Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-03-14

does not controvert this opinion. Indeed he has
repeatedly and practically ovowed this doctrine.
His dissent on this occasion is only to the opinion
of the Court in regard to tho Missouri Compro-
mise.
The following is tho decision Of the Court ms wo
are able best to gather it from Telegraphic reports
and Washington letter writer's. The points are
important, os the decision of them is outrageous
to truth aud liberty. These main points are three
in number.
First--Negroes, whether slaves or free, that is
men of the African race, are not citizens OF the
United States, by the Constitution.
Second The Ordinance of 1887 had no indie
pendent constitutional force or legal effect subse'
quent to tho adoption of the Constitution; and
could not operate Of itself to confer freedom or
citizenship within the North West Territory on
negroes, not citizsns 10y the Constitution.
Third The provisions of the act of lSZO, com
monty called the Missouri Compromise, in so far
as it undertook to exclude negro slavery from and
communicate freedom and citize nship to negroes
in the northern part of the Louisiana cession, was
a legislative net exceeding the powers of Congress,
and VOID, and of no legal effect to that end.
These were the main points. Incidentally the
Court also decided the four following:
First, The expression TERRITORY and other prop
erty'' of the Union, in the Constitution. applies
lin terms" only to such territory as the Union pos
sessed at the time Of the adoption of the Consti-
tuition.
Second, The right CT citizens of the United
States emigrating into any Federal Territory, and
the mower of the Federal Government there de.
pend on the general provisions of tho Constitution,
which defines in this, ms in all other respects, the
powers of Congress.
Third, As Congress does not possess power itself
to make enactments relative to the persons or
property of citizens of the United States in a Fed
eral Territory, other than euch as the Constitution
c%onfers, so it cannot constitutionnlly delegate any
such powers to n Territorial Government, organized
by it under the Constitution.
Fourth, The legal condition Of a slave in the
State of Missouri is not affected by the temporary
s,j0urn Of such slave in any other State, but on
his return his condition still depends on the laws
of Missouri.
So far as bred Scott is concerned, the conclu-
sion of the matter is TINT as he ,rds not a citizen
Of Missouri he could not sue in The Courts Of the
United States. The suit was dismissed for want
of jurisdiction.
We have not room to comment on these propo-
sitions Of the court at this time. We beg our
readers to give them a repeated reading, and their
tiOi h'ii1 &c ~ az Nidt vi bbD ' LIZ "iiNh
puts them forth will be apparent.
LIST, All persons Of African decent are pronounc.
ed outlaws. The Government will give them no
protection.
%. The celebrated ordinances of 1871 is set aside
by the Federal Constitution. 81 that Illinois, Ohio
SC, when territories, were lcgitimately slavohold.
ing territories, as the States themselves now also
are by this decision. -
Sd, Congress had no power in 1920 to confer
freedom and citizenship upon persons Of African
decent in the Territory of Louisiana. Hence the
Missouri compromise was unconstitutional
So it seems nothing but slavery is constitutional
On the 7th inst. Judge Mclean gave his dissent
ing opinion. The fIllowing is the Telegraphic re.
port.
WASHINGTON. March, In tho Supreme Court
Of the United States this morning, Justice Mclean
delivered his views-arguing that slavery is limit
ed to the range of the State wherein established
by q mere municipal law. If Congress deem
slaves or freq colorcd persons injurious to The Ter
rltory, they have the power to prohibit them from
Incoming settlers therein. The power ~ acquire
territory comes with the power to govern it. The
master dnos not carry with him to the Territory
the law Of the State from which he removes hence
the Missouri Compromise is constitutional, md
the presumption is in favor of the freedom of bred
Scott and his family, who were free under the de-
cisions for the last twenty.eight years.