Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-12-15

. pies enuncatcd in The declaration of Amor;
Q can indepcndencc- no people ought t
q pcar inc burden OF taxation, and vet be dc
n'eo the right of representation 1t woul,
, n"Vc Dech IN consonance with the cynrcs
provisions OF the Constitution-that each Stat,
s,'oulu nave at least one representative, anf
that no State, without it's consent. shan l.,
deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. :
Ihcse provisions were intended to sccnrc te
every State and to the people Of every State
the right OF representation in each Iiousc ri
congress; and SO important was it deemed by
INC trainers of the Constitution, that the cou,l
Ivy OF the States in the Senate should he nrc.
served that not even by an amendment of'thc
constitution can any State, without its con.
Sent, DC denied voice in that branch of the
National Legislature II is true il has been
assumed that the existence of the States was
tcr'n'natcd by the rcbcious acts of their in
habitants, and that the iusurrcction hayns,
oceh suppressed, they were thenccforwa,l to
.SI US considered merclya as conquered territories
"c legislative, executive, and judicial de-
P'.',h'chts OF the Government have however
WIN great distlnctncSs and uniform consiscn
W reused 10 sanction an assumption SO in
/ oo"p''lo'e with the nature of our Rcpubli
"a" systeni' aud with the protcsscd objects of
| ~ "S""u' 'Hc recent Legislation of
Congress, the undcniable fact makes itsclf 49,.
parent, that these ten political commnnrs a
are nothing less than States of Ills Union
At the very commencement of thc rcbelGor
each House declared, with unonimitv ,e 20
h"rkablc as il was significant, that the war
was not wagcd upon our part in anv snir;t of
oppression, nor for any purpose Of conourst
or sub]ngaton, nor purpose of oyertbrowin,,
or interfering with the rights or established
institutions of those States, but to defend and
MAINTAIN the supremacy of the C,nstiir
Ilon' ana all laws made in pursuance thereof
ana I" preserve the Union with all the diup.
~ eq"!lity and rights of the several States
mn.npaired and that rs soon ms these objects
"elc accomplished, uIo "". -~~.,s-. 1
continue their Legislative tunctrons-#itiGe 10
other instances, representatives were elected
and admitted to their seats after their States
had formally declared their right to withdraw
from the Union, aud were cndcavoring to
maintain that right by force of arms. Al! of
the States whose people were in insurrccon
MS Suites, were included in the aprortionmcnt
of the direct tax of $50, 900, 900 annually
laid upon the United States by tho Net ap.
proScd August S, 1861. Congress, .by the
Act Of March 4, 1862, and hy the npportion
nent Of representation Hereunder, also rec
ognizcd their presence as States in the Union,
and they have, for judicial purposes, been di-
yiacd into districts as States alone can be d-
vidcd The same recognition appears in tho
recent Legislation in reference to Tennessee
which evidently rests upon the fact that the
functions of the State were not destroyed by
the rebellion, but merely suspended; and that
principle is, of course, apprcciabc to those
States which, like Tennessee, attempted tore
nounce their places in the Union. The action
Of the Executive Department. Of the Govern
ment upon this subject has been equally def
mite and uniform, and the purpose Of the war
was specifically stated in the proclamation is
sued 10y my predecessor, on the 22d of Srp-
tcmbcr, 1862. 1t was then solcmnly pro
claimed and declared that hereafter, as here
tofore, the war will be prosecuted for the OBJ
jcct Of practically restoring the Constitutions
Of the States, and the people thereof, i'll which
or disturbed The recognition of the States
by the judicial Department of the Govern
mcnt has also been clear and conclusive in all
proceedings affecting them as States, had in
the Supreme, Circuit and District Court. I'm
the admission of Senators and Representatives
from any and all OF the States, there can nc
no just ground of apprehension that persons
who are disloyal will be clothed with the pow
crs of legislation, for this could not happen
when the Constitution and the laws nre en-
forced by vigilant and faithful Congress. -
Each House is made the judge of the cleo
ton returns and qualifications of its own mem
bcrs, and may, with the concurrence Of two
thirds, expcl member. When Senator Oh
Representative presents Eis certificate of cleo
ton, he may at once be admitted or rejected
, or should there 10 any question as to his eli
gibility, his credentials may be referred fol
} investigation to the appropriate committee. -
, If admitted to a seat, it must be upon cvi
dencc satisfactory to tho House of which ht
, thus becomes member that ho possesses the