The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-06

,ioht Of representation IN eacn ff
House OF Congress; and so i'm r,
,ortant was Il deemed by the trainers O
hat the equality Of the States 10 the
Senate should be preserved, that not
wen by an amendment Of the Consti~ r
ution can any State, without its con- Q
tent, be denied voice in that branch Il
VI tho National Legislature. =
NO DEAD STATES. IA
Il is true, Il has been assumed that Q
The existence or the States was ter. !
minated BY the rebellious acts Of their ,
and that the insurrection
having been suppressed, they were
to be considered merely
as conquered territories, The Legis L
lative, Executive and Judicial depart
ments Of the Government have, how.
ever, with great distinctness and uni-i
form consistency, refused to sanction
an assumption so incompatible with
the nature Of our rcpubIicru system,
and with the protested objects Of the
VAT Throughout the recent lenisla--
tion Of Congress, the undeniable fact
makes itself apparent, that these tep
political communities are nothing less
than States Of this Union. At the
very commencement Of tho rebellion,
each House declared, with auuanimi-
~ as remarkable rs IL was significant,
that the war was not "waged, upon
our part, in any spirit Of oppression,
nor Tor any purpose Of conquest or
subjugatiOn, nor purpose Of over
throwing and Interfering with = the
rights and established institutions. Of
Ithose States, but to defend and main
tain the supremacy Of tho Constitn-
tion, and all laws made in pursuancc
thereof, aud 10 preserve the Union
with all tho dignity, equality, aud
rights of the Constitution nnd All the
laws made ip pursuance thereof and
to preservethe Union with all the
= dignity, equality, and rights of the
several States uuimpaired and that
, as soon as these objects were aacom-
'lplishetf the war oakbtito ctasc,'
In some INSTANCES, Senator'S were
permitted to continue their egisla-
tive functions, while in other instaofs
ccs Representative were elected aud
admitted to seats after their States
had formally declared their right to
Withdrew from the Uuion, aud were
. endeavoring TO maintain that right
= by force Of arms. All Of these States
= whose people were In insurroction, az
Y States, we're inol,.ded in the appor'
! tionmont of'the direct tax Of twenty
% millions Of dollarsannually laid upon
I, u the United States by the actapproved
'tct August 8, 1861. Congress. by tbs
= act OF March 4, 1862, and by the APP
Of representation there
'Yiundbr, nlsd Recognized their presonc,
as States, in the Union; and they have
!, : for judicial purposes, been divided
q into districts, as States alone can b,
y, divided, Tho sdmon recognition ap
= pears in the recent legislation in ref
y ereuce.to Tennessee, (which eyideptl,
= rests upon the fact that the function
u Of the State were not destroyed %,
a1 the rebellion, but merely suspended
y aud that principle Is lofcoursoI appli
eabletc thoseStates which ,like Tenn
Y essee, attempted gtomrenounce thei
v places in the Union.
- The action of the Executive dc
70 pars~cnt Of the Government lupol
~ this subjec.lhus been equally dc6nit
IS shnd uhiflrn, nndrsho purpose of thI
war was specifically stated IN th.
! Proclamation issued ,hy my fredcces
sor, on the 22d day Of SeptcmScr, '82
. II was then solemhly proclaimed ans
q declared that hereafter, as hereto
= fore She war win boz prosecuted fol
Is the object of,pmotiqally restoring th,
'e constitutional relation between thu
Us United States aud each of the State
u, and tha people thoteof, IN whicl
IN States that relation is OF may bo sus
~ pended or disturbed
g The recognitiop Of the States b
q. the judicial department. Of the gov
OF ernment has also been clear and con
e elusive il. all its proceedings adt
~ ~ Hero our verbatim report Of III
q message suddenly ends. and of tn
= remainder we have -thefollowing syn
n opsis, which giyesa very fair notiO'
}, Of tho drift of the document and /
= less tedious chan the docomeat itself
4 WTho President thed srcfars to ih
4 llcgislation'of Congress and tho prpc
I. lame,icu Of iincoIniin support Of N
10 position ssis. 80.
ID y fsorniSd TO FEAR,
4, oo Ia the admission Of Senators an
y Representatives from allrthc States
- there can be mo- just ground of apprs
"a hension lhat persons who are disloy'