The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-05-27

by the pleading and every rule of practice,
the question of slavery as we'll as that of cit.
izenship, and their decision upon that point,
SO vital in its character and so controlling in
its effects upon The future destiny of our peo.
pie, win stand and be recognized as of as
much, and even more authority than it's opin.
ion upon the other.
The majority OF The committee have insuI-
ted the memory of Thomas Jefferson by in
goking his great name and quoting his com.
manding authority, in favor of the reasonable
senim ents contained in The resolutions as
report ed. In thisthey have only initiated the
gross ant Of candor which has SO recently
permit ed the opposition 10 justify their feeble
attacks upon The Constitution and the Union
under The sanction of the great men Of the
Revolution who labored SO successfully TO
establish both. The majority have quoted
the language, hut not the meaning of Jeffer.
son. For upon reference 10 the letters from
which garbIed extracts have been taken, i,
appears that The illusrious founder of Dc,
mocracy was inveighing IN eloIuen, and for
chile, terms against that growing spirit OF GEN.
traliznlion of federal assumption of power,
which from the days OF The Virginia and Ken.
lucky resolutions OF 1898, 10 The present time,
the democratic psrly has slrenuously resisted;
and never SO successful as in lhe recent Pres.
dential contest, when The disregard of State
Rights and strict constitutional construction
was carried by the Republican party 10 the
most dangerous and reasonable exremes.-
The opinions of the Supreme Court OF the
United States, which Thomas Jefferson then
deprecated, seemed to lend the sanction Of
that high tribunal 10 federal interference in
purely State affairs.
But happily for The perpetualy Of this Un-
ion, his gloomy forebodings have not been
justified by the result. For not only has the
Supreme Court itself been controlled by wi
ser and more mature counsels, but the federal
government with all i!s power and influence,
has recognized and sustained TO the fullest
extent, the sacred justice Of State Rights, and
placed upon safe and unassailable ground the
vital principle of POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY ir the
Terilores--in itself, only an extension and
necessary application Of the former. And if
the sage of Monticello were now alive and
in our midst-if he could dwell upon the
proud uiumphs of the Democratic party, so
true, so constant, and so faithful to the Con.
silulion as il, came from its f-amers--his dark
presages as to federal encroachmen,s upon
the sovereign rights Of the separate States,
would give place 10 brigh, and prophetic Wis
ions of the permaaency and grandeur OF this
confederate Republic.
In conclusion, the minority of your COM
mi,tee have no fears that the Dred Scott de-
CT sion will not be sustained and upheld by
the.calm good sense of the American people.
In the freuzied oubursl OF defeated sectional
ism, tones Of unmeasured deauncaion may
DO hurled against it by theparty whose hopes
il destroys and whose principles it over
whelms. But in the future, as III the past,
the great mass Of our people will be true to
that high tribunal, as they have ever been TO
the Constitution aud the Union. And II ever
lhe etcken i'eSWeu's o' eo"s'"u"'""' "''
sirew our palhway-if tho exulant tread of
internal foes should ever echo through our
deserted halls and linser among the bTllian,
trophies of our national steanesS-it will be
in tia, fatal hour, when the strength and bind
ing lcrce of the Judiciary shall be forever los,
in the reasonable resistance Of degenerate
factions. WILLIAM II. WELSH,
JAMES II. WALTON.
Nav II, 1887.