The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-12

lSSuIlSu satisfactorily 10 Lnc DLaCe anu 10 Tue
people. 1t would, however, have been more
creIitable to the parties to these contracts, if
they had been laid before the Legislature, for
approval
Some modification of the law will be
quired to enable the State to complete the
system of drainage and make the unsold
lands marketable The propriety Of relu
cling and graduating the price Of the remain
Ing lands, situated like those in Knox, AMI
other counties, is also suggested.
A large body of lands. in Like county, is
overilOwed by the waters OF the CInut, in
Consequence of a dam erected in Illinois, for
the supply Of the Illinois and Michigan ga
nal.
regrst to say that no selection has been
male Tor the location OF the site of the con-
tenpate1 House Of Refuge. Under the re-
s.rictIOnS AMI limitations contained N the Act
of the General Assembly, your officers could
not make Il selection suitable for such
building and purposes. The propriecy Of
establishing three Houses of Refuge one
north, one south, and one at the ceuter-is
worthy Of special consideration.
FEDERATION.
W. shall be unGiithful to the trust repoSed
in Us By the people Of Indiana, unless We adj
dsess ourselves to her future, with dcterIn-
ination to cherish and augment her good
name. Amid ali the prVatons AMI ha!dShIpS
of frontier life, and under emoarraSsments ne
s.ruciiye Of ordinary energies and integrity
she ha; lu filled all her Obligations, aud cloth-
ed herself with prosperity and peace ler
broad fields reclaimed from the sturdy forests,
are pouring their wealthy haTyeats into the
granar.eS Of the East, Moth and South
With her lncress; ng facilities Of transportation,
her growing population, her multiplying
s;hools and institutions Of learning, she is
rapidly acqur ng strength in all the elements
which constitute great, a powerful, and 4
prosperous State.
Vi smlll account were our own prosperity,
or our contributions to the material wealth of
oilers, were 1t not that proudly say Of
Indiana, tha., from the beginning up to the
present hour, distinguished fidelity, in all her
political relations to her sister cOnfederates,
marks and adornS her history Central in
position in this great family of ) ates-border-
Ing upon those which widely dliea from her
in domestic policy-she has invariably recog
nized the co equal sovereignty and perfect
equality OF thos4 around her, and has ever
cheeriully accorded, within her jurisdiction, to
all CITIZENS OF the Union, those rights which
clearly guaranteed by the Federal ConSti-
tn i,n-lenying no right Of property, and i'm
posing no restriction upon opinions, discus
sions. or forms OF political action Regardless
of her likes an | dislikes, ever faithful to the
federal comp lctS, she las resisted all attempts
to lead her into any course OF legislation
against the irrteie ,ts or institutions of her sis
ter States. No ltws enlcted in Il spirit of re-
sistance, or hin trance, to the constitutional
enactments of the General Government, have
ever found place upon her Statute books
Emerging from the recent AMI exciting PreSi-
dental contest, ulsedLced by the ultraisms
which have besct her OF either hand, she has
renewedly, and still more firmly established
her reputation FOR ielty and enlightened
patriotism. Listening to no anatical or sec
tional persuasion whether coming to her on
Southern or Northerh hreezes, she has follow
ed only the guidance o. the Constitutions; and
has borne aloft the nag of The whole Union,
with profound respect and attachment to each
and every star. She has sustained the su-
premacy of law-has trumphantly defended
the vital principle of our republic, to-wit: the
right of the people everywhere, TO choose and
establish their own domestic policy.
We have again, given the weight Of our in
tlaenceS, as a State, IN favor o. preserving tha
simplicity, Of structure in form Of govern
ment which it was the design of the founder
to establish; by maintaining that policy
which leaves the people of the several States
AMI Territories Of the Union, to depend more
and more upon their own rights and their Owl
resources, and contne the action of the tede
raj Government within the clearly defined
limits of the notwithstanding the eX
ersiSe ofall other power to the States, several
ly, and to the people.
Early and deeply impressed with the i'm
portance of electing Chief Magistrate, from
among the tried, experienced and fOremoS
statesmen of the country, the choice OF Indian
was firmly fixed upon distinguished states
Of Pennsylvania as the one pre-eminent
qualified to guide the affairs OF the nation, an
specially adapted, by his wisdom, and patriot
ism, to the exigencies Of the existing crisis
The sagaclty of our early and SteldfIst choice
urged upon, and ratified by the National Con
ventiOn, mas been confirmed by the voice
the nation; and we have the satisfaction
knowin5 that the cnnSiderate men Of all pal
ties are now looking with hope to the unsu
lied C laracter, the mature Judgment, and tn
nato al spirit Of the President elect as Stron
and PEACEFUL guarantees that he will guide on
cou lclls to happy issue; enforce obedience I
laws, 6isarm contending factions; protect OF
foreign and domestic interest, aud that dill
gently and successfully watching and guart
ing all the varied interests of our vast Republ
he will retire from Office with the conscious
ness Of virtue ripe in years and rich III ii
respect and conf lencc Of great and hapT
people.
MAN SHOT IN INDIANs.-We learn that {
Saturday evening last, man was shot ne
Charlottesville, Shelby county, twenty MI
miles this side of indianapolis, and robbed
S13)O The money had been entrusted
him to take from indianapolis to Cincjnna
He came down on the railroad about thr
miles, and soon after he got of was shot, b
not killed outright, thou5 h dangerously Won
del. Our informant did not know his nan
The robber is not yet discovered Cincinn
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