Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-05-01
The New c0ussIldlIot, u sosth csslI!

The followioEextraet fnoEn th> q 4dil1o
J Him. A. q. Mackey. y lssidant .of thG1|oQ
Catbiha Coayup tiph, delivered pp, h. a.
joufnihedt. tkes the general odtlitss of
the new Consultation as adopted:
The work WHICH No we're ienf herv 70. do
was most n,otnentous to the cCommouwtAlth
III. ccS,ssss a ~, Y t6iSt' sos'Sj 81 Of
much coalmendsiioa Tor the iir pfoyen.epts
they have made IN the orgspic lew, when
their lsbou are compared with those Of
their j,reaecbssofs. Ne ohsss ps<sent 10
our constituen o. Constitution Ia which,
FOR the drsf tine 10 che poiiiiczl hisfory VI
this State. the ertat doctrine Of nsnhood
suiFrsse 10 distiheil} Recognised, spd eli
The rights are secured TO every citizen 70
which pature's God have, entitled hin.
Here have We stricken every Sesiiee o.
serfdom from our .insiiluIicns,. and that.
too, in 10 emphatic aud unAnllaeuous
way, that no doubt can be entsrfsincd of
our determination that ,his relic Of bsrbsr-
ism shali never ssaih; N any form. poiIue
our soils d Here We have sah'de every need.
fallsiiangenlent for the free lcducssieh Of
our people, 30 that if tulrei legirissors
shall carry out 10 good faith the prosisians
which We have vrdained on this vital sub
\ jeci, IN few years the stain Of ignorance
which now polluiss our history will lbo
forever obliiera,edt aud the happy period
| Will hatt arrived when no son or daughiti
of South Carolina will be unable ~ lead
or write. Thus have We broadly sown ths
seeds Of public education, aud thusishsll
we, ia no dista nc time, reap ahe rseh haas
vest ofpublic virtue, Cfihut and lrhossneo
are inssparable oinpapious, We have
stricken . htuty blow at both. AID nlay
look for TIE nnofal sbd iLtshable result
In The elevatitn cf nl our people 20 so-
cial, political aud religious e,hil.ctce, TO
which. under the former Constitution and
laws OF the State. they bad never attained.
Here, too, We hsve vbliterated FROM our
political system thst most peruicious her.
esq oi siate so,ereignty---s heresy which,
for pearly bsli century taught by our
leaders, had, like an ignis fefrus, led The
people of South Carolina, ON moro than
one OCCASION, to the brink OF rebellion, an
ktil therearose ~ length, asa necessary re-
suit oft doctrine, ote % the most iistri-
cidsl watts that the kbrld ever Saw. The
theory of = disid.d. allegiance. and or 4
sovereignty within soyereigaiy, alike m
congruous with oil ihe principles o poll.
ticai science and with the system or nation
al power established by cur fathers, has
received from you death 1,low, bNo
ionger, II the Consti,ui9d Sou taye sdon-
ted shbhd be ratified by the people, will
there be any danger Of q future rebellion in
which me rsofiohs Gag Of Our eonimoh
country--a dag which has often s'brssed
the battle and the breezs'' --sbxll be treat
ed by pertiou of the nation with Insult;
aud for il an ensign be substituted, ebb-
sccrated by no NATIONAL usditions, aud
simply the novel insignia &c ~ disrupted
eobiedersey. In esisbli ins this prinri.
pie nf psramonnt allegiance to the Ma
tional Gosefnthent. you have thrown n
protection around the national lie FOR the
futute. AID yct isase Testified the acts Of
those Union meu who, 10 the midst ofa
wide-spread and. ih resteuisg rebellion,
nobly stood BY the doctrine you have an
nounced, aud would not acknowledge that
the S.ste, h5ssver snnsh they loved II ss
their h6ihe, could ssfpIsnt Ia their sdecs
tons the milton ftbh which they received
protection. f.4r asI. ss..- .l..I --Ifrr.f