Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15
T.sE NATIONAL QUESTION IN AND
OUT OF CONGRESS.

article which hegius as follows:
When IL. Lincoln. among his frs
FtteTailceS a. President, compared the
States Of the MON. IN point oi rights
to the eauutie, IA the States. he showed
himself ct-Ii-v II crimInGi ignorance. OF
- criminal .-~..G. II 1t was the utter
aUce ~ igr.r... -r- i furnishes conc'u-
-.ve proof t-..-- .e- was Ell. -eIv devoid
II ! kpawis3-, # statesnl ansnip. Rho
q: our system add the principles CAat liz
ct its base; II ~ sim. Il was 81 most afro
cious proposltluu-
This statement does not ieave - those
Americans who cherish tie hama and
memory @: AH-ahan Lincoln With =
sense o. r--err1ce a vsrr peasant:
choice. I4av Ttds. corce..e that he
vas either ea iEncraIaus or I kuGve.
az repudIa,c e. E.tuH,jF.sr as trU:hfUl
clnmentatar It Is not unlikely tia:
they will pEs-'rs tine latter course.
But that the Er1D.iifer reflects the Pc
culiar notions % our deludsd Southern
brethren who adhere to the Lost CaUSe,
would seem to ce only too plainly indi
ca:ed by the following report Of some
proceedings which we've Lad in the
House of Representatives on Monday:
Baker ii Ipaii IA offered the follow
ing resolution-
Resolved. That the people Of the Upi-
til STATES ct'a'-t.ts.te one nation and not
y rere Consideration of States or ma
ttyus; that the Constitution was formed
by the people acting in their primary
and individual capacity through their
delegates thereto duly constituted; that
the Government under the Constitution
Is enc of the people by the people and
for the people. and tina. in its appropri-
ate sphere the Government Of this ma
ton is sovereign and supreme; that in
Its nature 1t Is permanent and indissolu-
BILE, except by the action and consent of
the whole people; that no State hes any
right or authority to judge of the con-
s,itutionality of the laws enacted by
Congress or TO nUllify the execution of
the same, and that ali overt acts by any
state or people thereof or secession
;berefrom or rebellion against the same
constitute treason; and that the late war
Il the rebellion for the disinembermeut
ii the [ MON was causeless and indie
feasible on any theory of right or of
constitutional law.
Baker moved that the rules be sus-
pended and the resolution adopted, and
called fox the ayes and noes. which were /
ordered
Stone of Missouri moved that the !
House adjourn. Rejected
Cox asked whether the question vas !
Invisible.
The Speaker responded tina. the mo- |
tion to suspend the rules and adopt the |
was not Invisible.
Cox asked whether IL was II order to |
read from the Constitution these words: |
Done N Convention by unanimous |
consent OF the States-George Washing |
ton
The Speaker replied tina, tina, would |
be n the nature Of debate and was not |
IL order.
The motion to suspend the rules and |
adopt the resolution was reiected-ayes, |
81 hoes. 13-two-thiT,iS Lot having |
voted II tie Affirmative Very lev Dem |
ocrats voted for it. Among them were /
DITaui. Har,lanburr, jerks. New. Phil |
- u Sss1At 'sAhtts anu ~ "
o: Michigan. All the Republicans voted |
FOR It aud al the Southern Democrats |
from voting. /
IL viii lie observed that We seem to be /
Justified by the foregoing in the aver
IEent that the EsUrriHsr reflects the |
news Of the Southern Democracy in
.As rather grating tons which i: adopts
il speaking Of tie late President Liz /
.aln and in dealing with what We Re
1,biicans are APT Ia style our national
abrie. The report further states that
,efore the vote was taken Mr. Baker
allied the attention of the Chair to the
act that many members abstained from
-oting and that he asked tlat they he
compelled to vo.e-as. also. that the
speaker oyerruled the point.
In order that the record upon this po-
.,ical controversy may be as complete
: possible. we reproduce the following:
Cox Of New York then offered the fol-
1wing:
Resolved, That the people of the Uni
4 States constitute q nation n the
=nse and to the extent and for tine pur-
5sss defined N The Federal Consiitu-
IN.
Resolved. That the Government of the I
nited States is Federal Union and
IS formed by the people OF the several
ates IN their sovereign capacity; that
: rights and powers of the United /
tx Government are defined and lin I
b. the Federal Constitution, and a