Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-18

State orRanlEaton. " Wis., enon, Ho ney
stItution ofthe United States which can be en-
loved only through etate organisation.
Now what remains for M 10 do To walt
tlll the people Of Arkansas, "clothed and In
their right mind, - without the exercise OF mill
tary force, without coercion, By number 90 great
as TO give assurance thnt they will remain loyal
10 the Union, shall appear before the legislh-
tive and executive departments Of the Govern
ment, and ask to be replaced ~ State with .
constitution, and admitted 10 all the rights OF
the several States Of this Union.
There are siI essential conditions to the ex-
istence OF a State as State Of the American
!. Territory or area within the Jurisdiction
Of the United States. .. .... .rH
2. Inhabitants. -... .....
3. A constitution or organic law In which
the existence OF the Constitution Of the United
States is recognized, and It's supremacy In Ger.
tain particulars declared or admitted.
L. Officers OF the State appointed or elected
and sworn to support the Constitution OF the
United States, as required by that Constitution,
5. Admission into the Union.
@, Senators and Representatives appointed
or elected 10 the Congress OF the United Statea.
The third, fourth, and sixth OF these condi-
tions are wanting In the case OF Arkansas and
the other States engaged In the present rebel
lion, and have been so wanting for three years.
| think that IL is subordinate and unimpor-
tant question as to who shall come from Arkan-
sas 10 represent her upon this floor until we
can settle tho great question OF the right Of
Arkansas 10 State government a. State of
this Union. am, for one, for waiting to give
my Affirmative vote until q majority Of her
loyal people shall frame constitution guAran-
tying full and exact justice TO all men, black
and white. will walt until We can be satls-
hed in all particulars that the people OF that
State will be loyal to the national Government.
Mr.. Speaker, have before me resolution
which Intended to present to the House In the
ordinary way, but l now ask TO have 1t read as
part OF my remarks.
The Clerk read, as follows:
Resolved, That the committee on the rebel
lious States be Instructed to consider and re-
port upon the expediency Of recommending to
this House the adoption of the following
DEFAMATION OF OPINIONS.
In view OF the present condition OF the coun-
try, and especially in view OF the recent signal
successes OF the national arms promising
speedy overthrow Of the rebellion, this House
makes the following declaration OF opinions
concerning the Institution of slavery In the
States and parts OF States engaged In the rebel
lion, and embraced in the proclamation Of
emancipation issued by the President on the
LIST day Of January, A. d. 1868; and also con-
cerning the relations now subsistlng between the
people Of such States and parts OF States on the
one side and the American Union on the other.
- - tsot JVft htNtuftNS Nas bAAO OplhiOn VI huO
House Of Representatives. That the institution
OF slavery was the cause of the present rebel
lion, and that the destruction OF slavery in the
rebellious States Is an efficient means Of weak
ening the power Of the rebels; that the Presi-
dents proclamation, whereby all persons hero
tofore held as slaves In such States and parts
OF states have been declared free, has had the
effect to increase the power Of the Union and
to diminish the power Of Its enemies; that the
freedom OF such persons was desirable and
Just In Itself, and an efficient means by which
the Government was to be maintained and its
authority re-established In all the territory and
over all the people within the legal Jurisdiction
Of the United States; that 1t is the duty Of the
Government and Of loyal men everywhere to do
what may be practicable for the enforcement
OF the proclamation, in order to secure In fact
as well as by the forms Of law the extinction OF
slavery IN such states and parts OF States; and
hnally, that 1t is the paramount duty Of the
Government and Of all loyal men to labor for
the restoration Of the American Union upon
the basis Of freedom.
And this HoHse does further declare, That a
state can exist or cease to exist oniy by the
WIN Oh tne people within Its limits, and that
II cannot be created or destroyed by the ex.
ternal force or opinion of other States OF
even by the Judgment or action of the natlor
itself that State when created by the will o
Its people IN become member OF the Amor
lean Union only by its own organized actio,
IL
tional Government; that when a State has bee
admitted TO the Union, no vote, resolution, Of
dinanca, or proceeding, on its part, hoWeye
formal In character or vigorously sustained
can deprive the national Government of tn
legal Jurisdiction and sovereigntya,yer the ten
ritory and people OF such State which existe
previous to the act of admission, or Whic
were acquired therebyj that the effect OF th
so-called acts, resolutions, and ordinances @
secession adopted by the eleven States engage
in the present rebellion is, and can only be, I
destroy those political organizations as States
while the legal and constitutional jurisdictlo
and authority. of the national Government owe
the people and territory remain unlmpaired
that these several communities can be orRaI
lied Into States only by the will of the loys
people expressed freely and In the absence @
all coercion that States SO organized can be
come States of the American Union only whel
they shall have applied for admission and thei
admission shall have been authorized by tn
existing national Government; that when
people have organized State upon the bAsi
OF allegiance to the Union and applied 70
admission, the character of the institutiop
Of such proposed State may constltut
suifcient justification for granting
or rejecting such application; and inasmuch a
experience has shown that the existence of hu
man slavery is incompatible with republican
form OF government In the several States or Ii
the United States, and inconsistent with th
peace, prosperity, and unity Of the nation, IL
the duty OF the people and of all men in au
lhority to resist the admission Of slave State
wherever organized within the Jurisdiction q
the national Government.
After some further debate, on motion of Nj
schenck, Of Ohio, the House instructed lh
Committee on Elections to investigate and r,
port, by bill or otherwise, whether there is an
such existing organized government in tn
State of Arkansas as entities the State and IL
people to be represented In the Congress OF th
United States.
ReSolations OF the Legislature OF Wash
inBtOn Territory.