Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-03-18
From the New York Express.
Organizfng a Party against the Supreme
Court of the United States.

CouFS Oh the United States
1t Is very evident,-that Kansas having
ceased ITO bleed, "-and thus to furnish eli
ment for the Northern Geographical Sectional
farty,-that party is here to be directed
against the decision of the Supreme Court OF
the United States,-a rather tough piece OF
granite to bstter,-a good deal tougher than
President Pierce, or President Buchanan
but nevertheless, Gibraltar is thus TO be bat
tered, land if possible taken. Ncr is this I'M
natural, for the Supreme Court has taken
from this Republican party, its very and only
foundation, and declared it unconstitutional
and the party, to be an unconstitutional party,
and hence, we say, its indignationis natural.
1t il not surf rsing then f T US to hear such or;
gans as the Tribune rave, aud rant, and roar,
and call the Court ga Washington Bar Room,
making decisions dictated by the bowieknlfe,
&c.,-fur disappointment and rage naturally
give vent to such vocabulary of slang.
We are, however, little surprised,-and
vet not over much, to learn, that what calls
itself "a Republican Party means to organize
ifself,-as party,-against legal decision
of the highest Supreme tribunal of the Repub-
surprised, because such an organization
cannot long carry with il, the intelligent and
legal minds in that party,-and only its hot
heads, fools. and fanatics The discussion of
the principles of the Supreme Court decision
is one thing--and we have all a right to discuss
them, and to scold about them, but under our
form of Government, we have no right to
repudicte, or to organize parties to upset de-
cided laws. Law is law, whether welike it or
not, and obedience claw is christian, moral,
aud political duty.
Whatever may have been, or are our own
Opinions of tho decision of the Snnrap1o GOurf
and what they ar :, our readers well know
we mean to obey il, and to advise the public
to obey it,-because it is law, and because it
is comes from the highest tribunal on eartb,-
from which there is no appeal but to arms.
We mean to support its processes, its DEGREES,
its officers, and to advise all Others to support
| them,-for we know of no appeal from them;
short of civil war,-and we can see no posi-
Bile good in resisting them, but on the contrary,
every possible evil.
When this Government was formed, a Su-
preme Court of the United States was created
to Judge and decide, not only between man
and man, but between State and State. The
| wise trainers of that instrument foresaw that,
in the conflicts of power in the Federal Con-
| stitutiop, cases would Grise developing not
only mems passions of States and sections, to
the utmost, which could be settled on no
political arena, but most be referred fer decis
ion to some high court, made up of men eX-
exempt from ali party temptations by the ten
ure of their offices, and likely to be exempt
from passion or prejudice by their age,-and
that, on earth, must be the court Of last resort.
| This Court, thus constructed, has often, from
the days when Oliver Ellsworth presided over
il, down to our day, run into conflict with
popularity and passions, and resisted thsm,-
| - r. l. ,Io
People, but to be independent of and above,
the People-even the master and ruler Of the
People. Hence the People have no power
over the Tribunal when once it is created.
The President that named to the Senate, the
Judges, cannot remove them. TheSenate can
not touch them, without an impeachment by
the House of representatives. then two
thirds of the Senators must concur in the
conviction. The Judic airy thus constituted
and thus independent has the august duty
of expoundng the Laws the Constitution,
Treaties, all cases affecting Ambassadors,
cases Of Admiralty and Maritime jurisdic-
ton, &C., and what they decide TO be the
Law under the Constitution, is the SUPREME
LAW OF THE LtND,-and what is against the
Constitution, they have a right to nullify and
abrogate or rather 10 declare not to be Law,
-"ANYTHIEG IN THE CONSTITUTION OR LAWS
OF ANY STATE TO TIRE CONTRARY NoTwITHsTAED.
ING" Cart. 9th, Sec. 2d.)
Now against this Supreme Court-we can
not make war,-neither "we, the people of the
United States" who made the Constitution, -
nor we, the Northern People. What the B
BILE is, in the Christian world, the CoDstitu
ton is, 10 the political world, -with this ad
dition,-thGt the Supreme Court of the UniteC
States is its authorised and righyuI erpOunder
We can REBEL We can wage civil war. Re
volution is an undoubted right of man,-witl
all its consequences. Resistance to Tyrants i
obedience to God. But let him step forth
who dare unfurl that banner Let him Leaf
out bis party.