Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-24

edly MADE, 1Of Inc partleS eAooa'oA W 6o'
countenance for it from the fact las al
leged) that the reconstructed constitution
of this State contains clause making IL
mandatory on the State to pay said bonds
and the theory is that breach of this
clause entities parties (who, by the cons1l-
tuition OF the United States, cannot even
so much as sue State in Federal COURT
to the authority of the United States, Its
army, navy and militia, to compel the exc
cution by State of clause OF Its own
constitution relative to its own public
credit.
| Late information from Washington says
the Radical Congressional delegation from
Tennessee have for some days been en-
gagged in perfecting a plan for anulling
the late election in that State. Their
grounds are that frauds have been COM
mltted and that "Rebels" were permitted
to vote. The usual memorial is being
prepared, and no doubt the internal affairs
of that State will be brought up before
Congress for adjustment.
AS in the case of Georgia and North
Carolina we cannot, with our old fash
toned notions of the equality of the States
and their rights under the Constitution,
see what Congress has to do with these
matters.
Suppose the Republican Senter did
cheat the Republican Stokes, the Rich
mond Enquirer we'll says, what has the
Congress at Washington to do with that
Suppose some Court in Indiana grants a
married couple divorce without rhine or
reason, under what article of the Consti-
tution-except the war making-power-
pose the Democrats of Brooklyn by vio-
lence and fraud las is charged) beat the
Republicans in an election for State Off
GERS, what has the State Of louisiana or
the Empire of the United States to do
with it 4? And why is it that Congress is
never asked to review an election, or to
rectify society, in the Northern States, and
is so constantly invoked to dabble in what
may occur in one of the Southern States?
| If Tennessee election is to be over
hauled by the delegates in Congress from
Massachusetts,, why may not a New York
election he overhauled by the same par
! ties /? And if Tennessee election is o
matter to bring before Congress to-day.
why may not the Southern States be gov
erned by Congress until the Grand Ecpy-
rosis of the fifth and final act ?
| How far is this interference with States
to go Where is it to end |? When will
reconstruction be completed ? What can
the Southern States do to receive receipt
in full and final discharge from their OBJ
legations to obey the demands of Congress,
and again regulate their own internal pol
icy If the Congress of the United
States is to decide between the Legisla
ture and Supreme Court of Georgia, to
step in between North Carolina and her
creditors, and to regulate elections i'll Ten
nessee. for the life of us we cannot see
why the citizens of States are compelled
to keep up the useless expense of support
ing their State Governments. AS for poor
North Carolina, we think her creditors had
better take charge Of her, and ''run the
machine themselves. Our State has been
so depleted by corruption lists and specula-
tors chat she is TOO poor to take the bank
rupt act, and thus settle her debts. Sup
pose her creditors ask permission of Cor
gress to appoint q receiver, and take pos.
session of the few available assets. We
would at least get rid of Littlefeld and
Holden and their cohorts of friends and
conductors, who have brought us to our
present miserable plight.
In the Radical Constitutional vocabulary
there are no such words as State Rights
and State Equality. They became obsolete
with "Constitution as it was