East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-03-28


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LAND OrrseG ApPoINrmNrs.---The
telographio report in the 4drsyttSsr OF
yesterday morning, brings Us news Of the
appointment OF joins Il. DRIGGs and
CHARLES X. ROBINSON as Register and
Receiver of the L. S. Land Office at this
place.-Eaterpriss.
When VIC stated last fall in an article
aliuding to Hon. JOHN r. DRIaGs, that
he was "the leader Of the Republican
party in Saginaw County" some of the.
would DO leaders Of that party fairly
laughed at the idea, and very wisely in
.timated that we were 'not posted" The
result is a sufficient vindicaton of the
truth Of our assertion. The main polit-
cal Office of the Valley has been given
him, notwithstanding most respectable
roll Of applicants arrayed in opposition,
some of whom were backed by influences
supposed to be all powerful with the new
administration. The "Eaterprise clique"
are in obstacles over the result and sig
niicantly point TO the fate Of those who
have been so fool-hardy as to oppose any
Of their plans. Make haste to get into
line, you who have been slightly unsound
on the abolition plank, and prepare to
"follow your leader" or be left "out in
the wet" altogether
LincOln ou tic Supreme Court.
From the argument of the President
Ia so much Of his Inaugural Address as
relates to the functions and province Of
the Supreme Court, We need not say we
entirely dissent That argument is as
follows:
81 DO not forget the position assumed
"by scme that constitutional questions are
80 be decided by the Supreme Court,
"nor do | deny that such decisions must
"be binding in any case upon the parties
Ito a suit as TO the object of that suit
while they are also entitled to a very
"high respect and consideration in all
parallel causes by all other parts of the
"Government, and while it is obviously
"possiLle that such decisions may be
erroneous III any given case, still the
"eyil effect following it, being limited to
that particular case, with the chance
"that il may be oyerruled and never be-
"come a precedent for other cases, can
"bcttcr be borne than could the evils oil
"a different practice. At the same time
"the candid citizen must confess, that, II
"the policy Of the Government upon vital
Questions affecting the whole people, a
"to be HrecocaJiy Geed BY decisions Of thu
".SsDreme court, the instant they are mate,
Gin ordinary litigation between parties in
"persunal actions, tho people ,cW haro
"ceased 10 be their o1rA rulers; hac6g, 10
slut erteHt, practically resigned their gOo-
ornament into Tie hands Of that eminent trt
.'Jwa'. Nor is there in this view any
assault upon the Court or the Judges
at is duty from which they may moi
Shrink to decide eases properly brought
"before them; and it is no fault of their.
"if others seek 10 turn their decisions &c
political purposes.
1t seems to US that this view proceed,
from confusion Of ideas with regard &c
the place occupied by the Supreme Court
in our political system. The people
ordaining and establishing tie Consti
tuition Of tic United States, chose to dis
tribute the powers conferred and defined
by that instrument among three severa
distinct and coordinate departmcnts--thC
Executive the Legislative, and the Ju
dicial. Whatever is done by each Of
these departments, within the scope o
its constitutional province, is done by The
authority of the people; and as the PEG
pie by the Constitution of the United
States have appointed that "the judlcia
power shut ertead 10 all cases, in law anC
equity, arising mda the Constitution" i
follows that the decisions of the Judiciary
are as truly made in the name OF h
people when they deny as when they at
firm the couatItutouality OF measure
l,assed by the Legislative department.
And we hold that until decision Of tn
Supreme Court, expressly denying an.
grant Of power claimed to reside in tn
Constitution, has been reversed by tina
same tribunal, any Legislation of Congress
in contravention of such decision wOul,
lie taken in opposition to the theory o
the Constitution, and equally in opposi
ton to the highest ~W IF the people, a
expressed in that Constitution. 10 TN
extent the people haze doubtless resigne,
their government "mto the hands OF tina
eminent tribunal" and seeing as Nh
Madison justly says, that such power
must be deposited somewhere, it is diff
cult to conceinc how it could be NOR
wisely placed. fit be said that on TIN
theory the policy of this Government is il
danger of being fixed by decisions of TIA
Supreme Court in a sense adverse to tn
rights defined by the Constitution, o
"ritaI questions affecting lie mbole people
we have but to claim IN behalf of Tia
Judiciary the just rule prescribed by MI
LINCOLN, when in denying tho prescn
existence or future probability of an
l.lain inlractions OF the Constitution, h
holds the following language:
Happily the human mind is SO const
"ibat no party can reach TO the audacit
"of doing this. Think, il you can, if 20
"can, of a single Instance in which