Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-28

The new, and engages the power of tho as"
eral government to sustain anv STo,e /;
the struggle with any faction or Dartv ,S;,h
IN II seeking to change their oovsyr =, =,
from the Republican form. Iltbonob
republican form of government ia tbps -
Implication necessary condition 10 a.
admission of new State into tlis TTn;on
yet not being mentioned as sncb In ~,
section relating to the admission of Nev
states, 1t Is not such a condition as tn ev
clnue any other which Congress in 4,
wisdom and discretion may seek tn nro
pose. Tue fact is, the plain copstruc,io,
OF the constitution invests Congress with
supervisory power over the admission n
new states into the Union. The framer
OF that instrument foresaW that exigencie,
might arise in the history Of this govern
ment, when the admission of q new SEate
no matter how Republican lis Constitntio,
might be in form, might be danpcropS :,
4 the whole Confederacy, aud viii n 81,
foresight they leftit to Congress in the rT,
ercise of a wise discretion, TO admit mr. ro
lect or prescribe constitutions, as to tiien
tmtght seem best mud mostennduciye 10 tbI
general welfare. This is thSaplain teach.
ing OF tue Consultation and sof common
sense upon this subject. I'd, = 6posinr tbi.
amendmenGhs tho conditiOf OF an GTimIs.
| sion into the Union Congress has no,
transcendeG its Constitutional powers IN
make as tho subjects of any odious dis.
crImination. 1t has only exercised tho
power with which it was invested by tho
Constitution for wise purposes, of superri-
sing the admission of the new States intn
the Union, and in the exercise of which i,
is sustained by the action of the Govern
ment from the earliest period of it's history
to the present time. Whether this powcr
has been wisely and beucficially exercised
IN our case, VIC shall hereafter inquire. at
present we arc only concerned to show that
II Is no unWarantable or unusual dictation
on the part OF Congress. The fact is. but
iew states have been admitted into this
Union by Congress without some condition
being annexed. Whenever in the wisdom
Of Congress the circumstances of tho case
seemed to require it conditions have bren
unhesitatingly proposed and uniformly
adopted. New States have been restricted
IN regard to boundaries, in regard to their
naVig"ble waters, in regard to the pubIic
lands and all public property within their
territory, and IN the case of all the States
formed out of the territory covered by the
ordinance OF 1857, they wcre REQUIRED nv
Congress in the exercise of its suDeryisory
power TO conform their Constitutions tn Tho
provisions of that ordinance in rroari IN
slavery. In the case of Louisiana. sbcwns
required to change the language of her
public records and to conform the Drac,ice
OF her courts so far to the common law ms
to adapt the trial by jury aud the writ of
haoeas corpus. Can any conditions be i'm.
aglned more radical than these, or can apv
one doubt the wisdom of Congress in i'm
posing them? This supervisory power of
congress over tue admission of new States
into the Union passed unchalleuged until
IN the heats engendered by the debates on
tne admission of Missouri into the Union,
sas power 70 annex conditions to she 0d-
mission Of . State, was q Med MS 4 hover
existing under tue oUusi s9tiOn. lr6e sd.
Vocates OF this novel doctrine, for it was
novel then-wers met by the language of
the Constitution itself, in its plain and com
mon sense construction, and by the uniform
practice Of the Governments from its COM
mencement, and if any political question
can be settled by full aud luminous de-
bate, this question OF the supervisory now.
er of Congress over the admission of new
States was settled, and Missouri herself is
a memorable instance of a State admitted
upon conditions prescribed by Congress.
From that time to this the power has
passed unquestioned, and Congress has
uniformly exercised it whenever the cir
cumstances seemed to require its exercise
Michigan was kept one year out of the
Union torher failure to comply with con-
dltlon IN her act of admission, and the act
admitting Texas is nothing but string of
conditions. Suffice it to say that such has
been the uniform practice of the Govern
ment-a practice, though, once disputed
on memorable OCCASION, yet settled with
rF Ill
that this is sufficient in regard TO this al
legged dictation on the part of Congress.
We should not have deemed this objection
worthy of the notice NE have given it. did
we not know that men are sometimes pre-
JUDGED against important measures bv the
mere application of an unpopular or ofEcn-
slTc epithct, and that it may have some ef-
Iect from the noise that is made about il.
The truth is, thatit is unworthy of mo-
ments consideration by nuy reasonable
man IN deciding question in which his
duty and his interest are SO dreplv in
volved 'f'' u"
We have attempted to show that this al.
legged dictation is simply the exercise on
the part OF Congress of thnt supervisory
power in regard to the admission of new
States with which tits charged, aud which
1t Is bound to exercise for The good of the
WuoIe Governments. Ia that General Gov
ernment, We still, as loyal men, claim an
interest Its welfare is our wclfhre-its
prosperity is our prosperity; it is charged
with a paternHl care over US, it is bound to
protect and defend US, and il it proposes n
condition upon which it will grant our ur-
gent and importunatO request us rcnsona-
i,i,., PIC men we are bound to give it an uuprc-
J"StCeu auu uispasslonate consideration.
No matter how or by whom this measure
has been proposed to us. The only proper
inquiries that can concern us in Ilecidinr
upon it are these: will its adoption nrore
beneficial or injurious to our own best in
terests and what will be the consequences
of rejecting it? Aud here. fclIow .ciIiznns
let me again remind you of the imnortabcs
OF tue question which you are now cmIIrd
upon to decide. ltis measure of NO tenn =.
p99r9ry or transient interest. Whichever
WAY WAY you GU may decide it, the consequences
wan long ontltve your day and generation.
and will eontinne 10 inNnnnn. T. .issls.,, ...ou,