Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-01-02

of thirty members provided their election shall he made
under system liberal enough 70 secure to the State the
services Of her best and ahlest citizens
The subject Of the coonz alton Of the free blacks
now beginning to receive that attention which its mnor
lance demands. The circumstances which surround US
pressing people look into this subject il the
right light, ana IN proper spirit.
Our southern brethren making rapid movements
towards abrdgnS the privileges Of this class even TO
punishment We m the north adopting extraordina-
ry means for removing them, by prohibiting them from
holding property, excluding them from the protection of
the laws, and denying them any rights whatever.
While all this Is going on our better nature the con-
mon synpathies of all men, beginning 10 ask these
important questions: What to be the eEd OF Oh fk;sT
Is there no remedy Is there no cure for this criI1
In the midst OF all this excitement and coufuson the
light breaks in upon which points concIusvey 10 col
onizaton rs the only remedy. The infant colony Of IL
bera recognized among the nations of the earth
begins now TO attract the renewed attention of all mon
who desire to see an entire separation of the two races
In tins great struggle for the separation of the black
man from the white, let Indiana her stand nut her
agent into the field. Her citizens are ready Yee
they are willing to contribute of their surplus something
for the removal Of this people from among us and To To-
cate them IN the native land of their oreathers Other
States in this Union have their settlements in Ibo
RIA. Let indiana have hers Let us sustain fhe move
ment made by Mr. Bryant Of Alabama for the emplov-
ment OF government vessels, to found an Emnire in AZ
RIGA. Let the National well as the State GOVERN
ments strike at this hour for permanent and ecctua
remedy Tor the agaons and excitement Of the day
this difficult question.
In pursuance of Joint Resolution of the last session
OF the Legislature. a block of marble native of tho
State procured and forwarded to Washington to be
placed in the monument now I'm progress of erection
there, to the memory of the father of his country
The General Assembly did not authorize any sen
ment to he placed on the block took the liberty of
having inscribed the following
Indiana knows no North, no South. nothing but the
Union.n
did so, because believed still believe that the
sentiment thus engraved enduring marble was writ
ten also on the hearts of our people, that it was the SEN
timent of the great of my feowcitizens of IndI
ana, on the most agitatng question Of the day
Complete unanimty is rarely the incident of human
councils. In Conederacy like ours differing as it's
members do, in soil, climate and productions: in habits
manners and social relatons in local and sectional in
teress 1t could not be expected now any more than at
the birth OF Federal Constitution. that any compro
mise, based upon mutual concessions should be sasac-
tory to all
! 1t is not practical question whether those measures
OF peace recently framed by and good men, in the
semc spirit which actuaed fathers in days gone hy
are IN every respect, such our unqualified an
prevail II has been well said that the lives of the best
OF us are spent in choosing between evils and it is often
bounden duty to endure temporary and incidental
evil for permanent and inherent good domestic in
stution, forced upon oreiaihers in colonial DAYS.
rather than voluntarily adopted by them. is for the pres
ent, the necessary policy of Southern brethren
Any sudden abandonment Of that policy is impossible
Even its gradual REIMBURSEMENT is beset with difficulty
and embarrassment. The patriots Of the revolution
convened TO frame government that has endured fog
three quarters Of century, has spread half hen
Isphere, the blessings OF peace OF political and religious
freedom, and of national prosperity assented to tho
great principle that each State Of the Union is sovereign
as to their internal government and her social relations
Without this recognition, absolute and unconditional the
thirteen original States would have coneurred in
the federal compact. That the great conservative
element which hound hearts though could reconcile
opinions. Without that element the Union would not
have been created then Without it, the Union cannot
be preserved now.
Indiana, central State, has ALWAYS maintained
high conservative position especially that exciting
question of the day, which has threatened serons
~ than any other the integrity of coniederaey Of
States She is indeed convinced, that she has wisely
selected her domestic policy She is satisfied with
the degree Of prosperity, under that free policy she has
attained Our State the nineteenth admitted inio
the Union. In wealth. in agriculture and commercial
Importance she is the fifth IL indeed she be not the
fourth. OF the eighteen States which composed the
Union when were admitted, four, at most, are
in our advance: and Of those since admitted,
has come within sight Of Maintaining her position
ahead oi all her younger sisters. Indiana has walked
quietly in advance of fourteen of the older States. In
our onward progress have uniformly acted toward
each, equal to equal. Our compacts with the Great
conlederacy TO which we belong and every member Of
IT, have been faithfully kept in letter and in spirit
Neither y Legislative otherwise have with
held from any citizen of the Union the rights which,
der the federal compact, assured to him. To this
dav OF complaint has been given nor. far
as know. has complaint been made against Indiana,
by any State in the Union.
Above ALL Indiana recognizes the imperative duty,
by every good CITIZEN of obedience TO the laws Of the
land.
Whatever difference Of opinion may exist the
late compromise enacted hy Congress, how
ever ultra in the North or in the South NAV oppose
densunce them, there is hut of action for
the patriot pursue; and that IS unhesitatngly
and in good faith to carry ont their enactments.
There is safety for property for liberty, nor for life
except in the absolute supremacy of the fw. There
no higher duty of the citizen than 10 maintain, by word
and decd that supremacy. As we value the heritage
rich beyond all price, purchased not with silver God
bat with the LIES blood Of the good and bravet5at her,
f,fl.-
turn, bequeath invoiate to desccndants-le
hear in mind that the first pnlc Of dsobedenee
law is the first fatal step on the downward road to
archv.
The Constitution of this great Confederacy written
on parchment may be rent asunder if il be not written
also the hearts and affections of the people 1t is
written We love, respect it, give II
highest sanction alike for the sake of the sacred pnc
plies, guardian of human liberty, embodied in its provs
IONS for the unnumbered blessings have enjoyed under
its rule and in memory also Of that hand of and
good men, who conceived and established it, This truth
should be understood by people, that this Union
not be preserved by force. II it could, it would bo
worth preserving The bonds and ligamenis that bind
us together are moral and physical. Oar glorious
Union is of and not of force. II is Union
of confidence OF trust Of love, and of affection When
these are gone the Union loses all its attraction and
value.
4 At no hour of our history have required, more
than at the present, Infusion into councils OF
that spirit in which the articles Of onr eonfederacy
were first conceived. AS representatives,, cit
liens of Indiana as citizens Of the United States,
we have difficult delicate important duties TO per-
form. Foremost among these is the obligation to op
pose, by every lawful MEANS that spirit of iactiOus
fanacism alike suicidal wherever II has birth, which
nsiduously the carb in scctOn OF phlan,
thropy, in another, Of State rights. BY speech by
ton. by concession by orbearancc, by compromise by
the influence of moral suasion and the strong power Of
kindness by each and all of these means let seek
aav the spirit Of awiess misrule that spirit which in
stalls each mans opinion the arbter of constitutional