Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-09
NO MORE FREE STATES.

The Newport Free South, an independent anti
slavery journal published at Newport Kentucky
has a leader in recent number on the "Sacred
ness Of Judicial Decisions" 1t says
This ecison, though contrary to the uniform
practice Of the Government and the understanding
Of the people, for three,score and ten years, anC
subgersvc of the doctrine Of Popular Sovereignty
TOR which the leaders Of the party in the North
had stoutly contended, was Immediately adopted
at the indication Of its Southern head, into its
political creed as the pole star for its future guild
ance. THE Supreme Court, they say, "has dec
ded that slavery has constitutional existence in
all the Territories Of the Union, and that neither
Congress nor the people Of the Territories can eX
clude it therelrom, but are bound to protect the
Shareholders in the enjoyment of their slave prop
erty Such is the decision of the highest tribunal
in che land, from which there is no appeal, and to
which all good citizens are bound quietly to sub.
init. As an au;horatve exposition of the meaning
Of the Constitution which is the supreme law OF
the land, all legislative bodies, all judicial and ex.
ecutve officers, State and National, are bound to
conform TO the principles of this decision, and to
be controlled by them in the discharge OF their Of
fetal duties"
Such is the decree promulg gated by the nagnaes
Of the party. and to it all the serfs respond. Amen
Ii did not to be SO with the party calling itself
Democratic in former Years. Until the slave Oil
garchy made them servile, its leaders such
sticklcrs for the sNncty Of judicial DECISIONS
They held that the Judiciary was but co ordinate
branch Of the government, and that its decisions,
though conclusive upon the rights of the parties in
the cases before it. not binding upon the off
GERS of other departments of the government, who
as well as the members Of the Judiciary. were
bound by their official oath TO support the consti
tuition as they understood it. They broadly as
serted that the Senators and Representatives the
President, and all executive officers acting under
the same responsibilities were as mpetent to in.
terpret the constitution for themselves were the
Judges Of the Supreme Court. They went further,
and extended this right of private Judgment to ev
cry citizen of the Republic.
The action of the party in its Conventions was
conformable to this doctrine. With such
the bench as Chief Justice Marshal, Joseph Story
and Bushrod Washington, the supreme Court had
decided, not with divided bench as in the DIcd
Scott case but unanimously, that the charter of the
United States Bank by Congress was Constitution
al Yet in the face of that decision the Democratic
party has for the last twenty five years. iE Nation
al and State Conventions, solemnly resolved that
Congress has no constitutional right to charter u
National Bank. 1t is simply because the Dred
Scott decision supports and extends Slavery, to
do which the Democratic leaders are under bonds
that it has such an aSful sanctiy in their eyes.
We appeal to every Intelligent Democrat to say
whether the dicta of Chief Justice fancy and Judge
Wayne are entitled to more weight or should car
ry greater authority than the opinions Of Chief jus
tee Marshall and Judge Story If not, how will
he account for the fact that the decision of diri
ded Court in the Dred Scott case, is held sacred
and binding on the government and country, by
his party, which repudiatcs, and has done fol a
quarter of century. the decision Of q unanimous
Court in the case OF the United States Bank, ex
on the ground that the former decision estah-
iished slavery in all the Territories Of the Union
and nulliGed every attempt by Congress or by the
people of the territories to exclude 1t lherefrom
1t is manifest that the princ pal reason why this
bred Scott decision is received with such venera
tiLn that it is accounted treason to the party to
dissent from its dcta. is that it makes the c0nstitu
tion by its own inherent force, carry slavery into
the Territories and project it there. If this deCis
ion should he permitted to stand the law Of the
and and the rule of political action, the perpetuity
IF Slavery in the Territories and in the States to be
Ormed out of them, IL insured, We know that il
$ said that the people when they come to form
State Consultations, NAY prohibit Slavery. But
bis right is. in effect, denied by the Drcd Scott de-
,ision. Upon these doctrines, President Buchanan
,ave the true practical commentary, when he as,
erteG in his Kansas message that in the formation
# State Constitution, the people have no right to
Interfere with the title to slaves held in the Terri
ory at the time Of the adoption of the Constitution.
They may prohibit the importation of slaves after
he adoption Of the Constitution, bu. cannot free
hose held as chattles at the time of its adoption
This denies to the people Of the Territories any
mode by which they can rid them
elves ol he Of slavery but saddles it forever
pom them and their posterity. The Presidents
Bull, translated into plain English, is-"No MORE
'REE STATES"
FlREsrALLING THE Law The Farmyille (Ya.)
ournal of the 20th, says: Il
1t will be recolieced that we noticed the ar
alignment, at the August court, oi II negro boy,