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Xviii. The Dred Scott case. Views of President Buchanan Chief Justice Taney Judge Wayne Judge Nelson Judge Grier Judge Daniel Judge Campbell Judge Catron Col. Benton Wm. L. Yancey Daniel Webster Judge McLean Judge Curtis. Dred Scott, a negro, was, previously to 1834, held as a slave in Missouri by Dr. Emerson, a surgeon in the U. S. Army. In that year, the doctor was transferred to the military post at Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, and took his slave with hime above must suffice. Mr. Daniel, pushing his doctrines to their legitimate result, pronounces the Ordinance of ‘87 only equal in constitutionality and validity with the Missouri Restriction — that is to say, essentially null and void. Mr. Justice Campbell, of Alabama, followed with a general assent to the views of Chief Justice Taney. Mr. Justice Catron, of Tennessee, concurs with Justice Nelson, that Dred Scott has no right to freedom, at the hands of this court, on the ground of his tw
to negotiate by Forsyth and Crawford repelled by Gov. Seward Judge Campbell's statement Northern proposals to join the Confederacy Societs follows : This reply was withheld, upon consultation with John A. Campbell, of Alabama, (then and till May 2d thereafter a Justice of the it may be well to consider it fully. The testimony is that of Judge Campbell aforesaid, (a prominent disciple of Mr. Calhoun), who, about th you these things for your explanation. Very respectfully, John A. Campbell, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State. Judge Campbell, it will be noted, takes up the thread of the furtive negotiations exactly where the Commissioners had to Gov. Pickens; which promise was fulfilled to the letter. Judge Campbell quotes Justice Nelson as testifying to Gov. Seward's strong dis to a pacific solution, the distinguished personage alluded to [Judge Campbell] cooperating with the undersigned; and every step of that effor
the Albany evening Journal on Gov. Seward and Judge Campbell. The Albany Evening Journal of May 20th, 186ig, with regard to his assurances to or through Judge Campbell, respecting Fort Sumter, says: If the Secretary of State were at liberty to reply to ex-Judge Campbell, revealing all that passed between them on several Secretary, but the facts would seriously affect Judge Campbell's well-established reputation for candor and frons. We violate no confidence in saying that Judge Campbell balanced long between Loyalty and Secession; thtood. That Gov. Seward conversed freely with Judge Campbell, we do not deny; nor do we doubt, that, in thosrtress. We do not know whether Gov. Seward met Judge Campbell after that change of purpose; but he was not at But, whatever Gov. Seward said or intimated to Judge Campbell, was true at the time it was said. That JudgJudge Campbell reported to the Confederate President half that he said or intimated, is more than doubtful. Iv
Lincoln's Cabinet, 428; 449; visits Gen. Fremont in Missouri, 590; his visit to Sherman in Kentucky. 615; endeavors to postpone the attack at Bull Run, 618. Campbell, Judge John A., his opinion in Dred Scott's case, 258; 430; letter to Gov. Seward, 433-4; The Albany Evening Journal on, 632. camp Carlile, Ohio, Virginia Unid, account of his case, 251 to 253; Judge Taney's decision, 253 to 257; Judge Wayne's opinion, 257; Judge Nelson's, Judge Grier's, 257; Judge Daniel's, 257-8; Judge Campbell's, Judge Catron's, 258; Col. Benton's views, 259; Webster's, 260; Judge McLean's opinion, 260; Judge Curtis's, 260 to 263; Buchanan's views, 264; 306 to 309; , 383; 391; 402; a member of President Lincoln's cabinet. 428; his incredulity, 429; his correspondence with the Rebel Commissioners, 430 to 432; letter from Judge Campbell to, 433-4; receives a final letter from the Commissioners, 435-6; replies to Gov. Hicks's requests, 467; see Appended Notes, 632. Seymour, Col., allusion t