from justice. The idea that this would be considered a crime according to the laws of England or Canada (as you will see it must be, in order to justify rendition) is preposterous. But the judges seemed to think they were to be governed by the laws of Missouri and to have take it for granted that the slave laws of Missouri were consistent both with the constitution of Missouri, and also with the constitution of the United States. , , It seems to me we might to raise the questions, viz, whether there be any English law that would make it murder for a man to kill another, who was attempting to seize him as a slave? And 2d, whether, by the constitution, either of Missouri or the U.S. there is or can be any legal slavery in Missouri? And it seems to me these questions ought to be carried to the House of Lords, if necessary. If carried there, they would take the opinion of the judges of England, as they frequently do in