The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-04-20

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q State n The Uhlm, under eomtaffs
with ueegla, Virginia, and ald
siair n Mississippi. and M NJ which
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elthef by said sitaie ~ iha United
States i y respectfully submitted
that, independent u these special
cpmlmeis ny The provisions ~ The
Federal Constitution. the State N
Mississippi could by 10 NJ of hers
withdraw from the I'nion, nor could
she be excluded tiereifom by Com.
grcssj and that all opposing acts of
said State or Congress, being conira.
~ 10 the Federal Constitution. which
u q The supreme law Of the land"
are null a0d void, and IL prcper
case, we believe, will be 80 declared
by the court.
In this case, however, besides the
protection Of the constitutional rights
Of State, there arc compacts, "fnn.
damcntal, "irrevocablc,o and "un-
alterable," securing forever to the
State Of Mississippi her rights a. a
State Of this Union. Such compacts,
and the rights acquired under them,
we believe this court will regard Il as
It's duty to maintain and protect in
the same manner at least rs il would
enforce between individuals, by in
junction or otherwise the specific per-
formancc Of contracts. The said
State Of Mississippi AYERS and charges
that, having been admitted as a State
of the Union in 1917, she has ever
since continued to be so, and is now;
that she has a State constitution, re-
peblican in form; and State gov
ernment in complete aud successful
operation under her constitution,
with all its departments filled and
administered by proper functionaries,
in as proper and full a manner as
any State in the Union, and hence
she is entitled by the Constitution Of
the United States, and by the cove
nants and, compacts aforesaid, to be
regarded as a State Of he Union, in
all respects.
She acknowledges and claims that
the Constitution OF tbe United States
is the supreme law Of the land, and
when ber constitutional rights, or the
covenants with Georgia and Virginia,
are invaded, under the ordinance Of
1878 she has the right to appeal to
its honorable tribunal, established as
it is by the Constitution to decide in
the last resort in all cases in which a
State is a party, and to give appro-
pirate and adequate relief, especially
when, as in this case, there is other
wise no remedy to prevent her utter
annibilation; and if there be no
remedy here, then her condition is
without redress and her most sacred
right may be invaded, and her very
existence destroyed.
The said State further shows and
charges that, having become mem
Der Of the Union, as aforesaid, in
1917, she surrendered certain rights
to the United States in consideration
of perpetual protection under the
Constitution, with all her rights and
privileges rs a State perpetually guar
antecd, and that forever after it was
impossible for her people, or for the
State in its corporate capacity, to dis
solve that connection with the other
States, and any attempt to do SO, by
secession or otherwise, was a nullity,
which she had admitted, by ingrait-
ing in mn amended constitution sol
emn declaration that the pretended
ordinance of secession adopted by q
portion of her people was absolutely
null and void; and she now most
solemnly asserts that her connection
with the Federal Government was
not in any wise thereby destroyed OF
impaired. And she moreover ayers
and charges that the Congress Of the
United States can not constitutionally
cxpel her from the Union, and that
any attempt which practically does 50
is nullity; and she also charges
and ayers that there Is no provision
in the Constitution Of the United
States which subjects her as State
to any pains, penalties or forfeitures,
as a. consequence Of SUCH void at
tempt Of a portion Of her people @
withdraw her from the Union-all
powersto punish State, by expul-
sion or otherwise, for any cause,
having been expressly refused in the
Convention which framed the Feder-
al Constitution. als.i s.
She ayers that her citizens losi
none Of their political rights, nor in
curred any penalties, except what
might be inflicted on them as indi.
viduals by due process Of law, aftel
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