Show STATEHOOD A pica piea from the people for admission EDITOR HERALD the resolution introduced in the council by councilor wells looking to the formation of a state government is a step in in the tile right direction and should be carried to the full extent contemplated we should have a state government and a standing application to congress for admission into the union if Con congress gresi will not admit oswe us we of course have to remain out but whether admitted or not wo we are entitled to self el govern ment the infamous bills naw now before congress arc are sufficiently indicative in dica tive of their feelings towards us and as the only color of right for congressional gressional interference consists in our consent we should withdraw that consent there never was any law nor is is there now if there ever over was any necessity cees sity for such interference the framers of the constitution never contemplated it they did contemplate the tile springing ng up of other political it ical communities within their neighborhood who might w wish i sh to join their political family and made provisions revisions for such contingencies aut but the matter of the acquisition of territory to be ile held and gave governed arned as colonies and the reduction of its citizens to abject subjection uk lection was so abhorrent to their natures they could not have entertained the idea this idea was the outgrowth of an in inordinate desire for political power and the perpetuation of the unholy relationship of master and slave it originated with men whose ideas of justice would permit them to seize and tear a human being from his family friends friend and cour country itry and whip him into earning a livelihood lively hood for themselves A party who could refuse to ratify the constitution until their political brethren would concede them the unfair advantage e of counting their property at the ballot as against other mens votes it is perhaps no wonder that such men could inaugurate a colonial it lut now that the other party are in power it does s cem a little singular that the men whose humane instincts prompted prompt etl them to abolish slavery do not also dia dispatch patch its twin sl sister ster colonial government the count rys best constitutional lawyers and ablest statesmen and wid jurists have never recognized the right to acquire territory to be held and governed as colonies but on the contrary have distinctly dis dissented d from the doctrine such w was as the case with jefferson webster cl clay a calhoun cass seward zachary dylr taylor and others the decision of the united states supreme court and the opinion n olevery of every right thinking ing man hence I say let us leave nave a state government ov ern ment and put its machinery into operation if congress will not ad wo will with much regret remain out but we will up our prayers to the god of abraham h jaccob jacob moses koses david and others without fear of being excluded from the jury box T feb 1882 |