Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-01-14
THE y. V. TIMES ON TERRITORIAL,
SOVER EIGHTY.

the Territories, The n. Y. Times admits
mat he is consistent in so doing, and for
being so, considers him not much better than
n block-hcad. Inasmuch as the Times con-
sidcrs Government cmphatically practical
science Ibv the bye what is a proc,,co5
S'enc6'l IN which men ofscnsc and honesty
when torccd to choose between tro things
choose the one which will do the most GOOD
or the least eyil,as the case may be it evident
tly thinks pu5lic man is not wise to have civ
abiding principles about anything.
Inc I"nos says Gov. Morgan knows "that
the supreme Court has decided that n law
Congress prohibiting Slavery in Federal ter
Htorv IS unconstitutional and that there is
no power any where to ovcr-rule its decisions
and that therefore any talk like Gov. Nor
gan's is as absurd as it would be to argue for
the feasibility of perpetual motion. We
suppose Gov. Morgan knows that when the
U. >. supreme Court gave its rial decision in
the Df'l Scott case-such as il actually
raS-Judge fancy and some other of the
J''N S'''c "t'Vlih'c 10 some crrd-1Hdic16
doctrine, of the tenor stated above bv the
Times, which doctrine the Democratic party.
the Times included, intend to have consider
ed hereafter as unaltcrahlc constitutional
law by the nation at large, in which it
Will find itself altogether mistaken
If Judge Tm'v, when giving the decision
of the court that it hal no Jurisdiction in
the case as it ramc before them (the bred
scott case), had declared, that in his opinion
the 5 government was a mere sham-that
the Declaration Of Independence was nothing
but " clittcrins gcncralitv"-that when
Great Britain acknowledged the independence
OF the Onitnl States she did it on commission.
AMI therefore on acknowledged principles of
law her act was a roM ono. and that in lar
we were still under the dominion of the
British Crown,-and if the other judges of
the Court had nodded their assent, the
Im''. for aught we see, might have said Of
such doctrine lust what it says in the
pres 'nt cas'--that it was an unalterable
deer Jon = Gle supreme Court, which nobody
but fol or traitor can declare himself
rcsolutclv opposed to.
Inc l'meS Just now is dead against the
''' government haVlhe any other
powers in the territories. cxcept such
"poworS rs itnossesses under the constitution
in regard to the States" View! What
has heroine al M ,o,.,r Il, .Lo l,,;.;. r
'"' w an wv "cc'Hi'hs vi
the supreme Court on that subject ?
No,i, rho Jy,,,,s s,,.s ..v-o .aa 49,. ..,:,
''''' wv ''o Nv N'"u
reason why any number ct people. settling
up,n amy uu,,c,u,,isl ,,,r+;,,, ,r .lo, .;.,,aI
''
u'lI'"''' Sh'uli not ne permitted 10 organize
such Government for thnmselvos ne thov NAV
:, ~, 49, ''
efiht nat ls-ll it means anvthing-anv
and cvarv ,,,rt,, ,t +,ors ~, +ho ,o+;orol
i''''''' va Wv u"
N'"""li' N'rlil'r ol ten or ten thousand per-
sons II ma tnre uot ,,o,. e,+ ~, - ,.or,,,,o,,+
r.. ''''l' "
W ~ 'NN 81 "Nnf"Ner TYPE ana character II
rl5ases federal }1orslGI, and thn like how
a,.,, D.. h.. ,....... -..-.. :.
'i' '"FN'H' "i cat'hinG runaway negroes ,
and there NAV be as many such NJ there ara
i, e.. -.
' '"1 ISIS o' 'lc I'cl"c' anu they may,
II they like. lrgalile pllyGamv infanticidn
ard .l ..; a
'''7 W '''t "7'' parents ana
cdptN cs IN War--pr nVother savage practice
md rl,.,, :; ,..-........ --, -
""A '"'Ie - ~ power 10 say why 90 you so?
OF all the inconsistent, cOntradictorv and
-.;.,l;....- -.
''''''i'""7 '"uplers ol n"ll'lcal doctrine
which have appeared in the y. Y, Times
,.;tbi, .Io lac. .,. $500 -,
'''' '''' wv !0"i'' wv ""No seen no
one moro Inconsistent contr ,dictnrv and
,.;.ol,;o,..,,- .l.a..
'''''i''''O"a '""" 'Ho 'hc We are now motto
ing.
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