The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-09-21

their own way, Gc.--nnd that thia was
fully endorsed in the Cincinnati pls' form
Of 1856. The Dred Scott Decisior va,
promulgated in March, 1857, and rtns as
inconsistent with popular sovofeien1v as
death with life, or darkness with hght.
The Compromise was founded on good
consideration. The South had 6iplc
equivalents In Florida, Louisiana, Mi.snu-
/ ri, Arkansas end Indian Territory test
of Arkansas. The Missouri Compreiitso
was only one Of a series Of cuactmepts,
asserting the same species Of powor.Ahe
first Of which was the revival by the afsl
Congress Of the Ordinance of l7S7,wh,s b
Judge Taney had pronounced inoporsiRs
and nulity on the adoption of the ftr.
ent Constitution; that in tho act 10 ,
erection Of Mississippi Territory IA ,TpS
the introduction Of slaves born out ti c
limits Of the United States was proht ,t-
ed under a penalty Of freedom % pc
slave so unlawhlly imported and s4h0
one halfof which was givon to the ~
former. The act contained claus tu
the effect that all the lows of the Tcfri-
tory should be laid before Compress, Z 4
II disapproved By that body should thcns,-
forth be null and void to all intents "a
purposes. As this was tenyears bcBfc
Congress derived any power from SO
Constitution to abolish the foreign slsle
trade, il was an exercise Of the gones ]
power TO determine what kind Of persl.
should inhabit the Territories. Jtr
same prohibition of the introduction 81
foreign born slaves and the same reple /
clause were contained in the act for ttc
organization of Orleans Territory, a.
present State Of Louisiana, in 1904,
the reorganization ol Missouri In lSI2,ip
the organization of the Territory Of Flor
ida in 1921. An these acts prohibit'
certain descriptions of slaves from inhnb.,
iting the Territories, The Missouri Cogl-
promise was only more general prUlflb-
ition.
The Texas Annexation resolutions
contained the same prohibition Of Slave
ry north Of the Missouri Cbmprinisl
line. The acts for the erection OF IA
Territories of Wisconsin, loWa aud Orr
gon, contained the prohibition ugaihs
Slavery, and the repeal clausein the cas-
of Oregon was vcrv minute.
Mr.. Archbold then instoncod some r
peals by Congress in 1886 orTeritoriNy
legislative acts, aud these acts of Con
gross were approved by Andrew jack
son.
He showed that when the Supreme
Court decided Drcd Scott incompetent
TO sue, their jurisdiction ended, and cited
Jackson against Asiton and Dunn We.
Clark, both contained in 9Th Peters, and
that any further proceeding with the case
by the Supreme Court was merely cx-
trajudicial, voluntary, spontaneous, and,
above all, unprecedented, Unnecessary
to proceed further, the enslavcment cf
the plaintiff in Illinois, prior in time to
his enslavomcnt in the United States Ter I
ritory, was fact Of the same judicial
value as the enslavoment in that Terri
tory, and rendered. any consideration o q
the latter superfluous and unnecessary
The Court oy rruled the case of the Pro-
tectlnn and naas-. -I...-------- .,
vs. Cantor, reported in FIRST Peters. =
Tie canstituti.,..-i li---,,'y uidue ny the
Supreme Court in 1867, in the 6sth year
of the Constitution, was truly miraculous |
II was the first instance on record of /
nation being so long mistaken as to its
organic law.
In conclusion, the speaker cited the
resolution of the Northern wing Of the
Baltimore Convention, indorsing the
Dred Scott decision, as utterly inconsist-i
ont with all former platforms, doslruc-
tive Of popular sovereignty, and as an uni
Daralleled instance of political plianCyI
aud subseryiency. q.