The North-Carolina standard., 1845-03-26

rIory Wltnln the original limits OF some OF the
States. which had been ceded to the United States
and some without the chartered limits of the
States, but within the boundaries agreed upon by
the treaty of peace in 1888. Now, the term
!" STATES" in its Ordinary historical sense, is of
very comprehensive import, and used TO denote
any political community without regard to its
form of government. Hence we speak not only
of the United States of America" but Of "the
States OF Italy," " the States of Germany" "the
States OF Europe" In the ninth section of the
first article of the Constitution we find the term
State" used in this comprehensive sense, where
Il is provided that " no person holding any office
of profit or trust under them, nhe United, States
without the consent of Congress, shall accept of
lany present, emolumeRt Office, or title of any
kind whatever, from any king. prince, or fofeign
State" The word g foreign" does not enlarge
the import of the term STATE" but was intended
to avoid ambiguity, by excluding its application
TO the States of the Union There is nothing,
then, in the term "1SLate' or States" in other
parts of the Constitution to give to the term new
States technical meaning, and restrict their or
binary Import; and the circumstances by which
the trainers of the Constitution were surrounded,
hvor the conclusion that they were intended TO be
used IN their most, comprehensive sense, and TO
embrace new States arising in contiguous fer
tritory, as well as within our limits 1t was then
fscen that not only would "new States grow up
within our limits. but from the revolutions and
changes to which nations are liable, " new States"
might arse in the foreign territory by which we
were surrounded, which, on account of the navi-
CATION of the Mississippi, it would be of the high
est importance to admit as members ofthe Federal
Union. And they therefore provided for such
contingencies should they arise, by vesting in
Congress the power to admit !" new States into
The Union in the most appropriate and compre.
hensiVe terms The English language afforded.
If doubt remains that the power to admit new
States into the Union was intended to apply to
new States of foreign territory, well asterrito.
Try within the limits of United States it will be
removed by brief review of the history of the
convention in reference to the clause in question
In the Articles Of Confederation which the con-
vention that formed the Constitution assembled 10
reuse and amend, there was a clause for the
admission of Canada and other colonies in these
words: "Canada aceeding to this Confederation,
and joining in the measures of the United States,
shall be admitted into, and entitled to, all the ad-
vantages of this Union but no other colonies
shall be admitted into the same, unless such ad-
mission be agreed to by nine States" In the con-
Evcntion, Edmund Randolph of Virginia, intro
duced series of resolutions touching the powers
necessary to be vested in the Government they
were about to form, (fof they did not confne
themselves merely to tie rerision and amendment
of the Articles Of Co4tsderatipn.l and Charles
Pinckney of South Carolina, plan of Govern
meut William Patterson of New jersey, at a
subsequent stage of proceedings, submitted series
of resolutions Also In each of the series submit
ted by Mr.. r andolph and Mr. Patterson, there
was resolution for the admission of new States,
and similar provision in the plan of the govern
ment offered by Mr.. Pinckhey. The resolution
of Mr.. Patterson andihe article in Mr. Pinckney's
dranght of constitution proposed to give Con-
gress the power to admit new States, without re-
stricting it to States arising aoithin tie limits of
the United States. But the resolution Of Mr..
Randolph proposed TO restrict the power 10 the
admission of STATES tGacfutly arising fDithin the
ltmitssof the United States" The resolutions OF
both Mr.: Randolph and MIR. Paterson, and the
draughtof MIR. PinckneY, were referred to the
committee of the whole. Mr.. Randoiphas reso-
lutions seem to have engrossed the attention of
the committee, and, after discussion, were report
ed with amendments to the convention, and then
referred to committee. .lcaled I" the Committee Of
Detail,'' for the purpose ofdraughtng the form of
d constitution, consisting OF Mr.. Runedge Mr. Ran.
dolph, MIR. Gorham Mr. Ellsworth, and Mr.. Will
SON. The resolution for admission of new States was
reported by the Committee of The Whole to the
convention. and then referred 70 the Committee of
Detail without amendment. In the 18th article
of the plan of Constifutior reported BY the com
mittee of detail, the resolution of Mr.. Randolph
was. substantially preserved though solnewhatya-
riedl in phraseoiogy So much of it as is natrri-
al TO the point under consideration was in these
words " New States lawfully constituted, or cs-
tablished within the limits of the United States,
may be admitted by the Legislature into this Gov
ernment" This plan was again considered in
convention and while the article for admission of
new States was under consideration, GouVerneur
Morris moved the following substitute. ;" New
States may be admitted by; the LegislattiTe into
this Union, but no new State shall be erected
within the limits of any oftbe present States with
out The consent ofthe Legislature Of such State as
wef as Of the Genefal Legislature = which. to
the word !" Uat0n," 'inefasive, was unanimously
adopted The word "tiMitsi was changed for
@jurisascti0a, y and some other amendments made
by the convention, or The committee Of revision,
or "df style and arrangement" to which the plan
was slccessiveiy referred, so as to make il assume
the form Of the clause as it now stands in the
Constitution It will be seen that GouyernenEI
Morris's substitute dispenses with the fessficon]
onff1ing the powtr to S eaO States LGarsElg con:
sfitnted or Established Iseifhie ne limits of tAe
United Stdtes," and uses the word g Ugiep" In
stead sof The only qpal iEcaiioud
iipon the power to admit new States was. that no.
aes6 Sknt1 should BE- etected litbin ne E5sits Qt
dna Of he Then eEiyting StdLes splktout he con-.
SEM Of the LEGISLATURE of si1eA State as relLsas
of the Gene4dL Lei tEze Fog Com fSss 1This3
Qualification would have excluded Vermont with !
out the consent OF New Y ork, within whose linz
its she was setting herself up as an iRdependent1
State, against tBe claim and authoritity Of New