The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-12-06


inhabitants, with those OF Tennessee,
hid engaged in the rebellion. Zen
States--more than one fourth Of the
whole uumber-remain without repre-.
scntatjon the seals OF GIty members 10
the House Of Representatives, and OF
twenty members in tie Senate are yet
vacant-not by their own consent, not
by afuilure Of election, but by the rePu
sal Of Congress to accept their creden
tlals. Their admission, it is believed,
would have accomplished much towards.
the renewal ani strengthening Of our
relations us one people, aud removed Sc
rJuus cause iur discomfort on the part Of
the inhabitants Of those States. 1t
would have accorded with the great
principle enumerated in the Declaration
Of American independence, that no peo
pie ought to bear the burden Of taxation.
aud yet he denied the right of repre-
seutatiOn. 1t would have been in con.
sonauce with the express provisions OF
tue Constitution, that each State shall
have at least one preventative" aud
" that no State, without its consent, shall
be deprived Of t, cql1I suffrage in the
SeHIte,' These prov sionS were iuten.
ded to secure to every State, aud to the
people OF every St.te the ight OF rep.
rracutation IN each House OF Congress !.
and 81 imp ,rtant was it deemed by the
trainers OF the Constitution that the e.
quality Of the States in the Senate
should he preserved, that uot even by an
amendment OF the Constitution can any
State, without its consent, be denied q
voice in that branch OF the National
Legislature.
1t is true, it has been assumed that
the existence Of the States We're termi
mated by the rcbellious acts Of their'in
habiiants, and that the insurrection hav-
ing been suppressed, they were thence
forward to be considered merely as con.
qucred territories. The Legislative,
Executive, aua judicial Departments
ui the Government have, however, with
great d,stinctncss AMI uaitorm conSis
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