The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-26
THE BLAck-REPUBLIoAN CRUSADE.

supreme Court and even proessed teachers OF the Gospel
and editors who style themselves religious participate in
the war; They do not "sudy the things that make for
peace but in direct contrayenon of the precept and
ample of the Great Master they strive to diminish all ri
spec for government in the minds of the people and TO
naugurate general carnival of unbee discord and con-
fusion The personal denunciaons which eyeed al
the judges by those who lsiy their motives do them
no harm. There always bad in the world as well
as good men; and the good complmented when the
bad complain Of them No public officer who does his
duty expect TO escape assaults but he would be very
wise to be disturbed seriously by any assault from vicious
for conduct which the approval Of his udg
and his conscience. Gentlemen (said Daniel
Webster in 1857 81 expect be libelled and abusedye
ibelled and abused-but it does not disturb me. have
lost nights rest for great many years from any
such And why should not expect to be beed Is
not the constitution of the United States lbeed and
abused Do not people call it covenant with hell
Ia not Washington ibelled and abused Is he not called
bloodhound the track Of the African negro Are not
our fathers libeed and abused by their own children
And ungrateul children they How then, shall es
cape Most certainly he did not escape and for the ma
onal position which he assumed in his celebrated speech
of March 1885, he howled at by all the fanatics of
the North durisg his life and of them have even at
tempted assa his memory since he has been laid in the
grave But fortunately, the disposition to destroy not
always accompanied with the necessary power to give
it effect and we have fear that the fame and hon.
or of the distinguished who constitute the
Supreme Court of the United States receive any
permanent injury at the hands of their assaants Yet
it is none the less to be regretted that such assaults
are made 1t shows ecklessness of consequences and
spirit of revolutionary violence pervading some con-
siderable portions Of the people, which, if not season
ably restrained by the reasonable and conservative
of the community mustiuevtaby produce serious disaster
to our institutions The Supreme Court of the most
important branches of the government due respect for
the authority of the Judiciary is ncucaed by every right
minded man. with reference to the action of subord
nate magistrates and this respect ought surely to suffer
no dminuton when it is invoked in behafo of the most
august tribunal known to republic The people of the
North have usually been of this opinion and the great
statesman Of Massachusetts appeared to speak with
more earnesness of conviction with greater acceptance
by the friends who supported him. than when he described
the Importance of the judiciary and the necessity not only
Of its decisions but of endeavorng to
the public confidence in integrity and wisdom How often
have the orators and writers that party which had its chief
power in New England nculcated these lessons upon their
claimed for powers and jurisdiction which in other parts
Of the country were sometimes dened Is all this changed
Is nothing safe from fanaca assault Is the whole struc
ure of our be subverted because negro is
determined by the highest Judicial authority of the land
not to be citizen within the meaning of the constitution
Are we really to throw away all the benefits and advan
tage of political system, and to plunge into anarchy
and revolution on such an issue this? it amazing
d. tall M uarfu inn
the Supreme Court and of changing the constitution
Undoubtedly such change within the legitimate bound
aries of thought and discussion but is not to be needless
y agated to be approached with has and unreecng
vehemence He who attempts work like that should fe'l
that he readng upon sacred ground He uses the knife
Of the surgeon in the very region of the heart THE
constitution of the United States What is there on the
whole earth-what is there that fills the maginations
of men under heaven what is there that the civilized
beralzed bertyovpg people Of the world can look at
ald do look much that great and glorious nstru-
held up to their contemplation blazing over this
Western Hemisphere and darling its rays throughout the
word-the constitution of the United States of America
In Massachusetts in New York, in Washington, its ample
folds are athwart the whole heavens Are they not seen
in all America on all the continent Of Europe gazod at
and honored in Russia in Turkey, in the Indian seas in
all the countries of the Oriental orld Yet this mar
vel of political success under whose auspices country
grown wonderful power and wealth and glory and
which star DIS landmark for other nations well
as monument the wisdom and patriotism Of faith
ers is hawked at and assaed by the mad and visionary
theorists the North with much compacncy and dig
regard Of consequences they could manifest if they
were only discussing the organization of political club
or womans-rights convention "Felow-citzens," (such
was Mr. Websters comment on conduct of this de-
scription) eve must sometimes be tolerant to folly,
and patient the sight of the extreme waywardness
of men but confess that, when reflect the renown
of past history present prosperity and great
ness and what the future hath yet to unfold and when
good nothing valuable nothing truly glorious feel that
all their has fled away from them and left the entire
control their Judgment and their actions to insanity
and fanacism and than all, feow-ctzans if the
purposes of fanatics and dsunioniss should be accom-
pshed, the patriotic and intelligent of generation
would seek to hide themselves from the Of the world
and go about to find dishonorable graves"
We appeal the good citizens of the North to the sober
discreet intelligent and honest there set themselves
like rock against that tide of fanacism and revolution
which, if allowed to have full course would sweep away
the faest fabric of human government upon which the
sun of heaven has shone What is there in religion
or morals politics. which of the black-republican
do not attack German jp6delity ia preach