Mr. JOHNSON. Every race but the white to exclude the African. That decision stands in reversed. Nobody can say that it will be reversed. It is the decision of the highest court. to which we are bound to submitwith all properdeferencemot bindingupon as perhaps as legislating in very many particulars; but still. after such a decision has been pronounced. it is our duty. as I think. to avoid its results if we think that decisionin the presentstate of the country would produce mise hievous results, by providing that these people, notwithstanding theirA rican de se ent.shnl be citizens of the U.S. now that they are free." Dailu Globe of Jamwou 31.1866. This isa part of the opinion delivered in this body less than 90 days ago by the Senfrom Maryland. Since the abolition of sla veryhe was of the opinion, and strongly of the opinion, for he is always strong in any opinion he entertains, that native born colored people. in the country were citizens; but out of ef erepee to the decision in the Dred Scott case, which seems always to be flittin in the mind of the Senfrom Maryland, e thought it advisable to provide bylaw that they should be citizens. As that speech made less than 90 days ago 15 a better argument than I am capable of making, I shall not attempt to reply in any other we to the speech of the Senfrom Marylou ii on that question to dny. But as I am up I will refer to one other point to which the Senator alluded, and that is in regard to the quotation which I made yesterday from the statute of 1790. I noted that statute for the purpose of shoiving that the provisions in the bill under consideration, which it was insisted allowed the punishment of ministerial officers and judges who should act in obedience to State laws and under color of State laws, were not anomalous. I read a statute of 1790 to show that the Congress of the U.S. at that day provided or punishing both and Officers who acted under color liudges of State law in defiance of a law of the U.S. How does the Senator answer that? He says that was on a different subect; the law of 1790 provided for punishing ju cs and officers who did an act in Violation of international law, Jurisdiction over which is conferred upon the nation. Let me ask the Senfrom Maryland, if the bill under discussion does not provide for the punishment of persons who violate a right secured by the Constitution of the U.S.? Is a right which a citizen holds by virtue of the Constitution of his country less sacred than a right which he holds by virtue of international law? The statute of 1790 provided: "That il any writ or process shall at anytime hereafter be sued forth or prose cuted by any person or persons, in an of the courts of the U.S or in any of the courts of a particular State or by anyindge or justice therein respectively whereby the personof any embassadoror other n he minister of an foreign prince or State. nut orizrd and receive assuch by the POTUS, or any domestic or domestic servant of any such ombassador or other public minister.maybo arrested or imprisoned or hisor their goods or chattels be distrained.soized or attached.suchwrit or process shall be deemed and adjudged to be utterly null and void Zomiliilnl, tents. constructions and purposes what so The next section provided: “That in caseany Kerson or persons shall sueforth of IHOSE CHUaBny sue llt DlPTOCPSsSu, chDPT “0nOr persons and all attorneys or solicitors prosecuting or soliciting in such case and all officers executing any such writor process. being thereof convieted. shull be deemed violators of the law of nations and disturbers of the public repose and imrisoned not exceeding 3 years and fined at e discretion of the court." 1 think that is a complete precedent for the 2nd section of this bill. at, sir, I did not rise with a view of making any extended remarks; I simply desired to rely to one or 2 of the positions assumed by this Senfrom Maryland, which it seemed to me were incon sistent with the instruction which he had imparted to the Senate when he spoke in this body some 3 months ago, and we know that when he speaks he always imparts instruction to all of us.