Message of the Governor of Pennsylvania
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Excerpt from Message of the Governor of Pennsylvania: Transmitting Resolutions Relative to Slavery, Passed by the Legislatures of Virginia and Georgia To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Gentlemen: - The States of Virginia and Georgia, have transmitted to the Executive Department of this Commonwealth, resolutions in reference to the preservation of the Union; the institution of slavery; and complaining of certain alleged violations of the Constitution of the United States. A respectful courtesy to these distinguished members of the confederacy, demands from the government of Pennsylvania an early and calm consideration of the grievances thus presented. The known character of the citizens of this Commonwealth, for their faithful adherence to the National Constitution; their deep veneration for, and attachment to, the National Union, and their uniform respect and regard for the rights, privileges and happiness of the citizens of the other States of the confederacy, is a sufficient pledge, that they would feel deeply wounded, should their representatives, by silence and acquiescence, seem to admit that they, or their government, were justly obnoxious to the assertion that they "had commenced, and were persisting in a system of encroachment upon the Constitution, and rights of a portion of the people of this confederacy, which is alike unjust and dangerous to the peace and perpetuity of the cherished Union." Persuaded that there exists no unkind feeling among our citizens to any other portion of the confederacy, and that a cordial love for the National Constitution and Union, pervades our entire population; it is deemed a pleasant duty to transmit those resolutions to your honorable bodies, that the necessary measures may be adopted after a candid consideration of the whole subject, to give a decided negative to the complaints of our sister Republics, if they have done our people and government injustice in these charges; and if otherwise, to offer the amplest assurance that the speediest remedies will be provided to redress any just grievances. This action is necessary in order that no truthful accusation of a wilful and wanton breach of the Constitution; infidelity to the National Union, or invasion of the rights of others, shall stain the social history of Pennsylvania. The wrongs alleged may be classified as follows: First. That the people of the non-slaveholding States have encroached upon the Constitution of the United States. Second. That they have done acts hostile to the peace and perpetuity of the National Union. Third. That they have unjustly, dangerously and injuriously, trespassed upon the rights of other portions of the confederacy. These are grave charges against the faith and honor of this Commonwealth, - and hence the necessity of a careful examination of their justice and truth. Questions connected with the slavery of the colored race, have given origin to these complaints. It is not necessary to discuss the abstract question of slavery. If it were now to be established, if the foot-prints of the bondsman, were now for the first time to mark the soil of our common country; - if the Constitution were now to be formed, it would be our duty to enter our solemn protest against its introduction or recognition. We should feel a pleasure in the adoption of a different policy from that imposed upon us by our British progenitors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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