...expressly holds that "any contract that rests upon such a basis is mid;" and, Wheveas, The third clause of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States, when construed as providing for the surrender of a fugitive slave, does " rest upon such a...

...character, dangerous to the liberties of the people, and ought to be abrogated. Whereas, The third clause of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States, when construed as providing for the surrender of a fugitive slave, does "rest upon such a basis,"...

...expressly holds that any "contract that rests upon such a basis is void;" and Whereas, The third clause of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States, when construed as providing for the surrender of a fugitive slave, does " rest upon such a...

...into the State of Virginia, I am under the necessity of requesting that agreeably to the provision of the second section of the fourth Article of the Constitution of the United States, your Excellency will he pleased to direct the proper measures to be pursued for apprehending...

...referred. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 is based upon, and purports to be, a carrying into execution of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States, which is as follows : — "3. No person held to service or labor in one State under the laws...

...him as sucli from the governor of the state of New York, under the provisions of the second clause of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States, and in accordance with it he was delivered up in that state, and was removed to this, and committed,...

...paper claiming that, under the foregoing facts, she was entitled to the license prayed for by virtue of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States, and of the XIV. Article of Amendment of that instrument. The statute of Illinois on this subject...

...expressly holds that any " contract that rests upon such a basis is void;" and Whereax, The third clause of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States, when construed as providing for the surrender of a fugitive slave, does " rest upon such a...

...with, or tend to embarrass, or hinder the execution of the laws of the United States, made in pursuance of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States, for the delivering up of persons held to labor by the laws of any State and escaping therefrom;...

...the administration of the law, as if he were a citizen of our state. This is so, not only in virtue of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States, Corfield \, G&ryell, 4 Wash. CC 381, but by the comity of all civilized nations. And I remark...