Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-01-18

ga domestic institution forced upon our foefaners 10 coo-
na days. rather than voluntarily adopted BY hem s Tor the
the policy Southern brethren Any
sudden abandonment OF that policy IS impossible Even It's
gradual REIMBURSEMENT beset with difficulty and embaass
msnt The patriots Of the Revoluion-convened 10 frame
that has endured M three quarters OF century
has spread over half hemisphere the blessings of peace
political and religious freedom, and oil national prosperity
sssened the great principle that each State OF the Union Is
sovereign to her internal and her social rela
TONS Without this recognition absolute and unconditional
the thirteen original States would have concurred
the federal compact That the great conservative ele
which bound hearts, though could not reconcile opln
ions. Without that element, the Union would not have
been created then. Without it, the Union cannot be pre-
served now. ...... ......
AS the supremacy Of the laws and the preservation Of
the Unon we will give the eloquent words of the message
without abatement-they words fifty spoken, and very
properly concludes this able official paper
sAbove ALL Indiana recognises the imperative duty, by
every good CITIZEN Of obedience the laws Of the land
'Whatevn difference of opinion may exist 10 the late
compromise measures enacted by Congress; however ultra
hem there is but of action for the true patriots
to pursue and that b unhesangy and in good faith
out their enacments.
Thee is safety for property, for liberty, for life,
except in the absolute supremacy Of the law There is high
duty Of the citizen than to mnan by word and Decd that
supremacy As value the heritage rich beyond all price,
purchased with silver go but with the fes blood OF
the good and the brae-a heritage bequeahed to by our
descendants-e bear in mind this great TRUTH that
the first public Of dsobedence to law is the frat fatal step
on the downward road to anarchy.
'.The Constitution of this great Confederacy, written on
parchment may be assunder ft be not written also
the hearts and affections of he people written
We love- respect it. give it highest sanction, alike
for the sake of the sacred principles guardian Of human ber
y embodied in its provisions for the unnumbefed blessings
have enjoyed under its ue and 10 memory Of that band
great and good conceived and established it, This
truth should be understood by people, that this Union can
be preserved by force If it could would not be worth
preserving The bonds and lgaments that bind together
moral and not physical Our glorious Union one OF
and not Of force. It is Union of confidence, Of
trust, of love- and Of affection. When these are gone the
Union loses all its attraction and value.
At no hour Of history have required more than at
present infusion into councils Of that spirit in which
the articles of Confederacy first conceived AS re-
presentaves czers of Indiana, citizens OF the United
States have difficult delicate, important duties to perform
Foremost amongst these the obligation to oppose by every
lawful MEANS that spirit Of sctious anatclsm alike suicidal
wherever has BIRTH which nsdousy assumes the garb IN
section of philanthropy in another of State rights BY
speech action by concessoD by obearance by compro
me by the influence Of moral suason, and the strong
OF kndness-by each and all Of these let seek to
allay the spirit of awess misrue that spirit which insals
each mans opinion the abiter of constitutional rights or
which cooy estimates the value Of this Union, and looks
with steady eye separation OF these States, the certain
herald Of boodshed and thousand horrors separation to be
surely and speedily followed by in its most odious form
ervle, perhaps, we'll civ-war among those of the
ane race the same name the bood-war tha. shall
,ng together in hostile array neghbor against neghbor,
,rother against brother, son against sire.
To avert eaamites dreul, Indiana will cast to
he last the entire weight of her influence She will be just
and every member Of the Confederacy-us the
consu,ion-jus, the Laws She will abide by the cons,
ution, abide by the laws and above ALL she will abide by
he compromises made by ahesthe compromises made
,y the great and good cf this day. She will hop she
will pray, that the kind and overulng Providence
which watched fathers the adoption Of the cons,
uton and has sustained in every crisis and cheeed in every
Of darkness SINCE will direct their also r the paths
IF wisdom and peace aud enable transmit posery
bat sacred instrument guide and blessing in the future
1 has ever been in the past. ..".
Indana takes her stand in the ranks not Of Southern
destiny, yet of NORTHERN She plants her
ef the basis of the Constitution, and takes her stand in
he ranks of AMERICAN DESTINY. ~.
"JOSEPH A. WRIGHT"