New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-10
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nsepces and p.rnicious results has hitherto been
" restrict ts spread 10 the benevolen: deslre OF
limiting those NAL 40 Influences and re-ul'. aad m
The hope tina, il could be thus restraDed ~i'hn
able limits and be brought 20 pes'eidieno
Tie decision now made has been made 10 tue nope
Of battling these objects. II has been nsde win
view 10 head of the party Of restriction Soo "
give 10 Slavery full swing.
We ssy now, as We have often sa'd DIT ''' ."
view Of the fact that this decision would Dc in''e
that the p.rty Of restriction being batii~d 10 tnef
aims, must become the party Of expulsion l'efe
IL nothing left which vii WORK the 'eao'al o' 'ue
nopstrous and tyrsnDlc rule when INV oec'''n
will impose upon the Free States. Tie decision Is
1e.sued 10 coerce those States into The positon Of
hing .otiye participant, in the extension OF Slave
~. They must patiently see their POKER aud their
union and their government turned TO this use, or
ney mu,t rebel and eI.inguish or expel the power
Which has had the strength and sdroitness 70 Pat
Mem into such position. That power 10 slavery
Slavery, tbeD must be quelled. It's rue must oe
brohen up and overturned If Slavery c'nDot Dc
limited, if its spread cannot be restrained " must
h. .1pelled. The Court bias declared that the
Free States have no power under the Federal Con-
,ttution 20 limit il or restrain it, There s, then,
no alternative looking to permanent rehei ana toe
re-establshnent Of he Government upon harno-
.ioss basis but expulsion. What then, can Do the
effect Of this strocious judgment OF the Court, COM
ing a. j: dses upon the heel Of the long series OF
outrnRee and usurpstIons of the Save Power, ods
The initiation Of measures looking H. this result or
b the others which, under another ann, VIII only
kal 10 the same end, that of breaking down Save
~ in the States
If tho action Of the Court in this case has been
atrocious, the manner Of it has been no better
Tie Court has rushed into politics voluntarily, and
without other purpose than to subserve the cause
Of Slavery. They were not called, in the d scharse
Of their duties, to say word about the subject
Judge Curtis created very marked sensation
among his colleagues by charging this a. an onons'
and viOstiOn of their own rules OF Judlcla actiOn
But they were in hot haste TO enter the service OF
Slavery. They would not wait TO be called They
volunteered their service. They consented with
snsesmly haste 10 dabble in the dirty waters OF
political corruption. They at once violated their
rules, sacrificed principle, and dIsgraced the judi
appearance of the Court during the delivery OF the
opinions and at the final close of the case, was that
of nervous exulta,ion over their attempts TO gar
rote the Free States and the people of Freedom.
The only consolation an observer could draw
was in the reflection that the garroters
would themselves be sent to Coventry IL
the end. They see med TO feel that they hal headed
Oh the great Republican party which came so near
triumphipe, and had confirmed and coRsolda ed the
sls,eholders political power. They forgot that their
decision would be regarded, throughout the Free
States and wherever the pulse Of Liberty beats only
~ the votes of Ave shareholders aud two doughfsoes
upon question where their opinion was not asked,
and where their votes would not count. For ths 10
the true state OF tho corsldeDg their decsion
70 be ~ Mr. Justice Curtis substantially pronounced
H. extra, juoic al, and foreign to the case under
renew They had achieved triumph; buf what
vas that triumph The Supreme Court had been
called TO vote on spotca quetti' n aud bu. two con-
sistent and ju ilcal minds found therein. The
vote accordingly stood seven to two the five slave
holders and two doughiaces making up the seven
Their cunning chief bad led the van, aud blank by
plsnk laid down platf.rm of historical falsehood
ard gross assumption, and thereon they all stood
exul,iDey, thinking, eigDng to think, that their
wsrk would stand during tho remainder OF their
Ewes At least. The proceeding had q merit. We
ehnO Wedge that II was = numoer-one specimen of
Judicial caucussiDg over political subject on the
side Of the winning party. 1t had this merit; 40
other.
The opinions Of Judge MLean aud Judge
Curtis were exceedingly full and thorough, and
eIamm, with sound doctrine. To speak OF their
sbihsy would be- suBer haous. Judge NJ lean stands
forth in full lusIe. usteriDg opn'ens on the side of
Justice and Freedom, to which the North will re-
spond as one man IN grateful admiration. Judge
Curtis followed hum with mastery OK position of
the whole subject. On the question of the citizen
ship Of the people OF Afrlcsn descent, which Judge
fancy laboriously denied, Judge Cuctiss argument
was entirey exhaustive. He has settled the quos-
hon. He ground up the very bones Of the Cnlef.
Justices Argument and has placed his case upon
immu,sbe foundations. He has made the Law on
this subject and the question wll never be argued
again. He may be voted down by Legislatures,
Courts, and Executives, but the argument will
kreyer stand uuimpeached. The Chlef-J ustlce
and hs DeI''door neighbor Wayne evidently felt
The crushing weight Of his expcsition. And while
Judge Curtis did not tell his beg Al chief that he was
guilty of fAlsehood, he did say that bic statements
would be received with rery great surprise, and
proceeded to demonstrate his gross historical mis-
Npresentaiions. The Cnief Justices discontinue
on this point wi have very serious and damaging
eject upon the other parts OF his opinion, which
would Be weak enough standing alone, aud which,