The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-03-09

no prerogatYe, nor impOrtQnatc desire Tor
preterments, any claim, the public interest
Imperatiyely demands that they be consid-
cred with sole reference to the duties to be
performed. Good citizens may well claim
the protection OF good laws and the benign
influence OF good governments; but a claim
for Office is what the people of a republic
should never recognize. No reasonable man
Of any party will expect the administl alton
TO be so regardless OF its responsibility and
of the obvious elements of SUCCESS, as to re-
tain persons known to be under the inlu,
cnoc of political hostility or partisan prejudi-
ces ia positions which will require not only
severe labor, but corporation.
Having no impelied engagements to sat-
isfy, no rewards TO bestow, no assentmcnts
to remember, no personal wishes to con-
suit in selections for official stations, | shall
fulfil this h!ficult and delicate trust, ad
hitting no L,otive as worthy ether of nv
character or Vsilion which does not con-
template an eff sent discharge Of duty and
the bcstin.crsst sfmy country. | ackuowl-
edge my o5,igltilLs 20 the masses Of my
counDrymcn and to them alone. Higher
Objects Than personal ACCOMPLISHMENT gave
direction and energy 10 their oxertions n
the late canvass, and they shall not he dis
appointed. They require at my hands dill
jgerce, integrity and capacity wherever
there are duties TO be performed, Without
ttcsc qualili-s in their public servants, more
stringent laws for the prevention or punish
mcnt Of fraud, negligence and speculation
will be vain with iLem, they via be unnc-
ecssary,
Bat these are not the only points to
which YOU look for vigilance and Watchful.
ness. The dangers of a concentration Of
all power in the general government of u
conlcderacy so vast as ours are too obvious
to be disrcgarded. You have a right, theEe-
fore, to expect agents iii every department.
to regard strictly the limits imposed upon
them by the constitution. The great
scheme of our constitutional liberty rests
upon a proper distribution of power between
the states and federal authorities, and ex-
p~eriencc has shown that the harmony and
happiness Of our people must depend upon
a just equilibrium between tie separate
rights and responsibilities of the States and
your common rights and obligations under
the general government, And here in my
opinion, are considerations which should
form the trnc basis of future concern in re-
gard to the questions which have most seri-
ously disturbed public tranquility. If the
fedral government will conine itself 10 the
exercise Of powers clearly granted by the
constitution, it can hardly happen that its
action upon any question should cndanger
the Institutions Of the states or interfere
with their right to manage matters ~slictly
domestic according to the will of their own
people.
Ia expressing freely and briefly my views
upon an important subject which has re-
Gently agitated The nation to almost Il fear
lul degree, ! am moved by no other i'm
pulse than a most earnest desire for the per
pctuations of that Union which has made
us whaG w ale, showeling apon us blessings
and colcrring a power in future which our
fathers could hardly have anticipated with
their most Sangulne hopes directed 10 a far
of future.
The sentiments | announce were not I'M
snown-the expression OF the voice which
called me herc--my W position upon this
subject, was clear and ~uncquiyocal upon
the record Of my words and acts, and il is
only required to at this time because silence
might, perhaps, be miscons truc.4.
With the Union my best and dearest
earthly hopes are centered; without it what
are we indIv idpaIIy or collectively? What
becomes Of tie noblest feldtyer opened for
the advancement of our race in religion, in
government, in the arts, in all that digniies
and adorns man kind? From the radiant
constellation which both iIlnmines our W
way and points out to struggling nations
their course, let but Il single star be lost,
and if :here be not utter darkness the lus-
ire Of the whole is dimmed, Do my coun-
uymen need any assurance that such a ca
tastrophc is TO oyertake them while | possess
the power to stayit? It's with me IN ear
nest vital belief that as the Union has been
the source, under Providence, Of our pros
pcrity to this time, so is it a pledge of n
continuance Of the blessings we have enjoy
ed which We are sacredly bound to transmit
undiminishcd TO our children.
The field Of calm and free discussion in
tbs country is open and will always be so,
but it never has been and never can BIZ
traversed for good in a spiIit of sectional,
ism and Observation-Disclosures. The founders
Of the Republic dclt with things as they
were presented to them in u spirit of self,
acriIcing patriotism, and as lime has pro-
cd, with i comprehensive wisdom it will
ways be safe for lis to consult.
Every measure tending to s~trcngh,ing the
~aternaI feeling Of all the members Of our
Mon has had heartfelt appreciation. 10
very theory or system Of government,
neither The offspring Of foyerish ambition or
morbid enthusiasm, calculated to Dissolve
be bonds Of law and affection which unite
y, shall interpose a ready and stern rcsis-
SucG. | believe that inyoluntarilv seryi-
kde, as it exists in different States of this
'untry, is recognized by the Constitution.
8beiicve that it stands like a"y other admit
ID right, and that the States where it exists
Re entitled 10 Efficient remedies to enforce
be constitutional provisions. | hold that
&e laws OF 1850, com monty called compro-
Use measures, are strictly constitutional,
ad ought to be unhesitatingy carried into
Feet. | believe that the consli tuted au
critics Of this republic are bound to regard
e rights of the South in this resrect as
icy would view any other legal and consti-
%itional provision, and that the laws to en-,
rec them should be respected and obeyed,
pit with reluctance, encouraged by abstract
~biniOns as to their property in a different