The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-17

ion can be as We'll eHected ny pe"ee"'O
legotiation, or by bargain and saie' as y
~ the force Of arms. But in whatever
manner the transfer be effected, there l. !
no question that it carries with 1t The al
..giance or duty of obedience of the sub
iect or citizen from the old government to
h. new, and it does no more, so iaras he
is concerned. In conquests resulting from
the most viudective and protracted war
fare, the subject whose allegiance was
changed has ever, in modern times oeeh
held justified in the support which he
had rendered to his former sovereign his
rights of person and of property have been been
respected, and, as the coIrrlative OF his .
obedience, he became entitled to the pro- I
t.ctiou of his new sovereign. ooanc'eht /
and universally recognized are eihese Ir.h-
ciples, that there has been no departure .
from them since the Norman conquest Of
England, of which this is the eight hun
dredth anniversary.
So much for the general law on the
snbiect; now for the application to the
matter in hand. BY the adoption OF the
Constitution of the United States all the
territory composing the States atthat ume'
and all that has since been acquired, was
incoroorated into and became integral
portions of one great national domain by
a union as perfect and indissoIuble as
human ingenuity could devise, or human
language express. In the language OF
writer's on fundamental law, the eminent
domain passed iuto the possession OF the
general government; and 1t did so asluiy'
for all national and for some domes'
tic and local purposes. as any government
can enjoy dominion within any terrific
rial limits. Every acre oft became tax
able to an extent determlnaol'
only by the exigencies ofthe public
service and the discretion of the natlona
LEGISLATURE, and is also liable, IN tn
hands .findividuals,t to forfeiture and con
6scation for crime committed against III
government of the United States. In"
Government is also entitled to the obedl
ence of every citizen, for 1t IS exPresSi,
f declared that the Constitution ITSELF an
I. the laws enacted and treaties made unae
$ it, shall be the supreme law OF the l"n'
al etjFUfyOu INlCS
J. ann State to tie contrary mot'ctt"Sf""'
Il mo. That government has, moreove
Pr tribunals for ascertaining, IN an "uthol'
.s alive manner, the extent aud limitation
r. of lis own powers, and is furnished Wi
H. the complete machinery for carrying
y will into execution, irrespective o. al
: even in opposition to, any local or 9th
~ au horiry existing in the land, L W
ii not here enlarge upon the sutJr
of Euouoh has been said for those
ho know anything of the institutions nno
op which they have been born and rear'
"a and | ain not writ, 6 to mere tyros
NJ Now with such a government as ISL
~ scriJ d in the preceding paragraph h
-. could there be conquest! What
49,. there to conquer? The dominion of
:, soil |? No dominion can be fuller
or more perfect than that which presc-''
49,, the supreme law of the land. HE
leeiance of The citizen? That is nee
=. sarv concomitant of the dominion of
:. soil. and is as fully established by
- Constitution as it could be by any i(
Of conquest or other mode Of acqnis''
10, 1t is, then. to my apprehension liiog
-, and puerile to speak of conquest IN re
ono. TO the present attitude of affairs
:. ;, to regard the government of the IN
49,. States as having acquired any right
-. mowers in these States, other than ii
I'D With which the Constitution invests
:, How those rights and powers are now
may hereafter be exercised, are quest
not involved in the discussion
the am aware that the train of reason
bv which this conclusion is reached
T not palatable to many of your reaC
IN IN though the conclusion itself Is one
onal which nearly all will acquiesce lit
the who object to the reasoning can at'a'
TO the same result by another and more
. ae- s.e- isfactory process, shall be pleased
ever sc it. The ultra states-rights men
ne
with srcessionists will, of course, object tC
,-oa whole line of argument, and would
and rather be found ON the same plat
set SET with the rabid Republicans of the \
acre aud acknowledge themselves conqu
ever ever people, than give up their long cherl
theory. In fact, men seem to be
n'ruS IN more than ever attached to that tn
fear since it has been in some sort sane
y - in their eyes by sacrifice and suite
men II is. however, a form of radicalism
from he infection of which great man.
this capped, and they are not involved
stand logical consequences.
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