The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-08
THE CONsTITUTION IN DEFENSE
OF TANEY.

The reader will zee. and readily understand. in
what sense the Judge used the words, had no rirhe
which the white man wa bound to respect Il is
evident that Judge fancy expressed NO opinion OF
his own. GU the question, but was merely statiag
what pwblie OPINION was In regard Ia the Negro
race at the time Of their introduction into the Brit
ah Colonies. (the United States as well Is a the
time when the Declaration Of Independence aud the
Constitution was written. Aud who will depy
the truthinness OF his history as stated by Judge
fancy. Surely none but the miserable partizan who
is willing to falsely the history Of the world in or
der to deceive the honest masses aud thereby secure
BY fraud, their own dishonest nds.-fThe Consti.
tntion.
The editor of the Coaststusion denies
that Chief Justice fancy held that "ne-
groes had no rights which white men are
bound to respect" The editor insists
that fancy was only stating historical
fact, which the editor vouches for.
Now the very object of Chief Justice
fancy in his gross misrepresentation of
history, was to induce the belief that our
fathers. when they made the Declaration
OF Independence and framed the Consti-
tuition. held that negroes had no rights
which white men were bound to respect"
And upon that dogma as held by our
fathers, fancy based his infamous inter-
probation of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence and the Constitution. We have
already quoted the correct, able, honest
and illustrious historian Bancroft on this
subject. In the quotation made by the
Contribution from fancy, that miserable
old Judicial falsifer Of history says that
"1Ais opinion ros al that time un;persol
IN the ctriiizcd portion Of he ,ehite race.
1t was regarded as an axiom in morals
and politics, which no DE thought Of
disputing or supposed to be open to dis.
pute.'
Now, be it cmembered. fancy in iu-
dlcial opinion states as fact, and bases
his Judgment upon it, tina. at the period
Of the Declaration Of Independence and
the formation Of the Constitution, from
1776 to 1887, and for century previous
thereto, the universal opinion Of white
men, which no one thought Of disputing,
was that negroes had no rights which
white men were bound to respect"
Now read some contemporary opinions
upon the subject, uttered and published
by the leading minds Of the civilized
world during and prior to the period
alluded to BY fancy.
The Popes, who declared the NOR.
law to large proportion of the civilized
world, had issued several Bulls condemn
ing and denouncing the slave trade prio,
to l776, amonst which are the Bulls d
Paul Ill in 1887, Urban VIII. in 1886
aud Benedict XIV. in l74l.
1t Is not to Be supposed that the Pro.
testant churches Of Europe were behint
the Catholic, though We h.v. no. ,hci,
testimony as body at hand. Bishor
Horsely. Of the Church Of England. said.
Slavery 10 injustice, which no consideration .,
policy eau exteauate"
Thomas Scott, the great commentator
said:
ITO number the persons Of men with beast,
sheep, hones. y the stock Of farm, or with bale,
Of goods. y the cargo OF ship, Is no doubt mos,
dstestable and aati-ehristian practice,
Tss that. i the very practice which