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ROLLA, PHELPS COUNTY, MO., MAT IBeon JACKSON’S EJb:SSA«£iLxtCUTlVK Department, JXFFEKSON CliY, May,. 1861.Gentlemen of th e Senate arid', of the House of Hep-reecntativee ; •• n •I had no reason to anticipate, whoa you ad-.-ife, liberty, character audproperty »n every garter of tfie country - and in tho fraternal attachments which the citizens of tlio several State bear to one another, -as members of. one political family, mutually contributing to promote the happiness of each other. Wo have also bven warnedjourned,'tliat circumstances would so fiooa arise, j by J°bn Quincy Adam*, that the- permanency of which would render it my.imperative duty tocall! fc“9 Union restednot in thOcoercive powers of tho you together again. . It is. deeply ;to be -regretted j Scleral Government, bat in tho love and aff jc-afc __ _ ^3. j that such a step bus to bo taken at a season of I fions of the people His opinions were expressed the year when timo i* so prcoiou*, and the loss of! *n Regard to the porpetutty of tho government in it, iny.iur private affairs, must occasion such ! the following strong and truthful language: “The floriQii'-! inconvenience. I am'ronfident however, j .indissoluble link oi Uaieh fcetweon the people of that you have not reluctantly responded to tho } aoveral States of this confederated nation, is, calJ, and.that tho ohject3 for which yoa- have «a- j a*lor all. not in tho right, hut in the h'a~t. If th a aembled can be promptly, and unanimously.ae- day should ever come (may heaven avert it) whencomplishcd in a vc—- c ~ --------•*«.—— . j-journment, events }r j of tho country have been* r. j the rapidity of thought.jrnculated to aWakeni±i tho bosom of every.patnoz. [ **3©oiation will not long hold together parties notho moat,gloomy apprehen3ionsj Manittsuuions | ffagorntfcraetodby-fbe magnetism of consoli*a-5-from every Quarter, and of a character neither to !ted interestsndkindly evmpnthics; and far bet bo overlooked nor disregarded indicate, but too |.!er tho people of tho d%$united States to part plainly that our; wholo country, its,Constitution ! in-friendship from each other, then to bo held tc-and laws, uLo in imminent danger of disorder and 1 hy constraint. Bat the lessens of wisdom?fb5.destruction.Our Uvderal Constitution, the hond ef union of, a once united and happy people, vvai framed by the delegates of distinct and soperut* fctales, and severally ratified by them in their soverei/n ra-* pacity as.Stato3. This Constitution cm.naWd' from men who were guided by nteiligenco and patriotism, and taught by tho lessons of expcri-ot ce and history, and whoso mmds wore ilmnrn-ated by tho lights of philosophy aud wisdom.— Its object was to establish equality a, d justice between the States, and to insure dome tic trdn-quility wi tain z hem. Had tho sanies piri tot justice aud patriotism, which animated the men who «'.evL-ed it, guided tho people of tho frou idtacfes in tho Proper observance of its ob.igationa to the present hour, we would now have a united, prosperous and nappy Union, iostead of a distracted and brokon Confederacy. There has been no necessary conflict of interests bo .ween the N*,rth aud the South thw Hast and the West. Varieties ot climate, contrasting (but net conflicting) organizations of labor, and social structures animated by different ^out not adverse) principles. But the progress «-f fanaticism, sucisonitliam and cupidity in- the .Northern Shi as, for the past quarter of a century,has, with accumulating force, culminated in tne triumph of a puroh sectional faction which, under the form, but iu viviation of theprinciples oi the Cuosututiooj threatens to do-troy Lhc s vereignty of* the. States, and, practically, convert the Governmentol the United ftzalus into *u overshadowing consolidated de»po ism. The prcsect Jfxccntive of the doited States seems to. regard the States in their relations to the Fedora! Government as similar to iboso which counties b j..r to State sovereignties. A perversion soinou-•troua and so dangerous, all wise and reflecting uabn foresaw m'uBt end in a dhaohtibn {ri- lt;blt; UOiiiuderacy, and that result has not taken us bytaught by the older and purer statesmen of tho country seem to be unheeded by the present Administration; Its pdlicy is rapidly tending to revolution, and unless speedily arrested, will end in ruin and disaster to. the hitherto prosperousauipnso'r#or to tho inauguration of Proaioc;aljust ___IririoUjJias, at last yielded in doppair,imd has se-cedtd irom tho old Federal Unioa. North Caru-liua, Tennessee and Arkansas, it is believed, will rapidly follow in the footsteps of Virginia, and ^oaruoky is profoundly moved in tbis great Question, Our interests aud our sympathies are identical irith those of the plaveholding Sates, and noceasariiy u:iite3 our destiny with theirs. The similarity of oumociul and political institutions— our indu trial interests, our sympathies, habits unfl casT.es—our common origin and territorial con Uguuy, all of cur, ip pointing cut our duty in regard to the sopo-atibn which is now taking place bo vrcon the S ates of the old Federal Union. In the nonntime it, is, in my judgment, irdispets-aiilo to oar aafoty, that we ahould emulate the policy of all the other States, in arming our people and placing the State in a proper attitude f»r defence. Tho saiiitia law should be revised and rendered more efficient. A good .system of drill and discipline Fhouid bead in order to pl;*ce ourselves in a popition vrhoa ourrigh:scan be defended by strong arms and* willing hcarta.Missouri has, at this time, no war to prosecute; it is not her policy r,y make aggressions on any iStiLte or people-; but, in tho present slate of the country, sue would-be.fUhleas -to her honor and recreant to her duty, were she to hesitate a moment in making the most ample preparation fcr the protecti»lt;n:of her people against tho agressions of aii assailants.I therefore respectfully recommend the appro-n fl * » n A f U owflinl SV vx fii.vn 4 akin -t Lincoln V™*'011 of a sufficient sum of money to place the a.T.a dtates bud .fccedcd.-- The, Lad uVdtdj with St”£® f pr»otic»b!e moment, in aeach other' under a new coneluutioa—ele-j.tcd | c.ou!P‘€to sl*^° delence. tUeir officers, organised armies, instituted jult;il- In conclusion, permit ine to appeal to you, and ciai tribunals, and as-'ortou all the powers right- through you to the whole people of the State, to fudy belonging to sovereiga Slates. To this they whom we ore all responsible, to uo nothing iru-were :mpelicd by ,w ell-iouaded apprchcns ons of 1»T® '«ntly or precijjicately. We, gentlemen, havevLuuiu.miaca* /J ui uuiauiiucoci/ tuue of Missouri cannot be reproached. They preserved, with scrupulous fidelity, their, ut-1 I • * /I ...t! 4. A _____1 ‘ . II.. .imminent danger to ail their vital interests, and by a consciousness’that everything do.ir to thorn was directly menaced, by tho predominance.of-a f.icc-oh avowedly .bualilo to their very existence, os communities. For calamities so deplorable t’uo people havetaciuiieiit to' •.he Constitution aud the Union.— They h-we done nothing ia aeroga'ion of tho rights of others. They bare patiently submitted to many and great injurios for 'he sake of peace. They havo ever .counseled concord and fraternity. Their statute books havo not been' defaced by onaetihents in contravention of tho Consutution, aud the laws made in pursuance, ther of. They havo aeon slow tobcieivo that d* signs destructive oi their rights and interests'could be entertained by ihe administration of fir. Lincoln. They refused to see iu his inaugural any purprae of introducing tho horrors ol civil war.' Thev'havecordially uuited in every effort of the jeoplc of the border States to effect such a compromise us would securo the rights and honor of qli, restore fraternal feeling, reconstitute Uio Union', and 'iinput new vigor to tho Constitution. Their eot*lift most solemn duty to perform. Let u°, then, calmly roa?on one with anofrho , avoid all passion and all tendency tu tumult and disorder, obey implicitly the law and the constituted authorities, and endeavor, ultimately, to unite all our citizens in cordial co-operation for the preeorration of our honor, the security of our property, and the performance of all those high duties imposed upon ub by our obligations to our families, our country and our God. . Bespectfullv,0. F. Jacmo.h.Fifteen Hundred Free Colored Men in Arms.—On Monday night, the 22ndi3it., a monster meeting of the free colored residents of New Orleans was heldin that city to offer their services for the- •protection of New Orleans. - Resolutionswere adopted, profering their services to the municipal authorities, in cage of aniel-* and tkoir rig’its have boon alike unheeded. Invasion by the enemy, And if allowed The old Coniederacy is broken f a new one has to form themselves m military comp'a-beon organized uy a portion of tho State*, t od Preslcttnt Lincoln, by his proclamation, calling out a force of sovenry-five thousand, men to i?uodus tho seceded States, has threatened a detractive civil war between the S ates.On tne.15th day of April, I received a dispatch from the Seorotary of War, calling oa mo to fur-ni-h the government dt Wrehiugton with four icgimonfes, to aid in tho prosecution of the civil war about to be inaugurutedv I am suro I but gave uttertfnee to the universal heart of our peo pie when I replied, that Missouri weuldnot furnish entf mr n to assi.-t in sueh a war. .Th e action of tho President is evidently unconstitutional aud illegal, and will only tend to still further alienate the people of th'a free and slaVelroiding States ia thoir opinions and sentiments. In confirmation of tbia opinion it is sufficient, to say, that the power to .coerce a S ate by the Federal Union was proposed in tho Convention that framed the Constitution in several different forms,- aud rc-jec. ted; and it is an insalt to the common sense - f tb e people to assert' tnat a war upon individuals, acting under authorit of the State, and by virtu o' of its cowmifsion, or in, obedience to its government, is not a war upon tho State. . The Presi(lent, it appears, has hot only discovered the power in the’ government', to’ make‘war on1 the States, but has ossunioiJ ihat.the .Execx\t ve JDp-piirtnjent can initiate that war. Neither Washing-' ton j nor Jeffersou, nor Jacksou ever for a* mo-lt; meat imagined that they were-clothed with such' a despotic power as this. . On tho contrary, wo have been taught* by the following langauge in ■tho farewell add ess of General Jackson/ that the harmony and porin'aneuoy of the .Union couid only, be perpetuated by such a .policy., aa. would .command theTove and* confidence of .tho people of the several State. Ho* said': *‘But the^.Constitution eaimob bo maintained, nor the Union preserved, in. opposition, to public feeling, by tho mere exertion...f • • • - r I t v * * ‘ i -ot tho coopisiio pewors confided to tho .govern-ment. The foun'Jat‘Ons must bo laid in the’affeor Inies, they engage to take up arms at a .moment’s notice for the defence of their na'ive soil, and fight, “shoalder by shoulder” with the citizens, as their fathers did in 1814.” a. The meeting was addressed in an im“ passioned manner by Mr. Arm and La“ nut-se. At the conclusion of the proceedings, fifteen hundred of these patriotic yellow men stepped forward and signed their names as ready to perforinmilitary duty. Their-stock has not degenerated, and they will fight as faithfully as their fathers did with Jackson. At the time -of the insurrection of. the slaves of St. Domingo, the free colored rrien earnestly tendered their services for its suppression to the authorities.— They were doubted, and their aid rejected. Had they been accepted, the negroes: would not have triumphed.'Most of the. whites who escaped wiihlife were saved by the exertions of the free colored.*lions of tbe pcopte; in tho soourifcy H gives 0 dove»”^#Grba6ed Lightning.—In the coal oil fegions.thunder has disappeared, theatmosphere is so saturated with oily vapor that it greases all the lightning,*and enable? it to slide down hill from the' upper regions as gently * as a* Clt;cooing
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