The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-02-27

Tie oaHe0e Cent - CAaa1a - o1sses1. /
there - peeslias prvpriesy N the re- |
mark attributed to Senator Seward, 10 . |
Washington dispatch Published J -sserd.y
that .sthe supreme Court i the slavery
Citadel nov 10 be ''stormed." Il has
been used By the slavery extensionists -
. two-edged sword against the principle
OF freedom First il broke down oil the
constitutional barriers against the spread
Of slavery, and now il stands ready to
confirm an uphold any and every iniq-
uity which the party in power may see
ct 10 enact Instead Of being, according
to the theory Of its creation, the mere
expositor Of law it dictates Legislation,
and then comes in with extra.judicial
DEGREES to enforce such legislation. The
bred Scott series Of opinions, if allowed
to stand a. the settled "opiniol Of the
Court" will have changed the whole &C.
MUS of our government, not only With
out reference 70 the popular will, but IN
direct opposition toit.
The question derives = deep present
interest from the desperate efforts now BE-
ing put forth by the Administration to
force Lecomptou swindle upon the people
of Kansas. In case Of success with this
measure, the pro-slavery Democracy rely
upon the Supreme Court to baptise their
iniquity in the name Of Law aud the Con-
stitu,ion. The Union and the President
say that the people could at once cas-, It
from them without regard to the prohibl-
ton of a change in the Constitution be-
fore the year 1864, but the leading doc
tors of the party differ FROM these author
tiles. We are informed BY the Wash
ington correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Press, that the matter was canvsssed
among the Democratic members OF the
House. Some we're in favor Of pub
lie declaration that the people of Kansas
would, under the Leccompton Constitu-
ton, have the right, at any time after
their admission into the Union as State
to provide for another Convention, and
an entire change Of that instrument be.
fore 1864, Notwithstanding any provision
it may contain to the contrary; but it was
ascertsined that prominent lawyers Of
the North, as we'll as Southern men, held
to the belief, after mature consideration
ofthe point, that such declaration would
amour, to nothing practical; that for the
people to attempt to alter their frame Of
government, as erected in their State
Constitution, in any other mode than
that which itself prescribes, ,couid be
reuo!utton-peaceable revolution, but still
resolution. A formal caucus was to have
been held on Saturday evening last to
further consider the ulatter, but US the
telegraph has said no. h NJ Of it, the above
is doubtless the final conclusion OF Il sding
Democrats.
The Washington correspondent Of the
St. Louis Democrat (Mr. Blair CON-
ments upon the recent admirabls speec:.
of MIR. Fessenden, of Maine, keeuly an
alyzing the bred Scott decision, and
adds:
1t is now fully realized that the Kan
sas controversy in the Senate and coun-
try viii be mainly fought on the bred
Scott decision of the Supreme Court
This decision is now seen by every
strategist to be the key of the position;
and unless am mistaken, it will be over,
thrown in the progress of the Conflict
Col. Benton, with his usual forecast, saw
this in the beginning aud furnished q
complete and Overwhelming argument
| against it.-Chi. Press.