Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-12-27

REvERDY JOHNSON OESeaL TEE SU-
rREME CouuRr.-The following remark.
were made by Revsrdy Johnson before the
Supr enc Court, on Thursday last, at The
close of an argument Cd the Albany bridge
case:
.May it please your honors, indulge me
with word or two more before conclude.
This may be the last time that the Court
will sit in peaceful judgement on ConstI-
tuition acknowledges and ebeyed BY ALL
God, in his providence, and for our sins,
may, in his in,crutable wisdom. suffer the
folly and wieksdness of this generation to
destroy Che faiTest, noblest fabric Of consti-
tutienal freedom ever enacted by man. Its
whole history, from the first moment OF its
operation even 10 The present hour; bears
evidence Of its unrivalled excellence. Our
country. Our whole country, has from. the
first pTesPsred under it, and bsoause Of it,
with rapidly, and in manner before or
since unknswn TO nations. That prosperi-
~ vindicatss the wisdom and patriotism Of
i'll. good and grea. tenders. -
Is this prosperity now TO cease? Is is
now to he dashed 10 the earth? Are the
hopes ofcivilizsd man, the world over 10 be
blasted? Are we 10 become the jest, the
scorn, ;he detestation of the people of the
earths Is all memory ind reverence for
the great dead, who living we admired and
adored; to be new forgotten? IF all graft
tude for the mighty trying struggles Of our
fathers now to cad? Are the warning, the
parting warnings of the peerless man Of all
this world, now to be disrsgarded and de-
spised? IL the country Of Washington, con.
secrated by his vaior, wisdom and virtue
to freedom and peace now be converted in
10 a wild scene Of disorder, fraleroal strife
bioadshed, war? May Heaven in its ner-
cy forbid! May il stay The arm of the
mailman, arrest it in midi before il
strikes the fatal, psrrieidal blow. Nay Il
give time for reason. and patriotism 10 re-
sumo their sway! May it remove the de.
lusions of the misguided strengthen the ef.
forts Of the patriotic, impart heavenly fire
to the eloquence Of the faithful statesman
silence, BY the universal voice of the good
and true men of the nation, the uttsrinsa
of treason now tainting the air and shock.
ing the ear Of patriotism, and the winnings
Of imhecility, now dscouragiEg. and sicken.
ing the honest public heart! May it. above
all, rekindle that lraternai love which
bound US together by lies stronger, infin.
iteiY stronger, than any which mere gov.
eminent can create, during the whole Of
our revolutionary struggle, and has since
cheered US on IN our pathway to the pow
es and rsnown which have made US, unit
now, the wonder and admiration of the
world d.. -...f r- ~
But If all shall fail us and ruin come; il
chaos, worse than chaos, is to be our fate
the spirits Of those who have departed, and
the survivors who have administered Jus.
tice in this tribunal, in the general wreck
and wretcheiness that will ensue, will be
left this consolation: tina, ,Ftheir recorded
judgments, now, thank God, the rich in.
heritancs Of The world, and beyond tbs
spoilers reach, will, till time shall be nc
more, testify 70 the spotless integrity, the
unsurpassed wisdom, tho ever-bright pa.
trioiIsm Of the men who from the first have
served their country in this temple, snored
10 justice and duty, and to the rna,ohless
wisdom Of our fathers, who bequeathed il
and commended it 10 the perpetual rever.
ence and support Of their sons, and remain
q never-dyiag dishoner and repronch to the
sens who shall have caused or permitted its
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