Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-07-20

ed; he Is not convicted Of crime: bH1
he Is summarily set aside BY ,he. "a
tional authority. Grant that be i.
accused of high treason. Has :
warrant been issued? And if:he has
been lawfully arrested to answer ths
charge, does not the government :ol
the State deYolye upon the Lieuten'
ant Governor If that offieer be
similarly charged and arrested ths
constitutional provision must hs
made FOR the exigency But all the
late voters of the State are held to
be incompetent. By what authorityi
The United States Then the State
has gone into obeyance OF paralysis
Who decides that2 The peopis Of
the State, the voters, the Constitu-
tion2 No; it is decided in despite Of
them all by the United States- BY
what rights Solely that of superior
force. On what grounda The ma
tional safety. l-.sar.a sy,s5-s2
Now does any sober man seriously
contend that the people of the United
States, in their government, are con-
stitutionallv required to relinquish
the exercise of that superior force
except upon such conditions as seem
to it necessary to secure the public
safety? II they may requireIthat the
State Constitution shall be revised,
may they not require that certain
regulations shall be inserted in it,
If they have authority to interfere in
any degree with the local govern
ment of a State upon the ground OF
the public, safety, have they not au-
thority to interfere just so far as they
think essential 70 secure the object
of the interference? Granting, that
State always exists, and that its
political powers merely go into abey-
ance by rebellion-an expression ev-
identity Invented to conceal aywant of
precise perception-1can those powers
come ous of allegiance except upon
terms satisfactory to the authority
that holds them there? Ifthey can,
upon what authority do they come?
And if there be such, an authority, is
1t not p alpably superior to that which
holds the powers In abeya9ce? If it
be desperately urged thai the Con
stitution Of the United States is the
authority, that is merely to say that
the Constitution requires that the
State political powers, which have
been in allegiance because they en-
dangered the nation, shall, when the
nation is victorious, come out of
allegiance, whether they endasger the
nation or not-which Is Sheer nom
sense. .......'..,.......f... ..fl Ea4i-
In truth, freed from all these misty
theories, which Mr.. Lincoln so truly
called ''perniclOus distractions" one
point is perfectly clear. The people
of the United States, who have won
victory at countless cost of lives
and money over the assumptions of
State sovereignty, will not relinquish
the fruits of that victory to any claim
of State rights. The people of the
States which have been in rebellion
will not be allowed to exercise polit-
ical power as States until they make
their Constitutions conform to the
general conviction of the require
ments of the public safety. If the
States are in allegiance they will not
be in operation until the United
States are satisfied that their opera
ton is safe. This is common sense.
This is the necessity of the case
This is the true doctrine of the Con-
stitution as the people of the United
States have just interpreted it by
war.-Harper's Weekly. gr -