Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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CLASS OF JANUARY, l938 Oscar Rosenbaum. Presloerwt Mafhew Sfeoarski, Vice-Preslclerwz Fioreroe Free Mary Kwan, Treasurer George Scrmonberq. Hrsforhrm Mnss W Dunbrick CV THQ CLASS OF JUNE I938 Harrison Weqg Presndenf Wu ham Ehlers Vnce Presndenr Mary Jaksch Secrefary Margaref Smulrlw Treasurer C6+h6F1H9 O Boyle Hns+orram M s H Ben ey Adwser

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LINCOLN AND THE SUPREME COURT The year oT l857 lS a memorable one Tn The hTsTory oT The UnTTed STaTes ThaT year ChTeT JusTTce Taney ha oe dow Th Dred ScoTT decTsTon oT The Supreme CourT However abour Tour years laT r because oT ThTs acT The UnTTed STaTes Tound TTselT IH The same sTaTe oT l gal urmoTl and conTusTon whTch we are experTenc Tng Today The CourT had decTded ThaT Congress had no rTghT To prohTbTT slavery IH The TerrTTorTes ThTs decTsTon placed The newly Tormed Repubhcan parTy IH a dTTTTculT posTTTon ln hTs campaTgn LTncoln had pledged hTmselT To prohTbTT slavery ID The TerrTTorTes now The Supreme CourT had held ThaT ThTs program was unconsTTTuTTonall GTreaTly aroused LTncoln and hTs oarTy were noT QUITE cerTaTn whaT should be done abouT TT alThough Luncoln dTd maTnTaTn Somebody has goT To reverse ThaT decTsTon and we mean To reverse T IT The polTcy oT The governmenT upon vTTal quesTTons aTTecTTng The whole people IS To be Trrevocably TTxed by The decTsTon oT The Supreme CourT The people wTll hav ceased To be TheTr own rulers' BuT how and when The decTs on oT The Supreme CourT was To be reversed The PresTdenT dTd noT exacTly say The brealung ouT oT The CvTl War however changed The SITUGTIOU and The problem arTsTng Trom The Dred ScoTT dec SIOU was solved on such bloody baTTleTTelds as C5eTTysburg Manassas and Cold l-larbor aT The cosT oT Thousands oT lnves and lTlllllOI'1S oT dollars LTncolns aTTTTude Toward The Dred ScoTT decTson and Toward The Supreme CourT IH parTTcular has been gr aTly mTsreoresenTed by many who cTTe hum as au ThorTTy Tor denyTng The courTs rghT To pass upon an acT OT Congress Such doc TrTne was never asserTed by hm and hTs aTTTTude Towards The QFGSTIQG oT The CourT may be ludged by one oT hTs earlTer speeches Tn whTch he sTaTed We belTeve IH obedTence To and resoecT Tor The JudTcTal DeparT menT oT The governmenT We ThTnlr TTs decTsTons on COHSTITUTIOHGT ques TTODS when Tully seTTled hould co'TTrol noT only The parTTcular case buT The general polTcy oT he couhTry buT we ThTnlc The Dred ScoTT decTsTon IS erroneous LTncoln consTdered TT an erroneous decTsTon buT hTs chTeT poTnT ID reference To TT was noT ITS error buT ThaT TT TndTcaTed a scheme and was parT oT TT Tor The na TIOHGTIZGTTOD oT human slavery Never dTo he suggesT a change ID our governmen under whTch The Tudges who maoe ThTs unTavorable decTsTon should be recalled buT he dnd declare ThaT he would re TsT Th oec s on polTTTcally by voTTng TT TT lay IH hs power Tor an acT prohTbTTTng slavery n The UnTTed STaTes TerrTTory ThTs acT he would endeavor To have SUSl6l'TGd by Th same courT Through a reversal oT The OFIQIUGT dBCISlOn LTncoln loved The oover m n ur er wh ch h lv d and when aT GeTTysburg he prayed TT l may use Tha woro ThaT gov rrmenT oT The people by The peo ple and Tor The people may no' ber sh Trom The earTh he meanT and could only mean ThaT governmenT under whTch he lved a represenTaTTve governmenT oT bal anced execuTTve leglSlaTTVe and TudTcTal oarTs BerTrar'n ZheuTlTn TWT . . We n 9 .. , I D . . ' T VT T ' e T T - ' T , . T T. . T ' ' e ' . T l T T I l T . . . . D . . . A T V T I . ' T N . T 1 T ' . Q L . . L . .. . I TT T. T I I I - . .. T., . L . l . . , . .. T s e ll , T , T . . N S . Al T . . J ne. o l.GI9, - T eT , N, - ' ly l I I T . T T