The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1860-08-01

JUDGE DEbRULERs SPEECH. Last |
week we accused Judge peBrulcr Of
the Supreme Court
md the Democratic party in his speech
at the Court House. We now pro
pose to show portion OF his errors.
The Judge asserted broadly that
the doctrine OF non Intervention BY
Congress with slavery in the Terrific
ries, as advocated by the Democratic
party, with Mr.. Douglas as their lead
er, was good, and founded upon cor
rect principles. He also said that he
gave credit to Mr.. Douglas and the
northern Democracy for honesty of
purpose in advocating the adoption Of
this policy, but charged that they had
been overreached by their Southern
brethren, and drawn into snare by
the Interpretation attempted to be fixed
upon the party platform in that Sec
ltion. Now let us refer for a moment
to the ONLY action ever taken by
Southern democrats in Congress on
this question Of popular sovereignty,
and see how the facts will give the lie
to the assertion that southern demo-
Gratis are not willing to stand by pop
ular sovereignty. Under the Kansas
Nebraska bill the Legislature Of Kan
sas passed laws prohibiting slavery,
and the Legislature Of New Mexico
passed laws establishing slavery
Senator Brown, a iire-cater OF Missis-
sippi, introduced proposition to an
nnl the Kansas laws, and the Repub-
licans OF the House proposed to an
null the New Mexico laws. The ques-
ton was referred to the Senate Com
mittee on Territories, and Mr.. Green
the Chairman, who is southern de-
mocrat, reported adversely on both
propositions, and the avs Of Kansas
and OF New Mexico remain as the
people, through their Territorial Leg
islatures, made them. Here we have
q practical example of the power OF
popular sovereignty, and Of the fidcl-
Iity OF the southern democracy to il.
We wonder that Judge DeBruler,
with this action staring him in the
face, could have the boldness to charge
the southern democracy with hypocri
sy, and to deny the power OF the party
to carry ont its principles. SO much
for misrepresentation number one.
The Judge dwe.t long while on
the tyrannical authority Of the Su-
preme Court, and endeavored to de-
grade the Judges in the estimation Of
the people, BY describing them as old
''ioppsh men, with powdered hair,
wearing long robes, and looking more
like set OF owls than sensible incr. y
Such teachings might possibly be ex-
cused coming from low. pot house pol
'Iiticians, but coming from one whose
sworn duty it is to maintain respect
for the laws, we think it is, to say the
least, highly censurabe. Further We
cannot see the object to be gained ~
such wholesale dcnunciation, unless il
be to prepare the public mind for the
''irreprcsslblc conflict" doctrine Of the
Republican party, TO which DcBruler
now owns allegiance, and 70 enable
Lincoln, his candidate for President.
Ito carry out his declaration that this
Union cannot endure part slave and
part free" 1t may be necessary ior
this purpose that the highest judicial
Tribunal in the Ian and the only one
which is empowered to decide ques-
lions arising as between the States.
should be destroyed, 50 that 10 case 81
dispute they may have no other resort
but that Of arms. But We cpine that
the Judge and his fellow workers may
preach long time, and then the hon
Iest masses who love their country will
not adopt his views.
His Honor also represented that the
Supreme Jue gcs received their Offices
at the hands Of the President excln
sively, and were appointed for life.
and were thus entirely out of the reach
of the people, and no matter what
their acts, were in no way amcnablc
TO the people. lie said in this they
''are in no way dIssmilar to the
crowncd heads Of Europe" and that
"a corrupt President may have it in
his power to create corrupt Supreme
Bench" In this portion Of his speech
there are two misrepresentation
which it is scarcely possible tie Judge
did not notice. First, the Senate OF