Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-22


frankly. that | take bvId. unqualified issue
viii him ap''n that principle. assert that
its neither desirable nor possible that there
should be uniformity in Il le local nstitu-
tions and domestic regulations ofthe differ
ent States o: this Union. The f,amers of
our governmeH: never contemplated uni
formiy in is inlern;.! concerns. Tn- t..h-
ers Of the R-yolu lon. and The sages " ho
made the Cons LUTON well undcs,oud la.
the laws and domestic institutions which
would suit the granite hiiis of New HSmp-
shire souid Be totally unG, Cor the rico
plsnla;ions in South CarolirA; ii.ey well on-
dcrsland that he laws which wonld suit
the agricultural districts of p. aud \. Z.
would be totally unit for the mining re-
sions of th- Pacific. OF he lumber reeiors
of Maine. They well understood that The
great varieties of sDii. OF production AID IF
interest, in republic as large az his. re-
quired different local and dcraes.;c rasu-
is;ions in each locality, adap;ed 10 The
wants and interests Of each Separate State,
and for thai reason /, VAS provided in tho
Federal CunSt:tu ion thai ihs. thirteen oriS-
ins States should perni sovereign anl su-
preme within Their own linz = in Eessrl to
all lha, Was local. and internal. AID do.nas-
tic, while the federal government should
have certain specified powers which were
general aui m ionaI. aud c1ul BE- exercis-
ed only by the federal an,horiy.
! The trainers of tie rnns i'u;ion weTi un-
ders,ood that each lacali'y. having separ-
a'e desinot inter=ss. reqIi e serars,s
and dis ,inct laws. domestic institutions.
and police regulations adapted To It's onn
wants aud its own condi ion; and they acied
on the presumption. also, that these laws
aad insiitu iuns would BE- as diversified and
as dissimilar rs the States would be nu-
merous. aid that n0 two would be precise
ly alike. because tie iaIe:e. IF no two
would be precisely ,ha same. Hence. /
assert. that The great fundamental principle
which underli.s oar complex system Of
Stsie and federal COVE mems. can;clnpis-
ted diversity sHi diss!a.i!a,i IL hc L,c:l
institutions ai.d dome@ IL ai,airs IF each
and every Stae Then IN the Union. nr
thereafter TO be adni ted into the conf~d-
eIacv. | therc!ore conceive ina, my fieh1
NJ. Lincoln. h;:s totally m;oapprei ended
The great principles upon which out CIV
rrnmelt res;s. Uniformity ia local aui
domestic affairs wnul.. be destructive of
State Rights, q Sale Sovereignty. of Per
spnal LiLerty and Personal tiee,om--
Uniformity Is ihe patentof Desyo;ism lie
world over, mol only IN rci les. bl. il %
ligivn. Wherever tlIe dUctriue of Uriiorm
l.; is proclaimed shat all the States mas:
be free or all slave. that all labor must be
white or black. that all the citizens cfiks
diiieren: S;aics must have The saal. rgi,i-
eyes or be governed by lie same ftsn.a-
tions. You have destroyed The creates safs-
guard which our ins i.u'ions nave thown
around the rights of tie ii iz-ns.
HoT coull ilis uniformity be accom-
rlished if il VAS desirable and po~siblr?-
There Is but one mode in which il could DO
obtained. ani tllat srrs. BE- hy aheish,n i.
lie State Legislatures. blotling cut State
sovereignty, merging The rights and SOW
ereisnty Of ths States IA ono o.Ias.li,..,.oI
empire. and ves,ins Congress with the ple-
nary power to make I'll ~, police regua-
tions. domestic and local laws, u"',0rn
throughout rhe limi,s If he Republic
When You shall have done This. you viii
have uniformity. Then ihe Sta'es will al
be slave or al be fec; then negroes will
voe every where Or no~herc: then You VIII
have a Main l;quor law ia every S.a'e ~
none; then you will have unifor.,;v !. al
things local and domestic BY ihs au.ho:iy
1T the federal government Bat. when vou
have attained that uniformly yon viii hare
converted thesc thirty two .y'r-i -. .i3-
pendent : :tes in u one cons"iil.'el en-
pire. with the unif'rmi of d~Sp li,m
rel suing triumphant tarousaou tie lens.h
and breadth uE the land
From this view of The ease. my friends.
am driven irreS:sihly 10 tie conclusion
thar diversity. dissimla'i V. va'i,iy il all
our local ami domes'ic ms i.u.ions. Is the
great safeguard ot our liberties. .aAl thai the
trainers Of our ihs itu ans w.rs wise.
sasacious. and ps,rlphc Nhen Jhe IN T. bis
government conte.icraie Of s3s rein
States with legislature f'reach. and ron-
ferred upon each Legislature ,hn power 20
make all local and dpmrsli. ms i,4s L.
suit the people 1t represented. without la
reference trom anv other : 4 o. I on,hs
general Congres Of the Un;un. Ii weex.
pect TO maintain our liberties We must
preserve the rights and sovereignty of the
States, we must maintain ard carry ont
that great principle Of sef government IN
corporsted in The compromise measures of
1850: endorsed by the iliao;s Legislature
in 1851; emphaiirllv enib adiei and car led
out in the Kansas Nebraska bill. and van
dicated this year by the r.ii,ssl to b, in.-
Kansas mo the Ur,on with Constitution
dislasteful TO her people
The other propS@l,ih discussed bv Mr.:
Lincoln in his speech consists IN .cguside
against the Supreme Cont uf the L. s. on
the account OF the Dred Sroti decisinn. Or
&, ,ho, .to- l., 4