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Show 3 SfTFlB-jf TIIE'MH'KBME iODBT SOT IV F ,?'-S- riJxiuLE. Ill i ! "Barlicoa le.. May SI The S ! "2ff -HsMnteye will paWi-h tomorrow an 'JF 8 article by-J odere flnr-to-iof this city, & 'nag irhk-h b-ing to light a decision in the fr -3 .-liailB United spates Saprrme Court saveral W &c$v yearaaato, reported m 111 U. S f paco Sp jBT3'8 19. parallel m principle to the recent Br! 58 Iowa original package deacon, and in WL iiC whieh the Court re sches an exactly K '&"' f oppoaite coadoaien The Court held K ijrdluii "" af"r ProPerty Imported into a E jCilp!g State reached its de. ttnation, it was at i? eVPytiiv 3 onee a eominodttr and became a ran ft jfegS of the rmse of property in the State K U1h? without lis vine; paned oat of the H 3pf land of the eoneigiiee. The fo-ruer P litrfi&u tleotaon has apparen'ly been cccr- MS looked. !t .SNCSsElIf The foregoing uotnes to ue iu our P tIjS regohr pai tifejiatc-iies. The Tini t " tfi'lJ"? mc "f lu,s "y IHiWtthes It with JS j J -" Jj tti-a-a-lie-etling--. ,'E' If JIBVERSUD IIS OWN DECIIOX. I tbS TUE "CrnEHK OOCKT OF TICK LMTEI1 ':- fl&lSS ETVTESOMiBLOOEEBTUEIUbOOBUS. f tslrftBBli This fa not lire first time tliat the I laKBtt court of last resort 1 as rendered a I JHfSfSlS Jocwkiu uiametrieallj- op-joted in i" SOlt'-n princljilcaui effect tit its o u rul- lUrSsFs It'S- An I j it we are ex aecfwl b I rf8fflBsH some unreasonable and artdtrari i'' Wvm lreoat, including 7Vt4u.e editors, tsyraaPS to regent the judgment of ihattribu- ijflE.'" Ba' In&UIWe. If we point out ' f't'thrft' weak i-o!ut8 iu its rtSMiuirg, or J s&iKui " wherein it rulings are i.i cou- JjSBfc 5 ti-eWeuUoii of the tuiarinie law, we i' SaMtr if are denounced as lratoious and , 'StEMS reoelrfcws ans unfit lor the rights rfSsafSB and iwi lieges of Amerkau lUlun. 'iPs Tho judges who C0fnpie the Kl' Suprvmo Court of tlie Unlttd States "lljiMB ate but raen. TLej are Jt-snu-d'in fjeWiHagg U3 'aw, they lmve the experience 9rmE 3 3rcar tue5 Ive full 0Mortuu- jwl-'jtB'S ilitw to arrive at Ju-taod legal con- SfBal i chisiouE. They ought not to be MPS biaseu by any cooMderatio&i rt ?W? polities or oreitl r polny. They f'-jggs fchouW Intcriret the law according ff-Mf to tatahiished imcjpha au J as 11m- &JtfM iteJ h? ue atluna! ConsUtution, : Sr S wJUiont any regard to jwular tenti- -t'fi ruent or itrsonal or jiUIc conse- . v 1 Jj ' fjaeBees. M.'S K '' Er',:TOUS 'rtclta bodi P - a divide tn teutimenl or iKiIitlcaJ -, 'jffleljB liuee. Wueuevcr such dilTrrcnces ja B occur, doubts as to the ueciiotw and fsSSfjP tu0 nuJve tnat I-l o Ultra liatur- ?H E aUy aliee la ,he tIl8uS''fuI nilnd. I ""i IP "n8 rcvrJice that should be JUt 'S 1: for &oaugut a tribuua fe naturally ,- 5 lessened, and confldenceln its jud-&' jud-&' , Weill must uccessariiv bo wcak- 3" jf ened. PK S There is one thing that must be IS 9 cooccJed creu by persons who '3-3 ' mie such great pretence of venera- j"' J Uoa furtlie court. That is it is a "- body composed of pubic enatitb, re jj wlwee oftlcial acts are opcu to jib- , liecnbciain as much as tiiooeof l'& oflteers in tlie legsIaMre or mcu- iifi ' tive lirauUies of the government. pjfii 5 ' Andwheii they uuLe ruitlakesor' Y?i- $ re evidently swajed by extrantou" i fS influence, it is the right ef all and -jjj thedutyof fcoraemen to joint out 2$3s " and disnt fruru Uiur erroneous mLb J rulinss. pSf i If a "5Iomion" alttnipls to do && H H th' ',e fa a9",leJ at once "!'" fgg 5 I loyal," and all kinds of opprobrious S&ISttff' epithets are heaid upon him. And fflW ' if lie be a man of inilucuce Ii his xM M Cliunh or anwn; its people, the lggi.8 ; Church itself ie sought to be male K5 reibleforhlsuturanccs. Sf i We biva tal-n occajMou at difTer- ?. S i CB' times to thou wherein sonn. i-1?4-? decisions of the Supreme Court arc Itj J in violation of oontituHonal ntric- SjJ f hh aud eUblihei pnuciples of gB&- 3 jurjrudtin.-e. Hut the Church to S,-J whWi wo have the honor of Iffoug- & 'M ',,S ,l,s uever ,,rfuel manifesto, S orgivssiat.y m-lructions, or taktn ny action of tins character. It lias S 3 ! It-cnMIentoiitliesaljecU Andyet WkM u,e '3I"rmoa" Chuixh is rrprc-JK rrprc-JK M . nled. continually, bj the taper in -Al which the aiiove headliues are di- jMti ! lyed, an ttiii3 ittlf up to decide M'v t for itself ud its members as to tin 'fi oonstihrtHMiahty of lsws whfeb a i have been paisej upon by theSup- 2 I ! - reme Court. 3 1 " T,le "Alormon" Church hss "? ' neerdoue aoything of the Hod. ( 'Wlien the Supreme Court pea'..s of -i i'as"acontumaciojrorgau!zation' I t Jt X outside Uie record in tin case before it and outsj le of Uie e lacts and i jut as oiu.hmi-LVi.cii 1 , iuct iiave been In one out of I i ltb two cxacUy opposite luhngs in f "onginul jcta-;t- ca Fwr!'sy to American institution', " loyalty to the Itcpubhi, fealty to J the Federal government, do not re ', ' qoire the worMp 1 any iwrtcn cr withority In the land, uoriiimanl t dumbnejuie-ceuce in any act of a (lblic servant or body. Tlie Supreme Su-preme Court of the Cnitod StaU, " ' w"eartfc0"ytofai,haseiK).diti.If to puHic crKici-m and hs made luauy egregious blunders. It thre t nhowMi to, shut their ees to the fact that it Um repeatcdly'reverteil Its own ruling., awl done' so unwittingly, unwit-tingly, JmviDg overlooked Its own record. But wo take tin hberivcf otenIiwr tyw aoj looking at thing a- they are. and do not think loy is any mar... like wi-doni because be-cause dwpUyd by "supreme Judges, aor that wrong U mlc right because be-cause it is embodied in a ruling b the highlit leril tribunal. In toe daciuiis of the majority of that court iu tlie two rect nt cases affecting tliL niembtrsof the ' Jlor 7aa"' Churcli v ho hav not vie lited the law, the court ha not only erred In is disregard if the Constitution, Con-stitution, but also in re'ertnee to the chums of counsel refireseut-( refireseut-( ing them. It has Hit statements in tho mouths if couu'el tliat they j . itevir uttered, aud argued aga.u-t a l-w-itiou that thcj liLVir assumed. Ao.ti.rtl er.it actually aunoum-ed that "public policy'' influenced it iIo, and showed tiat Kiblic J lwqcdice m 33 cd it, when only law anj ,uity should hae been su- 1BWUC. We do not ixpect Infalllbihtv In anj human tribunal. In face of f '"'"S'lev-'ions like H,o men tioned in the above dispatch, no-ody no-ody ought to chum it for therfu-prime therfu-prime Caurt of the CnKcd States. Of courc a decree of that court is biudi-aodthe end of legil con- trov -,,: court can fc tn ESj 'Jcef h r"o-e tit o on judgment. And therein is food for much rtflec- sW Hon |