Mr. HISE. I will come to that, sir, directly. Suppose it to be yielded and conceded for argument's sake that the Congress of the U.S., this Government of States, can adopt and impose political institutions and governments over people not being a State and community, over a people who never have been received or admitted as States into the Union; suppose it to be conceded although it is in violation of the grand doctrine at the very foundation of our system of government, to wit, representation, it does not follow you can adopt political government and institutions for people who have never lived upon your territory. who never occupied any portion of your public domain; a right of government that cannot be inferred from that provision of the Constitution that Congress shall make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory and other. property of i. U.S. Instead of holding any portion of lands within the borders of the Colonies at the publication of the Articles of Confederation which receded and produced the Union of go. these the U.S. Government had not a foot of land I know of in North America. Cessions were afterward made. When the Constitution was adopted there were lands ceded by some of the States. The States not only granted the great charter of your government, not only created the Constitution, but some of them gave you their lands. The States were the grantors of lands as well as the grantors of powers. Virginia, NCarolina, SCarolina, and Georgia made cessions of large tracts of unappropriated or unsettled domain to the Government of the U.S., which lands have been used and enjoyed, have been disposed of and used for public emolument and benefit in every way, and now you deny representation on this floor to these very States., Virginia by her Barber and Madison; SCarolina by her Pinckney Butler, and Rutledge; Georgia by Baldwin; her Fewan some of the ablest and most illus 1 trious men of the age in which they lived minds that have not been excelled since, i they have been equaled, were the authors and projectors of your great charter, the Constitution of the U.S.; and now after those States have given you their lands you thrust them outside the too and attempt to govern them as territories, and in order that your oppressive rule may be maintained over them without opposition or hindrance you deny them representation in Congress. What monstrous injustice; what gross violation of all the doctrines and principles which pertain to free government in any country