The Captives of the Amistad a Paper Read Before the New Haven Colony Historical
The Captives of the Amistad a Paper Read Before the New Haven Colony Historical
Simeon Eben Baldwin
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" It is the opinion of many of the most eminent authorities in international law, that it rests in the discretion of the executive department of every government to surrender a fugitive from * Opinions of the Attorney General, iii. 484. 344 THE CAPTIVES OF THE AMISTAD. another oonntrv, by which his return is sought, upon reason- able proof that he has been guilty of any olfence which is com- monly regarded as a gross crime 1)v civilized nations. Presi- dent Lincoln in 1864, surrendered in this ...way to Spain, a Cuban otHcer named Arguelles, who had fraudulently sold into slavery some negroes placed in his custody, although still no extradition treaty existed between the two governments : and m 1S7H, William M. Tweed was in a similar manner surren- dered to the United States, by Spain, to be tried for defraud- ing the city of New York. But while the opinion of Mr. Grundy was approved by the Cabinet, and the Spanish minister confidentially informed of its main features, as early as Xovember, it was decided to issue no warrant of extradition until the termination of the proceedings in the District Court.
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