SEVENTEENTH DAY. (continued 2)
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Mr. CLAY:—Did not the Executive of New York refuse to deliver up a fugitive on the demand of the Governor of Virginia?
Mr. BRONSON:—In that case I think there was no evidence that the offence charged was a crime under the statutes of Virginia, and it certainly was not at common law.
The vote was taken upon Mr. Clay's amendment, and resulted as follows:
Ayes.—Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia—5.
Noes.—Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Kansas—16.
And the amendment was rejected.
And on motion, at two o'clock a.m., the Conference adjourned.