, 1873-01-09

r,y conduct ar tia md motives. and then de-
QUO qaeses &C Il Viii ey nay reRs
ss'ssR sssoa ss * ao sSsSso Eo w" ''o
During my almr!stnon Of tho goysrnnlent Of tho
that i.yo always cherished aa ola ossental to tho
woll-bctng of my conitrymen. hayo mover fatcrel
ii y S esG # rs Il rs aMsr e la avo sf ,ss @ srs ssa
suh}ccting MI claims of right 70 govern le pcuro Or
E srsS ssay avs Sn Mnsy s ss m o
my oi claiming !, .a t. oc
H.atcs, unless the power claimed WIS found to hayo
beon expressly GRANTED " was 1'eecssnsly Implied IN
grant of powor contained in tho Federal o3Hin
been claimed under stae, l,ayo earnestly sought
10 know that # was not so,npsehe,lca within Hono
tlon reserved 10 themselves or forbidden 10 he
csed by otlors. haye at all times regarded It
tbo Uned sintoa, mud 10 MD III defending tic doyeri-
,ncnt created by that instrunen III tho exercise Of oil
IT. e. o a sS e y
NY dntioa to tho Government Of tho United statcs
lJegau with my birth, a1ld nye mover Leon forgotten
,tsse atios II, s @ VI; ,pRoI M + ny judgment @ snd ~
to o3naitation md l"Ya Of t1o state + Illinois,
not say Tint tho ,lnty Of, o6oyipg and
S Of bSs
usI authority Of ~ States t. casential to tho per-
ne ses' Sat "n o of botl IL c. e.so
ttal to TINT which Is moro precious than ehor-tho
Tlo ., Constitution of tho United States and that Of
alterations llat q tito United Datoa h ono Of fts
he Constitution Of te State Of Illinois BY tlo consent
Of Its eoplo but neither tho one nor tho other, nor
either can 10 enlarget' e1randea, or restricted,
or 1inItsa BY m; n'rS construction, o.,l Do
aereS or eay 1 s Tn
States Or that ho war OF ts results enlarged or ex
racied or diminished lis powers Of o States nor did
the war, either III ta origin, history, It's results
ha 4;eHnS s1 9 III s afoy Of tho 9oye
and wIae1y oxoreircd can DO brought fo collision On
certain wolidcnned duties, rcscryg to themselves, i
at & e e ho .sa
might 10 made seenre tho people of tho
they roaacaa rights tlnt uo:ernmont shall evade.
maintenance M Of ne rshts to e sea tst and
tho people for tho rcasona nlonc that they nro tho
T hsvs ~ S a an nv aso9t1
Of The States aud tho rghtn Of tho peorc shou threat
ened fron, any quartor my apprchcnkons have beon
the Federal Government, md from tho inlucncca Of
ruworfnl md corrupt combinations that havo thcr
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from that ccntro extend their baneful influences
| the whole country,
dangers md md convnsiosn Tint ava threatened re- @ I tho
overthrow Of tho Rcpnlic and tho Hbyoralon Of pub
H. 1y yS @ their norct srs na It 1s
nlcasurea TINT mato rebcll!on possible were organized
in tho Congress- Of the United s.ates. 1t wis from
their seats That members Of the two Houses Of Con-
grcos from tho Southern States aroused tho fears and
Stimulated tho hates Of their conatituents Until they
1ecamo forgetful Of tho separate independent e.ist
Ut the StatcB. and tho whole section WAS organ.
| lied into nn "Unitett South"
Rebellion wns not pohsihlo until all tho Southern
statea were stripped Of oil independent authority, and
ccaeea to be centres Of patriotic resistance and It ia
threaten Ito overthrow Of the nSerics Of he psop!o
and 10 these influences hayo felt 1t 10 bo my duty to
inserrose stcaay resistance. do not, uay bo In
1ncn ct the Government Of tho United States, but do
declare my belief that, tho result Of the mud
nuder that Government from Vicious mud dangerous
alseraons which political system hua undoryono
nnd by the combination Of all these causes tho harmony
Of our syatcns, antl tho authority Of tho iawr and tho
purity Of the Government md tue liberties Of tho
My belief TINT thefo md angars ortst, has
e .sgrnoftt 9f may faeR sf Ths &c Congress Of tie
Of legislation, and to draw under its control every i'll
teres Of The country, and to enlarge an1 extcnd tho
Jurisdiction Of tho Courts Of the United States aud to
dent There aro few suboca hat nre not now claimed
United stntes mud With tho support Of tho ioetrno
that tho authority Of tho Federal Government over
that of the staes, tho Jay is nc not far iatan we tho
right Of tho States to Interfere III tho control Of tho SUBJ
md clegrapha aud others Of likonortancc, and hcr
enforce justice In their Courts will ho denied
% Y q5d a 1t 10 tho % pas soFse Of @ y o
authority Of Congress-, but 1t e1onds to tho support Of
tho rretcEsious Of PERSONS who hold tLcir Offices Mt
the will Of distant authority to intorfere with tho
people IN tho cxcrcae Of thcr nos Important rights
need not refer to sl tho facts TINT o1st to support
political parties lavo disturbed tic peace Of tho Slate
Of Louisiana. fGction, largely composed Of and
oa o y s sss 5
connectca with tho rcyenuo service aud tho patronage
9S nSs oi e. 5 i
States BY act Of daring rsurpation, has assumed
organizations that contenliny for power in that
unhappy state md has, BY judicial order, without
oces UNDER TIC a aya ef t
State, disposed of aud settlc. The great political qucs-
eeon aaa siG o has, Il II fac a poased e o future Gov
ernor, and the pcrsous who are to compose tug LeRs
Of II III 'aa q as asf naa a ess
state; and nons Of these sgleaa usSspatIens
Acts Ee e ess en my M nS Cd
fnct haa impressed upon the necessity Of reastlnl
their influence, and deading Of al olsd!enee to ~
CoGH{ltlltlcn una lAHb IL Ut lllhk pGuit
Of the State Ut Illinois weary Of tho right to ro-
late aud or their domestic Institutions In tlei
own why, or that they doubt their respect fo
tho Government Of tho United Batca, that they lna
enrge it's powers and subject themselves o the dca
poc agencies that are employed In many Of the State
Of tho Union. Illinois has always discharged a 1T
dulles to the common Unton and its people haso ev
erywhere shown themselves capable Of conprehendnt
mud vlncang the contral principle Of American TO
pubcanla,n, "sato Sovereignty, National Union"
JonA III. PALMER,
cTNKEE