Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-02-03

rlye, or any injury they feared to suffer, from
the laws OF their own State. Indeed, they were
seldom called upon to consider those subjects
which more nearly affected their local inter-
ests, but had their attention rather directed to
the laws and Institutions Of other States and
Territories; and / think | am warranted in ex-
pressing the opinion, that the people Of no
State ever more thoroughly investigated their
duty. After the most careful consideration,
they have ed that, as for Indiana, she will
recognize and execute the Constitution of the
United States as the highest law for the gov
eminent Of her people, as that Constitution is
interpreted by the tribunal established and au-
thoriZed by the instrument itself, to decide be-
tween the separate and United States.
That as for those who regulate the laws and
institutions OF other States, we will coneede to
them the same sovereignty and independence
which we claim for ourselves. Nor do We
stop here. II our fellow-citiZens desire to 90
beyond the limits Of the States and make their
homes within the territories (purchased BY the
blood and treasures Of all) we say they 90
shorn OF their sovereign rights which they pos
sessed as citizens Of the State, put fully au-
thorized to regulate the. domestic affairs in
their own way, subject only to the Constitu-
tionO the United States. At the time the Fed
ersl Union was formed, all thought as we now
do. They believed that Il was safe TO permit
the people of each State to regulate their To-
cal Institutions in their own way and tha.
patriotism and Christian duty demand that
they should protect them in their rights as they
were guaranteed by the letter anu spirit Of tho
Constitution which made that Union.
But during the last canvass, from the press
the Tsstrum and the pulpit, the proclamation
was made that the citizens Of some Of tn
States were violating the laws Of God and in
turing the cause Of human freedom BY koldin,
a kind Of property, which, when the war o.
the Revolution began, had a legal existence il
every portion Of the vast empire which nov
/, recognizes as supreme law the Constitution o
the United States-that ii was our duty to dis
regard the plighted faith Of our fathers, an
trample under our feet the agreement they ha
/. made, rather than see the constitutional right
Of property maintained and moreover, that i
was our duty to elect a President Of the Unite
States, with a Congress to sustain him, VIII
maintained that when an American citize
crossed the boundary Of the State and enters
the territory, he should be no longer a freeman
possessed Of the inalienable rights Of life, lib
erty, and the pursuit Of happiness, but reduce
TO the condition Of colonial yassalage-that n
new State should be added to this cOnfede
racy unless her citizens made her laws, not
accordance with their own will, but in obedi
ence to the tyrannical d~ictation Of the either
Of the old.
Indiana rejected these anti Democratic, VI
constitutional doctrines, exhibiting a PATRIOTS
and a fidelity to liberty worthy Of the be-
\ days Of the Republic She instructed be
Representatives in the Federal Government
D protect each citizen in all his rights OF prope
ty, according to the guarantees Of the COnst
9 tuition, and that they should admit new Stat
= into the Union, demanding only that they pr
sent a republican form Of government.