The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-12-01


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fou 4 iha KYsfnmfnf sifhmyi
ihs r.iltens owf tIao untilfal tlIs
fIanfs ~ ihe State IN thtfh lhty hft
domiHillIfd their psfsoas ahd pflp
ffiT afe subject ~ iis lgrs flshae
in nfRtnyIng ihe rebellion, ihny
have acted a. 9iaiea NlsImIng ~ h.
.1vefeign over III lrfmns ahd pfnp
sfiy within iheif fesperties lImifs
and asserting = right il als1lve ihdf
ciiiiens irom theif alleglancc ~ the
Federal Government Several ~
these Staies have combined 10 lofm a
new Cnnfclcraey claiming ~ Ne A.
knowledged ~ the world asa s1yer
eign State. Their right 10 do ~ J.
now being decided by wager NJ battle.
The ports aud territory II each ol
these States arc held 10 hostility IA
The general government II Il nj
loose Or unorganircd lhaurrcclion. II
has boundary marked by line oI
bayoneis, and which can be- crossed
only by force, South Of this line
Is 'cnemy's territory, because II i
claimed and held in possession BY M
organized, hostile and beIligercnt
power. All persons residing within
this territory, whose property may bc
used to increase the revenues Of the
hostile power, are in this contest
liable TO be treated as enemies, though
not foreigners, They have cast Oh
their allegiance aud made war on
their Government, and are none the
less enemies, because they are trait.
ors." Prize cases, I'd Black. X. p
673-4.
II was, therefore, not the territory
Of the United States during the cx-
irtence Of this state of things, but
'enemy's territory" And it was 81
held by G. j. Chase, in Mrs. Alex.
andcr's cotton ease; and for that
reason her cotton condemned a. prize
of war
In delivering the opinion Of tn,
court Chief Justice Chase, treating
Of the question whether Mrs. Alex
ander's plantation where the cottor
was taken by the Union troops, wa
cnemy's territory" after stating tn,
fact that the duration of the militar,
occupation Of that territory by Gen
Banks, was measured by the tim,
required for the advance and rctrca
Of the army and navy, says: ether
can be no doubt, we think, that i
was 'enemy's property Tie mill
tary occupation of the national force
was too limited, too imperfect, to,
brief, and too preclrious to chang
the 'enemy's relation created for tn
country and its inhabitants, by thrc
years Of continuous rebellion, inter
rupted at last for few weeks, bu
Immediately renewed and ever sine
maintained.-2 Wallace X. p. 4ls.
Before the war, then, Mississippi
was a State, entitled at least TO th
qualified allegiance" of her citizens
and certainly, except so far as limite
by the Constitution of the Unite
States, her sovereignty and right :
allegiance were unqualified and un
limited, because on the same footin
, with the States before they entcre
into the compact creating the Federa
Union. BY the terms of her admis
sion into the Union, she was admit
ted upon the same footing with th
, original States, in all respects what
ever The original States were soy
: ereign and Independent States befor
5 the compact Of Union was formed; $
! declared BY themselves; 50 acknow
= edged by Great Britain after the va
(; Of the Revolution; and az such, the
= organized the Federal Union, gram
ing to il certain powers, and reser'
r ing to themselves the great mass {
f. original sovereignty, rights, an
e power, which belonged 10 them b'
! fore the compact of Union. I'll
= States made the General Govcrnmen
aud not il the States. They Great,
D it by virtue of their inherent pow,
{ and sovereignty as independci
: States, and invested il with all Il
{ power that lawfully belongs to
e They did not derive their indepel
e dence, sovereignty or any 9th
: power or authority Of Governmer
A from it. II never existed until aft
e the sovereignty and independence
i the respective States who subsequen
: " formed It, had been separately a
knowledged by the Government
9 Great Britain. Their separate e
: istence as States was never merg'
h or destroyed, nor their right Of SCI
II government impaired, except 10 {
s extent and during the continuance
d the restraints imposed by themsely
: in the Constitution Of the Unit
/. States. Whether, therefore, the I
IT of secession was valid or void,
IS could only affect the relation of t
i State and its citizens toward I
Ir United States Government, and cot
= not deprive il Of is existence a
Is State. or divest it, citizens Of th
d internal municipal rights, as bctwt
l. themselves; the assertion Of III
p. belief in the existence Of such
N right, and their attempt to exerr
r, il, in law, can have no such effect,
ic The Supreme court Of the Unit
at State. has decided "that in organ
A. ing the rebellion" Mississippi "act
as a State" claiming TO be soverei
y. over all persons and property wiz
m her limits. She held her terrific
,e at the time Of tho passage Of the