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gress, and suppose the electoral vote present
ed from that State should determine the Pres
idcntlal election, who will decide that po1iti-
cal question? Yet it Is Involved in the case
under consideration five are willing to say
that State Governments exist In all the rebel
States, though the war is waged against us
BY their aushority, then we take ono view OF
the subject But If the States have ceased
to exist, II we have to recognize new got
efnmcnts, that Is political question, to be
determined by the President, the House sf
Representatives and by the Senate OF the
United states., Neither one nor any two Of
the three can determine it. The speaker was
then opposed to the organization Of all these
half civil and half military governments,
such IS Louisiana under Banks, Floridn
under Gilmore, and Arkansas under Steele
Dir. Boutwell,, Of Mass, took the ground,
IN TIC most logical speech on that side, that
committed political snicidc; it was done
contrary to law. but then 1t was done and
was fact to be met There Ia 4 right in the
country to prevent these States from going
out Of the Union, but no constitutional pow
crto prevent the people Of them from dc.
ceased to Ufst That Is fact, within their
own control, and who can deny fact when
It exists: But the jurisdiction Of tue Gen
eral Government under the Constitution over
the Territory Of Arkansas exists unimpaired,
exactly as it was before this so-callcd ordi,
remains: Jurisdiction and sovereignty
ever the people Of the State Of
Arkansas, neither more nor less than be-
fore the act OF secession. They have just
those rights which they can enjoy without
State organization, and arc deprived Of those
enjoyed only through q State organization
We must now wait till the people OF Arkan-
eas return, without the exercise Of military
force, without coercion, by numbers so great
as to give assurance that they win remain
loyal to the Union, shall appear before the
Government, and esk to be replaced as
State, with q constitution In the Union
There are six essential conditions to. the ex-
istence Of q Etate Of the American Union. !.
Territory as when within the Jurisdiction Of
the United Stated States? ?. Inhabitants.
United States. 4. State officers sworn to
support the United States Constitution. $.
Admission into the Union 6. Senators and
Representatives to the United States. Con-
gress- The third, fourth and sixth Of thuse
conditions are wanting. In this case Of
3. Mr. Dawes, of Mass, took the ground
: that the Fathers seeing that at some
time the States wou1d not allco-operate with
thu General Government, clothea Congress
: WILL LlE puHEF 10 lECEiFE REPRESENTATIVES,
from parts Of States: The representatives Of
!: Arkansas had been admitted long before there
| was any Legislature there. Michfy1n sprung
| into existence by the vote Of the House with
! out legislators, and her representatives were
| admitted here before her State organization.
! So also with kaneas and California. The
latter waE organized under military Gov
ernor, and would have been admitted but
| tlst the prO.elavery party wanted the Mis-
! souH Compromlse line extended to the Pa-
cific- The military Governor instituted rules
md regulations touching the revenue Of Cali
at nny moment did the majority Of the peo-
pie Of Arkansas set aside their Constitutional
| obligations. do not assume, us my friend
from Maryland has assumed, that Arkansas q:
any other State has the power at any time to
break up this Union, for Ihaye supposed that
and denonnctng the men ID rebellion, saying
to them, You shall not accomplish what
yon are attempting to accomplish. You
shall not take these States ont Of tho Union
ana achieve what you seek to accomplish -
1t wss the 1anguaga here Of the leaders Of
sion Is an accomplished fact" I pray men,
bers not to adopt that language.
MI Dawes speech Was very able ono,
and his FieWs Eeemed to be supported by .
majority OF the House.
ME. Stevens, Of Pa, Schcnck, Of Ohio, Gar
field. do. aided with Nj: Boutwell, and Mr..
] Washhn1n Of IL, and Shannon Of California,
with Mr.. Dawes.
The vote on referring with instructions,
wns supported by Messrs. Boutwell,, Davis,
Schenck, and Garfield, aud others, was 5S
ayes, to 14 nays. The credentials were ~.
would seem to indicate that q majority Of
Congress does not consider tue seeded
States out Of the Union by the action.
l'. ~. THE SPIRIT DUTY.