Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1884 — Nations not Parties to Suits. [ARTICLE]

Nations not Parties to Suits.

It is a principle of law among all civilized nations that no government can be tried by or in its own courts. The eleventh amendment to, the constitution is as follows: “The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States ' by citizens of another State or by citizens bFSubjects of any foreign State.” On the same principle States cannot be sued. Persons who believe they have or hold certain claims against the United States may have their cases heard by the Court of Claims, to which are referred all claims founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States, and all claims which may be referred to it by either House of Congress.—lnter Ocean. Lamp chimneys will las.tna great deal longer, if, when new, they are put in a kettle of cold water with a handful of salt, boil a couple of hours, then take off and let the chimney stand in it until cold. This process, I can say from experience, toughens them very much. What Sunday is to Christians, Monday is to the Greeks, Tuesday to the Persians, Wednesday to the Assyrians, Thursday to the Egyptians, Friday to the Turks, and Saturday to the dews.