The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-03

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TAs following IS an extract from the Ii
sseh Of the Hon. R. q. Purdom, our b
fe Of the Eagle, at Brownsville. \
valuable accession to the Demons
ose' and Is doing efficient and timely servi
N the canvass:
nave shown Jon, fsllow-citizens, from q
~us OF the country-fum that record
n John Bell referred us-that IN ever
a.est between the North and the South, Il
s1aoate Of the Constitutional Union part
80 me Presidency, has ranged himself upo
ssde Of your enemies-has stood shouidt
- .noulder with John Quincy Adams, Slad
Vermont Seward, Sumner, Chase an
"aoe, Hale and Hamlin, and the rest of tbs
miemous crew.
Out now ask your calm and thoughtfr
eeennon. while I review what / conceive t
me blacklist page IN John Bells record
ecofu OF Q career Of over thirty years whicl
rs scarcely redeeming spot upon which th
ye Of Southern man can rest with pride D
.easure-s page which should forever dam
@n In the opinion Of every man in the Soutl
Mno stands upon the Constitution, as inter
eesd By the Supreme Court, and the equalit,
y the States. as guaranteed by the grea
Magma Charta Of our liberties.
Ar time which Is fresh in the minds of all
;snen the fell spirit Of abolitionism was sweep
down every constitutional barrier IN it,
inward progress in excluding slavery by Con
cssional prohibition from all the Territories
t.:aonai men of all parties agreed to the doc.
intervention, allowing the people
- .oe territories to regulate their domestic
Tns IN their own way, subject only TO the
assssutson Of the United Sta5es, . leaving the
Soon OF constitutional Interpretation to be
9ed by the Supfsme Court. Or. in other
-; MAKING It by agreement a judicial ques-
sl, whether Congress or the Territorial Lee
.AIare could prohibit, or whether both were
und, as have shown you in another Con-
.'on AL parties in the South had contended,
~ give adequats protection to slavery. A
-1se was incorporated in the Kansas-Ne-
Na Dill with the sole and avowed view
- Reeoy adjudication By the Supreme Court
snAt disputed question; which decision all
es Were to accept as final So confident
Eassthe Souh in the Justice and constitution.
10y 10y OF Der position, that she gladly agreed to
sooe by the decision Of the highest judicial
a1tnor1ty known to the laws. That decision
= rendered IN what Is known as the Dred
oOoa case. ofhat high court to whose decisions
~ nave been taught from childhood to how
NItn reverence IS the supreme law of the land.
I sA.e me sanction of its high authority to the
rAlson assumed by the South. It decided.
Zig other things that esther Congress |
=. - Ine Territorial Legislature could prohibit |
49, nom going into the Territories, but |
-. 10Th were bound to give it adequate pro-
Ion. Ths Vas granting all the South had /
Asked- That decision was greeted from
- - end OF the South to the other with a glad
out OF JOY. It broke upon rs like a bright
aSod Of Light from behind . dark and threat
5 mig cloud. It said, speaking the voice of
supreme law Of the land, to the fanaticism
o. ne North, "thus far shalt thou 90 but mo
further; hersoshalt thy dark waves be STAYED,
Ihe accursed spirit of Black RepubIicanism.
u me accomplishment Of its unhallowei pur-
Poses, hesitased not to make a most violent
!. ruthless assault, both upon the decision o
me court and the pure and spotless Chief JUS
c : who Presides over that august tribunal.
one OF the rallying cries of Black Republican
sn now IS, Remodel the Supreme Court and
ieTerse the bred Scott case.n Douglas, in
notation Of his plighted word as Senator
aoW says that no matter how the Supreme
1eart may decide, still the Territorial Leg1s-
aenre can exclude slavery.
Though we are astonished at the position of
douglas. We Expected no less from the Black
Aspuhhcans. But what viii you say when | | .
81 you that Southern men, catching up the ,
y Of the Black Republican party, assaii the 3
eoerahie Chief Justice, and refuse to accent |
bat decision as fnality? 7
Judge William; L. Sharkey. vino is promi-
eat Opposition leader, and who assisted to c
ominate John Bel, to the establishment of :
= own party and eEsryb body else announced. \
speech ct Canton some weeks ago, that 4
b supreme Court, in deciding the bred d
eot case, polluted its ermine in the dirty e
ooi Of politics and sectionalism-that it was
extrajudicid opinion. gotten up for politi-
eject, and was entitled to no respect, sol far
i undertook to declare the power and the
aty ofCongress to afford adequate protection
slave property in the common Territories
the United States And IN the strongest
Veeflve, Judge Sharkey denounced the re
'eeted and OTenerated Chief Justice fancy
. corrupt political juggler. Southern
en- Of al parties were shocked. The On.
'sition organ Of the State repudiated the p
'siton,. and said: @Judge Sharkey is
J candidate before the people. and is
It An Individual member of the Union
rty. IN U,sion PARTY 10 not responsible and
nnot b hid sesPans;5zs Jz- he frsdirfaa.1al 2
inions Of its nsenabrs.n believe, fellow
liens, you might scrape the whole South
Ii fine-tooth comb, and You would find
It one other man, who has ever been regard. T
Is . trne son Of the South, who endorses
at opinion advanced by Judge Sharkey.
ID who do you suppose Is that other man,
10 would thus win for himself ouch an I'M -
yiAble notorety? sIanswer, JOHN BELL, u
TEsEEssEE!!
In proof Of such damning charge, you of
urss demand evidence which cannot be
lsstioned. I viii show that. so far as any ss =.
nest the South is to derive from the bred N
ut decision, there IS. No choice between &,
oaglas Lincoln and Bell; and therefore, that th
Is he stands unquestioned on u
It issue Is the only candidate who is willing :. -
give to the South that protection which she =
entitled to under the Constitution, as inter- Al
stsd by the Supreme Court. u
hold in my hand the Appendix to the | ;,
,nzressional Globe, Of the first session Of the !.
hirty-iifih Congress-. None will dispute the =,
,thenticity of its contents. On the 18th day 81
March, 1855, John Bell then . Senator in
uuersss from Tennessee, made Q speech in r.
5postion to the admission Of Kansas with her y
u-slaEery Constitution, although Tennessee
a condemned him for voting against the ia
anaas- Nebraska bill, and had instructed him az
, vote for the admission Of Kansas. That | :
eech Is published officially IN the volume be- q
- me. I snail read two extracts from il,
q here state, that if any one thinks they 81
: esrbled, he can examine the Globe for n
;nSsif or I viii read column before and %
Asr each extract In speaking Of the deci- Ii
81 rendered by the Supreme Court in the
- Scott case, John Bell said: t'
aeeeing that the principles Of non-interyen- =.
N md popular sovereignty established by
= Kansas-Nebraska act, had not been sue d.
-..ful in REFRESHING slavery agitation and sec
- controversy, tie friends of that measure 70
-.ay, in the last resort, to hare inuoked the :,
Evrea.e Court to interpose its ermine to stay
= fstricidal strife; and that august tribunal, &C
I. I.st stay and hope of the Constitution to d.
-~ssrve the balance Of justice even amid the
..-ms of dangerous and powerful factions, y y
!. .f,o,oed into tie gortex Of political and sec. :
II controversy. But that high tribunal, q
- N the advantages Of the respect, yenera- {,
8. snd confidence which it has justly en-
- for sixty years, has not been able to u
- the tide Of sectional controversy, which 4,
IN ,.IIs onward and threatens 10 sweep Us on
. ! fstaI catastrophe sl Page 1873. Of
wh.n. a. John Bell says, the Supreme !,
,,,,t plunged ifto the porter Of politics. and
...s:s.af controuersg,. it Of course went be- Of
- ;ts legitimate bounds, and rendered an
oo.-.-iudicial decision. read again, from the =
- speech: s.
1T shslI not enter into any discussion Of d
-. doctrines. VIII say, however, that If :,
:. opinions announced By that Court are :
80 on sound principles, and formed in
.:.s;n the psie Of judicial authority under the
's..ttut;on, they will stand, and ought to OF
-. n otherwise, like hundreds Of decisions
!. - iuridical history Of this country and u
- Britain, thsy viii yield to further and 80
-. iuysstieation without any disorganizing ii
.s...--oosition Of the legislative power. II as
=. -. oeutlesen here sag, they tcers ertrGJn- q
80 oD;nions, obiter dieta, voluntary an in
,.s.,eements Of sentiments and opinions, they 81
!. do no injury in any quarter; because,
s.seyer the same questions shall again arise, o
- m Be open to argument and re-adjudi- =
~ Whatever may be the decision Of that o.
-. on the power Of Congress 70 interfere
~ ~ question of slavery in the Territories, 9
- - .s.A S-,asl f,,,x,flad IN r,rsn d