New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-15

| original states m all respects what"Ncr. lhls
clause was never forgotten afterward But II 1t
has any especial virtue. then Vermont and
Kentucky might In certain contingencies be put
at disadvantage. Ohio. In order to become a
State, had to accept the Ordinance Of 1871 She
would be the last to regret this. and yet the
mere requirement put her In a different cate
CORY from the older States In this case Con
gress offered inducements to make the obliga-
ton agreeable. To Louisiana no Inducements
were offered. but the stipulations embodied In
the Ordinance OF 1857 were peremptorily re-
quired by Congress Indiana Illinois and Ala
bama came In terms similar to those exem-
plihed by Ohio. Mississippi's case was close
parallel to that OF Louisiana. For Maine. which
had been territorially part of Massachusetts,
Congress followed the precedents OF Kentucky
and Vermont The question OF admitting Mis-
souri, forced discussion the equality or the
States and there were those who pointed to the
intentional vagueness Of the Constitution as q
proof that perfect equality was no, necessary
element Of Statehood. The State was admitted
Only condition that its Constitution should
never be construed adversely to the interstate
rights Of citizens under the National Consttu-
ton. Two acts were passed for Arkansas and
the second OF these put the new state III the
same class with Louisiana and Mississippi.
Michigan had her boundary defined for her.
Iowa only admitted 10y the consent OF the
township electors Nevada was required TO har-
monte her Constitution with the Declaration or
| Indcpcndencc as well as with the Constitution OF
the United States. and the Enabling act ex-
cludcd slavery and required religious liberation.
These were requirements in the ordinance OF
1877. but direct mention Of them In an enabling
act was new Nebraska was held 10 the condi-
ton that there should be no denial OF the cleo
tive franchise to any person because 81 race or
color excepting Indians not taxed The most
significant remaining case is that or 'tah' ID
which the Enabling act is also a marriage law.
In the admission OF the reconstructed states
Significant conditions ~er" Imposed Ihe Ihicr-
encc Of Professor Cunning is that III these con
ditions valid. and II. 10y virtue oil 'heih'
rights are withheld that are enjoyed by the
original States. the ancient dogma that TINS Is a
union 81 equal states is without foundation
IN constitutional law" At present the posslniii-
ties 81 the case seem mattcr Of indifference
While some may ho forbidden g. do what others
could DO without violating the Contributions in
practice the powers they exercise are n" same
But In the changes that must follow growth
ir POPULATION and the development OF interests
varied and IT may be-. antagonlsic. inequality
may prove TO be desirable. In that case. says
Professor burning the theory OF equal States
Will DISAPPEAR as dli that Of state sovereignty
and possibly with as tremendous CONFUSION
Mr. Powell has written a useful book In his
history % all the attempts at notification and
scccssiou /, shows against what vast odds the
principle ~ union had to contend for supremacy
from III. FIRST He supports his chapters by an
admirable selection of documents. His most
striking remark Is that the nineteenth century
has amended the Declaration OF Independence
rather than the Constitution. IL has added to
III. inaIicnntlo rights 81 man the right TO be
educated and IS now trying to add the right OF
all men 10 labor and to share cquitahly in the
result ~ their labor
| In prcsacing III TO the future Of the United
States II IL we'll TO look AT the past MIR cobb's
book on the Paatincs Is opporiunc for TINS
purpose Probably at no time since, not even
with the present era Of restricted Immigration
has there been more misgiving than there was
among the colonists In the early years OF the
eighteenth century II was then that the Ia
/ horious Germans known AS Palatincs. because
they came chiefly from the Khenish Palatinate
uerc hrought to this country by thousands
The English people in America thought that
government and society were In danger They
feared that these aliens would "subvcrt our in
s,itu,ions'- history repeats itself and
that IN. Germans might join the French on the
hordor or AT least might help them by fomcnt-
,,,. disturbances Of their own. II was hardly
known that these people were the victims OF
L,r.,ch cr1i,l,y as embodied IN Louis XIV. that
they had suffered for their religion as well as
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