Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-02-25

nTThe following is copy Of the memorial
prepared BY order Of the Senate Of this State 10
its late session. asking Congress to authorize the
issue Of bonds to the States to an amount that
will relieve them from their presen, embarrass-
Tnen.s:--
To The Senate and House Of Representatives. Of
the United States of American:
We, the subscribers, citizens OF INDIANA deep
ly feel the crisis which involves the pecuniary
credit, and mpeaches the honor Of the States
dviduay and in the ircolleciive sovereignty Of
the Union. Impelled by our sense of duiy, hum
be as may be our influence and our voice, with
out arrogaiing the wisdom OF Intaliible Counsels,
would urge upon you, as the gunrdians OF the
Republic, the most earnest conviction Of the evils
and tho exigency of our county, and would ex-
press our that all your patriotic zeal wIil be
rallied to bring this disastrous hour OF
try the earlies, relief
Ii Is idle by poliiica de marcat tons Of the States
as sovereign bodies TO Indivldualze them before
the world as distinct in all honorary responsrbl-
~ from their united array. 10 the view OF the
nations, these sovereIgniies blend their merits and
their powers, social and political, into one EN-
pre- perry aded by national nerve. and IdeniI-
fed IN one bond Of the national destiny and ma
fionai fame. The more Intimate this unison Is
for all this combined pledge Of faith md this DIFF
fused seus,bity, for this pride of the Union, the
more iliustrinus is the centratIon of these
ereign,ies. and tho effective nd imperial the
power and rank of our Republic. A confedera-
ton thus cemented must bear the odlum OF each
members delinquency; and the ma lesty Of the
Union is depressed and darkened by The di shonol
of any Of tho States. The Government Of the
Union is the moral aud honorary sponsor OF the
States. 10 the estimation OF foreign Powers, Il
attempt, where States in pecunlary default
10 confipc the stigma its stain to tho contract
ing States, is equivalent TO de'ach'ng those State
from the Confederation. and virtual dsmember
ship of the Union by their reputation, and b.
such determinations.
Let us bu, know position in our nssocat LEI
power in the society of nations, and we shall, a
one people fee whatever may blight the name Q
the interests Of any member of republican
Empire.
The embarrassments of individual State
under the pecunary engagements are now pres
sing upon the Union, and its credit and capac
ties, as n national calamity. And the ques,io
which visits the heart, and challenges the jnde
mept Of every lover Of his country. is. what ma
be done TO viudcate the honor OF the Union, an
redeem the States from thar dIsparagemenis an
dlthcu,iesf If such an achievement be not with
in the constitutional reach of Congress, ever
citizen must feel how helpless his country is, an
how faulty aud mprovldent mus, be the Const
tuition which sustaIns the frame and vitality OF tt
Union. We believe, however. that no such dis
bility exists. and that neither the interest at
honor of the States, of the Union, need
wrecked, while the constitutional disquistic
runs its ardent course in the halls of Congress.
Our country has, in the midst Of the resourc
which nature and her improvements have allott
TO her, the potrerS. too, Of using those resourc
for her relief She enjoys the faculty Of sell. pr
serva,,on in every reverse and exigency.
Every expedient Of the Federal power, VIII
administers 10 the relief, the protection. or Il
prosperity OF the individual States, agsrandiz
the Federal Government, and illustrates its vigt
GUS competency. and best proves, while ii for
fies, the unity Of the Republic, showing tina, O
heart beats through all its sections.
We pray then. that the Federal power be br
n,d I,sIx inin ~,