New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-09

must be ted fct ttir coumoa and eqaa be; Tor
visa tie acqvisitcr q the people oi the Uni'ed Snes
sctirg though iter ssen,s. ard Goveinmsn' neid
ter TIE ooruCr bett IL urtl |, snoeii pc ue $751;
ted a. memtec Of tie Ceior. Iui tes'Ghe afii'eo
II was VI ooutttty Necessary ts& me goveinnsn ~
be established to pro,ec, tie Inhabitants n taeG per-
sors arc property. Tie power 70 acquire carries
with il TIE poser to P.serrs tss 0 Srn,is .,
tie beet .ri.ed fer the UsitSp St,tss. and
It's, 5G, 10y cd CT the lumber eli rhsSi ats AID
the character s.d situation Of TIRE Territory. Wha
CovslfueIt is tie bes. must ceptrd on the oordrou
Of tie Territory S; tie tine, 70 BE- oontGred Rnii It
.bsIl become S'ste. Bat tLere car never be me'e
aye plsiuly cehito by tie Constitution. The Coast
futon no, ides thsi COnGess shAl msAe no lss
respecli, ST establishment Of .efcicu, or prohibit.
ing tbe fee exercise thereof; or sbrcglnC the free
d. q of sVeeth or OF The pIe;s, or the tsht OF the
"pecpe Eeaceaby 10 assemble, aid to p ttion the
Coz e:r mert FOR redress Of grievances. &c. Thus
TIRE III h,s Of property are unied Win the ptrsona!
rshil, end this EXTENDS 10 the Ternores As wei a.
10 tie Stats. CoDgTess cslrot authorize the Terri
tories 70 DO his: l. cannot 10 Itself Il cannot conie
On the Territories power to vios;e the provisions OF
the Copstitutiou go
II gems bowever tbs. there is sspposed 70 be DIFF
ference b, tween sayts ard other property The people
In tie formation OF tie Constitution, delegated TO me
General Government certain meTated powers, and
forbade the exercise Of cheTs II has no powers over
perSons and property Ct ciztns except those ea1mer
Aid in the CONSTITUTION. Ii the Constitution recog
Mics the right of master and slave and makes no dt
ference between ssves ara other property NJ tribunal
,ctrg under Tire authority of the Uuited Ststes can
olsw such distinction ard deny the pfovislons ami
guarantees secured az airst The enoroschmen OF the
Gcyeuusrt. As we have already sad. tle right OF
rtcrerty in slave is eJp essy conferred II the Con
etitution, snd guaranteed to every Stale This Is IN
language 'yo plan L be misuncest'od; snd 20 worts
can BE- ouio N the Cor sti.uon gyr Congress greater
power over slaves than over any other description Of
properly .o.,..
Ii s therefore TIE opinion Of this Count that the Act
OF Coreress which prohibits citizens from holding prop
erty of this character rorth OF cerain line not war
rated by the Constitution and Ia therefore void and
neither bred Scott any OF his family were msds
free by their reedeuce in Illinois The plaintiff WAS no.
citizen of Missouri but was still slave and there
ors had no light to 10 sCout OF the nited State
The Notional IateiigeHccr says:
'Mr Justice Nelson read opinion, in which be
did lot eL,er into the copsttutonslity OF tho Missouri
Compromi.e, bat held. aud on that ground affirmed
the Judgment Of the Court below, that sisve cxred
into a Free State whatever night be the laws OF that
State, remained slave whenever returning to the
State in which his owner reeid6d.
Mr.. Justice Catron sIso delivered an opinion. ia
which tie freedom OF the North West Territory was
made to be the act of the State OF Virginia which WAS
the orig NAL proprietor of the Territory and which
aepe and not Congress, had the right To prohibit
Slavery there He expressed himself IN very decided
t.lms sQsnst the constitucnsity of the Mssouh Com
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