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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 2: early political action and military training. (search)
t the ripe judgment and twisted the great legal learning of the Hon. Benjamin R. Curtis, afterwards Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and one of the ablest and best of its members. Yet from his acquaintance with the Free-Soil coalition in Massachusetts he learned enough of the great principles of liberty and freedom, and of the right to equality of all men, to enable him to give a dissenting opinion in the Dred Scott case, against the whole Court, headed by Chief Justice Taney,--an opinion that will live and render Curtis famous long after those who gave the majority opinion have dropped into oblivion. Much as I admire that opinion, still, I think it was the second ablest effort of Curtis, the first, in my judgment, being Mr. Curtis' opening argument in defence of Andrew Johnson upon the trial of his impeachment. In that case, when Curtis had finished, although much else was said by many other counsel in behalf of his client, nothing more was said. Y
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 21: practice of the law. (search)
ffect to their decrees? I argued that the court could not take judicial notice of the fact that the courts of Indiana was open; all they could have notice of was that the court ought to have been open, as peace ought to have reigned in Indiana, but it did not. I take the liberty to remark here, that during the whole War of the Rebellion the government was rarely ever aided by the decisions of the Supreme Court, but usually was impeded and disturbed by them. After I left Baltimore Chief Justice Taney issued a habeas corpus to release a secessionist who had been captured and was held by the orders of the President of the United States. So that the President was obliged to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in order to relieve himself from the rulings of that chief justice who delivered the opinion substantially that the negro had no rights that a white man was bound to respect. While I remained in Washington, I was trying cases before the supreme court of the district and the Su
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
r's staff, 891. Stuart, Mary, 986-987. Sturdivant's Battery, reference to, 679. Sturgis, Captain, tribute to, 344. Suffolk, demonstration upon, 621; General Kautz moves from, 640. Sumner, Charles, how elected Senator, 116, 117, 131; letters to Butler concerning New Orleans removal, 552. Sutter vs. the United States, 1007. Swayne, Judge, reference to, 995. T Tabb, Col., Thos., aids Butler in befriending Mrs. Mumford, 444. Taliaferro's Cavalry, reference to, 679. Taney, Chief Justice, issues habeas corpus, 1009. Tarbox, Hon. John K., Butler's congressional Democratic opponent, 926; insurance commissioners of Massachusetts, 975. Taylor, Gen., Richard, commanding in Western Louisiana, 495; reference to, 864. Tenth New York Regiment, 280. Tenth Army Corps embark at Yorktown, 639; attacked, 649; repulse Beauregard's attack at Bermuda Hundred, 665; seized Deep Bottom, 694; reference, 699; expedition against Newmarket Heights, 717, 718; Butler's orders