It has been objected that this doctrine is equivalent to a recognition of the right of Secession, because it concedes the power of any one State to withdraw from the Union. But the fallacy of this objection is easily demonstrated. The Federal Government does not emanate from the States, but directly from the people. The relation between them is that _of protection_ on the one hand and _allegiance_ on the other. This relation cannot be dissolved by either party, unless by voluntary or compulsory expatriation. It subsists alike in States and Territories, not being dependent upon any local government. The Rebels claim the right to dissolve this relation, and to become free from and independent of the Federal Government, though retaining the same territory as before. We deny any such right, and hold, that, though they may forfeit their rights _as a State_, they are still bound by, and under the jurisdiction of, the Federal Government. This jurisdiction, though absolute in all places, is not the same in all. In the District of Columbia, and in all unorganized territories, the jurisdiction of the Federal Government is exclusive in its _extent_, as well as in its _nature_. It must protect the inhabitants in _all_ their rights,--for there is no other power to protect them. They owe allegiance to it, and to no other. The inhabitants of the _organized_ territories, though under the general jurisdiction of the Federal Government, are, to some extent, under the jurisdiction of the Territorial Governments. Each is bound to protect them in certain things; they are bound to support and obey each in certain things. The people of a State are also under the absolute jurisdiction of the Federal Government in all matters embraced in the Constitution. They owe it unqualified allegiance and support in those things. But they are also, in some matters, under the jurisdiction of the State Government, and owe allegiance to that. There are many matters over which both have jurisdiction, and in which the citizens have a right to look to each, or both, for protection. The courts of each issue writs of _habeas corpus_, and give the citizens their liberty, unless there is legal cause for their custody or restraint.