The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-12-11

uTUtI-laus ut ttsH constitution tllHt
each state shall hage a. leas. one Rep.
reseh,aiitc. ana that - state. with
ont ils consent. shaH % deprived 81 its
.egual suffrage in tie Senate These
provisions were iuteuded Is secure e
eyery state. and 70 the people ot every
state. the night ofreproseu,aaon in each
House of Congress. and So important
was i deemed by the fiamgrs 81 The
constitution that the equal of the
states ii tic senate should hg preser1
ed. that not even by an amendment ID
the constitution can amy state, without
its consent. be denied d voice ia tho
branch 81 the National Legislature.
II IS true, il has been assumed that
the existence 81 the States was termiua-
cd by the rebolbous acts 81 their nhabi-
tants, and that the insmTeclon having
been suppressed, they We're thenceior-
ward to be considered MS conqued ter
ntorics. The Legislative, Executive
and Judicial departments, Of the Cow
ernmeut have, however. with great dis
uucness and Uniform consistency, re-
fused CD sanction an assumption so lH-
eomHt hieNIih the nature oiom repnb-
lletn sgatem, and with theploieased OBJ
zee % the Uu Throughout the re-
cent Legislation Of Congress the uude-
uab.c iact makcs ltsoit apparent that
these ten political lcommunluesar Moth
ing less tAan states oi tins Unon At
tAevelN commencement q thercbollion
each House declared with q unanlmty
as remarkable os 1t was significant, that
tho war was not ,Waged, upon our part,
m any spirit oi oppression, nor for amy
purpose ol conquest or sublueatlon, nor
purpose ot oya,hrowinG q interfering
With the rights or established institu-
lions Of those states, but to defend and
maintain the supremacy Of the Conati-
tutIon and all laws mace in pursuance
thereof, and to preserve the Union with
iii the dignity, equality, and rights of
tie several states mmpaired; and that
as soon as those objects we're accomp-
lisAod, the war ought 70 cease" IN
some instances, Senators were permit
ted to continue them legislative iunc-
tions, while IN other instances Repre-
sontatlres were elected aud admitted to
seats after their states had formally de-
clared thcr right to withdraw from tbe
Union, and were eudcaoring to main-
tain That right by force Of arms. All Of
tic states whose people were in insur-
Iectlcn, as states, were included in the
appOrtionmeut 81 the direct tax Of twen-
ty millions 81 dollars annually laid up
tie United States by tle act approx
ed 5'h q August, 1861. ecngrees, by
thc act ot March 4th, 1862 and by the
opportio4mcHt of representation there
under, also recognized their presence as
states iu thc Union; and they haze for
lneicial proposes, leen divided into iu-
G5cial districts, as states alone can be
divided Ihc same recognition appears
III tbo recent legislation in reference
to Tennessee, which evidently rests up-
I'm the fact that tLc functions of tho
state were not DESTROYED bv the rebel
hon. bat merely SUSPENDED. and that
is Of course applicable to those
states which, like Tennessee, attempted
to renounce then places in the U6ion'I
The action Of the Executive denart-
mcnt of the Government upop tbis sinh
iect has been equally definite and upi-
form, and the purpose Of the war was
specifically stated IN the proclamation is
sued by my predecessor on the 22d day