, 1862-04-07

Supreme Court, with the wretched old
Taney at its head, for the authoritative
Interpretation Of that law. Tied
hand and foot By the dissent Of the
CO ordinate branches Of the Government, he
was only IN obstacle in their way, not
power that could wrong and oppness.. The
South knew all this; but accordingto the
view Of the unhung miscreants who had
the control Of the public mind in the Slave
States, . large party at the North was as tral-
torous as themselves; and they had only to
raise the standard Of resistance to nu1lify the
popular will and impose upon the country,
by violence, q President Of their choice
who would offer no opposition to the quick
consummation Of, their. schemes tor the
Af1ica1ization Of the continent. It. is pro-
bable, and the probability is strengthened
by the progress Of events, that the leaders
primarily had nothing more than this in
view. TO Introduce the policy Of Mexico,
and hereafter make the popular will obe-
dent, in some way to some interest, some
marty or some faction-in this case Human
S}aye1y-was as far as it was expected the
revolution would extend. They had been
told that the selfsty1ed Democracy Of the
North would go with them; and that the
task would be easy. The shameless
orators Of the party shameless because
they were falsiying, and because the lie
was told that the tcllcrs might profit by
it-lid so declared IN Congress The
znvndacious public Journals that
uisinterprcted the indications Of the
popular mind, and the ignorant pub
Ec Journals that knew not what they
affirmed, reiterated the trsitorous declara-
ton; hence the South thought, upon the
evidence before them, that their pear was
ripe. And when threats Of resistance be-
gan to be heard, when indeed resistance
bcgau to be made, the most shameless snd
Infamous Of the supposed organs
Of Northern Democratic opinion,
still pursued the course that they
marked out, and which nothing but the
tried loyalty Of the masses Of their party
prevented them from following to the end
they had in view. Buchanan, forever exc
cradle in the eyes Of his eountrymen-
type Of infamy, to be used by historians
for the instruction and warning Of
mankind-is the representative Of the class
To them the fearful nature Of the struggle
is due. Their acquiescencc and encour,
aeemeut led the deluded men Of the South
to ground from which they could no
recede. They stimulated the violence
which has now resulted in rivers Of blood
They gave heart to the tmid, nerved th'
i1resolute, and changed incipient wish int
hardened intention They fed the fam
Of secession by offering impunity to til
scceders; and guilder, because wiser, tha
those whom they misled, they encounterc
infamy that ages will not remove.
We quote to-day, in illustration Of wis
we mean an article from the Detroit Fr.
Pres, Of January 26. 1861, then edited b
the now editor Of the Chicago Times B
the date, it will be seen, that, when til
war in the North was threatene
for The benefit Of the Sout
half dozen States had seeded, all
nearly all the forts in the South had be<
possessed bY the rebels. The Star Of t
Wasf had been fired into, and the blood
issue, from which the North could n
have 1eeeded and lived, was already max
nm
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e;tad III h storev Tog eSitor ~ the e 1.hic M
20 Tmes.1
THr ATTITUDE or MtcH1GAF.-The Republic
majority Of the Legislature st Lansing ha7e
fused to refer the question Of the constitutional
OF the personal tlibcrty law to their owa judicia
committees. Whyy There can be but one rcas
whyl They know that the Judgment ct the
committees would be that this law Ia unconsti
tioual They woulf Doubtless rcfnse tn rpf;r
came ouest;on tn the sunrene four+ and for :
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The ree,sa1 md H. ~af.,s.1 n 1o,ao1 tho :.
ron ,a.- M aonb+ n 49, ~, ,.7,a IT, 49, 49,.
spirit that ani1natea the Legislature which enact
me "a" anmates me present Leg'slatore: 7
1s1fn1 n,.rnoze of nn1fx,n4 the Fe5era, cnns,t a1
ton and law, and the present Legislature hold:
upon the statute book with the samo Tiifu1 p
pose.
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fleeuec ~ P"ee issoAoAtoats oestat IL LIE 3o9a