, 1873-04-03

Ing tho IlliuoIn supromo Court. Tho 11nnils Of
tho JudgcB woro tiud. It wna not new qucn.
tlon. in which any doubt could oxtss; but 1t
saa question that Ind boon decided evor elnee
Of ,urcat 11ritain. The, Chicago Times, IN m
article Tint strangely, ignored this, tl1o metn
polnt Of tho argument mud, whilst pl9tnly not
,lltloratnnafng the case y was writing ab9t. rd
fogy gyDartmouthCo1log ruling. Tibet Chicago Times
evidently was not aware TINT tho Dartmouth
College ruling llas novor boon reversed. y Inns
always boon tho ruling obsorvol by tho United
bo Ind from tho t statto Court; md upon evory
recent occnsion, when tho san,o princlploB havo
agnn como up, tho Unitod Btntcs Supreme
Court has fortified It's position BY removed do
cBIons accepting and strengthening t1at ruling.
Tho Dartmouth College case should bo moro
Tho decision hold TINT State contrncss aro inl-
violah]o md can1ot bo brokon. Tho Dartmouth
College, in tho oton dnys, boforo tllt timca Of
Independonce, whom tho country was q colony
by m Englbmnn, residing III England. Whom
tho country bocamo independent, Now 1lam1p-
shiro, OH whose soil tho college was situated bo-
camo Btato, and the question aroao as to q
modification of tho constitution Of tho college,
under the change Of ownorahip from en- aoyos- ,1
tro undertook to alter tho effoct Of tic congt-
tution-o otherwise, to ntorforo with contraot--
and tho matter, being contested, WAS oarrled to
tho United States Supreme Court nnti It was
plying all Ills grent talonts and llia 2oal to tho
work, pouring out In tho effort all the fire, olo-
quonco, and forvor Of a tr1lo poet md statea-
man. Tho decision then given, BY which thc
oBIon Of tho unitod statos Supreme Court Of
those dnys, which Inns novor boon rovorHod, and
THO reporter nskod tho Judge If any ronaon
occurred to him Why, thln railroad difficulty
Tho Judge Haid ho Ind been watching for TINT
difficulty for years. aud had long wondered 1t
was 30 long in coming. No doubt tho thinking
came to this stato. from Now York, in 1861, ho
found tho pooplo perfectly crnzy ovor railroala,
voting money for thom everywhere, voting lands,
voting everything III thoir. power to give,
almost without restriction. It is ,impos-
aibo to imagine thnt any railroad com
sistanco than WAS almost forced on thom
in those days; human ingenuity could
scarcely havo frn1nod tcrma moro favorable than
wero written OH their charters. It was not no IN
without tito condition that it might bo altered BY
the Legislature whonovor doomed nocoBhary. In
that Stato tho companies wero Kept within
bounds, but hero thoy wcro lot loose by the PEG.
pic to do just what they liked. What the result
would bo o did not profoes to sny, NIL ho olain'-
oil being TINT tho Supreme Court had no power
to interfere. Thoy had to administer the law ~
they found it.
CoNCLUaION.
After grcnt deal Of similar conversation,
which embraced tho leading topics Of tho day, III
which the Judge showed IN affectionnto consid-
eration for all his kind TINT tinted almost oil ho
sud, tho reporter arose, greatly pleased with one
Of tho most charming hours conversation hc
has oyor Ind, and only regretting that want Of
timo antl Bpnco prevent bis doing more than very
acant junt{co to tho luminous and comprohon'
aiyo Vows Of Ills Honor, Judge nIcAl1lster.