Show reconstruction now that the war has bag taken so decide decidedly 4 turn in favor of tho the government th tho agitation of the question comes up as to ho how ill ehg states which seceded from tile the union are to come cera back and the question is lull of dilemmas so some deny the light of secession and declare that th the states were never out of the union yet will no lot admit that they can at once send members to the senate and house of rep representatives others assert that the states could and did se cede are out of the union legally yet assert that the states out of the union can send members to the congress of the union some maintain that the state governments government ex others claim that by the act of secession VO void act as they declare the states comra committed commit itta tei suicide some will throw the burthen of settling the question on tho the president others say that ai aa commander in calef of the army all h he e can do is 13 to grant or reluse refuse passes through the lines to persons claimer claiming ig to be members of congress and that each house has the exclusive right to decide on the qualification of its own meders members and the validity of their credentials Itis it is indeed one of those cases where opinions are as numerous as in minds ands and no solution seems entirely free from difficulty by the constitution the election of members of congress is a state af affair flair the state legislature choosing the senators and the persons entitled to vote for tho the numerous I 1 branches of the state legislature elect tho the depre senta sonta tives to Congi ex the constitution provides that representatives and direct taxes shall shall be apportioned arrion among the several states accordia according to their respective spec tive numbers etc those st ac the constitutional rights of the rebellious states may as well commence advising their friends in jeffs dominions that representation and taxation go together and before they can be admitted to any rights 11 under the constitution they must hawl band ro in the dollars to the tax gatherer there is a good round sum in this ono one little item beim being char charged ed up against ainest the refractory Dixi cites after loyal men shall have compelled them to lay down their arms although as above stated the election of members of congress is to gome some extent a I 1 state affair the constitution prescribes this limitation see sec 4 I 1 the times places and manner of holdin holding elections for senators and representatives shall be ba prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations except as to the places of choosing senators let the state sovereignty copperheads Copper heads north and south put that in their pipes and smoke it but gen butler jn in a recent speech mado made sad allt heir fine spun theories of the constitutional rights 4 odthe south looking to reconstruction ile he proposes to look at the whole matter in a plain common sense view without stopping to enquire whether the rebels are out of the union logically legally or constitutionally tio nally ho he recognizes that to the extent of their P physical it Y ability they are actually out pro tent tem atil when we shall have conquered a peace and ca compelled obedience to the constitution and laws it will be our duty to preserve the peace and solidify the union as circumstances shall require tho the loyal north can take no chances of throwing I 1 the next presidential election into the house of representatives where each state will have but one and an equal vote and will not allow the machinations of traitors at the north with scheming at tho the south to result in placing the tha government in the hands of double di distilled stille d and dee deeply p ay dyed treason mongers bongers north or south |