The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-12-13

grafton OF the condition of the colorc,i
race. Congress, however, yet hcsi'atci 20
admit any of these States to representa-
tion, and it was not until towards the close
OF the eighth month of the session that an
exception was made in favor OF Tennessee.
by the admission of her Senators and Re-
prcsentativcs. | deem it sub ect Of pro-
found regret that Congress has thus fa,,
failed to admit to seats, loyal Senators and
Representati cs from the other S't.;cs.
whose inhabitants, with those of Tcnaas
see, had engaged in the re;seiii>a. ion
States, more than enc fourth of the VIII lie
number, remain without Representations
The seats Of fifty members in the liousn
OF Representatives, and of twenty men,
bers In the Senate, are yet vacant. Not
10y their own consent; not by failure OF
election but by the refusal of Congress
to accept their credent ais Their admis.
sion, it is believed, would have accom-.
plIshed much towards the removal and
strengthening OF our relations as one peo.
pie, and removed serious cause lu- discon
tent on the part of the inhabitants of those
States 1t would have accorded with tie
great principles cnun,ia'ed in the declar.
alton OF American independencc-that no
people ought To ar the burden of taxa
ton, and yet be denied the right OF repre-
sentation. 1t would have been in conso
nance with the express provisions of the
Constitution -that each State should have
1T least one representative, and that no
State, without its consent, shall be de
prived OF its equal suffrage i, the Senate
These provisions were intended to secure
to secure To every State, and tn the people
OF every S'ate, the right Of representation
in each House of Congress, and so i'm
portant was 1T deemed by the trainers of
the Constitution, that the equality OF the
States In the Senate should ne preserved,
that not even 10y an amendment ui the
Constitution can any State, without It's
consent be denied IL voice in thai branch
vi the National Legislature. 1t is true, it
has been assumed that the existence OF the
Sales was Terminated by the rebeihous
acts OF ,heir inGaoltants, and tha, the IN
surfecnon having beea suppres.ci tbe,,
were theaceloy S,,rs -! a. sons, lercd mere
~ as @'1aueyed tcTrit,y.es. iho IL i.ia
'ivr, executive, and judicial depart,nru,,
Uo"ernnie',t have, however, with great
u''''ne'hess ana uniiorm cons stency, re
iased To sanction all assumption So incun.
f''i"'i MI" 'he ha''re u our iiergb! can
system, and with the pro!cs.eI ouj...ts of
the ";sr, Throughout tie recent lc.I~ia,lon
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was Significant, that the war Was not
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P'eSs'o"' nor LOT any purpose "i conquest
!'S"''o''' nor purpose OF nVe'hrow
"s or interfering WIN the ri"hts "r c.
NM '"St"u' oiis OF 'h"'e states, "ut
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