The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-06-28

that there were many men, aud great aud
good men too, (who must have had much
influence On the popular mind) both IN
Europe and America, who not only
doubted and expressed their doubts as
to the correctness of that opinion, but
! who openly aud fearlcssly declared their
horror and dstestation Of the doctrine.
And thus stands the "Dred Scott
Case" If the questions therein decided
were not properly before the Court-and
the opinions Of the Judges announced in
a case wherein they had no jurisdiction
then it is what We lawyers term oLtter
dictum, and is not legally binding: A
judgment or Decree, if extra judicial is
without authority and void. Ifhowever,
it be thought that sufficient case was
legally before the Supreme Court to de-
eide upon, and in such case, the questions
they did decide were pertinent to the
issue; then we must, each one for himself,
draw our own conclusions, whether that
decision was based On facts or falsehood,
whether it was in accordance with the
we'll known principles of law, or, if in
fact, it was not repugnant to the law Of
nature-the common law-thc laws Of
the United States-and the law Of God.
And If the learned Judges had no proper
case before them in which they could give
a legal decision, or if having a proper
case before them they decided illegally,
either by false reasoning, or on ictiti-
Gus statement of pretended facts, then
their decision is grievous error-hav-
ing no binding force on the conscience
men of. ''---ss-=.
How biting is the sting Of ridicule
How notifying to the mind, the we'll
merited rebuke And how does it cause
the face of true hearted American to
tinglc with shame, AT the taunt and sneer,
conveyed in the sharp and caustic Ian
guase of Irelands great and gifted poet,
Thomas Moore, who speaking of the Uni
ted States dcs cribes it as the land
-'.where bastard freedom waves
'lier fustian Tag in mockery over slaves
How bitter the sarcasm the more bitter
because there is so much truth in it -
Our only reply to such taunts has been
that the United States as a nation does
not sanction slavery, it being purely
State institution which Congress has
no power to prev,nt or prohibit in the
States. In other words, that slavery is
sectional and freedom national And
this defence, all that we had, is now
sought to be taken from us by the decis
ion in the Ired Scott Case, by the die
tum of the Judges "that the Constitu-
ton of the United S ates recognizes and
protects Slavery"
But there must be an end to all things
there is good time coming-"there
is a power behind the throne greater
than the throne itself" Tor popuii,
cor Del The voice of the people will
ultimately sweep from the land that &C.
cursed relic of barbarism-the popular
will, expressed at the ballot box, will
prove as irresistible as the tornado of the
viewless winds Aud although we have
at this time Supreme Court opposed to
liberty, yet they can be managed as Hal
leck says they serve their Justices of the
Peace in Connecticut
"A Justice Of the Peace, for the time being
They bow to. but will turn him out next year.
And VIC by elccting LINCOLN as the next
President, may bring about the glorious
contamination.
Truth, mighty and all powerful truth,
will ultimately prevail. The time must
and shall speedily come when our glori-
Gus Republic will have cast off the
shackles of oppression. and stand forth
proudly prominent before the whole
world, untainted and unspotted by the
blighting curse of slavery-triumphant
in the full and perfect realization of the
glorious principles upon which it was
founded, the enjoyment Of Liberty and
the perpctuity of Human Freedom.
Then and not until tken, can we thus
apos,rophizc our national banner
Flag Of the free hearts only home
By angel hands to valor given,
Thy stars have lit the welkn dome,
And all thy hues were born in Heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet,
Where breathes the foe but fall before US,
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
And Freedoms banner waving Ger us"
Nor do the two sections confiict-fol
when person is claimed as a fugitive
from labor, before the claim can operate
i, mus, be shown that he was held t.
service or labor by the laws of the Stat'
from which he escaped. " In othe
words, that he was legally held to service
or labor and the obligation is simpl..
/ this: that one State shall not pass an,
law to interfere with the laws Of anothc
State in relation to persons SO escaping
and it would seem that in enacting Ia,
to carry out this obligation, Congress
could require that the claim of the pre-
tended master should be clearly scrutin
lied and shown to be legal and just, be-
fore some competent tribunal
How II was Done.
The Coyode Committee of the Hous
of Rcprese natives have done goo