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

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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

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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE FRESHMEN OF LINCOLN HIGH Dear Freshres IT re I he u Room ano Ty e :T IS haro Tor me TO rea Tze T a a once as sTuoId as you A d b leve T or oT a y was on EoTTors no e Cnce7 NoTe To EdITor Yes once I am only Too glad To glve you poor Treshres 1 word oT advuce Tlus IS how To geT Through huoh school IU Tour years IT T woner IT I had known hrs meThod IT novor would have Taken me seven years To go Trough Lvncoln B T en T 1Ts Tno h r sTo Jus Tollow These rules and or f1nT help geTTIng Through IH The prescrro d Tame R le I Never oo your homework Thrs means ThaT Teacher has one less paper o mark The Tewer papers he or he has To mark The more Trme she has Tor her elT ThereTore when you donT hard In vour homework she realuzes ThaT you are dolng her a Tavor Rule 2 When rcpo caros c ouT always Tell The Teacher why your mark ou d have been Thr o T aes hrghe Than n one you recelveo Thls w II show er haT you have a mano oT your own I has rea Rule 3 Always chew oum IU The clas room There vs no more reTreshung srgh o a Tlred Teacher TT To see a se o ourn meThodIcally gorng up and down ano IU adore The scenT or gl. a Rule 4 Always oppose brTTerIy anyThung whrch The Teacher says and IT she should gvve an opunuon be sure To oITTer vIolenTly wuTh her Thus wall prove To her ThaT you are unTeresTed In The lesson Thr argumenT wrll rarse The class rnTeresT In The sublecT And anyhow Teachers lovo To be proved wrong In TronT oT The class Rule 5 Always Tell The Teacher why you Thank Shakespeare us lous Terruble They welcome such commenTs Trom he learned sTudonT body Rule 6 Always run Trom one class o anoTher Thrs wrll show your nexT period Teacher how anxuous you are To geT To ner classroom Rule 7 On The TrrsT day oT The Term always say To your Teacher aT The end oT The pernod Im so glad I goT you Tor a Teacher I was aTrald ThaT I mlghT geT a young Teacher and I have no conTIoen e ID Them Y s I sure am glad ThaT I ooT The oIdesT Teacher In The school She wlll Then be quITe Trlendly Towards you Rule 8 When TTe Teacher asks yor, To go on an errand Tor her always reTuse as wall show her Tha yor. are so InTeresTe In h r suolecT ThaT you donT wan o mrss even a momenT Trom her perlo Rule 9 Never Take any books ho e w h you Th s wll cause The Teacher To Th nk ThaT you have a hgher hen han Those oT your Tellow sTudenTs who have To sTudy and sh w l mark you accoro ngly e O IT The eacner eve ooes nyTh ng ThaT wll cause her To look ru vcu lous be sure To call TT'e classs aTTen on TO T by guTTawmg loudly She wrll appre cIaTe your sense oT humor e T e eac er asks Ter o r homewor luT Te r I ddnr ave Ilme To do IT Thus wrll show her ThaT ou are a person oT more Than average vm p r ance d she wll TeaT and rcs you as su h T72 Asls' he 'nT QTII pf' I ' T' ITTIW-E , . n , ei II n , I re II .- ce. I ' T : f ' - 1' I Ig ' no as I II ' . uT h he I C The - ry. T y . ,r I ' I I ' 'I e I : u . . IA ' I . s I - A V I It I I s . I , . A rr ome ' , f sh I e In I r To T e I ' I. I I h T ' I ' , G73 she will 'Ike you Tor T ' sor. T r I .an T 5 1 ,s I I I To hear The saTIsTIed IIsmack-smacl: CT 'he chewers Vps. In addlTTon, The Teachers f sT . ' rm In Thefr cz-sses. . , . . Q . T I . 4 f + 4 . ' . . X , . . ' I C I . e . . I I ' , , Th' ' T I ' c I d I e I I I T T I ' o. . X I II no IT . I T T. I T1 'allTy T f - , e fl r IE . Rul I . T I r I ' a ,F T 'd' . , ,, , . . . , , 'I :. , . Rul II. IT h T h I y L: k, ' S II he II I I h . . ,, . . , ,P V X . . H 1, . o T , an I r - :iecf f c . I