Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-12
THE SITUATION"
It's Com pIIcHtIona-TheIr OFIEIn and
ISOLATION.

France In 1905 was On addition to the 40.
main aud an extension of tho sovereign
Of the United States not antlei-
pated, and therefore not provided for by the
II not only enlarged The ter
ritorial possessions Of the nation beyond the
original precincts, but Il also invested the
Government With a sovereignty over The
new territory and the people inhabltlng
therein, which the people Themselves bad no
share In creating. gr..a. sTta h'go"
The purchase was a new and original COW
onant, so to speak, made by the then eI-
listing national sovereignty Independently |
aod not BY virtue Of any warrant for u in |
the Consultation, II Il cannot be claimed |
that II was illegal or without competent au-
thority, nevertheless, IL was nbn-constltu-
tional. Il was compact BY the Uniied |
States as a sovereignty, with France rs
another sovereignty, for the purchase BY the
former Of ne doBlaiH aud sOvsrstgaip ~ ihs
latter over territory with which neither the
Federal Constitution, nor the original States,
nor the people ofthe United States, nor event
the people iuhabitlng In the said territory
had anything to do. -.r.1glg. 1II Il /
Tho Goyernmeut Of the United States, be
II remembered, purchased not only the
domain, but also the imperial sovereignty OF
France over II and the Inhabitants thereof
and thereby, as an inevitable consequencc,
acquired the Imperial right TO govern Il and
them. This right, We sec at once, was So.
,sssI,as. a,,d ~ ,,,o,,,is inhahi,tns ,ho,.i,,
y. ,tNs,s,. j., iafhshi, $500, = 80,
sa.sSa Tn.,.r,,s tho nrss,ic,, .riscs ,sho
4. aoa..si1,, ,,'ay M. s.rnS ,or,,sos1 ,hS
] people lnhabltlng therein, or the government
4 which purchased II from France1 $50.
IS -, 80 ~ - =, -, !, ,Sbs, s,as
,,po,,,.S nor SS,,nns the mno,,nitisS inbSbit-
,ns. \. In Ias,f,orS r,.s Ia ,rsns Srrn,ad
is ~ -, 49,, isis,,, MI. sa5 a,a,,a
, ~ S,uI,,o,, ~ $500 y M iTo,n,,
~ 70 Iii, I'm o.Iain.i $780,, M W ,s,,h
Saum WIN M ~ w t,as oos' sn WIZ
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H. 49, -, - -, L..,t,, l.. .t,..,,..a
| iioos,.S ,oS,,, ~ M Na,iarat ' noyn.y
S,ani ~ nj AZ 49, 81 IN inn rIsI ~.
y, ~ ,ss,,iP 49,,
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.n,.aI,ioUs /, lii rsItuavisb III Sas,ainiS
Il ~ "a i, ~ es,,n M ho,innino 49,.
c,aad ,hat risbl In iba c.ss ~ io,i.isna'
M condItlon Of ber STATE eanaeItv In Inc
linton Was' via, 80 = ~ ~
Gsi Of ISrsi',icn, Sec. l. TIA, q ,haH De tqkta
20, alsd iHiO ihs Union, nat the river Mi,sls-
slppi, Ana we navIgapis ri ,N spd ,,MeiieIs,
MnsIsse .hsIths sa",na N ishvs M ~, ~
sys, fre.Js. well 10 me inhsbitsynff.' IN iRs
aid state a. 10 Inc inhshitshts Of other SfAtes
| ma fhs TerTi,otirs Of M Iinitea ststs. vith
ont Sny tsa sytv' im mat or teii ~ ~ TX,
| oosed x N. aid state and MAJ M S5rs 80
g},ts IA ~ ~ ~ oJs,v Sonds,;e1, ,,
,,si, "a n ~ fbIpg ,sr,,o, "a ME- ,sn III
,hs,snT \" t,,s ,srf.S sS,t's snae
',sstsS deemed AMI t,Es az fiuSS Sssn M s5a
aRiohs and terms upon which the said state il
incorporated into the Union tLNws OF U s.,
vol Ia ~ , =. ~ - A., "a, T..
,he s.FsntSt. ~ a., ~ is.ei ~ 70 ls
~ sNo Iii 10y az anu - ~ Ioho"s'
as TSTipH a M ), a S,pth,y ENACTED ira,
the members Of the eonvenIIon, when dojy
elected, be, and they are hereby "a thoriEsd 70
meet Al the city Of New Oassns "a November
Sen, Thse o., wn 50 me-, .hsil Isl
Sisetsd, washer n h. eSpsdIsSt or moi =, pSst
lime 70 form a constitution and STATE govern.
nsnt Tor the people within said rcrrit6ty, and
u Dc deteTnlneu 20 DC .eSpeaisnt, then the
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