Show DAKOTA WILL ASSERT HER hep RIGHTS EIGHTS SOME bome ime me ago we noticed the expressed determination of the people ol of dakota to assume the right of seit belt government whether congress was willing to grant it or not it appears that there thero ia something more moro in inthe the movement than many people are prepared to admit dakota has haa population enough and has progressed to be entitled to the freedom and privileges privilege a of statehood application tor for admission into the union has been unsuccessful now the people intend to organize a state government with all the necessary machinery for its operation the constitution will be submitted resubmitted to congress and it that body acts so BO as aa to sustain the motion of the people all will be plain sailing if not the pro proposition la is to go ahead with the estate government pay no attention to the territorial officers and then see ece what the federal an authorities th orl ori tiles will do about it this to many haa the appearance of rebellion but the dakotans Dako tans have no desire or intention to rebel they merely want their rights under the territorial system they cannot enjoy the privileges of citizenship zen ship but are compelled to bear many of its burdens they object to being vassals they claim the right night t to bo be free men and demand a republican form of government to which they are just as mua much entitled as tho the people of any of the states they do not wish to secede from the union they want to be admitted they should have the nigh right t of self govern ment in common with all organized communities in this free country they will therefore organize a state and elect its omm off leens officers if congress will not recognize it and admit the state they will go on and mind their own business and it will then remain for the federal government to act as it shall see proper and by such action tho the course of the state authorities will be determined have somewhat of a precedent for this course michigan was a state fourteen months montha before etwas it was recognized by the general government vermont broke off from new now york and had a state organization 9 aniza tion of its own fourteen years before being formally admitted into the union it is true that the constitution ution says that new states M may 1 1 y be ba admitted and that it rests w with 1 t h congress to admit them but at the hiame sama time lle the people haye hate righta rights which ought to be respected respect edland and th the e territorial system Is something n not 0 t only for in the con ution but entirely opposed to the spirit and genius of that sacred instrument and to the general institutions of the country the plan proposed Is thus explain ed edby by Hon lion B R F pettigrew delegate to congress from dakota at the last session to a correspondent of the chicago inter infer ocean rho who different counties will elect delegates to the constitutional convention the convention will frame a constitution and provide for all the machinery of a state in fact organize and create a state if it Is ratified we shall take it to congress it if congress refuses to admit wo we shall proceed in the spring to exercise our rights as a State jand sand and congress can do nothing except to deny us ua representation on the floor of the national legislature we shall electa governor and state of beers a state legislature establish a supreme and circuit courland court Cour tand and go ahead we shall not recognize governor ordway because we shall have a governor ID of kour four our we have elected we e shall fall to elect a territorial legislature but choose a 3 state legislature instead there will be not only no territorial legislature but we shall repeal eveny every 14 law w passed during the existence of the territory the territorial governor secretary auditor treasurer and the courts will have no laws to execute we shall appoint the pie pue bent hent territorial judges 0 of f our own wn supreme court no business will bo be brought before them except in their capacity as eine hae bae officials the federal plunderers who have been bent sent out here to rob us will simply have nothing to io do because no one will approach them hem on official business we do not propose for utah to 0 ollow follow the course of dakota but t that bhe she shehata has a perfect right to d do so BO wo we do not doubt for a maor moment neut neuv it t would be inexpedient in her case for r many reasons but we would like to eee see dakota assert her rights and obtain them as we have no doubt elle edle will if fsr her people are ate but eue bue united to carry out the pro gramme prepared |