Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1866-12-13

i've, and that no State. without It's con.
sent, shall be deprived of It's equal sufr
rage in the Senate. Three prOpos,lop.
were introduced 10 license 10 every State
and 10 The, people Of every State, the
right Of, representation in each House Of
CONGRESS !; and 50 important Was il deem.
I'd BY he Trainers Of the Constitution
that he equality Of the States, il the
Senate, Should be PRESERVED, that hot
even by an amendment II the COlYyiito.
lion can any S!ale, witb6Gt its cOdis5e cOi54hh 1t
BE- denied a voice in Thai Branch 6s the
National Legislature. Il is tue, Il has
been assrmed that The existsnce Of the
States was terminated ~ he febt!iidus
acts Of their iphabiianls !: fla; the si6sbr-
feciiOh having been suppressed they were
'ihenceiorward 10 be considered merely
as 'c6HqGered territory 5'a' '-i4 $50 7oi'
The Legislative, Executive and Jud'-
ciai departments Of The Government have
however, with great distinctness and uni.
forth tOhsiancy refused 10 sanction any
ASSUMPTION 50 Incompatible with I4he
nature Of our republican system and with
The protested tAiects Of III! war h2Sh7
Throughout the recent Legislation Of
Congress the undpniabfe fac. makes its
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feIf apparent that those ten POLITICAL com
'muniGies are no,Eihg less than SIatess Of
this Union. Al the very commencemen
/ of the rebellion each House declared;
with ahahnniry as remsrkableq as iaowas
significant that the war was not waged
upon our part in any spirit Of oppression,
NOR for any purpose of conquest cor subju-
cation, nor of oveFthrOwing or interfer.
ing with the rights or established instila-
ti6as5 Of those States. but 10 defend and
nfaihaidlhe supremacy of the CDnstiiu-
tioni and all laws made in pursuance
thereof aud to preserve the Union with
all the dignity, equality aud rights of the
severaisStaIes unImpaIred and that as
soon as these objects weIe accomplished.
the war ought 70 cease. In several in.
stances Senator'S were permiued TO con-
,inue their legislative functions, while in
o;her instances Representatives were
elected and admiled to seats after their
Stares had formally declared their right
10 withdraw from The Union and were
,endeEOrDg 10 maintain The right by force
of arms. .Hes~ -1y 1A j.,
All Of the States whose people were
in instruction. as States, we're included
in The appornonment of the direct tax of
twenty millions of dollars annually laid
upon upon The Cnited States BY the 3ael spi
prqvtd on the 5th Of August, 1861.
Congress by th@ act Of March 4ih.. 1852.
Z ana By he app6rrionment of Representa-.
lion hereunder. also recognized their
presence as States in the Union, and
hey. for judicial purposes, had been, dlr
yviided into districts. as States alone can
be divided. The same 4ecbghr.ioh ap.
pears pears in the recent legislation ia refero
euce TO Tennessee, which evidently tests,
upon The fact ihallthe fuRciiOasV pf the
States were not destrOyedaby nTheo rebel,
lion, but merely suspended; and thai
principle is of course arp lacable 10 those
States which, ike Tennessee. attempted
10 renounce their places in the UniOns
The action Of The Executive Department
of The Government upon this subject has
been equally definite aud uniform, and
the purpose of the war was specifically
stated in the prOclamallou issued BY my
predecessor on thhs % day Of Septern,
ber,, 1862. II vas IS there solemnly pro,
claimed and declared that hereafter as
he retafore The war viii be prosecuted
for The object Of practllcaIIy restoring The
constitutional on relations belweeh4the tUqi-
| led States and each Il the Sla1esis and
| The people thereof, in which Staf9>' thai
relation IS. or may be suspended or dis:
,urbed. The reconstruction OF the STATE:
by The Judicial Del arrment of the Gov
eminent has alone been CLEAR apd con.
elusive. in all proceed ings affecting taen
IS States, had in the Supreme. Clrcpr
/ land and District m Courts. In the admission
I Of Senators aasald alnd Representatives from
any any aud all Of The States, there can be NJ
fjussl ground of apprehension that person:
4 who are disloyal will be clothed VIII
{opc bowers p Of Station, for his could not hap
pen where The ConsuIntion aud laws ar
| enforced by'a viigilant and artsul Con
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Each House. is made the Judge Of IN
i elvction returns and qualifications Of II
own members, and may. wilh The coEcu'
renee Of two-lhirds. sexPel 9 mtnibei
When a Senator or Representative pre-
sen,s his certificate Of election, be mays
once be admnied or rejected or shOes
there be any question as to his eIieIbilh!
his credentials may be referred for inVe'
5 4igauon, to the appropriate copmIt'es
j Ii admitted 20 2 seat, il must be upon sV'
o. sdi bns a1iisI noos iliw b1swsc sl
.nosadoL yb7svsA oi bs1sh5 oi,e1