A Sermon On the Duty of Citizens With Respect to the Fugitive Slave Law
A Sermon On the Duty of Citizens With Respect to the Fugitive Slave Law
George F Kettell
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Uiso to l)c shown why Iw was put in c infinc- mont. Hut after the senlcncc of a court, having; iihimatc ju- risdiction, adjiulj^in^ n innn to imprisonment, there can he no such writ issueil, for then the man is in custody nccor(hng to law ; and in the hinf];Ma<;o of the Attorney (Jcneral, •' it is not within the province or privih't;e of this threat writ to loose those whom the liiir ha< hourul. " It is not intendetl to n\dlify law?, but to prevent imprisonment contrary to law. Now those hehl as slaves under ihf laws of the United States, clearly can- not take out a writ of habeas corpus to try why they are held as slaves, any more than a man in the State Prison can take out such a writ to try why he is held in custody. The lairs have alre'ii'y dec'led it. In l)oth casi s the person is in custody bi/ aiithontij of law, and it is surelv ahsurd to talk ot" suin
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