Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-08

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tAing vssy unlike the old constitutional
U4@ sbastitussd By our fathers. Some
thiie dat vill enable The rsdiesls e. obtain
md hold political power, however large may
b. The majority against them. A right 70
kssp - Southern States out Of the Unien,
ell . plan can b devised by Congress to
govern then - territories, o. admit them
shosn II . portion Of their State rights, is
bassd on the idea that they are now con.
qusred tsrdtorities, and that their conquer
orr, the other States, have right 70 deal
with them in the same manner ~ il they
were territories conquered in war with
foreign enemy. Now tho whole policy OF
the Constitution and Of the Government
sinos The rebellion broke out directly con-
Hicts With this position. All our diplomat
ic skill hes bsen urged to prove to the world
that ours has not been foreign war, in
which other nations might take part or in
tervene, but . mere domestic insurrection
which w claimed The right to suppress
without foreign interference. So too, the
entire cotton Of Congress and the Execu
tive has been to overthrow the rebels in
arms and vestore the. States to what they
were under the Constitution before the
Conflict began The old confederation ac-
ted on states only, but the Constitution
acts on individuals; an d through its judi.
ciary and other departments, individual
traitors may be tried, condemned and exc
cutsd, but States. never. Once State al
ways . State. Neither rebellion or ccccs-
sion can overthrow State; though for
time it may be controlled or governed by
traitors at home and enemies abroad, but
when the one or the other Is suppressed or
overcome, the State energies from the mist
and comes forth in it's primitive sovereignty
under the Constitution. Tho old colonies
were chartered by the crown Of Great Brit
ain. Then the king claimed theI right to
abrogate tho charters, reduce the colonies
to mere governless mob and this tyran-
ical policy was a principle means Of bring.
ing about the revolutian. But the Declare
ton Of Independence absolvcd the colonies
from foreign dependence. and they formed
Constitutions aud became independent
States, and united they formed the Con-
stitution and made for certain proposes
the sovereign united federal government
But the States never gave to that govern
mont the power, either by war or by lesis
lation, 70 blot but single State or qucnch
. single star, however dim might become
its lustre, or crratic it, political or legis.a-
tive course. The laws Of the Union pursu
ant to the Oonstitution were paramount, and
became wall Of fire 70 prevent any and
every State from breaking and being forced
out Of the Union. But it IL said the rebel
lious States have forfeited their rights to b
considered States; not so, there isno forfei
turs Of States, or Of State rights. their re-
publican governments are all guaranteed by
the Constitution. Individuals only, not
States, are liable to forfeiture and punish
mcna The rebellion is suppressed, but
the States arc not conquered or forfeited OF
liable to forfeiture, however liable the indi
viduals in these States may be. To say that
the States are now out Of the Union and
may DO kept out, Is to affirm the right oil
secession, and to belle the whole gr ound Of
the late war to preserve the Union. A State
% such can neither secedo or be conquered,
or in any other way get out Of the Union,
ualess by mutual consent. If then the
States have never been and are not now
out Of tho Union, Congress can not recon-
struct tho Union, indeed the Constitution
gives them no such power un der any cir
cumstances. Even the power Of brute
force-thc might that sometimes makes
right-if exercised to maintain or obtain a
political power, would soon he swept away
Is the murky cloud. The rebellion is sup
pressed, and that Of itself restored the
Union, and It Is restored al the States are
~ they were though individual traitors
may be tried and punished. The laws of
the Union, the judiciary and the powers Of
the Union extend all over these States.
Their legislatures under their old constitu-
tons are in session, abrogating the void
laws Of the scceders, and exercising with
the approval Of tho Executive, the lcgisla-
ture and judiciary Of the Union, the high
power Of amending the Constitution, and
yet, forsooth, the void acts Of the seeding
legislatures are not void though powerlcss
during the fight, are now after all resistance
has ceased, potent 70 keep these States out
Of the Union-till such philosophers as
Sumner, Stevens & Co., can devise some
plan to prevent the entire restoration of the
Union, the very object Of the war and keep
these States from being represented in
Congress. How long wilt the people bear
the political badsering from . mere handful
Of radicals, when nine tenths Of the people
themselves, Of oil parties, are for an entire
restoration Of the Union, and with it, har-
0ony, concord and prosperity.
a Tragedy ~ Ne sete.
Shooting ARRAY took place At Do Soto,
Jackson county, Illinois, on tho I'd inst,
which resul6d1u H. death Of I young
man hv the name of Martin. That mart Of