Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

\ 7me whether the constitution of the father
~ Gs whiah Spoa the earth The publ
iinitA tions; the limitation IMPOSED S y treat
mode with foreign power before mr.
oaasa, the ,s ordinance nee. comp;sS Of 3
sysF essane east act Of Of ter,i Nj.
and LAST Sf ail BY the genius of our kastitntion
made at once 20 foster vsep, and secure men tn
right Of s sale
mon union. Yhis fs L 'e grand featurtFSf,consti
tutional government. o. etlnguishing Letween i
ana imperialism and is u, az which makes civi
Objection is urged tiat DAB -ota was carved out
OF an existing territory, which was thereby dis.
member without right. Besides being over
falls upon analysis. A territory is in. no sense
possessed of political sovereignty, being the
creature Of congress. and formed without Abe
OF the United States involving no conflict with
ssa STATE before defined, formed constitution re-
pnSiGan IN torm and erected thereunder the
creative power of bringing the new state into
being has here exerted and spent; Action BY the
general goves9ment preceding admission is ex-
in being. II has already become a new
state" which may be, admitted to the
II the state
93oundaries, population, material resources and
development. and her citizens are unobjectiona-
pc IN their moral practices and has established
the union, and it has acquired vested rixhts
which 1t is not possible TO any lawful power to
n he, may her
political being, nor deny the exercise of her
mamlng functions as q state. Because she is
wsntonly vronged by the legislative depart
the executive or ignored BY the judiciary. she
Is s entitled to Judgment on her cause as she
to ess FL aPa h.. g. they
noihlng more. Her people would not assert a
right which they do not believe they possess. nor
viii they tamey yield their rights at the beck of
to maintain more perfect government che tres
passed on no right: either state, or individual.
Tho true sons Of liberty not jealous Of others,
put only or the honor OF their mistress.
Is 1T TREASON?
Dakota a state and out of the union and as
eerting her right to enter has been likened by
the south Carolina senator unto state in the
pitiful attempt Of an apoiogist Of rebellion to
get into respectable company. Dakota would
enter the union because she loves it-South
hated it. Dakota Graves the honor Of entering ing
the union in order to help sustain it-South
Carolina courted the disgrace of leaving in or
constitution and by direction of statute, along
liberty's highway under the folds of the banner
Ct the union to the step of the national anthem
5eSn he9 the p4s of s aas aeb
ways of law. trailing through the slime Of revo-
luton. beneath the black flag of rebellion,
to the music of the grand march of treason.
Dakota would enter as q patriot loving liberty
south Carolina would have departed as q traitor,
eminent mock at Dakota's cause if they will, but
let them beware to insult the intelligence
of the age. Then. gentlemen. commend
You to your, labors and enjoin, that your
minds control rather than your hearts, your
Judgment rather than impulse, and that YOU
move forward in unbroken phalanx to the ac-
called. To you is committed the veal or woe OF
this people and their political Significance as
freemen throughout the ceaseless ages. and upon
you liz devolved tie gravest responsibility ever
to rest upon representative body Of this glori-
GUS heritage, and let me admonish that harmony
abide in your assemblings, wisdom in your oun-
ellis, and courage in your SOULS until your star
place in the galaxy of states, and its words.
Under God the people rule shall be lasting
beacon to future states of the nation and the
world, thus helping to avoid in the future the
disgraceful controversies of the past over the
A. G. MELLETTE, Governor.