The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-14
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Sa ~ She supreme cosu.
The late dscision OF the Supreme Court
70 the bred Scott case ,s probably second
in lmpaetanceto no other decision which ev-
emiaated from thar tribunal. But with a
ootsmporAsy we think Il 10 fortunate tor
the cause Of freedom that such : decision
- she Supreme court has just rendered,
was not made in the early part Of our his
tory. Then il might have done harm
now ii will Do none, The slave controver.
~ 10 now removed beyond the forum Of
courts tits before the tribunal Of the PEG.
pie and the world. and viii be settled by
the public opinion Of mankind. Before
this controversy came 90 decidedly into the
political arena il might have set back the
advance Of freedom and given the wrong
direction to opinions Now it IS OF no mo-
ment. The case 10 removed. The Court
has lost the yenersaon which once attend
ed It's decisions, and on eli public questions
Is resolved into the mere machinery Of par
y F.vs slave holding Judges and one
northern doashiace. declared the Missouri
Compromise unconstitutional. while three,
Mclean. Curtis and Grier, gave their de
eision in favor of its cous,itu,ionality
We can probably better explain to our
readers what this decision really is. aud the
feeling Of men in the North in relation to IL
by making extracts from leading papers
than By comments OF our own. We shall
therefore occasionally give articles on this
subject from leading papers. Below will
be found short article from the New York
Times
Tzr SLAVERY QUKsTIoS-Tsk DKcls-
ioK OF THE SUPREME Covhr.--The deeis-
ion Of the Supreme Court in the case OF
DreA Scott completes the naturalization Of
Slavery. Slavery 10 no longer local in
s,itution-ihe creature Of local law--de
pendent for lite existence and protection up
on State sovereignty and State legislation.
/, 10 incorporated into the Coast sution OF
the United States. Its tenure is the tenure
az oil property, and tn, Constitution pro.
tects and preserves it. to the same extent
aud upsn the same principle as il protects
any other property of any Mind wheateser.
This 10 The fuadamsntat position which the
the Supreme Court has just asserted, and
upon which oil its decisions in this case
rest. Congress cann,t exclude Slavery
from Federal territory, because the rssM to
slsves 10 the RICH, to property, and cannot
be divssted. For the same reason the peo-
pie Of tho Territory cannot exclude STA.
vsry from their domain. and when the time
for the next step comes, we shall have IL
in the the logical sentence, that no STATE
Government Ass right 10 deprne any eitisen
Of property. oaich tae Constitutes Of ths
Ua,te3 States protects hia "a holdtH9.
1t 10 not too much to say thst this sesis-
700 revolutionises the Federal Government,
and changes entirely the relation which
Slavery has hitherto held towards it. Sia-
very 10 10 longer iocsl:it is national. The
Federal Government 10 no longer held sioos
from ii. as thing wholly and exclusively
gu, of i,s lurisdiedon:-it is brought direct
~ within iss sphere and put Immediately
under its protection. The doctrine of
State Rights, so long - friend, IL now it's
foe
The New York Herald says
There 10 party al w sshington, evident
", which derives great comfort from this
notable Judgment; il 10 talked OF a. the new
corner stone Of slave expansion, something
almost equal to palladium Of liberty -
The judgment must stand or fall BY It's
own strength and uprghtnefs. But the
Washington politicians who believe that
il settles anything must be afflicted with
very severe opthslmis indeed. For while
these venerable Judges are discoursing on
theoretical expansions of slavery TO North
and West, free labor 10 marching with avery
tangible step into the heart OF the strongest
stronghold Of slavery. Chief Justice Tan.
ey lays out on paper aa in6nitude of new
slave States and Territories; he makes all
the States in measure slave States; bni
while the old getleman is thus diverring
bis elippsred leisure, free carpenters and
biscksmiths and farmers with hoe, spade,
and plough, are invading Missouri, Ken
lucky, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia,
and quietly eibowing the slaves further
South. II will take GOO many Supreme
Courts to reverse a law Of nature such as
| we here zee in operation.