The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-20
THE DEMOCRACY DENYING THE
FAITH.

There is no fact, in the early political bis
tory ofthe country, better attested, than that,
the old Republican or Democratic party, OF
which THOMAS JErFERsoS was the Apostle, ut.
terly denied the authority ofthe supreme court
over political questions. Indeed, the hosti,
ity Of the Democratic party to the Supreme
Court, constituted its most marked and char
acteristic feature, and was the real occasion
Of the Resolutions of SO. of which so much
use has been made for many years past The
truth is, that the Supreme Court shared, with
JoHy ADAMS, the bitter hatred OF the old
Democratic party, for many years, and the
new Democratic or Jackson party, was never
on good terms with the Supreme Court till
AFTER the Dred Scott decision sanctioned
slavery, extended it over the entire
country, and exalted its claims above the
Constitution Of the United States.
We recall to mind now two cases in which
the Supreme Court of the United States de-
cided against the Democratic party, and for
which it was most terribly abused by the par.
~ leaders. The FIRST was that of the Chero-
kee Indians against the State of Georgia;
wherein the Court decided in favor of the
Indians The State OF Georgia paid no at
tention to the decision of the Court the
President, JACKSON, declined to enforce the
decision by Executive power, and the poor
Indians suffered then, as the poor negroes do
now.
The other. was the decision iu the Dorr>
Rebellion, which was Democratic rebellion,
and enlisted the sympa.hies Of the party
throughout the country. And when the SUI
prene Cou1 decided against the rebellion,
The party howled the Court down, and abused
il with unsparing severity, not only on the
stump and in the newspapers, bat on the Aoor
of Congress.
The record of the Democratic party, from
the beginning under eli IFS phases and chan.
ges, is against the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States on general principles, and in spe
cial cases under the Alien and Sedi,ion Laws
the United States Bank, the Stat. Of Georsis
against the Cherokees. and the Rhode Island
Rebellion. Only when the Court 10 the
bred Scott case proclaimed the most infa
nous opinion that eau be found in the page,
Of Judicial history, did tho Democratic part,
manifest any respect for the opinions OF tn,
Supreme Court, or an favor for that auRus
tribunal. Then i, became suddenly enam
orcd of the Supreme Court, and began /,
split its throa, in euloges, and to exalt !
above all earthly power, and to claim for i
exclusive jurisdiction, in cases that hi,hert,
had been supposed AS within the province o
@the Judge Of al the earth" And nov
q the Court has improved, under its Tame
training, and knows no rights, but those O
the slave oligarcby of treason, propagatinl
rebels, the Democracy is seized with admi
ring awe and veneration, for majority Of III
Supreme Court and the organs Of the part
are,furious in their denunciations of any vii
and prescriptions Radical, who has tn
temerity to criticise the Court.
Inthis the democracy show that they hay
fallen from the faith of the Apostles. an,
fathers Of the Democratic Church and tha
they are now With the CONSERVATIVE ele
uent'' on the platform of old Federsl;su
end modern sl-~~ecracy.
We propose - ply to make a few ouots
tons, from Tuovas JEFFERSON, the Apo..l
Of Democracy, III reference 10 the Suprem
Cours, from which our readers may ace no,
widely the Copf.rhead Democracy Of on
day have ssrayed from the fold.
In letter to RircHIE, December 25tl
1920, JrrrERsoS says:
Als ~fAs Judiciary OF the United State, /, IN. ,uh,
AeFps Of sappsrs and minnsrs CONSTANTLY vorkiu
Under ground 70 undermine the foundations OF on
epnfodsfaAsd Fabric. They are eonst.uins o.
ecastitntioa from coordination Of : general An
special government to general and suprem. -
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~ maxim, tBoai judicis eft ompi;orr ;ur;.d,r,,os
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