The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-03-23

national authority. Itis true; the Con
gressional Districts are arranged ny
State Legislation, but that is by express
provision of the Constitution, which
confers it upon the States, ADD even in
that, Congress has a supervising power,
and can "n,ake or alter The times, places
and manner Of holding Congressional
elections, cpcept as to thePldce Of choosing
Senator's" If members of Congress
are State agents, how comes it, that
their qualifications are prescribed by
the National Constitution That the
times, the places, and manner of their
elections, and their pay, are all the sub
jects of national law and yet they are
State agents, says Mr.. White and his
reason for SO saying, consists in the
fact, that they are elected by the peo-
pie Of the States Two members are
elected by the people Of Hamilton
County, are they mere agents of that
county-to act only in matters pertain
ing to the interests of that county -
BY 10 means, they are Representatives
of the people Of that county, but
clothed with power to act, not only in
Hamilton County interests, but in every
interest, of every State and District in
the nation, and for the interest of every
citizen thereof, whether he resides with.
: in the limits Of Hamilton county, or il
Z the remotest regions of California ol
= Oregon. An agent pre-supposes priu
+ cipal if Mr.. White was but an .agen
G of this District then be had power onl,
e to act for such of the people Of thi
district, as gave him that agency; AM
yet, he voted upon hundreds of propo
= sitions, involving the interests, not OF
n his supporters here, but of people fa
}? remote from his district, people VIII
d never saw him, perhaps never heard o
:. him-call you that dgency7 Agent
= arc paid by their principals. Whe
# Ohio selects agents, she provides pay
= ment, out of her own treasury
V would be dangerous venture, to ma
/ your agent, dependant for his pay, ,upo
the person with whom he is to contra
n on your account. No, sir, Congress
r not a body of Agents-it is an asscr
u blnge of National Legislators=-Repr
ce scntatives, not of State soyereigntio
he but of the sovereign people Ia
I'd makers of the nation, every one
of whom is commissioned to speak al
n. act, not merely for a party, district,
to State, but for the whole Union, and f
al each and every sovereign citizen ther
so of-whose acts when made pursuant
" the Constitution of the Union, are IL
,l- Sapreme la,os Of the lard, override
State Constitutions and State Laws, a
so are even the State Judges bound
their oaths to decide.
II. When Judge Kelly asked Mr.. Viii
to off the Constitution be supreme, wh
,d other can be supreme ?" Mr.. VIII
oh replied that, ~ ,oas supreme becar
i these Sovereign States, each one speaLi
us for ITSELF has said Il shall be suprcm
all That comedies away his whole theoi
DO for he has already admitted there c
cd be but one Supreme power, and that
he says, was given to the National Cover
,to ment, by the States themselves-an u
!, fortunate position for statesman,
70 exactly where he will find himself, "
espouses bad cause, and attempts
ef- sustain it by sophistry,
ID NEGRO STATUS.
mt Mr.. White says, "the St0ieSthdt n
Iii. fed Me Constitution, aeUer Intended
get confer upon Congress the pOl0er TO prop
gn amendments to affect the status Of IN
ou vidmals." We can best determine
It intentions of those States by what Il
ns did-they knew the 9th Article was
no it, and they saw what it contained, I
Din with their eyes open, with full knO
de- edge thereof, they ratified II. W
me they stupid Must they BIO stultif
me to escape the binding force of Il
ills most deliberate act ?
are DAY IN COURT.
ley Again, be says this amendment
ov. not be made, because the Constitui
old says, "a man shall not have his props
= taken from him, without due process
for law-wbich means, having his day
fed Court" Oh, yes, Mr.. White, you
at now having your day in court
hin had it in Congress, while this anne
ment was pending, and you hav
arc while it is passing through the
tes, scribed forms of separate State Logi
S is tive action and when three-fOurth
he the States have adopted it, then J
law day in court is closed-closed by
the voice of the sovereign people, utt