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The Lawyer's "Valentine.
BY JOHN Q- SAXE.
I'm notiQed fair neighbor mine
By one of our Profession,
That thi the Term of Valentine
Is Cupid's Special Session.
Permit me, therefore, to roport
Myself, on this occasion,
Qutite ready to proceed to Court,
Aud File my Declaration.
I've an attachment for you, too ;
A legal and a strong one ;
O, yield unto the Process, do;
Nor let it be a long one!
No scowling bailiff luiks behind;
He'd be a precious noddy,
Who, failing to Arrest the mind,
Should go and Take the Body.
For though a form like yours might throw
A sculpter in distraction;
I couldn't .erve a Capias no
I'd fcorn to base su Action!
O, do not tell me of your youth,
And turn away demurelj;
For, though you're very young, in truth,
You're not an infant, surelyl
The Case is everything to me;
My heart is love's own tissue;
Don't plead a Dilatory Plea;
Let's hare the General Issuo!
Or, since you've really no Defense,
Why not, this present Session,
Omitting all abnurd pretence,
Give Judgement by Confession?
So shall you be my lawful wife;
And I your faithful lover
Be Tenant of your becrt for Life;
With no Remainder over!
THE WIFE.
On earth to man there ia but one
His heart can love bis toul can own;
Though myriads flit before bis view,
There is but one to whom he's true
That -one caa sway him to and fro;
Can make him drain the cup of wo;
Can make him joy, or blast his life;
And that one name is simply wife.
But in that name a world is sphered,
A world by all beloved, revered,
Who have the sense to know its worth
And Fpuru the gaudy joys of earth;
For that full heart in her dear breast
If rightly prized eternal rest
Is not with blissful sweets more rife,
Than that poor heirt a loving wife.
SPEECH OF CASSIUS H. CLAY.
Delivered on the Capitol Steps at Frank-
fort, January 10, 1660,
-Democracy as it Was.
Gentlemen, let me read a few Demo- ! '""" "u.m.u.uu; v.
-cratic platforms, to ehow bow this thing ; the Un,0. aod 5uShf Dpot 10 be counte
ont along. I will read you the Demo- j ?nceA bJ anJ fr,end of our Poht,cal m' ,
tsratic platform of 1 852, two yeors before ' stltDtl0DS-
'the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, ! "2, That the faregoing proposition oo
so far sa it touches upon the subject of vers, and was intended to embrace, the
"Slavery: whole subject of Slavery agitation in
"That Congress has no p6wer under Congress: and. therefore, the Democratic
the Constitution to interfere with or con- party of the Union, standing on this na--trol
the domestic institutions of the eeve- tional platform will abide by aud adhere
Tal States, aud that such States are tho to a faithful execution of the acts known
'tiole and proper judges of everything ap- ! as the Compromise Measures, settled by
'pertaining to their own affairs not pro- the Congress of 185U; 'the act for re-;
hibited by the Constitution; tbat all ef- claiming fugitives from service or labor'
forts of the abolitionist or others, made included, which act being designed to,
to induce Congress to interfere with ques- carry out an express provision of the Con
lions of Slavery, or to take incipient stitution, cannot with fidelity thereto be
Cteps in relation thereto, are calculated repealed, or so changed as to destroy or j
to lead to the most aUrming and danger- impair its efficiency.
ms oonsequenoes." 1 "3 That the democratic party will re- j
What say you to that, Demoorat! sist all attempts at renewing, in Congress ,
Although you declared in black and white or out of it, the agitation of the Slavery ;
that it was dangerous to interfere with question, uuuer wuuiever cuupc wuiui
the subject of Slavery, what have you the attempt may be mdo."
done! Did you not say it was dangerous Oh yes! will resist That is the Dem
to interfere! Answer me that, and let ocratio doctrine in 1856 in Cincinnati
me go on! You aro tdlent. You are did you allude to it to-day! Yes, you
condemned out of your own mouths. I voted tho doctrino down, and yet here it
proceed: is "t'lat tM0 Democratic party will resist
"And tbat all sucb efforts hove an in- all attempts at renewing, in Congress or
citable tendency to ditaiuish the happi- out of it, the agitation of the Slavery
ns of the people,' and endanger the ata- question, under whatever e hapo or color
fcility tmd permanency of the Union." the attempt may bo made. hat do
You condemn yourselves again. you say to tbat! There is the Cincinnati
"And ought not to be countenanced by platform which you eschewed to-day.
any friend of our political institutions." You denounced as treasonable any at-
"Resolved, That tho foregoing propbsi- tempt to renew that agitation, under any
tion covers and was intended to embrace shape whatever; let mo, however, turn to
THE WHOLE SUBJECT of Slavery agita- another clause:
tion in Congress." ! "4. That by the uniform application of
Mark tbat the words, "the whole sub- i tfeis Democratic principle to the organi
jeet," are in small capitala.in their report-1 zstion of Territories, and to the admission
ed resolutions. ! of new State, with or without Donatio
"Ad(1 therefore, the Demooartio party
! f the UutOD, Standing upon their Nation-
at piuiiorm, win aotae oy ana aauere to
a faithful execution of the acts known as
the Compromise measures, settled by the
Congress tho act for reclaiming of fugi
tives from service or labor included
' which act, being designed to curry out the
' express provision of the Constitution, can
not be repealed or so changed as to de-
! stroy or.impair its efficiency.'-'
I u 7?
t i..if sii-i;j i ii .
. ' , Y J
will resist all attempts at renewing in
n . f .. V, . . 5 ,
Congress or out of it, tho agitation of tho
Slavery question, under whatovor shape
or color the attempt may be made."
, 1ohf0it e" th declaration, and avow-
ai8 of the Democratic party in 1852.
Now, what do they do in 1854! Why,
the? co under the leadership of Steuben
i s i. i r )
A. Douglas, when ho had made a report,
"Jg that that l.W of 1820 was sacred-
ty cooceiveu in mo uotnproraise or iauu, ;
and repeal the Missouri Compromise
Now, 1 believe, they stand condemned by
their own language and by their own
acts, and I huve here accomplished what
I proposed to do. J
The Democracy Self-Condemned. i
What was the result of all this! The
reult was that in obedience to the decla
ration that the people were to be fairly
left to choose for themselves betweon Lib
erty and Slavery, they adopted anotbor
platform. Let me oorue to that. I will
tell you what they did in 1356, in that
vear the Cincinnati platform was adopt
ed. In consequence of tho repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, the Northern peo
ple interceded to get their owu territory,
upon tho avowal made in the Kansas-Nebraska
bill, that the people wore to "be
left free to form and regulate their do
mestic institutions in their own way, sub
ject only to the Constitution of the United
States." But notwithstanding that avow
al it made, they immediately as the re
port of tho United States Congress show
ed you, before a pintle Frce-Soiler or
Republican had set his foot into the new
territory, commencod on tho border of
Missouri the organization of the "Blue
Lodges, " to invade Kansas, with the a
vowed design peaceably if they could,
and forcibly if they niu-t to have that
land for u Slave State, and "damn the
Abolitionists, they would shoot them down
as squirrols," as I heard a leading Demo
crat express himself in Lexington, while
that conflict was goin od. Tbey passed
these resolutions in 1856, and I want
you to pay a strict attention to these, iu
compnrion with the other avowals:
"Resolved, That we reiterate with re
newed energy of purpose, the well-considered
declarations of former Conventions
upon this sectional isue of Domestio, Sla
rery and concerning the reEC-rfcd rights
of the States"
That alludes to the former Democratic
platform of 1852, four year3 before. It
goes on:
"1. That Congress has no power under
the Constitution to interfere with or con
trol the domestic institutions of the seve
ral States, and that all such States are
the sole and proper judges of everything
appertaining to their own affairs, not pro
hibited by tho Constitution; that all ef
forts of the Abolitionists or othcrp, made
to induce Congress to interfere with ques
tions of Slavery, or take incipient steps
in relation thereto the very thing they
havo been doing to-day, besides which
wc have heard them deuounoing erery
man that does not come up to their stand
ard, and calling every man that stands
on the 'Squatter Sovereignty' platform
outside of the Democratic party are cal
culated to lead to the most alarming and
dangerous consequences; and that all such
f-fforts have an inevitable tendency to
diminish the happiness of tho peoplo and
Slavery, as they may eject; tho equal A voice "tho whole Democratic party , Brown in Virginia, and I hear from oth
rights of all the States will be preserved is not responsible for him"." Of course er bourses, as Senator Mason, that there
intact; the original compact of the Con- not 1 God forbid they should be. Laugh-; was not a slave rose in insurrection. It
stitution maintained inviolate; and the ter and applause The great mas? of was a raid tbo fruit of Democratic ac
porpetuity and expansion of the Union the Republican party is of the Democrat-! tion and injustice; and if it is the thing it
insured to its utmost capacity of em' ra- io party, but they ore of the good old j is said to be, that will yet threaten the
cing, in peace and harmony, every future American gold with the stamp of '76, not peculiar institution of the South alon the
American State that may be constituted the bogus Democratic stamp of 1854 and whole border, they, the Democrats, arc
or annexod, with a republican form of
govemmcnt."
But you omit:
"5. Resolved, That cloim of fellowship
with, and desiring the co-operation of all
who regard the preservation of the Union
under the constitution as the paramount
issue, and repudiating all sectional par-
ties and platforms concerning Domestic'
Slavery, which seek to embroil the States'
. - .. i i i i - .ri.i
anu to incite to treason ana armeu roeibt-
anoe to law in the Territories, and whose
avowed purposes, if consummated, must
end in civil war and dissolution the A-
merican Democracy recognizo aud adopt
the principles contained in the organio
laws establishing Kansas and Nebraska
Territories, as embodying the only sound
and safe solution of the 'Slavory ques-
tion,' upon which the great national idea'tuu under your Missouri "bordo3 sojeussed will, I thiuk, pit-ad my justifioa
r. .! 1. 1 . ( .... . . j-
oi tne peopte oi mia wnoie couuiry can
repose in its determined consorvati-m or
of tho Union Non-intervention by Con -
gross in State and Territory, or in tbo
District of Columbia."
Oh! Mr. Graves, whore arc your reso -
lutions! There, gentlemen, is your deo-
Jaration, and to it you wouiu not even ai-' 0ut with banners flying and with colors quality into American pontics, ana to
lude to-day, and uuder tho affectation of' displayed, and the question was asked make it tho ground of positive legislation,
renewing the old Democratic platform of D0, "are you a Judge according to thejhoUile to the Southern States;
1856, you entirely overlooked and ignored j Constitution and thelawsl" Not "are! "To exclude tbe slave property of the
that clau?o which bound you not directly I y0U a Judge of h lection carrying the dec-! South from all territory in the Union, or
or indirectly to interfere with Slavery in j laratiou of the Cincinnati platforms of' which may herc-ifter be acquired;
State or Territory. What have you tie-1 1852 and 1856, that the people should "To prevent the admission, iu any lat
clared to-day 7 That Mr. Douglass, if , determine upon their domestic institutions itude, of another slavebolding State ;
nvt willing to go along with you is out-! jn their own way T" But, "are you sound ! "To repeal the. Fugitive Slave Law,
side the Democratic party; that he is guil- j on the eoose ?" That was what they asked and practically refuse to obey the Consti-
ty or treason. inac may do an ngui ;
they say that a fool never changes his o
pinion, and tbat a wise man docs, but you
ought to tell it out when you make such
a charge as that.
The Unmade Issue.
Well now, gentlemen, I am going to
give you a clause, that if they had adop
ted to-day, it would have put tbo thing so
plain, that if you gave us Douglas we
would catch you; if you gave us Toombs,
wo would catch you, and if you offered
Breckinridge, we would catch you. You
did not intend the Democratic party to
know there was such a clause. As a man
up our way, a preacher, a man of great
good sense.
hut liftlfi nr no d nnntmn .
would say, when reading the Bible, "Well
brethren, that is one of if you please,
this is this is a bad place, and wo will
skip it." The Democratic party to day
found it was a hard place, and skipped it
applause, so that it is no wonder tbey
did not want me to go into the same hall,
and that the lights were out, uud it was
all dark. Here is what they did. The
Republican nor Abolition party, nor the
old Whig party, nor the American party,
nor the Democratic party, have ever made
an issue upon the resolution passed to-day,
aud which was in the platform of 185G,
it is simply as to the power of the peoplo
when they become a State. It is a helf
evident truth, and they intend you to go
home with it, with the thought that you
bagged the game, but you will find that
the lion has gone, and you have put but
tbo ass's skin into your pouoh.
"Resolved, That we recognize the right
of the people of the Teritories, including
Kansas and Nebraska, acting through the
legally and fairly expressed will of a ma
jority of actual residents, and whenever
tho number of their inhabitants justifies
it, to form a Constitution, with or without
demestic Slavery, and be admitted into
Union upon terms of pcrfeot equality with
the other States.''
Lord how frauk this is 1 "with or with -
out domestic Slavery, and be admitted
into tbo Union upon terms of perfect e
quality with the other States.' Whoev
er denied that! I challenge Mr. Silver-
tooth, I challenge Oscar Turner, or even1
Mr. Speaker Merriwether, to point me
out a single resolution from the founda-
tion of our Government to this day, in
any portion of the United States, whcrojBtate aa ;t Comc to me outhenticated.
.a a -V- I 1 "
such hau been denied ! If there is euch,
my reading has been of no account.
The Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
Take the case now. 1 have read the
platforms and shown that they are inoon-
nistont. But let tee tell you what was , heat, tne exposure, the ignominy, and tuo District uourt ot missouri, anu announ
the clause in the Kansas-Nebraska bill j torture of the moving chains bin brain was I am a follower of the plough, and al
whioh they affirmed again ond again. It crazed, and ho went mad; and his sister, though he has studied law all his life, I
states that the Democratic party deter-i looking upon all tbeso sad calamities und declare that Beriah Magoffin does not
mined "neither to legislate Slavory into ! scenes of horror, was also erased. Then know anything about the cane; thore ia
those Territories'' oh, no 1 of course not this man took up the knife, and made a not a common young lawyer that . not
"nor to exclude it therefrom." What , war of extermination upon the slavehold- bettor posted up in this matter. Gover
are jou to do then! but to leave the pco-'ers and the invaders of tbo soil. There nor Magoffin docs not profess to know
pie perfectly freo to form aud regulate is the secret of the whole matter, oo help anything about it that honorable and
their domestio institutions in their own me God, as I bolievo I am Cassius Clay, bigh toned gentleman has never made it
way, subject only to the Constitution of as I stand here to night . I say the be- his study any man can see that -who
tho United States." Now, what do you ; ginning of this raid on Virginia. John reads his inaugural address. John C.
think of that I Did not intend to legist-. Brown felt that there was no protection Breckinridge does not understand it, or
late Slavery into Kansas, nor to exclude for him in the Domooratio party; that the ho is a great hypocrite. He is ignorant
it; but did intend to leave the peoplo per- lows of Mineouri and Kansas gove no pro- of the question at is-uc, or he is a hypo
fon.txr fi-Afi in form and mutilate thoir own toctiou to him. and that ho had once more critc. and intended determinedly to
way I Is that your doctrino to-day !
Editor of The Yeoman, are you going to
publish it that way to-day, that the ob-
jeet of the Nebraska bill was intended to
leave tho neonle perfectly free to regulate
tbeir own domestic institutions in their
woy! You say to-day in tho resolutions
you havo adopted, tbat the people Hball not
do any such thing, and if Douglas goes for
any such doctrine, wo will see him damned
if ho remains in the Democratic paity; and
Mr. Silvertooth declares he ia already out
of'thopaleof tho Democratic church.
1356. They are with us now, and will
j be with us hereafter, and therefore I stand
j here and tho lights are put out. The
darkness will not keep you, however,
from knowing that they are incompetent
to administer tho government that the
. wnoic party is reaponsiDie ior,
The Snake and its Skin.
jjQi Q8 trace the consequences like tho
finaje. yCarv they shed their skin, but:
- ' ' y. . .. .
tiev oeVor go back into the old one; beau -
tjfuj jt js at QTbti but jt itntcediatcly re-
turns to dust and ahes. Let us look at
n0 cousequences. Hero was the forma -
tjon of tho "Blue Lodges" in 3 issouri, ac -
coriug to the Congressional Roport (re-
'member I don't intend to give any state -
1 ,ueut Up0D my 0V7n j,ajS0; I appeal to his-
'torv to substantiate all I say). You
formed into the Territory ot Kansas, antf
, although it is well known, and as history
j has proven, that the Republican party
j waa jn a cjcar majority, by force of arms,
I you
took
down tho Judges
of Eloctiou
itDat W8rc appointed legally. Thej were
itaijeu DV force, the Missouri force L'oinu -
thom: in other words, "arc you for Slave-
ry?" Not "are you for the Constitution ! "Io refuse to prevent or punish, by
and the laws, and for tbo support of Re-1 State action, the spoilation of Slavo prop
publican inotitutions and principles as our ,-crty, but on the contrary, to make it a
fathers banded tbem down to us ?" No ! criminal offense in their citizens to obey
but "are you right on the goose I" aud if. the laws ot the Union, in so tar as ttiey
a man did not answer that way that pleas'- i protect property iu African slaves ;
ed tbem, they caught him by the collarj "To abo!ih Slavery iu the District of
and ejected him, and many who upheld : Columbia ;
tho Constitutional right of election werej "To abolish it in the Fort?, Arsenals,
compelled to fly for their live?, and many , Bock-Yards, and other places in the South
were wouuded and killed. Where then : where Congress has exclusive jurisdistiou;
stood the Democratic press of the United I "To abolish the international and coast
Stotes! Aiding and abetting all this i wio trade ;
treason. The free-soil citizen from the! "To limit, haraes, and frown upon tho
State of Kentucky, as well as he from the ;
Free States, who had seen bv actual ex-!
( ' . J . I
periment the glorious benefits of free in-! inu ""any, oy iuu asrcuinu, in
stitutions, and others who had seen the Congress, by the po-tal service, and in
woe of Slavery, and who found that the! all other accessible modes, to agitate
pledges of the Democratic party had been: without cea-ing, until the Southern States
kept to the word and violated in fact, . without sympathy or brotherhood in the
late in the day sent to their homes both Uuiou worn down by the unequal strug
in Kentucky, the Slave and the Fro-. ! gle shall be compelled to surrender ig
States and took up arms, and upon every 1 uominiously,and emancipate their slaves."
field, and by the whole power that Godj Now, gentlemen, these are allegations
and nature had bestowed upon them, thev! formally put forth. It is not for me to
resisted this attempt to en-lavo them. i question the motives of the man who make
What then did the President of these U-!tbos. but I take the allegations as I fiud
nited States I All the time be by the 1 and 1 shali attempt to answer them'
forces of the United States disarmed the!n detail- First of all 1 aPPeal to the
Republican party, and left them at the; country and history. Standing here up
mercy of those invaders of thier rights. on or recorded action, and the integrity
.Tohn Rrnwn flfl h TfciirL of our Prions character, I plead not
m. .i- ti -o
Then sprung up this John Brown.
say he is the legitimate son of the acts
fm! nrriTTfilii nf the Flrttnnf'mf in nnrtr flint.
they intended to take potion of Kan- ero Etf&ality se at Rest,
sas by force of arms, "peaceably if they j First, we are not guilty of the purpose
could, but foroibjy if they must;" and it "to introduce the doctrine of negro equal
was only when thoso descendants of rev-'ity into American politico, and to make
oletionary fathers took up arms in their, it the grouud of positive legislation, bos
own defense and I thank God there ' tilo to tho Southern States." Mark, the
were Kentuckians as well as Yankees ( crime is here, that we havo been guilty
fighting there in the battle for freedom ,of "introducing." Now, it iu well known
tbat thoy drove back the invaders, and ;so far as common rumor goes we can
now a great and overwhelming majority not always judgo of tho motives of men
of the peoplo of Kansas say that it shall
,,e freflj notwithstanding James Buohanan
lifts up his impious bands, and perhaps
praying that it may bo so, says that "Kan- of the Demoeratio party, to take possoa
sas is as much a Slave Territory as South sion of Kaunas. We did not want any
Carolina." Is that democracy I Inthe suoh subiect introduced into politics.
naimJ 0f thot God to whom ho ho impi -
onsy appeals, is it so is it a Slave State!
j jot at aj. History tells us that just there !
!)C(,an j0hn Brown. How it is I will 1
To the beBt of my knowledge and belief,
before be sbed tho blood of a single man
one of his eons was chopped to pieces iu;
I cold blood, and another son was dragged
- .
iu chains by a vehicle until, from the
to appeal to the God of Hots for defeuse,
aud ho carried that war on in Kansa-,
and in Missouri, and Virginia. Tbo
whole story is told; it was nothing but tho
raid of a mauiujurcd by aggrcasions made
upon him, and these proved to havo been
began and ooraploted by the Demoor3tio
party tbemnelves. Therefore I hurl hack
the imputation, and history will staud by
the record, and will record the unwelcome
truth. That is all of it. It was no ser-
vile insurreotiou at all. I see befor mo
, this night a man who committed John
responsible tor it by reason ot their avow-
als and their acts ; but the Republicans
are not. I repudiate tLo charge, and ap
peal to the country for a verdict.
The. Vice-President's Allegations.
Gentlemen, having said so asch prelini-
iinary aud in explanation, I come to the
declaration of the Vice President of the
United States, as formolly put forth by
him, sent me under his own baud, but ,
! it iii?
i wmcn speecu jl am toiu is very aisiincuy
J different from that he made in this State-'
, Ilduse. i
j You will pardou mo for the length of t
jthis argument, if it may be so called, em- j
J barrasaed as I am by tho difficulty of my j
' position here. It is rather taoro dcsulto- j
ry than I bad intended it should be, but ;
: the importance of the questions to be dis- i
uon
The Vice President of the Uuited States
makes against the Republican party ten
formal allegations. Hesay3:
' "I chargo that the present and ulterior i
' purposes of the Republican party are :
1 ''To introduce the doctrine of negro o-
tution on mat suuject ;
institution m every mode of political ao-
tion, and by every form of public opiuion;
J L iL.. I? t.
T! guilty of the charges; not guilty on every
I.t osceDt 0Qd thafc j ,ead
guilty.
that tho Dred Soottcase wad gotten up by
J agreoment, in advance of legislation, but
; subsequent to the declaration of the power ;
Why? Bccauaethere wos already odium
enough attaohed to us as beiug the defen- ,
dors of the right of the negro against the
white man. Wo wore called already
' "nocro-lovers " aud it was not to our in- i
,0
tcrest to get up an issue of this kind it we ,
doairod so to do. But an agreed case j
was made, as is reported in Howard's re- :
- .
ports, llie case cerao up to tne Supreme
Court of tho Uuited States from the U.S. :
to deceive the people of the United
States, but of course in oonsequeneo
of the respect I have for him, I believe
that he is utterly ignorant of the questions
at issue in tho cose. 1 think 1 can pre-
Bent tlieni so that a man of the common- ;
est understanding can comprehend the
oaso
I will state tho substance of the thinj?.
It was a suit brought by a man of color,
called Dred Scott, first, I believe, in tho
State ,Courti .of Mjgsourjj whero it was
decided that Ssott was free, the'p goimr
up, I think to the Supreme Court of Mis
souri, where the deoi.-ioo was reversed
and ent back. Tt was taken to the Cir
cuit Court; the pleadings were made to
this extent, tbat a plea of abatement was
made Dn-d Soott briniu an action de
claring that, vi et armis, one Sanford had
assaulted him, ns r.lao Harriet Scott bis
wife, and children. To this, Sanford,
who is also upon the record, and admitted
to be, I know not if in reality, a citizen
of Now-York, pleaded, in obati-ment, tbat
Dred Scott and bis wife and children were
his slaves, and that being slaves, or rath
er, to use the language as used in the
pleadings, that bo was tho descendant of
African slaves, a man of color, a negro,
and tbercrefore he oould not be a citizen
of tho United States; and Sanford oalled
upon the Court to throw the cae out of
Court, that they had no juridic5ion, nndf
that he (Sauford) should bold, as master,
Dred Scott.
So far ai the Dred Scott decision bs
camo a law of the United State.", it id sim
ply thus that after the case was twice ar
gued in the Supreme Court of the United
States, a majority, standing seven to two,
of the Justices, decided that a man of
African blood, descended from parents
once slaves, could not bo oitizens of tho
United States, and therefore the Court
having no jurisdiction, it was returned,
with instruction to sustain the Circuit
Court. That is what they decided. Now'
I desire to state, that, in my humble judg
ment, Dred Seott was not the slave of
Sanford, and being a free man and a man
of color, according to the Constitution of
the United States when it was made, ho
bad a right to sue, and had a right to bo
relieved from this cziatence of vi ct armis,
and that was the opinion of Justices Mc
Lean and Curtis, and every lawyer tbat
ha3 read the decision of the Court in How
ard 's Reports, that I have spoken to upon
the subject, has invariably said to mo
that the opinion of Justice Curtis is the
most conclusive piece of judicial logfo ov
er presented in all the books of judicial
decisions. I have it at home, and I de
clare tbat in my judgment there is no
proposition in Euclid more olearly dem
onstrated than that. Not that Dred Scott
haJ a right to citizenship, to hold cfSco
and vote rights which many white per
sons, as for instance women, have not
but that he had a right to the protection
afforded by law; that being a free man,
by being carried first into a free State
and then to the Territory ceded to tbo
United States by France, he had a right
to sue and be sued. He never declaied
that Scott was entitled to all the privile
ges of a citizen, but the Constitution says:
"The citizens of each State shall be en
titled to ail privileges find immunities of
citizens in the several States.''
And if Kentucky determines tbat the
black man cannot hold office in the Com
monwealth, a black man coming from
Massachusetts cannot bold ofSce; he is bat
cntithd to the protection of the laws given
for the protection of his own racs and con
dition. The Dred Seott deci-ion was gotten op
entirely by the Democratic party, and it
was made in 185G, after the election of
President Buchanan, aud iutended to sus
tain the Kanas-Nebra-ka Bill.
In passing, allow me to say that wo
make no issue with the Suprome Court on
that subject. We acknowledge the Su
preme Court decision to be the supreme
law of the land, and deuy the allegation
that we intend illegally and factiously to
resist the decision of tbat Court, and force
kind of citizenship upon the country
with which we have nothing to do.
So
far then for the Dred Scott decision.
(to be continued.)
A Spiteful Hevenge.
A young man residing in town, who
has been a regular visitant at tho resi
dence of a lady, and whose attendance up
on tho same was understood as a prolude
to an eventful proposal, was sitting by
her side at the family tea-table oil a late
evening, when, during the course of a
rather jovial conversation, the mother of
tho lady turned upon him with the smi
ling question: "When are you and M
going to get married !" The gentleman
responded, with an appearance of great
ostonisbment, that be had. never enter
tained any such intention, and proceeded
to joke upon the idea. The young lady
immediately aroie without a word, and
went into a room adjoining, from whence
she shortly returned, with a bottle of vit
riol in her hand, and, without a syllable
or gesture of wartdng, dashed the terri
ble Quid into the unsuspecting face of him
whom she bad supposed her lover, shock
ingly disfiguring its- features, instantly
destroying the fight of one eye, and in
juring its fellow hopelessly. Buffalo
Courier.
flgyA well-known ivory-comb manu
facturer, in Connecticut, who, by tho way,
has almo.it a monopoly of tbat branch of
trade, on being waited upon to sign tbo
late proslavery manufacturers' conven
tion in that state, said, "No ! gentlemen,
I won't do it; if the South don't wantmy
comhn they may go lousy!" Totally de
praved, tbat manufacturer.
JJA man was arrested in Virginia a
few days since, and being informed that
bo was suspected of having been engaged
in the insurrection at Hnrper.s FerryJ, re
plied "that he didn't know Hcrper nor
where he kept hi d d old furry.'
ii;.vys! acquitted.