Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-18
The Very Last Mares Eest.-The follow

The Very Last Mares Eest.-The follow.
ing article from the Journal of Commerce ex-
poses, in very few words, the efforts of the Re
publican press to misrepresent the decision of
the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, and
shows, with great clearness and force, that
the positions that party have already assumed
with reference to tho decision in question,
point to naked and palpable revolution as the
remedy on which they have planted them
selves. Its views, as the reader will per-
ceive, Of the character of the labors of the Re-
publican party, are identical with those We
have long enforced. The article is we'll worth
reading, indeed:
"THE DRED scorr CAsE.-Our Republican
friends have fairly raised the standard of in
surrection, and are giving US the higher law
in all its moods and tenses with vengeance
They declare In every way and shape-in
every form Of language, and with every posi-
BILE manifestation of temper, except that of
reason and sense-that the decision in the
Dred Scott case is not law, that the Judges
who decided it don't know what law means,
that their decision is absurd and nonsensical,
oppressive and tyrannical, that nobody is
bound by it, that nobody ought to obey it,
and finally, that it shall not be submitted to.
CATER the furry is over, We shall respect
fully request the organs, whether of party or
Of the press, which have taken the Goddess of
Liberty into their especial keeping, to be
pleased to let us know the platform or pro-
gram upon which they propose to carry out
this government after the year 1850, or when
ever the Millennium shall arrive, which is to
| induct them into power and place.
eff the presen: Supreme Court is to be over
thrown and its DEGREES trampled under foot
If the fundamental clauses OF the Constitution
are to be scoffed at and obliterated We take
| it for granted that some other arbiter of con-
troversies, some other ultimate tribunal, rome
other form Of government in short, is to be
adopted; and we are curious to know what il
is TO be. .-.-- ----.--g...---
"For the present question raises no issue
like that presented by the Fugitive Slave
Law. as to the competency Of Congress to pass
helaw-ho question of State Right or Federal
Authority-on which men may plausibly diff
fer. On the contrary, nobody pretends to de-
ny that by the very words of the Fundamental
charter, the Supreme Court is vested with the
power that it has exercised-that in deciding
this Dred Scott Case-be the result right or
wrong, the Court has done no more than II Is
authorised to do, and that every obligation OF
Constitution and of compact. Of honor and OF
law, bind US to obey the decisions Oh tna' hign
"But if all these considerations are to be de.
rided-if the present is, in word, a case for
revolution, then do pray let US know what we
are to have next. Are We 70 90 for our law to
or to q Vigilance COMMITTEES? ="
"W Q have here, in practical shape, the tan.
| eihle results of tho very sensible doctrine OF
the Higher Law, by in6ltrating which into the
minds of our people, it is hoped to prepare
them for some violent outbreak against on,
| system Of government.
What V the decision In the Drsd Scott case ?