Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1836-10-19

u" Notwithstanding the incompetence of her
convention with the terms of congress- Michigan
is a state, and a state of the Uaion, too is she
not The United States having withdrawn the
territorial government, we are left TO govern
ourselves, under our own constitution and state
laws. If so-then will it be reasonabl, or right,
young and feeble as we are, any longer to be de-
prived of our share of the appropriations and the
privileges granted by the general government to
all the states of the Union? Congress has ex-
amined our constitution, assented to its republi-
can character, and acknowledged our right to
act in the capacity of state, by authorizing our
legislature to call convention for the purpose
Of asserting to their terms Of mission. These
are the arguments of those who have decided not
to comply with the terms proffereI by the gene
raj government; if we understand them. To be
sure, congress has described certain bounda ries
as the limits of our state, not agreeing with
those described in our compact; yet near the
close of the last session, they admitted us as a
state of the Union, by sanctoning the doings Of
our government, not only, but by assig ling other
work for us, and allowing pay to our congress
ional members--dd they not 2 Then, of course,
our members senators and repr ssenta .ivel will
have their seats at the next session, and the
vote of our electors of president and vice pres-
dent will be allowed.
| We were for a compliincc with the congress.
ional requisition, as the shortest and surest way
to admission but since that cours, has zen de-.
featei, we would hope those who have blocked
the entrance at that door, have found another,
equally easy and plain. They arc the majority,
who declare us already a state. A state already
Ifso-a state in tho Union This W. agree to,
provided the proof bs sufficient, and wait to see
what disposal tn " will make of the dispute re.
lative to the Malm,e ten mile strip of territory,
given to Ohio by the national enactment Per-
adventure, the three delegates to Washington
have been appointed to reconcll, the discrepan.
cy in this matter. All may terminate right
yet, and in much shorter period than some of
us of the press have anticipated. w, support
the republican electoral ticket, und,r these i'm.
pressions-oxp,cting the STATE OF MICHIGAN to
have voice in tn, coming United States Presi-
Dental election and expect to see all other pub.
| lsHeTs III TIC stdtc, VI ouI duopt Tic
same consistency.
If the position assumed by our late Ann Ar
Dor convention shall be maintaincd-that the
proviso in the congressional enactment of June
Is, 1885, for our admission, is unconstitutional
and of course void-.hen the strong langu igc Of
our admission by congress remains thus BE it
enacted and declared, That the constitution
"and state government, which the people OF
Michigan have formed for themselves be AMI
"rHE SAME is HEREBY ACCEPTED, RATIFIED, AMI
{" CONFIRMED; and that The said STATE OF MI
Z" cuIoAN shall be and the same is hereby de-
." clared to be one Of the UNITED STATES of Anne
erica, and is hereby admitted into the Union
"upon an equal footing with the original states
ain all respects whatsoever"
But in whom is vested the authority to nullfy
the unconstitutional part Of an cnictmsnt, ant
l,ayo tho remainder in force, may still admit Of
a curry.