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[291]Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 502.[292]Art. V.[293]Ch. VI. § 1.[294]Ibid.[295]Bill of Rights, Art. VIII.[296]Ibid., Art. IX.[297]Declaration of Rights, Art. VI.[298]Art. IV.[299]Art. VIII.[300]Art. XXV.[301]State Trials of the United States during the Administrations of Washington and Adams, p. 317, note.[302]Father of Mr. Bayard, Senator of Delaware, who took part in this debate.[303]Annals of Congress, 5th Cong., col. 2259, 2260, January 3, 1799.[304]Ante, Vol. VII. p. 266.[305]Address to the two Branches of the Legislature, November 11, 1863: Senate Documents, Extra Session, 1863, No. 1, pp. 16, 17.[306]Address to the two Branches of the Legislature, November 11, 1863: Senate Documents, Extra Session, 1863, No. 1, pp. 18, 19.[307]Opinions of the Attorneys-General, Vol. XI. pp. 38-40.[308]See Acts of 38th Cong. 1st Sess., Ch. 124, Sec. 4: Statutes at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 129.[309]Opinions of the Attorneys-General, Vol. XI. p. 53, July 14, 1864.[310]Treatise on Statutes (2d edit.), Part II. p. 473.[311]Dwarris, Treatise on Statutes (2d edit.), Part II. p. 478.[312]Post, pp. 403-418.[313]American State Papers, Miscellaneous, Vol. I. pp. 38-43.[314]Senate Reports, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., No. 12.[315]Art. IV. Sec. 2, Par. 3.[316]Hoare’s Memoirs of Sharp, p. 38.[317]Howell’s State Trials, Vol. XX. col. 82.[318]Fisherv.Blight, 2 Cranch, S. C. R., 390.[319]De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Cap. XLII.[320]Commentaries, Vol. II. p. 94.[321]Constitutional History of England (London, 1829), Ch. XVI. Vol. III. p. 380.[322]Vindication of the Treaty with Great Britain, No. 2: Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects, p. 185.[323]Coke upon Littleton, 42. b.[324]Law of Nations, Book II. ch. 17, §§ 300, 302.[325]Congressional Globe, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, pp. 1583, 1584, August 19, 1850.[326]Bancroft, History of the United States, Vol. I. p. 175.[327]Hildreth, History of the United States, Vol. II. p. 428.[328]Ibid., Vol. III. p. 190.[329]Letters from America, Historical and Descriptive, comprising Occurrences from 1769 to 1777, inclusive, by William Eddis, late Surveyor of the Customs, &c., at Annapolis, in Maryland, (London, 1792,) pp. 63, 64, 71, 72, 74.[330]Lives of the Chief Justices, Vol. II. p. 515, note. See, also, Atchesonv.Everitt, Cowper, R., 382.[331]Speech, December 23, 1790: Speeches in the House of Commons, Vol. IV. p. 131.[332]Priggv.The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 16 Peters, S. C. R., 611.[333]Dred Scottv.Sandford, 19 Howard, S. C. R., 407.[334]No. XLII.[335]Debates in the Federal Convention: Madison Papers, p. 1447.[336]Debates in the Federal Convention: Madison Papers, pp. 1447, 1448, 1456.[337]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 8, 1787: Madison Papers, p. 1263.[338]Ibid., August 21, p. 1389.[339]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 22, 1787: Madison Papers, p. 1394.[340]Ibid., p. 1396.[341]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 25, 1787: Madison Papers, pp. 1429, 1430.[342]Ibid., p. 1569.[343]Elliot’s Debates (2d edit.), Vol. III. p. 453.[344]Ibid., Vol. IV. p. 176.[345]Ibid., p. 286.[346]See,ante, Vol. III. p. 178.[347]Letter to a Peer of Ireland on the Penal Laws against Irish Catholics; and Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the Subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland: Works (London, 1801), Vol. VI. pp. 292, 375.[348]Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, p. 180.[349]“Servi peregrini, ut primum Galliæ fines penetraverunt, eodem momento liberi fiunt.”—De Republica.Lib. I. cap. 5, p. 41 C.[350]Preamble to Articles of Ordinance.[351]Karamsin, Histoire de l’Empire de Russie, traduite par MM. St.-Thomas et Jauffret, Tom. I. p. 172.[352]Art. VIII. [VII.]: Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, Vol. IX. pp. 6, 7. See, also, Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay, p. 724.[353]Jackv.Martin, 14 Wendell, R., 525, 526.[354]Opinion of Chief Justice Hornblower on the Fugitive Slave Law: The Statev.The Sheriff of Burlington, inHabeas Corpus, New Jersey Superior Court, February Term, 1836, p. 5.[355]Ibid., p. 7.[356]Works, Vol. V. p. 354.[357]Congressional Globe, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 234, 235, January 28, 1850.[358]New York Daily Times, June 27, 1854. Congressional Globe, 33d Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1516.[359]Story’s Life and Letters, Vol. II. p. 396.[360]Debates in the Federal Convention, September 15, 1787: Madison Papers, Vol. III. p. 1595.[361]6 Wheaton, R., 407.[362]3 Peters, S. C. R., 447.[363]8 Ibid., 48.[364]Vol. II. p. 93.[365]Pp. 77-79.[366]Annals of Congress, 15th Cong. 1st Sess., col. 232, March 6, 1818.[367]Congressional Globe, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, p. 1584, August 19, 1850.[368]Priggv.The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 16 Peters, S. C. R., 616.[369]Act of September 18, 1850, Sections 4, 6.[370]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 28, 1787: Madison Papers, Vol. III. p. 1447.[371]Act of September 18, 1850, Sec. 5.[372]Deuteronomy, xxiii. 15, 16.[373]Rev. Theodore Parker, buried in the Protestant Cemetery at Florence.[374]Preliminary Report on the Eighth Census, 1860, p. 12.[375]Southern Press, August 8, 1851.

[291]Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 502.

[291]Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 502.

[292]Art. V.

[292]Art. V.

[293]Ch. VI. § 1.

[293]Ch. VI. § 1.

[294]Ibid.

[294]Ibid.

[295]Bill of Rights, Art. VIII.

[295]Bill of Rights, Art. VIII.

[296]Ibid., Art. IX.

[296]Ibid., Art. IX.

[297]Declaration of Rights, Art. VI.

[297]Declaration of Rights, Art. VI.

[298]Art. IV.

[298]Art. IV.

[299]Art. VIII.

[299]Art. VIII.

[300]Art. XXV.

[300]Art. XXV.

[301]State Trials of the United States during the Administrations of Washington and Adams, p. 317, note.

[301]State Trials of the United States during the Administrations of Washington and Adams, p. 317, note.

[302]Father of Mr. Bayard, Senator of Delaware, who took part in this debate.

[302]Father of Mr. Bayard, Senator of Delaware, who took part in this debate.

[303]Annals of Congress, 5th Cong., col. 2259, 2260, January 3, 1799.

[303]Annals of Congress, 5th Cong., col. 2259, 2260, January 3, 1799.

[304]Ante, Vol. VII. p. 266.

[304]Ante, Vol. VII. p. 266.

[305]Address to the two Branches of the Legislature, November 11, 1863: Senate Documents, Extra Session, 1863, No. 1, pp. 16, 17.

[305]Address to the two Branches of the Legislature, November 11, 1863: Senate Documents, Extra Session, 1863, No. 1, pp. 16, 17.

[306]Address to the two Branches of the Legislature, November 11, 1863: Senate Documents, Extra Session, 1863, No. 1, pp. 18, 19.

[306]Address to the two Branches of the Legislature, November 11, 1863: Senate Documents, Extra Session, 1863, No. 1, pp. 18, 19.

[307]Opinions of the Attorneys-General, Vol. XI. pp. 38-40.

[307]Opinions of the Attorneys-General, Vol. XI. pp. 38-40.

[308]See Acts of 38th Cong. 1st Sess., Ch. 124, Sec. 4: Statutes at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 129.

[308]See Acts of 38th Cong. 1st Sess., Ch. 124, Sec. 4: Statutes at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 129.

[309]Opinions of the Attorneys-General, Vol. XI. p. 53, July 14, 1864.

[309]Opinions of the Attorneys-General, Vol. XI. p. 53, July 14, 1864.

[310]Treatise on Statutes (2d edit.), Part II. p. 473.

[310]Treatise on Statutes (2d edit.), Part II. p. 473.

[311]Dwarris, Treatise on Statutes (2d edit.), Part II. p. 478.

[311]Dwarris, Treatise on Statutes (2d edit.), Part II. p. 478.

[312]Post, pp. 403-418.

[312]Post, pp. 403-418.

[313]American State Papers, Miscellaneous, Vol. I. pp. 38-43.

[313]American State Papers, Miscellaneous, Vol. I. pp. 38-43.

[314]Senate Reports, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., No. 12.

[314]Senate Reports, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., No. 12.

[315]Art. IV. Sec. 2, Par. 3.

[315]Art. IV. Sec. 2, Par. 3.

[316]Hoare’s Memoirs of Sharp, p. 38.

[316]Hoare’s Memoirs of Sharp, p. 38.

[317]Howell’s State Trials, Vol. XX. col. 82.

[317]Howell’s State Trials, Vol. XX. col. 82.

[318]Fisherv.Blight, 2 Cranch, S. C. R., 390.

[318]Fisherv.Blight, 2 Cranch, S. C. R., 390.

[319]De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Cap. XLII.

[319]De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Cap. XLII.

[320]Commentaries, Vol. II. p. 94.

[320]Commentaries, Vol. II. p. 94.

[321]Constitutional History of England (London, 1829), Ch. XVI. Vol. III. p. 380.

[321]Constitutional History of England (London, 1829), Ch. XVI. Vol. III. p. 380.

[322]Vindication of the Treaty with Great Britain, No. 2: Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects, p. 185.

[322]Vindication of the Treaty with Great Britain, No. 2: Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects, p. 185.

[323]Coke upon Littleton, 42. b.

[323]Coke upon Littleton, 42. b.

[324]Law of Nations, Book II. ch. 17, §§ 300, 302.

[324]Law of Nations, Book II. ch. 17, §§ 300, 302.

[325]Congressional Globe, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, pp. 1583, 1584, August 19, 1850.

[325]Congressional Globe, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, pp. 1583, 1584, August 19, 1850.

[326]Bancroft, History of the United States, Vol. I. p. 175.

[326]Bancroft, History of the United States, Vol. I. p. 175.

[327]Hildreth, History of the United States, Vol. II. p. 428.

[327]Hildreth, History of the United States, Vol. II. p. 428.

[328]Ibid., Vol. III. p. 190.

[328]Ibid., Vol. III. p. 190.

[329]Letters from America, Historical and Descriptive, comprising Occurrences from 1769 to 1777, inclusive, by William Eddis, late Surveyor of the Customs, &c., at Annapolis, in Maryland, (London, 1792,) pp. 63, 64, 71, 72, 74.

[329]Letters from America, Historical and Descriptive, comprising Occurrences from 1769 to 1777, inclusive, by William Eddis, late Surveyor of the Customs, &c., at Annapolis, in Maryland, (London, 1792,) pp. 63, 64, 71, 72, 74.

[330]Lives of the Chief Justices, Vol. II. p. 515, note. See, also, Atchesonv.Everitt, Cowper, R., 382.

[330]Lives of the Chief Justices, Vol. II. p. 515, note. See, also, Atchesonv.Everitt, Cowper, R., 382.

[331]Speech, December 23, 1790: Speeches in the House of Commons, Vol. IV. p. 131.

[331]Speech, December 23, 1790: Speeches in the House of Commons, Vol. IV. p. 131.

[332]Priggv.The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 16 Peters, S. C. R., 611.

[332]Priggv.The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 16 Peters, S. C. R., 611.

[333]Dred Scottv.Sandford, 19 Howard, S. C. R., 407.

[333]Dred Scottv.Sandford, 19 Howard, S. C. R., 407.

[334]No. XLII.

[334]No. XLII.

[335]Debates in the Federal Convention: Madison Papers, p. 1447.

[335]Debates in the Federal Convention: Madison Papers, p. 1447.

[336]Debates in the Federal Convention: Madison Papers, pp. 1447, 1448, 1456.

[336]Debates in the Federal Convention: Madison Papers, pp. 1447, 1448, 1456.

[337]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 8, 1787: Madison Papers, p. 1263.

[337]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 8, 1787: Madison Papers, p. 1263.

[338]Ibid., August 21, p. 1389.

[338]Ibid., August 21, p. 1389.

[339]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 22, 1787: Madison Papers, p. 1394.

[339]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 22, 1787: Madison Papers, p. 1394.

[340]Ibid., p. 1396.

[340]Ibid., p. 1396.

[341]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 25, 1787: Madison Papers, pp. 1429, 1430.

[341]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 25, 1787: Madison Papers, pp. 1429, 1430.

[342]Ibid., p. 1569.

[342]Ibid., p. 1569.

[343]Elliot’s Debates (2d edit.), Vol. III. p. 453.

[343]Elliot’s Debates (2d edit.), Vol. III. p. 453.

[344]Ibid., Vol. IV. p. 176.

[344]Ibid., Vol. IV. p. 176.

[345]Ibid., p. 286.

[345]Ibid., p. 286.

[346]See,ante, Vol. III. p. 178.

[346]See,ante, Vol. III. p. 178.

[347]Letter to a Peer of Ireland on the Penal Laws against Irish Catholics; and Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the Subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland: Works (London, 1801), Vol. VI. pp. 292, 375.

[347]Letter to a Peer of Ireland on the Penal Laws against Irish Catholics; and Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the Subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland: Works (London, 1801), Vol. VI. pp. 292, 375.

[348]Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, p. 180.

[348]Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, p. 180.

[349]“Servi peregrini, ut primum Galliæ fines penetraverunt, eodem momento liberi fiunt.”—De Republica.Lib. I. cap. 5, p. 41 C.

[349]“Servi peregrini, ut primum Galliæ fines penetraverunt, eodem momento liberi fiunt.”—De Republica.Lib. I. cap. 5, p. 41 C.

[350]Preamble to Articles of Ordinance.

[350]Preamble to Articles of Ordinance.

[351]Karamsin, Histoire de l’Empire de Russie, traduite par MM. St.-Thomas et Jauffret, Tom. I. p. 172.

[351]Karamsin, Histoire de l’Empire de Russie, traduite par MM. St.-Thomas et Jauffret, Tom. I. p. 172.

[352]Art. VIII. [VII.]: Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, Vol. IX. pp. 6, 7. See, also, Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay, p. 724.

[352]Art. VIII. [VII.]: Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, Vol. IX. pp. 6, 7. See, also, Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay, p. 724.

[353]Jackv.Martin, 14 Wendell, R., 525, 526.

[353]Jackv.Martin, 14 Wendell, R., 525, 526.

[354]Opinion of Chief Justice Hornblower on the Fugitive Slave Law: The Statev.The Sheriff of Burlington, inHabeas Corpus, New Jersey Superior Court, February Term, 1836, p. 5.

[354]Opinion of Chief Justice Hornblower on the Fugitive Slave Law: The Statev.The Sheriff of Burlington, inHabeas Corpus, New Jersey Superior Court, February Term, 1836, p. 5.

[355]Ibid., p. 7.

[355]Ibid., p. 7.

[356]Works, Vol. V. p. 354.

[356]Works, Vol. V. p. 354.

[357]Congressional Globe, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 234, 235, January 28, 1850.

[357]Congressional Globe, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 234, 235, January 28, 1850.

[358]New York Daily Times, June 27, 1854. Congressional Globe, 33d Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1516.

[358]New York Daily Times, June 27, 1854. Congressional Globe, 33d Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1516.

[359]Story’s Life and Letters, Vol. II. p. 396.

[359]Story’s Life and Letters, Vol. II. p. 396.

[360]Debates in the Federal Convention, September 15, 1787: Madison Papers, Vol. III. p. 1595.

[360]Debates in the Federal Convention, September 15, 1787: Madison Papers, Vol. III. p. 1595.

[361]6 Wheaton, R., 407.

[361]6 Wheaton, R., 407.

[362]3 Peters, S. C. R., 447.

[362]3 Peters, S. C. R., 447.

[363]8 Ibid., 48.

[363]8 Ibid., 48.

[364]Vol. II. p. 93.

[364]Vol. II. p. 93.

[365]Pp. 77-79.

[365]Pp. 77-79.

[366]Annals of Congress, 15th Cong. 1st Sess., col. 232, March 6, 1818.

[366]Annals of Congress, 15th Cong. 1st Sess., col. 232, March 6, 1818.

[367]Congressional Globe, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, p. 1584, August 19, 1850.

[367]Congressional Globe, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, p. 1584, August 19, 1850.

[368]Priggv.The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 16 Peters, S. C. R., 616.

[368]Priggv.The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 16 Peters, S. C. R., 616.

[369]Act of September 18, 1850, Sections 4, 6.

[369]Act of September 18, 1850, Sections 4, 6.

[370]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 28, 1787: Madison Papers, Vol. III. p. 1447.

[370]Debates in the Federal Convention, August 28, 1787: Madison Papers, Vol. III. p. 1447.

[371]Act of September 18, 1850, Sec. 5.

[371]Act of September 18, 1850, Sec. 5.

[372]Deuteronomy, xxiii. 15, 16.

[372]Deuteronomy, xxiii. 15, 16.

[373]Rev. Theodore Parker, buried in the Protestant Cemetery at Florence.

[373]Rev. Theodore Parker, buried in the Protestant Cemetery at Florence.

[374]Preliminary Report on the Eighth Census, 1860, p. 12.

[374]Preliminary Report on the Eighth Census, 1860, p. 12.

[375]Southern Press, August 8, 1851.

[375]Southern Press, August 8, 1851.


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