"The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald states that the United States Supreme Court have come to a decision upon the important questions presented in the case of Dred Scott recently argued before the tribunal."

"Power to acquire territory carries power to govern it."

"The opinion...was listened to with profound interest, and will be everywhere respected for its wisdom, and acquiesced in as the decision of the constitutional tribunal."

"Judge McLean delivered his views in the Dred Scott case to-day..."

"The decision, we are glad to say, seems to be welcomed in most quarters." 

"Already we find that the slavery agitators at the North feel it [the Dred Scott decision] to be their death-blow."

"The delivery of the this opinion...whether as a decision of the Supreme Court, or for the constitutional arguments on which it stands, will exert the most powerful and salutary influence throughout the United States."

"...The Chief-Justice said, from the best consideration, we have come to the conclusion that the African race who came to this country, whether free or slave, were not intended to be included in the constitution for the enjoyment of any personal rights or benefits; and the two provisions which point to them treat them as property..."

"The opinions will be read with interest, and therefore, in view of the importance of the questions decided and thus set at rest, we willingly give up so much space to their insertion."

"In short, the court sustains the Democratic doctrine throughout..."

"...we can foresee that this decision will create, everywhere, a profound sensation." 

"Dissenting Opinions of Judges McLean and Curtis:  ...It had never been held necessary that to constitute a citizen a man should have the qualification of an elector."

"The Supreme Court has given a decision in this case, of great interest to all sections of our Union, and one that will go very far towards allaying sectional excitement on the subject of slavery."

"The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Dred Scott, is of the utmost importance, not only at the present time, but for generations to come."

"We hope now that the agitation of the slavery question may be set at rest by this decision. It is, we have no doubt, the death knell of the democratic party..."

"The moral of the opinion is that the United States government cannot exercise any power over persons and property in the territories that they cannot do in the States."

"'Dred Scott' has already got into the pulpit, and for the future will be a great hobby, no doubt, for many of our clergymen who love to mingle in politics to the detriment of religion."

"The opinion of the Supreme Court...decides that...Negroes, whether slaves or free--that is, men of the African race--are not citizens of the United States by the Constitution."

"The late decision in the case of Dred Scott has very much displeased the people of that fanatical State [Massachusetts]..."

"Had Southern disagreement ventured, as now does Northern disappointment, to attack the decision or to evade its authority, the indignant storm of denunciation would have been borne on every Northern breeze, and Southern nullification and Southern insurrection given the watchword to a new sectional crusade more bitter and unrelenting than any that had preceded it."

"...It is evident that Scott's name has been used by a class of slavery agitators for political effect."

"A confident expectation is entertained here that the mission of Mr. Walker and Mr. Stanton to Kansas will prevent any further difficulty in Kansas..."

"Democratic canvassers in the town of Gloucester (R.I.) struck the names of colored voters in that town from the lists before the election Wednesday, alleging that they were justified in this action by the decision in the case of Dred Scott."

"We, therefore, rejoice to find that the Hon. Rev. Johnson (who was a counsel in case) has so effectually exposed the injustice of the criticisms of the Court's action in the case to which we refer, as well as the sweeping impropriety of the personalities to which the maligners of the highest legal tribunal in the land, in and out of Congress, see fit to resort, in the premises." The argument of Reverdy Johnson then follows.

This article discusses misrepresentations and interpretations of the Dred Scott Decision by politicians, including Jefferson Davis, and prints a portion of the actual decision.

"The Court decided that there is no difference between property in a slave and any other property."