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SATURDAY AUGUST IS, 1865.
TIRE PRSI4AUELPEIIAFL AFLATFONaI,
We yesterday published the text OF what
Is styled, rather ostcntatiously, the ssDccla-
ration Of principles adopted By the assorted
assembly at Philadelphia. We propose TO
Invite special attention to few Vital points
made IN hist declaration. After m expncs.
zion c. sT.asrdc for the end Of war and the
return Of peace, the Convention declares:
The Gat lust closed has maintained fhe mn,
th1fEf o. ne Constitution, with n1t the powers
f mhea Il conterz, aud al he restrictions ehleh It
ard unalte:ed, and II has preserved the Uufon.
States perfect tnd untcPaltsd."
This declaration taken by itself mcans ANY,
Thing or nothing; 1t is the simple declaration
tnat The var has not changed the Const;tn.
ton, and In tho absence of anythiug farther,
would lcave the extent OF the perfect mud
unlaI:aircd "equal rights, dignity and au-
ho1iiy Of The States" TO be Interpreted ac.
cording to the resolutions Of 'ss OF OF JEFF,
Davis Senatorial caucus, Just Is freely as
ever. In aniring at the real principles pro-
posed to be declared by this second declara-
lion, It Is hut fair to quote Whist the Couycp.
doa further declares In extension or cxplaua-
ton, or qualification thereof We therefore
reproduce the fifth declaration:
IS: Yae Constitution Of the United States and iha
LINZ ~. ps1sea 10 pnssnanee thsseof ase tho supreme
AA0,-ANY1ltDN tn tT1a rft,r ,fta$,r
Hws Of aEJ Statc to The contr1sy aotW!thstsn1Inr.
Az he 1owcEs 70. conferred l;T the Co1siitniian
10 the Sfa1es reserved 10 the Stnies or FL Az
people thc: col and among tho rights thus reserad
!. ons ,ne ~ sts;ss f. /. dc 70 qnaihe
nEnt congress eEEDot inttre.e with. No State
ef cohTctlion Of Srntes has the tirit 70 vlthdynw
r. eae unlon, Or TO exclude through their action
Y C9nG1ess 9r otherwise, any State Or States from
aalS nj A'A' Ahe uh'0h ol these s'ates Is pefpet-
Hero, tEen, We hive fhe whole statement OF
principle upon the constitutional rights of
States, and OF the Federal Government: In
substance It is that tho Constitution has not
been altered by the war, and that the rights
of the several States, as they existed before
the war, remain perfect and unImpaired :.
that one Of the reserved rights of the States
oe1orc The war, and consequently now. Is the
right to prescribe qualifications for the clcc-
rive franchise therein; but that the claim
made before the war Of the right Of State,
or number Of States, to Withdraw from the
Union, or to exclude by their action In Con-
g1ess or Otherwise any State or States, has
q no valid existence, because the Union is
perpetual.
It VIII be seen that the principle of State
Rights ar declared By The Convention, when
dlTcatcd OF the commonplace surrounding, Is
reduced to the simple denial Of the right Of
secession, md with this exception tho whole
controversy as to the relative rights sud au-
tno11ty ot the States and the National Gov
ernmcut Is adjourned, and left % undeter-
mined as 1t Has before the war. The theory
Of the powers If the National Government,
even upon the vital question Of prosecutinga
war for tie suppression OF a rebellion author
Ee4 by State authority, Is undecided; not a
word is said In the declaration either as to
the character OF the late rebellion o., "a to the
legality Of the measures adopted to support
IT. Upon this most important point the
Couytntion does not even deny tho DECLARE
ton that the four years. war was a failure,
but RENTS all dec1s1ations upon that and
similar points to the reserved opinion and
Judgment Of the people
Inc third declaration of principle Is to tbs
effect that representation In Congress and In
the electoral college is right recognized by
The Constitution as abiding in every State
fhat 1t u fundamental In It's nature, and that
neither Congress nor the General Government
has any authority or power to deny this
right to eng State, nor Withhold Its enjoy
uent, under The Constitution, from the peo-
pie thereof. r..
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