The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-10-09

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jim M sub0r9hates The State
courts to The Fe64f} Go1fts hts
are again snbordinated tn the gene gov
eminent by the republican guarantee clause,
of the Constitution. making It the duty Of
Congress to see TO it that the'1oc constitu-
E1ieus are republican INFORM In the nAhe,
tKeA, of all that lssfeaso nab can It be, adj
the constitutions II Nval Stat and yett1e-
nicd that it bosses Sea any ,Hdwerto. preseribe
the terms If See0n sfrucd Oh hi tbs lately in
s,,fsept districts, which ~ has sconqgtred
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. Washer, M Websferin his speech against
the Dorr Constitution Of Rhode Island paid
that the will of TIE people ct q State must
be ascertainesl by sane previously prescrib-
ed rule of law, otliewise tie proceedings
would be revolutionary, Butif thisSprocess
is, to be PRESCRIBED by prcyioqs law, what
power ia tpsb fescribe that law In the cese OF
Neubet States? Not the rebel States,
Surely, for they are dead They have no Con-
stitutional existence Of organization what
ever. The power to re-animate them lies
without lit is,yested in Congress Inps |.
even updh The superstition that the VIM OF
the people, Of the rebel States is TO make the
faw,,it is' Congress that must move IN tne
first instance and prescribe the channel 1or,
It's exPfessioh.
If the right of Congress tosfix the terms
OF reconstruction were found no where else,
it would flow from the power TO provide for
the general welfare and the absence.of any
express clause to forbid the exercise OF tins
power. III ll
sBat IT lsdounii esew mere and founepa pun-
dainty. 1t results from the.rignt 90 aeciare
wal. II Congress has the right TO declare
Wan for the acquisition or the sub]eetion OF
territory, it surely possesses the power to say
how this territory is to be disposed OF. How
absurd the theory that 'Congress has power
to wage war for specific purpose and pos
sesses no right to accomplish this purpose
after the war has terminated II Congress
mayssoIganlze arInaest % cq1qNer, " may sure
~ organize governments 10 protect.
I IN addltlon, the reneillon gave 10 the I'M 4
ted States belllgerent rights, and tins was ad-
Judgeq hy.thef supreme court altq Solemn
argument by learneu Counsel, when they Gle J
clded that property belonging to the resi-
dents OF the belligercnt territory, was liable
to capture and condemnation as lawful
prize. A,sthen, the Hmted States had be-
ligerent rights, it has the right to, demand
Indemnity for the past, as we'll as security
for the future. The ration has not yet de
inanded indemnify but has eontented itself
with fha c;n,nin rpuylIrernpnt nf caerriftsfnr
the future. h.siela bas bsse
But the single argument, winch Is sutfl-
'cientl M 1 oVercomei giiioo bjecfions ito the
constitutionality OF the Congressional plan
of reconstruction, arises from the very ne
cessity of the case. Congress mast have
jurisdiction over all the territory of the Uni
ted States where no other government exists.
This was the opinionguf Chief Justice Mar
shall, and he laid it down that the right
to govern naturally resulted from the right
to acquire territory. The only question that
could arse would be between the local gov
eminent and the general government, and in
the case Of the territory of the conquered
rebel States, the local governments are as
dead as the act ofisecession ITSELF as
have thus attempted to show; first, that
when the rebel States, in their organic capac-
ity as States. levied war against the United
States, they forfeited all their rights as States
under the constitution; and second, that
Congress alone has the power to re-0rganize
Constitutional State governments and to
prescribe the conditions of such organiza-
ton. This brings US to the second division
of the subject, which is, The Espediency of
the Congressional Policy q
Those re
gress, in it wisdom, has seen fit to prescribe.
Theymay be reduced to four in number, and
are /. The Equality of all men before the
law and at the ballot box. Q. A just and
uniform basis of representation in the ma
.tlOnal Congress. 3. The exclusion of lead
ing rebels from office. 4. A guarantee for
the payment of the national debt They
are contained in the Civil Rights. Bill, the
Howard Amendment and the Sherman Bill.
Let US examine them separately and see if
they be not wise, generous and Just.
i. The Equality of all men before the law
and at the ballot box.
The, propriety of. this condition will be
the more apparently we consider the causes
which led to the separation of the colonies
from Great Britain and what this govern
ment was intended to be.
England represented the ideas Of the old
world .li her Mnole social and political ia
6Elf was bullt upon the doctrine OF CASTE
Ih Inc odious dogma OF Divine night was no
longer thrust h'Na. olenslvey forward, but the
practice renamed the same The KING was
the fountain OF honor. Some were born to
rule; Others were born to obey. Some in
herlted fortune, dignitles and powers; 9TH
ers inherited poverty, toll and suffering
England said all men are not created equal.
:" All men are created equal and endowed
with certain inalienable rights" shouted
back America across the sea, and the echoes