The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-02-04

| That was said in reference to Texas In 40 sens,
can Texas be said to be inthe midst of .ir slave
holding States, that will not apply with equal o.
| greater force to Kansas. You have the doctrine
then, that the establishment of free 8 ste, pro
| hibitng the existence of Slavery, prod jces I'M
happy effects; aud to that policy, that j. estab
lishment of free State is an evil, the Co srnmen
has adhered with tenscity Ike death, nd witt
directness of purpose that IL not eq4slled by
the mode in which the needle points to '.he pole
There is no variation Of the needle IRE to bt
| calculated. The means by which this pSIicy was
to be effected, indicated by an arti. e in the
Richmond Enquirer, which said that IT,, desert.
ing Democrat who opposed the Admins: ,ation or
this vital measure would nave nothing expect
There is a simple policy, and simple node Of
carrying it out. A free State Is an evit<and the
| public patronage is to be used to pE vent it
That is it; it is very simple; and anyl tdy who
| wants to get the true clue to this who{ matter
| anybody who wants to get hold of the stread to
| lead him out of the labyrinth in whi1 we are
now lost, will find it in this simple owal Of
policy, that free State produces upFappy ef-
fects, and that the Federal patronage. must be
| used to prevent it. In ether words, t3e repre-
sentatives of the people are to be paic with the
| peoples money to preves,t the establis iment OF
| free States. That is f,ir and homes transla-
| ton of it.
| This brings me to another part of M subject
| in answer to question which the homo ,bls Sen
ator from Illinois Mr.. DoUeLAs1 pr. pounded
when he asked if he was to be read { it of the
party for difference ON this point. ave grea,
| regard for the sagacity of that HONORABLE Senator
but Iconfess it was a little shaken whe he asked
| that question; is man to be read at of the
party for departing from the Preside. on this
great cardinal point2 Why, sir, he ask is mar
who differs from the President on Pacific
railroad to 60 out of the party2 Oh J, he may
stay. If he differs on Central Anne jca, very
| good take the first seat If you please. You may
differ with the President on anything I'D every
thing but one; and that is this sentim. st, which
| shall read; Mr.. Buchanan shall spek his owr
creed. On the 10th of August, 1912, / 1.-THE Sen.
ate, Mr.. Buchanan used this language
II might here repeat what have said on former oc
it's that all Christendom n--mark the ordsEai,
sasued against the South upon this question: domestic
| Slavery"
All ChristeRdom includes great mSsy people
If that be true and if you have got ark allies, il
| is manifest they must be outside of Ckrstendom
because Mr.. Buchanan says all ChriS Asndom is
against you but still he leaves you some allies
and you will ses-it is az plain as den. :nstration
can make it-that your allies are not secluded in
| Christendom. Where are the allie l will
read the next sentence:
9They have no other allies to sustain til xr consttu
iopal rights except the Democracy 1.-THE NJ Nh"
There is fight for YOU: all Chris fpdom on
one side, and the Democracy of the Moth on the
other. That is not my version; it d Mr.. Blu
chanan's. That is the way he backs L-;s friends
for he went on, after having made THIS avowal,
to claim peculiar consideration FROM Southern
gentlemen, and intimated that he might speak a
little more freely, having previously endorsed
them highly as this. well, sir whea all Chris
tendon was on one sidt, and the Dessocracy OF
the North on the other, and the DEE ,ocracy OF
the North growing lesJ and less eve y day-a
small minority in the N w England SSHes-how
could the Senator from illinois be so- nkind or
how could he doubt, if on this vital q estion, he
deserted the Democracy and went owe to Chris
tendon, as to how the question wop be an
swered whether he was to be read Git of the
party2 Read out, sir That questio was set
tied long ago. On this great vital qu,s tion he is
out of the party.
would not say anything unkind tt that SEN
ator, nor would say anything uncecrteous in
the world but my experience in the H,uRtfy life
OF New England does present to my ind an il
lustration which l know he will excrse me if
give it. neighbor OF mine had veg Z valuable
horse. The horse was taken sick, ar he tried
all the ways in the world to cure him. out it was
of no avail. The horse grew worse aaily. At
last, one of his neighhtrs said: WE 1t are you
going to do with the hotse?" ~ do Sot know, "
was the reply; "but think shall ave to kill
| him." "Well," said th, other, che do, not want
much killing" You ste, in ordinary Dimes, and
on ordinary questions, a little waveS ng might
be indulged; but WI en- it is on Nene ques-
tion and great vital question, and all Chris
tendon is on the one s. de, and the Northern De-
mocracy on the other, 90 over fros1 the ranks
of the Democracy to s, Yell the swollen ranks of
Christendom, and then ask if he ia TO be read
out leave that poir,t
have said nearly as much as pr5pose to say
on this part of the subject, and Come now to
another branch of it. sThe tribunal fsbich holds
its session under us, seeing the unequal nature
of this contest-seeing all Christepjom on one
side, and the Democracy on the her, with a
magnanimity and chivalry which is u calculating
and generous-have thrown themselves into the
breach on the side of the DEMOCRACY. 1 mean
the Supreme Court of the United Sites. l be-
lieve they have rulv in that couct-and my
honorable friend from Kentucky [ks. CRIrTEN-
DEN will correct me if l am wrons in it-by
which they will not ,,llow anybody arguing a
case before them to speak unexpectedly of any
other branch of the Government. T. at is so.
believe we have not gut any such ru:: here, and
| am going to say Of the Supreme Court that
which truth and justice demand Of me to say.
| shall hold them as OR fathers held )he King of
Great Britain" enemies in war, AMI in peace,
friends" was broue bit up with b, ,editary re-
spect for courts, but Lave got rid of /. Ibegan
to get rid of it beforeJ came here, + It the pro-
cess has been going OF very fast eve, 5ince. The
Supreme Court of, the United States in decis-
ion which they have recently made have come
down from their place, and thrown themselves
into the political aretta, and have tempted to
throw the sanction of their names il support of
doctrines that can neither be susie ned by au-
thority nor by history; and propoN to show it.
To prove that do nos speak altogether without
the book on this subject, wish to cad to you
from the opinions of Thomas Jeffesson on this
very Supreme Court, to show you Eat / am. not
the first man who has entertained doubts upon this
point Mr.. Jefferson, in letter to Judge Roane,
dated Poplar Forest, ,ieptember 6, 1919, says
I'm denying the right they nsurp Of exclusively
understand rightly your quotation from th Fedtro, OF
The other departments of the Govemme not in rea.
Jon 10 the rights of tho parties to the ompact under
vhc tho judiciary is derived Ifths on pon be sound
IN ;ra..d - Const tuition complex feko desc For
;",enaine 10 establish ~, Departments, coordinate and
ndepcn dent, that they .night meek any balance one
another it has given, acc ,rding to this 20 one Of
them alone the right prescribe rules Or the govern
OF the others, and that one too, w,ch uneec
| ed by, and independent ef the nation -
1.-THE Constitution, on ibs Hypothesis, mere thlng
of wax, in the hands Of the judiciary, Nch they may
twist and shape into any form they pleasE II should be
whatever power in any Government is irdepeaden is
absolute also in theory only first while the spirit
Independence be tfased nowhere bus with the peo
pie in They Inherently indepss6sn Of all bu
moral law. My CONSTRUCTION of the Constnion very
different from that you quote II is that each department
is truly independent of The others and has an equal right
decide for itself what the meaning OF Consttu
lion 40 the submitted 10 its action and especially
where is TO act ultimately and without appeal will
| explain myself by examples, which, having occurred
while was in oHice arc better known TO me, and the
| prime piles which governed themP
Again, on the 2sta September, 1870, In wri-
ting to Mr.. Jarvis, from Monticello, be says:
You seem, pages "a and 14S 70 CON der the Judges
"a the ultimate arbiers of all
ind