Book/Printed Material The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of the person claiming to be a British seaman, under the 3d section of the State Act of Dec. 1822, in relation to Negroes, &c. before the Hon. Judge Johnson, Circuit Judge of the United States, for 6th Circuit : ex parte Henry Elkison, claiming to be a subject of His Britannic Majesty, vs. Francis G. Deliesseline, sheriff of Charleston District
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Image 1 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 1 The Argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of the Person claiming to be a British Seaman, under the 3 d section of the State Act of…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 2 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 2 argument, by itself, will look much better than when its mangled parts are scattered through the opinion of the learned Judge: and the repeated requests to publish my argument have induced…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 3 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 3 Mr. Adams was sanctioned by any thing that transpired between himself and and any member of the State Delegation, to give such a pledge, when he well knew, that the denial…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 4 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 4 of colour who should enter the ports of this State, until the ship in which they arrived was ready to sail. The petitioner has been arrested under that law, the vessel…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 5 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 5 has a right to inspect his domestic economy, or disturb his repose, so is the territory of a nation inviolable by the universal assent of mankind; and all who enter it,…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 6 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 6 to avoid the corrupting influence of strange manners, as the Chinese, who perhaps were jealous of those secrets both in agriculture and the arts which rendered their productions valuable in commerce;…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 7 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 7 his claim, and simply looks on; so that his claim being manifestly an attempt that no independent State would tolerate, is substantially abandoned. Indeed, as well might a diplomatic agent claim…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 8 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 8 refuge by the glare of the conflagration. To prevent evils by precautionary measures is the most humane course of legislation and is the imperitive duty of every State. “Lead us not…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 9 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 9 the Confederation, states “each state retains its sovoreignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 10 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 10 another. “The preservation of a nation consists in the duration of the political association of which it is formed. If a period is put to this association, the nation or state…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 11 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 11 of different nations, intended to guard them against pestilence, famine and what they choose to term moral corruption, are monuments of the truth of the principle—that the individual (or state) interested,…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 12 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 12 had of giving up her privilege, of preventing the importation of the felons and paupers of Europe. Had the question been directly put to the Delegates of South-Carolina, whether they were…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 13 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 13 to the present day, the several states have continued to exercise the right unquestioned. New-York, subjects our vessels to quarantine, and confines our citizens to her hospitals, although we have no…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 14 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 14 It is connected with no immediate and pressing apprehensions, but humanity and interest unite to obviate the necessity of that severity which while it diminishes our estates is painful to our…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 15 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 15 people.” The Convention of 1818, in order to be construed correctly, must be taken altogether. It is true, that it makes certain stipulations which are expressed in positive language, but in…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 16 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 16 specified parts of the river, or compel them to load their cargoes in specified docks. This would be but a mode of carrying on commerce; and if she may designate where…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 17 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 17 powers: But, does not authorise the President and Senate to invade those rights, reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. That it is not an unlimited grant, but is…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 18 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 18 That the treaty making power does not extend so far, as to authorise stipulations destructive of this power—That it is but a police regulation, and not inconsistent with the commercial Convention:—I,…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 19 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 19 decision be against the defence, a writ of error lies to the Supreme Court of the United States. It is enacted, “That a final judgment or decree, in any suit in…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 20 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 20 “ quod facit per alium facit per se. ” Nay, a coporation must act by its officers. This writ can never issue where the State is a party; “a man shall…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 21 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 21 in their own names, for if a slave they could not sue at all, and when the verdict is for them, the judgment is in each case “that the ward of…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
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Image 22 of The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of … 22 feelings to that masterpiece of human wisdom; I revere it as the foundation on which the broad fabric of my country's freedom rests. But I am not willing to admit that…- Contributor: United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - Elkison, Henry - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Date: 1823
About this Item
Title
- The argument of Benj. Faneuil Hunt, in the case of the arrest of the person claiming to be a British seaman, under the 3d section of the State Act of Dec. 1822, in relation to Negroes, &c. before the Hon. Judge Johnson, Circuit Judge of the United States, for 6th Circuit : ex parte Henry Elkison, claiming to be a subject of His Britannic Majesty, vs. Francis G. Deliesseline, sheriff of Charleston District
Names
- Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil, 1792-1857
- Elkison, Henry
- Deliesseline, Francis Gottier, 1761?-
- United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit)
Created / Published
- [Charleston : Printed and sold by A.E. Miller, 1823]
Headings
- - Elkison, Henry--Trials, litigation, etc
- - Deliesseline, Francis Gottier,--1761?---Trials, litigation, etc
- - Habeas corpus--South Carolina
- - Black people--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Carolina
- - Black people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Great Britain
- - Black people--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
- - Sailors, Black--South Carolina
- - States' rights (American politics)
- - Federal-state controversies--South Carolina
Notes
- - Caption title.
- - Shoemaker 12892
- - Photocopy (negative). Original in Harvard College Library.
Medium
- 22 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- KF223.E43 H86 1823a
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 45031209
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- online text
- image
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Contributor
- Deliesseline, Francis Gottier
- Elkison, Henry
- Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil
- United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit)