New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-10

lrucess of hquiss ION. AVN, IN 49, the pairot Jack
son was able % congratulate LIS oourtFyuien on tie
anomalous spectacle of people. - nerous IN al thcr
contributions 10 appropriate Objects of expenditure
yei free from tlat rssi banc ot nations pubIc
| debt.
These au.piciu Ms r,s,i. were STAINED bv an adher-
enCe 10 those cardinal prime lses ~ the tonSiliu,oa
declared by 10, founders 20 De - form more p rect
, union establish iu,tiC insur domestic iranq hAty,
provide fer e common dt cLse, promote me scotf@
/ welfare. and >ccurc tac blessings 81 liberty.
Happy would u have been for The peace am pros
peuy oi ;le country 70 home aud for IL rtputfn"h
abroad had these PRINCIPLES guided 'bc aCiCn - tt
/ last and present National Administrators \ -" n'-
grant their departures from these legitimate objects "'
D government viii be couc.lsiyey demonstrate Oy
reference to soue Of their acts and q eir results.
To form more perfect urIon, ,ienrral Tow
eminent, with specified duties and limited power was
instituted. Al powers not specifically granted or nc-
es>alily imphed We're reserved TO The >iaieS- 10
carry into effect the duties imposed. the GoYernmeht
was divided into three brauches-eXecntlNeJ Jhiicl@
and legi,atye-each independent OF the other "ihin
B the appropriate sphere Of H. operations. Ion neei
moi be- told how manifold must be the evils resulting
from an Infringement Of this independence nof Win
what jealousy NJ 20 recent period, the slightest in
frngemeni ct one branch of the Government upon the
pregogatl,es oi he other regarded The executive
content IN recommend such measures IA he deemed the
interests o the country to demand lani with power
/ 20 negative any unconstitutional action ot the rep
rcsentatiye, left the responsibility of the cOItrma-
tion or rejection Of his recommendations where the
( Constitution has placed i,wh the peoples repre-
]
their constituents, with whom the proper corrective
legitimateiy belongs. The Judiciary. learned, hon
orej. unsworved by partisan or sectional considera-
tions administered the law with an impartiauy aud
elevation that gave dignity To the bench aud conf
dence 10 the people such as no other human tribunal
ever before possessed The Senate. regarded as the
school of e0quence and slatesmanship. eubod'eu
the highest talent Of the nation, and amid every
change still preserved unsuied its reputation Tor
strict integrity of character. The Representatives,
with unlimited power OF ap. -opration s,il seduousiy
guarded the public expendi ures, and though hnerai
in contributions To Just objects, dared to say Nay
even Ia political friends, aud returned to their constlt-
neuis with unsulhed hands
No stretch of memory is required to recall the days
when such j. have briefly described t. was the as
/ peot presented by the Government at Washington.
How does il tally with the condition OF things under
! the late and present Administrations Has not the Ex-
ecutye nearly obhterated the coordinate branches ot
/ the Government Does the President rely upon the
intrinsic merits Of his recommendations To carry them
into eiec, Is il not notorious that every form oi
menace and seduction within the compass ot the tx
ecutiye Department Is brought into requsion to ac,
qure support fol the Presidential recommendations
Are not The members of the Cabinet found upon the
floor ol Congress interfering with It's action--caohng.
i threatening, bribing the Representatives to mold
! their views ; aS tO meet the real or supposed eNl-
gences OF the Executives Are not personal s"liciia-
;ou and oC a patronage brought to bear directly by
the President himself to subver the independence of
the representative and make the latter the mere reg
ister OF Executive edlcts And how can government
90 on prosperous y-nay how long can II exls-when
| It's highest officer subverts of the fundamental
principles of its organization and sets an example OF
decentralization that cannot tail to be tet throughout
every department Are not the sale OF Fort Smelling
Reservation at ono-ifth its yalue-thc purchase OF
Willes Point at four times it, worth-the contract.
with members of Congress for transportation ana
supplies at enormously extravagant prices, ana the
various evidences OF Congressional corruption that
crowd upon us. legitimate Results from such per-
version of constitutional duty ~ almost daily 10 be
seen in the action oi the present National r.xecn'ef
/ A L. uDIan M
ity were among the specified objects sought to be
attained by the adoption oi the Constitution and how
/ have the Administrations Of Pierce and buchanan
carried them into effect Ii il one 0 the most alnen-
table features of the present Democratic degeneracy,
that II has invaded the sanctuary of Justice aud
from the seat honored by Jay, Ruttledge, Ellis
worth and Marshall, now strains it, equity through
the seiye ui sectOnalsm in accents as bsrbarous as
they disgraceful to the nation To which We belong
ard the age in which We live. The lniamy oi the
A" Dred Scott decision is but legitimate sequence to
the effort. that have been put forth To seconaie and
pack a tribunal in which was once centered the re-
spect and confidence Of the nation. To consrne the
Constitution in such manner as to resist liberty To
abridge the right of the citizen 10 alien aud outlaw
class which numbers millions 10 strengthen the arm
of the General Government at the expense oil the
rights Of the States and to adjudlcate Slavery INTO
national institution these would seem To be
the chief functions demanded at the hands Of this
once august tribunal And to this result, Disgrace
ful in itself and subyersive OF the ends for which
the Supreme Court Of the United States was consti-
tutpd, Pierce ana Buchanan nave MfEey
No appointment of either To the bench Of that tribunal
has had any other object than the reward ut partisan
! ship: no higher qualification seems 10 have been
/ sought than devotion to the requirements OF slavery
/ Extension. To 4" establish justice" through such
/ means, never came within the purview Of the franz
ers of the Constitution; and affords sad evidence
/ of that declensiou from the faith and practice Of
the &" fathers" which IL but too clearly visible in
/ other departments Of the Government And what
! shall be said of the measures adopted by the past
/ and present Administrations to I" insure domestic
/ tranquility" Shall point you to the Re
/ peal of the Missouri Compromise, and ask IL
/ a deliberate breach Of "A covenant which for more
/ than thirty years had withstood all changes in
/ politics, which men of every party had con-
| sidercd sacred and irrepealabei for the sbro-
CATION Of which part of the country had asked for
the maintenance of which every principle Of faith was
pedgedshell ask il such measure was Of the ma
/ turc to insure domestic tranquility! Was II cacu-
lated to promote feeling Of fracrn0l amty Ia strip
Free Labor Of this guaranteed inheritance and throw
open 20 the inroads Of chattcl Slavery And when
the Representatives of the people evOed at the enor
nifty required at their hands, characteristic Of
constitutional duty in the President 10 summon al the
appliances Oi official position, and subCrn members
III Congress into an acquiescence IN this measure VI
bad faith and suicidal poicyi Yet this is the manner
in which Democratic Administrations discharge their
constitutional dutiesthis il the mode in which they
! affect To promote domestic tranquility, and for
which they should be called to at the bar Of
: public Judgment.
"To secure the blessings of liberty among
the Prominent OBJECTS lnten1ed 10 Oc at'ehch py the
existing compact between the States. AlOng, ariuous
self-sacrcng, bloody struggle, had been crowned by
emancipation from colonial vassaage. Fresh from
the unequal contest. breathing an atmosphere 0 free
dom liberal it was joyous and lnyigoratng, our
fathers anxously desired to perpetuate that liberty
for which they had fought and bled. Free themselves
the consciousness OF the blessing would have lost nan
its sweetness with the thought that their postenty
might by some unpropitious event again become Nas-
sals and bondmen. Hence they proceeded To lay the
foundation Of the government deep and strong-to
guard "a far az possible from foes without and trait
/ .k.. a, aI all ng