 | William T. Alexander - 1800 - 662 pages
...call to their aid the bystanders, or posse comitaius, of the proper County, to aid them in their work: "And all good citizens are hereby commanded to aid...in the prompt and efficient execution of this law." Mr. John Van Buren, in a letter to the opponents of this law, while admitting the right to reclaim... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 536 pages
...to summon and call to their aid the bystanders or posse comitatus of the proper county," who were " hereby commanded to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of this law." The commissioner should receive a fee of ten dollars when he delivered the fugitive, and only five... | |
 | Marion Gleason McDougall - 1891 - 200 pages
...observance of the clause of the Constitution referred to, in conformity with the provisions oCthis act; and all good citizens are hereby commanded to aid...the State within which they are issued. " SEC. 6. A n,! be it further enacted, That when a person held to service or labor in any State or Territory... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1892 - 526 pages
...empowered " to summon and call to their aid the bystanders or posse comitatus of the proper county ; . . . and all good citizens are hereby commanded to aid...may be required, as aforesaid, for that purpose." If any person shall " willingly hinder or prevent " the claimant from arresting the fugitive, or "... | |
 | Edward Lillie Pierce - 1893 - 666 pages
...deliverance, and then 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 requirement of law. This grave... | |
 | Edward Lillie Pierce - 1893 - 650 pages
...deliverance, and then 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 requirement of law. This grave... | |
 | Alexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn - 1896 - 460 pages
...deliverance, and then 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 requirement of law. This grave... | |
 | Wilbur Henry Siebert - 1898 - 572 pages
...by them, had the authority to summon the posse comitatus of the county, and "all good citizens" were "commanded to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution " of the law. The testimony of the alleged fugitive could not be received in evidence. Ownership was determined... | |
 | Susan Bullitt Dixon ("Mrs. Archibald Dixon, ") - 1899 - 654 pages
...to, in conformity with the provisions of this act ; and all good citizens are hereby commanded to act and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of...services may be required, as aforesaid for that purpose. . . . In no trial or hearing under this act, shall the testimony of such alleged fugitive be admitted... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 418 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 " ; J and this injunction is addressed to all alike, not excepting those who religiously believe that... | |
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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... 
