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hrasaag = II does ne psinoapls u non
intsgvantion, o. - Il has bsan styled,
sssqaaster Soverslgnsy."
We believe thai he people aRs ths sOv.
ssesgns, and aAas ala governments Ass
msraly agsnaa u sAe people, and ssps.
cialIy 10 ahis ahs sase In me q. States,
whasa tbs Consultation, which may b
regarded - the power Of attorney undsa
which the sgaas-ahs government aossi
declares, fsThs powers not delegated q
sha uaieaa STATES bY aAe Consultation
nor prohibited by IL % shs States, ART
reserved 70 the States respectively, or ID
The psopls."
+ Here ws End sha& tie United states 81
sroiss no sovaraign power, The powag be-
ing delegated by, or derived from tbs
people. The conssisaEinn under whish
the gavaKnshans-~&hs agent acts, pro-
widas roe Shs admission Of now States
into the Uniun. IL saYa, 'sNsw States
may bs admittsd, J" and in another plass
the people when they delegated power h
this agent TO ast, required the agent ic
guarantees TO every Stats in this unioz
. Republican form Of government. p
The fact being acknowledged by all thai
ths people are the sovsreigns and thA'
all power Ia derived from them, ID il
proper ahat in the formation Of the fund
amsatal Law which Ii TO govern their &c
Gion, thai they should be consulted, and
we take the broad ground that their SOW
ereignty cannot be dslagatsd 10 an agent
the State gsveznsaeat, without their
consent, and that Constitution without
THAR approval ia = nality, and sho'd be
di&zegarded By Congress, ~ not eznbrae-
ing the will Of tbs sovereign. Congress
cannot control the action Of the people
in forming Constitution, bat it has >
right TO withhold admission Of q new
State into the Union, until the psopIs
have adopted q Constitution. When the
people have adopted Constitution, then
the only question Congress can ask, is,
does tbs Constitution secure 80 the peo-
pie Republican form If government ?
This question being answered in the at.
frmative, Ii then becomes the ds4sy of
Congress TO admit the new State into the
Union without inqairing what domestic
institutions are established in the new
Stats. Tia COnsAisusisn being ths frat
and supreme Law Of the State, iE being
the embodiment Of ths pswprs delegated
by the sovereign power,-ths people
must &Eaa be approved BY thsm before it
can have any force.
The delegates to form Constitution,
though elected By the people, can do no
more than 10 draft che instrument and
sahmss Ii 70 tbs soveEsign,--khe people,
for their approval. The delegate can
no more bind the people By his action,
than the lawysr employed to drafs a
power of attorney can bind the principal
and authorize the agent 10 ast, without
tbs eanssnk Of ms principal. Ii is the
BUSINESS Of tins delegates 70, draft the
Constitution, and ths prOxinos OF the
people 30 adopt ID and give II force
The delegate axhaussa al tbs powers
delegated 10 him in drafting tbs Conssi-
tuition, and the instrument win remain
. dead letter unless approved by the psO-
pie. Entertaining shass visws, u il
enough for - 10 Know that the Cons&i-
tutson has not, and scau not be submit
ted TO the people foT adoption, without
tAqaiEimg into lie provisions, 70 bring u
10 tbs decision 10 yet our viswa in oppo-
sisioa 10 shosa of the President, ~ set
forth i'm the message. The positions Ia
ksn By us we think ass sustained By she
principle laid down in the Kansas Ne.
braska bill.
In 0rdar that there ahoRld be no mis-
understanding, tbs old unconstitutional
set of Congress called the = Missouri
Compromise" was declared void, and
shs people Of Kansas and Nebraska, were
Esft free % adopt THAR own psliey, reg
1Iase their own domestic institutions, in
accordance vita their own feeling, sssub-
eea only to tbs Constitution Of The Uni
ed skgtan.'s Il
Before he passage 81 the Kansas Me-
,raska Bill, sha people Of tia TsrrisOE-
% wsss ssas free 10 regulate al their
iomessis aaaiEs wiAh bAs sxespsion Of the
asass#saen q sIsssEys ana tho bill re-
Hcvea thaS restrictive, o. rather dscIAr.
d that 70 aaeh restriction existed. Ths
'llaBsss Il the Kaa#as Ssbraska bill waa
los 70 lsgislats slavery into The Terri