Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-04

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uHs eminent md ~ menus n which all oansttu
uuhal faeFs are restrained ilum abuses nl paseF
lmpstsnl ~ lhoss Fesiisnts such lietspns fush "a
melhuis shleh cannot be emploiei sliheat un
defmlnlnF The foundations ~ lliefls, and Zoe a
sufIossi temporary advantage haaer sway the
strength tnd The suppuFi, ihe slgnf aud the health
az tie body polite This has been Ia al ages the
ilusnwsF'l course ~ hallnns who have substlln
tel lor Tree lnstnllons aud systems ~ iunda
mental las a hlnd and unpAesiunlng faith 10
public necessities. ami have then weioomel 90 zoe
drsfolie power Thu, did The Roman empire
succeed The hepuhllO, aud thus we miy he PEE
paflHg ourselves lof Ike dealiny Let Us be
warned 10 time Cheers
have eRdeayofel "a state wiih due precision
AMI fairness ole very importnt part ~ the con
dillons at tue loyalty hut should leave this
subject iu al imperfect state II | emitted, on the
other hand. To give equal prominence to certain
principles OF our political sysiem which limit Tie
mode "a which States aud individuals are o. exer
cfe their constitutional rights al opposition "a the
measures of the Federal Government ! have
briefly adver,ed 10 this already, bat more ex-
rnded statement 81 tie principles l. necessary
will assume. then. that measure having all
the forms of law, j. believed upon good grounds
10 be violation ~ the constitutional rights OF
States and individuals. What j. the rule Of ac-
ton under such eircumsancesl There y no
difficulty whatever 10 finding an answer. By the
establishment of judicial system within the
Federal Constitution, having ultimate cognlLance
of all cases arising under the Constitution. ONE
mode Is provided by which both States aud indi
vlduals can ascertain whether their reserved rights
are invaded by the Federal authorities. This
remedy j. at all times open. ami there - valid
reason VIVA State should iorcibly assert ils con.
stitutional rights any more than that an ind
vidual should do the same thing. While a State
remains member OF the Uuion il is bound TO
vindicate its constitutional rights and powers in
that mode which i consistent with the preserva
ti0L OF that Union: and il can at any time, under
any supposed violation OF IL rights or the rights
Of it, people mike case Tor judicial termina
ton. Forclble resistance IL open revolution; and
nothing bu, an utoleribe opposition. cutting off
all judicial remedy. cau make revolution neceS
sty and duty Great applause
Again: there i another equally good reason.
which shows that popular tumults and no
iOreible resistance are either legally or morally
justi6abe while the bal"t.box remains
touched Ii the people OF State have reason tp
believe that measures OF the Federal Government
are subversiye OF the Constitution. It i their
right aud their duty to correct the evil by 4
change of their rulers fCheer- In cases OF
supposed extensive violations ct the Constitution.
To which the attention OF the whole country is
called. the remedy of elections j. ordinarily suff
cient 10 reverse erroneous constructions al that
instrument. as well ~ errors ol policy. The pOiu
lar tribunal may not be quite precise IN ifs
action as.the judicial but there can be no mis-
taking the judgment of the people when 1t - pro
uounced upon an issue clearly made with an al
minisira,ion which j. charged with infringing the
Constitution Great applause
Thee princ pies nu one, presume will he in
clned To dispute Hut there IL thrust ~. To inter
cept their application to the prescnt ciisis IN our
aii,irs. doctrine winch Tor one distinctly repu
dare That doctrine ia. IN substance, that oil
que lionng OF the measures OF the Administra
tiun should bc postponed while We ate IN civil
war. HAT there should Ice but one patty and that
all should rails Ia an unconditional support OF
! the constituted IA hofities This dogma needs
examination II hy m unconditional support OF
the constituted authorities u II intended Ia claim
that We must all recognize the fact lhit We are
engaged VA civil war. and that We must conduct
", while Il LASTS. through these authorities, aud
must hold no irregular intercourse with the pub.
| lie enemy, va readily aiccde 30 the proposition
But " " i meant that We ate not 90 question: the
methods which the Administration pursue Ia The
! prosecution Of the wat, that We have 40 rghtiul
| control over thor measures, or that We ute To- 20
ifRin from demanding a change OF their policy
| reject the doctriuc without the slightest hcsita.
tion, The very issue which YOU make with the
! Administration of itself refutes that doctrine.
That issue l., that their course OF action suhveris
the Constitution; makes the war nm attack upon
The social system of the South. and render, IL
impossible % succeed IN that war, without de
| suoyng, Tor the South aud Tor the North, the
| whole principle at State sovereignty, on which
the Union WIS necessarily founded ~ one OF III,
corner stones. IL j. IN vain 10 Say that the acts
OF the Administration, ct which YOU comnlain,
are military measures In every civil wa, ilete
are political considerations which must qualit,
the military action. CO.. that action can result only
IN disaster a Government that undertakes To
suppress great revolt of powerful and organ
izei communities, ~ the same time inrnthing
the strongest ot moral motives Tor resistance. Is
IN tho same silusNn ~ he who fights his enemy
with onc hand and supplies him through the other
with the munitions of war In the present ease
we have made the conquest one Of inhniie diff
Guilty, by first declaring that We waged the war
solel, for the SUPREMACY of the Constitution and
then turning round and making the overthrow OF
The Constitution too probable resu, OF our sue
cess f''That's so" Applause
! This result will not be- confined to the cOudi
ton OF the revultel States. II the VAR continues
20 he prosecuted rs II has been for the last six
months. You cannot acquiesce in the measures
i OF The Administration, Involving; rs they To, the
exercise ot many powers that lie wholly outside
81 the Constitution. without leaving this country
/ hereafter 10 be ruled by powers that viii rest
upon nothing bat What the judgment of party.
or faction. clique. shall deem t. be public
I necessities In this aspect at our affairs | can
hot AVOID word ct earnest appeal to all reflect
I Ing men. To consider what tate must attend the
securities OF property, we'll Is the rights OF
1 person. If we permit the Constitution 10 be lost
There are live great securities al property. the
/ continuance OF which ia this country ~ depend
ent Oh the Preservation ot the Constitution ct the
/ United States Let me cnUmerate them. The,
/ are:
/ ! A uniform metallic currency, a the basis
and standard of all values
, The power To establish uniform stem oi
bankruptcies, whenever The interests OF commerce
require il.
! 3. The invioabilty OF contracts by State Leg
] islatuie.
4. The provision which places property under
the protection OF the Constitution against Federal
+ power, 80 that no man can be deprived of il with
out legal process
) The prohibition which restraints the Federal
power Of eminent domain - that private property
cannon be taken tor public use without Just cbm-
pens1tion.
Now no rational being can suppose that these
guarantees can be extoried anew from that cen
iralized dessoiism which j. bat teo likely to be
the only successor hat the Constitution Of the
United States can ever have | care not whai
idets men may form of that stronger govern
meut' which some allow themselves 20 wish for
ia the place cf our resent system My reason