Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-08-28
Letter. on the Political "situasion."

W SoAoAuSA oouS iOouilo HulCh 1 SeNS
follow from holding the so-called seeded
States as being in and component parts q
the Union, and which we think we have
shown to be unfounded. We wish now
to consider some results which, in our
judgment, as inevitably and Us logically
follow from the opposite doctrine OF hold
ing them to be out Of the Union as that
daylight follows darkness, or that the laws
of Nature and Natures God rules the
universe and all that is in it.
If they are out, or are to be held and
considered as being out of the union'
then it must follow that either the United
States Government has no jurisdiction
and control of and over them, or that
they arc to be held, governed and consid-
cred as conquered provinces or Territories;
for to be a State it must be IN he Union
and entitled to all the rights, dignity and
equality OF the other States in the unioh'
The United States Government has lost no
jurisdiction and control over them when
it ever rightfully possessed under and oy
virtue of the Constitution, we oil Know
but, on the other hand, has re-asserteo,
maintained and demonstrated, by force OF
arms, to the people Of those, and the
other States, as we'll as to the entire
world, its rightful power and authority
over the citizens and States. Now then,
If they are out, or are to be considered as
being out of the Union, the Government
of the United States, never having 1851
any of its rightful constitutional power
and authority over them, they must be
considered as having lost their right OF
self government, or State capacity or
| status in the Union as States, and conse.
quently held and governed as conquered
provinces, or as Territories.
If they have lost their status IN ne
Union'as Stdtes, or their capacity for self
government, or to re-organize a State
| government republican in form and in
harmony with the Constitution OF the
United States, and to be restored to their
proper practical relations" to and IN
the Union as States, ar evil day has most
certainly overtaken US in the history oil
| our Government; for whilst struggling for
four long, bloody and destructive years OF
cruel war, and expanding millions OF
treasure, and losing thousands Of valuable
lives 10 preserve our system or form OF
| government, our Constitutions, Federal as
we'll as State, we are startled with the
| declaration now that the rebellion is sup
pressed, the struggle-the war-instead OF
| being q success in preserving u system
of governments, Federal as well as State;
instead Of preserving really the right OF
| self government, was, in the language OF
the Chicago platform of 1864, ga failure"
Really. it is much more han ia failure "
to preserve according to this theory, for
instead of failing to preserve merely our
system or form Of government, it seems to
have resulted in the destruction OF the
States, the preservation of which was one
Of the declared objects Of the war, and to
that extent, at least, in the destruction OIL
our Government.
The idea or theory is, that the States
have lost all rights as States which they
may have ever had in the Union, and are
now, by reason of the rebellion o.
their people Estates, they say, which
is not true), nothing more mol
less than so much unorganizet
territory lying around loosely and sub
iect to be partitioned out or divided up
as may suit the pleasure Of the conqueror
In other words the Government Of TIT
United States by reason Of having con-
auired the rebels Of and in those States
acquired other and additional rights ant
powers over the people and territory o
those States, to those which they pos
sessed under and by virtue of the Consti'
tuition, prior to the rebellion. That, in
stead Of preserving, protecting and garran'
teeing to those States a republican form
Of government, in accordance with its de
clared and imperative duty as imposed
and required by the Constitution, it may
now deprive them Of all republican o.
constitutional government and rule then
solely according to the will OF the Govern
ment, or the law-making power OF TIL
Government, as it does the Territories o
the United States, or as any Government
may conquered provinces. II they ar,
conquered provinces who conquered
them. Was it not the Government o
the United States ? VINO owned and ex
ercised lawful authority, power and ju'
risdiction over them before they were con
quered? Was it not the Government o
the United 'Statesa If, then, they ar
conquered provinces, we have the anomal!
and paradox Of the Government Of tn,
United States conquering that which they
rightfully owned, or which belonged Il
them and over which they rightfully ex'
ercise power and authority before they
were conquered.
What more rights and power over and
to those States has the Government Of the
United States acquired by reason Of con.
q~uering the rebels, who were in and had
control of them, than it had prior to SC
doingl I have always understood and
been taught to believe that the Govern.
ment Of the United States as well as OIL
the States were written constitutional
governments. with limited and delegated
powers, and that such powers and rights
as were not specifically conferred on OF
delegated to the United States were re-
served respectively to the States or to the
people. and that such as were not con.
ferred on or delegated to the States by
their State Constitutions were reserved to
the people. II this theory Of our Govern
ment be true and the Constitution asserts
its truth, it would be utterly impossible
for it to acquire new rights and new pow
ers over any Of the States by conquest,
and only in the way pointed out by or in
the Constitution itself-to wit, by amend
ment. CIvIs.
SUBMARINE CABLBs.-The first success
..kl 80. l.;d II