Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-27

treason is not always treason against the
# State, either alone or jointly with the
others?
Was theright OF peacesble Withdrawal
!, from the Union reserved or retained by
each State, either for gross violations Of
the Constitution by other States, or for
other causes, or at pleasure?
II State had the right to seeede, and
Z exercised it, did the act so bind all her
citizens, and was it in Law SO the act Of
s every citizen, as that none could elect to
adhere to the q ited States, if war ensued,
, without being guilty Of treason against
his State?
! Could the Federal Government use
, force against q seeding or refractory
State?
II a State resisted the power Of the
Federal Government, claiming to be no
/, longer in the Union, could her citizens
} be justly treated as rebels2
Could 3 State, remainingi in the Union,
f nulify within her borders an unconsti-
tutionsI or oppressive act Of Congress?
Could an amendment to the Constitu-
ton be made by twO-thirds Of the States,
abolishing slavery in all, without or eve
with compensation to the owners: and
IL such an amendment were made, could
those States that voted against it, refuse
longer to remain in the Union?
How far could special powers be justly
l---.-I - ha fnn7rrana In tha nranA Of q
general power?
Could a foreign State be admitted as a
State, into the Union, by act Of Con-
gress?
Could the Federal Government &C.
quire foreign territory by purchase?
What powers OF Government could
the Congress exercise over the people OF
q Territory or Province? Wa thst
power of government granted by the
provision that it should have power to
make al needful rules and regulations
in respect to the territory and other
property Of the United States? Could it
govern such Provinces, conquered or
purchased, by officers with ProcOusular
powers, or must it establish in each q re-
publican form Of government? Could it
govern them permanently as Provinces,
or only as States in embryo?
How much Popular Sovereignty was
possessed by the Inhabitants Of such
Territories or Provinces? Whatpowers OF
selfgovernment we're inherent in them?
How far, if at all, was the Constitution
Of the United States q law for the people
Of such Provinces or Territories, or a
guarantee Of rights to them? Could they
form 8 State Constitution when they
pleased, without any permission Of Con
gress to do so, and, with that Constitu-
ten demand admission as 8 State? Could
they elect Senators and Representatives
before they were admitted &? Were they
States before admission, and, if so, with
what rights and powers; or did they
Only become States by and upon admis-
sioD2
What was the status Of persons in a
Territory, who had never been citizens
Of any State ? Could they commit trea-
son against the United States? Could
foreigners not naturaIIzed be allowed to
vote there? Did the people of q COD
quered or purchased country become
citizens Of the United States by such
conquest or or purchaser Did foreigners
not n~aturalized, residing in a Territory,
become citizens OF the United States by
the admission Of the Territory as q State?
Did 8 citizen Of a State, removing to a
Territory or Province, lose his citizenship
in the State from which he removed?
Was g Territory or Province withia or
part Of the United states, or a foreign
possession?
Could Indians, in State or Territory,
he made citizens Of the United States by
Treaty or by act Of Congress D.? I
Could a person Of African descent be a
Of the United States ?
Could the provision iof the Constitu- s
ton for the delivering up Of slaves es-
into 3 State, be regarded as ap- {
toa Territory, or to the Indian
country? f,
" -NA p 1A1HE NLAHuA AOL4 DAE GLaLE ]
into another, was the State in which he
took refuge, at liberty to refuse the aid Of ]
her courts, magistrates, officers and pro- /,
to aid the owner TO reclaim him? 6
Could she refuse the use OF her jaiIs and !
her citizens IL they aided such t
Was the provision that such
should be delivered up, a provision
on the part Of the State that she would
up the slave; or was her dutv
when she did nothing to prevent !
the owner from taking him il he could : :
when she churlishly interposed her
huge bulk inertly between him and his 7
slave
II territory was acquired by conquest
purchase, where was the proprietor
lhip Of the lands lin the United States
Is legal owner, in what character did
hey hold them, and on what trusts, and 7
now should tbs proceeds Of sales be :
Of? I
In what did citizenship Of the United z
consist? Could any one become s T
except by being or becoming q !
Of some State? l.
Could 8 particular State require a 81
residence, or the performance Of I
'ther acts, or the possession Of other s
qualifications, than those required by the I
rules Of naturalization estab- il
by Congress, to enable q foreigner o
become a citizen Of such State? Or +
.ould Congress only prescribe the mini IS
Of such qualifications d?
What are the privileges and immuni- (.
les Of a citizen, which a citizen Of one Il
,tate is to enjoy, when removing into
mother State? pl
Could a State require greater or higher u
Publications, to entitle a citizen to vote u
members OF Congress, or for Presi- I'll
.eDt, than those requisite to enable him 9
o vote for members Of the most numer- h
us branch Of the State Legislature?
Could a State permit foreigners not "
.~sturalized to vote for members Of Con- u
ress, for members OF a Legislature by d,
which a Senator was to be elected, or for c.
lectors for President and Vice-Presi- .
81
Could a State accept free negroes as fe
itizens, and allow them to vote for "
Of Congress and Presidential
lectors? =
What rights Of 8 nstive-born citizen 20
-ould q n~aturalized one possess? Would 70
Re United States claim him Of his na- A
We country, If after being nstaralized %
returned there temporarily d? If, re- nj
in the United States, he were
claimed by his native country, would els
Ie claim be admitted? How far would p,
e United States protect a person not sIe
.turalized, but who had taken the pre- dei
steps to become so7 not
How far were the other departments ~
d officers bound by a decision OF the &
preme Court Of the United States on a the
Institutional question? one
Jould Congress lay an embargo, with os,