President Of the United States,
or any member of his Cabinet or other
officer Of the Government, will constitute
no legal defense.
Neither the President, nor any member
of the Cabinet, or other officer, mot ju-
dicial, has any lawful authority to order
the seizure, or Imprisonment, or removal
from the State, of any citizen of the State,
for any offense whatever, committed, or
alleged to have been committed, within its
borders. | need hardly add that the ar
rest and Imprisonment of any person not
charged with any crime, no matter by
whom or by whose order the same is
made, is in violation of the Constitution
and the laws. The Constitution of the
United States declares that in criminal
prosecutions the accused shall have a spec
dy trial by jury. 10 the State or district
where the crime shall have been commit
ted; and the seizure of any person, and
his removal aga inst his will from his State
or district, is in violation of this provision
Of the Constitution, and in the eye of our
statute without lawful authority. There
are constitutional and statutory provisions
in relation TO fugillves from Justice. When
an odense has been committed. or is al
legged to have been committed. in an other
State, and when the offender has fled into
this State, provision has been made by ACT
Of Congress, in conformity with AMI ODE
dience to constitutional requirements,
for his arrest and return to the State from
which he has escaped. In such cases the
Governor Oh The State i'll which the otfeLse
is alleged to have been committed may
make requisi:ion upon the Governor ct
this State, accompanied by the necessary
proof; and upon such requlsilion. the Gov
ernor Of this State may issue his warrant
for the arrest Of the fugitive, by virtue of
which he may be seized and returned to
the jurisdiction from whence he has fled.
In this way. and in no other, can he be
lawfully seized and conveyed out of the
State.
Any person whether he be an officer CT
not, who shall seize and impris"n an al
legged fugitive from justice, Except to
avail. requisition.) acts without lawful au-
thority; and if he shall seize and detain
him aga.nst his will. with inte:.t seci city
to imprison ! i'm here, or to remove him
out of the State against his will. except ur-
on such requisilion and warrant, he is
guilty Of a violation ofthe sta ute have
read 10 you, and is liable to Indictment and
Upon the trial Of such in
the fact that he acted by order
of the President, or of any member of the
Cabinet or other officer of the Government,
will constitute no legal defence.
To What arc We Drifting.
Never since the war commenced have
affairs looked so distressing as at tie pres