Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-08-03


is declared to pcrvado all Of them. The o
legations of consistency bind the legislative
body as well as the individuals who compose
1t. 1t is now too late to say that these ten
political communities arc not States of this
Union.
declarations to the contrary, made in these
three acts, are contra,lictrd again and again
by tho repeated nota-uf lc,-i~ln ton enacted hv
Congress from the year 1861 to the year | SGT.
During that period whilst those States we're
in active rebellion, and after that rebellion
was brought to II close they have hecn again
and again recognized as States o; tho Union
Representation has been apporlionrd to them
as States. They have been divided into III
dl"'al districts for the lro'ding OF District and
Circuit Courts Of the United States. us States,
"t the union only can hn distributed
The last act on this subject was passed .Jn-
~ -, 1866. by which every one of these ten
states WAS arranged into districts aud circuits
|'lhry have been called upon by Congress to
act through their legislatures upon at least two
amendments to the Constitution of the Uni
ted Statcs. AS States they have ratified one
! amendments which required the vote of twen
ty seven States of the thirty six then compos
ing the Union.
When the requisite twcnty.scvcn votes
were given in favor of that amcn,lmcnt-sev
ell of which votes were given by seven Of
these ten Stacs-it WAS proclaimed TO be n
u part OF the Constitution of the United
states, and slavery WAS declared not longer
to exist in the United States or any place
subject to heir Jurisdiction. If these seven
States were not legal States of the Union, il
follows rs the Inevitable consequence that in
some of the States slavery yet exists 1t docs
not exist IN these seven States, fur tli"v have
abolished il also III their own State Cunstitu-
'';"ns but Kentucky not having done so, it
would still remain in that State But in
truth, 1t this assumption tlnt these States
have no legal State governments l,r tr'.c, then
the abolition Of slavery ly these i'll, ~ gov
"rnmcnts binds no one. for Cong rcss now de-
nlrs to these States the power to abolish slav-
cry by denying To them tho power to elect Il
legal State Legislature, or to frame ii consti.
tuition for any purpose, even ior such pur-
pose, rs the abolition of slavery.
rs to tho other constitutional ameran"nt
having reference @ f. ni'ffo cen
sequence is that il has never hccn proclaimed
orundrrtsood. even bv Congress. TO bcn part Of
the Constitution of the United States The,
Senate Of the United States has repeatedly giy-
cn its sanction to the appointment Of judges,
district attorneys and marshnls for every ono
"f these States, and yet, if they arc not legal
States not one of these judges is authorized
20 hold court So,. too, both Houses of
Congress has passed arpropria'ioh bills to pny
all these Judges. attorneys, aud officers, oi the
United States for exercising their functions
in these States. Again. in tho machinery of
the internal revenue laws, all Of these %.n!cs
arc distrirtcd not rs Territories" but MS
4" States"
FURTHER RECOGNITION.
So much for tho con;inuous legislative rec.
ognition. The instances cited, however, f,l
far short of what might bo enumerated.
Executive recognition, ns is well known;
has been frequent and unwaveriie The
same may be said as to jndcialf lf,rccngnition
through tic Supreme Court Of the United
States That august tribunal. from first to
last. in the administration Of it, duties IN
b"mc ard upm the circuit, has never failed to
recognize these ten communities ns legal
States Of tho Union. The cases dcpcndng
in that court upon appeal and wit OF error
from these States, when the rebellion began,
have not been dismissed upnn any idea of the
ly continued from term to tenn until the re.
b lion was entirely sui ducd md prach rc.'c-
tablishcd. and they were called for argument
and consideration, ns if no insurrcction had
intrrvcnCd. New cases. occurring siucc the
rebellion, have cnnr from these States be(nre
that court by writ Of error and appeal, and
even by original suit. where only State can
bring snch suit These eases are entertain
ed by that tribunal in tho exercise Of its ac-
knowlcdgcd jurisdiction, which could not at.
tach to them if they had come fran any pol
itical body other than State of tho Union
Finally, in the allotment of their circuits,
nndc by the judges at the December term,
1865, every one of these Suites is put on tho
same footing of legaltw with all the other
States of the Union: Virginia and North
Carolina, being II part of the fourth circuit,
nre allotted to the Chief Justice. South Car
olina Georgia Alabama, Mississippi and Flori.
dn constitute tho fifth circuit. and was n'o-
ted to the late Mr.. Justice Wayne. Louisi-
ana, Arkansas and Texas arc allotted to the
sixth judicial circuit, us to which there is
vacancy on the bench
The Chief Justice. in the exercise of his
circuit duties, hns RECENTLY held Circuit
Court in the State Of North Carolina. If
North Carolina is not a State Of this Union, the
Chief Justice has no authority to hold court
thcro, and every order. Judgment and decree
rcndercd by him in that court was coron, non
judtcc, and void.
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