Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, April 01, 1857, Image 1
~.i~3 El laitarv.nar , ofti: .jhairsrlt aAa L t`f• ) =MEI ii. attillm W an. btMOCRA.TIC`Mr4- -.. PAPSR IN C',NTRE COUNTY AUTIett)111,111111$11 WRIMRSTAT, lIT SOHN T. HOOVER. • Twn,m4-41,60 fir otivaletu, or if "ad wit hits eiz aloirithis. • 84,0 will be eilltr4ed uu all auboofiß it r ris nitt4 in he end or r year. Atl 'fs mot Reel tWO No ieee ititert 011.$4sna aial rules, wpd u‘ery doseri uf , at 412, , FR x x - Hiagouirlit) loathe henleot tawnier, et the lowen , pfleee, and with ttio ututott tlespeteh. ilnv,, • ifitaishootof irolitel ion of type, we err pro ,p41:44 estisfy ordere of tea. (Herds. ..:_grA) Las st 9 ip.4LITTTLX - AiL L , ATIVIII4E ZY-7;A}l; mitirtrify . CtillAkralgt.b. PA: t ):408 R, LIMN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, - TIELLICPONTR. PA., Uritabibt Itlautan, . ATTORNEY AT LAW lIELLEFONTE. PENN &ten with lion JoinotT 8010. noy2S CRAITBOY. WILBERT, • • w SA Y CHI DRY , 1100118,97 Merkel St.. end 20 Church Alley .Ph 1 1 0494 411 1 . . . Jeuld-8 tf i cTIN STOIE & SON, A UCTIO!CitEItA, el V., will µtend to olurilms to awl, ys toothy. IQtDEN ORVIB, ATTORNEY AT LAW • LOCK Ofßoevra tbo Protbottotttry, attlto Court flousi. Lir Buil L. ow of all kt 0.14, pot tutuitsg to the pro Comma prroptly attended to. pa C. XITURV.I4L. ATTielt Y-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA Moe In the Armin, one door from Sourhook'n ho ter, will attendprozaptlyte business In Centens Olin ten and Olen:MO cTuuti4a. • O. A. 1/A111L•1111, U. D. .1, U D011111:111, H. D. AssocutTßD J. 1.1 DOREN., With him NI the prainiee at 11110:11thoe. °Mee it heteeMbre ea ilhthop street; opmeite the Tempereuee Moult. . Must T 844 tf. DE. /AIM F. HIITCHD3OIf, • - - soototittor Wm. J . 31IJKint, ritspootfully tenders hit protioisioiloi por tion to rho elicit of P 0 rrgius lot brSIC.—A LABS ; of 'Joseph I. lliskley'loolebnited Itsika vick• pen bnd u le.taf gem. aT Wado. ill) ' ••• • • • itUitAik;ON uid MECIIANIQAI/ DEN Tfelr, *mild inform Me friends and petrel.' leaf he bet pantabatitly located In Dellstonte, and Alta , he will be happy to ettettd to any whitish& his pin . feadieual serTiaos All Ivork bone in the neatest style arid. warrnded r kirOittnu and 135 the North E. - tat Cra, -- iftrryf the` Di.t Canst Jjoanß. _ 2DICAt ART NEESHIV, ...11.T.5. ORO. L POTTER, haring netioointe.l with blan fat.the *practice of max:Wine, Dr. J. D. MlT they oLor their profeedional vortices to the oftialiall of Bellefonte and vicinity. When Deena. burp thw wartinkting attontkou of both will be given *Brost additional oharge 11.3 r Dr. Kitebell's mildew:le at hfri. Benner s. Bellearwea. doel2-11" 62EZN loMBEN, 10 Usu. I. Mugs. PELIPONTIC, PA. Aso Unfelt, DUALtif IA Drier, Nedleldee, Perfumery, P1'11114;014, Y eillfted.by.Pitulrs; Toilet *wpm liruebee, hair and Tooth Brushes, steno: and Toilet Akticles, Trudiels Anil Aduider Brims, Oarden riteds Oestasseri will And our stock oompleto ailed freak, and all sold at isoderste priot•e• kirrarthers Uod Phyol,d.ins from the country itre'swited to exandoe,tiur elock• 72111 CAI' CUM. -DR:. J. 'UMW* resplattally taterme the ultimate of Jackson I'6ll of the *emending country, that ho hie 17 Wasted at J.k3.llitil In, awl will OrilllZlLand loan calls tho Airqretit bt,tuelito Orilla do; teeniest or ourgleel, at reasonable seislirksk .jets else prepared to insert artifleitt teeth no ettrentr tei the Istein Improvements end the now iligsssoad styles, bay to perform all other operation' , Ja Dilated liturgy In good style and at reasonable Ulm ifillaaitful for pit forma, ho hopes by prompt at Untie° to busluesti, milli to merits contittuanee o • shore of the pliblie patronage, (lire hint a trial Be wilias to Au or hai only as his merits and skit deOurve• BBBIT BASK JAL T. lIAi.• A. U (Jussix, X...1.1..21ni55, B. N. litCALLiurrua. W. M. Ilduanky. 11121110DIAT PAW ON BPEOLAL DEPOatIll. litiXES, MeALLISTER,. HALE k • Ditokraturs, CESTRII Co, Pl..' aEIPthiLTS EC Fa V ED, Lb L E.S.CHA NO E AND NOTES DIN -00E51%D 49OLL$HTIONS MADE, AND •PR 09E EDS RE ...MITTED PROMPTLY. liarTT pezD ON SPECIAL DEPOSITti FOIL X DAPS AND UNVEIL SIX MONTHS AT THII BAIT OF FOUR PERCENT D DPWAADS, At THE RATE OF FV E PER ORNT PER A NNUM 1111C1H41(94.0.4f.TU1i ROT OONBTANTLY ON , • HAND: nOot All) JON PRINTING OFFICE Tlia Publisher of Tun Daltoen•Tie Warm& Aso hos t in wentmotion with WI icoarep &por lictab ~e,Yggpl r the most e=taueiro and code date . •,V•lor Thum GeitiTerlreiTiejlikai; -eft rr.thir MATERIALS, And gm West Nod most tobloosbls style of Plain otiod Soins7 Typo, and is prtpanal to eininuto all I d " . - -- ROWLAND PhtiCY 1011•PRINTH40, 'll Uto Veititneteietietyle, and et the shortest notice S/D141._ CIRCULARS, " "Menlll3 v. lfinfitriffiAl4B.-- -- BALL T i - E A wit ' ~ ° A,.. ICKETS, , ~ SLITS, RECEIPTS, • BOORS, CIIECKH, SHOW HiLlll3, BLANKS, l' . I :MNdliel/d2&13,5, to., tn., ho, 1.0, SILVER, and BEcKZEXEINTINC ifot - Itt go hindenerest umoor. EPRINTINIA. IN COLORS, in the most Iseult • aad finished style of the mt. -- Fsetkrn guaranteed In regnrd to nestness, o.l.... .b•fienolifi trod PundtalllKT in the fulfilment of IS .-- /i OR IR TUB AlthAfiff. 2d FLOOR, DI- IfiIOTLY OVER T.A. - RBIMPLAW -105 4 44 D ,... 1 . - r 4 .- . , , • . • .. ,0 110V":0•11.": ...0i....Aat0ri*.V11•104.1.0.1. „. , 4 . 04 " , 0...... .' --..74«......- -r,- -- - • 7,- - --....t. , ~' 7 4,, -- --. ~.--* '.--., . ~ . ~.,,, . i .. . 1 ' . c ' , ':' ` - ..1 ' - 't ',. '..- .. , -V, - - - .Z A • 4,....-‘ . .; 4 ' I .. : - J .- . ' '-4 %IV ', '4l' 13 'i" 1, . ~.. , . 0 .."- g" ' -1" . - 4 . . ii ' . - r ''‘ - • , • . ''" .., 1 . , . . 4 ... . . • ,P 4,4 . IT 1 I , l' 111 1. ii' • , ' t. ',II .. fit I i: '- •, ;7 • ~ . 1 , ...‘ , I , . . _ .. . .. , . Tiihaleht. u the tide en the limning sky • Are %where, pod eurrossa at peat; Bo btlAht ern I s'espiretievi high, When Welded by pure virtue end truth. ENJII ee the thorn blooms with the rose; Vista ere sorrows mingled with oar joy; OrstedArkttspe midst the gior.l Our pionsaroit arc obt *lthort . elloy Boon the brixht,nrits of noon-day le roftst, ' W.rn au a bairVe ,at the Palming spray-; 3o yonth, too bi Ight to Met, Swift to tho bubble—p.ss swat tpo twilight of day in sad and soN, • ilyin boor ifktviwo tool today's line: go, In life', eve, the thoeghts gear aloft, --- rilaturtins Witigrot 'dive - •n - V .11 114.11.1¢14 there's a land ' itliere'tlarre't+ nu eiukt,eits, deil.h or fOrrow; Woo all lulljbt, lire, joy sod tote, D's the ehrietions hop's—our tifo's to-morrow. ineWl.•ll. belgi f s,MClN OFTIIE .9'7 PR L . X E COUPT OP 771 P, U. STATES-CP . ILT JUS TICE TA'NET'S'O, 2 IN - 10/4: - - - (Thief Justice Taney, in deliiering the opinion of the court. said that this case, after argument at the last term, was directed to be reargued at the percent term owing to ,difTeraace at opilifun existing among mom bete at the aoest,suid le -order- to give-the.' subject more Miters deliberation. There were two If siding' questions: first had the . ci rinit 'court o( the United Status for_ the dstriot of .Missouri jurisdiction in the case : end if it hadlurisdiction was its de cision erroneous or not I- • The def'iidant denied'. by plea, in abate ment, the jurisdiction of the circuit court or thi3 Vitited States, on the ground /hat the plaint , ff "is a negro of Afrisan deioent. his ancestors were of pure Af-ican blood. end "sere brought ints thin conutrj and sold as slaves, h and therefore the plaintiff "is not a citizens( tbeStsts of Missouri." To this ples.the pbtintiff demurred, and the court sustained thi demurrer. Thetenpos the de fendant:pleaded over. end jitittlfledthe tress• pass on the ground that the plaintiff and his family were his my* tdereal and .1 stale- , went of filets, agreed to by both partire j was read in vvidelve.-- Tit!ieliiet innate. liming mated ihe fate in the case, proceeded to eiy. that the (pleb. pfaintiplimi entitled till sue in the court of the United States. This was a peculiar vutaie: - win% Inmett-le; • • • such cboomstainees: but it had been brought here. and it Wia duty Of the'court to meet And to decide The questfen was simply this'. can • Peva'. ' wipe, ancestors were imported, and sold is R . yea, become • member of the political oily formed and brought into exile.. fence by the constitution or t he Unittil States and. as such, become entitled to all the rights and immunitteie of a oitizeii, one of which rights is Ruing in the courts of the United States in cases therein specified I- - In diticuming ibis question we tansynot con- fband the rights ob 4 citizen erhielt,p state ntaybonfiv within its emit limits with the rights of a Citizen within tbeliMits of the United States. • ' No one can be tl citizen of the UniteiStatea unless goer thO provisione of • the eoustitu tion,Aut it does net bailor tiefire ing • Citizen of otio 'tett, must be morns ed es such by every w ate in the Unionr Be may be a citisen in nine state and not 11:0111- I mud as such in another. Previous to the "Po .tion of the eanstitutionii ever)! Oslo might ceder the Ohaiiieter Ott aithaill; eta endoW a man With all the rights pertaidligt to it. This wise °unlined to the boundaries of s stete f and gave bun tw weigh" , Ibiejmuui its limits. Nor have the several states sur rendered this power-by the adoption of the constitution. Every state May coder the right upon an elicit or on any other class or description of peisOnit, who would, to all in tents and purposes, be* citizen of the state, bu' not a citizen in the muse used in the constitution of the United States. Ile would not thereby become a citizen cif the United States. nor could he enjoy the immunities of a citizen in the other •states. Ili' rights would be Confined strictly to hirewn state. The constitution gives CongrOss the! power to establish .'a uniform rule of naturalism tron ;" consequently, no state. iJy iip.ttimii zing an aliei!.could confer upon him the rights anti inimuitiiies of all the states under the ge n eral government. It is very char, theufurc,.that do state can, by any act.in troduce a ittlw member into the poliical created by dLe cons titu.i.n. Trg l q u"tiaii tfien whedur the proviiiions) of the ctinetitutniii 'of the •Uuittd Statis in ' ' , lotion to personal rights, to width • ',WTI of a state is entitled, embraced negrous of the African rttvo, it that time in the 90111i try, or afterwards imported, or made fee from noy and whether it is in the power of any state to make such eltizon of the state, and en tow Wm with full citizenship in sny othef buttes without their eonsep(i Does qiiec.9lstit9 tioi of the Uni ted States act nisei hins,fted clothe hits all the rights of *citizen 1 Ttie s a ne,, think ski aftiresstive.citinintlie maintained; and. 1 stop; the plainlif~ could Missouri within the gnarling of the constitti tiion, twee eitisen of the United States, amid, conwquentlY, not entitled to sue in its courts. It is true that eve*" pariton r ind trap CIARC and description of parsons at thaititoe of the adoption of the constitittion,..regardril as 9iti~cns of:tlprseveral states, liecaina pans of this now political 4. saj noes • 4 LIFE sr fiber*, ami..ths pitimuii.ot bsuipiness.-t IThat to tense! these rights, goVernmlbsta sip ingtilititini ' among mek deriving their Joet puitierettom the consent of the govern. ed.'? &c. The words before gust:ed. Would viceM lo embrace the whole human family: Sufi it need in s similar iiiiinitherirthirdzy 'would be so understood. But it is too clear for dispute that tie emslarod African race were not int. tided Cri,be included, for in that cap, the distinguished Men who from bd the Declaratidn of , Independence Mould be flagrantly against the principles whickl 1 they asserted. They who framed the Dec. laration et- Independencd were men o r two much honor, education, and intelligence, to any what they did not believe; and they knew that in no part of the civilized world were the negm race, by common consent. admitted to the rights of frouneo. They spoke and acted according ',4) the practices, doctrines, and usages of the day. That tin• fortunate raCe was supposed to he separate from the whites, and was never thought or spoken of except a property. These op n• tons underwent no change when the consti . 1 tlition itav adopted. , The preamble sets firth for what purpose. and for•erho , e bone. tit, it iris 'formed. It Was formed by the people—such as had been members or the original statea—aud the great object was to secure the Id:Casings of liberty to (sure he II , 'WA . init — prtlntrrity;"4llll4iiltif-in--044A41141 terms of citizens and people of, the United Strum when providing for'the pow, rs gran ted, without defining what description .of persons tilaiiild be in - chided, or who - slitraid be regarded es citizens. fit two ruses of the constitution point to the negro nice as ' - liepitrate - and net: vogardid.,as cttizensl Ihr whotn the constitution was t ailoytea. tine clause reserves the right to import slaves until 1808, and in the aempul the state pledge, tlwmtulves one to another, to preserve the )rights oplie master, and teiletivrr op shires leaosping to their reameehae territories. • By . iti..• iiret,sbruitii" the sliktitirpurchase..,and hold in_ . mprotierty ii direialy aanotioned anti authorised by the pernmavitho fraairildhl BELLEFONTP, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 18‘57. other. It was lowed for thems,tves and their posterity and for nobody else and all 1416 tights 8 , 4 immunities were inteitired lit embrace only those of state commitnities, or Mcrae who became nieflibera accottling.lo the principles on which the constitution was adopted.. Lt was n union of tilosb wito wore rn :mimes of the political cotiminnities, whose power, for certain al fled, purposes, ex- tended over the whole territories of th e tnitedStittr-S, and ghee each - citizen rights outside his sate. which he. did nk, before i re-el:ems. : and placed all rights of persons mid property on an equality. , Ti becomes necessary, therefdre, to deter , ori . ne, who 'rem cit liens of therseveral status whim the coneititution 1A4'114'4,4(4. In or der to the this, we must rel:air to Am when - they separiveti trent (6e6.!. Ba itain , formed new communities, Sod took their {!dice among the family of nations. They who were recognized as eft isgnspf the sl a v e a.elitred their independence of Limit Britain, and defended , lt by force of traits. Another class of persoez, who liadheeit inverted as Mites. or their descendents, were not recog nized or into nded to be included in that mern oral& instrument—the claration 'of inde pendence. It is difficult aPthis day to real ize the state of public opinion, respecting that unfortunate class, with the civilized and enlightened portion of the world, at the time of the Declaratiun of Independence and the adoption of the constitution. but history show); they have, for more than a centuil,4 l Ewen ieg-arded as beings of 1.1 inferior order, An unlit associates for the white race, eith• ; er socially or politically: and had no rights which white men acre hound to -respect and the black man might be reduced to slavery, bought and gold, atta tmated as en I ordinary article of ire rithandlse. This opin ion, nt that time, wee tiz,4l and univ‘rsil with the civilized portion of the white race.' It was trgardtd es au axiom in morals, which no one thought of disputing, -and every one habituiilli acted upon it, without doubt ing fora moment the correetneu of the opin ion. And in no nation was this opinion more fix`d and'AvnerailY seta upon than 111Eog• land, the sublects of which governnieg not only tidied them on the mast of Africa, but toolohtm le ordinary tnerChandists, to where they do td Make a profit on them. The oftinion' thus entertained, was universally impres4ed on the "coloninia-thia 41de of the At antic; accorilinsly, negrotlloT the AM can MCI. w.ra rtgardcd by them as proper ty, and held, And hottgid and sold, asi such, in vett.) one of ; the thirteen dcgarkies, wfttati go, if in itre Vcliratinn'Of titdepetttetd.O: a art( rn int fbrmed tho cons' i'utfon. The eine "of Which we harespoken Was std. kbViTy entbsotti by the EkchtrAtion,of,kke pendence. and afterward formed the Omni. ttithin.__ The du•trine of which we have spo. ti enfeeeedisy the I t,..elire• lee "of I ieleptheleilie, and Isttrefir 1 rated the eotts.ltution. flies: —•• when in the 'courke of •hum• n e vents, it becomes necemary for one pepple to dissolve. the political hand which nave connected them with another. add to as. sumo among the powe•e of the earth, the generate and equal 'dation to which the laws of nature end of Nature's hod entitles them a decent respect to the opinihns of mankind requires dint they shoal I dezbire the causes ittli AI impel them to the separation ;" and thenlortoceeds "We bold them truth* to be •lf evident -6.4 hat all men are created equal: that they are endowed, by their Crtator, with certain unalienable rights ; that among theao are coroditittion, foe • tv/4 taxa : and the i 'arc I..ti pledged thermal' '_ h blthi2 right of the master as long 'di 'Jitimmitotttint then formed should endure.' d this shows' conclusively * that sunnier ileac Ption of per -1 anns were embraced in the o f . 4troviainna of tho constititilmt. Theme t Inusea *ere not iniendi d lo (stiffer noniitittem m, their 1 posterity the blessings orlibelly,ito careful ly conferred upon the whites. ~ilione of this class, ever emigrated to theIRO State; voluntarily, They were all at clt aof met.. cloindize. The number eurti*lpated were I few as e.arnpaNd with thomekwito held in . ' slavery, and not sufliciently n ernes. to at- 1 tract ptlitie . attention nsa . rate 'class. and wore rcgnrTe4 its apart to the siiiiif pop- . Walton.. tatlkr..thinilteo. . Ai.. .., ~,..., It cannot he asp 'Lwow' ?bit* 15tatea Ion : furred cil iieoshlp'hpon themtfor all these State a at 'Hitt thou es — cahliithvgpotkek.rvg-ues lations for the security of selves and families, se well is of peon • In some toloor eases there Were 'di t modes of trial, it could yet taut!? a that these States would - have formed a* to a government which atiiilisked s right 'and' took front ttoth the Mae guar essential to their own protection, Tiler, have not the 1 right to bear arms, and appgao. at iniliii . o meetings to discuss Politioatfrotestients, or 1 urge measures of rotor& whilitt they might ' deeni Intitnabiti,- - thet,tiotiOkyage at: alai lions, nor serve as julmr .. .4 mgr, appear as Wit ots,kll where whiten ere distiteriled. 'Huse r'gitts are securtd In wear.A .,i 6l..ato to whits„ into, It is- innixamriblst A. , it 4 re that the nun of the sieve holding. busies who took, se I large a share in the tbtfmattoq of the Consti tution could,* so regirdleas of thernsi lees and I ite.safiity of those•who trusted and co:t ill d ill them. ' • . , . Evert) , laW of naturalization oonflnrs cit r zenslopto white per one. This is s marked separation from the Blacks. Under the tou ted...radon vet" State bed 4 right to decide for itself, Sod the term "five inhabitant," the gener.ility of form, certainly excluded the African race. Laws well framed for the Nutt especially , . Under the t'eu4titut on the word "citizen" is subitttsted for free inhabitant." Af.er further elaboration on this point, the Chief Justice stitd, from the best consideration, we have.oorne to the concluetdn that the African roes who cime to this country, whether free Or elate, ecefio' not intended to-be included Vibo Cotuttitul. l flan for the enjoyment of any famional rights or benefits ; and the. twoanovisions which Ipitst to tht.lla treat ,then it askoperty; and Intik*: it the duty of Ow govvrtnitent to Poo: lea them to such. Vence, the court is of opinion, from the facts stated in the plea in abatetnent, that Dred Scott is not a citizen of Missouri, Snd id not, thirteihrif, battled to sue in the U. S. Courts. . - The following facts appear on the reoonl : 4- Iri 1834 the plaintiff was nuegro slave be. lunging tii Dr. Pherson, vaginas a surgeon in the pinny of. the United Stites. In that year 34) mid Dr. Ecnappoti took the plain. tiff frozd the State of Mierroti to the mill. Lary post at Rook lelartil, hi the State of Bitola, and hid him there-es a Allays until the mon hof April, 1836. At thelPiene last mentioned, said Dr. Emerson removed the plaintiff frond said military poet at Redk Inland, to the military post at Fort Snelling, situated on the west bank of - Vie Minsheijol river, in the territory known as Opp" . L 66. f 'gentling! tirthe Unittd States eVoin `Frande, itlid d riiipted north or the latitude of 36 dg. 30 min. north, and north of tke State of Missouri. Said Dr. Emerson held the platittid ic slivery at said Feet Snelling In the year 1835, ibirrfet (who is named in the second count of the tiert) wewthe slays of. Idsdordhiliel l / 4 3 . 1 .4..-.E4 0 Lelonged to the army of the United States. In that year (1835). sold MAO!: Taliakrro took said Uarriet to aoil Ikirt toilita4 post , situated as bertlnbafore stated, and kept her there as el. elate until the yar I 1836, and then sold and delivered her as a' elate at Fort Snelling unto said Dr. Emerson; hereinbettire named ; dad said Dr. Emerimn hellidid traliiit: in Slater/ it said Fort Snelling nntil the year Ip the year 1838, the plainti . lf and said Harriet, at said Fort, Snelling, with the con sent of said Dr. Elm rson, who then eleinie4 to be their master and owner, interm'rried ael took each other for hoband and Wife. Eliza and I. 4 i3zie, #atied (tthe third rollflt , Of the plaintiff's decferation;are thi2 fruit of that marritige.. Eliza is about fourteen vu ars old; and was born on hoard the hteatti- Ini it Hinkley, north of the north line of the S ate of Jliasrutrl. and upon the Mio4irstPlii river; Lizzie is Klima seiten }earn 6141. anal was born in the State of' Mi4f4.111 . 1 at the military post called Ji Mrsen.llerracks. In the year 113:',13. said Dr. Emerson re moved Or plaintiff' end said Harriet, and their said daughter Eliza, from said Fort itimiling-toioS,......slinglii4i . lithere they have t vi r sines . resiiii d 'Before the comment' meet of thin suit, said Dr. Emerson' sold and convoyed the plittrittr, anld Harriet, Elias and. Lizzie. 6 the dell.itdatit, f 4 slaves, and the defundant claimed to hold emit of them, aikalaves. . At the times -mentioned in the plalntifl'a detiaraiftin; the; del', ndont, - eixtming.-to owner av aforesaid, Lid ing hands upon said plaintiff flarriet, Eliza and Lassie, ,and im prisoned them: 'doing in flat 'respect, hew ev no more than what hi might lain do if they were of right his alarm at such titics• ' rha Net Juatioe protecde4. to °manioc thu atatemoryd . wll4l4, tUtltbie.pol fif, tho controversy presented two questions. Firstly?--Vas ht (Scott) and all his tatnily (tree' in lii it:A(ll4,i, mut Secondly—lf not, were they free by rea- Son'of their rem oval to flock Island, Illinois. Time act of Collgtos on which the p 1 .. ,: tit" :relic" contains time clause, that slav*y and iniloluntary servitude, except for crime,• shall be forever prohibited in that 14,34 of titeteliel tory acquired by treaty from, Loui siana, std not included within the Yawata of the State of Vonisiant. • .Thu difficulty which meta us - at the, threshold is. whether Con gress is autlitiriscdto o pitsa"such a lair urt. , der the powers granted t 0 it by the Conati. , • • tution ? The plaintiff dolvells much on the amine ' which.' gives ' Congrele'tioweir: .. to Make 1111',ii4edgil 'rates and rlidationn , re epeiiiielFtrie-Territery- dr ()their pre7OßY fr i , or tiie Unit' ti•Sisteii !" . But this provisign hat no h-earing on.the present controversy • ITlte power 'there given is confined tb the t.t.rrquty which. then belonged to the United States, ot4cliq l litte no intlueneq on terri: tory which. Was acquired from foreign goy arninetita.. „ The;Justiosidnt.iefert4- 1 0-th2 evasions ef land hy Virginia staid other Staten. saying thn only, object was to put an end to existing controversies, and to enable Con gress to diiiprwe of 4h• bwrittillitiahe common i benetit.-"Undeblatedly- the. power of _ sorer ! eiguty arid. endieut &WIWI' was ceded in the set' Tbisrusierykolinetartsiabis it illielliiilik There wets then no government In caletence 'with enumeritetl.pewi we. What was celled the Stately were thirteen independent cold. bide *Met *MAN-into confederation for mutual piroteritliin; it 'alio little more then a Cengrenotamlitisicadors, is which all had a common concern. It was this Congress which: &conned Abe - iistiiiiMi Trim Virginia. They had tro.rialit,to do so under the arti cles of the conftilmation, but they had a 1 right as incirpendent poialtrs to accept the land fur the common benefit; and it is equally clear, haying no superOwta control them ; they had a right to exercise absolute dominion, subject only to the restriction' which Virginia lippoesd. The ordirwincia dr 1787awas odoptid,loy• which tbe territory should be governed, and among t‘tJher pro viaima was one that slavery or involuntary aer‘itude should be prohibited, except for crime.- - This was the itats of things when -the cobstitutithl was formed. The temtory ce ded by Virginia belonged to the overact con• i fe&rillufitetes ifirifilitllltnittl - property: -- - -i rbei States went about to dissolve the confedera tion., end warreridaw a pardoner their power, .ice deer feelaataiit 91 4-o•Ctoliabibeli4lino . the language used limited and specified the °Nem* to-be amemplialued. It was obvious that some provision was noir necessary ttaH Aive.the.stutgoveresetent the power to-carry into effect every object for which the terri tory was ceded. It waa necessary that the lands should be sold to pay the *sr debt, and that power should be given to protect the citisens kdop might emigrate, with the r rights of property, arms, military stores (as well as ships of war,) were the "common pioperty.of the states existing-in their-hider pendent character, and they had a right to tike their propeety to the territory, - withogi the authority of the States:.' The object was to place these things" under the guar. dlanship of a new g've.mment, which give* 'eciniiiten the power "to lista all if eedrul ruts t . i`and regelatiOns respecting 04 Emi -1 tdry. or other property of . the United States, ti It ipplled to the territory then in existence and known aw the territory of the United 'States then in the bawd of the frimers of the Constitution; It refers to the sale or raja log of rudneji. "This is ilitilvent from tits power telt:graffito over the territories. With 'the words "to make all needful ruleiiiid +regulations respecting the territory," are - isitipTeillhe — Worde'.• - attri • Mher -yertyrerey-of he United States." And the conCluding Itol`da tender this construction irresistible: " and nothing in the Constitution Olen be so eonetrwed 13 to prejudice any claims of Abe' United States or any particular Stale." - It'is obvious thakthe Congress under the nes , government, regarded the shore clause as necessary to carry into ellbct the princi ples and proviefons of the ordinance of 1787, which they regarded as an act of the States in the exercise of their political power at the' time : and these representatives of the unme i aitaitsta., under the new government, did not thins proper to depart from Ifiiiiy essential, Wiwi p1e ,, ,, and did trot Elempt to undo any thin - that Wilfl'itOtle. - ' . - A- to territory acquired without the limits of the llnited4itatea r it--rtosaine territory until admitted into the Uniett. No power is eiten in life conatitotion to acquire territarY ,to IA field,444 goy . . rind - ftiothiat'character ; and, (Trust - qui nay, thervcannot le fotindAn the esmelitntion any &hiden of power which COMtetss may lawfully exercise be ferelt heroines a State., The power td fie quirt territory until if f s 'in u condition to lkimuutlt State nu an'equal footing with,the other Suttee twist neeresarily rest imalinM ' discretion, cad it-beitasanitTirniirttfirthe governnwnt tcrirliniecster the ht, Sr of the Ilniteci','Sfhtes t0r4,00 ortrtection of personal 'rights. and, twit/ theuin. _ • Whatever territory is acquired fit' for dhe, cornrnon benefit of the people t3f the United Stites, which is but a trustee: At. the time that territory was obtained from_ France, it oontained` sto ponnlation to bo achnitted al ,a. S ate, and it.therefore became necessary to hold poases.sion of it until settled and Inbab hear by a civaliatd comMunity, eepnble of self-goverotnctit and, for admission into the (Loon. _lint, R 3 we before said, it was ac quired by the federed-it.towountatna ii;r.p... iesentative and tri t t f espoo,Rimpi t gut United kitatea, and must be held for their common and equal benefit fel-4 was Vs acqedattionottliskropitalf4llwriiiiiial States acting throne' their agents. and govniment held it for the common benefit until it should beetimeasociateci is a mentber of "Ure Until that lime it 'was undoubtedly nccm • any that • some goierntitent be bstehliithed to lboteet the tan ti Cie] p iirSOtt tind property. The power to ',acquire carries with it the pdwor to preserge: The fora of govern:bent necessarily reels on the discK. tion of Congress. Ii is their thitilto 1 110 h the best' suited-for - the United States, and thie tnGst depend upon the number of its altd the chfraeter "ttnd tion of the territory. Wift goreniment -is best must • depend on the. condition of the to be continued until it shell become a State. Dutthere can IlleT -12;7b1;a mere - tlimetninsi - yiloSier over per ' sentranti pfroPeky.;'Tlieso are plainly. de fined by the constitution. Tho eothtitution Trocide tt that •Congress shall make no law 'respecting the establishment -of 'religion, cr prohibiting the fns exercise thereof: cr abridging the freedom of speech, orof the press; or the right of the people pt vcably to assenible, and to petition the government for a.redress of grievances," etc. Thee the iighta of property *re-united .with the per. tonal rights, and this extends td the territo vitirirt ititir l aTiii 'the Stater. dengress can not euthoilser the territories to do what It cannot do itself; it cannot confer on the ter. *glories power to violate the provisions of ttuiconati tut ion. It seems, however that there is supposed to be a difference between slaves and other propeTty. The pimple in the formation of the cnintitation, delegated to the general' government certain enumerated powers and forbade -tito exercise ofotligas. It has no pollute *ler persons and propiTrty of citizens swept anise enumerated in the conatftution. If dwoonettitation rannfzes the right of muter and slant, and itlitterner dilemma, between elaretrand other property, no tri bunal acting under the authority of the TlM ted States can, draw Inch a distinction and deny the provisions and guaranties secured spinet the encroachment of the government. As we have 'heady said, the right of prop erty in a Elave is expressly conferred in the 6.4 . matitution, 'and guaranteed to every Slate. This is kw language too plain to be misun derstood and no wonle can be found in i lhe ntittrlin t'ongrass — greater • over dares than over any other description of pplrty... • t la - Onrellne the is. i s , llof !Ones that the act of congress which prohibits cit • bens from holding property of this charac ter north of a certain line, is not warranted by the coostitntion and Is therefbre void : and neither Deed Ccott nor any one of bpi family were made five by their residence in -• The plaintiff waif - not a dated of Missouri, but wa.s still a slave:Mid there fore had do right to sae in :the-court of the United Matt*. 1 The court haring thus eimnfned thoo•z ses u it Infiniti' mule' the - &institution, pro ceeded to t'rthir points, saying, is Scott MU when he was brought back ts semi .m Illinois, he yea under the law of the Awmer sad not of the latter. ithas been settled by thti highest tribumtli.tllat id in iividualtimunot iteirdro'hls fetiedoitu under aim* Stistusistaseim As it appears to the Court that the pleintif is trot • citizen of thaeogrieust the United Stites who coytd sue in IKo.United States courts, this court gives no judgment, and hence the suit ultustiardlusissed fbr ifant of jurisdic thn. ' 1 1 19E11. P /EEC E 4 S DEPARTURE FROM THE WHITE ROUSE earreapea4aataf .biteitualan .1 Fremont paper that has alit:ay* been °p is:mod to tho iaef L measured Of the Dem oentio party, aux beautifully writes about the depart Gen. Pierce from the Preai. deat's mansion 't It may be safely itattl that tie tvfidont a of Washington city part With Piteardant Pierce with great regret.. lle has endeared himself to thew by his kindness, geheronity and urbanity. Allusion wee made to hiiii .in the sermon of Rev• Sunderland, his parri tor, on the Sabbath precet.dlng the inaugu ration, and ,the patter and people were "f -lirted to tears. Mrs. t'ierce's health is poor the blow that stretch down her only sop clove h r own hurt. - Her Litrb)Ptl will sophinpa n) her to a wanner chine, and he will not visit the North till the Summer. It is h►ra~- lybElbo expected that Mr:. Pierce hill eyir sue another Northern winter., t• As the Cabin, tof (ku. Pierce waY dm , fluently thou ten thousand torigues. Trig are • atria from the opening of his admiiiistra- the messengers of overwhelpirigrodiet. it lion to its close, so Was it with hits domestic , rtin ucep•tliti of unit k lechers; !fibers arrangements. Ilis coachmen , doorkamer. ' nu ' Pe" dieser(' and dent/girl, all went whh hirxt wine hunting any arguinebt, to 'press 'skit as be mime into pon(r, 'man(& with hiin lieu) is nut mortal, I would honk fur •it 11011 ii• thivugli the whole term. and wii l l i i tears and strung, consult:tie c . non of the br**lsthen i imp] sobs took his Mind at paring, as on . 010 situf Mae bean deeply4gitaterli whom il* "the morning of the third bode, adult to the 1 , 0104,,nti 1 tnani. . oll, _A twr,,,,na friend of IJitutikitns of feeling ort risiaz eedatiti* President Viercr, who took - 17n::al(Ttuff - - rah - Vitri - arr - guvLicqe - forttritr rrystrairrvorkerol.--- ,biul on the day he rimovol from the White OM qiciik net harshly of the stariefeeti one: House, one who witnc‘sed the farewell of heaping i n t.iinna ~, hook not tAn i, o 4 o. the servants. said it was one of the most af- sit hw ' , - filly by rude laughter, ur 1101.11aalirt 621.1111144" fil(luting slant he ever saw. J gfnunte - .• ~ .. , ~,,, , (*drams and kindness of the President to I, Lqipire ! 1 - 416 7w'ituu"slolinl - r4 lo 3'.l l !•leilligi s (torrents had riyiicd limn to hun with dialtkitepren sage!. WC gui , .Irenwitsigs . cords stronger than hands ef-st(el ; and as A ela i o f liitlithoud .1!1 iyutittialllllll:B4444ooo they came iu to 'say farevrtll alley were conk- yunistl -they-sre what letiTy' - ifieiellnedtand - hu - Orr eoeld-tity-.2 , 4' -• , -... 1 .47...__ ...,_ __. ~..I.Ol A * ' 44 t4 1 4 1 M0 dawn the ,harness of State and polYilt atig Jli.l4l o l9,klis iligf,t , iratit. .1 1 „,i 1f ,..y r , heave no sigh, exchange parting' maul-midst), 444.114c1inu. -I lia,lg are, gajatol i palapek , i consultation for four years, and With nliorp, sirf .. met,t holy, There 44 140mywn) ~t f- - no cord of misunderstanding had evcr been __,in awful pleasure I , Ifiboire Air9‘4, * , known, nutted to teara iss the benedictions , i of his servants, to whom he had been so kind " 11 " t ° ' 164 * toe?' tot loils, 1 1,1%;, • r . .., a attester, ftyll upon honest gratiotliesrure 0 livP; 31 4 ,1 if neoue nligkilrt, .MilF i• •. - . , trit•46•4loat. leukunaasiCitiflpk 41,12 ~ , i _o_n ulil , iteimilsj lt . n zt. ,i , ,_ !e;shoitttnipi ► fr, 'be ipplicwili ;44: St Ertl._ . , , ~.. , 07, .1,-,. .4. , ,,, r.,4 'NO. Mt BATH OF THEPlilNClA§Liffitillt Y[^%l4 a Lit of Vailsian gossip ft . nt-atett, tii tho correvon&tut of Ai 1440 Post : ! ()tinge Poled deprived the world or tho Princoio Nome, the petticoat thplefeer tiat, the Russ'an eriv, Gutrot's cuter. and one or Pat Wail iety=s-oKii-11 pettipld lions ohnnotere. tiopahl}', but not all the i - orid',l4,o4* . " 6"4:H lift -4' ntorrof the erangi , It.appeara i . 441 justnefore this of heratjact duakseq#l....* tatresol Tello.y:rttnni hot.l 4116te .. the ponces, went to RO adjaaaNt iterer's to buy a doz n or oranges ts sores* dessert s Aqdabe went herself brains!** Ifl-Itet-teroir-sranin- • • • • P. iving MI in tile neionwa of tine , expenses ; so ticeirNg . :o etun 134443 44, I , * old age, slu d' tcrinined to 4to)uriss*i • for fur valde hviijf, that no rillineous • tio•washor mit!" lionpforeh ohent Ihtir : stood ilia draft of iira bile rnikini thypl ct a c, and thok a el, Lot cold, whiah **A agrirated while rfeparing the f. It cii grew Worse during the inner. Ste a so ill qt. ei being sakryrii tit ' a 7• ' rnoncd a phy..l_::at . n.-Arlito remained liles holster during the night and ttwo?klitrd. • rillowinz day. But din sra. • • • :••• is • ~, reap rd:ISC *lffy and ctinn l ** l ' l f she tied fief doomiti the • ..., , , troubled counter ant, and ft , s . • 1 his potions as .. wed .as irt di!. ' ..'.. ... . CirellUritSilelli T . I tale 4be dead liaises_ ft* night-she said -I kt.orrlt, I'lleet ii . , ilielis is in vain that you seek to detteliri tititZ“:l* env son Paul.-kit rue be alone a-Idt: Mtn l iii r • ni so tif f can dispose - of my prorortf; • .040 • 1011 &c.. - acooi ding to roy deiires, and ' lbw quietly -wait to se,e what is deatit.' tilt wishes were complied with. and tuning ante isftetorily pranged everything, she resigned herself to thoeftsl struggle. Kirqp,peintimi and statesmen, the well knew, seollStiniii•• est themselves Shout her last moinwitti* thorough woman of the, world dint alirt,"4l4. she determin , d to keep up tr respootable np pearance to.the end. And as 110.1 161111611111 judge, her death ww• as perfectly teem, d fast as alto would have desired chilli 4i have lived to hear it talked about ! What' a powerful thing is ssoird yr ange !" (roar; sa Anii(ak There e.-e thr,Ae vehu b t eliere iL 404.44 ♦teeirkl Rriei bNt Wn "loydra, who are left behind tt,tens. 114 ob i .1.1111110 'ion lses tleiud 'nutty it mutter's. WM: , 14 the uteru In:lining grief thin. sloatti o brit iit iv a relief iinsir elkah , ,il to thirds that z lkut tsp. rnen:ctt 'Vial its; sire-cfterisield partetier..at dpe dual ) ; child are still with tie, atop= r . ly by a thin division . air, gm pt u., vrsolsing opts W. 5t41111414..1414 , - VI vianditig us th Mild actions.- . orwri conviction elieekod the rising tbosigiti . • "Ira ttu nod the - temiring and thing rf t.e path of s :slue, . . We would laic laliete that lola Mail44;ll• nocents who aro given to their pant* 4a while, and s ho are bilteanytty,jelefills:*/ ha' g begun to WPITeI thetn!Orli. POW *fir hearts; 100 sag( h• in tEs.pliag, istn e t i !ef o lirg Int front cutlily things sn4.,resivetl iiwifit souls n,longitiALftr l ' orndis • 04,priAilp• allied tin iwthis way wham 01 fitiblt•Amed Nil. There are preying uvothiee•,llo6,ll stinsare for eway. to ,vrituto thin bailor boa sometimes tionoe,witb itemiltar leenotyh Qe: what, itteii.rasiblejoy to think 444 illiaitiat- La angel. attend thou waadarer in. *ow.* es ut the night, in the storm at IN* ' m' dr wide pr”i'i , , nod on theblm,:k Simla. carcaim met, separatu , t by tha,tast weallafroo.lluair illatti Ileums. often fish as if soiree ..41.Viellti ' pre.coce aria with - .. t11 , 11i. 114 tilllti4ll, NW' 4411 spirit, w..v.i lijr a to ither's4444lmara constantly protecting their routatept, There is a Gomm] legend witiO dap root inch of us at bleat, bees guar drib iitit *pi, pointed, who re.aiin with tit lentil 4 'al iens driven exey by our remora" lea • nem Alas f-r those who have tatilittial their ills iihle attendant. ' Vial. i ' dithlified there must ho as they g,, ire* 11,E hi it :OJAI. siiti , 1,, ~nine, lonely tNenclipre't 1..., *Malt do • in essengt.r ft . orn P.tradive tike{' 6lll tlitt; ' to conduct Ilia ep'rit trite taint' ne y and I,lios, V- hera cotlittlit"ird 'irtit4Lefit' otttraryny i t ete golden stiplloll l' of 'llo's ijeCßcn~evi ur Ictite.-.4beri,lll a beekal nu,t, in tenric buy nrenn,a-oratritoLuniuk ließe, but of power. They speak Aloes' ell, :-: ,. r,a04. : •• FS El , • .r .4 "„.% 1 . A 1,0 E =I