The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

Mr.. TRuMbuLL-I want to hold him up be-
fore thie audience, and In doing so will expose
. numerous class lika bin He IL one Vt your
Douglas men, Jake t.. l will hold him ur
here and lei You see him with the woolly heads
around him. will expose him In oil his IA.
Ietncss. This is just a. good Place to ex.
pose the hypocrisy Of that class OF men a
anywhere. See if DO not state him fairly.
He cue Of those who, believe in the bred Scott
doctrine-the right to take slaves int Ter
ritory. and cries out at The same time, "Pop.
uiAr Sovereignty Cheers and laughter. He
goes down into Mississippi and North Caro-.
lima, where he owns number OF negroes, and
marches up to Kansas. lie is going to emie rate
there, and some of his negroes are as black as
the Africsn, with flat noses, thick lips and
wooiiy hsads. and soms are a little whittier
Caugbter) aud some are mulattoes, aud some
Of them are so white you can hardly distinguish
the negro blood in them. daughter. Well, he
marches up to Kansas. and when he gets up
TO the line the free white men of Kansas meet
him there and saw, 1--WE do not want you 10
bring those niggers here-we don't wan: that
population here in Kansas, and have resolved
i, shall not come here" But he answers, 81
I'm for popular sovereignty, and the bred Scott
decision, and will Introduce my negroes, and
you are woolly heads (ianghter.) You are
abolitionists, Won are negro worshippers."--
nd here he has his whole drove Of negroes oi
all sort, of blood around him, and calls free
white men. who cont want anything to DO with
negroes, wnolly heads. Pretty subject to talk
about amaIga with his breeds of negroes
with every kind of blood ic their veins (laugh-
terri He wants to introduce them in among
free white men. and they say they will have
none of his negroes. Talk about popular SOW
erc,gnty and negro worshippers, when every
- 10 h. hor-
der. and says. Won cannot come in here with
your negroes. You shout sspnpnlar sovereign
,tv,' s'squatter sovereignty and under bred
Scottish will bring them in. daughter. D
Tina, Is the position your class OF men occupy.
have done with you, sir, and will now turn
to the bred Scott decision. (vociferous ap-
plause.
That is the kind IT arguments that our op.
ponents have. [He's used up.1 was about
TO explain to you what the plea set up was
What did the Supreme Court decide? They
decided that person of the character des.
cribed in the plea had no authority to brins
suit in the United States Court, and they dis
missed the case for want OF jurisdiction, sta
ting tina: the Court had no authority 10 enter
any Judgment IN the case, because negro had
no right to sue in that court. Now, was no,
that the end of the case ? Il ought to have
been the end II it, but for political reasons the
Judges 60 on and give their opinions separate
ly upon the authority Of Congress to exclude
slavery from the country in which Fort SLel-
ling was located, which was unnecessary to
the decision. The result Of the case did no;
determine whether bred Scott was slave OF
freeman, and the question Of the authority
Of Congress 10 pass the law excluding slavery
from the territory north 80 deg. 80 min. was
| not involved because il the negro could have
derived his freedom from being in region OF
| country where slavery " % prohibited BY law,
he had it by residing at Rock Island. The
| State of Illinois had abolished slavery, and IL
the fact Of his having been brought within q
| free jurisdiction gave him freedom, he had il
by residing in this State. But the judges. eo'
political purposes, 90 on and express theiI
opinions concerning the authority OF Congress
aud Territorial Legislature to pass laws ex-
Guiding slavery from territory-such opinions
are extra-i judicial and Of no binding force.
STATE this for the benefit Of that class Of citi-
Gems who are very much disinclned to make
any attack upon the decision of court. Thrs.
are tie opinions OF tho judges, separately Civ.
en- upon questions not before them, and are
they not to be censured for gong out Of In,
case TO express such opinions? ("Yes. Yes.",,
There il no Importance in these opinions, al
judicial decisions at all, and they are only i'm
portant in this respectfully have been adopt
ed by the great Democratic party, SO called, ii
part at its creed. and Mr.. Buchanan sayl
that slavery exists in Kafs and Nebraska a!
effectuaily as it does in South Carolina AM
| Georgia. under these opinions. Hence it be.
comes very imp ,rtsnt to look to the opinion,
of these judges, as pointing Cut the creed Of
J the party which is now in power, ard which
/ they are endeavoring to force upon the coun
try. should have no sort OF respect for suci
decision, IN any event. IL there had been ;
decision OF the court upon that point, whe'
directly before them, that Congress had no an
.hority to rass 4 law excluding slavery from
territory, would have treated that decision Il
| the particular case as binding; but woa!,
have treated it with utter contempt as applies
to any other case. 4 have no scrnplss in as
| sailing the infallibilty Of the men who wea
crowns. (Cries of 'ssood. good, !" shat
right" and great eheers.] Despotism is DIES
potism, whether practised by crowned head
or by men clothed in gowns. ( Renewed cheer
l am not ashamed to appeal from the obite
dicfa opinions of Supreme Judges. snbversiv
of the Constitution. Fellow citizens, &C
knowledge a power higher than Presidents
4 higher than Congresses, higher than SupreIn
i Courts, and to that power, whose name Is tn
people, will appeal. Tremendous cheering
The people make Presidents and courts. an
WUeu tyranny takeS pOSUeOSiOn, " tUOSc tue
heve placed in power, the people, who are SOY
ereigns aid who are above all their servants
will take the power into their own hands,
i T"Good. good" ssthat's so."] The Snprem
4 Court of the United States had repeatedly d.
cided prnr to the bred Scott case, that Cor
gress had power to pass laws governing tn
territories. When it was presided over b
Marshall. the Court held that in the govern
ment Of the territories, Congress possessed ii
combined power Of the State and the Feder
Government. The people who talk to ,
about appealing from the decision OF the ccur
TO popular assembly, what have they done
!. to lay down their creed and declare what the
were for, they said 10 50 ma6v words, tn;
i. Congress had no power to establish Nations
Bank. The Supreme Coure / al decided tn
Congress had the power. Where was the
rev+, ence for it then? Applause and laugi
teri They cannot appeal from the tecisic
: Of The Court TO the people (the source Of a
pow-r.) but they can appeal to the Conventie
in Cincinnati! And Twill not undertake
describe that convs ntion; Col. Benton ont
described it. (Laughter.) would SOON
/, have the decision Of the people than OF such
!. set of men.
But fellow. citizens. the self-sfylei Demo-
racy not only set At nanght decision OF Il
court in their party platform. Blu. while pr
: Tossing such devotion to the court, and to b
Iieve that q court can do no wrong. they Ia,
made it part Of their creed that single Sta
has the authority to sci aside the decision
the court, Of Congress. and the Executive. I