The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-07-13
Indgc DcIaplane. Of Highland 90.

Judge DCIapianP, Of Highland Go
The llillsborough GtzsFs Of July lst, con
tans very able letter from Judge Dcapane
u leading citizen Of Highland county, adire Sc,
to Messrs. Hughes, Mcbride, Cary, Carlisle an
Graybill, on the pending political issues OF Tia
day. Judge Delaplane was ar active and prom
I inent Nhig in the days Of that party, and ha
at no time heretofore acted with the Democra
cy. The recent shameful and wicked attcmp
OF the Republicans TO nullify the laws Of tn
/ land, has induced Judge Delaplane to take hi
stand in the Democratic ranks, regarding tn
Democratic party as the only existing OF
ganization, that gives any promise Of success
/ fully resisting the designs of wicked men anC
mad fanatics, who are determined if they car
to destroy the Union OF the States and breal
! up our glorious government. The following ex
tract from Judge Delaplane's patriotic letter vii
explain his views:
! In these times Of strife and rebellion it is
! perhaps, proper to say 'that the principle upor
which our government rests, and upon which
alone it continues to exist, is the union O
states, sovereign and independent within theiI
own limits, and their internal and domestic con
Germs, and bound together as one people by ;
general government, possessing certain emu
merated and restricted powers, delegated to j
by the people of the several States, and eXer.
cising supreme authority within the scope 0
the powers so granted to it throughout the do
minion Of the United States" This paragraph
is, as you perceive, quotation from the Gecs,
ion Of the Supreme Court, and is very clear
definition Of our national government, and the
constitution is the great chart upon which is
maraed out the rights and duties Of these states
and this national government; for through it
our fathers expected to realize the blessings Of
liberty; but it was foreseen that differences
would arise among these governments in regard
to their several rights and duties under the con
stitution and laws, hence they provided that
'the judicial power Of the United States should
be vested in one Supreme Court and such infe
rior Courts as Congress may from time to time
ordain and esta tablish." 1t will be in the recol-
lection of all that this department was wanting
in the general government, under the conteder
alton, and that multified mschiefs grew out OF
that want. Our iathers therefore, for the stron-
gest reasons, supplied that want by estab-
fishing the department in question, and thereby
insured uniform Interpretation of the laws
and constitution. And by Article VI Of that
instrument, it is ordained that, "this Constitu-
tion and the laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof and the
treaties made, or which shall be made under
the authority of the United States shatl be
the Supreme Law of the land, and the Judges
in every State be bound thereby, anything in
the constitution or laws Of any State to the
contrary notwithstanding 1t Is therefore
clear that it is the duty Of all who enjoy the
protection OF the government to yield a ready
obedience to its laws. and persistence to them
would result in perpetual discord which would
be succeeded by fierce and bloody anarchy: and
if Judge Swan had obeyed the bchestS Of his
party and ordered the discharge Of the Oberln
rescuers, he would have begun revolution dis
graceful and reasonable, but as trust Of short
Duration for our national existence under this
government has been onelong ''year of jubilee -
AT home we have had peace, and wherever we
have gone the flag ofour fathers has been our
shield, our protection and our pride, and when
ever the necessity arises, there will go down
from every hill and come up from every valley,
men with sun-burnt brows, ready to defend the
laws by which our liberties are made secure
You are therefore correct in believing that
am national man." s- a# r.a ta
| cannot resist the conviction that the Dem
ocratic is now the only party in the field that
gives any reasonable promise to remove the
troubles that now surround us in Ohio, or to
settle in peaceful and constitutional mode the
yeXed questions concerning the Territories,
which have SO long afflicted us, and although l
do not approve of the Democratic platform in
every particular, orin all its details, | neverthe-
less consider it sound in its back bone,' and
will give the Dem0cLat,c nominees hearty
support; and will coatirde that support until
the evils complained Of are removed, or l am