...inference was founded on a view which was altogether erroneous of the operation of the first clause of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States, assuring a reciprocity of privileges to the citizens of the several States, respectively. That...

...propositions; but they, with due deference, insist that he is clearly wrong in the last. That the second clause of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States, is not a mere recognition, but an extension of the principle of the law of nations, relating...

...propositions; but they, with due deference, insist that he is clearly wrong in the last. That the second clause of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States, is not a mere recognition, but an extension of the principle of the law of nations, relating...

...pro forma, was affirmed. And the case is now here for our examination and decision. The last clause of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States, declares that, " No person held to service or labour in one state, under the laws thereof,...

...jurisdic- • tion and against the laws of Virginia, is not a felony or other crime within the meaning of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States: Resolved, That in the opinion of this legislature, stealing a slave within the jurisdiction...

...the jurisdiction and against the laws of Virginia, is not a felony or other crime within the meaning of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States : Resolved, That, in the opinion of this legislature, stealing a slave within the jurisdiction...

...nothing in this constitution shall be construed to conflict with the provisions of the first clause of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States. Second, To oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with humanity, and to abstain from all...

...nothing in this Constitution shall he construed to conflict with the provisions of the first clanse of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States." It is fortunate for the credit of the Convention, that the above section, with its limitation,...

...Judiciary, to whom was referred " a bill to provide for the more effectual execution of the third clause of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to refer to and adopt the accompanying...

...rights of slaveholders had not been respected, the Union never would have been formed. The third clause of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States, is as follows: "No person held to service or labor in one State under the laws thereof, escaping...