The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-04-09
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-TTEVurRxxE Couzr.-Ths assault Of the :
Repuylicsn party, upon the Supreme Court OF
the United States for its decision in the bred
Scott case appears be concerted. trsasona'
Bile. and rebellious The recent Pennsylva-
mia State Convention Of the party, convened
TO nominate State officers. adopted resolutions
debating that "the recent opinion ola MAORI
~ Of the Judges of the Supreme Court in sub |
vsrsive of the rights Of human nature, in con.
liet with the truth OF history and with the
unbroken action of the Government and the
law of the land, as heretofore pronounced by
the Federal Judiciary and the courts Of nearly
every State in the Union"
"And that the recent decision 10 another step
in the consummation OF that conspiracy
AGAINST our free institutions, which had its in
ception in the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise" And these resolutions are adopted
and approved by the Republican papers
throughout the State.
Gerritt Smith, one Of the chiefs Of the party,
;u New York State, gives .utterancs to the
following malediction upon tie court. When
asked il it was the duty Of citizen to abide
byt he decision Of the court he says "the court
in itself the rebel-the rebel against all law
and all government. When q court or a leg
islature goes out Of its province, and enter
tains absurd questions, and attempts naked
impossiblities and sutters blasphemies-the
rebel is to be found in the party that does oil
this and not in the, people who trample all
this under foot. Surely no people would res
pect As LAW the statute or decree, which de-
clares stone wood or wood stone. Why then
should any people respect as law the statute
or decree which declares the infinitely great
Or and blasphemous absurdity, that man is
merchandise Had we a Government worthy
of the name sof Government. it would much
sooner think Of hanging Chief Justice fancy
and his associates than of hanging those who
refuse to submit to their devilisms."
n The New York Independent. paper de-
voted to religion and morals, heads most vi.
olsnt and evolutionary article with flaming
caption, that "The decision Of the Supreme
Court il the moral assassination ofthe race
and cannot be obeyed."
The leading organ in Connecticut, declare.
chat it is clear and direct and leaves no doub
that at last tho national judiciary has beer
snslavsd by the South. 1t is the most dan
gerous blow at the existence Of the Unior
chat has ever yet been struck! The people
have yeti psaceable remedy in the ballot-box
Let them be true to themselves, and they viii
ultln.isly orsst sh's court and reverse it's dc
The N. Y. Evening Post, says it has beer
the design Of the South to get the subject o
slavery beyond the influences Of popular dis
cussion in halls of legislation, land to make
every judicial tribunal in the nation and every
lawyer sworn ally Of slavery propagandism
Il was only necessary to secure the co-opera
ton of the Supreme Court and that has beef
done.l A conspiracy has been entered into 0
the most reasonable, character, which ever,
citizen must resist, aIAaa .znoiqsI .ArEzt,
The leading organs Of the party in Massa
chusstts are even more violent. The Boston
Chronicle, speaking Of the retirement Of Calel
Cushing from Office, says: alt is great mis-
fortune that the Supreme Court cannot be 60
rid of as easily as Cushing. a majority Of IL
members are as great scoundrels as he IS, an
that is the worst as well as the truest that ca
b said Of Them" sss.s = .s.,ssa,as 'a.s
The Boston Atlas, another leading Repub
lican organ, speaks Of the Judges IS msr
whose names will be placed in the same cate
copy as the traitor, Benedict Arnold. 3.
The reverend Republican partizans in tn
pulpit, are equally rebellious and violent i
their denuncistions Of the Court.
These simultaneous violent attacks svinc
. settled determination to destroy the mora
influence of the court with tho country, and
overthrow this sole conservative power in tn
eonstitution-the last bulwark against popu
lar radicalism.- The Senate has lost all Of it
conservative attributes, and is as debauchet
BY the popular, party passions Of the day, q
the House. That body which was designe
by the authors Of the constitution as q consel
vative check upon the popular and passionat
House; that which was planned by its fran
ers as barrier against the waves Of popula
passions, and the misguided temporary i'm
pulses of the people, has itself become four
tain Of radicatism and political immortality
where schemes are hatched-as squatter so,
ereignty-to raise party issues and ongende
popular excitements to subserve the wori
purposes Of the demagogue.
The Supreme Court, though less augu.
and able, than it was in the purer days Of th
Republic, is now the only power in our sy,
tenn that can stay the tendencies to Legisls
tive and popular anarchy, which have game
such fearful strength, within the last te
years, and which nov, by their destructiv
course. Are exciting serious alarm for tn
stability Of the government with all reaectin
men. The power Of the court is purely
moral power; it has no means, of itself, to en-
force its simplest decree; and when the cor
ndencs and respect Of the country shall b
dastroved in its wisdom and integrity n vi;