Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-26

Sn0dlnpeesslOn WAT the w lckIIue Asceo
luton y inconsistent with the principle
# the Cincinnati platform, are disgust
ing 10 oil honest men. The people OF
this country are not yet prepared to FOL
low the lead Of Sumner, Garrison ano
Phillips in their denuncistio"s OF 'n"'
august tribunal to whom the Cons''to''o"
commits the decision Of all questions H.
yolving the validity Of the laws OF Con-
gress.
1.-THE Gazette would dare to boldly
and pl.inIy announce the doctrine that
the Republican party is pledged to re-
.is,ance TO the Supreme Law of,he Iand
t would then exhibit some honesty and
although it's doctrines would be aLhor-
ed, it would been titled to some respect
tor boldly avowing its principles.
That the leaders of the Republican
party are pledged to override the Constr
tuition and the lave, there can be no
ioubt. But that the masses Of the part!
are w.abd'ng and patriotic. there CAD
also lie NO doubt.
When party pledges itseIfto respect
the laws of the country, and to enforce
them with promrtoess and fidelity, and
when that pledge is held up to deris'on
md contempt, the conclusion is inevi'a-
ole that those who seek to cast oppro-
brium upon that party, are pledged to
disrespect and disregard the laws, and
to resist their enforcement.
The whole burden OF the leader in
Yesterdays gazette was an attempt to
prove that tie Democratic party arc
pledged to the enforcement Of the laws.
Why attempt to prove what no Demo
crat denies :?
The Gazette publishes the WickIiffe
resolution, which is as follows:
Rssolued. That it 10 in sccords nee with the
Cincinnati platform. that during the existence
oi Territorial Governments, the measure o
r~stI fiction. whatever it may be, imposed BY
he Federal Constitution on the power Of tn.
Territorial Legis att re over the sul i~ct Of thu
domestic relations, ns the anne hos en- or shall
hereatt'r Be decided by the Supreme Court OF The
United States. should be respected by al good
citizens. AZ d enforced With rromrsness and f.
deity, BY every branch of the General Goseem.
meMt.
and calls it a"monstrous doctrine" Dare
the editors OF the Gazette proclaim that
the decisions of the Supreme Court Of
the United States should not ''be res
pected by all good citizens, and enforc-
ed with promptness aud fidelity by eve.
~ branch Of the General & ,verpment.' y
"7ne Judicial po,oer of the Unied
States shall be ve,ted IN one Supreme
Court, and in such inferior courts as
the Congress may from time TO time or.
dain and estab ish."-Art Ill, Sec l,
Constitution ofHe y. S.
"Ihe Jod,cial Power shall extend to
Ill cases IN law and equity, a'i ing under
his Constitution, the laws of the United
States, etc. > Art. Ill, Sec. 2, Oonsti.
tation Of the U. S.
Ia the very teeth of the Constitution
will the editors Of the Gazette have the
hardihood to call upon the law-abidioe
citizens of the country to disregard the
decisions of the Judicial Power of the
United States, and to place the General
Government in the hands of a patty
who will not enforce its decisions With
fidelity and promptpess! Are not the
editors OF the Gazette aware that in all
well regulated governments there is al
ways some tribunal of last resort, whose
decisions and exposilions of the law are
final?
Does the Gazette announce the
''naonseroas doctrine" thst an appeal
les f.om the decisions Of the Republi-
Can Supreme Court of Iowa to q Town
'hip meeting
The question is not whether the Su-
preme Court has decided in accordance
with the peculiar views Of an individual
or collection Of individuA's, aud whether,
according to their opinions the decision
IS right or wrong. The only question
IS: What Is the decision Of the high
est tribunal knoscn to our laws? That
decision, while it remains unreversed, is
The Law, and all good citizens arc bound
to respect it, and to aid in its enforce
ment. The decision of tue Supreme
Court Of low a, in reference to our Home.
stead law may rot, and does not, accord
with the views and opinions Of large
number of individuals in this State. but
while that decision remains as the ex
pressed opinion OF the Supreme Court Of
his State, every District Judge and
every officer of the law are bound BY
their oaths to respect and enforce it with
'promptness and fidelity" Every good
citizen is bound to regard it aud to yield
obedience to it. There il one course,
and DOLLY one, by which existing laws
may be disregarded, and that course
presents the terrible altern alive Of axvo.
and bloodsbed. Are the masses
Of the Republican party prepared to fol.