Secession Era Editorials Project

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Springfield, Illinois, State Journal [Republican]

(17 March 1857)

Chief Justice Taney has administered the oath of office to President Van Buren, Harrison, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan. -- Yes, he has done all this, and delivered one of the most atrocious law opinions that has ever disgraced the history of the courts of civilized nations.