The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-07-20

!. OF the year was greater, the numbe
e disposed Of greater; and the nunbe
If remaining undisposed OF on the fire
y o! January, 1857, was greater.
What Justification, excuse. o
II apology, can the members OF tn
d Democratic party in the North Civ
r for shameful neglect or betrayal o
n the interest OF their consutuentsl
G Let any impartial man look owe
e this table, and answer the question
a show ought these circnits to be con
b stituted?' and he will answer you
D l"in proportion to the amount q
= business done by each Judge Of th
: several circuits" II this Just prin
e ciple shonld be adopted, as it on sh
to be, and will be some day adopted
f and the average business OF tn,
. present five Southern circuits shoulc
e constitute the basis for creating new
indicial circuits and Judges OF the
, Supreme Court, the North would bl
) entitled to at least fourteen or ffteer
{ more circuits and Judges, without
including the states of Iowa, Wis
, consn, California, Minnesota. and
, Oregon, which have not included
in the above calculation.
Why is it that this inequality is
permitted to continue! Why is it
that the Representatives OF the so.
! called Democratic party from the
North have not long ago moved to
, equaize this department Of the gov.
eminent, and obtain for their con.
, stitucn:s a representation on the
bench equal to their numbers, bust
ness and wealthl
:. To say that all this is the result
of accident, and the unexpected in
crease of population in the North, is
a mockery. tell you, as all reflect
ing and observing men who are not
partisars will tell you, that it il but
one of the many schemes to which
the Democratic party, since its sur.
render to the Calhoun faction, has
lent the use OF its great name and
influence 10 establish and make
permanent and universal the institu
ton of human slavery in all the
states and territories of t!is Repub.
lie.
! The speaker then proccede! to
show by historical authority that the
slavery interest wanted the Court. in
order to get slavery into the terrific
ries. and to secure its sectional as
cenda ancy. Having secured the
Court, the Dred Scott decision was
the first step in that direction, to be
followed by another decision in the
Fttminon ease, carried up On appeal
oy the authorities OF the state Of Vir.
ginia. from the Supreme Court ol
the state of New York. to the Su.
preme Court o! the United States.
WHAT THE CoLRr PRETENDED TO DECIDE
IN THE pRED SCOTT CASE.
The important points which the
Supreme Court assumed to decide
for the interest OF the slave power
were: first. that no slave, or the de-
snendant of a slave, coull maintain
a snit Mt law for any purpose in any
Of the Courts of the United States.
= That the Constitution, Of It's
own inherent force, extends to all
territories as soon as acquired.
3. That the Constitution rocog-
nizcd slaves as property as well as
persons. and because thus rccog-
MED, Congress had no power to
prohibit the introduction OF, or to
excluee after it was introduced, this
IS pecics of property from the terrific
ries; and
4. "li (as the Conrt say Congress
cannot exercise this power, 20 ex-
clude slavery from the territories y
it will hardly be claimed that it can
delegate the power to Il Territorial
Legislature"
THE NEXT STEP.
, The doctrine that the Constitution
of the United States recognizes
} slaves as property, and that Con
/, gress has not The power to exclnd'
, it from the territories, having beef
established, az far as the authority
OF the Supreme Court and the unitec
: voice OF great party can establish
il, the next step in the series Of az
gressions aud usurpations contem
plated by this tribunal and the clas
who created and control 1t, lie to de
clare that slavery cannot lawfully b'
exclu ell from any Of the sovereign
states Of the Union; that SO long a
! ono state in the Conlcderacy re-
cognizes and sanctions slaVeholding
: whether by her Constitution. he
- laws, or custom, slavehp,Iing -hal
be legal in the territories, and il
every state, and neither Congres
nor State nor Territorial Legisla
% lures shall have the power to prohit
il il. 1t is difficult to see how it ca
be lawfully excluded from terrific
ry or state, or on what just principl
II the purchase and importation Z
slaves is declared piracy, il it be trr
that the national Constitution n
cognizes slaves as property, iC
:, article six OF the Constitution OF II
- United States declares that
This Constitution, and the Laws Of the Vi
ted States which shall be made IN pursuan
thereof and all treaties made, or which sh
be made under tho authority OF the Unit
67 States. shall he the supreme law Of the lar
and The Judges IN every state shall be bOu
Thereby, anything in the laws ar CONSTITUTE
Of any state TO tho contrary Notwithstanding
Any legislative enactment, ther
10 fore, either by territories or state
-- excluding the master with h
.Is slaves; or, il he enter territory
state, destroying his property by d
priving him OF it without compens