New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-02
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eon to 90 ppost this c'u's''r Of ne 0"'ss
States, Art b. ., A..
IA ,s,,t,y. officers thereof must be bound by oath
or Affirmation to support this ConsluHon "no"' 'u'oo''
or ,tsn and accepted they cannot In law exist a. tne
oc.r, o. the departments OF State Government In nc
ior Their, can be no in he Union without tnese
ssycrs, dersrtrnents That would be CURIOUS "p"""'
State without legislative and az executive ana )uui"
osn, II there Re no such State departments 90 tora'o
,nno, th. Constitution Of tho United States IN thst heoe
sdor a. know there are no. then care nor what o''
aud shss of Government they may hsve-they arc ou
r.nzed con spators and traitors They have no otse Hs
and can have none without constitutional State OoSernmen''
tb,-e e,i.s.urs n South CaroDs to-day bound by os'
to support tina, Con,tuon' They are sworn BY an o'h 10
oye,turn IT, IL there Judiciary in South Csrohua to-day
bound 10y oath TO support this Constitution They are
BY an oath tramps it under foot is there 70 la IN ~
Carolina ga eIecatys bouud by oath 70 support ms
ton he {, sworn by oath to destioyit 1he'e Neoe
have dcstroyed their respective State Constitutions o'a
can only originate by the act Of the people
in the several States. and BY them they may 20 oe'
,,royed They have broken down their state Govern
nent, they have Legislature which, today under tue
Of the United States rshgy impose TAX
upon auy mans property within thsr limits They have no
rg to egis,e ALI They simply traitors wearing the
robes Of Office There. State Government IN Sou'h 'oo
lima In Florida In Texas, nor in Lousaha 'o' Al"
Mis,.rpp nor in Arkansas In North Carolina nor 10
Alabama nor In Georgia. in Tennessee nor IN 'nshs'
known the Contribution or -atited TO
alton would ike to the man, II thero be 'ucn o'e
Rights man. Mss here and say that the Legislature Of South
Carolina with tho oath Of treason fresh upon tne % h"' "
.,,oo,, al, but overthrow IT, have tho Eight
10 elect United States Senator to enact law affecting 'he
life liberty or property OF any citizen OF the unitea sts
Tn. power, of the Federal Government IN the territory o.
South Carolina are In the sbsence o. oonst"ona oIse
s. exclusive ana general as they ae ia tho b'
rct Of Columbia Why .o Because throughout the limits
NJ IN. Repnhc tho United States Government has exclusive
r,aye power where there s constitutional state
Government ob.rv.e tho Constitution aad Government
od not bs aud the great end of the Constitution
carried out"
But it may be sad that oil this ia rhetoric
1T indicates no means whereby tho rights thus
inserted may be rendered operative and prach-
col. The, let us hear Dir. Bingham little
further:
what 4, the end OF the Constiu,ionl A aid TO the
gent ,nsn the other dsy upon Prsient' eman
Gina lon mes.ae and chief purpose il 10 protect The
loyal cit,1ns United Stat eyerywhse in their live,
hey SD property. Ths citizens Of every STATE no" IN the
Union and al who citizens Ia the original States n'"
Dissolved by rebellion and treason citizens Of tic United
State, l. the con.d1,io Of the Ulied State, weak al
Invention that in the sbencs Of State Government, It can
tot establish Courts Of Justice In District or Territory
within Init, for the purpose Of protecting tho property Of
every oyal Citizen and his liberty and life we'll would
DO ashamed TO 20 TO your tribune 10 tskr the ozh TO support
the Constitution II felt In my hear, that Il WAS 80 weak 81
invention that cid provd, Tor even tL' i duiy oil
Cov,rbmeus
saert the proposition today sud easlieuse con
.dicou that tho Government, Of the United states has fail
snd amrs power Tor all Of hess purroscs within tie origins
Init. 81 the revoltsd St.e, ard ought TO crere tsri
Il we any respect Tor the os;hs have taken must
srrr, ths.s powers until IL people Of The Robe! dscts,
now duoed 10 the condition Territories. by their own act
shall .tsr 90 bs a. oei.ns- md r~essbhh s'~s Govern
,nt. uadsr the Constitution and bind the several depart,
thereof by oath snppor; the Constitution Of the
1 siied state,
never vii content Sir tia; South CsloD, or any 70
vlted State shall snd representative upon mia aoor until
ever, ooe Of department o. that St-s shall hsy, be-
cone b. OATH supper. tbs Con'iuiion Of ny
eouatry We have no sh, to hs, they hss.
sai 10 demand Il until they ,hcis State Gov
eumsn We have the hight and l. out duty. 20 provide
by law Tor the sdisssob Of usiice in ths Territory We
have iLs night .spd tibunsl' to sou,n Carolina IL
osde, tina. Justice mo- l., done to cur loyal citizens
If those who denouncc this view 30 tercely
would only favor US with as clear statement
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innate results, We would receive il gratefully:
but either their position is not thus clcar!.'
defined or we are unable fully to apprebend it,
To our view, if Tennessee is to-day a State OF
the Union, then Isham q. Harris Is her right
p, ful, constitutional Governor. and ought to be
respected o. such, while Andrew johnson should
surrender all pretensions 10 the character and
60 about his business. if business he have. ne
recognize Nr. Johnson os her Governor sub
stantially on Mr. Binsham's platform; take
away that and we should not know how to
Justify bis claim to the station. But our object
is not 10 dogmatze, but to set forth fnirly and
fully what is st2matized the " radical view
OF this grave subject. Let it be canyassed from
every point OF view until The whole truth shall
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