Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-06-10
! GovERNoUR's SPEECH.


f b. ofthe Senate, and
tlemea of the House of Representatives.,
Cfoyernment of the Commonwealth
been organized for the ensuing
year, pursuant to the provisions
h. Constitution, it has devolved upon
hter upon the duties assigned to
e bective stations, and to discharge
rs responsibilities which we have
s trily assumed to our immediate con-
s and to the Country, of which the
bnwealth is a part. In respectful
hnce with the invariable usage on
+. occasions, l now present myself,
lily, in this Convention, to express
pse of obligation with which l am
pII and gratefully impressed for the
led manifestation Of the confidence
& |ellow-citizens, to repeat the assur-
II bnd to renew, before the representa-
+ b the people, the pledges of faithful
! ID intention, and of earnestness in
bur, to discharge with impartiality
cording to the measure of my abili.
||e elevated office with which I am
ii and most greatly honoured. Nor
Is Improvement of opportunity to be
a I'd as useless, or mere formal cere-
IS 1t may not be deemed unappro-
b 10 our relations to each other and
66 State, that, in the commencement
i ssociatIon in publick labours, and
sa| BRING upon common engagements,
i Intercourse should be had by those,
e to cooperate in the promotion of
Sc peral welfare, and the success of
individual efforts depends as much
9 he influence of a personal conf
g N each other, as upon consentane-
htiment. There is wholesome SYM
i excited, even by this brief meeting
'|I|er, an involuntary, but kindly, con-
llip n Of mutual respect, a silent but sa-
esolution Of mutual assistance in Of
i uty. Surely if but for such ten
"a alone, the time which is thus oc-
81 is not to be regretted although
I|& information nor profit, otherwise,
p result from the occasion. The very
Plage of the various departments
icers Of government is an interest
! instructive spectacle in itself. 1t
8 es that harmony in purpose, with
lch there is nothing of wisdom in
'k / coucils, that concert and co-ope-
8 in action, without which there is
g etfectual to the publick service.
IS little more than two months have
since the Propagation of the last
ure. TO that period, whatever
were known to me to require COM
tlon were officially submitted for
consideration. During the recess,
icult and delicate duty of making
BUS appointments, which the laws
mt enactment devolved upon the
I've, have, as promptly and so far as
practicable, been executed. Under
visions of the act aelating to Coun-
mlssloners, appointments have been
? all the counties save one, and in
tance OF exception, the considera-
Inch induced to the delay are now
81 q. A Commissioner for examining
'llng the accounts of the State Pri-
been constituted, and a report Of
plt OF the investigation is expected
on to be laid before you, at the pre-.
sslon. The Executive Government
prison has also been recognized, by
slgnatlon Of distinguished individuals
pose the board of inspectors, byt he
tment OF a skilful Physician and of {
am, whose recommendations impair
Siui experience and peculiar qualifi
icr the duties of that highly inter
station, and by the reapp )intmen
S. lormer Warden. The execution o
y mas been committed to the charge
Se who were known to be deeply ex
. give to the system of contemplate
Orm the most faithful experiment
lere is reason to expect, that, unde
monltlons of the past, and with thu
ements for the future, such disap
,lents as have been heretofore suffer
neither IN the pecuniary results o
nployment of the convicts, or in th
effects of penitentiary discipline
lot recur, to be the occasion Of ful
llstrust in the corrective power G
lsa,,ltutlon, or tax upon the treasuf
Il state. Yet the entire benefit of tn
Sc may not, at once, be realized. Tn
completion of the new prison, whic
the strenuous exertions of the Wa
Is rapidly carried forward, the perm