Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-02-14
SUDDEN RELIEF AT HAND.
Majority Report of the Committee Of
Thirteen on Federal Relations in the
Indiana LEGISLATURE.

Thirteen on Federal Relations in the
Indiana Legislature.
BE il resolped By the General Assembly IF the
State Of Indiana
L. That the preservation of the Federal Con-
stitution and the Union of the States is essen
tion to our tranquility at home and consideration
abroad and that the liberties Of the people
would be greatly endangered by its dissolution
.. That the government of the United States
can not permit any State to withdraw from the
Confederacy without violating the terms of the
compact between it and the people oe the States
which constitute the Union.
3. That while the constitutional rights of eve
~ State in the Union should be maintained in
violate, the National Government, acting with
in the powers given it by the people, must also
be maintained, and the laws of Congress faith
fully executed in all The States of the Union, and
tha. all attempts to resist the execution of such
laws are revolutionary in their character, and
should be promptly suppressed.
4. That the people of Indiana are unaltersbly
opposed to interference with the laws and insti-
tutons of any other State, just as they would op-
pose interference by the people of other States
with the laws and institutions of this State; that
they have ever maintained their constitutional
obligations, and in good faith executed the laws
of Congress according to their letter and spirit,
and they demand and expect of every other
State of the Union to do the same
5. That the Federal Constitution, without al
.eration or amendment. is amply sufficient, if
obeyed, to preserve the Union and secure the
just rights of the people of all the States, but as
differences of opinion have arisen between the
nurthern and southern sections of the Union, re-
spectng the common territory thereof. which
threaten to involve the country in civil war, to
avert so great calamity and to restore peace to
the country, the State of Indiana proposes as a
basis of settlement, by proper enactment, to re-
store the Missouri Compromise line of sc deg 80
min with all the rights of the people North and
South as they formerly existed, or any other
reasonable aud just arrangement which shall no:
require sacrifice of the rights Of the people of
the Confederacy; that any State having laws on
her statute books designed or intended TO inter
fere with the due execution of the laws of Con-
gress ought 20 repeal them without delay.
g. That for the purpose of friendly inter-
change of opinion, and in order to strengthen the
bonds of union and friendship, as well as to cor
rect any misapprehehsions which may exist re-
specting the designs of the Northern people
against the domestic institutions of those States.
his Excellency. the Governor, be, and he is
hereby. requested and directed to appoint two OF
our most eminent citizens to proceed without
delay to the States of Kentucky and Tennessee,
whose Legislatures are now in session. and by
public addresses before those bodies, o. other
sise, give assurance to them of the ardent de
sire of the people of Indiana to preserve the
American Union, and protect and secure the
rights of the people of all the States.