Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-10-30
rHk aAoREpNEss on coURrs.
What Abraham. Lincoln Had to Sa
About Them.

| About Them.
EDITOR JOURNAL: As Mr.. Blnger
Herman and his 81 called Republican
brethren are very wrought up over
the "Anarchistic utterances" of the
peoples candidate for president regard
inc the income tax decesiOn OF the
supreme court as well as that "Anarch-
istic plank in the Chicago platform
which refers to the use OF United
States troops at Chicago during the
late railroad strike at that point.
1t might be we'll to ask them to turn
back a few pages in the history of our
country and see II they can not hind
precedefts for bUtIi, IN Utller words Is
this the first tine that the sfent and
purc. high aud noble, unbiased ahd
lust supreme court has been cril iciscd!
answer [ would Ike to cnll the at
tentinn of Mr.. lierman aad his 50
called Republican friend to speech
delivered by Abraham Lincoln IN
Chicago on The evening of July ION.
1858. Which may be found in the Life
and speeches # President Lincoln. by
Joseph f Jarrett, published in 1861,
which was "a lung time before "the
PopLlists polluted the world with an
arclI"
Now, Mr.. Editor, wish every one
of the So called Republicans would
read that speech IN full, but for fear
they may lot Go so / viii ask yon TO
insert the following extract which
may whtt,their appetites for the works
OF that great and truly noble man.
"A little nOw on the other poiht OF
bred Scott decision, aud another OF
the issues he says that is to be made
with me, is upon his devotion to the
Dred Scott decision, and my opposi-
tion to it. / have expressed hereto
fore, and now repeat my opposition
to the Dred Scott decision, but !
should be allowed to state the nature
of that opposition,and ask Indulgence
while | do so. What is fairly implied
by the term Judge Douglas has used
resistance to the decision" do not
resist. If 1 wanted to take Dred
Scott from his master, would be in
terfering with property, and that
terrible difficulty that Judge Douglas
speaks of, of interfering with property
would arise, but am doing no such
thing as that, but all l am doing is
refusing to obey it as political rule.
II I were in congress, and a vote
should come up on question whether
slavery should be prohibited in a new
territory, in spite of the Dred Scott
decision, 1 would vote that it should.
That is what 1 would do. Judge
Douglas said last night, that before
the decision he might advance his
opinion, and it might be contrary tc
the decision when it was made, but
after it was made he would abide by
it until it was reversed. Just so! We
let this property abide by the decision
but we will try to reverse that de
cision. Loud applausel We will try
and put it where Judge Douglas will
not object, for he says he will obey il
until it is reversed. Somebody has tC
reverse that decision, since it wa!
made, and we mean to reverse it, ant
we mean to do it peaceably.
The sacredness that Judge Douglas
throws around this decision, is de
gree of sacredness that has never beer
before thrown around any other de
clsion. l have never heard of such |
thing. Why decisions apparently con
trary to that decision, or that gooC
lawyers thought were contrary t.
: that decision, have been made b,
that very court before. 1t is the frs
of its kind; it is an astonisher in lega
history, it is new wonder of tn
world. 1t is based upon falsehoods il
the main as to facts-allegations 0
facts upon which 1t stands are no
| facts at all in many instances and n
decision made on any question-th
first instance of decision made un
der so many unfayorable circum
stances--thus placed, has ever beel
held by the profession at law, and /
h.. .I..,.,., ,oaIaI annRrn,afion he