Substance of an Argument of Samuel F. Vinton for the Defendants
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Excerpt from Substance of an Argument of Samuel F. Vinton for the Defendants: In the Case of the Commonwealth of Virginia Vs; Peter M. Garner and Others Mr. Vinton said: May it please your Honors: I cannot but regret that my learned friend (the Hon. John M. Patton,) who opened this case for the Commonwealth of Virginia, has somewhat impaired the value of so good an argument, by the introduction into it, both at its commencement and conclusion, of a topic so very foreign to the subject now under consideration. To all else in his argument, I listened with that pleasure and delight, which high intellectual effort never fails to inspire. It will be understood, that I refer to what was said by him on the subject of slavery, and of the correspondence now going on, and not yet brought to a close, between the Executives of the two States, making mutual demands of certain persons as fugitives from justice. These are matters not before the Court, and their connection with the case now before us, is not very apparent. If the argument of my learned friend had been an address to a popular assembly, or even before a Jury of the country, I should have been at no loss to understand the object in bringing these topics into it. But when they are addressed to this grave and dignified tribunal of Judges, sitting here to decide a naked question of law, I am unable to perceive their relevancy, or in what way they can aid the Court in coming to a right decision of the case. Much has been said, and eloquently, by the learned counsel in praise of the institution of Slavery, and in derogation of the abolitionists. I did not come here, may it please your Honors, to engage in those questions that are at issue between the slaveholders and the abolitionists - I am not now called upon to assail the one or defend the other - the case before us has nothing to do with either - and I cannot permit myself to be drawn aside, or seduced into a discussion of this sort by any thing that has been, or can be said, on that subject. I have the same remark to make about the correspondence between the Executive of Virginia and of Ohio. The Governor of Ohio has seen fit to send me here to argue the case now before the Court, and to protect, as well as I may, those rights of sovereignty and of soil that are brought in question in it. But he has not solicited my aid in his correspondence with Virginia. If he be right, he needs no defence from me. If he be wrong, he best knows how to defend himself. And whether he be right or wrong, I have no authority to speak for him here before this tribunal, about a matter which it is not called upon to decide, and over which it has no jurisdiction or control. I shall also pass over in the same way all that was so eloquently said about the comparative power and prowess of the people of Virginia and Ohio. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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