The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-02-05

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TO control snch territory. IL would be an alb
su"lily IN the science OF o'ernmeni 'osup. /
pose that we may become the deposiarles OF
power which we cannot exercise
Now, tins may perhaps Oe deemed subtle
reasoning IL may be deemed metaphysical
SIR IT would require good deal oil meta
physics ihlnk' to get over the utter absur-
ully IN which gentlemen involve themselves
when 'hey AUNT 'hat we can acquire the So
Vereisnty oil country, and yet caAnol ex-
ercise INC rights belonging 10 mat sover-
eigny'
or IN discussing ms SUBJECT gentlemen
overlook 'ne uistincuoh between mere right
OF property and the sovereign power OF
state. pr, the cession OF territory or
tract oil country, wherc the ced'ng power
parts with IT'S entre control TO a sovereign
state, involves political power, the owner
ship oil all that belongs to the State. What
Is that ownership Not mere title under
the existing law OF another government. II
IS the highest title known to the law the en-
inent DOMAIN residing IN The sovereignty oil
the state and where the ownership Is Of
that character political regulations and con
trol follow IT,
or we may purchase tract OF land for
an arsenal or Tort and we then get a mere
tenancy, IN the language OF the law; ten
ancy IN fec simple under the law and jurs-
dicton OF another STATE the mere proprle-
torshlp OF the land the mere tenancy in
v"lvlng no political power nut when our H.
Tie involves The eminent domain, the very
origin OF all tenancy and all title, then we
nave the sovereign power to be exercised by
political ac'on-oy cessation Inc owner
sup III sovereign o'aie' "hcre ther" IS no
power
or wha' Is the dis'incuon between rcgu-
,a IA, inc iaho anu governing Inc people
me question is askeu, whether mere ccs-
; SION OF iahu gives po'i,lcal con'roi over the
community "i'h'n 'pe ierf'ory Certain-
y a mere Pdrchase Ii ''hd "ou!u not
nu' suppose theY nave no sort OF orsan-
za'loh' no poIluca' existence now then are
; .hey pci'cai community Ih'y are suo,
J"c' 10 no coi'ro' uu' OIL 'h,s Ch'oh' ana II
, we I"'l"o' Eo.cin '"e peop'e VIVA, becomes
J a, ''Vi" 81 IN, ,i iius' result 'nat II NC"
ncNteo anu S"'lo'ii'" ave eeueu 10 US Dy
.ie 'ieAican ooN 1c "ne'r sovereignty
Is P"SSVu ~ US ii we nave sp' no Poh'icai
4 coh'roi III consequence o' such ceFsioh, tne
IeoP't mus Ie, as s''o oe,ofH' aa'yf;
tbc;r condition Mcx;co can boro M r '1,.
I troll over them; they have no political organ
q ization. If we have no legislative power
, | over them they arc without law, without
government, possessing no political soyer-
T. eighty Of their own, and subject 10 no juris-
diction. The result, then, Of cession from
. Mexico TO the United States is TO make
>. them independent Of both Powers, and place
: tbcm bcvond thc reach of LEGISLATION ,pJ If
: local nrotcction. Tbcv mus from ,Lo NO.
y cessity of the case, adopt an organization
a and lcgisatc for themselves and when they
. do this, not under our authority but by force
> of an inhcrrn, right of elf-government, they
d %: ono ?so IaG.o lhael'tnuCn.' ana inc pup
&c uo'na'' 'esiuns III t"c s'.9re'sn'y OF Inc
s ~. ,,o,v ;,,,i,o1a,., 90. -; - AZ IL W
IT 'n's ne" tn",l,Vnucn. soNeieiSm'!i ana mus
l. our 'i'le me iahG Is GAlhct' Or, by the eX-
press '1'nls Oh we CONSTITUTION we are au-
d 'ho'lzeu 10 make ruies anu regulations iof
c me government OF ier,i'orles But Is
l. saiu we can regulate our iands' but we can,
l. not regulate 'he Ie1ie. on What KIND OF
n regulation "ou'u 'ha' De what sort Of
,r regnlatioh Is mat whicb regulates an mani
d mate o'J'e' oniy' nut IS Dinding upon moth
!. ing ANIMATE. b'nalng lhe land but not the
* people VINO 'hHap''
i II you make regulations with respect lc
:. your land,you must regulate the mode Of ac
curing title and the mode OF transierrn.
> title. You must have some law in relation
:, TO these matters, for ven can have no title
i" mere owner of lie land without some law Il
=. support to it. Your law must regulate th,
} noonle l;vinG upon the land. II disnu.e
u arise letwoeE Won and some of vonr tenants
Is von must have some law TO rcat,latc tbo,,