Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-09
Thus, Il will he seen, that IN The United States
the total amount Of Shareholders is 347 ,525.
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES.

A recent decision in what is familiary known as
the bred Scott case has brought this Court promi'
nently before the pubic. 1t may, therefore, be in,
toresting to know how this tribunal is constituted,
Congress has divided the United States into
nine Judicial Circuits in each q Circuit Judge is
appointed 5y the President, with the confirmation
Of the Senate. These nine Judges meet at Wash
ington, on the fret Monday in December, and con.
stitute the Supreme Court Of the United States
1t is said that the Circuits have always been so ar.
ranged that a majority of the Judges has been from
slaveholding states. AT oil events, such is the
case at present.
Each Of the nine circuits, rs now constituted,
embrace the following States. We annex the
name of the Judge and the populatian Of each
Circuit according to the census of 1850.
First Civcuit-Maire, New Hampshire, Massa.
chusetts, and Rhode Island-Benja min r.. Curtis
of Massachusetts,, Judge-Population. 2,043 ,204.
Second Circuit-vermont Connecticut. and New
York Samuel Nelson, of New York, Judge
Population, 3, 7S2, 1906.
Third Circuit New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Robert c. Grier, of Pennsylvania, j Judge; Population,
2 .S0l ,34l.
Fourth Circuit Delaware, Maryland and Virgin
ia: Peter V. Daniel of Virginia, Judge: Popula
ton, slaves included, 2,046.227 slaves excluded,
1881, OIL.
Fifth Circuit: Alabama, and Louisiana John
A. Campbell of Alabama, Judge: Population,
slaves included, 1,2S9,S S5 slaves excluded, 70l,'
1872.
Sixth Circuit: North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia James NJ. Wayne of Georgia, Judge
Population, slaves included, ,643, 73l slaves ex
cluded, l,643,7 3l slaves excluded, 7S9,9 32.
Seventh Circuit Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, ant
Michigan: John MLean of Ohio, Judge Popula
ton, 4,2l7 ,939.
Eighth Circuit: Kentucky, Tennessee and Mis-
souri, John Catron Of Tennessee, Judge: Popu
lation, slaves included, 2,GG7, l66 slaves excluded
2, l20.304.
Ninth Circuit: Mississippi and Arkansas Pop
ulation, slaves included, SIG, 223 exluded, 583 ,9l2
Four free states, Iowa, Wisconsin, California an,
Minnesota; and two slave states. Florida and Tex
as, are not included within any Circuit.
The Ninth Circuit Is without n resident Judge
but the Fourth has two: Roger B. fancy o
Maryland, and Peter V. Daniel of Virginia. Tn
former is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Thirteen Free States, with a population of -,
o44, 100, arc divided into four Circuits, and furnisl
four Judges of the Supreme Court. Ibirteel
5l3,232, or a, Tree population of 5,735, 92l, furnish
five Judges, one Of whom is the Chief Justice.
If we are accused of q sectional spirit in maxim
these com parlsons, We would remind the reade
that Congress has shown the same by setting OF
f the Free States into Circuits by themselves, an
the Slave States into Circuits by themselves. |
did not use to be 50 before scctionalism became s
rampant at Washington.
In the last Congress, the thirty fourth, at tn
E close Of last session. u resolution, al the instanc
of Mr., Stanton Of Ohio, was passed by the Ilous
D calling upon the Secretary of the Interior to prt
Q euro from the Clerks of the several Circuit an
q District Courts n statement of the number of case
0 on their respective dockets. The report made q
the last session, shows that two Free State Circui,
J, the Second and Seventh, have each more bushes
than all the five Slave State Circuits put togethe,
Mr.. Stanton had the report referred to the Jud
0 ciary Committee, with instructions to inquire in,
the expediency Of recognizing the Circuits 80 q
d to equalize the business, But they made no repol
3 and Mr.. Stanton says, they nerer riH.
The Judges are appointed by the President an
q majority of the Senate. In making these al
%pCintments, sectional considerations appear
have a decided influence. When the last vacauC
m occurred in the Second or New York Circuit, Cha
to celior Walworth of New York was nominated.
to His democracy was unquestioned; but he was su
pected Of unsoundness on the slavery question. s
! he was rejected by the Senate, and Judge Nelsc
to appointed in his place.
Senator Badger of North Carolina was nomi
ated to fill the last vacancy in the Fifth Circuit, b,
the right to prohibit slavery in the territories. !
the Senate rejected him, and put Judge Campbc
in the vacant place.
BY these and other like changes, so as to Q
ii the right tools in the right place, the PresideI
and Senate, representing the great and might
IL overshadowiug oligarchy of this country,
~ length formed a Supreme Court, whose biuntt
~ moral perceptions. legal quibbling, and stror
sectional prejudices were enough for the Dire
10 Scott decision, and, perhaps, for somethil
m more.