The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-13
The Supreme Court.

:. The Cincinnati Commercial warns the
people against voting for the Democrats for
the reason that if they get possession OF
the Government they will make ca Demo-
cratic Supreme Court" A very fine specl-
men of effrontery. a cardinal vice OF Radi-
calism has been its outrages upon that very
court and its shameless attempt to make 1t
a political machine. 1t was contemplated
at one time to change the number OF It's
members and thus to get at it. But death
rendered that unnecessary. Finally the
court became sufficiently composed OF what
were considered orthodox party men to
satisfy Radicals. [But still they did not ac-
complish all they expected. Thank God
there is an influence still exerted by a
knowledge of the law that restraints men
from.the shameless subordination OF law to
party spirit; and we still put faith in the
Supreme Court.
The whole spirit and soul OF Black Re-
publicanism was bent upon crusade
against the Supreme Court, and upon SUI
bordinating the judicial department OF the
Government to the Legislative and eXecu-
tive. Do we not remember the nefarious
assaults upon the court and its Chief-Jus-
tice, Judge TANEY, by SEWARD and others
with regard to the DRIED SCOTT decision !?
From that time down to the present this
war has been maintained. But the other
day we called attention to the villainous at
tack made by BLAINE upon Judge CLIFF
FORD, Of that high tribunal, IN which the
malignant Maine Senator wholly misrepre-
scented the facts in the case, as we promptly
showed. In this attack he exhibited at
once his ignorance and his vulgarity.
A few years ago General GRANT packed
the Supreme Court by putting upon its
bench two judges who Immediately pro-
ceeded, contrary to precedent, to rehearthe
Iegal-tender case. OF course under this
sort of manipulation, the Court reversed
the decision which had offended General
GRANT. His party has at least that reason
for fearing that their schemes may return to
plague the inventors.
. Is it sought to elevate Radicalism by as
Stunning that the Dem ocrats could be guilty
OF. the great outrage the Radicals have
shamelessly committed upon the highest
judicial tribunal in the nation II so, it is
very absurd as well as very disingenu-
Gus device. Such high crime against the
Constitution and against the public liberty
is not supposable. 1t must be fact before
it can be considered at all entertainable as
against innocent persons. Ehrontery We
should think it was, and very bad eifronte-
ny at that.
II there be grounds for the superstition
as there are not-how much worse would
be the Democrats than the Radicals have
already been. The Radical accuser must
think the degradation OF the Supreme
Court to level with party passions and to
subordination to party proper thing where
there is power to SO degrade it. 1t is
Radical principle. But we hope and be.
lieYe the people have no such idea, and will
take measures to ensure themselves against
the establishment OF any such principle,
the establishment oil which would ineYita.
bly, lead directly to the downfall OF the pub
lie liberty and the Sinstaiment OF the yilesl
tyranny that ever existed.
The Democratic party is thev very opposite
of the Inscriptions and vulgar Radical
party. 1t fights for the maintenance Of the
Government upon the principles OF the
Constitution, and therefore for the sanctity
Of the authorities and privileges Of the
separate departments OF the Government
II also fights for the JUS, and honest, and
impartial administration OF the Government
and for all the constitutional partitions
Federal and local. 70 these objects they
unite the grand one Of restoring, along witt
public equality and Justice, that harmony
B and peace, and contentment without which
there Is no social happiness and no posi-
bility Of the long endurance OF the Govern
j nent. God speed areyolntion that promise,
these public blessings 5s.S5ss5
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