Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-05-19
TIE STATE.


T11 STAIR.
Fear COZ and sdls voxr esoH port.' y
Thae was the way that thirtssa ststes, |
aiaes the original thistesn sstsblishea
thsir indspsndsncs, made their own
statss, without any enabling sct II csn.
gFss1,o o. oi anybody. They acted upon,
the crest legal and constitatiopal ,prin.i
eiplA now veil settled - . vsrt Of the
tandansntsl Law ok The land. THAT ali
power i Inherent in ~ people. all
tcvssnments are founded upen their
easthosity, and the people have ct ali
'anss An unalienabls and indefeasible
'ngtk to alter, reform or abolish their
ii9ovesnment in such manner a. they may
think proper"
The words just quoted are part Of
the constitutions Of Massachusetts, Yer.
mont, Maine. Alabama. Deleware, Mis-.
siasippi, Tennessee. Alabama, Pennsyl,
vania. Florida, New Jersey, Texas,
Missouri, Californis, Kentucky. Ohio,
Iowa. Oregon and Minnesota.
The thirteen states who formed their
state governments BY their own authori-
ty without an enabling act, are Vermont,
Ksntucky, Tennessee, Maine, Michigan.
Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Wisconsin.
Cslifosnia, Kansas, Oregon and Nevada.
Not only is the principle quoted above
incorporated in state constitutions, and
formally and solemnly asserted" in the
declaration Of Independence" and acted
upon everywhere Is part Of the common
Law OF America, but the specific right of
the people Of Dakota to self government
and 70 admission q . state. is expressly
and formally in words made part of the
'supreme Law" of the land. By the
trsatyof csssion by France to the United
Stats, of the province Of Louisians, Of
which Dakota was part of April
80. 1905, it is provided that the
inhabitants Of the ceded ter.
'ritosy shall be incorporated in
the union Of the United States, and. ad.
'mittsd = soon - possible, according to
the principles Of the federal constitu-
'tion, to the enjoyment Of all the rights
advantages and immunities Of citizens
'ot ~ United statss
NOV the meaning OF this strong and
v'se pfov'slon OF the treaty has beeu
oonsaned ~ congress. and
osseeained oy the couFes' deanitely
nnauy' ana osyond al dispute, and hal
oeen aoted apon 70 many times that It
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ene lsno = ~ s'stef PianoaPle' tnat ~
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