The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-03-26
From the New Haven Conn Register.
Constitutional Law

""'S He@I"eu thal the African race, whether
Save or .ree, are not citizens of the United
States within the meaning of the Constu
ton. 1t was decided the same way several
years ago, by the Superior Court of Con.
nectlcut, in the Prudence Crandall case.
The late Judge Daggett being then on the
bench, and pronouncing the judgment of
the Court. So that this Connecticut law
has now been adopted by the highest Judi
clai tribunal Of the country, as the constitu.
tonal law of the United States, Mr.. Marcy,
the late Secretary of State, came to the
same conclusion, when applied to for pass
ports for company of negro mins,rels
| gong abroad. He gave them certificates
OF their being Inhabitants or residents Of
The United States, but not as citizens, in
the constitutional sense of that tern. He
took the same view as Judge Daggett had
taken Some Of the political priesthood.
VINO undertake to make laws and consti,u.
''ohs ior the whole country, through the
columns of the N. Y. Independent, and
other kindred prints, were very indignant
at Secretary Marcy's decision, and the Rev
| Mr.. hal!och, of Boston, was par,icujarlv
shocked at the official wickedness tba,
could SO determine. The same reverend
gentleman will no doubt send forth fresh
'u''ilinat'on at The Supreme Court, for their
decision, whenever the Jury that have him
now IN charge shall restore him TO his pul.
pt' There are probably some others nearer
home, who will not let the oppor,unitv slim
LOT wa'I'ng and gnashing their teeth over a
dec'Sion " hlch does not recognise blacks as
oeing on the same footing-as TO citizenship
win The whltes-thongh they have been
seeping over the same law in Connecticu,
ior inc last quarter of "A century, without
ever dreaming of being disturbed by it.
In the same case, the Supreme Court
nave decided further-that Congress has
no authority under the Constitution to leg
isIa'e on the subject of slavery in the Terri.
torres, either to establish it or exclude il.
ms leaves each territorial community free
10 determine that question for itself, when
IL forms ITS own Constitution, and becomes
a member of the family of States, united
under our constitutional system. 1t fully
susta'ns the course taken by Messrs. Toucey
ana lngersoll, in voting for the Nebraska
Kansas bill, and for which Senator Toucey
was hung in eifigy, and both were vlliied and
abused without stint by the abolition presses
and electioneerers. Will those who were
SO abusive then, now turn upon the Su
preme Court, and hang them in effigy too
with the venerable Chief Justice Taney al
their headi Or will they, with Garrison
aud his gang, denounce General Washing
! ton and those .gho worked with him in
building up tho Constitution of the United
States! We incline 70 think they will take
the latter course.
! Henry Ward Beecher, wear ago. said
in the North Church of this city, that il
was the Constitution itself t,iat was .lhe
iather and fountain" of our troubles-and
that 1t was to be blown up like the fortresses
al Sebaslopol, scattering bombs and rocks
and broken fragments In all directions. His
followers, with all their hatred 10 The Con
! stituuon, have more recently taken the
name of the Union party" The better 10
| hide their designs. But their Union
principles have held fellowship with CARR.
son, Parker and Phillips, and when an
election has pressed hard this THO come
here 10 enlighten us. They have already
sowed the seed, aud are looking out for the
! future harvest
/ SHANE. SHANE! SHANE The Boston
1 Chronicle, an authorized organ and exDo
nent of Massachusetts Republican" ism,
commenting upon The Dred Scott decision,
holds the following outrageous language:
Attorney General Cushing and Chief
Justice fancy passed compliments to each
/ other on the occasion OF the retirement ol
the former from office. 1t is IA great mis-.
fortune that the Supreme Court cannot be
| got nd OF As easily AS Cushing. 4 mojori-
/ ~ ot t!S members are as great Scoundyeis as
| he IS, and that is the worst AS well rs the
Irue>t thing that can be said of them"
/ The Boston Atlas tanother Republican
Jonina) employs epithets quite as revolt.
ing. tspeaks ofthe Judges as men whose
names are in the same category as that oil
IrHold, the Traitor.
| We know 1t has been common hitherto
| with the AboliIouisls to call the Conslilu.
I ton IAN atrociouS bargain" aud the Union
/ itself a "lesgue with death and covenant
/ with hell" but we believe that ihcy have
! never I'LL now yentured So far as 10 stigma
+ TIC ;hs venerable Jaages of The .Sa9yesae
CoErt great scoundrsis'-New York Her.
/ aid.
The late decision, or rather the series OF
/ decisions, OF the Supreme Court OF the Uni.
ted States in the Died Scott case is gilmore
l vital importance in reference TO the settle.
ment Of the slavery question, than any or
all the other acts and proceedings on the
suhicct-lcgIsIative or judicial State or
Federal-snce tue organization Of the Gene
/ raj Government.
This Supreme and final tribunal in Tic
"
Interpretation OF the constitution and the
laws, has decreed that negroes or men oil
the African race, whether bond or free, are
not citizens Of the United States by the
] Federal Constitution; that tie ordinance OF
1887 was superseded by the Constitution;
that tho Missouri Compromise Of 1920 was
an unconstitutional act; that shareholders
have the right to carry their slaves into the
Territories; that the legal condition OF a slave