The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-11-04


| lions totally Aihconsistcnt with such an
! Office. He did not recognize as his para
mount law the constitution and laws of the
| United States. as the governors of the ~.
| 81 State of North Carolina had recognized.
He claimed to be governor of the &c. lS.)
State of North Carolina, not State related
| in the first degree, to the United States gov
eminent and being one ofthe United States,
connection with the United Statcs-a State,
at oar. with United States All the officers
! of the Gu. 81 State government of North
/ Carolina, who were discharging their duties
in March 1861, recognizing as the highest
law OF their official existence. obedience to
the constitution and laws of the United
States, were now March1S65) dead or had
resigned or bad abdicated their offices ,y
ceasing to perform the duties of the same,
and assuming obligations inconsistent with
those Offices No civil officer, at that last
date, within the section of country known on
the map as North Carolina, claimed to be
an officer of the Gu. s. State government of
North Carolina. They all, like the man
who wrote himself governor of North Caro-
lima, in March 1865, claimed to be officers
of the &C. 81 State government of North
Carolina-a detactl government, hostile, as
already said, to the United States.
| Now all the officers Of the tU. 81 State
| Government of North Carolina could not
take the section of country called by that
name out from under the authority of the
| United States, but all those officers could
! die, or all could resign, or all could abdicate
-renounce their offices and So leave all the
Offices of the Gu. 81 State government of
North Carolina vacant at the same time.
| Such was the condition of those offices in
| 1865. They were all vacant; and all being
vacant at the same time, it was impossible
that any one of them (mucli less ally should
be filled. The (U.f S. State. Government of
North Carolina had consequently by this
time March, 1869 become extinct-was
dedd ,R.t'ef. Hs!H 'itf' 7- f'-
BY May, 1866, the military power of the
United States had entirely overthrown the
defactal government known and felt for
four years as the Confederate States) State
government of North Carolina. So in Nav,
1865, there were no officers in North Carroll
ma, representing eithera Gu. s. State gov
eminent or n Cosy State government and
that proclamation of Andrew johnson which
said that rebellion had destroyed all civil
government in North Carolina Cor words to
that effect was really, logically and legally
true. a-&F -''f .''N 'i
sort in the So, tion known "a Nnrtb Carroll.
ma, and vet that section being under the an
thority of the United States, subject to the
Constitution and laws of the same without
"territoriaI' government, without "Staten
government, as known tn our system, the
| inhabitants of that section. were related to
| the United States. in Nav. 1865, in the
| third degiee," lust as the inhabitants of
Alaska are related to-day. w $3.50
Congress. at its next meeting. MIGHT frame
territorial government for the people of
Alaska nrescr;bino in the organic act the
qualification of voters Congress MIGHT lie.
gally and constitutionally pass an enabling
act .t ito next mcotino alInwino the Alas.
kans To form a Constitution nrenaratorv tn
admission as a State and might nrescribe
the qualifications of voters upon the adop
tion of that Constitution II miDht allow
norro.s m vote nm tho adontion of This Con-
St;tr+iop II MIGHT allow hnvs of n;nataan
vcars il MIGHT nerm;t women n vota--it
n,;5rbt arnssiv ah,so ;ts d;scrption in Tho a1.
n,;ss;nn of ti,o stata cf AiasLai .;,h nnt
n,oro than IN ooo ,,hah;tanFs r. n,;aht,
,,ross,,, ahnsa ;ts d;soro.;an IN fv;nn .he
ooroI;e y ~ ,otors on tho .d,,nt;on Of
tho ronst;trt;o, Int s.;,I al thnSo oots
,ror,d ~, isaa1 and .o,,a,;t,,t;o,aJ y
~,
:, ne e, t,'eS'oeHe AoS no p0eoer 70 20 cry
G Snese :ne"ys' WOW, or rtne peopie VI .Nor'"
c"io,ina III may, iooo,l p''ie .ne saihe ie'''-
,i"n w lie y. .. uoVetiilieiiI t,ii'. 'nI alas,
SANS pear to-oay, we ;couia nase c.s1"ye e
tllat reiatioh' ieSaiiy ana constitu.ionany
oh'y ny Tue ala OIL the same department Oh
tLe government, thae can transform 'he feia-
t'on Vi Tue 4hiashahs. 3t,t = a,t'I
analogy, tileh, Wouio leaa 10 the cohciu-
SION 1nat no ieSai ciVii goVernihens y. foulu DC
SET up IN North oarohha a'tef may, iooo'
except through the 'lnstrumen!aiity ol@ooh-
Sress. ne lnhapitants were IN an anoma,
loSs eohSs'.,oh olce oo,npos,nS poi1iuslS
state OF the American Union tiiat reiatioh
'ao 'eaecu W IA','. i.'' te,'''iou,H "ou'o
seem, couiu Only DC restoreo Wy some power
equai 10 us original cfeauon. 10 ressurrect
the dead would seem TO be 4, as ;. exaltea an act
vi power ,tA as 70 create Tue llsihS. Analogy
wouia say: tnen' mat oonsress-thae power
which atone can constitutlonaiiy ADMIT Il nc"
o.a.e INTO .he onion--can alone consllt 10,
elona'ly restore 70 HE. ahe position al o'u
o' p,,. ', 4a 10 ue;.u
IS Dus 10 my ninu ,ne c"s .,,a pomea
States GensoJs net ouo,ouv o,nu. tha
exnress words of tho CONSTITUTION rive ,hat
power Every one realizes mon snooe stiun
alone tle fact fiat otter tba snnnress;on of
the rehoIl;,nl e,n,e o,,;9on.e sn,re ;ns,y,,.-
t;,n. some helm must Of NECESSITY ho ". heen
given TO the neonle of North Carolina in