The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-03-22

less Of is responsibility, and the obvious ele.
ments Of its Success rs 20 retain persons known
TO be under the influence Of political hostility
! and partisan prejudice, which will require not
only severe labor, but cordial ce-opefatiou--
( Having no implied engagements TO ratiCy, no
rewards TO bestow, no reseniments 10 remem-
I ber, no personal wishes TO consult, IN selecting
Z for official stations, shall fulfil the difficult
I and delicate trust, admitting no motive as
worthy Of my character or position, which
does not contemplate an efficient discharge Of
my duty, and the best interests Of my country
The Danger Of Capitalization
acknowledge my obligations to the masses
Of my eounirymen, and them alone, and rs
higher objects than personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT
! gave direction to their exertions in the late can
vass, they shall not be disappointed. They
/ require at my hands diligence, integrity and
1 capacity whenever there are duties to be ner
formed; and without this guaranteed quality
/ IN their public servants, more stringent laws
ior the pregrnton orpunshment Of negligence
aua pecuation will be vain, and with them
would be unnecessary. But these are not the
only points to which you look for vigilance
and watohiulness Of duty. The danger Of
the concentration Of all the powers in the Gen
ours, is too obvious to be disregarded: you
have right therefore, to expect your agents
1 in every department, to regard strictly the lin.
its imposed upon them by the Constitution
The great scheme Of our constitutional liberty
rests upon proper distribution Of power be-
tween the State and Federal authorities, and
experience has shown that the harmony and
happiness Of our people depend upon the Just
discrimination between the separate rights and
responsibilities Of the States and your sepa-
rate rights; and herein, in my opinion, are the
considerations which should form the true ba-
sis of our future concord in regard TO the ques-
tions which have most seriously disturbed the
Government. In the exercise of the powers
clearly granted by the Constitution, Il can hard.
ly happen that its action upon any question
should endanger the institutions Of the States
or interfere with their right TO manage matters
of strictly domestic character, according TO
the will of their own people.
In expressing my views briefly upon an i'm.
portant subject which has recently 8gitated the
nation to an almost fearful degree am moved
by no other impulse than by an earnest desire
for the perpetuation of that Union which has
made us what we are, showerng upon us blcss-
ings, and comforting powerand influence which
our Fathers could hardly have anticipated, even
with their most sanguine hopes directed to
far-off future.
The Saactity Of he Union
The sentiments Inow announce were not up-
known before the expression Of that voice eall-
ed me here--my own position upon this subject
was clear and unequivocai, in the record Of my
words and my acts, and it is only reassnmed nj
this time, because my silence might prehaps be
misunderstood With the Union my dearest
hopes are enlisted without it, what are we in.
dividually and collectivelyl What becomes Of
tho noblest field ever opened for the advance
ment Of our race IN religion, in government, in
arts. and in all that digniies and adorns man.
kind. from that radiant constellation which
both illumines our own way, and points out TO
struggling nations their course; but let single
star be lost, and if utter darkness does not fol-
low, the lustre of the whole is diminished.
Do my countrymen need any assurance that
such catastrophe Is not TO overtake them
while Ipossess the power to stay Il? tits with
me an earnest and vital belief. That as the Union
has been the source, under Providence, of our
prosperity up TO this time, so it is a pledge Of
the blessings we have enjoyed, aud which we
are bonnd to transmit, undiminished, to orr
children The Geld Of calm and free discussion
in our country is open, and win always be 80,
but IT never has, and never can, be trayersed
for good in spirit of sectionalism and unebar-
itabeness.
The Legality Of Involuntary iSerritade.
The founders Of the Republic dealt with
things as they were presented 20 them, in
spirit of selfsaeridcng patriotism; and, as time
has proved with comprehensive wisdom which
It will be safe for us TO consult Every meas
ure tending to the paternal feelings Of all The
members of our Union has had my heartfelt ap-
probation; but 10 every theory ofgovefnment
whether the offspring Of fevcrish ambition or
Of morbid enthusiasm calculated 10 dissolve
the bonds Of love and affection which unite us
shall interpose ready and stern resistance
believe that involuntary seryitude, as il ex-
lists in The different States or this Union, is re-
cognizcd by the Constitution, and believe that
il stands like any other admitted right. and that
the States where II exists are entitled to eff.
cient remedies TO enforce the Constuiional pro-
visions.
The Compromiss must BE- C'drrisd OW
! hold that the laws Of 1850, commonly call
ed the compromise measures, are strictly con-
stitu,ional. and should be unhesitaiingly car
ried out believe that the constituted author
tiles Of fhis Republic are bohnd to regard the
Z
would view any other legal and constitutional
right; and that the laws to enforce them should
be RESPECTED and obsyed, not with reluctance
encouraged by abstract opinions as 70 iheirpro-
priety in different state Of society, but cheer
fully and according TO the decisions Of the
tribunals to which their exposition belongs.
Such have been and are ny eonveiions--
upon them ! shall act: and fe'vently hope that
The question is at rest, and tha; no sectional or
ambitious fanatica views may again threaten
the durability Of our institutions, or obscure the
light Of our prosperity. Bot let not iae foun-
dations Of our hopes rest upon mans evidence
--it will not be sufficient that our sectional
prejudices find place in the Public delibera.
iion-it will not be sufficient that the rash
counsels Of human passion are rejected. II
must be felt that there j. no rational security
but in the nations acknowledgment Of God
and his overruIing Providence. We have been
carried safely through $ perious crisis--sise