, 1877-01-11

Tho 6tato-Soverefgnty Democrats arc IN,
able TO contain or ropress their cagorness to
avow their political dogma until they ses
whether their man TILpxx will DO inaugura.
ted or not On Monday Inst Mn. Il. Q.
MfILs, Of Texas, moved to suspend tic rules
Of tho Houao and adopt tho following:
RaoIrsd. THAT tho maintenance fnylolatc nt tk4
rights Of tho satca, md especially the right 0.
each sthte to order md control tts own son,estIe
Institutions according u lts nwn judgment ex.
cfustvcly, s essential to tho ba1ance Of power on
which tho perfection nni endurance uf onr polIte,1
fnbrlc depends, and we dcnonnco tho lawlcas 1n-
Tason by armed force Of The soil Of amy State OF
Territory. matter under what prctoxt, As among
the gravcBt Of crln.es.
The dispatch gooa on to report that-
Tho second reading was called for. when Mt,
KAasox suggcstci that It dill not contain the worlt
''subjcct to the Federal ConstttatIon." scycls,
members on tho Democratic side Nho did not seem
10 approve the policy Of offering such resolution
suggested to Mr.. 1feLMAH to move nm adjournment
which he did. While on thn Republican side sug.
gcstton went around to oppose an adjournment aad
force vote on The resolution. The motion to aa.
Journ defcntcd, 10 TO Of, and vote waa taken
on tho motion to suspend tho rules and alop. ths
resolution. 1twns 10at-ycas, lot; nnYs, ~.
Tho amount of tho mattcr ID, that Ito
Democratic. Confederate House carried a
resolution by 10 majority, which avous
% bold Stnte-Sovereignty doctrine u
anything ovor advocated by JonN G. CAL
HouN. Tho resolution for which tho Demo.
crata voted o1evates the State abovo thu
Nation, and places tho marching Of National
troops from ono part Of tho Union toanother,
by order Of tho President, Oh constitutional
business, among tho greatest Of crimes
and denounccs It "aa lawloss invasion Of
the soil Of State" Tho supporters Of ths
resolution promptly rojooted KAssoN' a'amond.
mont Of the words "subject to tho Federal
Constitution" Tho resolution rules out tho
Jurisdiction d tho National Government,
aud .trcats 1t rs M a1icn enemy. It also III
effect denies the Constitution AZ the supreme
Inv Of tho land, higher and paramount to
State laws mud regulations. The territory Of
tho Union covered by local State Govern
ments Is uado sacrcd aud holy ground. Be-
| foro tho Iiobollion wo used to hear Of tie
"sncrol soil Of the Stntes which protected
tho "peouliar institution" This sacrcl-soil
idea is In fair way to bo revived into activi.
ty ~ Democrntic dogma. Lot tho priuc.
pies of the N1LIs resolution be enforced,
md how long will it 10 bpforo slaycry will
bo re-established In Texas aud other
cotton States? Deforo tho election tho
Democratic iemagogucs in Congress
would o. soon hNyo handled rcd-hot iron ~
to touch Al1t1s' resolution in any other way
than to lay it OIL tho table, OF consign it to
tho pigcon.holo OF q Committee; but now
that the election Is oyer, and all tho votes
that cnn bo obtained under falso pretenses
hnvo been secured, thoy are no longer bash.
ful or timid in showing the cloven foot. How
do T11pEN Republicans like Mills rosolu.
tion, which fronts tho National Government
as an nlicn, and sets up tho local Govern.
monta an independent sovereign powers,
whose sacred soil It Is auaoug tho gravest Of
crimes for National troops to treal, and fos
doing Which they are to be denounced mud
treated a. "lawless inyalcrs"2