Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-06-23

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{ the authority OF the Uaised States. TEE
> 6da1ss aoE nsss anx viii ihsg, esoapt ID
! ward ths Gsnegsl GayaTnmaat he Felsiin
II Of Territories. Nor 10 khsy oeepsY n
ifafation ID he aosernmers taaF Isl
"A Distsick dees., Hahcs no auth0riky al
lbs xaund 10 suEhesixs shis isgfs1&tfon I
thase provisieas Of siha astitstion ra
n lAking 20 Territories - Ihe pistsics D
sfof 0oinmbIa. Nor vii thsy occupy ID
IfAlafion % ahs Govsrnnsnt that co1oasg
sl cd pxpviHsss sseupy 10 the asvmnmsa
making ths conquest Usaally sha lay
Of tbs eonquaxsd ara "a difuFsnt, 30 an
/ tsgonistic 70 che laws K ths oonqusYar q
10 require radical chsnxe to adaps sheu
! DO fhair new Relatioa. xe4k sack ID no
!, tbs casa In thoss STATES. Thsir senssita
fians and their lava sss sach - hare n
| wsys been rscosnlied hy ths Federal Gov.
lsEuaasat ~ rspAblisAa b form and eon
senanf with the peinsipisw af or Uoas4i.
Il tutiDn. Hsnss - ~ - enfAess apaz
these people tbs provisions of this bill
Imuss be found In some o&her provision oI
tthss inssramens. The gentleman from
kaaryissd MIR. Dsvis) conssaas that b,
Discovers the power in ssssion. four, assi.
Gle four, OF the Constitution which rsadl
~ follows:
| "The United States shall guaranty ID
every State in the Union republican
form Of GoseRumen4.n ~
Thai .$eoTision eaanos apply 10 StaEsa
alxssdy haying consultations and laMs re-
puhlisaa In form. The interpretation
which be givss the clause is net sustained
either by ths language itself % BY the
opinions or aeta OF those who ineorpora-
ted II into the Constitution, Who OF all
aen are sappsssd TO knsw bsss what II
asd Ma&as s.s ~ s@s s1l 5st4
The character Of government, whath-
or gspablicaa, or otherwise, il dssssm.
fued by its eoastitnsion and iaws. Now,
il thsss State constitutions and Laws are
rspuhiieaa In form, within shs meaning
OF the Constitution, there can be no me-
esssisy fer instikusiag new constitutions
by action OF Ooagrsss, as proposed In
shis biA. The rspuhEisan character Of
thsse Stats governments has been passed
upon By CoEgxsss, sosDs sk them when
Congress was under the centrol OF the
very msn who made the Constitution.
Again, fshink the gsuslsmsa from Ma
Fyiand MIR. ,Dssis) Il mistaksn when he
sappesas tbs Ooassisations In reqziffng
Congress to guaranty TO every State In
the Onion Eepublioaa form Of govern
aaas, neans 10 impose upon Congress
the dasy of iassisusins Ssass governments
fos tie 6satss. fixing provisions In their
State constitutions prescribing tho qaali-
feasieas ok voters, and fixing eligibility
OF he oisissr for ofies, ss Ia this bill
ALI that was intsndsd was sAss Congress
shonld ses shss the States enjoyed rapab-
licaa forms OF government. We eaanos
reasonably infer from the language itself
that anything further was intended.
Nos, ans who gaaEaniies che peffeF1-
ancs a . contract 10 not the eas who zzn-
dsrsakss TO perform lie stipalatiens, but
ona who agrees TO see than performed,
md. ind = ab VIII" se6bhbss 6bhbss fsk is-Ysdssfsass
guaranty rspablisaa form os Sovsrnnsnt
70 the States il only requires that Con-
gYess shalf sse that ths States enjoy such
form OF government, and protect them
In It's snjoymens-
IL the gensleman's iaserprssasioa be
correct CongTess, from the adoption Of
the Constitution TILL now, has been remiss
in sss dusy toward some OF these States
and toward other States In the Union in
nsxiscslnz to Institute nsa forms az gcy-
ernmens Tor sham. Is hss been tbs prao-
ssos Of the Government, "a gentlemen
well know, to Let the States adopt such
constitutions ss ia their judgmeus would
best pxomota their own intaEest, and thea
protect the States in the enjoyment of
their State governments. And shis, take
it, is tho exssnt Of the obligation as well
~ the axtsas Of ths powss.
But this bin proposes to ignors the sx-
issenoe Of State constitutions and Sksse
Ia ss, and to institute new Ststs goyern-
msnss withsus inqairing whether the pro-
visions and laws diSsassd by Congress are
acceptable 20 the people or net who are
10 be affected BY them, and In this it 10
auti4sspabiican and In violation OF the
very provision OF the Constitution undcg
Which Ii seeks 10 maintain is. Thai ges-
eminent only Ia republican WHARF the pso-
pio arg uirccays VI Su.uasa snsaA oaosSas
representatives., consulted as % the Law:
by whish they ara 70 be governed. And
shis bill hy debating what shall be and
Nnat kaan not DC IN snsir eonst.sassons
and leMss u 10 eofaiics wisn ths principiss
Of rspaofican government. nos oniy
uadsrtakss 10 direct whas snail pe them
consultations on certain subisets in the
seventh ssetien OF shs eaii, but it deser m
iss aasc VINO shall ana who shsii NOS en-
Joy tnseiscsiss frsnsnsss ane De eiagioss
TO once. This poEx, not having been
1 conferred eJ tna ponsn.aaon spon oan'
gtsss, belongs sxelasivsiy g sas state
/ IL any one controysfss this posasi0
i would refer nim 20 the nrss ~ rtielsy sssons
sections Of the Conatisutaons where, u
/ providing Tor this alectann Of hspEessnsA-