, 1866-12-01
SATURDAY. DECEMBER l, 1904.


ne Chicago 7imes has been MIL. T., !.
l.Sns o1 Tue Inevitable" to discover !,
righteousness OF making sufffase lmp,rti,
as'o therefore prouounces all ptactic,1 n
tinethhs between men, based upon co1or
Aetit1ous, absurd and unjust. The disrorc,
Vi INC righteousness OF negro suffrarc a,
OF the fact that at the polis Mt 1es,. ~ =,
a'rlcan ought 10 be man and a hrn+s,
upon q psr with tac Cameo
ana the further discovery tbat =,
TAX at'ut this being white mans coro.
ncht, 10 be ruled only by white mon
mere tWadd1c, and wholly irrccoro,,.,,,
WIN Democratic truth, though late. oro ~,
Ac'cnt TO indicate that the Tia,e, .n1 49, -. ~
.1on II represents arc In tie path of he,1tl,n,
h9elry. Men emerging from t1in,lnsss aa'
not lake In at once nll the beantia. ~
arc plain to tho ordinary yis,nn: o,a A..
1'7a|s' upon coming out Of the da,tncss T.. -
nafdlr had time 10 take in morr t,,a1 ' -, 49,
beauties of negro Suffrage. II v,lI raas.l ~
little tiEle TO make IT familiar viz ~
tfdths no less sublime than that which .a..
cnsrosScs all lis admiration. NV"
E.lhe 1f"'rs is unable vet 10 sce tb,4 All. :,
National Government. md ~ N, u,o
0aiion of feorfedcrated 50, creiynt;es +, 49,. =
not understand that States are crn,,aa ~.
thc government, and that States IN tho sa..s ~
that fhey arc known 10 the Cons,;tut,on ...s s.'.
exist only while they are in l,,rmon1 ,.,s sau !.
1Ae national Union. When thev ce.sa a.. ~
tnns harmonious, their political md ,r,raS ~
mental organization lacking the yi,nf 49,.
Fle, must perish, and the rcop1c of s,,ci, So
come directly under the exclusive Co..,
ment OF the nation until such t;mo ~ th..
Gcvtr,incnt erccts them ara,n fn.o e.ua INT
Organization: In ite issue Of tb. eash oe ~ ~.
'en.pes looked at an important question
80 a. WIS accustomed to look at II before the
u' o. negro suffrage broke upon Its vision.
.tah'hs III Ire authority Of States TO yotc
aroa iae ra1incaf'on Of the Constitutional
Amendment, that paper kays:
The fact ;tnt the excluded st,+o. ,,.
sotte y. Tue conduct Of the Goyernmcnt ~, aso ,n no
t -. yc:s- !Iarcs nothing as 10 the r,,T5t,. .nG W
sIsy: :ir.. ibsp r,e ,C6nS.ess tcbaned itselfr
i,ss i. Tue very act Of snb,aI,,iuc he " non
i.r n W., lse tqhnissinn was an assertion III
lhsftacr> to all Intent. ami putnnzcs n;-st u.at
Hs ,Eal llf ssclusion OF the5, Vas in oncn con.
teLlnt o. thv Constitution" "fsu son-
ii,s statement might have some forcc IN
~ IL II were truc- The Constitution of fhc
A1lta states requires that NIL amen,lmcn,s
10 tNas instrument shall tc proposed bv
congress, and become valid as part of thc
constitution When ratified by the Lee,sl,-
1afeS OF three'fourths Of the scye.a1 ststcs
congress. in the joint resolution proposino
!Ae amendment, In 60 many words suhm;ttc5
:. - 'hc Legislatures Of the several Sfat,.e
Wal s1ases: Of every Slate which had n !
government known TO anl recognized as n
e'a'e so1efnI cni by the United States. M
laah Vail Pretend 10 say TINT tie so-cal,ed /
e'a'c Government In Mississippi is the por,
trnme.t which Was recognized by thc
niteo STATES as the government Of th,t
slate IN tile act admitting Misslssippi Ia +
'Ae i;1"n' What has become Of the roycrn.
mtn1 Enown 10 the laws as The Government !
u INC s'ate OF Mississippis 1t has ceased
10 exist The Constitution has been oblitc,.
aica, INC officers dcposed, and TINT Govern,
11en' utterly abandoned. The Amendment
eef1alaAy was not submitted to the Lcrisla.
tufe which formed part Of that Government
WHICH ma longer exists; and 1t certainly vas
mol supn'itted to the Legislature OF INV
eo'crnnlent as yet utterly unknown to the
laws Of the Cnitcd States. When
and ny what proceeding was the
amendment submitted to the Legislature or
lie humphrey Government in NlssfssFnnIs
Andrew johnson, it may be said, submitted
II !" tEat Legislature, but If Andrew John.
san had sent it also to the Common Council |
ei Chicago would that give the Common
Council of Chicago jurisdiction over the
subject: There arc Legislatures IN Ne
tH.sSa, Colorado, being parts Of the SO. !
called state Governments existing there.
hose legislatures inny 20 through tLc form
oi ra1''.i ing the amendment or of reicctinc
II, hut their uction In the premises Is OF ;
no possible weight, unless Congress, by re- {
ccc1l"'''s aud declaring these Governments
~ bc State Govcrnuents, should thereby
s"e |" the action OF their Legislatures a
LEGALITY which It eau ohtain in 10 other way.
50 lorssess may, rcxt week, by act, declare
the Humphreys Cover mrnt to be tue State
tIoErr''utcnt nf Mississippi, but until then
Mississippi cannot ratify tho camcndment. nor J
can sEr ue counted as one of the dtsscnffuu ,
states any more tlau can Colorado or NJ.
basis.
he 1s%f7, therefore, when It saws that ,
lerS1css Submitted that arucudmcnt to the .
Le-lelstrrcs CT the so-called Governments IN ,
THE rttel states, docs not state the truth. j,
II ~as proposed in the exact language of the :
Constitution TO ''the Legislatures of the sew. .
e9al StA1rs,' Not to every body of men that j,
.6ay anywhere set themselves up as Il Lesis-
ia'ufc : hut to those Legislatures coustitu. d.
l1nS parts otAose State Governments known :
10 and recognized MS such by the laws
Il The United States. That Con-
gTess has the exclusive author
70 cctcrrninc whether body protesting 10
be the Legislature of q statc is such body. Il
s only necessary to suppose case where
.wo bodies each claim to be the Government
81 tie state The decision Of this question
S purely political one, and the courts viii /.
sl~ays follow and ndort the decision Of Com !, .
srcss 10 be supreme In the case. 1t alone
1us the power Of deciding which, il either.
S the Government of The State. The !
authority Of Congress Is exclusive, as NAV hc '
cadlly seen in the practica1 execution Of
mother clause Of the Constitution. The
'orstltution provides that when q stute fs
l*turhed by domestic insnr7cclion, the Uni.
cd state-. upou The application OF tho I,cr. a
stature, or If that be not in session Of the d
.1eeutIvc, shall furnish military aid. In a u
Csc where two organizations claiming to be | "
se Slate Government. apply for this b
10, tic Presidcn. Of the United States | Il
icst for the time decide which he will ! t
ID, but his authority to do 50 / Il
az authority specifically delegated to him I Il
r Lat T''rp7sc by Congress, and which Il
ay ri a1, time be rcvoked. The powcr is ST
l.S'!'s' by Congress TO the President be- v
Lnhr Congress l. not In session always, AMI II
e oecasitn Cor its exercise might arise IN \
'cati"ll- Thus it will be seen that to Con HI
-esS, aud to Congress exclusively, has The VI
2H-iiiuiInn given the absolute and e1clu- d:
Se power of deciding whether a govern. Ok
,"t exists In State or not, whether ! 1T
sucl government hns existed, IL has
u fortified its o:Iicinl life; and In case thc =.
'oFle If n State &c left without govern. q,
rni, wllrlhcF any new government shall be III
r:nizcG, aud when, and Of what particular -
Id. ~
Thr Democracy having advised the sopth "
scpndiatc tho terms upon which Congress ~,
7opo-Fd TO recognize their governments. =,
e r.he:> will soon discover how sadly thcy 81 81
NC lecn deceived. They arc not on1y -. -.
'thost characterization, but they are without ~ ~
y rec igAlzed Government. Thcr came ~.
i Of she war without uny political weight ~ ~
the s:t,on, and they are likely to rcYna1n ~ ~
/. THY have deiied Congress, and ther ~ ~
Ill probably experience the full powcr and ue
ttto:iiy Which the Constitution has pl,ccd VI
thc LANDS Of the Congress Of the United va
ates. ~
ALABAMx. as
The so-c2lled Legislature of Alabaua has mi
st elected so.callrd Senator Of the United "a
ates, for SIX Jearz frem the 4th OF March | 81