Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-08-18

and ia Virginia barren, and they ani ihsIrmas-
t-rs were pei.shiug. u.l Ohio had also become
wilderness. That reason vii not d1. S2nsi-
uge as Ohio may appear Go the norb j Jenoyo.
.eHre spoken ol-wilh which have no sympa-
ihy IL alive can seeihr1ugh jhaI-iha citizens
oi Ohi0cuunoiaccepiIh-sl mrnUPnn surhIerms.
What IS there In the way. Ihcu. Of my giving
au intelligent vote or ihis subecl Nothing at
all. ! would lUkc this b.', iu moment. ii had
ia.lh 10 the processes through which l.ul luw is
Co pass until 10 hrcomes law iu uhr chamhrr
b=iUw. B1 have not ,hai faith, aui will ielI
the gentleman why. I, is sad commentary
upon the perfection of human reason, th1I with
bul very leH exceptions, gentlemen coming from
a slave Suie-aud think have one behind
mo. Who ought always 20 be- before me Nr.
Badger with very few exceptions, a'l cmi.
ueuI lawyers on this floor from that section Of
lhe country, have argued lhll y0u have no right
10 pruhh, thr introduction ut Slavery into Ore.
uoa, California, and New MrNco: while, ON the
u.aar hlad, Jber. Is not a man, with few rXcey.
tons, Ilud some highly rgspaciuJ,t.) in the free
States. learned or uuir0rngd, clerical OF lay,
Who has any prgl-u,iuas 90 legal knowledge,
bHl believes ga hi8 conscience that you have a
right 10 prohibit Slavery. lsnol that g curious
commentary upon THAI wonderful thDng called
humaH raus0u'
Mr. JNDEEwooD. Il is regulated by linul
Mr. C"HwIy. Yes, BY 35 deg. 80 mu., and
what is black on one side Of the line is white
ON the olher, turning To- i=l black again when re.
stored 40 lbs original locality. How is that
Can have confidence ia Ihe Saprcmc Court Of
'hC United States, when my confidence fails in
Senators around me here! DO expect that the
memJers of that body viii be- more careful than
lhg Senator, from Georgia aud Sou,h Carolina
10 form thrr opinions wlhoutau any r. gard tc sell.
fish considerations, Can suppose that either
OF these gentlemen, or lhe other gentleman from
Georgia on the other side Of the Chamber Mr.
Johnson, ct tho learned Senator from Mlssis-
5ppi Nr Davis, who thought il exceedingly
wrong dai wc should attempt 10 restrain the Al.
mighty n the execution Of Ills purposes, as rg.
yru.cd 10 us by Npuh--can suppose that these
S-ualor, with all the terrible responsibilities
which press upon Us when engaged IN lcglsIa-
tug Tor Who'll" empire, came to their CouCu.
lnng without The most anxious deIlbcratoui--
Aud YET "u one side of the lue, ia the slave
States, thu Constitution reads yea, while on the
other after the exercise Of an equal degree Of
Intelligence, ca'mue5s, aud deIiburalluu, in the
Iree States lha Constitution is made to read nay.
admire lho Supreme Count Of The Unrtrd
States a. arbunal. Iudnrcihe wisdom which
cDu'uv.d r. | ranIce in the good con,cqucn.
ces 10 rhl5 Republic from he exercise Of It's
.uocupu3. also revere the Senate Of the L..
nJlod States Here Is the most august body in
the world, they say, composed Of men who have
wasted the midnight oil from year 10 year -mcn
who IN co5lgrs, ~ courts, m legislative halls,
have been roapng the fruits Of ripe experience,
aud suddenly their mighty inellecl3, able 10 scau
everything, however minute, and comprehend
everything, however grand, uucly fail thom,
aud they kDCcI down IN dumb jn5gnidcanco,
aud impora the Supreme Court to read the Con.
stItatIon for theH, ! think the Senator from
South CaroIIua must have had some new lighl
upon the subject within the last few ycarS, aud
that several Of my Democratic friends on all
sides OF the Chamber must have been smuen
with new love Cor the power aud wisdom Of the
Supreme Court. DO you remember the case
od,erIud to by the Senator from New Jersey to.
day! ! rccuIIcct very well when We did not
slopto inquire how the Supreme Court had dcci.
dnd or ordained II had decided, with John
Marshall at It's hrud--a man whose lghlcst con
Iacturas upon the subject Of constitutional law
have always had with me asmuch weight as
the wcII-cun5idcred opinion of almost any other
mon--Ihal Congress had power to establish Just
such a bank as YOU had; but with what infinite
scorudu Democratic gcnlemeu-Jackson Dem
ocrat5 aS they choose 10 be- cacd--cuh their
lips when lelcrrcd to that decision of the Su.
prcmo Court. Then the cry was, ave are jud-
gcs for uurleycs; we make no law unless we
have the power to enact it," Now, however,
the doCuno is, that here is the only tribunal
competent to put the matter at rest lorcycr.---
We are to thank God, that though all should
fail, there is an mlaIlibIc depository of truth
and Il lives once a year for three months, in q
lltlc chamber below usl We can 60 thcrc.-
Now, understand my duty here to be to ascor.
tain what constitutional power we have; and
when have ascerauci that, act without ref.
'cr'nre to whit the &orroma Court may do-(o,
lhcy have yet furnished no guide on the subioc
we ar 10 take it lor groujod that they will
concur with ms. agree with gentlemen whC
have been So lofty IN INSTRUMENTATION thai
Court that their decision, whether righ, o,
wrong, controls our action. Bul wo have no
hitherto endeavorcd to ascertain what The Su
pramo Court would do. ! wish next 10 asccr
tain IN what mode this wonderful response is tl
be Cbalncd-not from the Delphc Oracle, bu
from that rnIalllblc divinity, the Supreme Court
I How is 1t to b. done! gentleman starts from
Baltimore, in Maryland with a dozen bacl
men, who have been slaves; he takes them I,
/ California, 5000 miles Oft. Now, don't know
bow II may be in other paris Of the world but
know that IN the State OF Ohio we do not trayo
5000 miles to get justice. What then, is tht
admirable conuyance in this bll by which ",
can geI at the meaning Of the Constitution
seems the meaning OF the Constitution is to b,
forever hidden from as until light shall be gyeI
by the Supreme Court Sir, this bill seems t,
mo a rich aud rare Legislative curiosity |
does not enact IA law" which had supposed
the usual function Of legislation. No, sir;
only enacts "a lawsuit" So WD virtually enuc