New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-16

"Well, what do you propose u do about 1t ~
is tsuntiDgly asked by our Northern chuck'ers over
the late most unjust aud deplorsbe decision in the
bred Scott case. "Suppose II IS all wrong In
violation of law and of precedent, how do you
expect to help yourselves What will all your
"protests and agitation amount to-" Let u,
answer these gentlemen briefly, but clearly.
/. We do not purpose to resist the Federal al
thorities nor to break up the Union. We do not
esteem either rebellion or disunion the proper rem
edy for political or judicial wrongs while the Free
dom of the Press and the RICH! of Suffrage are
maintained. Especially shoud we deem disunion
most untimey, now that the highest tribunal has
though extra judcially and without authority
pronounced Slavery National, not sectional,
institution, making it a concern of the nominaly
Free equally with the Slave States. When this doc
trne comes to be positively established hereafter, it
will be settled that Slavery must pervaie And con-
troll tie whole Union or be expelled from every part
Of it. We have not desired such an issue; but,
when il is made up and forced upon Us BY the Slave
Power. we shall not shrink from it. DlsuniOn in
wolves the abandonment of our enslaved cOuntrymen
Ii. We do mean to mske plan to al our country
men who read, the iniquity and enormitJ of the
Died Scott decision in ali its paris, but especially
in its Fundamental denial TO the feeble and down
trcaden Of any right Of appeal to the Federal trbu
nsls. BY every principle of righteous jurispru-
d,nce, the more buub.e or degraded an inisiiua
or class may be- the more imperative is the duty Of
a. I'll, - tba ~ "a
rgh. of such supplant or class. We mean to make
the Amer csn People perceive AID feel tina: injls-
tie 10 part is perI 10 ALL and tia. the refusal 70
c(nsiter Died SCOTS prayer for liberty on tbs ex-
prets ground of bis being black man, therefore
pcssessIg 70 rights which white men are bound to
respect, is fatal bow at the rights AID hb,rties
Of all.
III. We mean 10 show that & decision Of the ST.
pTene Court though 70 mid abe, is not irreyersb!e
hat Court affirmed the constitutional validity of
'le Ahtn sid Sediiion acts, yet the People an.
0ulltd those acts and pad back the penalties I'M
posed and eSacted under them By TIE Federal Ju.
diciaIy. Tha! Court pronounced Bslk of the
Ouited States perfectly constitutional yet tn. Peo-
lle ultimately msde contrary decision, which pre-
v'iled over the Courts. So in other cases. So
Will! be sssin.
w. We mean to urge and eftc: rea ls.mens
Il the oasis on VIII Oh Justices of tae Supreme
Court are apportioned. Now SIX Hundred Taoa.
sand. Free People In Slave Di.tric. have eqqal
weigh: II he constitution of tina. Colt. with -Four
Miihors in Free ID strict and Six Millions of
Free People in Slave States have more weigh. than
Sixteen Millions in Free States. THIS is gro.,l,
unjust, and cannot be upheld. Make the Judicial
Districts equal, let judges be fairly .elcc ed there
from, sId tie Dred Scott dec.ioa will soon be over
ruled ard sffaced
V. Wenean 10 create and Arouse an enlightened
Public Sentiment which sha Gl,n,tely place the