The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-04-24
Flom the N Y. Courier and Enquirer.

rev eaTthlv tnlnSS are more pToduc-
tive than bad precedent. No lapse Of
time takes away its power OF bearing
fruit. A quarter of century ago the
State of Georgia refused to admit the
jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court in a
matter involving the validity of State
law rel tive to the Cherokee Indians. The
authority ef>the~Federal Court was sue
cessfully .de6ed. An Indian held in Gus
iody unler~a Georgia statute. alleged TO
be unconstitutional. was hanged, and the
State was triumphant on all points en-
braced. in the contest. In that instance
the Georgia Court refused to file its re-
cord for the use of the Supreme Court
in case Of app al. a, .rstrs 81 i gaa
Wisconsin has not forgotten the exam
ple., In October, L SIS, the United States
Supreme Court. issued rit of error,
commanding the Supreme Court of Wis
consin TO send up the record of its pro-
ceedings in Booths case, 1t will be re-
membered that the State Court released
Booih. ON Aqbeos corpus from arrest by the
United States Marshal, declaring the Flu
gitive Slave Act unconstitutional. The
Wisconsin Court has. disobeyed this writ,
ordering its Clerk not to make or furnish
a transcript of the record, denying the
alleged jurisdiction of the Federal Court
in, the premises. Il But we ARE glad to
know that this important question isEnot
thus 20 be, evadedE The Attorney Cen
eral Of the United States has found means.
to obtain the recordaand will moye dur.
ing the term of the Supreme Court, which
has just opened. for leave. 10 file it. If
he obtains this leave, the case will be
tiled on its real merits. One of the ac-
tions against Booth presents directl J the
question OF the, coestitulionality of. the
| Fugitive Act, and the other brings into
question the competency of any State
authority to Discharged prisoner held by
United States, officers under sanction of
Federal laws ~usi ti.rE ea<sisudtns -
We are glad that these points have at
last been brought in a, definite shape be-
fore the highest tribunal of the country,
and trust that nc! technical matter will
arise to prevent their adjudication. They
have in many States been earnestly de-
nied in others seriously doubtedinand
have been the occasion of legislationcal;
culated TO bring State and Federal au'
thoritv into collision. If the constitu-
tionality and supremacy of the Fugitive
Slave Law are what its friends claim
them to be, then is this habeas corpus
and personal liberty Legislation allwrong
This lawIt has now been i n force more shar
FIVE years., and it is hi. h time that IT'D
precisep character and legal sanction
should be authoratively determined by
that Court whose decisions bind all States
alike land admitof no appeal. It is i'm
possible GflaC SUCH U6CISIOQ WHeH OUCO tuI
" and formally rendered. should not hav'
controlling weight. Wisconsin herself
though refusing in mere preliminar,
: matter to take coghizau'e of the action o
the Court, would, webelieve. hesin ate Ions
before carrying her independence to th'
length practiced by Georgia. The soon
er The constitutional questions arising on
ofthe Fugitive slave law are discussed an,
, determined upon by the Supreme Cour
S of the United States, the better for th
!. dignity cf the States, and the peace of tb
whole country! a#sfa~ ri. bae sa 1879
The MEXICAN REBELLION has termin
ated in the subjugatien of the insurgen
city of Puebla and the capture :of th
j.. whole army whichldefended it, Weak a
Z Mexico is, and unfortunate as the lat
/. successful revolution has proved in th
s choice of its leaders, the country coul