The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-04-14

rne that Congress could egsate dgans slavery in the
Territories but not for itha could prohibit but
establish that relation The absurdity OF asserting the
breath the existence and nonexisenee Of the power
as power granted too much even for Justice Curtis
IL is evident that the power granted Is granted
The decides that il is not granted Justice Curtis dis
sens contending that it Is granted and Justice Mclean
dissent on the ground that II both is and not power
of Congress Had jurist Of less note involved himself
thus il is doubtful whether the blindness of anatcm it
efeoud have avoided detecting the strange
The Philadelphia platform did contain such fatal blum
der but the trainers of the constitution belonged to another
order of minds.
The decision Of the court not only in strict accord with
all of its former decisions with regard the validity and
conclusveness of the State judicial interpretations of the
State laws but based upon legal rule without which
Union of States would become unavodaby either system
of warning and conflicting soyereigntes judicial des
poism where States are crushed ruihessly with all their
local and domestic rights and privileges under the arb
trary power OF central force beyond their control
The court uphods with wise rigor the local indepen-
dence rights and privileges of each aud every State The
dissenting judges assume the arbitrary authority Of break
ing through all State constitutions laws and rights The
court was true to the whole constitutional theory of
system of governmenthat the federal power is bounded
by The grants contained in the constitution and that all
other belongs to thu States and the people thereof
This main aims each in its true sphere the local ndpen
dence and sovereignty of the States and the national
pemacy of the federal authorities within their prescribed
limits II was natural step for the dissenting judges to
disregard State interpretations of State laws whilst
ming power OF legislation for Congress nowhere granted
If then, negro cannot be citizen OF the United States
if this is government Of white men, and of mixed
il the laws of Missouri govern In Missouri instead
OF the laws of Illinois Ohio Massachusetts,; If
slave returning from non-sayeholdng jurisdiction be-
comes subject the laws which he has reurned-tha
is If Stowel and Story have decided and Justice Cor
lis contended in the AYES case the servie condition ea
the Supreme Court Of the United Stateswas
compelled to decide the bred Scott just it did
wholly irrespective Of all other questions in the Mas
sachustts left to confer upon her negroes whatever priv
eges the wisdom Of her legislators deem proper and
long those negroes remain under her laws and within
The territorial jurisdiction OF Massachusetts, they will be
entitled to all the benefits disadvantages conferred
But they cannot carry those local laws with them into Con-
nectcut Missouri and become judges legislators jurors
witnesses by force OF Massachusetts statutes
they lawfully marry in all other States and become the
husbands or wives Of white persons. Massachusetts
more convert by force Of her State legislation, her
groes and Indians into citizens Of Missouri by transport
ing them here than Missouri could by force of like
those prevailing in Ohio reduce poor white 10
temporary permanent slavery then by sending them
Massachusetts, stripped OF their rights condemn them
to the servile disabilities relations there. New
England may yield to OF The many social and pot
cal revolutions preached there may make her strong
minded politicians lawyers governors Legislators
electors jurors may adopt the ree-love spiritual
wife views any other strange heresy but surely
zane man would expect an emigration OF such strong
minded" electors spiritual wives be permitted
enjoy in Missouri al the privileges aud immunes thus
conferred by New England laws. Such extreme CASES
show that there is fixed and positive meaning to the
stituioua clause referred to- and that it designed
give any State power to destroy the internal reace and
happiness of other States by clothing with pretended cr
zenship under her local laws interior and incapable
race, and nnndang her sister States with them, by
declaring incidents of citizenship any privileges she
might choose 10 confer. The United States govern
nent is government OF the white race. To that fact
in small degree is due the superiority Of this
try the Spanish American republics. II is The part,
OF wisdom that it shonld remain un,nixed white
When the present unnatural excitement among part
OF tue northern people shall have subsidized, and calm
shall again CONTROL the decision of the
Supreme Court will come to be regarded bnwar OF
safety of The Union alone but also OF State
eighty local independence the purity of the race sound
society, and fraternal sentiment.