Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-16

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sise, by FsstrictiDg Congress 10 passing la,va
necessary and proper for carving the MOVE,
INTO exceutsoii. The prohibition extends. NOT
Cny 70 nl laws not suitable or appropriate 10
.ne OBJECT OF the power, but also to ali that are
I ayuIs,' UNEQUAL, or unfair. for all such laws
,hsras, S ~ unnecessary and IMPROPER, and
therefore, unconstitutional
Having now established bevond .ou,rov.,,..
sy, that the sovereignty over tbe J,rt;tn,;os :,
vested IN the United States--thst IA, in Tho
seFe'ai States composing Che Uniof-afid that
'ne power OF flegisiatiIg over them is expressly
vested ID Congress, it follows, that the fi,diyid
uais III california who have undertaken to form,
aconstitution aud a State, and to exercise the
power OF iegislatiug without the consent of
congress, have usurped the sovereignty of the
Slates and the authority Of Congress, and have
aesea ~ open defiance OF both. In other
words what they have done is revolutionary
anu rele,lous in its character, anarcliica in its
tepdency, and calculated 10 lead to the most
dangerous consequences. Had they acted
irom Premeditation and design, IL would have
Deen, IN fact actual rebellion, but such is not
the case 1he blame lies much less upon
tnein than upon those who have induced them
10 taRe course SO unconstitutional and dan,
gerous They have been led into it by Ian
guage held here, and the course pursued by
the Executive branch of the Government.
have not seen the anr er ofthe Executive
TO the calls made 10y the 40 Houses of Con.
gress, Tor information as to the course which it
took, or the part which it acted, in reference to
what was done in California Understand the
answers nave not yet ben printed But there
is enough known to justify the assertion, that
thoSe Who profess to represent and oct under
me authority of the Executive, have advised
mueo and encouraged the movement, which
yer! terminated III forming what they called n CON
sNtunoh andaSRte. General Riley, whopro
tessed 70 act as civil Governor, called the con
vention, determined on the number and distr;-
ontion Of the delegates, appointed time and
page Oh Its meeting, was present during the
SESSION, and gave its proceedings his approba.
tion aud sacSSs e s thant
ity, be opghtto hal. been tried, or at least re-
primanded and L.sayowed Neither having
done, the presumption isthat bis course has
\ Aeen approved, This, of itself, is sufficient to
\ identify the Executive with him, aud to make it
responsible for them. / touch not the question
whether General Riley was appointed, or re-
ceived the instructions under which he pro
,fessed to act, from the preseut Executive or its
I predecessor. from the former, it would I'M.
plicate the preceding as well as the present
administration. Enot theresponsbility rests
exclusively on the present 49,.
/ 1T is manifest from this statement, that the
Executive Department has undertaken to per
form acts preparatory to the meeting of the in
diyiduals to form their so-called constitution
md Government, which appertain exclusively
TO Congress. Indeed, they are identical il
manyrespects, with the provisions adopted b,
! Congress, when itgives permission to terrific
! rytOfurm constitution and Government, in
order to be admitteda as State into the Union
n. A lI-lI 4. A
| which the Executive and the individuals il
California acted throughout this whole affair." il
unfounded, unconstitutional. and dangerous, il
remains to make q few remarks in order K
show that what has been done, is contrary +,
the entire practise off the Government from it
commandments to the present time. .,t-,
From its commencement unil the time tha
Michigan was admitted, the practice was uni
form. Territorial Govenplents weie first or
ganised by Congress. The Governmental tn,
United States appointed the, Governors, Judg
es, Secretaries, Maishals and other officers, aa,
the inhabitants .ofthe Territories were repre-
sented by Legislative bodies, whose acts wer
subjected to the revisions Of Congress Th
state of things continued until the Governmen
of Territory applied to Congressto permtit
inhabitants to form constitution and Govern
Ment, preparatory to admission into tho Unior
The preliminary act to giving permission va.
to ascertain whether the inhabits were suflici
emily numerous to authorize them to be forme
into q Stale. This was done. by taking o Ger
sus. That being done. and proving sufic
cient, permiss on was granted The act grant
ingit fixed all the preliminaries--the time an
place Of holding the convention, the qualities
tion of the voters establishment of its bounds
ries, and all other measures necessary to b
sethed previous to adnis, ion The act gi,
ing permission necessarily withdraws the SO,
:arnHi9nty ere of the United States, and leaves III
ihhaoltints OF the lnciPipnt State as free I
form their constitution and Government, n
were the original States of the Union afte
tbey,had declared their independence. A
this stage, the inhabitants Of the territories he
came for the first time people, in legal an,
constitutional language. Prior to .l!is, the
were, by the odd aets,of Congress, called inbab
itants, and not people. All this is perfactl
consistent with the sovereignty ofthe Unite,
States, with powers of Congress, and wit
tho right of people to self government. is,s
Michigan was the first case IN which ter
was any departure from the uniform rule O
acting. Hers wasat very slight dcpartur
from established nsage. The oraiaance OFFS
secured to her the right of becoming aState
when she should have 10000 inhabitants Ow
| ing to some neglect Congress delayed talin,
the census the meantime her population
increased, untilit clearly exceeded more tha,
TWICE the number wbieh entitled her teadmis
sion AT this stage che formed n : constitution
1 ansl government without the census being In