The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-25

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statesman his integrity democrat, his fidelity
as a senator, and his worth as man.
REPUBLICAN PAPERS PERPETUATING THEIR OWN
INFAMY IN ABUSE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE
If there is man living without guile in his heart,
or free from cause Of personal reproach it is Chief
Justice fancy gentler or kinder heart does not
beat His position if inferior, is next in dignity to
that of Chief Magistrate. At the venerable age OF
eighty, without a personal enemy in the world, or
an aspiration ungratifed his greatest earthly soci-
tude is the welfare of his counrymen and the honor
and glory of the nation and perpetuity of the Union
When the bred Scott case came before the court in
which he presided he had no personal interest how
ever remote, to misead his judgment, having volun-
tarily ceased to be STAKEHOLDER moro than thirty
years since, and been long withdl from political
Ife He entered upon the case W. 10 motives other
than those which justice and duty prompted, making
his examinations and preparing his opinion at inter
vals when his strength would permit him to rise
from sick bed. Grave questions were involved
and duty was before him, and no consequences to
himself could restrain him from its performance
Although the physical system was enfeebled and
weak his mind strong, vigorous, and mnim-
paired. lie cheerfully entered upon duty which
many doubted his physical ability to complete. In
the course of his opinion he gave historical SKETCH
true to the letter, and undencd and undoniabe, in
these words:
at is difficult at this day realize the state public
opinion in relation to that unfortunate which pre-
vailed in the civilized and enlightened portions of the
world Mt the time of the Declaration of Independence
and when the constitution the United States framed
Aatn RiIf The of
nation displays it in too plain to be mistaken
They had for than century before been regard
ed beings OF an inferior order and altogether unfit to
associate with the white race, either in social political
relations and no far inferior that they had rights
which the white bound to respect and that the
negro might Justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for
his benefit He was bought and sold, and treated
ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever
profit could be made by it, This opinion at that
time fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the
white 1t was regarded axiom in morals rs
well in politics, which thought Of dsputing,
supposed to be open to dispute and in every grade
and position in society daily and habaly acted upon
in their private pursuits, well in matters of public
concern, without doubling for moment the correctness
of this opinion
And in nation this opinion firmly fixed
uniformly acted upon than by the English gov
eminent and English people They not only seized them
the coast of Africa and sold them held them in sa-
very for their use but they took them ordinary
articles of merchandise to every country where they could
make profit them, and were far extensively
gagged in this than any other nation in the
world"
The republican papers, without exception, have
omitted to publish the opinion of the Chief Justice,
or that ofany of the Judges concurrng with him.
In no one Of them is there full or fair account of
what the.court said, or of the assigned in
support of the questions decided. On the contrary,
every Of them has put forth false accounts of the
points decided, and the arguments upon which the
decision rested. Every republican paper in the Union
has published as the opinion of the Chief Justice
what it's publishers knew to be false Their editors
have extracted from the above quotation of past his
tory these words, 'that they (the negroes) had no
rights which the white man was bound to respect"
and have stated over and over again that this was
the opinion and judgment of the court. This false
hood they have studiously impressed upon the minds
Of their readers and thousands have been made to
believe the infamous cheat and falsehood. They
have deceived their readers wifuly and with malice
aforethought. If had been an innocent mistake
they would have corrected it. But every republican
paper has over and over again reiterated the fraud
and falsehood. We hope that the democratic press
will continue to expose this infamous fraud upon the
people until the truth shall be known in every house
and cabin in the land When the truth shall be as
widely known the fasehood has been dissent
mated, the people win rise in their majesty and in
fict upon the propagators of it the punishment duo
to the magnitude Of the offence committed
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