Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-26


 sSS SsE'G s$ssS}ss Committee
 uteh6cld, March 17, 1857.
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 finn IsArcurArlox OF SLAVERY by a special de- dsion of the Supreme Court of the United Strtcs, thus early in Mr. Buchanans administration. sets forth pfost.mne, w:,ich III is too n1lettcrci or too we.s to comp e:ieni. L.sl decisions, how ever, though of great importance to communities are not readily perused They ae generally clothed jp mysterious law terms. Ordinary readers turn from them, unless personally interested.
 We fear, the people of Connecticut, soon to pronounce deci<i :, upon the acts of Judge Ta ney are not sufficiently awake to the fearful import of the lew just enacted at Washington To this end. invite tbcm to the pe,nsal of few histor ical facts, showing tbe entire nlseood of the Chief Justices argument for the overthrow of old opin- ions. to the end thst .the policy of State rights shall be abandoned. This opinion is l. ced upon the statement thct since tie f,ss inn '"lion os Ahi- cans into settlement; owuct or controlled by Euro peans. tNcv have a,s n rnfoyne ic.a de us lower race o. beings h"ytld the pele of c.izsTship. and no more entitled to the iwm aniies of the same. than auv other me ~crptalle .p.or :rty. his as sertion is u-:-lly rnd upclrv"szlly false, unsus. tain bS any d. sion here ,o,e eive,, nnval- ranted V any expression of majority os tbe 'i,- hab!ants of this country or EIscpe-rcy, npcachcd by t%e ve.v language oi the lrther of his Country and his co; rsprcies.
 Ag,in--:he assertion that thc race is of an infe- rior caste, ca"po. le sustained by the voice Of the vol respor,'irg efi,matve'y-a and thst they eic not susceptible of improvement nnd elevation, and therefore not entitled to the rig:,ts of citizenship false ,n u: .sance, flse in dtuc;ion and most ab- surs false when coprastcd with the language of Washington, Jefferson and rinckncy.
 Herodotus. the o't Historian, was wort t, distin- Kuish the Efs:an E>biopiau of Asil from inc Wcs- tern Ethiopian of Africa. by the stra: :htness and curl of the hair allowing. however tbat both src- cics produced great warriors and strtes.r .ren Nci- ther of these, however e,cat t''eir D. .rhemcnts. could. acco'ing to tbe latc decision become cit zen of te United States and it remains fer the astute wisdsm of Chist Justice Fancy, to discover that tho world has been lat ping under rsappre hension "s t. the caracy Of large portion of hu. uani.y. for ps,iod o: a,a0l years.
 Hereafter, tbe sacrel wo ds of the Declaration of Independence .st ,cad a" All wh n,en are created fres and equal. 'th C! tn'n unalic h,c tights and yet, this will ot put de tl ,ct that coo,cd citscns mingled in the la lies of tie revolution fearless warriors. gene, paiots, rrd skilu and reliable officers. Our own sSate farnsh.d q ,cei- r,ent of co]o.ed Ten and rntil ,,ly ,ccently, thers w-s residing in this County R7ck RepuJl.cun Cclnnei, who fous by the side of Washington and received pene:on for 60 doing, until his death. New Haven furnished two companies under the command Of Col. Humphrey, who aftc, wards be. came the A:d o. Washington. These men formed . part of ,se O: ttc most gallant regiments in tic amy. They Ge:aanied New Haven when 1t was in vadsd. and iuls tt ealanty through the entire war. All this they accomplished with hcrosm aud volor. whether citizens not Moreover. they assisted in the formation of our Rational and State CeDsitu- to1s voting and enjoying all tle rights ef citizcn- shp, moi only in the Free States. but in many of the Slave States. Also. in Maryland, they voted a. late e lS2O in Virginia up to ls5O in North Caro- lima in 1880 and the Geo,sia Constitution does not prescribe them at the present time. Indeed Il ere se ouy two Slave States in the Uuion at the pres ent time ascertained to have. whether by author iced Constitutions otherwise distinctions cxclu- uus colored voters in l7s7-9: These arc Delaware and South Carolina. Now, this people no longer eltsens. assisted also in forming the National Con sttutiou helping to establish it with their votes The preamble of that Constitution says:
 ..ws. TIE PeopLE of the United States, in orde, 10 form more perfect union. establish justice, in suye d,anestic tranquility, provide for the common defencc. promote tho general welfare. aud sEcuHl TIE BlBssIx0s or LIBERTY to ourselves and our pos terisy. do ordain and establish this Constitution, kc.
 Hereafter this Is to read, We the Whise People, is to Do considered literal rendering. under tn, idea "thAt every power of the Constitution, to b, of any force, must be plainly ezpressed'
 In 17ss. Congress in arranging for the expenses the Revolution, resolved, That all expenses should bs deffayed out of . common treasury, which sinai tssupplisd by the several States in proportion {, the whols number of uaas and OTHER FREE CIT rzENsp Hers eahr Jtrs eliaeas besides white me, were recognized.
 Again: The laws regarding the impression c sesmen. have known alone three classes of persons VI: sitia<as asas, and saess. Ey the late tecsio - hass . fourth eless, vis:-iree colored men, sless whose sxact position in society we are mos troubled to dioroser. In ths war ef 1872 the Stat of New Yclk. notwithstanding Chief Justice Ia neys assertion 10 the contrasy insisted upon callin
 "ae~' fsss eiseDs of color, end even went so far O PsH ~osganizing bsigeds of ess~sd eaise StAs apub~ ef 2,Neo