The Arkansas advocate., 1835-08-14

Our columns are open for the discussion of the snbieet-and We hope our correspondents will not be backward, no matter on which side they chance to be. In the mean time, we have but a few remarks to offer. The im- putations to be cast upon the Governor wifi not come from us. Me have no doubt he is acting according to what he believes his da- tg--and if not, his arguments and not his mo- tives are all with which we are concerned
 The address parports to be an answer to the requests of meetings in various counties, that the Governor would convene the Legis- lature at an early day, that an act might be passed for the election of members to Con- vention to form State Constitution. The Governor eoncei9es that the Assembly would have no power to pass such an act, and there- fore declines converting it.
 He first examines the provision of the
 treaty between the United States and the
 French Republic, for the essssion of Loaisia- aa. t is in the following words:
 aThe iaItaditaaf8 of the eeded territory
 shall be incorporated in the Union of the
 United States, and admitted, as soon as pos
 sible, according to the principles of the ted-
 eral constitution, to the enjoyment of all the
 rights, advantages, and im1nuniiies of citi-
 zeas of the United Siates; and in inc mean
 time they shall be maintained and protected
 in the free enjoyment of their liberty pro-
 perty, and the religion which they profess" ;"
 The Governor thinks Chat all the stipula- tions contained in this article have been long since compiled with, by the Government of the United States. Tae stipulation that the inhabitants of the coded Territory should be incorporated in the Union of the United
 States, he says, was complied with by incor- porating or including the province of honisia- ia within the boundaries and jurisdiction of the Union, and then organizing 8 Territorial government, and extending over them the constitution and laws O, the United States. Now, is this eorreet3 To incorporate in the Union, means, certainly, to make them DOT tion of the whole bodg-a part of the Union. X Territory is not portion of the Union-is not incorporated wtslIl 2, are t1ot faeor- porated within the boundaries of the Union until we become . part of it.ZFhe bounda- fies of the Union only include the States which compose the Union. Besides, the af- tiele provides, that ssin the mean time, 2 fthat is, until We do become an integral portion of the Unions= incorporated in 1t, and made part same body 11sstbe inhabitants should be maintained and protected in the free en- ioyment of their liberty, property, and the re- Iigion which they profess" <" After the United States, then, had extended their laws and protection over the people of the Territory, there was still another step to be taken. Ne were to be incorporated iii the Union. The last clause of the article has been compiled with, by giving us a Territorial Government the former clause will be compiled with oa- y when we become State, . portion of the body corporate. According to the Gogern- prs view, the article was altogether vain and ,r gratja. ItfoIIowed ofcoarse, that as soon IS Louisiana was purchased, it came under he jurisdiction of the General Government -and 1t became necessary, fnot to oblige Trance or to favor the citizens, but in self l efence, to establish some kind of govern lent--a Territorial governmentl over the E ountry. Itiollowed Of course, that the pro inee should come within the Territorial boundaries and under the jurisdiction of the Jni6ed States, and that a government of some ind should be placed oyer if--and the latter lausa provided for the protection of the con titation and laws. If this be all that was aeant by incorporation, the first clause was nd is dead letter. The subject can be dis- .osed of by one simple question; Do aoe ea- oy .4LL tbe rights, odpa4tages, end in,muai- les ef citizens qf lite Ufaad states2 live do ot, then the treaty is not fulGlled-is bind ng on the Govornment-and we have certain ights under it--and having those rights, we ave also the right to claim and assert them. is our right to be admitted as soon as pos ible, according to ate constitution, to ali the rivileges of citizens--and this can only be y our becoming State. If then we have 1e requisite number of inhabitants, we can laim admittance as State. The premises fthe Governor, therefore, are wrong, and Is deductions are wrong also, of course.
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