libertyession, war, and will be the theme of the world and the theme of all who precipitated him will likely to be held in remembrance. for he did more than any other individual to extend the slave power." he went on to discuss his motives in the decision. here he used similarly stark language. he noted that "the worst is the disposition to serve the cause of evil." he argued that he knew exactly what he was doing. his decision attempted to snuff out all hope of rights and liberties to the nations free and enslaved african-americans. he portrayed chief justice taney as ignoring all of the precepts of the christian religion, the declaration of independence, and the constitution. finally, going through a long list of english judges with reputations for unfairness and infamy, including george jefferies of england, the infamous persecutor of protestants, he concluded that taney was the worst of all. the low point in his reputation came with the 1865 publication of an anonymous 68-page pamphlet entitled, "the unjust judge." the pamphlet accused taney of the worst abuses of the judicial pow