, 1861-03-05

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! to ha excited among the people Of the
Southern States that BY the accession Of a
Republican Administration, their property and
| their pence and personal security ere to be en-
| dangered. There has never been any rea-
sonsblc cause for such apprehension Indeed,
the most ample evidence to the contrary has
I ell the while existed and been open to their
inspection. It ia found in nearly all the pub
Gshed speeches Of him who now addresses
you. I do hut quote from one Of those
| speeches when I declare that have no pur-
pose, directly or Indirectly, to interfere with
| the institution Of slavery In the States where
[ it exists. believeI have no lawful right to
| do SO, and haveno inclination to do 80. Those
{ VITO nominated and elected me did 50 with
I the ;u1l knowledge that had made this and
| many similar declarations, aud had never re-
| called them; and more than this, they placed
| in the platform for my acceptance as 8 law to
| themselves and to me, the clear and emphatic
| resolution which low Ie4d:
I.esa,r4d, That tho maintenance tnviolate Of the
rights Of the States, and especially tbs right Of
each State to order and control itB Owl domestic
institutions according to its oUn Judgment ezclu-
tive1y, is essential to that balance OF power on
which the perfection and endurance Of our political
fabric depend, and we denounce The law1ess inva"
tion by, armed force of the soil Of any State
| nr Territory, no matter under what pretext, as
| a,nang the grayest Of crimes.
now 1eiteEate those sentiments, aud In do
ing sol only press upon the public attention the
most conclusive evidence Of which the case Is
! susceptible. that the property, peace and se-
! cuJity Of no section are to be in any wise en-
tlangcred by the now incoming Adninistra-
Lion I add, too, that all the protection which,
consistently with the Constitution and the
| laws, can be given, will be cheerfnlly given to
a1l the States when lawfully demanded for
| whatever cause, as cheerfulg to one section as
| well Is to another. There is much controrer-
ity about the delivering Of fngitises from SER
| vice or labor. The clause I now read is as
plainly written in the Constitution as any
ether Of its provisions:
t. No person held to service labor in one State
under the laws thereof, escaping into another,
:aal}, in consequence Of any law or regulation
therein. be discharged from Euch service or labor,
tnt shall be delivered up on claim Of the party to
whom such s1rice or labor may be duo.
| 1t was intended, by those who made 1t, for
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