The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-02-05

Supreme COEr; ofthe Omitted States.
The attitude taken by the Judges OF the
Sapreme Court Of the State of Wisconsin,
asserting against the Presidents Proc lama
ton, the involability OF the wri! OF haJeas
corpus, has caused deep feeling in Wash
ington. The Court is composed OF Re-
publican Judges; bat it was unanimous in
arraying itself firmly against the prten-
sions which the President has founded up.
on 1.-The war Power" The Wisconsin pa
pers announce that U. S. Senator Howe
who was despatched post has from Wash
ington, TO recall the Conrt to its party al
legiance, and TO induce it to modify its
opinions, has arrived, and has commenced
his laborS, but we have no intimation that
his mission has been attended by any
success. We have 70 doub; that the
Judges of Wisconsin, Republicans though
they be, will stand firm in defense OF the
Constitution, against the usurpatiuns of
the Executive The Courts Of all the Nor
thern States will array themselves on the
same side.
The present Congress has but 81 days
more Of Life, and when these are spent,
the Usurpa!ion, which has lyrannized over
the Courts, viii lose its strength, and the
most timd tribunals will gather courage to
assert their rights.
The Supreme Court of the United States
too, will confront the danger, with an un-
broken spirit, and with a u ani.nous
Judgement A recen; letter of Judge MIL
LER, of Iowa, of the Supreme Court of the
United States, removes all doubt as to him.
We quote passage made public:
Il am an'Old Wing, and when that party
went down, united with the Republicans.
iu the hope and belief that it would sue
coed to all the loyal and nationa! virtues
OF the Wing party, and that we should
have Wing principles ADD policy prevail
under another name. But | got more
than | BAT gained for 1t was not in the
covenant that we should have civil war as
Consequence of Republican success; that
the public treasury WAS to be plandered
by wholesale; ..free soil ia loyal States
should be covered with martial law that
''fres speech should be- chained in the
dungeon Of the BastlIe; that the free
homes should be sacked to dssolation.
and the ''free men should be con-
fined in its practical operation to the ne
groes of the South, and the abolition wing
OF the Republican praty of the North.
/ JUsrlcG MILLER CONCLUDES BIZ calling on
al true patriots to ''uaite under the Dem
ocratic flag for the salvation Of the Union.
Judge NJ. was appointed to his place on
the Supreme Bench by President Lincoln.
as were also judges SwAYNH, OF Ohio, and
DAVIS, OF Illinois These TWO judges al %
hold conservative ailments; AM We have
no doubt ,lai the Supreme Bench VIII be
unanimous in sustaining the Constitution
against the new and dangerous assertions
OF Executive prsrogativc. as expanded un-
| der the ma gnltyilg, Influence OF War ne
ce sty. This attitude o: the new r. pub
/ lean Judges. in accor'. with the old dig
ntaries of the B nch, should occasion no
sut Prise 1t would be far more asionish
in, if any well ltwyer-any one YER
sed enough in the philosophy OF jarispru-
dence to deserve any place upon the Bench
OF any Court should SO far stulity him.
self AS 10 uphold these pretentions.
We congratulate the country upon some
OF the encouraging aspects of the times.
The work of PREPARATION goes on, along side
of that Of destruction. The Coz gress
which has done 50 much to deIace ard
destroy the Constitution and to disinteg
rate the Union, is about to expire in igno
mny The States are asserting their
rights. The Courts are arraignihg them
selves "a the indicators of the liberty of
the citizens. And the people are march
inc forward TO take into their own hands
the task of reconstructing the Government,
in which armies and navies have failed
and which Cabinets and Congresses have
only meddled with to mar.--N T. Argus