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I f s -J r -Y Y VOLUME XXL CIIAULOTT C; MARCH .2, ISM. NUMBER 14. l.j n i CctUUic ta Uw la Bwtlon. A meeetrt woe recited from ihe Preoi dent of th. U. Stale., iaretpona. to Mr. Clay' retolutioo, calling for ctruin iofermelioa hi re gard la tbe rekeat CM of reaiilaece to the " U ia Boetea- The mettege waa read at 'fellow.t ' -.' . ;,,4v' .. - ' Extctnrra Difaitmt, ; , " Ftbioary, 19, 1831. . ' fa tht SdUlt eil. Umind Stotett ."T I bet. reeeired the reeolutiono of the Sen ate of the lSih inetanl, requesting a.e In lay f before that buJjr, if not tncompatibla iMb - public Interact, aojl information I may poa- aaaa ia regard lo eaalleged recent caw oft forcible teeielancn to tbt execution of tbe law of th. United State, in tba city of Boe- too, and to communicate to tba Senate, ta , df tko abort condition, obit meant hate , adopted tooMMt Ibo occurrence and wbeih. or, in any opinioo. My additional legiltieQ ia neceeeory to matt I ha exigeuey of tba eat., Mi lo anoro tigoroualy execute .tieting law a. The public oeepepen contain no eindeir - . ar Patrick Riley, deputy martbal fuMba dtatiictof Mitsachutettt, totting forth tho cMcuinatinca of ibo eeee, a copy of which of ' Cdatit to herewith communicated. ' Pritet. nd unofficial commonicetiont concur in ... " tebliehing tba main facta of tbia account, but " no eatiefaetory official information hta yel ( beea recited, and to eome importeot retpectt . tbt accuracy of the account baa bco denied by poreon whom it iuiplkatee. - Nothing awuld bo mora uhtipecwd lhaq tbat duch a ' grata eiolaiwn of law, auch a high baodad - .conttmpt of ibtaotbority of tbo United Slatea ; ahould bo peotlraied, by bind of laoleea ' eonfedoratot, at naooday, in Ibo cily of Bo- ton, and in tbt ttry lomplaof jualice. I re gard ihe fltgitiooa proceeding aa being a eur ; priar, not aaitendad by eeme degree! neg ligence not da 1 doubt lbr,'if auy tuob act of violrneo bad been apprehended, thvueandi f tba good citicoa of Boe'oti would bate preeoflicd tbemetltee, voluntaiit and prompt ly to protenl it ; but the danger duee net teem la bavO heo timely made k jt), or duly p preciafed by iboto bo oare conceroed in , Ibo eteeouoo of tbo procet. lo o eomniu nily dietinguUhrd for ita love of order and reaped for tbe lave; among a people ohote eenttmeol ie liberty end la, end not liberty vitboot la, aor aboto the It, eich an out ' re je eoo'd oa'y be the rf m'l f.f anil Jen io leace, unhappily too much unprepared fur to be eoceoeafwily ratieied. It ooold be melan eboly, indeed, if e wore obliged to regard Ibia aotbreak agtioat tbo eoMumiional and legal authority of Ibo Goferouieol, at precee- ding from tht general feeling of ibo people, ia a epot which ia protorbially callrd " the cradle of Americas liberty." Soak, aodoubiedly, ia not the fact- It i- laiee, without aoeetUtn, ibe general tenii etpmg into another, u. the-party to hw ad lo be arretted thai thty would bo oatbled tech Uboe may ! bo i. ,U U quite ch r in fly or tecretothemael?ee. Tbo force may has by Ibo leaolutina of Puogfeoa of Lh 3J U tilled lo make the arreil. and ao tome, of March, 1821, tb pr.h.l cf tbor United timee to ptoteei thd eJEce after it ie aiade, L.etee, in jny.Bia'o io h'th tU oeo of tbe and to oreeenl a eeeue.;' 1' ould ihr.r..,-' tion of the Jude of tlia dutrict. be auvhor ted lo hire a rutitDtent pUce to terte t o temporary jm! aud io oujie. tho utctnrj previMoflfur tbo aao, keeptog f pr tuiiai committed under the utbofity uf the lUned ; u v r Tl VMUm. l,',g' Suu harbee. itWr.n irwbul. eugge,,' ,b.t 4l,i. aeetioo bo Bwd,6d by do. z.i f k Vj! irl Tr ni iiv4 vi ,o p"1 rm ,h tb.t o:hig th.,ti9 coot.in,d7.b.ii raW ahalj I be allowed hie reanb!efx. of perteom.oittedo.,der.heaaihorHy ofho b einVrved o require ny pre.iooe procl. b. otid 1 t T' :T')-V S'' - .' rmpooered. but wtioa, .wb.a the Lliti. .r.Pca.Tfof.h7.i. S.Ci--'-T,.?f lb!!'ff fy ,r,ui,rd .od.t lb. direetb. of .berto repel iotaaio,. to aitcutotb. l...,or 1.1 j , , ' . judge of the Dial net, m hire a eootenWnt ctimbioatioot egaipet them end thaiiba p. Ao4a reaoli4ioBofCnngrMle)f3,'l,1rt aidrftt my make tuch call and place tuch IWI,- protidee that "where any $iaio f rnmed under ibo auihoiiiy vf lb. Dotted milnie oaderbe cootrol of any. citil cflicer Siatee, bating complied with tbo recuuimen-; Staler., ... It will b keen, from paper, ectom- of the VoiMd State. 'to aid him in eietuting daliouof Congreee im tb remluiioii of ihe rin'gtfeCmu(iicaiioo,ha the attrn- the law. or tuppreaiiig auch Combinationa Jweoty.lhiid day of Srptemtert 1)9, akall '"r .lh". mtrahoi l Mfactiotetlt wat dia- -and; hi!. ao employed, ihey abell be paid' hate witbdrawa or ehell Uerafii wnfMlraw;. ic'ly calfed io ikio pnuion i-f the l.w by by and tubtieted at the eipenteof the United dinar m vnuit or in pan, me ate it trieir .' uaai ino -crritv oi ma natv oi etatfa. jaile for priaooert commiued trader the au- Ibefily ottbo United 8t lee, the mauhal in tuch Slate of iatrt, under the direclion i f Ibe judge of the dj.tiict, thell U, and Jere. by ie, authorized and required to iiire a con eenient place lo aery r at a 'temporary jail, and fo make the nrcetaary pit-tuiun for iho aa(e keeping of priiooere comniiitfd oirier lh. awthoriiy of tba liojted tftatet onfall pet. thedUofOcibrt8ih l.at. There w oo . Con g re v ml probably advening to the HicMtl jdfof matmn that Ike hvnr.eriie cm diflVrence betwaaa lha ftlililiai an1 le.ao mm .. Nided any tuch place f.-r 'the. em fiWcni of lar army, be lb. act of Marcb-3r-1807. an. bit priaonrra. If ho haa out, it i to J re iborizad the Preeident lo u.e the land aud na gietted thai thia p..rr wa nm eteif iM ;tat fuicet of the United Stalet for the iame , .i.. J. .: . r .1 . t . ' . . . . - the mtrtbtl. under ihe direction nf ihr Di HicljuJge, immt-dialrly on the patgH uf ihe act of th lVtiit,iture if Mit-achuaetta, of the 24;b March IH V and eaprciellv that tnanegt pretikinn ahnll.be made by law furf '' eercie n the petaage t f the that pwrpoe. ; end the aaid mirtbal thill ba ' Fugittt. "Slat., law uf the tail laaaUn, or allowed bioreaeoaable eipeet iocurie't fnrll,en the etteniino d (he mertii.l wit titer tb. t bote DurtHitoe. to be oaid out of the sea- ward aerticutatly drawn io it. purpnaet for which ho might all forih the miiilia, and tubject 10 the tame proclamation. Ilut.itio ower of the Pretident, voder ihe C'.i.iiutiun, at' eommarder of the army and Ji it gtntitjj and hie duty to aee ihe U faithfully executed ia general end poni rite t and tba act of 1807 ought not to be conn! rued aa atincing any diipoailion in Cou- Be fh. law of MaaaaehuiOlta. aa that law f tnt of a Briton, tit idace )f COlJiiwmenl. bu alood before' Ibe art of th. Leottla'ufe ,f edll la nt ey to aee how ilia priixner tbat Slal. of Hie fourth of March, 184 the ' hat. beeu' a..fel and contcniently de. common-jaila in tbe reapectit. counuet nero" lamed, during an adjournment of tho hearing, la b. need fir th. detention of ny. peftm.t '' 'or on" day wiiM.ui auch pUce of confine. deiemed or eommi'tcd if bt authority of ent, Ibe coorte of tho t oiled S aire, aa well i by tbe C'urta and megialrttee of the tjite.'.But three protiaioeo war abrogated and repeal ed by lite ad of the L'gia'atuie nf Mitchu Kltt, o the 2iib of 5larch, 1643. Tbaf act decltret ihtl " no judgeiof en court of record of lUif commonwealth, and no juetice nf Ihe peace, ahall hereafter lake Of f niX3e. or grant ailinoia, m um thai may arie ut der the third aecimn if an art of (,'oi grne petfd February 12, 1793, and entitled " An act reapctirg fugiiivea from jutiica and persona escaping4 fium the ft tice of their matter t' toany pei ton hoelaimt any e'.i.er perann oe a fugitite tlat wihm the jinitdir tion nf the Commonwealth." And it fuither dtplarre.lher ' thentT, depuiy ahetiO, cor'oorr, rniiahle, j lilnrvw "(her i f ficer, of 1 1, it CommooweallN, ihnlf herrafin .rreai or d lain, w aid in the irmtt, - r de tentinn, or inprittorimrnt in any jil or other builiJir g behir gl- f to thi. Cannndallh, or loony cnuniy,ciiy, or l"n thereof uf any pereutt lo th raaxin that he U claimed aaa fugitito alate.", " - ' . ' ; - And it further deeletee that " any juttire If it thall appear that no auch place atent of tb. penpt. of 0 foe, and of etet ,f lh pace, titeriiT, drputy eherilT, cf.en ttiotitf of the whole people f Maeeechueeite, aa touch a. it tUdtUelho Itw, oVftee the an. tbority of the Goternmeat, and rfngrteee . thoee concerned ia il, Ibeir aidei. and abel- tor.. '. t- : ; , t ie, Mf .rtheteaa, any duty lo lay before ibe Senate, ia intwtr lo iia retolutieni, torn. important facta and ceneidrntiont connected "itklh.Mhjfci.. I - - - . A reeolatioe .f Congreee, of September t3,1789,dMlaradt 1 That U be recommended lo th. Lrgala. tare of the enteral 8teiea to peta Iowa, mo ling itaipieetly tb. duly of lh. keeper, of their jail. I. receit. and eafe keep therein, .11 prieooere eommitted under the euthoriiy of lb. United Sutoa trotil they that) be dit cbarged by Ibo eoaree of the laoa thereof, un der lb. Iiko peaalliea oe ia lh. cat. of prieon. era aemmiiied aoder tho auiberity of auch fi.t'ee ropectitly J lb. United 8tatee to pty fee ihe we. .et kteping of toch jail, al the rat. of tftyleatt per month for each pneoo r, Ibel .hall, under ihey; authority, b. com mitted ibereto, during lh. urn. auch prieon. .1 abell bo rhettiu ewnftited andalea I. aop- port auch af aaid prtwaor. at tball b. coo mitted foe offencee." : A farther leoalutirHi of Coegreaa, of the third af March, 1791, protuJea that - where, at Congraoa did, by a r.eoluwea of th. 33d day of Septemhei, 1769. leeommaad to the aaearal State. I. paea law. making it eipreee ly lh. doty of tb. keeper. ( their jail, lo ro coie. and aafa keep thereto all prieoeere com mitted aader jJuLAOihofiiy of ih Untied State. ia order, therefor., lo ineore tba ad- . Iaiotratio af jamieo. Kreefeed y lie Smote eW 11mm . Jtrpreantrafieer tf AmtrUm i Cmnu a emied, That.laeeo. any Stat, abell net bar. complied with lh. taid reeemmeodairon, II. anrakal ia tuck Stat., under th. dirte- tho pro ixn uf tbie l.w, by ia any tray act ing directly or wdirecily under the power conferred by Ihe third oeetioa of the act of Congreee aforementioned, thall fotfeit a turn not eiceeding one thnotand dollar, for etrry tuch tfleeco, for t)ie oeo of tbe county where taid efPnce ie committed, or tball be aujecl to imptraonmeot not exceeding one )ear ia the county jail. . , .Thie law, it ia obeinua, had two objete: iho (ire! wtt to mike it a penal olTence io all oflieer. and magittralea o( the eommoooealtb to eiercito the powera conferred on theia by the eel of Cungreaa of Ibe 12th of February, 1793, entitled, Ao not reepecling fugititet from jual ice, and peieone eacaping from the eertir. of ibeir mitteia," and ohich puwert they were fully enmpeienJ to perform up to th. lime of tbie inhibition and pnl eneet aient ; eecund, to refute the e al th. jJi nf th. Ste'a fur th. detentioa of any pereon cletmed aa a futti eleer. Il it derp'y to be lamented that the pur eoaoofiheto enact nx-ota ia quite tppwrnt. ( oat to preeenl, at far ta Ihe Legialature of the 8iaie CHi'd preerol, lh. latofC0 greta. petted f.tf tho purx ee r.f carrying in to effect thai article of the Cuoatituiion of the United Smiee, whkh decleree ihtl no per. eoa held to aerticn or labor ia one 8iae un der the lawa thereof, rare ping into eon her, ehalf, iu.eoowquenr. ol eny law or regqla tioo thereto, be dtcherged from tucS eertice or labor, but thaJt b. delnered up on claim of lh. par'Jt'lo whom auch eertice or Itbnr may be doe," from being carried into effect. Bui there aclt of Stat, legialalum, although they may cauao embarraatmenl and creeie ipeneo, rannof derrogato either from the duly or tbo authority of Coogreteto ctrry out fully and fairly th. plain and imperative conttiiotioaal provitrOn for. ihe dtlitery or poreona, bound I. labor ia one Sine and at- haa bee. obtained, direction In tbe marahal will be eiten to Inae no time io the ditclnrre f.thie du!yl ; ' . ' ' ' - I trtntmit to the Senate the copy of a pro damttinn laaued by me oa Ihe INth iatanl, in relation to theke unetpeo'ed and deplora ble recurrence in Bnin, together with eo pii't of inrlrurtiarut frt.ni iho Deptrlmcnl of War and Ny reUlne lo ihe general etib. jrct. And I cummin icete a tan enpiea cf lei fgraphio deepatchee Iranemitted from the Department i-f Slate in the diatricl atloniey and marthal of the United Statee for the dia tricl of Maaeacbueette, and their auaware ibereto.: ' . . - In tegaid to ihe le-t branch of the inquiry made bytb. reioluti-n of ibe Senate, I hate i iiLerree that the Conatitution decleree that "the Pre-ideot ahall lake cere that the laoa be fai'rbfully executed," and that "he ahall be commander in chief if the army and oaty of: the United Si a lea, and uf the militia of the eertl Statee when celled ioln 'tho actual artice of ihe United Siatea," and that " Cuo. greaa ahall hate power io protide for calling forth the miiilia to execu'e the law. of tbe Union tuppreae inmirrection, and repel inta aieoa." From which it appear a that the ar my aod naty are by tho Coottilutioo, placed under tho ctrol of iho Eteculit., and pro bab-'y ao legie'atioreof Cungrete could add to ordimmith th. power ibut giten, but by in rreaeing or diminiahing or abotiahing alto. wry ofthia United Statee." The ttrn-ut' 11 ' mat in eecepe iiom Ibe .epuif (greaa to limit or reatrain thia conetiititiorial proeieione of tb." low remain unrepealed ; mnrahala in thia eaae: wa not ewmg to the authority. For greater cerlaioty.howeter, it mty be well tbal Congratt ahould modify oi explain thia act io regard lo ita preriMone for the employment of the army and oaty t f the United Statee, ae well at that in regard calling forth the militia. It ia euppoeed hot io be doubtful that all cil xent whether en. rolled in lh. militia or not, mty be tummon ed at membera of tho potto comitalut, enh or by Ihe marahal or a commieajoner accord ing lo law ; and tbtl il it Ibeir duty to obey tuch eummooa. Bui perhapa it may be doubted whether the aiartbal or a commit eioner, can aummon aa tb. potte conntatut ao organized militia fotce, tciing under iit wo appropriate cBicere Tbia point may deeervo the contideration of Congrtte. I ue thit occttioa to report the etaurance, that, to far aadependt upon me, ihe lawatha!l be faiibfully executed, and all forcible oppu eitioo to them auppreeeed ; and to thit end I am prepared to exerciee, wbeneter il may become nectary, the powercootlitutionally tested in me lo Iho fullest extent. lam ful ly pereuaded tbtl ihe great majority of the people of thit country am warmly and ttrorg. ty attached id lb. Conetitution, th. preaer. ration of th. Union, th. jutt tupport of ihe Goterkment, and tb. maintenance of tbe au thority of la. I am perauaded that their earneat witheaaod lha hoaof my conaiitoiioe. al duty entirely concur; and I doubt not Armneae, moderation, aod prudence, atrength. en and animated by th. general opinion of iho people, will prtrent lh. repetition of oe. currencetditturbirg lha public petceeod re probtted by all good men.' MILLARD FILLMORE. The, tnoftage, after cootiderable debate, - f I M .! ... . .. . gather lha army and oaty. But aot ao with , ' me vommmee on ue Jud.c tho militia. Tho Preeident caonol.'c.ll Ihe ( "r-,r bu, " "PoM n, 1 t0 ,w on the militia intoeertice.otenloelecutethelaweor . "',Magf- repel iotaeione, but by Ihe authority of ecu of Congreee aaeeed for that porpoae. But KASE CUBI08ITV. when the miliua are called into eertice, ia the manner preeenbed by law, then the Comttitu tion ittelf gitea Ihe command to tho Pre.i dent. Acting oh thie principle, Cong re., by the act of February 28, 1705, eeihonx d the Pretident tvcall forth lha militia lo re pal intttion, and " auppreaa inturrccliom tgainet a Stat, goternment, aod t. wpprett eombinatrona againel th. lawa of tho' United Stu'.t, and ctuae tbe lawa lo be faithfully ex ecuted." But lh. act proceeda lo dealer, that whenever it may be neceetary, ia lh. judg men! of Ihe Pretident, lo ut. lh. military force iherehy directed lu he called forth, the Preeident ahall forthwith, by proclamation, enmmand auch ineurgentaloditperte, aod re ire peiceably lo 'heir reepectita abodee, within a limited lime. Thee. word, are broad enough in n quoe a proalamatioa in all eaaee ohere mililiaam called out ander thai act, whether trvreprl iueaaion ereupprett an insurrection, or to aid in executing tba lawa. Tbia eectinn het, contequenilv created aonie doubt oheiher ihe militia could be called forth In aid in executing the lawe without n pre tioua proclamation- But yet Ihe proc'ama lion aeema to be in worda directed only againei ineurgenta, aad io require tbem lo ditperee, thereby implying, ni only an inturrectinn but ao organized, nr at leeet an embodied, force. Such a prnclamaiion in aid of lha cit il aolhotiiy would ufien defeat the whole eb ject by giving tuch notice lo pereone mleod. The editor of tbo Honolulu (Sandwich la land) Friend bit heeo preaenled with an En gli.h Ifible, printed iu the year 1599, and translated from ibe Lai in by Beat, who died in 1605, aged eighty. eix. The reprint oo the till. ptg. of the New Tetumenl it at fol luwt : THE NEW TESTA, ment of our Lord I E S V at CHRIST, Tranfla ted out of " . Greekeby Thtod:Btitt Wii h brief Summer iea and eipcfiiinna vpoa the hard placee by lha faid Authoor Joacr (7emtr and P. Loftier FiZeriw Englithed by I TOM SON. Ti'gtiktr itiik lie itenooriowt a Fr : uniet rpen ikt RttUtiom ef3. JOHN. 1 IMPRINTED AT LONDON by the Deputiea of Chrifiopher Barker, Prinlert to lb. Quetnet motl Excellent MaieSlie. ' ' ' 1599. Tbia copy anticipalea by merely ear a ihe trunalaiieo made by King Jamee'a authority, anl waa publiahed twenty yeart prior to the landing of tba Pilgrima. ' 8uch a curioaiiy ihiKiH not be allowed to moulder among ibe du-ky 8endwicb Ialandera but tbould be irana frrted to eomo to. of tho larg. librartea in hia cily, wher. il could meet lh. inspection f hundr.de who kaow bo I. appreciate a literary windfall.
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