St. Mary's gazette., 1865-07-06

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Of Their snv-rrisn'v. while It 's reta'n"d ~
the other States. who dictate these terms
they can,o, se in III. Union. Whs' is =
s,..a in n. srr.a of the Cpn,ti'u'ion
When W. speak af STATE. "" dc M. moan
a. il ths gan : - IN '.nln2 ut the torn.
ta' State in ta- ? ;l'l1r n a1lng . n.
C.n>ri.n.ion. Wat is that m"anin.
tn, S,a,e n n. az the C'ns'i'nfi"n is
g. whi.o is > par - that i's7"u mt,
s!eh a. Pennsylvania all Nv l"-k. With
fui, .avereiIn'y. TX p as IN" t"n''rr-
Il ~ ra,,ric,S i; VIA i the Cni"n ? i
sthe Union made by n" C'n>'if1'irr
.-N.x S.a,"s may - admitted int" hs
Tpisn N'ha, l'"i,n? l. i 4 c'nfdc
a,ion # S..'..> t74:l in snv"rrig rtr. crr'-
be e v'->;..;ns which the C.rs'':n'l"n
docs not forbid II is ali eqrrl union he
tween pa..i~- rirl'ly sovereign Tn"y
w r, sovcr Ign b / re- thy entered int" h."
Union. and independent OF 1t. Each
gave rr a portion of ifs sovereignty t"
p."serv. the remainder 1t a> ms" enter
into ,h. social c,mra,t-Fach one gives up
a portion Of his liberty to secure rhe pos
session. and full rnjoym nj 4 the res, AS
"a a. ;ho Sa'rs have, bv their agreement
in the Con-'itu,i"n. surrea1' red fh~ir -ov-
cr i,ntv, they h We ceas u 10 De sovereign
states and no farther The sam. sur
r.n ..r thar was made by one >t,te was
r,a ic rs all. Their entire equally w,s
! thus preserved
|, vas int" -rch Union that ,he States
entered All til" S'st"s are up tn" sam"
f,.o,, of perfect q .alitv. TIE "Jec' NJ
th"t tnion ncas The preservation Of th'ir
I"snrrentlcre I sovereignty. But suppose
a State is comp lied. bv tine dctati'n "f
smother p 'wrr. I" shape har organic law in
eb~di~ncs t" the r. r.qnirem"u'< Of u foreign
viii; 10 surrender her cnntr"l over the righ,
Of suffrage within her bord,rs-th,t right
80 essential 10 the preservation Of all her
riehts-while 'h- power ia retained hy Der
sister States, ia sh" any longer on fo't-
lug oe equality? To this extent deprived
Of ncr sOyerrignty-shorn OF it. 20 ser-
crippled and di>p,r.god beyond her sister
Stat, s-sne is nor in the original Union
1t is different sort of Union. The first
was s Union Of equas-this is q Union
between uneqnals-bctween giants and
dHarf-betxccu nower aud ereblaness-
between fnll proporrlon"d sovereignty AMI
i-crable image power-a wre,ched
c,ricltnrc-s vile aburtion. 1t Is this
Uniou' Of which State must be . cnn>ti-
,uent or OF none There Can be no other
II IL the ouly one that the Cons,;:ntion
r. rgniz.s You cannot make the Union
as TO one State wha' i, is not IA 70 .un,h.
"r. 'o7 then j, is not 'tLi, Uli)u" bl, an
other
If ron make a new, an additional corl-
pact-if You impose new trrns--ncv coo
ditions uron a part Of :he States is j: a."
longer the same CIIr? Every State
when it acc'ded to the Union became
party n a compact c"mrrct that II
,hnui De = member Of ,h. Union "A. III,
Constitution made il. No earthly power
bu; that y hich made can chsne, that com
psct--a.'.r lis terms or sa"y lis c"a1itions
it the Presi lent or Congress could saw to
he State OF South Crr"ina change your
rganic lav-p 'rni, the gentlemen. or
perhaps thc ladies' Of color. to vnte-'n"y
ronld also saw he white man shall De-
denied that frsrch>. They cnull say T.
he STATE q! New fnrk r. pal the proper
y qnalidcr,irn. which app';"s only to RI,
ncEr"--r"torn v"rr .au- up'r the aH'j C.
''c submit y"ur i"gi-lAtirn ln3 your con
s'i;ut,"I s Provisions u the dicta;ion o.
nur viii II one can tc done the other
ctn If either were. il wr1id no logger
b. this Cni"n' the Cnion Of The Con
ssitIti"n--hu' ar"ih"---uct III" Old com.
pact but new onr--nnt 4 com nsct enter
I'd into hy State. BIT one mp / upon
ir by ex;lancou. p"wr The Union i
compact. with 9 provision "f po!i,i a
power aud agents f"r The scco:np shn"n,
o is olj"c's Vary that compar as to
onr Stl,c--yive new ,ncrgy 70 that 10 III.
cal p'v"r so se - MAKE il act with more
H'rc' "p'n on" State ,h." up'n the other
Mates ri the C1rf'drrncv-,Alkct the will
OF 'ko-" ag,''s m"r" 'f'r'u4'y tie arhi
ter t the fat" nF 'ha, STATE tia OF th,
oh"rs. AMI 'ha; Sat is 10 l"nr"I ~ ''thi~
u" o1'-'h" Tnipn as III" Go l.tiru'ion
mad: il. |; has ceased to he a S Ate in
the mca /. # the rors'i'u'i"n--fnr thai
L" anl"g in'pli's cqntIity-rot 'fcriori,y
--ful AID sqnal snl lot i"p .ired sover-
eighty VII n tn t oqnnalirv Of sorer-
's"ty i d"s,roy~d-hy IL imp. .s;:on Of
''rns un';nawn TO the Conari,u'iou-,h
Sat" cxrir.s If Nv York has a rich,
Of With Virginia j. 4 p-iv"d. New rk
is u,lrr this U'!i,n IN a d,ff-rent charac-
t'r from Virginia The compac, Of Union
f'r one is different from The c,u,pac. of
Union for the other Thr p ,w.r oi Cou-
erc>s is different. everything is difsrent--
one j. in nnc Uui"n the other in another
or "a her the unioI-as far as the S:ue
with the Gw.rf.d sov-r. igntv - concerned
has censcd to De. and the State, a. far az
h.r exist nee III :ae meaning of the CDn<G-
tnion is inyo,ve1. has expired. or rather
has been ex:erlniuat-a
A State cannot be made less sovereign
.hap al O her State. Every State must be
the 'qual. in sovereign power. Of every
other State. or the Constitutional eompac,
whicK constitute. the Uuion Of ihs Stu,es
i. violated and Destroyed. If the POWER