The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-02-24
ASHLAND OHIO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY

it ever possessed in Michigan There
was, says the Senator, an ennbling act in
the case of Michigan, because the ordi-
nance of 1887 said the people, wbcnthey
numbered sixty thousand, should be en-
titled to form State government. Now
the boSisieua treaty, By which the Uni
led states acquired Kansas, contains sim
liar provisions, aud the law of Congress,
passed tog give effect to that treaty when
the United States took possession of the
Territory. contains an express stipulation
to that effect. The opinion of the Attor-
ney General in relation to Arkansas,
which the Senator read, is as follows:
% The treaty by which Louisiana was ceded
to the United States, though undoubtedly, for
many Importantpurposes, a part OF the supreme
law, must. therefore, be laid out of the question.
1t is true that the third article Imposes on the
United States, nation. the duty of incorro-
rating the Inhabitants of the ceded territory in
to the Union of the United States aud of adj
mitting them soon as possible, according to
the principles of the Federal Constitution, to
the enjoyment of all the rights. advaHt, yes,
and inmunites of citizens of the United States,
and, in the mean time. they are to be maintain
ed End protected in the free enjoyment of their
liberty, property, and the religion which they
profess And IL must also be admitted that
| Congress, by the seventh section of the act of
the I'd March, le05, providing for the govern
ment of the Territory of Oiltaps. have constru-
cd this article as pledgihg the faith of the
United States TO admit the inhabitants of Lou
isiana into the Union cf the American States as
an independent State, States, = and on the
footing oi the original States. whenever the
proper number of free inhabitants shall be
found therein"
Now, we have treaty stipulation,
whichis the supreme law of the land. pro
yiding, prospects, ly, for the people of
Kai sas to form their constitution. We
have legislative construction BY the Cou-
gress of the United States, guarantying
that right to tGcm. If the mere ordi-
nance of 1887 conferred on the people of
Michigan the power, (which is disproved
by the acts of Cougre s in fonr cases out
of the I've in he Northwest Territory to
which the ordinance of 1877 arplled.) the
same argument proves tnat an enabling
act does exist for Kausas
That is not all \ The Senator said he
referred to it for the purpose taking
away one of the instances to which l re
ferred wish SO much gusto. | did refer
TO it with pleasure; but lie fails to take
it away; or, if he does, he supplies an en-
enabling act for Kausas and he may take
his choice of the positions If he does
take It awav the areumcnt 7 bafora. made
stands pna,,swered Ifha 6oos taIs i
away. he proves the existence of an ena.
bling act for Kansas wbi6b * the verv
.ouesIi IN we are talking abont He NAV
take either horn of the dilemma
He s,ls ,,is,.o1,strns5 I,in,e~ t,,,+ IA,
did not mean to say this tbat or the otb.
er. was conclusive why we shonld not ad-
NIT K,nsas. Ldi3 not. I hope represent /.
him as saving that either one of those ob,
iectious was conclusive wbv we shonld
not; but be urged them as obiect;ons To
the admission of Kansas. aud I answered
his objections He did not saw in his
chain of aroument tba, the want If an on.
abling act was conclusive whv Kansas
must be rejected Int !. vas onc of the
liuks of the chain. and I thonGht it besr
to break each link. one at a time
broke the firilssot an enabling act. or tried
to do so. br Ike the link of previous
submission of the constitution TO tho non.
,,le or tr ed tozdo II and os !, copclrsive
sxamn,a 7 ;ns,.n,ced i,;s' CIV, So ,ho
col,s.itntion of which was mo, snbm;tteJ
70 tb. naonla kava sL,,.,, b.,
in the f,oyernmeut that q In ,ro ,na;or,tv
of ,bs ST. oo,,s,;,,,,;1,,,s - =
n,i,,ed ~ tho noo.la Lnf,ro Ia, IA
mitted as States and hence ann nra;na
.nn naw doctr;ne am nronooa,;n,T ne
,,ew ,haor;os W. e,and - ,ba e.
go, 80 ,,,. h,;,.a,, g., II a.,j - -,
foIier :, tba fop.s.a,s of Co.. W
=. -,
n'. ~ ~ c'''N' aoA sVu' =
'ne Jsoa. or say ; wneh territories
'', ~ e,,a.s ao.i auu 'ue oons,i'u,ion
nas "'t ooen suo'.''seu " Tue people Ooh-
greSS may or may nor, admit them INTO
'ne o.ioh as States: l understand hun
as %, 'aAi.s 'hae position, very we'll
/, "e'e is no phySicai corhpuisioh that can
Oe orousns 10 pear III any case to compel
congress 10 AUNT y state. Inere is
hpral ooiigatioh' ana tiae appeals to us
| noiu .has mat moral obligation exists
not only as strong ", but perhaps, forty
thousand u times stronger In regard to
Kansas than any State which has ever
presented Itself at our doors tor admission.
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