Message from the Governor.
RxECuTIvE CHAMBER,


APRIL lo, 1842.
vTO THE EGISI ATTIRE
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/ received last evening preamble and
resolution in which the Legislature, after
reciting my refusal to surrender Peter
johnson, Edward Smith aud Isaac Can
sey as fugitives from justice, and further
reciting that had assigned as the reason
for that refusal, that stealinga slave within
the jurisdiction &against the laws of Virei-
MIA was not crime within the meaning
of that part Of the Constitution of the
United States which relates to the demand
and surrender Of fugitives from justice, has
expressed an opinion adverse to the con-
structior of that instrument which had
thus adopted. The subject to which the
resolution refers is exclusively one of Exec
u,iye responsibility, the duties of this De
par.mcn. in regard to the demand and