New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-25
c,.... Al sts ern thereof, IN case which otr-
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Sfstls IT lats erD tb<Ye0I, N coee % Wnro CtI-
TAIN fJred Scott and his family, OF Aiean deecer,
v,Ie ,uipg for freedom, decided that TIE Constitution
of the United 6ts,er, Of itself, end by - ovn prcpe,
yigoY extended TO al the Territories OF tee Tilted
States ss acquired, carrying the Dsttuaon Of
African Slavery aopg with It, and protecting mere
n withou. any power in Congress- or OF the people OF
the Territory, to repel reject il; ard 1Aerea' he
said decision Of the Supreme Co-rt was msae 10 .se
which prefen'ed nothing TO warrant any sncn "a
action thereon and which had been dismissed by
the Court for want Of jurisdiction, and therefore tee
decifon extra Judicial, and Ct no legal force or
yirue and Hhsreas, the said decision was made on
political question, annulDg political ensctiner o.
which the Court could take cOgnl lance, ard was
ubduiy got hold Of and vronRfnly decided and con-
trsry 10 the uniform action Of al authorizes egst
tive executive and judicial, State and Federn IRON
the beginning Of The Government and was equivalent
TO inteftrg rev and strange clause N ne Ccnstu-
top at with its tenor terms and pfsc.ice and
therefore null and voi6; and being 80 null anc void
the Congress OF the United States doth merely declare
the same ard make il known in this p:eanb.e that
the said Territorial Government Of ErZona 10 es.sb
hshtd tubect 70 the declaration hereby made: Pro
vded ka. nothing contained 10 this ac' or IN the se
decision Of the Supreme Court 10 TIE Dred Scott case
shall be held or taken TO authorize African Slavery IL
the sad Territory but that Slavery remb ne a0o shed
and prohibited therein, at ne time Cf ts acquisition
from the Republic Of Mexico"
The debate on these propositions became blended
with the discussion On the Lecomp.on Consultation,
and superseded them.
From the shove if viii be seen that Ir Buehsn-
in his inaugural address alluded TO and foresnad-
owed the opinion of the Supreme Court as :nat on
which he would rest his policy the greet question Of
the day. so COL Benton proposed TO base the Repub-
can opposition TO the Admpisrston on the overthrow
Of this judicial and executive usurpatoa. The resO
lutons point GU. the action necessary 70 fesch th.i
end-the 7tb particularly relying upon tie doctrine
| asserted by Gen. Jackson, and copying HE words
.t-nJ.o ;nk.x Itvo 4hE
sumed authority Of tie Court to introduce Slavery into
the Territories by construction and without positive
warrant of law. This at oncs made a severance VIDE
and deep between Col. Benton ard sn AdmLis.rG on
which lad declared by tie chief tts. Slavery existed iu
the Territories in virtue of the fs. Of the Supreme
| Court az absolutely as in Georgia
That Col. Benton considered that the pos.,ion as
| eumed by Mr. Buchanan on his advert TO power was
but aTecuIrence TO the original Federal craftsmanship
he avowed until he came into the support OF General
Jackson may be inferred from the fac. TIA. he gave
NE to deliver to my son to be used 10 his in
Missouri the following extracts from speech of Mr..
Buchanan with this Endorsement IN lis Col. Benton
handwriting
Mr. Bucks.ns anti ;he
war 81 1872
The extracts upon which this Endorsement IVES inside
clipped by Col. Benton from Tie Congress iona!
GLOBE, where they were embodied in the speech Of
Mr.. Culver of New-York, and irdorsed by CD. Ben
ton above, are as follow:
Cline will not allow me to enunerste al the 1,td
and acicted preject of the Democratic Administrator
They r0saiy plunged US into uor nth G
nation more able to do as injury than any ot;er rdt'on
in the corid. II (.he oar Of 1921 took its
rise from oreruhelming partialhy vhich he DINO
cratic party have ultimately thown for France.
lad completely embodied Itself ruth ecery po!ticSl
feeling Of a majority of the people, PARTICULARLY ~
The WEST. ITs VOICE AsHEARD so LOUD AT The
SEAT OF GovERNNEST that the President rds obliged
10 ytld 10 lis dictates, TO retire from oce lac
choice in this alternative easily made by roan
Madison WHO PREyERRED HIS PRIVATE INTEREST
TO IHy PUBLIC GOOD. We were therefore, hurried
into utterly uaprepartd."
temple of liberty which reared and by
Wathingon-hss been abandoned to its fate By his Dc
generate Msdison) who ought TO have shed
bis last drop OF blood in its defense"
Thanks TO Heaven that we have obtained peace,
bad and dsgrsceful it is otherwise, the beautiful
structure Of the Federal Government, SUPPORTED ~
THE SAME FEEBLE HANDS, might have sunk, Ike the
Capitol, into Iuins.
THIS has ben called glortous uay. Glorious !.
has been in the highest senss TO the American sharsc
ter, but dissrdceta an The ertreme TO ne Adal'asHG-
tion."
"But do the Administration, uho incclc.d us 81 N1
late unnecessary dr, derive any credit from their
eItions Certainly lot. They were the spontaneous
efforts Of the country undirected by the Government:
These proof with Col. Ben.ons sign msIual i'm
pressed OIL them will convince the public that HE res
tons with the President and with his Administration
were not quite 60 cordial as Meesrs. Jones and lis
would have Inferred. With regard 70 the report made
in The TRIBUNE, the authority o. my statement 0:
what passed between COL Benton and myself respect,
ing Mr.. Clay and the Nullifers On peree rly wiling
to leave to be judged by the public With the added
circumstances now given in this paper. There are
many members of Congress whom ] could bring 10
vouch that Col. Benton expressed to them sentiments
similar to III ose given as expressed to me, which Mr..
Jones resenx as implying an invdious sectional dis
tincton, and cobtrsdicx. believe that Col. Benton
has not al intimate acquaintance eft IN the world who
does not know that he denounced constantly for the
la,t quarter OF century the Multiplying psty in the
South, so long marked by invdious sectional dis
tirctoD." But will call nobody to vouch my state
meht, because ] think my word sufficient 20 stand
against Mr. Jcness defiant contradiction. 1t would
not have required notice at al bu for the common: Of
the Government press, which in efec; made i. q card
played by the Administration. This must he my spo,
ogy for the minute review given OF the frsl attitude
taken by Col. Benton toward the Executive wtom lie
contributed to elevate to power and who seeks 70
make the political influence Of tie deceased statesman
an inheritance. ,. =. 81 AIR.
Slter Spring, Nay ~, 1885.