Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-27
STATE CONVENTION.

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! rsraaEka sAsrsoa. ne adsail The right u
saay person, or any aambcr Of persons 70
veall = STATE conveation for any purpose
sJhas MAJ suggest itself 10 Them. and we
..aa@is The right, and think Il gerry proper
aaoo. for those calling q Conversation 10
ssaGssle object for which il Is called, and
dissisetly stata who are invited % at
sAend It.
We notice that the pSesens call invites,
sail persons opposed TO striking out the
wosa s*hises fram the Article IN The State
Constitution Oh the Eighs Of suffrage. aud
IN favor Of sustaining President johnson
i'm his plaza Of reconstruction OF the States
recently 10 rebellian.' 70 attend. As this
..seesaa TO BE- general call for all persons,
of ell parties who entertain the above
axiews 70 attend, ~ propose to make .
few remarks thereon.
e Ia the GEst place, we are opposed to
sstgisisg tbs word "wbltee from tho Con.
stisation In the Article on suffrage, and
40 far We are inrited TO this State Cop
sgeneiaa; bat ne are not Sin favor Of aus
ltainisg President johnson in hts ptan of
ise-construsting the States recently in re.
ballion. = and her. in re are exeladed from
,ths CoaEsnsion. We bold THAT the Ssetes
ARE eoassracsea, and have been eoastrac-
sssa ever siass the day they declared their
I~adspenasnce ~ Independent States from
aha aosheE sOuatEy, 81 ever since By yir
ssas al shs Constitution of the United
States ahey were admitted into the Union,
and therefore there ia 10 necessity for re-
soaaxsesing them hy the Presidestof the
-EaisedStates.
e hold that the States we're ncEeE oat
al the Union. They attempted to 60 out
by force Of arms and failed, and whoa
arsned rsbsilioa CEASED against the auth.
ority Of the General Government, ard The
Authority of the Governments vas &c
knoxledged in the States ''recently in re-
beEIion,' - that the Union which bad been
Temporarily suspended b. force Of aras
n restored. The Gsneral Government,
and he President, is invested with eeTsaia
limited powers, which are fully stated 10
tha Consultation Of The United States
When the Government and the President
b 10 the full and unobstructed exercise Of
shese powers over al, and ia all If The
S4atesin tbs Union, the Union Is all that
abe trainers Of the Consultation intendsd
Sc & be-if it has been Suspended, 1t 10
restored.
The States ara independent sovereign
tisa, except 50 far IS they have delegated
q portion Of their sovereignty to tue Gem
ersi Cor srarneat, aud IS sEcb, peFes hay
ing delegated the power to ''~re-eoustruct7
ahsm 10 ths General Government, they,
and they alone, in their indivfdS u eapaei-
tYs have the righs to F~e-eonstEuet them.
selvss, By alseEiag, abolishiHgs amending
or otherwise changing their Constitutions
and LAYS, and so That they do not in their
Aetion ~contsasene Tia Constitution Of The
HaitedS States, aax abolish q ~''Repnblican
tfarm Of govarnaHeut,r neither the Presi-
deus or the General Government has any
say Or control 10 the matter. Their Goa.
stftntiens and Lava Psosije for holding
eaAstions and e~lecting oE6eerx and for the
entire organization Of their Governments.
ia they End . vacancy IN the efhos Of
.Gsseraor their Constitutions aud laws
proyila for filing that sieancy, and SO
on throughout The entire catalogus Oh
State, County, and Township ofieers.-
Thesr Constitutions and laws regulate sad
prescribe tho mauner Of canduetiug cleo
tions and axes The right Of Suffrage. In
short the State CorslitatioDs provide al
that Is necessary for the "se-eonstsuc-
ton Of a,Stale, ahepid its citizens desirs
to Ea- construct il. The Constitution q
che Uaised States docs not confer upcf
we President the power Of re-eonstrust.
jag STATES, o. prescribing Or declaring tn
right Of saffsags or of fixing ralea ane
sgagalasisss Tor the government Of cleo
aasissss, nor d0es it confer upon him th'
powsr 10 sppoias . Goyernms nt for
State NTH poser 10 reconstruct 10
ssasss cali slscaseEs and prescribe tb'
rslss Nd feguiasions for the governmen
Mea eonazetioa-o OF elections, and any at
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