The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-15
Resolving States Back into Tcrri-
tories rhe Radical Conspiracy.

! nj amendments aud do other things 10
please the Radical party. They propose to
| give thoir o,9h Interpretation 10 the Con
stitution, and instead Of the Representa-
tivcs ftwo-thir,ls Of an the States lpane
Unnecessary to pass such proposed amond-
mcnts aud have them submitted to the peo-
pie Of their states, simply two-thirds Of
the Representatives nog In Congress
twonty-six out of thirty-siN States--will
be necessary for their passage. .l
Where Is the authority ofCongress to re-
duce State to Territoryg Tho States
gave TO Congress an the powers that It Is
invested with, and Congress is prohibited
from exercising any powers not conferred
nponi IL Jv ne StOtes. Tho Constitution
itself declares that It was established ON
the 18th of September, 1857, "by the unani-
nous consent OF he States present" ''In
witness" Of this GEoRGE WASHINGTON
signcdhis name.
Article 10 of the Constitution is rs fol-
lows:
states by the Constitution, nor prohibited
| by IL TO the States are reserved to the States
respectively, or TO the people,
| The Constitution has not conferred the
slightest authority upon the United States
or upon Congress to convert State into a
Territory. There Is no such authority.
The States created the Congress, but gave
! It no authority TO blot either of them out
lofexistencc as u State. But under Radi-
sal rule, the creature proposes to destroy
the creator.
In discussing these plain powers of the
Constitution the Journal Of Commerce re-
marks, that one of the worst dangers be-
fore us is that we shall fall into the habit of
amending it-a habit which would soon
result in oyerturniug and destroying it.
The principles on which IL was founded
are rs good to-day as they were in the old
times. The strength of the Government
consists in the united action of State and
national powers. Each is important to the
other. Ii we assert now the doctrine that
the National Union has the right to compel
nny one State to yield any one of its re-
served powers against its will, we COM
mcnce Il system which will result in the
humiliation of States aud the final over
throw OF the present system Of Republi-
can government
That Congress intends to compel the ten
Southern States to yield the reserved pow
ers which these proposed constitutional
amendments assail, or be resolved into
Territores--a position in the Government
which most of them never hcd--the evil
denccs are quite sufficient, in and ont of
that body. The New York Times. speak
ing as 4 Radical organ, says:
Unless the pending amendment be ne
cepted by the southern Legislatures. the
fate of existing governmental organiza-
tiOns ut the South may be considered
fixed. In the absence of settle
mcut based upon the proposed amendment,
Congress win affirm the territorial exist
ence of the South, legislatc ont of official
being its present tunctionaries and ma
chincry ofgOvcrnment, and provide Tor the
organization of Territories on plan suited
to the emergency.
The method zoe have favored requires
the concurrence Of the southern States, or
u part of them, aud their refusal to concur
renders it impracticable. They have yet
time to reconsider their decision, and to
concede as Il matter of expedicncy. what
But they must act quickly, or the chance
of repentance will be lost to them; for the
question Of restoration or Reconstruction on
can not be left open much longer. And
we are convinced that, as a astresort, Con
gress will close IL by AN mfliuching alIpli-
cation of the Territorial policy"
In the emphatic and unanswerable Ian.
guage of the Hartford Times. ''the idea that
Congress, the creature of the StatpS pro-
posed to legislate any STATE out of cxls-
tence, would, ten years ago. have reused
the people of this country to state Of in-
tense excitement; for it is evident enough
that such Capitalization of power would
end the liberties of the people. If Con-
gress has right to resolve estate out &C
existence, that right extends to all other
States, and it has the right to crush them
all Ii could finish off Pennsylvania on
the pretext of the iohisky rebellion, and
bury Massachusetts, on the ground of SR,ay's
rebellion 1t could wipe out Come cticut
for allowing the Hartford Convention to sit
within her borders and consider the question
of secession by New England. 1t would
finish New York for originally placing In
right 10 secede, and smother Rhode Island
for standing out at the adoption Of the Can
stitution, Andas one prcteXt would be as
good as another for the eentralsts, MS it has
always been with tyrants in usurping pow
er, they could resolve the Western States
into territories on account of their yol,th-
and free trade tendenefes--the rest not being
enough to form respectable governments,
would be territorialized too-and then the
''Ccntral Directory" might declare itself to
be supreme and in perpetual power.
Neither one of these steps would be more
in violation oi Consultation. or u greater
shock 10 our free Institutions, Than the act
proposed by the Radicals to resolve Sbe
Southern States into Territories. II the
people of the country would submit to such
an act, their readiness to go into the arms
of despotism could no longer De doubled
The Next Deluge-Prepare for Its
Coming.
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