Year: 1873

buchu Decisions In the Suprcm
Court


II is impossible to. overestimate the value O


Buchu decisions by the Supreme Court of the


United States. Twenty years ago the famous


Buchu case of Dred Scott came before thai


august tribunal, and the opinion Of the Court


will be found an excellent model for Chief


Justice Buchu. 1t will be long time before


men can forget the underlying principle Of


that famous decision-the black man has nc


rights which his white brother is bound TO re-


spect And history will never allow the annals


of its consequences to fail of repetition. White


freemen we're turned into pursuers Of every


black bondman who tried to escape from his


master, so that even men who cared not


whether slavery existed were made its bitter


foes by means of their own humiliation.


Thus the two sections of tho country were


brought into conflict, and, after terrible war,


which ragged for five years, the Buchu judg-
South, and all the chaos and Ku Klux and
misrule and federal tyranny which followed


were only the corollary Of the agitation and Sc
cession and civil war and fearful agonies
which had gone before. A single Buchu de-
cision did what thousand abolition conven-
tions could not accomplish.


When Chief Justice Buchu takes his place
at the head of the Court we may expect some
equally blessed judgments. In sphere less
distinguished than the one he is about to
occupy he has already given ample proofs of
his capabilities in this direction. He will not
be long on the Bench before we may expect
him to declare that democratic State govern
ments, chosen by a majority of the people,
have no rights which republican politicians
are bound to respect What q noble judg-
receive it with acclaim No more trouble
from democratic politicians, but safety in
Buchu judgments and Buchu courts. This
will, indeed, be the height Of glory of the
Buchu age when the Buchu principle in law,
in finance, in politics and in government shall
have its full fruiton. Everybody will be
happy and Chief Justice Buchu will
become the idol of his country, for
his labors will not stop with his
enunciation Of this benefcent principle.
He will have equally splendid opportunities
in other directions. For instance, he can
become the protector of Christian soldiers
like General Howard and Christian statesmen
like Schuyler Colfax by the application Of
his peculiar principle to all questions arising
out Of the stBuchu Bureau for Freedmen and
Free Funds" and the "Credit Mobilier of the
Buchu Pacific Railroad What q noble
judicial aphorism he can announce if Con-
gress should undertake to punish the one
armed hero. Of thousand prayer meetings
for setting free one hundred and twenty-one
dollars Of the public money in the
name of the freedmen! And Oakes Ames'
bungling remark about putting the G. M. stock
where it would do most good would get new
significance if Chief Justice Buchu should de-
eide that the first duty of public corporation
is to organize sub-corporation for the purpose
of buying Congresses and Congressman. Yet
all these grand achievements may be looked
upon, even after their accomplishment, as
only the beginning of the good time coming.


Other results more grand and glorious than
any that have ever been attained may be in
store for the country from the hands of Chief
Justice Buchu. If he had been in Office when
Andrew johnson was impeached for opposing
the dominant party factious President would
have been punished for daring to have views
of public policy not sanctioned by the leading
republican politicians. If democrat should
ever again be President Chief Justice Buchu
will see to it that the necessary High Court Of
shall not be presided over by
man at all favorable to the accused. Chief
Justice Buchu win himself preside, and he can
see no virtue in any except republican officials.
This distinguished man sustained the repub-
lican usurpers in Louisiana upon his own in
spiration. There is no need that he should
listen to democratic lies in order to arrive at
. fair Judgment; and, not being much of q
lawyer, it is unnecessary, as judge, that he
should hear much law. All that will be req
uisite in Chief Justice of such exceptional
int,1itions will be the knowledge as to which
side of controversy is most strongly impreg-
mated with Buchu, and fair and honorable
Buchu decision will settle the matter. We
congratulate the country upon the prospects
of the coming judicial rulings and respect
fully suggest that the new volumes Of deci-,
sions be called ''The Buchu Reports of the Su-
preme Court"


Organized Charity.


Everybody who wants to ca good -. the
poor will be glad to learn hat a wise sand
earnest attempt has hesn msde - 'organize
private charity and give it q practical appli-
cation. outside of the jurisdiction of the Com
missioners of Public Charities and Correc-
tion.. A committee of nine, OF whom Mr..
Theodore Roosevelt is chairman, and who
were appointed by the Bureau Of Charity,