The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-07-22

opposition. and | ask your indulgence while
dose. What fairly implied by tue term Judge
/ Douglas has used" resistance TO the decisionN'
| do not resist it, II wanted to take Dred
Scott from his master, woill b. interfering
with property, aud that terrible difficulty which
Judge Douglas speaks OF, interfering with prop
erty, would arise. But | am doing no such
thing as that, but all that am doug is refusing
! to obey it as political rule. II were in Con-
grpss, aud vote should come up on question
whether slavery should be prohibited in new
territory, in spite oi that Dred Scott decision,
would vote that it should. Applause--gooj for
you; we hops TO see it, that's right
That is what | would do. A voice You will
have a chance SOON Judge Douglas said last
night that before the decision he might advance
his opinion, and it might be contrary TO the de-
cision when it was made: but after it was M ade
he would abide by it until II was reversed Just
sol Wedet this property abide by the decision,
but we will try to reverse that decision. Loud
applause--cres of good We will try to put il
where Judge Douglas will not object, for he says
| he will obey it when it is reversed. Somebody
has to reverse that decision, since il is made
and we mean to reverse it, and we mean to do
it peaceobly.
What are the uses of decisions of courts q
They have two uses. As rules of property they
have two USES First--they decide upon the
questions before the court They decide in this
case thapDred Scott is a slave Nobody resists
that. Not only that, but they say to every bcdy
else, that persons standing just as Dted Scott
stands, ars as he is That is, they say that when
a question comes up, upon another person, 1t
will be so decided again, unless tho court de-
cides another way cheers--cries of good l--un-
less the court overrues its decision. Renew
applause ell, we mean to do what we can
to have the court decide the other way. That
| Is one thing we mean to try TO do.
The sacredness that Judge Douglas throws
around this decision, is degree OF sacrednss SIS
| that has never been before thrown around any
other decision. | have never heard of such
thing. Why, decisions, apparently contrary to
! that decision, or that good lawyers thought were
contrary to that decision, have been made by
that very court before, It is the first of its
kind. 1t is an dS!oniSher in legal history -
Laughter. 1t is new wonder of the world
| Laughter aud applause. 1t is based upon false
| mood IN the main as to the fdcts--aliegatons
of facts upon which it stands are not facts a q
all IN many nStalC aud no de eciSion made on
any questlOn-'te first instance OF decision
made under 50 many unIavorable circum tances
thus placed, has ever been held By the profession
as law, and 1t has always needed confirmation
before the lawyers regarded it as n settled law.
! Bat Judge Douglas will have it that all hands
must take this extraordinary decision, made un
der such extraordinary circumstances and give
their votes IN Congress in accordance with it
yield to 1t and Obey 1T in every possible seuse.
Clrcums tanceS alter cases.
! Do not gentlemen here remember the case OF
that same Supreme Court some twenty five on
thirty years ago. deciding that National Bank
was constitutional? | ask. if somebody does
not remember that National Bank was consti
tutlonal? - Yes; yes Such is the truth,
whether it be remembered or not. The Bank
charter ran out, aud re-charter was granted by
| Congress. The re-Charter was laid before Gen.
Jackson. 1t was urged upon him, when he de.
MED the constitutionalty of the bank, that the
Supreme Court had decided that it was constitu-
tlona; aud Gen, Jackson then said that the
Supreme Court had no right TO lay down rule
TO govern CO ordinate branch of the Govern.
ment, the members of which had sworn to sup.
port the constitut'on-that each member had
sworn TO support that constitution as he under
stood it. | yslIl venture here to say, that have
heard Judge Douglas say that he approved of
! General Jackson for that act. What has now
become OF all this trade about " resistance to
the S,uprcme,, Court| leone up" Gone to-
| the theatre.
| My fellow citizens, going back little, for
pass from these points, when Judge Douglas
makes his threat OF annlhilation upon the "alli-
anee," he is cautions to say that that warfare
OF his is to fall upon the leaders Of the Repub-
IIoan party. Almost every word he uttcrs aud
every distinction he makes, has its Significance.
He means TOR the republicans that do no. count
| themselves as leaders, 10 be his friends he
makes no fuss over them it is the leaders that
he Is making war upon. He wants it under.
stood that the mass of the Republican party are
really his friends. 1t is only the leaders that re
dong something, that are lntOe rant, and that
require determination at his hand. AS this is
clearly ana unquestionably the light in which
he presents that matter, want to ask your at
tention addressing myself to the Republicans
here that may ask you some questions, TO
where you as t. Republican party would be
placed 1t you sustained Judge Douglas in his
present position by a reelection? | do not
claim, gentlemen, to be unset fsh, do not pre-
tend that would not like to go to the United
States Senate, laughter | make no such hypo.
critical pretence but do say to you that in
this mighty issueCit is nothing to you--noth-
ing to the mass of the people whether or not
Judge Douglas or myself shall ever be- heard of
after this night, it may be triile to either of us
| but In connection with this mighty question:,
apon which hang The destinies of the nation,
perhaps, it is absolutely nothing; out where
will you be placed if you endorse Judge Doug
las? Don't you know how apt he is-how ex-
ceeedingly anxious he is at all times to seize
up II anything and everything to persuade you
that something He has done you did yourselves?
! Why, he tried to persuade you last night that
our Illinois Legislature instructed him o intro
Juce the Nebraska bill, There was nobody in
that Legislature ever thought of such a thing 81
aud when he first in r1ducsd the bill, he never
thought of It; but still he fights furiously for
the proposition, and that he did it because there
was standing instruction to our Senators to
be always introducing Nebraska bills Laugh
ter and applause. H tells you he is for the
Cincinnati platform, he tells you he is for the
Dred Scott decision. H tells you, not in his
speech last night, but substantially in former
speech, tnat he cares net if slavery is voted up
or down-he tells you the struggle on Lecompton
does be stands where he stood where in spite of
/ him and his opposition you built up tbs Repub-
! lican party. lfyOu endorse him you tell him
you do not care whe ther slavery BE- voted up or|
down, aud he will close or try to close your
mouth with his declaration repeated by the day
the week, the mouth aud the year. Is that what