Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-01-06

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stiluuonally, because they had not a''ou
at all . As il IS optional WI Sonh''''
to admit or refuse new States, II sce'h'
10 follow, as necessary cons quehee'
that II they are willing to admit, 'hey
may prescribe the terms on which 'nsy
will receive new members.
1t is not contended tina; Congress have
the power to recuite any th,ne when
the Constitution lerbits. The Couslltu-
ton dec that Congress shall qua
ranty to each State a republican iotm OF
Now II Congress should
require as cunultlOn oil admission, that
the new state shuuld have monarohioal
government, this wnuld be VOID. he
Constitution Of the Unted States beng
a compact, partnership, between me
3 orig NAL states, liiat lausv which fer
mit8 the admission OF new partners, GER
taniy does not forbId the annexation OF
such conditions as are not inconsistent
with the general objects OF the Constitu-
ton, to wit, the security Oh HE, h6erty,
and the pursuit OF happiness" Ia con-
tormity. with tins view Of the subject,
COus Tess nave, tio'i 'nilC " 'ihS' ~
CURED conditions from new States, as
the terms on which they would receive
them INTO The Union.
Ia the year 1871 /, law was passed by
Congress authorizing the terrilory oil Or
leans 10 form a constitution and stare
government the following extract is
from the Sd section oil the act.
F." Provided, The Constitution to be
formed IN .lltue OF the authority herein
given snail! be republican and consistent
with ,he constitution ol ihe Limited Stiles;
that il shall contain the fundamental
principles OF civil and religious liberty
that II shall secure To the clizen the trial
by jury in all criminal cases, and the
privilege OF the writ ni ha6eoS corhus,
contgrmab bly, TO The provisions OF the CON-
stisU,ion OF the United States; and that
after The ADMISSION OF the sad territory
IQl Orleans as state, INTO the Union, the
laws which such state may pass shall be
Dromu gated and It's records OF every de-
scrip ion shall be presew Ell and lis Judi
cial and legls lative written proceedings
conducted IN the Language In which the
laws and the judicial and legis la'l'e
written proceedings OF the Uniled States
are now published and conducted: int
hrouided also, Thst the said eonseniief.
shall provide by an ordinance, lrrepoca-
bic without the consent Of The United
States, that the people iphabltlng the SAID
territory do agree and declare that they
forever disc lain all right and title to the
waste and unapproprlated lands lying
within said territory and that the same
Shall be and remain Al the sole ana en-
lire disposition Of The United STATES;
and moreover, that each and every tract
of land, sold by Congress, shat! be aud
remain exempt from every tax, lad by
The order or under the authority OF the
state, whether for state. county, township,
parish, or any other purpose wha ever
for five year, from and alter the respec-
1--WE days al the sale thereof; and lhet
the lands belonging to ci.lzens OF the
United STATES, residing WITHOUT the sad
state, shall never he taxed higher than
the lanis belonging 10 persons residing
therein; and that no taxes shall be M
posed on lands the property OF ti1e = n,led
States; and that tie river Mississippi aud
the navigahle rivers and waters leading
INTO the same, ct MT the Cult oi Mcxi-
CO, shall be CONNIE eli highways, and Tor
ever free as well 10 the inhabitants ot
The said state as to the citizens OF the Y.
States, without any tax, duty, ln'posl or
toll therefor in. posed by said state.
have gwen this extract, al large, as
il embraces a greater variety OF resPie-
| lions and cond ions, them are Imposed
on any oil the other new states. MS
| law, lei il be rcmembefed, was passed
under the ADM istlalion Of James Madi-
son, than whom no President has been
more scrupulously Oh his .uard, a@a'hse
the passage of any law TIA, should IN the
least be a violation OF the Cons tuition Of
The United States.
In the laws passed bv Congress, author
lzlng The people Of Mississippi, A laha-
ma and Missouri to form state govern
meuts, they are all restrained, F" from IN
lerterlng with the primary disposal OF
the soil, by the United States, or with
any regulations Congress may find ne
cessary for securing the title IL such SOIL
to the bona .Jfde purchasers they are
also prohibited from imposing any tax
on lands the property of the U. States,
and from la, ing higher taxes on non
resident owners than on residents"
In the laws OF Congress, authorizing
the people of OHIO and Indiana to form
state governments, the condition was an
nexed, that the CONSTITUTIONS OF SAID
states so authorized to be formed, should