The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-05
The Court has been suborned."

The above elegant sentiment was used
on yesterday to express the InteIligcn-
GERS opinion of the Supreme Court of
the United staton. 40 general thlnS
we would not question our neighbors
estimate OF his own political associates.
He is intimately connected with the
men to whom he refers in such choice
and digniiied terms. 4 cOngenality OF
taste and disposition has attracted and
combined him and them, and 1t Is but
natural that he should fully understand
the character of the material to which
"a fellow feeling" has prompted him to
unite his destiny. If that material be
the stun OF which pcriurerS are made,
no one is more likely than our Deighbor
to know the fact. though his implied
confession that he has willingly frater-
nizcd with men of that stamp is rather
more candid than seif-eXalting.
The maximS that ''like loves
like" and that ''hrds of
feather flock together" are of stan
dard authority, and we shall not
quarrel with our contemporary for being
found in the society 10 which a powerful
and immutahle principle of nature has
probably imprlled him. We would
rather caution him against exposing do
nestle secrrts We would rather warn
him not To make revelations that may
be no more damaging tn the objects of
his wrath, than to some other members
of the Radical family. Er uHo disco
Omnss is a time -honored aphorism, and
-four neishbor persists in proclaiming
the frsilty of his brethren, the public
may not only believe him, but from the
sins of few, judge all the rest.
For once we arc willing to hope that
the MtcHigcnco's opinion of Mr.. LIN
coins judicial appointces is a mistaken
one. "The devil we all agree, sis not
So black as he is painted" and we should
think at least rs charitably of Radi-
cal court as of his Satanic majesty. AS
suming, then, that this Republican tri-
bunal is not naturally so corrupt as its
own party papers insinuate, is there not
some principle, other than subornation,
upon which we may account for its ac-
tion, To our mind, there is. We con-
fess to sincere belief in the utterance
of the Court, that "the Constitution is
the supreme law of the land, in
war as well as i'll peace If
this be true, the decision in
the case of the Indiana conspira-
tors could not well have been diff
ferent. The simple principle of con-
slant constitutional supremacy, evolved
to its legitimate limits, overthrows the
validity of military commissions, and
enables us to account for the conduct of
the Supreme Court, without referring
to bribery, corruption, perjury, or any
other of the common principles of Rad
ical action.
W ltn All uclcIeutt W oti CotSLuPoia-
ry, we cannot agree with him that by
the DRED SCOTT decision, the Supreme
Court forever forfeited its claim to pop
ular respect. Even if it were true (and
it is iniamously false) that Judge TANEY
ever pandered to the Democratic party,
it would not follow that the tribunal
of which. he was member became per-
petually corrupt. Much less would it
be clear that Republican Court, APP
pointed by ABRAHAM LINCOLN, would
prostitute itself in the interest of De-
mocraey. If such original and consci-
entious Radicals as Mr.. LINCOLN nomi-
mated to the Supreme bench be not
abovel suspicion, how stand those pur-
chased patriots, the place-bought Re-
publicans of our own Statei "If the
righteous scarcely be saved, where shall
the ungodly and the sinner appear"