Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-03
CREED OF JEFFERSON.


BY this Constitution. nor prohibited by II 20 the
States, are reserved 10 The States respectively, or
to the people"
CREED OF JEFFERSON.
tinaagural Address. March a. isoil
1T Il proper you should understand what
deem the essential principles of oar Govern
ment. and consequently those which ought TO
shape ifs administration. | will compress them
within the narrowest compass they will bear
stating the general principle. but no, all IL lim
tations:
Equal ADD exact Justice 10 all men Of what
State or persuasion. religious or political.
Peace. commerce aud honest friendship with
all nations. entangling alliances with none
The support of the State Governments In all
their rights ~ the most important administrations
for our domestic concerns. and the surest bul.
warks against all ant-republican tendencies
THE preservation OF the General Government
In is whole constitutional yigor, the sheet nm.
Choir Of our peace nc home and safety abroad.
"A jealous care Of the right OF election by the
people. mild aud safe correction of abuses which
are Topped OF by the sword Of revelation where
peaceabe remedies are unprovded.
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions Of the
majority. the vital principle OF republics, from
which there Is no appeal but 10 form the vital
principle and immediate parent despotsm.
"A we'll disciplined militia, our best reliance In
peace. and for the first moments Of war; till regu-
lars may relieve them.
THE supremacy Of the civil over military au.
tbority.
Economy In the public expense that labor
may be lightly burdened
"Tbe honest payment Of our debts and sacred
preservation of the public faith.
encouragement OF agriculture. and of com
merce "a it, handmade.
1.-THE diffusion Of information and arraignment
of all abuses at the bar OF the public reason.
Freedom OF religion, freedom of the press and
freedom of person, under the protection of the
habsas corpus. and trial by juries impartally Sc
lected
These principles form the bright constella-
ton which has gone before Us and guided our
steps through an age of revolution and reforms-
ton. The wisdom of our sages and blood Of our
heroes have been devoted TO their attainment.
They should be the creed of our political faith,
the text OF civic instruction, the touchstone by
which 10 try the services OF. those we trust; and
should We wander from them in moments of er
ror of alarm. let hasten to retrace our steps,
and to regain the road which alone leads to peace
liberty and safety"
ADMONITION OF WASHINGTON.
farewell Address septemberl7, 1896
''In contemplating the causes which may dis
turb our Union; il occurs, matter of serious
concern, that any ground should have been fur
nished for characterizing parties by geographical
criminations-N orthern and Southern, Allan
tic and Western-whence designing men may en-
deavor to excite belief that there is real diff
ference of local interests and views. One Of the
expedients of party to acquire influence within
particular districts, is TO misrepresent The opinions
and aims of other districts. You cannot shield
yourselves too much against The jealousies and
heart-burnngs which spring from these misrepre-
sensations; they tend to render alien to each 9th
er those who ought TO be bound together by fra
ternal affection.
ADMONITION OF JACKSON.
Farewell Address, March 3, 1877.
"But the Constitution cannot be maintained
nor the Union preserved, in opposition to public
feeling, by the mere exerton of the coercive
powers confded to the General Government
The foundations must be laid in the affections
OF the people; in the security which it gives to
lfe liberty and property in every quarter of the
country: and in the fraiernal attachments which
the citizens of the several States bear one to an
other AS members % one political family, mu
tually contributing to promote the happiness oil
each other. Hence, the citizens of each State
should studiousy avoid everything calculated
to wound the sensibility or offend the just
pride of the people of other States; and they
should frown upon any proceedings within Their
own borders likely to disturb the tranquility oil
tiicE Dittiiltu III OtutI pOItOlc vi tlt
Union.
In country so extensive as the United States
and in pursuits so varied, the internal regula
tons of the several States must frequently differ
from one another In important particulars; and
this difference is unavoidably increased by the
varying principles upon which the American col
onies we're originally planted; principles which
had taken deep root in their social relations before
the Revolution, and therefore, of necessity, in
fha.r
independent States. But each State has the un
questionable right to regulate its own nterna
concerns according to its own pleasure; and while
it does not interfere with the rights of the people
of other States, or the rights of the Union. every
State must be the sole judge of the measure:
proper to secure the safety of its citizens ant
promote their happiness and all efforts on tho
part of the people of other States to cast odiun
upon their Institutions, and all measures calcu
lated to disturb their rights of property. to put
in jeopardy their peace and internal tranquility
are i'm direct opposition TO the spirit in which the
Union was formed, and must endanger its safety
Motives OF philanthropy may be assigned for thi:
unwarrantabe interference. and weak men ma,
persuade themselves. for moment that they arr
laborng in the cause OF humanity, and asserting
the rights of the human race, but every one
upon sober reflection, will see that nothing bu
mischief can come from these improper assaults
sured that tue men found busy in this work o
dscord are not worthy of your confidence, anC
deserve your strongest reprobation.
BY JAMES MADISON.
Irederast, No IA.
"Hearken not TO the unnatural voice which
tells YOU that the people of America. knit to
gether they are by many cords of affection
can no longer live together us members of III,
same family; can no longer continue the mutua
guardians OF their mutual happiness; can nc
longer be fellow citizens of our great, respectabl,
and hourishing empire. Hearken not to the voic,
which petulantly tells you that the Government
recommended for your adoption is novelty il
the political world; that it has never vet had
place in the theories ofthc widest projectors tina
il rashly attempts what il is impossible TO accom-
plish. No. my country men; shut your agains
this unhalloweu language; shut your hearts agains
the poison which il conveys. The kindred blood
which flows i'm the veins of American citizens
the mingled blood which they have shed in de
tense of their sacred rights, consecrate the
Union, and excite horror at the idea OF their be
coming. aliens, rivals, enemies. And it novel
ties are to be Stunned. believe me the mos
alarming of all novelties, the most wild OF al
projects. is that of rending us in pieces in orde
TO preserve our liberties and promote our hap
pness.
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