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A Her# lo«lctt« ftr HoHlBfHall.We understand vhai the Grand Jury now in aeaaion her# hare found a bill of iodiei-mens against a negro for robbing the U. 8. mail.Thii will farniah the District Court of the United Strict, now in aeaaion bare, and the Federal Judiciary generally another oppor-tuoity to demonotrate the logical and atraightforward eonaiateney of Demooratio prineiplea in relation to the oolored race.— The Sopreme Court, in the Drad Soott de-ciaion, held that a deaeaadant of the African rwoa in tbia country ie eimply a chattel, a property in lire stock, like a horse, an ox, or at beat is “entitled to no rights whioh white men are bound to respect.” But in this oaae aa in the matter of apportioning population for Eepraaantatiaea in Congraaa, the negroie no longer regarded eimply in the light of property, like a horae or an ox, and, though allowed no righta, ie held to aome obligation# under the law, and we doubt not that Judge Lo?a will hold that he baa a right to board and lodging in the Penitentiary whioh white man will ba bound to respect, under the paina ana panaltiee of aontempt against the majesty of the Oonrt and the law.(ryNotwithatandiog the general aaeent to
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Keokuk Daily Gate City
Keokuk, Iowa, US
Fri, Jun 10, 1859
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