Proclamations By The Governor Of North Carolina Together With The Opinion Of Chief Justice Pearson And The Reply Of The Governor

Excerpt from Proclamations by the Governor of North Carolina: Together With the Opinion of Chief-Justice Pearson, and the Reply of the Governor This government will be maintained for the following, among other reasons: 1st. It has been lawfully and constitutionally established by the whole people of the State. It is operating smoothly and harmoniously. Under it the people are quiet and peaceable, and are just entering anew on a career of prosperity. It must not be upset or even assailed, because the colored people have been allowed to vote; or because they will vote with a certain party; or because a few public men are out of office and a few are in. 2d. Senators and Representatives have been admitted by the Congress to seats in that body. The State is, therefore, of as well as in the Union. It is as much of the Union as New York or any other State. No State can secede, nor can Congress push a State out, or sever its relations with the common government. If Congress should, therefore, do what is exceedingly improbable, repeal the reconstruction acts, such repeal would have no more effect than a repeal of the act admitting Texas or Kansas to representation. The reconstruction acts have been executed, and are, therefore, beyond the reach of Congress. 3d. The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction of the subject. Its powers are expressly defined by the Constitution to he "judicial," and not political. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.