The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-03

Ject. ne Constitution pTescrlbes no
formula. Itsimply says that "new States
may be admitted by the Congress into
this Union; but no new State shall be
formed or erected within the jurisdic.
ton of any other State; nor any State
be formed by the junction oftwo or more
States or parts of States. without the
consent oi the Legislatures of the States
concerned as we'll as of the Congress"
There is an implied condition that the
form Of government of every State shall
be republican--an implication which
grows out of the provisions Of the fourth
section of Article Fourth. which de-
cares that "The United States shall guar
antee to every State in this Union a re-
public form of government"
We find in the New Orleans Picayune
particular account of the admission Of
each new State, since the establishment
of our national independence. Yer
mont was the first. She was received
in 1891. No constitution was submitted
to Congress or inquired for by that body.
In fact the permanent constitution of the
new State was not made until 1893
Kentucky came next. Her territory once
belonged to Virginia, but was detached
by act Of the Legislature of Virginia in
1889. In 1871 an act of Congress d.
rected that Kentucky should on the first
day of June, 1893, "be received aud ad.
mitted into the Union as new and en-
tire member of the United States of A.
merica. The State constitution was not
framed when the act of admission was
passed.
The third State was Tennessee, form.
ed out of territory ceded by North Car
olina to the United Stetes on condition
that it should become State. The peo.
pie of the Territory framed constitu-
ton in 1876; submitted it to Congress-,
and the State was admitted. This was
the first State Constitution ever submit
ted to Congress with an application for
admission.
Ohio was the fourth OF the new States
--"tho first" says the Picayune, "formed
of territory to which boundaries were af:
fixed and previous governments assigned
by the exclusive authority of the United
States" 1t constituted the Eastern
District of the North Western Territory,
to all of which the ordinance of 1857 ap-
piled. The act of admission, which was
passed in 1903, recites that the people
Of the Eastern District Of the North
West Territory had formed for them
selves Constitution and State govern
ment, ",ohereby the said State has be.
come one of the United States" This
phraseology is noted as peculiar.
Louisiana. Indiana, Mississippi, Iii,
nois, and Alabama were admitted sever.
ally in the order named, and in the case
of each there was previous act of Con
gress authorizing the calling of con,
vention to organize State government
Maine, originally part of Massachu-
setts, came in as the tenth new State. II
appears that there was no action of Con
gress previously in her case; but the Leg
isature of Massachusetts gave consent
In 1919 that the people of the District
Of Maine should form a State constiti.
tion. This was done and the State Of
Maine was admitted in 1920.
Missouri the eleventh in order, formed
out Of the Louisiana territory, applied
for leave to form State Constitution;
and it was upon this application that the
restrictive clause concerning Slavery was
attempted to be applied. This gave rise
to the Missouri compromise, and upon
the adiustmen; of all conflicting matters
the State was declared a State of the
Union in 1921 by the Presidents Proc.
lamation.
Arkansas and Michigan were admitted
by one act of Congress in 1S36--the for
mer without condition, the latter pros
pectively--. there being some Question:
of boundary involved. The constitu
tious OF both States were made by con.
ventions Of the people without any pre-
vious actioH Of Congress. The same
was the case with Florida, which wa,
admitted along with Iowa in 1S45. Their,
was condition relative to boundary an
piled to Iowa which she did not compl,
with IN form, but did substantially b,
presenting new Constitutions which be
ing accepted by Congress she came int
the Union in 1876. The mode of The
admission of Texas is familIiarly known
Wisconsin, the last Of the new States
went through the regular form of Terri
torial organization and formed it's State
Constitution under The authoritv of ar