Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-12-05

,tInn OCbAt y - No@@A
14d been asked to take part IN the hI
only rnn.,ion Of amend.p, the Cops;itution. a
cout- + thus sancioniDg the extinction OF Air!c
dmis- slavery as one OF HE legitimate results OF q
Is any n .ue s.dusss. Tins far ,ts tx,n,
-urate DAnartman, t"und that II had ecconpI,sh
y, and nearly all that was within the scope OF c,
sub stltutIonai au' hority. Ode thing, howeV
vet remained to BE- done before The wCIk
restoration eould be com pleted, and thit v
the admission to Congress of loyal senar
and representatives from the states whose p
pie had rebelled against the lawful author
the General Government. THIS questi
volved upon the respective Houses, whit
u he Constitution, are made the judges
ct elections, returns and qualifications
by >wn members a1d It's COZ sIderatIon
the gagged the attention Of Congress.
their y meantime, the Executive Depa
once en-. other plan having been proposed
In tn, continued is etJris 10 perfect,
Deut-no actica bic, the restoration OF
Congress Is between the citizens of
tsr as was Vi ', the states and the Eede
p-oper TelatIo. ndIng, from time 10 time,
respective STATE. Is seemed 10 require,
Cove Dment, ext. I'D postal systems ii
he pubIc ln.eIes dvIce and CONSENT Il
ud .claI, ItyeI ue q. Ulcers were appoint
country. With thea 9 by Copgrtss ior
Senate, the ntc ssary [ =. The prOpCsit
and ayproI ratios maj 'stitutiCD, SO as
Payment Of tEeIr saiarIe- very within
10 amend the Fede.al Coz ,ubject to IL
~tregeni the existence OF Ell the TeQuie
United States or any Place 18th CAV
Iurisdict!an, was ratified ny decla Cd
number Of states and on the Coneti
Dee. inter, 1865, 1t waa officially he ste
have become valid az part OF the 'omp
ion of the United States. All CT l ms
Ia which the IUsuGTecucn had EXISTED ii
amended theft Constitutions, 90 as 10
them c1niorm 10 the great change thu
lec.cd IN the organic law OF ne iAhdi
c.,Tet null ard VOID all ordinances ara iaN
nj soc. ssicn IerudIated all pretended debts
and o,lica lor5 cc.kt. d ioI the ttvoiuionary
purposes @: the ln5urTecuon; ana Pfec@eded' :,
II good filth, to ne enactment CT me-suTes -,
tc- rhc r1o;ectun and aiueiI0raticn o! tEe 10
cord ttu e the c3lored racc. ConStess,
ltogevsr. ytt i.-aIiated 10 admit any OF tne>e j.
states u representation and it ~as not until r.
toward the c.csc of The eighth month OF the !.
session hat ~ RECEPTION ~ss ma c I'D iAFjf ri
N, Tennessee. By lie admission OF her aen.- -
sors ard representatives. p
L ceen It a subject of profound regret that e
lronorees has thcs Ter idI-cd 10 admit 20 sets f.
4 ,,yai Senators and Representatives iIOm she :.
cher states. whose inhabitants, With those Il
: Of Tennessee, had engaged IN the retention 2
Ten SIalc-moTe than cne-ieuI;h OF the i
wtc,e rumber-Iemaiu Without represents ,
Is con the seats OF fifty members IN the House
@ l,f REPRESENTATIVES and OF twenty InenoeTs
= n ,ot SeUate are vet vacant-Lot Dy theif
,wu consent, Tot oy q iaIiuTo OF election, Out
> BIZ the refusal of Congress to accept their
y credentiai-. Their aomIssion, 1t Is believed,
o, would have accomplished much towards the
IN renewal and Strengthening OF our relations as
:, ,ra neorIe. and removed serious cause Tor DIS
y mn,ens on the part OF the inhabitants OF those
L. states. IL would have ACCORDED with the
IN great principle enuncia;ed Ia the DECLARATION
o. 1T American Incepenoepce, that 20 people
uueht 10 bar the burden OF OF taxation, and
vet be denied tie night OF representation. Ii
'rc youtt b. We betn IN consouance wiki tie ex-
a press piavlsIons of the. CoLsti'uIion, that
nv, :. eac, STATE shall have at least one RePresen-
Ne tariyc." aad THAT ID e ate, without is con- (,
-, sent. Snail be deprived u It's qua suffrage 10
~ t,e Senate" 1neee proSisio-s We're lnte0deo
at 90 eecLr. ~ every STATE, aud TO the people OF
every state, the rI5 ht oil repr sentatlon Ia each
tho House Of q ngress; md - important was IL
:, ceemed by the iiaueIs u the Constitution
o ttat the equality OF the states IN the Senate
the sb.u.d b.. preserved, that not even by al
nd amendment Ut the Cons tltution can any state,
hv xirbouI Us consent, De Ge: led a voice IN thai
branch OF tie National legislature.
Iti. tue, 1t has been assumed that the ex-
r, ls ,stepce OF The states was terminated by the
s of reb- .l,cus acts OF their inhabitants, and that
.Ie,, he resurrection having been suppressed, they
-, .ere b,ncetorward 10 be cous.0ered merely
+" as cot quered territories. Ine legislative, tx
n of ecutIvr, and ju1ici4i departments OF the gov
rnal eruInens have, however, with great cistlnctnes'
liner and Vii oIm ccns s,encJ refused To sanction
-, an assumutIon so Incompatible with the ma
JIM ture of cur republican system, ard with tht
torlc proieseed objects OF the war 1hrougnou
mem the recent legislation OF Con ress, the unde
from nlabIe fact makes Its 1t apparent, mat thes
ainly tn "a, # this Uulon. Az tn. very com
les OF uencenent OF The Ieballion, Zach House de
res claIed, With ! un4nimisy as reinasAsoie as
ltion was Significant 'ha' 'he Vol : NV "oee
Con- upon u pa.'aa - rnnasr . : snhincat;or
high MIR nnrpose of overthrowing or ~in,erferin
w,rh the rights or established Institutions
those states, tut to defend ana MAINTAIN IL
SUPREMACY of the Constitution and all Law
"eP- made in pursuance Thereof, and to preser'
the 10 Tn,on with All the dignity, equality, ar
IL to riyhts of the several states unimpaireo al
= ~. mat AZ soon a. these objects" were - acc1I
nnesty piisheo ne ~M go, s,mitted to contin
3ually the,r legislative functions. while in other
stancts REPRESENTATIVES were elected ana q
call mit,ed 10 seats alter their states had formal
" declared their right 10 Withdraw fro L {
'N Union, and were endeavoT-pg to MAINTAIN IN
it was rioht bv force of arms. All of the sta
could whose people were in resurrection, as stat
of the were Included In the npporuonmIhi .
q it at oiec' oI 49, Hn,rad S,ates h. the
pr ople, annroved August 9th, 1861. Congress,
ally in The set OF March, Attn, 1867, and by the
mt. ex- portionment of represen tation thereunoef, q
rtcognized their presence rs states IN the I
ion ; and they have, for judicial purposes o
tweed into districts, as states alone can
Itlantic divided. The same recognition appears In
ings in recent ifs'sia,lon u "oH ~. f,.r rhas
ew par ,nno,,ons IF ~. : ATE acre not DESTROYED
of the rhe rebe lion. but merely suspended;
re great that principle is of course applicable to "a
.-s.ted states which, like tennessee, attempted
:. ~. renounce their places in the Union.
In tnis The action of the Executive Department
the the cove, nmens upon this subject has b
t to the EQUALLY definite ana uniform. $50 me pun
Is vigcr- OF tne Val ~. ~" =. ~. n-siscsssar on .he
in tho -. Of Sentemoer. 1869. l. was then
1T Irish s1niy proclaimed and declared thai : b
nt,er. a heretofore, the war will be prose-s
liz The object Of prscSoAlly restoring the