The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-03-28

as early as l772, at least fifteen years before
the adoption of our Constitution.
But even if there haI been such an opin-
ion, think of the iniquity Of alleging it in
Court OF Justice as the guide of law think
of the monstrous wickedness of making it a
Procrustes' bed, on which to break free
Constitution to suit such tyranny think OF
judge, in the sight Of God and man, bring
ing forward the wrong and darkness OF a
former century to Justify and compel great
err wrong and darkness in this! Think OF
Judge deliberately producing or asserting the
inhumanity and blindness OF former age, as
justification for the continuance and in
crease of oppression, and arguing on the
ground OF it in behalf of such misconstruc-
ton and perversion of free Constitution, a.
would exasperats and perpefuate that wrong
and prevent all possibility of its ever being
remedied. Think of man gravely arguing
the existence of state of darkness, az
reason for not introducing light, reason for
excluding it! Think Of arguing the former
prevalence of a great evil. as authoritative
and conclusive against present reform, and
the habit of injustice as incontroyertlble
against the practice of right!
The w:ckedness Of such gross and horrible
outlawry OF down-trodden class, is immeas-
urably more wicked in period Of advanced
and enlarged philanthropy, than it ever was
before more inexcusable and intolerable,
unGer the full light of the Gospel, and after
the Declaration of Independence, than it
could have been in any preceding age. But
to think Of springng back from this present
point of light into that thick darkness, to
think Of pack of judges deliberately return
ing like pack of wolves to the dead carrion
Of immortality and injustice, cast out as offal
for hundred years! 10 think oftheir TAX
ing up the cast-otf gabardines of judge. that
have died long ago in the wilderness of this
world, with tie pestilence of this moral rot
upon them, and putting on those leprosy fret.
ted garments for their robes of Justice, and
advancing those doctrines abhorred and re-
protated ofsocietv for whole generation =
10 think of such Justice and such judgment
the very dre.s of the cupof past judicial cor
ruption and depravity. chosen and adopted
as the principle and life of constitutional law
BY the Supreme Judicial Court of the United
States of America, in the middle of the nine
teenth century
Truly We are travelling fast. Year after
year comes new. mishtier, more daring as
sault against justice and liberty. The wicked
ness of judicial and legislative corruption
and u,urpation in Kansas was terrible. And
that iniquity, instead of being resisted ant
repealed, has been built into our country.
vitals, as a stupendous carbuncle of crime
disease and death, and our national Congress!
have appropriated twenty thousand dollars te
sustain it with all its internal laws, pro
nounced by that same Congress barbarous
savage, unconstitutional, an! not to be en-
dured. What principles are sacred after
this, or what can be? If Congress support!
and enforces laws admitted to be iniquitou'
and unconstitutional, why should not the
Supreme Court make ubiquitous, and uncon
,titutional decisions? Why should the,
stumble or hesitate: And if they do not
why should the people ?