The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-07-05
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give thom representatives OIL the bench.
and the unfair manner in which the pres.
cnt nine circuits are constitdted, in order.
as must be apparebtto every one 10 Sc
cure majority Of the Supreme Court
judges to the South. is moi Of itself sulIl.
cient to satisfy any imrartisrmi Of the
covert desigqspfifhoss vho contrel and
dicate the policy Of the Democratic party,
a glance at the population Of one or two
Of the judicial circuits, and tie business
before tbs court, will satisfy the most
skepticsl that this inequality is not tho
result OF mere accident, but Of . deliberate
well>laid. persisscntly- pursued scheme.
Take the population ofthe ninth circuit
composed oftlie States Of Arkansas and
MississiPi, and compare4it with Lha sew
enth, Judge McLean's circuit, which com.
priscs the States of Ohio, Indiana, II
huois, and Michigan. The ninth circuit,
Justice McLean's contains over six mil
lions. The second circuit Justice Nelson's
composed Of the States Of New York,
Connecticut, and Vermont, contains over
five millions of freemen, while the fifth
circuits. Justice Campbell's, composed OF
the States Of Louisiana and Alabama, has
but little over a million white inhabitants.
Whist justification, excuse, or apology,
can the members Of the Democratic party
in the North, give for this shameful neg
lect or betrayal Of the interest of their
constituents
Let any impartial man answer the ques.
tion, "how ought these circuits to be con-
stltuted?" and he will answer you, "in
proportion TO the amount Of business
done by each judge Of the several cir
cults If this, just principle should be
adopted; and will some day he adopted,
and the averaged business of the present
i've southern circuits should constitute
the basis for creating new judicial circuits
and judges of the Supreme Court, the
North would be entitled to at least four
teen or fifteen more circuits and Judges,
without including the States Of Iowa, Wis.
consin, California, Minnesota and Oregon
which have not included in the calcuIa-
tioR.
Why is !: that this inequality is per.
mitted 10 continue? Why is it that the
Representatives ofthe so.called Democrat.
ic party from the North have not long
ago moved to equalize this department Of
the Government; and obtain for their corr
stituents representation on the bench
equal to their numbers, business, and
wealth.
To say that all this is the result Of ac-
cidsnt, and the unexpected increase Of
population in the North, IS moekery. I
tell, you, as all rejecting and observing
men WHO are not partisans will tell you,
that it is but one Of the many schemes to
which the Democratic party. since its rur-
render to the Calhoun faction, has lent
the use of its great name and influence TO
establish and make permanent and uni
versal the institution Of human slavery in
all the States and Territories Of this Re-
public. b.
Mr.. Chairman, the time was, and that,
too, within the memory OF msny members
on this floor. when slavery was regarded
and admitted by the majority of the A
merican people, by men Of all parties. and
all religious creeds, to be moral, social,
and political evil. from which 1t was ths
duty Of the States to free themselves as
speedily as possible. and for whose exist
ence and continuance the national Gov
eminent should in no way be held re-
sponsible before the world. Now all this
is changed; and great party to-day thro'
its Representatives in this Hall, with
here and there an exception, claim that
slavery is moral, Christian, and desir-
able political institution, established by
the Great Supreme for the happiness alike
; of the white and black races. And not
only this. but they claim that the nation
al Constitution, which our fathers declar-
ed they ordalne TO secure the blessings
Of liberty, carries, sustains, and protects,
, OF its own force, the right Of the master
to the petson and service of slave on eve
ry foot of soil, and wherever floats the ma
3 tionsl ensign, save only in sovereign
Sta tes where, by positive ensEtments, its
> existence is prohibited: in other words.
that slavery is a natural, legal. and uni
versal relation, and freedom unnatural,
exceptional, aud local, and only made ex-
ceptional by the exercise of arbitrary will
Of the electors OF sovereign States, ex-
pressed in the form Of positive legislative
inhibition. Even this pretended right,
unsustained as it was by any respectable
number OF men from the organization Of
the Government until the birth Of the CAL
houu party, in 1914, has become the car
; dinsl point in the Democratic creed.
; This desperate faction was unfortunate
. ly recognized and negotiated with at that
= time. and its leaders succeeded ia making
secret treaty with the recognized chief
y of the Democratic party, from tho bad Of
fects of which the party never recovered.
, Since that time this mere faction--a clique
, that twenty years ago could be easily mum
Il bercd-havo been constantly gaining in
power and strength until at last they have
been able to force from the party an au-
: thoritive recognition of their doctrines
They have baptized them in the name OF
4 Democracy; and from this time forward
not only are the living principles of the old
i Democratic party to bs abandoned. but the
= doctrine is to be maintained that the Dred
! Scott decision is the true Interpretation Of
= the Constitution THAT the logical result 0
= that decision prevents the people Of q SOW