Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-19

eignty Of the = Is IA
ABRkH,M LlNeuLx-lt j. impossible fpr this
@ ,vetnm-nt 10 exit h,lf slave and halt free
The institution Of slavery must. therefore. 60
down. j, IS iuhuman. and as 81 evil, should be
eradicated
AxDREw JAcxsox-Elch State has the IN
Questionable right TO regulate Us own internal
concerns according 70 its own pleasure; and
while IL does not interfere with the rights of the
people OF other States. or therights of the Union,
everv State must lie the sole iudee Of he meas
proper To the safety OF ~ citizens and
promote their hpppiutss: and All eff ri~ on the
part OF the peo2le OF the States to ca~t odium ga
their Institutions. ami ali measures calculated 10
disturb their rights OF pronerty. or To put u
jeopardy their peace and internal tranquility are
in direct opposition 10 the spirit in which the
Union vas founded snd must GUIDANCE its safety
Motives Of philanthropy may he assigned 20 their
unwarrsntable interference. and weak men may
persuade themselves for moment that they are
laboring in the cause of humanity. and asserting
tie rights of the human race: but every one. upon
sober reflection. will see that nothing but mis-
chief can come from these improper assaults upon
the feelings aud rights OF others Rest assured
that the men found busy in the work Of discord
are not worthy of confidence. and deserve the
strongest reprubaiion (l5)
ABRAHAM LIxcoLS-lt the Union that
created the States and therefore. the States being
subordinate must submit the authority and
power Of the General Government
ALEXANDER HAMILToS-The States can never
lose their powers till the whole people OF America
robbed Of their liberties These must go
together They must support each other or meet
IA common fate. The Constitution is framed
upon truly republican principles. and ms il is ex
pre-sly designed for common protection andth he
general welfare Of the United States il mutt be
utterly repugnaBt To that Constitution to ~ubvert
the Site governments, or Cypress the people
The coercion of the State is one of the maddest
projects that was ever devised. A failure Of
compliance will never be confined to single
State This being the case. suppose il
wise to hazird a civil WARP II would be nation
at war with itself Can any reasonable man he
well disposed toward government thai makes
war and carnage the only mems o. supporting
itself GOV ernuent that only exist by the
swordf
The State governments are absolutely neces
sary To she system Their existence must form
u leading principle in the most perfe Con>tilu
ton We could form | insi>' thar it never can be
the interest desire OF the national legislature
TO destroy the State governments II can derive
no advantage from such event: hut. the
contrary. would lose AN INDISPENSABLE support.
Necessary aid i'm executing the laws. and convey
ing the influence Of government tn the doors ni
the peo.le The Union Is dependent uron The
will of the State governments for Us chiei magis
trate and for its Senate The blow aimed AZ the
members must give fatal wound To the bead;
and the destruction ofihe Sites must be at once
n political suicide &c
ABRAHAM LISCOLS-The Government must
prove that il is supreme. and has the power ~ en-
force obedience. or it il - mockerv 10 call il -
government lts power. therefore. to coerce
States IN rebellion must be admitted as "A funda
ment Il principle Of ia exis'enre
ALEXANDRA HAMILToS-Wh whoever considers the
populnmsneSs and strength Of several of these
States singly ut tie present juncture. and looks
forward To what they will become even 1T the dis
iince nf half a century. will ri once dismiss "a
Idle ard visionary any scheme which aims az reg
ulatug or coercing them in their collective ca
pacities by the General Government project
OF ths kind is lir,e less romantic than the mon
ster tanning spirit attributed To the fabulous he
roes and demi gods o.. antiquity. Even in those
c0utederaeieS. which have been composed of
members smaller than many of eur counties the
principle of legislation for foreign States. sup
ported by military coercion. has never been found
eilectual Ith1s rarely been attempted Ia he EN-
p.oyed against the weaker members; and in most
instances attempts 10 coerce the refractory and
disobedient have been the signals of bloody wars
in which one half the confeIerary has displayed
its banners against the other. We want no such
government IA this az
ABRAHAM LIScoLS-What does government
mean, but power and authority over the gov
erned? If the people will not sustain the gov
eminent. then il is clearly the right of the gov
eminent to sustain itself II would be impossible
to do this il | am to be bound up 10y the checks
and restraints of the constitution.
THoMAsJEFFERs)S-GO is now taking
a steady course to show by what road il will
pass to destruction, to Wit by consolidation FIRST
aud then corruption. its natural consequence.
prevalence of the doctrines OF
consolidation will one day call for reformation or
revolution. | see with the deepest
affection the rapid strides with which the Fed
eral branch of our Government is advancing to
ward usurpation of all the rights reserved TO the
States and the consolidation in itself of all power
foreign and domestic, and that, too. by conStruc
tons which. If Ultimate, leave no limits to their
power (ls)
GEORGE WAsHNGToS-It is important that the
habit OF thinking in free country should inspire
caut on in those entrusted with ills administration
to coufne themselves within their respective
constitutional spheres. avoiding in the exercise
OF the powers OF one department. to encrOach up
on another The spirit OF encro tchment tends 10
consolidate the powers of ai the departments in
one and thus create. whatever the form of gov
eminent. real deSpuriSm A just estimate of
that love OF power and pr0ueue>s abuse il
which pTedOminates in the human heart j. sufii
Client TO s,tsly us of the truths of this position
The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exer-
else of political power 10y dividing aud distributing
1t into diiferen, departments. and constituting
each the guardian OF the public veal against in
vasion by the other. has been evinced BY ex
periments. ancient and modern; some OF them in
our own country AMI under our own ewes. To
preserve them must be necessary as to in
stitute them
Ii. in the opinion Of the penple the destruction
mOdhc alton al the constitutional power he in I
any particular wrong let IL he corrected a> Nh
amendment in the WAY which the Constitution /
delegates. Bnt let th. re ne no change bv usur
patton for. though this in one in.t,nce mlv he /
the instrument ot good. IL - the customary I
weapon by which free governments DESTROY /
ed. The precedent must always oveIbalaIce in /
permanent evil any partial or transient benefit /
whi.h the use mev ut the time Weld
DANIEL EBsTER-1 hroueh all the history Of /
the contest for liberty. executive powsI has been /
regarded a lion which must be Gagged. So lar /
from being the object of enlightened popular 4
trust so far from being considered the natural I
protector OF popular right. it has been dreaded As
the great source ct it, danger. go
ABRAHAM LfNc IN reueat. in my own de- /
fense thai pow er i necessary tn government and .
that the lite of everv sble-bodied man in the \
country should be placed its disposal 20 pre- /
serve he integrity of the country. In this view
OF the case conservation besomeS an imperative
lie e<Sirv
JUpGE GA>roS-What! are the freemen Of this /
country Ia he drafted from The ranks OF the militia, /
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