Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-06-13

Tho trsschc,y Of the Whigs to the IN.
terests Of The State report says 10 reward.
cd by their sct, beink held irrepeslabls
by action Of / sgisls s,ufe or Courts.
Even ths CONSTITUTION, . government
Instituted by the people Of tho State, 10
set aside by the decision OF the Supreme
Court Of the United States, on grounds
which exhibit that body ss only the
representative OF monarchical and ar.
istocrstic principles. enl utterly a
failure ss the exponen,s Of the Free Prin.
ciples Of Constitutional Democracy. The
dec ision is the most terrible assaul, on
the principle OF State rights which has
ever been made since fatuitous fogydom
began 10 exercise a reactionpry in1u.
encs On the principles Of the Declsrs.
ton ofInIe nJence. l! utterly ennihi.
la,es the rule OF The People. BY il a
brib.d Legislature moy betrsy the rights
and liberties Of Stale, without other
remedy than that Of Revolution Of
Blood and Dissolution Of the Union.
Had tho decision OF our own Courts
been sustained by the Legislature nnd
by our Democratic presses, we should
have counsellel resistsnoe TO decis.
ion so revolutionary. But the money
power is everywhere in the ascendant
il controlled Ohio Legislation--it de.
cidsd in the U. S. Supreme Court-it
rules the leading Ohio Press--lt is ON.
nipotant. We can only submit-with
ira m pied and violated rights before Us
for the present. and hopeless, except
in the convulsions Of the future, for q
remedy and Republican government;
and only our own factions 10 thank for
the result.
The decision Of the Supreme Court
gives TO Legislature the power TO make
irrepealable laws; makes their mistak es
their blum lers and their trcachery to
popular rights without remedy FOREVER
and REMEDIAL ONLY BY REVOLUTION.
What else could be expected Of JUICES
owing their position TO Presidential and
Senatorial intrigues and not to the Peo.
ple?-H.w could men elected under
the remnant Of the aristocratic forms
which mar the harmony Of the U. S.
Constitution be expected TO respect the
rights Of Il PeopIe-of State-unless
some work Of tryanny or lespotism wa
to be sanctioned? Their constitution
is a,i.repubIican and their actions &C.
cord with it. An,icipling this result,
VIC proposed a resolution in the House
Of REPRESENTATIVES, last winter, asking
for Republican tenure fo. U. s, Judge.
1t passel the House and went to the
Senate, anil was referred to the Stan |.
iig Committee on Federal Relations,
Of which Mr.. Pendlcton, Of Cincinnati,
was Chairman, AMI Mr.. Jewett, Of Mus.
kingum, was member. We again
and again asked these gentlemen 10 re-
port the resolution back anil permit the
Senate to act upon it. They assured us
they woul,l do 20. Supposing them to
be honorable men, we believed their
assurance that they would act according
to their promise, and were deceived, and
the ex2ession Of the will Of Ohio, as q
protest against such decision, was de-
MED by p;;iful anl contemplate tricke'
ry and lalsehood. So it ever is; the
rights ofths masses are sacrificed from
age to age 10 interest, 10 personal con-
siderations, TO ambition; and we mus
pcss through in the cycles Of Time q
serious Of changes onIy terminating in
the hopeless sacrifice Of Human Rights
and Human Liberty, to the despicablt
cupidity Of unworthy sycophants o
Power, who are as incapable Of senli
mont OF Liberty or Justice as the grave
is Of the principle Of vitality.
Their is, however, nothing in the de
cision Of the Supreme Court which com
pels the receipt Of the Bills Of Banks
that pay taxes only on their dues, 70
State, County, or Township Purposes
We think, if this is truly the decision
Of the Supreme Court, that these Bank
ate so far as their charters extend in
capable Of Legislative or Constitutions
regulation, that the Shylocks should b
restricted TO the terms Of their bond
and TO privilege accorded them whic
the State could legally withhold. Blu
as /, is now. the School Fund suffer:
the poor are unsupported, the Stat
Debts 20 in part unpaid, all interest
are injured that class Of men ma
prey and plunder the people at will
We agree with Randolph that Of all Il,
oIious masterdoms on earth a Ban
Clerk will, q vuilI behind his ear is tn
worst. Give US as priveledgel classe
in preference any form Of tyranny ,ha
can he onceived. None could be NOR
contemplate, or more unworthy; Of e1
elusive priv;leges.-Kalida Venture