The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-23
Gbr Ganfaster Ga3ette.
Thursday MornIng, Jan. aa, IsOI.

AADsAhANhS SNAh' 80 AOOk'
SELv. ESTEEM Mr. Reeme,in Til s
gentleman said in his place the other day
in the Constitutional Convention, that the
members Of that body were not called
upon to construct the Constitution of the
United States as it was understood by
members Of the Supreme Court, but as
the members Of the Convention under.
stood it. Should the Convention here.
after find that some of its acts conflict
with the Constitution as the Supreme
Court shall construe il, Mr.. Reemeeu 5
infated vanity may decrease little.
This tendency upon the pari Of some
gentlemen Of the opposite party To disre-
gard the DECISIONS of our Courts, when.
ever they happen to conflict with some
idea of their own. is becoming OF late
years very common matter The pres
ent Governor of Ohio finds M difficulty
whatever in his message, in repudiating
the decisions made by himself when
Judge of the Supreme Beuch Of Ohio,
and Reemelen expresses the most per
feet contempt for the opinions Of Chief
Justice Marshal in so far as they mny diff.
fer with his own.
If the decisions Of our Courts after a
few years, are of no value aud are not To
be considered as binding until solemnly
repealed by the proper authorities, we
can have no law aud without law no jus.
tice. The idea of every man arraying
himself in opposition to the decisions of
the highest tribunals in the land is abso
lutely ridiculous aud perfectly contempt
ible. The members ofthe Conslitulion-
al Convention of Ohio, though they have
he power TO define what the organic law
of the State shall be, provsded the ma
.jorily of the yeople agree wit them, have
no power, as we conceive, to define what
law ofthv U. States is. That is left to the
Supreme Court. of which Chief Justice
Marshal was a very exalted member.
LocoFoco SENrIMENr.--We find the
following rich acknowledgement of one
of the rules of action adopted by the Ed.
itor ofthe Ohio Statesman, in his paper
Of this week:--
ave do not belong to the school of
complainers. We always iind it best to
stick close to our party. even if i, should
get little wrong, once in a while"
This is equal to tn 1t other acknowledge
ment of the Editor, thathe prefers "mob
rule" to "whig rule" aud the two taken
together will give pretty fair indication,
of what the reader is to expect in the
columns oflhat paper. We have been
accustomed to think that "hpnesty is the
hes, policy" and that the INA ajoriiy should
govern" lfthese two principles or max
inns be correct, we would naturally infer
that all who profess to be guided by them
would endeavor to right their party when
wrong and TO permit the people tn say
what political measures shall be adopt
ed. The Statesman thinks differently. If
the party dnes wrong, "slick close" 10 it
and do not complain" II the party is
beaten and the Wings are in power, ra.
ther than permit them To rule, oppose the
law aud adopt mob rhlc. Are the hon
est men of the StdtcSman's party prepar.
ed to follow the same rules of actioul
Tng STEAMER ATLANTIC.-When she
left Liverpool, the Steamship Atlantic
had on board 27 passengers, among whom
was Abbott Lawrence, Jr. The wreck
of ship was passed off Halifax with her
hull cut in two, supposed to have been
caused by collision with Steamer.
The Tribune of Thursday last. thinks
that the Atlantic is safe, having been de.
layed by some accident tn her machinery
or run short of coal. She is now several
days over her time.
PARDoNGD. Keats ot Louisville, who
was under sentence of death for the nnr
der ofehis wife, has been parduued by
the Governor of Kentucky, on condition
that he leaves The United States.
SERIOUS SPORT Mr.. T.. p. Johnson
a planter at Shirt Tai. Bend, Mississippi,
gave party the other day, at which
young johnson undertook to kiss all the
ladies present He commenced by kis.
stag Mrs. Cox, at which her husband,
who was present took offence, used hard
words and slapped the young mans face
This caused general row, during which
bowie knives were freely used. Seven