On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court, in Dred Scott vs. Stanford, ruled that no act of Congress or territorial legislature could make laws banning slavery. The fundamental argument was that slaves are not free and equal persons but the property of their masters. The ruling is analogous to Roe vs. Wade because today no state may make a law banning abortion to protect the unborn. The argument is similar: basically because the unborn are at the sovereign disposal of their mothers and do not have personal standing in their own right. There was no consensus in this country on the personhood and rights of salves. We were split down the middle. But the issue was so fundamental that the states went to war, and in the end the Lincoln administration overturned the Dred Scott decision. And today, 130 years later, we look back with amazing consensus and marvel at the blindness of our forefathers.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Grains		Cake	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Flour
1	ts	Baking powder
1/2	c	Butter
1	c	Sugar
2		Eggs; separated
1/2	c	Milk
1/2	ts	Vanilla
		Sugar; cinnamon & nuts

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350. Sift flour with baking powder. Cream butter & sugar;
add beaten egg yolks, then flour mixture, milk & vanilla. Fold in stiffly
beaten egg whites. Pour into greased cake pan. Spread with soft butter &
sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon & nuts. Bake about 40 minutes. Serves 6.
MRS ROBERT H. (DORIS) EANES
From the <The Bliss of Cooking Returns>, Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club,
Ft. Bliss, TX.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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