Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-10

esE suesE goa eHects VIII Se sPpFec1Eole 70
ssy and every nan
Pen-P1etures Of a Recent scene In
th' q s S1Prsme Court room
CRy sEazI RIIEtason of rhs Es1 EoEk Frihunel
Through the door that Was
two narrow to freely let out the bearers
thst bore Charles Summers ins1ima4e form
ron tbe SsaRss chamber, where he had
been stricken down By ths sssaAsins Of the
Slave power, Chss. SnmDer 70 day marched
back, leading s negro by the hand, and
standing upon the very spot that hsd been
stained with his blood for demsrdiaR free
dom aud equality for the blacks in A1sd-
eAr demanded Of the SaprEme Court Of the
Unitsd States TO enroll among its members
an African lawyer, And to license him to
practice IT Its bar
The Black nan Ess admitted Jet black,
with ssir of an extra tEist-lef ne have
the pleasure Of saying, by purpose and
with premsditstion. OF an sgEravRtinE
Hkink''-ungnAhfedly ebtrusiTelJ, dsi-
suty 'Nigge[-with no paIHattoa Of CON-
PlExioo1 10 tst down in lip, no conpronise
II nose, no abatement EhEtsTer in any
facial, cCsnisl, astrological particular, from
the dssPi5e4- Of RUaaaHy brutal
j set up IN our politics and IL our Jadici-
sry by the bred Scott decision, this inky-
huei African sIood u the mesarebical
power OF recognized American Manhood
and American Citizenship, within the bar
Of the Court which had solemnly pronoun-
ced that Black men had 10 rights which
white men we're bound 20 respect, stood
there recognized member Of II, pzofsz-
Goasliy the brother of the Distinguished
eounselors on its loag rolls, II rights their
equal, n the Standing which rank gives
thsit peer By Jupiter the Eight Vas grand
Twas dramatic too. At three minutes
before II O'clock IN the morning, ChsrIsz
Samnsr entered the courtroom, followed
oy the negro applicant fOE sdnissien, sad
sat down within the bar. Al eivsu the
procession OF gowned judges entered the
room, with Chief Justice Chase at their
head. The spectators Es6 the lawyers in
atGe1dance rose respectfully o. their con
ing. Tie Associate Justices seated them
selves nearly At once, as Is their courteous
easion OF waiting 1Poa each others
movements. The Chief Jugrice staining
to the lzst, bowed with zfzbIe dignity 70
the Bar, sad took his central sezt with
great presence Immediately the Senator
from Massachusetts arose, and il co9Po-
Esd manner Ead quiet tone said: may il
please the Coarr, move that John :.
Rock, member of tbs SapEems Co1rf OF
the State Of Massachusetts,, be admitted to
practice s. member of this Court."
Tns grave 70 bury the Dred Scott 6eCis-
ion wss in thsr one sentence dug, aad il
ys~ned there, vide open, under ne very
eyes OF soma Of the judges who had parti-
clpated IN tns j1ridical crime against De-
mocrsey sad huusuity. TAe asserting nod
of the great head Of the Chief Justice I1u-
oIsd II the corse aod filed up the piE, and
the black ceanssl0r OF the Saprsme Court
got On 70 it and stamped il dawn, a1d
suoothed the earth 70 his walk 10 the rolls
Of the Court
BoatEsIl of Massachusetts -ss By, drink
ing il the spectacle with his blazing eyes,
sld Wilson Of I5Ea stood 81 hlz side,
measuring the big fact aod welcoming It.
4 New I oFk Representative Who Yesterday
Tsted against the Constitutional amend
ueut 70 abolish Slavery, carried his
abdomen WITH obuusiVe vanity shout the
bzCI szd giggIsd 81 spectacle which ne
had not the sense 70 appreeiste nor the heart
70 feel. = few lawyers of the old regime
looked On, stunned somewhat, out rapidly
growing IN wisdom ana mixing Difference
% destiny With their instructive reluctance
to tins revolutionary intrusion. Thess,
aod three journalists, and Two Eignt.seers
struggled II from tkz- TearE AVERSION 20
the t4wdry ornsusntztioa OF the new Cap
itoi Wing. and MiddIstoa, the Clerk Of the
Cour;, sppoiated 5J Tauey's urgency and
Fot t. these we're ali the spectators Of the
noteworthy see1e- Self possession szd
the insecurity OF his tenure of his valuable
place, constrained the ssui-SEcesh CLERK TO
propriety Of msaner, while swearing In the
first negro lawyer aPon the rolls IN his cEz-
sodT. E1s fzce1 however, Ezz sEt hard,
aud his soai sTidsnIlY loaged for the resur-
recdon Of ais old Chief, Fancy, sad the
psIny slsEe driving days ef tie Attorney
Gsnsralship Of Black Bat bey zre al
gone, sad the reToIutioa which Is Washing
Of the Continent Slavery, zristocHcy,
caste and privilege, came up with Salmon
P Case. into the Supreme CoHrT Of the
UaIced Stztes, Aad Is Already sathroned II
the seat Of is CHEZ Justice, aud IN the
chairs Of TIE lawyers who ArgRs ss its bar.