Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-04-02

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,rha, 10 inst and ricbt is law ~ mis- nropo-
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(Elem. Civil Law,) has forty Specifications.
The most usual source of mistake in arru-
ment is the use of ambiguous terms. Now.
Mr.. Spooner's proposition is true of the law
of Nature, which Cicero calls "rigM reason,
The same Ming at athens as at Rome; " but it
is false when applied to municipal, national,
civil law, which is often a very different
thing at Louisville from what 1t is at Lon
don. 1t Is with TINS clvll law only That we
have TO do In an argument like the present.
Mr.. Spooner's quotations at the close Of this
chapter, relate mostly to the law Of Nature,
to law IN It's most comprehensive sense, or
the science Of Justice such as Rockers sub
lime poetry, assuring us Of law "that her
seat is in the bosom of God, and her voice
the harmony Of tho world"
This discussion, however, is a matter of
no consequence TO the argument. Leaving
it, therefore, let us consider Mr.. Spooner's
main proposition. "Only that which is just,
Is law, and all Judicial tribunals arc bound
so to declare :" taking law to mean the rule
of civil affairs in a nation, the only sense of
the term with which this argument has any
thing to do.
In the first place a proposition may Justly
be suspected not TO be sound, when the au-
thor confesses in regard TO it, as Mr.. Spoon
er does here, that,
SIT NAV make sad havoc with cons,itu-
tons and Statute books" and "it is DossibL.
Derhaps, that this doctrine would snare
enough of our existing Constitution 70 save
our Governments from the necessity of a new
organization!
S,roIr nooL,od ,n
b,yo 60 unifnrm,Iv ni.,aIoo uhpa /, ,La" ~
nLou, os ~ hn,y aac"- :" ~ =
rnan,' tba, unr no. "IyU "m9 H. w ooavn
81 ,Ln tarn, XII a.. l. w.,
internretcd accordipg IN ,bs sense n,anr,pI ~
chose 70 nnt nnon 1ben and nnt onnnrdin~
TO the canrice of an indiviGnaI Mr. SnoonrSp
is at lber,y IN - tb., mich of yh,, ,ha
world cgHx; law. - not obIiroiorv boc,wsa i,
is NOT ins, in tho owe Of GA and ,Lara al
qood men will agree with him RAT IN ~.
sSert that hsc,rsa e ,binr - NO., r;oh, !, " -,
Lu, as thar form is con7,,oniy anI r;rh,TIir
used. is entsrinr into tho n9es,ion 81 wh:yt
constitutes the basis Of rdvernnnrI onnmr
mor. and occorJinu - 800 ,La"",
Goysrrmep, viii he bis don;aI Or assn+ :, y,
rho nronosition Doos Nr Snnonor aona ~
saw m erely, that a nation in making IFS laws
has no riGbt. in the eve Of Cod. f. 4ernetrate
Injustice? We aorec with him. II 81 Doe
tripe cortainlv ne Gid ne Cicero and nav Lo
traced ,bronGb Grn,ius and IocIa anij al
writer's m the subiec, down 70 TeasrSon and
Channing Naiicns arc bornJ hy ,ho eomo
rule ~ rirht and wronr nc indE,iin,is =.
arreed e. Loes bo mosn - = ,hnt ~ 80,
limo what sbolI he The rnL or Evil cnndnc,
the voice If the majority is mot final and con'
elusive. or its own officers in nil Inc Loorj-
,oents nj CorcrnncntT Thon =" wo JiT, rtC.r
him. entirely. and assert that on his nIan
Government is imnossible. An ind;vidnaI
NAV. and oupht TO RESIGN his office. rather
than assist in a law he deems uniust Rnt
while he ret,ips under tho rnoior;tr oro or
their offices. he retains il on HcSi. co1nd;J;ops
which are. TO obev and enforce Bcj, decrees
There can be 10 more splE.evident nronosi.
ton than that in every Government. the ma
iority must rule, and their will be n1jC5ymM
obeyed. Now, if the majority enact y WICK.
ed law. and the JUDGE refuses to enforce if.
which is to weld. the .Judre or the major,
ty? Of course the first.
According to Mr.. Spooner, no provision
would be law until it had secured the assent,
not only of the Legislature-the power APP
pointed to make lawsuit of the Judiciary
also-thc power appointed only to consLrue
ana oPPy mem; Apply this principle to our
Union ana II brings upon the present Con-
stituilon a similar disease to that which kill
ed the Old confederation, under which laws
were OF no practical value unless the several