A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 2, part 3: Andrew Jackson, 1st term
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 2, part 3: Andrew Jackson, 1st term
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845; Presidents -- United States; United States -- History -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government
This provision, however, would not shield the officers and citizens of
the United States, acting under the laws, from suits and prosecutions in
the tribunals of the State which might thereafter be brought against
them, nor would it protect their property from the proceeding by
distress, and it may well be apprehended that it would be insufficient
to insure a proper respect to the process of the constitutional
tribunals in prosecutions for offenses against the United States and to
protect the authorities of the United States, whether judicial or
ministerial, in the performance of their duties. It would, moreover, be
inadequate to extend the protection due from the Government to that
portion of the people of South Carolina against outrage and oppression
of any kind who may manifest their attachment and yield obedience to the
laws of the Union.
It may therefore be desirable to revive, with some modifications better
adapted to the occasion, the sixth section of the act of the 3d March,
1815, which expired on the 4th March, 1817, by the limitation of that of
27th April, 1816, and to provide that in any case where suit shall be
brought against any individual in the courts of the State for any act
done under the laws of the United States he should be authorized to
remove the said cause by petition into the circuit court of the United
States without any copy of the record, and that the court should proceed
to hear and determine the same as if it had been originally instituted
therein; and that in all cases of injuries to the persons or property of
individuals for disobedience to the ordinance and laws of South Carolina
in pursuance thereof redress may be sought in the courts of the United
States. It may be expedient also, by modifying the resolution of the 3d
March, 1791, to authorize the marshals to make the necessary provision
for the safe-keeping of prisoners committed under the authority of the
United States.
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