Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-06-06


conservative, should be heard the spirit of moieaton
invoking the preservation of this Union.
, ne sure remedy for the present excitement which
threatens to disturb the peace aud harmony of the union,
Is to be found in the Triumph of camnes moderation
over passion and preudce the revival of the spirit Of
10 ana 1895 that spirit of fraterna devotion the union
oil the States winch with fathers the adoption
Of The Constitution, which has kept and preserved
mus Tar, and which is the best and guarantee Of
our future existence people
Meetings Like the before us, of the union and
union Of all political parties between the representatives
OF the pepe of the different States in which Of
our fellow citizens participate well calculated break
down sectional barriers and prejudice, and make feel
that we are not KeDtuckans Indanans bat citizens of
one common country.
With these sent pervading the great body Of
fellow citizens, have yet the pleasant and agreea
bic part Of my duty to discharge. sir, 10 you,
Governor Crenden, from the land of Ddvess, Shelby,
johnson, Hart Simpson and others, in behalf of the
thousands before me, and in behalf of the thousands
scattered over the State, to-day offer you the greetings
Oi million OF Inhabitants Of our State, and BID you wei
come TO Indiana.
Governor CRlTTENDEN then responded in speech of
considerable length in the course of which he made
the following remarks: He said. that never in the
whole of his life had there been an occasion
IN which he had been called TO act, embarrassing as
the presen-he had never before been The object Of
such kind and generous attention; for which he
indebted t, the Governor of Indiana. and which
was more endeared to him when accompanied by the
sentiment that it intended mainly for the purpose
of aayng The asperiies Of personal and party excite
men
Since lie lad first entered the State, be had been
hon'red with the kindest attentions Of the people
There was nothing in his life deserving the fatterng
attentions he had received, and he took honor
intended for his State. He born in the West. in
old Kentucky. She was the pioneer Of the other sis
tiers Of the that have since come into the Union
He could lave been born in bat one State; but his
feelings with every inch of territory i'm the
west. He for the whole Union and nothing less
but lie for the west, for it is the west that is to
bind the country together. Here was the country,
that with her millions, was to sustain the Union.
We cannot give away any part Of it. Every river.
inlet, bay aud harbor was necessary to for
msrcia political and moral purposes, as we'll for the
time TO come as for the present What is TO disturb
the Union! Our history is but of Provi-
d-nces. from the landing of our fathers fleeing from
oppression in the old wurld, until, THROUGH
YEARS war n government founded TO which
Washington placed his sgnet, numbering
than twenty millions of freemrn-and out of this
large number n It a is to he found Who say
that his government is Expressing him. Where shall
find such Constitution ours And yet, in the
midst Of all this. there the voice of alarm. What
is the cause What has broken the iies of brother
hood, threatens to break them But cause
the question of slavery. Some of you wish put it
down at all hazards. Slavery, in the South. is not
alone question Of property bu ii is question of
Society The downfall Of government IS nothing,
to the downfall IF the organization Of Society Do
YOU wonder then that people should be alarmed, when
you wish to break down society," This truth was
told not in anger but in caudor He said, that pro-
ceedings in Congress and out of Congress- viewed
in the South looked to the overthrow of their ustl
tu,ions-they exaggerated no doubt, bu; still
they were not wi hout their force in fact.
At the organization of the general government
there was slavery in the old thirteen States than
there was at this moment. What the great prin-
cipe then 1t was, that each State should act for
ITSELF in its internal regulations, and the others
obligated to carry out this principle. This was clear
y in the mind, in the Constitutional provision that
fugitses from labor should be given up. They guar
anteed every Stale the observance of these powers
yet some say, there conscientious duties, which
would forbid the exercise of these principles of
government What should men like these do They
should seek other country more congena to their
feelings. He who expects travel road and find
every body feeling and acting like himself must travel
that road alone.
Suppose you had the power entirely to abolish sla
very this very day. would you do Would you not
rather stand by things they are dsiasteful they
may be, than TO
"Fly TO others that ye know not OFF,
But suppose a dissolution of the Union. |, said
he. in that could again appear upon your
soil with the Kindly greetings that have welcomed me
the present occasion, for disunlUn never take
place without war and bloodshed. He that would de-
stroy the Constitution of the United States would
destroy the greatest blessings of liberty, morality and
religion He said there deep apprehension. on
in our country. He said that, for himself, he would
rather be a newer of wood and drawer Of water than
see the Union perish, for in it garnered up the
highest hopes of humanity. When it falls the earth
will shake with the crash.
He did not believe that the Union could be easily
dissolved but, by continued agitation thorn would
be planted that would continue rankle. He did not
believe that the Union could be easily destroyed but
it could be undermined. This continual agitation Of
the question would vItiate the public mind. and one
of tie worst consequences of dsunion would be real
ized if the States should lose their sympathy and
kindness for each oiher-the wihered dead limbs
might remain attached TO the body, or only remain
bound together the doctors bind the parts of ske
eton when the heart That gave them life and ANNA
ton, was pulseless and dead. Why cannot ali The
States live together like Kentucky and Indiana He