Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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President Lincoln Speaks
"Put this and that together, and we have another nice little niche, which we may, ere long, see filled with another Supreme Court decision, declaring that the Constitution of the United States does not permit a State to exclude slavery from its limits.... We shall lie down pleasantly dreaming that the people of Missouri are on the verge of making their State free, and we shall awake to the reality instead, that the Supreme Court has made Illinois a slave State." --Abraham Lincoln (Springfield, Illinois June 17, 1858)
Democratic Press
| "The nation has achieved a triumph, sectionalism has been rebuked, and abolitionism has been staggered and stunned. Another supporting pillar has been added to our institutions; the assailants of the South and enemies of the Union have been driven from their point d'appui...a union saving sentiment has been proclaimed."--Enquirer (Richmond, VA March 10, 1857) |
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Republican Press
| "It is simply a demagogical stump speech from the hustings of the supreme bench, got up in legal phrase to suit the necessities of the Buchanan administration. The Judges of the Supreme Court have therein simply abandoned the robe and the ermine to achieve the task of framing a new platform for the locofoco party."--Gazette
(Pittsburgh, PA March 7, 1857) |
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External Links
References
The decision in the case of Dred Scott, Gazette Article
Opinions of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, Evening Journal Article
The Dred Scott case, Enquirer Article
