Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-04
An ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

| We make the following extract from the able and
eloquent defence Of the Supreme Court Of the Uni
ted States, BY Senator BEAJAMS, Of Louisiana, on
the l1th Of March, in reply to Senators SEWARD and
| HAMLIE, who had spoken dispsragingly Of the
Court in general, and Chief Justice TASET in par
/ tioular, as also Of President BUcHAEAE:-
Nov, Mr.. President, / come to another point in
my argument, which I approach with extreme pain
and unfeigned regret. From my earliest childhood
have been taught to revere the Judges Of the
highest court in the land hs men selected TO render
Justice between ligants not By reason Of their
eminent legal Requirements taan because Of sspotes5
purity Of character and undimmed lustre Of repu-
tation, which removed them far, far beyond even a
doubt Of their integrity. The long line Of eminent
judicial worthless which seemed 10 have eliminated
in Marshall, has been continued in the person Of
one upon whom the highest eulogium that can be
pronounced is to say that he was eminenly worthy
Of being the successor Of that ilnstrious Judge.
know not, Mr. President, Whether you, as l, have
had the good fortune 70 see that magistrate in the
administration Of Justice in his own circuit in
the court sitting below US Of which he is the hoE-
ored chief l know not, sir, whether it has been
your good fortune as il has been mine, 10 hear
the expression Of afeetiOnate reverence with
which he is spoken Of By the people amongst
whom be has passed his pure and sPotless life
know not sir, whether you have listened, IS
I
aud admiration that come from the members Of his
bar in their familiar intercourse With each other
spontaneous tributes worth thousand labored Gu
lOgies 10 his eminent sagaoity, to his vast legal
learning 10 the mild and serene dignity OF his judi
eal depOrtment-aboYe all, sir, above all, TO the
Conscientious, earnest almost PalnLnl sense o. re-
sponsibility with which be holds the scale OF JUS
lice, in even and impartial hand, between the hti-
zsnts whose rights depend upon bis judgment.
Mr. President, be is old, very 0id. Ihe lnhrml-
ties Of age have bowed his venerable form. Earth
has no further object Of ambition for him, and when
he shall sink into his grave after long career Of
biQb, Office in our country, / trust that do not
rade or improperly invade the sanctily Of private
life in saying that be viii leave behind him, in the
scanv heritage that shall be left for his family, the
noblest evidence that he died IS he had lived, 3
being honorable to the earth from Ehieh he sprang
and worthy Of the heaven 10 which he aspired.
This man, SIR, thus beloved, thus reVered, thus
esteemed, has been compared upon this door TO the
Infamous Jeifreys, BY the Senator from Maine, Mr.
Hamlin This nan has been charged By the sena-
tor from New York, Mr.. Seward, with corrupt
coalition with the Chief Magistrate Of The Union
he charges in faet-not always in direct language
but partly By bold assertion and partly BY lnsidious
suggestiou-lhat Che Supreme Executive Magistrate
Of the land and the judges Of our highest court
and the parties to the bred Scott case, got up q
nook irial-that they we're all in common COLLISION
20 cheat theoOuutFy. He represents the venerable
Chief Magistrate Of our country, whose reputation
hitherto has been beyond reproaoh-he represents
the venerable Chief Justise-as enaciing solemn
farce in the face Of the American people, on the
eastern pOrtico Of this CaPitOl and he tells US, that
on the day when that great sea Of upturned faees
was here presented, all looking on the solemn pag-
cant that was passing before them, The Chief JUS
tos Of the nation vas whispering into he ear Of the
President the terms Of this nefarious VGrgaiR-and
that, too ct the very moment when the former vas
administering and the latter taking the oath Of Of
Gee, By which the high majesty Of Heaven was IN
voksd witness to the purity Of his intentions IN
The administration Of the government Of his eoun-
try U.ssf
Mr. President, thresaceurssd is that fsl spirit Of