Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-06-05
Doughfaces on their Knees before the
Slave 0ligarchy

Marty all the pro.slayery papers in Maine
are Publishing the opinion Of Judge fancy
and hi. four slavcholding associates in the
case Of Drcd scott. In addition to publish.
ius thu. ridiculous judicial decision, they
employ their pens in pnlfag it up, and re-.
commenting il TO their readers. Thus this
pro-slayery party is going on from one de-
gree Of wickodnc.- TO another, using it, in.
iluencc TO 81 debauch the public mini that
in due time southern DULLES can come into
our midst, bring their slaves, and virtually
establish tho peculiar institution, even in
the free arr Of New England
We DO not deny that Judge fancy
has made the bc.i argument in his power
Tor the benefit Of the slaycholiing intcrcs, Of
this country. yet it is based upon false facts,
false premises, and fal,c assumptions; it i,
full Of sophistry and demasogui'm from
beginning to end. The great truths Of his
tory are perverted, and the whole ar.
cumcn, i, evidently a studied attcmp, 70
make out a case to bolster up the wan.
ing fortunes OF party fast sinking to des-
,ructiou.
II the people Of the United States adopt
the legal platform laid down in this extra.
ordinary public document, It will be an end
10 the Union This argument (ior il does
not attain to the dignity Of an op,nionl sub.
s,an,ially ovcrturn' the government. 1,
completely eHpurgcs all It's vitality, aud
leaves tyranny aud d,,ponsm written upon
every line Of the National Constitution.
The Z" five slave holders" undertake ju.
dicially 70 transform men, women and chill
dryn into mere brutes the man, the wo-
man or child who has faint Of African
blood, 50 FAR as any constitutional rights are
concerned, are classcd with the dogs that
run in our streets. Insult them personally
aud they have no legal redress, rob them Of
their property and they can maintain no
action at law to regain it, Kick them in tho
streets and they only have to stand and bear
1t without any remedial redress. This
court with sacrilgious hands actually UNI
drrtakc- to blot out the image Of the
Almighty from some three or four mil
lions Of being, IN this country, whom the
Constitution dcnominaics persons" and
class them with horses and cattle and swine.
But TO pass over this inhuman, unchris-
tiau attempt to degrade the human species,
and insult the Majesty Of High Heaven /;
we find this same court, true to their in
stiuct.. and true to tho party whose inter-
ests they are laborins to promote. travelling
out Of the record to arrlign our RoVolu-
tionary Fathers, together with nearly all
the great statesmen that have in times past
shed glory upon their country Of moral
perjury.
These five judicial solOmon', in this po-
litical haransue. have made the wonderful
discovery that 1t is unconstitutional to pro-
hibit slavery in the territories. What were
all the Presidents, from George Washington
down to James X. Polk inclusive, but 50
many fools, who dad not understand what
the Constitution means. They all took an
oath to support the Constitution, when as
suming the Presidential chair, yet they all
approved Of bills prohibiting the extension
Of slavery in the territories. and according
to this new tangled Judicial democracy, they
violated their oaths and committed down
right perjury. \ great majority Of the
prominent men in Congress up to 1850 have