Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-12

eminent may have vested them with por-
ton Of lie sovereignty.
And while Il might thus convey to them |
so much Of the powers Of free and indie |
pendent legislation and Administrative jurla- |
dlction-as were necessary and apt TO build |
upApd sustain local government AID In
Situations, such act could not DO predlcated
on npy prpyiilon In The CohstltalioB, nor
would NE people thorebI become hide
pendeut pf tho aatlonal supremacy. FoS
whcfher 10 The orga nlzatiou Of 4 Territorl1
goyorument, or b. act Of aduilaalon u A
state position ~ the Union, \ ban ofai.
nance or an exercise OF sovereignty on the
part Of the United States, independent Of
the CONSTITUTION. l1lllllI11ll ll'g
Hence II follows that the promotion Of
people lnhabitlng In territory acquired non
a foreign Power since the Constitution was
adopted, to State position IN the Union, Il
q matter Of favor and not OF constitutional
right. II Is a privilege bostowed npon
them independently and outside Of the Con-
situation, "a granting which the Government
acts as a national unity, aud In lbs soyeroign
capacity, by virtue Of the right 10 govern,
,ohieh Is ne Inevitable sequence Of vs. Inherent
sovereign right 70 acquire territory.
On no other ground, u IL conceived, can
the lAwfulness Of suoh acquisition DO sus-
talned. II huPop this principle, and this
ritory have been made, and such additional
new states created, and allowed OF enabled
TO take position In this Union ''on an
equal footing with the original Slaiea."
The covenant Is between them and the origl.
nal stAtes, or constitutional Slater, COM
pooling tina, Union, Ia association With
whom they enjoy tho came, but no creator
and no less rights Of freedom, sovereignty
and Independence, except as being subject
Il q 81
Sons Of hAsir aa.eshib nj. .a| % 20 az.
And having been made thus by pafeease
q part OF the national domain, and been thus
| clothed with State capacities aud privileges
| In II, they can no more fepudia.e the para
mount sovereiguty Of the General Govern.
ment over them, or seeede from the Union,
or throw OF their obligations Of allegiance
to II and still retain State relation TO Il,
than they could have done while existing
10 TERRITORIAL relation u IT, The privileges
conferred aud tho condition. Imposed BY the
enabling act aud act Of admission are guar,
auleed or eIaeted not by virtue of any war
rant for Il or any right 10 claim Il Ia the
Consultation, bat, as We have seen, VI virtue
Of tho sovereign right BY which tho territory
was acquired from a foreign Power. g .nE
SO that II follows, also, that these States
can have no existence as such, lndepend-
emily Of their allegiance TO the national SOW.
erelgnty. Should they attempt accession
they attempt rebellion, and rebellion wllh
them works a forfeiture of all Flghts be-
slowed upon them as States, for the plain
aud simple reason that II Is violation Of all
the fundamental conditions upon which they
wero invested with State capacities aud a
State position In the Union. sa.r Ain moi
Take the case of Louisiana for example.
BY an ordinance OF secession, she repudlal
tod the Federal Consultations, which che had
adopted before and In consideration OF her
being allowed 10 form state consultation
aud government, and as a precedent coudi-
ton thereto. She repudlated her disclaimer Of
all right and title to the waste and uuappro-
priated lands lying within her precincts not
only, but she claims 20 hold the whole domain
Of the State, and the Inhabitants thereof,
subject 70 her Jurisdiction In exclusion Of the
rigbt and power OF the General Government
; the United States TO any authority or IN.
, rlsdlctlon therein. She seeks 10 appropriate
10 her own use the lands and property belong
ing to citizens Of the United States residing
without the said State, aud she shuts up from
; the navigation BY the United States, and b.
, citizens Of the loyal States, the river Mis-
! slsslppl and the nRyigable waters and river
, leading Into the same aud TO the Gulf o.
/ Mexico. She demands taxes duties, lmposts
aud tolls therefor OF all citizens OF the United
States trayersing those waters. All OF which
things were "to b eoRsidsrsd aad taksH al
ftnddGaentdl conditions and fsrIns upon lahio'
he said Siats Sds Incorporated Into thii Upios.
Has she not thereby thrown herself back
iAto territorial condition. May not the
Generul Government consider the Enabling
. Act and Act Of Admission cancelled And
! | that, too, without any violation Of the Con
: stitutloui As TO her State capacity and
I privileges, she was never q child Of the,Con
b sututlon, though, After her creation and Rd
: mission as such, carefully protected and fos
I tered under Its provisions.
I IL needs no action Of Congress, no pro
!, clamation OF the Executive, no decree Of th,
. Judiciary. Her own acts void her State ca
I nir5"s nefsrII Uatk into nef oHplnA1 al,
ritorlal relations OF dependency upon Il
Shall the General Government overlook O.
!! pafdou her cnmel or shall II reAssert IL
soyerelgnty over her, and remand her /,
10 territorial condition, and impose nov
, and more rigid conditions upon her and bel
: people before admitting her again to tn,
: position, relations, and advantages OF /
', State position In this unionls Congress hal
! already answered. 30 II. 9.
wAsHiH0rOS err. D. O., Aprii ., lsrO. % aI6 Oh