The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-10-26


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gro IN k,s vess,
Ihs original a., sfarls sus whk a
lsaamhIe II these wsrIsl Whs,sas,
ho IessI state governments sg s.Is
a4ass pfoseeilon lof l.ls m Property
now esIsls In ihs states sf Vlfe.a.s,
North tafYIlna, Ansh Casnl.ss,
tlnfsIs, Mlss.s.,rf,l. Alabama. 4 <s,.
lslaa. Florida, Tssas. and Aflas.ss,
and whereas h L necessary thai
leace and GOOD order sbo.Id be en-.
iofesd In ~sId States until laval and
republican State governments ean I,e
legally established. therefore. iw n
enacted, = Ae, A ptxmble Il usualI,
ompIuyed 10 diseIse ihc reasons and
purpose. Of The act. and ought IN be
q ksy b. The legislative viii, La,t this
IL founded In false assumpsiou. and
abounds In dangerous siaoiGcsuee n
The provisions of the Nc, proyc h %
he a mere pre,epcc, n mask 10 con.
ceaI The dcfornitiea Of The Couures.
sIoual monster. In tbe ljss, n was
NOT true that M Ieeal State GOVERN
,nent existed In the s,als Of Miss;s.
sippi. "A is A cardinal prioc;ple IN
our American system. thai tbe rivLt
to establish royernment rests with
the people 4 must emapate from
their authority. Indeed. this l. a
universal principIc, theoretically ae-
knowledrcd even n mouarcbies' and
perverted only by the fiction of ,he
divine right Of kings. A fiction which
Congress has practically employed AZ
applicable 10 itself N ~ N
In 1898 the pcoule of M;ss;,.;pn;
assembled In solemn convention snd
remo,leled their constitution ~ a 10
restore the relations of ths State with
the Federal Government. The amend
ed constitution be;ug Ear mora reuph.
lican Cham That Of isI7. which had
been reCoonixed Inv Convress .. re-
publican n form when M State vss
admitted into tho Un;on' IJnder
the Constitution Of lse5. ali the
State officers were elected. and the
State eovernment mt In oomnlete
opcration. The STATE was reooCn;sed
as such by ali the departmeDts Of
Government. even bv Concress itself
by the anpointmsnt of t6e var;ou,
| Federal Officers n The Stat. and in
deed. bv the acts under mns;de,.
tion. The State government had
originated from. The prooer so,,rce,
the people. who were only aided by
Tho Prcs;dent IN res,or;ng tbe;r rro,,.
ar relations with the eovernmsnt.
that. being ali that was neoesssry'
The Constitutiou declares that eT6e
! limited States shall guarantee Ia each
State q republican form Of govern
nent D in the Union. Of course. !. tha,
| is. aid the people in establishing suob
government. II does not say ths
! President shall do this. or that Con.
eress shall do Il inst such power,
then. exercised bv either department
as NAV be necessary. will aoeomplisl
the guarantee. Congress could al
nothing more lsritimately than give
\ such aid. The Government 20 estsb.
| lisbed derives no validity none a
lis powers from the aid eiyen 10 the
people either by the President or by
Congress, but L derives all its pow.
crs from the consent of the people
Suppose the people had assembled in
convention and established . govern
mcnt without such aid, will II be pre-
tended that they had hot . right d
do 80? If not, then there must b
some power above them, and oul
theory Of government is false. Then
I repeat, Il was not true that Missis.
sippi bad no "legal' State govern.
ment--is estopped by various Get,
from denying that she had. ..la
In the NEXT place, was the Stat,
government, 80 established adequat.
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