History of the United States . States; andthat instead of men assembled here to confer together for the common welfare,for the general good, he saw here ministers from States preparing to make warupon each other. . Sir, we are arraigned day after day as the aggres-sive power. What southern senator during this whole session has attackedany portion or any interest of the North? . . Why should we carewhether they [the slaves] go into other territories or not? Simply because ofthe war that is made against our institutions; simply because of the want ofsecurity which results from the action of our
History of the United States . States; andthat instead of men assembled here to confer together for the common welfare,for the general good, he saw here ministers from States preparing to make warupon each other. . Sir, we are arraigned day after day as the aggres-sive power. What southern senator during this whole session has attackedany portion or any interest of the North? . . Why should we carewhether they [the slaves] go into other territories or not? Simply because ofthe war that is made against our institutions; simply because of the want ofsecurity which results from the action of our opponents in the northern . You have made it a political war. We are on the defensive. Howfar are you to push us? Cf. Sec. 193. 3. It is not, perhaps, fair to the memory of Senator Sumner and Repre-sentative Brooks to give the impression that theirs was the only chish in thehalls of Congress during these exciting times. There were many others,some of which led to the menacing display of firearms. CHAPTER XXVII. Administration of James Buchanan, 1857-1861: The Dred Scott Decision; Lincoln^Douglas Debates; John Browns Raid _L91. The Dred Scott Decision.—In 1857 a decision of theUnited States Supreme Court aroused much heated negro slave, Dred Scott by name, sued for his freedom in theFederal courts on the grounds that his masterhad carried him into the free State of Illinois,and also into territory (now Minnesota) whereslavery was forbidden under the MissouriCompromise. Chief Justice Taney handeddown the decision of the court to the effect, ^^ , that a negro slave was not legally a citizen l^H^ \> ^^ ^^^ United States, and could not, there-^B^^^^^ fore, bring suit in the Federal courts. The^^^^^ court also declared that since the Constitution recognized and sanctioned slavery. Congresscould not exclude slaves from any territorycontrolled by the United States. This deci-sion virtually declared unconstitutional theprincipal plank in the platform of the Re
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