Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-01
THE PAPERS OF
ALEXANDER MARION MELHORNE,
ON THE IssUEs oF THE DAT.
I Classical RETREAT, Near Cucumber
City, February, 1863.

Mr. President, d Ladies & Gentlemen:
Having been pretty busy lately making su
gar, etc, the undersigned has not wrote AM
papers for some time, although the fpes Of hi,
intellect have been burning on the issues o
the day with their usual ability. Elmira anc
me WAS conysrsing last night relative to the
Supreme Court, making some pretty vel
timed remarks on the vallahdigham decis
ion, few Of which will now eudeavor to lay
before the reader in a clear and logical man
ner. Having affirmed on my part, that the
above court should now dispose OF herself on
8 months credit, and move away to parts IN.
known, Elmirs couldn't contain herself any
longer, whereupon says she ut would seem
according to its late able proclamation, that
it might as we'll quit, in consequence ofbeing
played out"
Having formerly been q p, the under
signed proceeded TO make the following able
statement Says |, at is now ascertaine |
that Mr Burnside, and the person who subse.
qnently looked through keyho is now The
supreme law Of the land, and that any person
or provided always the same is not
an African or African who shall wiiully
defend the Constitution with malice prepense,
or speak in hattering terms Of the white race,
the same shall be deemed guilty of high trea.
son, aud compelled to seek refuge upon the
inhosptable shores of free countryll After
which it shall be the duty of the supreme con
cern at Washington city, to wash her hands,
similar to Pontius PLATE, and aver that it isn't
her "mix"8 The consequsnce is, il any body
don't get justice, its because they allow them
selves to be forcibly arrAigned before an in.
competent tribunal For instance" says. |,
"if you and me and Windy Wizzen, ard An.
drew was to get some shoulder-straps and q
key-bole, ETC., and start court; and some
farmer should be caught il
the felouious act Of bridling his own horse
one night, in cons. quehce Of having to 90 to
mill, and John Doe and Richard Roe should
slip up to his house, and batter down the door,
aud bring him before US, aud we should send
him to the peni.entiary for 500 years, there
Wouldn'i be no recourse for him, the habeas
corpus having been previously suspended. aud
The Supreme Court not belonging to the same
school of justice as ours, and not wishing 10
encourage the same by having anything TO
do Herewith. Judge Lynch says this is one
Of the Ablest decisions Of modern times. De
says It's the duty of the legally constituted
courts to mind their own business, and not
neddls with private enterprises of a Judicial
in any degree whatever. al ..a.s 1
The Dayton Journal says so, too.
Elmira couldn't quito comprehend the ami
mus furandi of what l had Just said, but hsv.
ing strong natural intellect, she observed
hat il was parallel case to where person
was kicked IVY jack.Ass, for which there isn't
any manner Of law whatever. But says she,
Mr., Burnside found higher law than hni-
lelf with good deal of ability the time he
brought suit against Mr. Lee, et al for The
title to Richmond. Suffice il to say, he paid
he costa and quit The mex; thing Of note
which he did was to start a court down at
Cincinnati with a key.hole in Him and Mr.. |
CutIs both distinguished themselves for the a.
'ilily they displayed 10 their new 6eld Of ori.
sihal jurisprudence, since which time nobody
Knows what has become OF Mr, Cuts, and 40
Tor Mr.. BOrnsides, he will be attended TO- as
loon as a sufficient number of buzzards can be
prevailed on to pollnte their gEzards with his
Toul carcass Aud az for the court, says she,
here amt nothing left Of il, bat the Afore-
'aid key hole and pair OF drum sticks
The undersigned then took up the subject,
aud says |, ''lets sum up the whole case, as
follows, to-Wit;
lst Old Bhrnsdes aentenced Vallandi.
I ham 10 Fl Lafayette.
I'd. Judge LeAvilt, in bold and fearless
discharge OF bis duty--st heavy salary
ladnl no babeAs eorpusea on hand -s.a
3d. Honest Old Abe, (hAying formerly
nAuled some rails) sooisg (ss he afterwards
boldly Admil1ed) that Mr. vallsndig gham was
"a inHooept map, eOncluded only to send him
'vsr to the enemy, hoping be would get bieh,
y sEasPsralsd and besoas . rebel, thereby
mPsassing the whole democratic party, and
llOwIug il up. rlt0
9Th. Fhe egregiouS old jack ass was fool,
ng away thlime. QllJt&
s,h. The suprsas oPuri has no jurisdic-
70" p pA..srs Of indiv'dOal liberty, unless