 | Charles Sumner - 1873 - 544 pages
...men who cannot help the work of thrusting a fellow-being back into bondage, this Act declares that " all good citizens are hereby commanded to aid and...in the prompt and efficient execution of this law " ; l and this injunction is addressed to all alike, not excepting those who religiously believe that... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1874 - 656 pages
...and as he reads the requirements of this Act, is filled with horror. Here is a despotic mandate, •' to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of this law." Again let me speak frankly. Not rashly would I set myself against any provision of law. This grave... | |
 | John Russell Hussey - 1876 - 562 pages
...clause of the Constitution which prohibits slavery, in conformity with the provisions of this act; and said warrants shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere in the State or Territory within which they are issued. SEC. 6. That any person who shall knowingly and wilfully... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - 1881 - 618 pages
...testimony of the accused was not to be admitted. "All good citizens" were "commanded," if thereto required, "to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of this law." If the alleged slave escapes from the marshal or his deputies, the marshal is responsible to the owner... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1880 - 670 pages
...Constitution which prohibits slavery, in conformity with the provisions of this act ; and said warranta shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere in the State or Terrritory within which they are issued. SEC. 6. That any person who shall knowingly and wilfully... | |
 | 1881 - 324 pages
...seize the fugitive from slavery, and remand the helpless victim into hopeless bondage. It also said, " All good citizens are hereby commanded to aid and...in the prompt and efficient execution of this law." In just fourteen days after this enactment the General Conference convened at Providence, RI Soon after... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - 1881 - 620 pages
...testimony of the accused was not to be admitted. "All good citizens" were "commanded," if thereto required, "to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of this law." If the alleged slave escapes from the marshal or his deputies, the marshal is responsible to the owner... | |
 | Robert Clemens Smedley - 1883 - 474 pages
...the Constitution referred to, in conformity with the provision of this act, and all good citizens are commanded to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient...anywhere in the State, within which they are issued. SECTION 6. — A nd be it further enacted, That when a person held to service or labor in any State... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 498 pages
...Constitution referred to, in conformity with the provisions of this Act; and all good citizens are commanded to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient...in the State within which they are issued. SEC. 6. That when a person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the United States has heretofore... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 648 pages
...clause of the Constitution which prohibits slavery, in conformity with the provisions of this act ; and said warrants shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere in the State or Territory within which they are issued. " SEC. 6. That any person who shall knowingly and willfully... | |
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Constitution referred to, in conformity with the provisions of this act; and all good citizens are hereby commanded to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of this law, whenever their services may be required... 
