The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-01-21

cases upon the same point, anu tHe Cu
preme Court Of the United States ha
adopted one course of decisions anu re-
jected the other, neither the courts
of that State nor the parties TO contro
versies in the courts of the United States
can ignore or disregard the judgments
of the Federal Courts merely because
they suppose the right ruling has moi
been followed.
at has sometimes happened that the
| Supreme Court of the United States has
! overruled its own previous decision
made in accordance with the judgment
of a State court, in order to follow the
guide there set up, but 1t is obvious
there must be limit to such deviations,
and that Court has frequently failed TO
see sufficient reason for the change.
These cases from Iowa furnish one IN
stance where it has refused to adopt the
last decision of State court
II infer from an opinion which has
lust been published OF the supreme
Court of Iowa, and which ! suppose TO
be authentic, the Judges OF that Court
Intend to adhere to its later rulings on
the validity of these county bonds. no
one can question their right TO 90 sou
1t seems to me no intimation even sho'u
be given from which it could be inferred
Tint Ia conflict in such case, between
the courts Of tho State and OF the United
states. the decisions Of the State court
are paramount.
ut ID clear that ID tho view taken Of
the subject BY the defendants, aud 1t
would seem, insnired BY counsel and
not discouraged BY Judges. It rs incon.
ceiyable that these defendants could
have taken their course without some
reason for believing that they would be
sustained. Indeed, they distinctly say,
situated as they are, they rely upon the
courts of the State, as we'll as the nation
for sunport. It's difficult to comprc-
hend by what mode of reasoning they
reached the conclusion, they could rely
upon "a Federal Court for protection
against the consequences of their own
deliberate disobedicnce oiitsordcrS. For
a Court that cannot and will not enforce
its DEGREES il shorn of one OF its pr!nc!-
pal attributes. The judgments of the
rc!atnr would become valuclcss without
the means of compelling payment, and
when he asks for any appropriate ana
legal process to effect that result, the
Court ought not to withhold it. II
there had been any steps taken to re-
move the case to the Supreme Court OF
the United States, to the end that qucs-
lions of so much doubt, and about which
there has been 80 great u difference OF
opinion at the bar and on the bench,
might be re examined, then, perhaps,
there would be some ground for deciln-
iug to act. But nothing of the kind has
been attempted. The parties have con-
tested, unsurcessfully, all these points
80 often before the courts of the United
States, that they have abandoned further
controversy in argument, and now hope
to inlerpo-e "a a shield the order Of Il
state court As has been seen. such or
der is Of no avail, and the hope to every
one who can examine the subject unaf-
fcctcd by feeling, must appear to DC
founded on mere fallacy..
In granting the writ Of attachment in
this case, | submit, in conclusion,
whether after all the various matters in
volved in this litigation have been re-
pcatedly before the Supreme Court OF
the United States, and as often deter
mined against the claims set up 10y the
persons and corporations Of Iowa. who
are parties to suit in the Federal Courts
ii j. not the duty of these parties, at least
n to the eases in the courts of the | nit
ed States. to yield obedience as good cit
liens, to the orders Of the final arbter
of the law
! CHRISTIAN | MON. Rev. X. y orion,
agent of the American and Foreign
: Christian Union, for the State OF Iowa,
presented the claims of the noble and
benevolent Society i'll the Lutheran
Church, al 10Y, o'clock, the NJ. t.
Church, at {! O'Clock in this city. and a
:, AZ the Bethel Church Oh last Sabbath
t. large and attentive audiences.
This Society, through the Hon. JOh!
! l.. Hale, the American ministerial Mad
rid, has obtained full permission for tn,
introduction and circulation of Bible
and religious and educational books an,
tracts, into Spain from America. |
has its Evangelical! Missionaries in dill
ieycnt parts of the world.
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