, 1859-06-09
44rc94 Grih,.tte,


THURSDAY. JCA =, 1s59., ! Il
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OLD MIR. TANEY AGAIN.
Tic extraordinary position takca By Jndgc
Tnney in the case Of the slayo girl -imy, re-
viewed in our Issue Of yesterday, is one Of the
inevitable eoleciEms which hang upon the ex-
tstcuce Of slavery. It needs but the exercise
Of the commoocst sense to discern that the
presence in any community Of class Of human
beings who hold the conflicting relations Of
persons and property to the halancc Of tho
community, must involve perpetual absurditics
in the administration Of tho laws, however
carefully framed to meet sucl e1igencica The
highest absurdity of all is tic property relation
Aself; and the Slavery system being founded
upon grotesquc and wicked contradiction Of
the law Of nature, its daily existence must be
productive Of whatever is wicked and gyotesque
continually. By assiauously czpc1lhg the
idea that tho property class have any rights, the
cases in which the propriotors themselves arc
tangled up and graseled By tie operation Of
their OWL lnws may he rare. But the original
lie is woven into their whole system, and is
liable to break out and confront its makers
anywhere.
Let us look at the case. The slave Amy, who
las no rights that white men are bound to re-
spect; who is property only: who has no civil
existence and cannot sue OF be sued; who can
own nothing and hence can pay nothing-vin-
dicates her claim to citizenship by robbing the
mail. The law which applies to mail robbing
makes .ine and Imprisonment tue penalties for
that crime according to the grade Of the Of
fense committed It is contended by the
counse: for the girls master that the law can
rot apply to her because the condition Of her
Icing forbids her paying fine, because
she has no property, and is incapable Of maxi
ing contract by which her labor shall pro-
ducc any Her labor is not l!er own. Nor
will it suffice to inprison hor for tue non-pay-
nleut, rs is usual in criminal cases, and COM
pei her master to pay the fine or lose her ser
vices. But on the other hand it will not do to
let the girl 60 unpunisAed, because that would
offer premium on mail robbing to negroes
and the owners Of negroes. In this dilemma
the successor Of Chief Justice Marshall literal
]y chops the law in two pieces and applies one
half Of it to Amy, rcserving the balance for
white robbers. Tic admits the force Of the
reasoning Of the defense so far as the fine is
concerned. but denies it rs to the imprisonment
Now law Of Congress is supposed 10
he thing by itsclf-an entirely which
cslnnot bc added to, or subtEacted from, By
auvbody's S court. But old Mr.. Taney walks
Into it and llcws off u section to suit lis case
with as mucI. noncAdlance Us butcher select
ing a choice steak fur lis fayorite customer.
Nor is this all. lie admits that imposing q
fine on the girl Amy would be unjust to her
innocent master, in compelling him to come
forward and pay the money or lose lis prop
crtr. And to avoid this wrong, he sends the
slave to prison without recourse, compelling
The master to lose her services nolens 40lcns
The simple truth Of the case is, that the
counsel for the defense completely capslzcd the
Chief Justice, and his efforts to right himself
were those q! pcttifoEScs, who would have
i,.ea east out Of police court for lis impu-
tlcirc.
EXCURSION TO LEXIN GTON, KY.
:spme fortv or murt Of the Cincinnati Railroad
escursionisrs having sisnificd their desire TO
visit Lexington, ky.. QUE hundred miles south Of
zle Ohio. the courtcsics Of the Kentucky Cen
trail Railroad we're at oacc icudcred 10 them by
J. +. Lr:is, ESQ.,, Pr1eidthf, and {. 4. Witlcrs,
Es4., Superintendent, and on Friday morning
t1,r party crossed over to Corin"tou. At thu
dco: wc were met by t!csc gentlemen, who
treated US with true Southern hospitulity and
liudn.ss. Mr, Wihcrs ucconpauicd us to Lex
iprtou u,ll MAX unre,uittiur in l1is exertions tn
contribute to tlte comfort and Measure of tue
party. Anon: tie company we noticed Alder
m.n Carpenter and Taft, jerome Hccchcr, 5. b.
Cobb. i. Z. Aiken, Luther Haven, Dr. Denas-
1o,l, J. Il. Ca.c, Stiles DYrtou, J. A. Tiffany, i,
Stink. o. ). Houyh. L. Taylor. ". l.. chure,,
J. Marsh, 5. Walha1ns, C. B. Farwcl, Z. Brown,
Dr, Maxwcll, j. Waller, Il. Wheeler, &. ". Ste
vcl,s, AE anc, d. i. Siocum, /. Z. Griffin, II.
II. Honorc, J. Pope, ]. n Farwcll. L. F. Bing-
ham and ". Hross Of the 1rkks and Iribam.-
Most Of the gentlemen were accompanied by
ladie~, aud VIZ noticed also, Mrs. Jacob u. low
ard, vi Detroit, Miss Hunter, Of Mass. Misses
Clayton and Miss Young Of Covington, KY
Altogether the party WIS composed Of exactly
tho right kind Of material to enjoy themselves,
and certainly it would be difficult to see how
their success in this matter could be more COM
pletc. j.
For about sixty miles the road runs IN tile
valley of the Licking River. The valley is mar
TOW and the bluffs high and steep, leaving with
here mud there an exception, little or no room
for cultivation. Towards tue head waters of
the west branch ofthc Licking, the hills recede,
aud at Paris VIC find ourselves entering the fur
furued Blue grass region. tho curdcn Of Ken
tucky. md confesscd,y Que Of Ftlc best acficul.
rural nor,;ons Of the ralou. Before reaching
raris, n. the doy IRA, fine. ve took sent with
tne engineer. in order that We mi.ht see the
country Of which VIC had heard SO much. The
land lies in beautiful low rolling ridycs. all IN.
der the highest cultivation. Tue pastures arc
studded with 1aree forest trccs. which do NOT
urpear 10 interfere wtl, the growth of the ,rass
and clover. With the execution of tic trees Ee
could not see that these pastures differed in anr
rcspec, from the best fields in orancc co Sev
York The b,uc cras< resembles th, rod t,n -,
Scw york rcrr mucb thoueh !, b,e rothor , G,.,
,ertrra Thu ul;to cloror ~ows