Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-06-07

eminent Tn. Constitution Of the United
States declares that
1.-The members Of the several Stsao Legis.
latures. and all executive and judicil s0icrrs.
both Of the United States AND % Tus sEv.
sRAL STATES, shall bc bound By oash OF If.
iirma'iou 70 support this Constit.siss. "-Css-
sf,t~nss sf ske United State. ATS.
The Legislature Of every State II IL I'm.
ion, and al the judicial and executive s2ecss
thereof. must be bound by oath o. a6mation
To support this Constitution. WithOut this
obligation taken and accepted, they cannot in
law exist as the officers of the departnenss Of
a State Government in the Union. There
can be- 10 State in tie isioa without these
several departments. Tia: would BE- curl
o,,s Republican State without a Legislative
and al executive and u Judicial drparta,~nt.
II there b. ~ such State departments - bossd
10 support the Constitution Of the United
States in that Rebel region. as ] know there
are not. then care not VI hat forms and shams
Of Government they may have-they arc but
organized conspirstors and traitors. They
have no State rights. and can have none,
without constitutional State Governments.
L. there n Legislature in South Carolina to-day
bound by oath to support that Constitution
They arr sworn by an oath TO ovrrum it.
l. there to-day in South Carolina an execu-
tive bound by oath to support this Cons,itu-
ton lie is sworn by an oath to destroy it.
These Rebels have DESTROYED their respective
State Constitutions. State Constitutions can
only originate by the act of the people in the
several States, and by them they may bc dcs-
troved They have broken down their State
Government they have no Legislature.
which, to-day, under the Constitution ct the
United States. can righ,iully impose n tax
upon any mans property within their limits.
They have 10 right to leSislatc at ALL They
are simply traitors, wearing the robes of of'
flee; There is no State Government in South
Carolina, nor in Florida nor in Texas, nor in
Louisiana. nor in Mississippi, nor in Arkansas,
nor in North Carolina, nor in Alabama, nor in
Georgia, nor in Tennessee, nor in Virginia,
known to the Constitution, or entitled to a
moments consideration. would like to see
the man, if there be such State rights man.
rise here and say that the Legislature of South
Carolina, with the oath Of treason fresh upon
their lips not TO support the Constitution. but
to overthrow it, have the right to elect a Uni
ted States Senator, or TO enact a law affecting
the life. liberty, or property of any citizen OF
the United States. The powers Of the Fed
cral Government in the Territory of South
Carolina are. in the absence OF Constitutions
al State Government, as exclusive and gcner-
III as they are in the District of Columbia.
Why so Because throughout the limits of
the Republic the United States Government
has exclusive Legislative power save where,
Il. 10.
Otherwise the Constitution and Government
could not be maintained, and the great end Of
the Constitution carried out"
AS to the mems by which the rights de-
clared to exist may be enforced The lion. gen
ileman says:
"What is the end of the Constitution AS
said to the gentleman the other day in de-
bate upon the Presidents emancipation mes
sage, its first and chief purpose is to protect
thcloyal citizens Of the United States every
where in thcirlivcs. liberty. and property. The
citizens of every State now in the Union, and
all who were citizens in the original States
now dissolved by rebellion and treason, are
citizens of the United States. Is the Con-
stitution Of the United States so weak an i'll
vcnton that in the absence Of n State Gov
eminent, it cannot establish Courts OF Justice
in any District or Territory within its limits
for the purpose of protecting the property of
every loyal citizen, and his liberty and lite as
well would be ashamed to go to your
tribune to take the oath to support the Con-
s,itution if felt in my heart that it was so
weak an invention that it did not provide for
even this first duty Of a Government.
IL assert the proposition here to-day. aud
/ challenge contradiction, that the Govern
nlent Of the United States has full ard ample
power for all of these purposes within the
original limit Of the rcvoltcd States; and we
ought to exercise thcmif VIC have any respect
for the oaths we have taken. We must OK
ercisc these powers until tho people of the
Rebel districts now reduced to tho condition
of Territories by their own act. shall return to
their allegiance, and reGstablish State Gov
crnmcnts under the Constitution. and bind
the several departments thereof by an oath to
support the Constitution Of the United
States.
IL never will consent, Sir, that South Car
olina, or any revoltcd State, shall send rep
rrseniative upon this floor until every officer
OF every department Of that State shall have
become bound by an oath to support the Con-
s,itution Of my country. We have no right
to consent to that; they have no right to de-
mand it until they so reconstruct their State
Government. We have the right, and it is
our duty. to provide by Law for the admins
traiion Of justice in that Territory. We have
the night To send our tribunals to South Caro-
lima in order that justice may be done to our
loyal ei,izsns-'
IL We are indebted TO Commodore Horn