The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-11
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The Inaugural Address
oRs. MlLLIAM HgSnS HARRlsOk.
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fFsssasai sfshs U.i'sd ssssss
Czled IRON q seiisensnl which bad
saepessd <ss IN ,esnlinae lar The residue
Il nv life. - al the Chief Exrealise
sfies Of ske greet AID free nation. ! APP
pear befre yoa. frllap.eiiizeas. % take
me s1shs which me Constitution pre-
sersees - aneceussy aualiseallaa laT the
pernrmance offs dnles. ARd In oheda-
eaee 10 . cnslom eaesh with our Gov
sramen,. and what believe 20 be yoar
expeel..isss. proceed 70 present toyoa
. semnaFy Of The principles which will
.Rosern ne in Ihe discharge Of she dusies
.xhich I sh.l, BE- called ppea 10 perform.
I. as abe reBstk ofa Roman Consul.
N Al early Psr,oa Of shat eel,hrsted Re
ppblie. ,hn mos, s,ukiag roa;,ssi 49,
observable IN The eordaei 81 rsasaistrs
for Offices Of power and irass. bslafs -
sftsr Obtaining IheIn--ihey -ssHpsG raF-
rying oai in the lslIer case ne pledges
and promises made n lhr former. How
ever much ihe world NAV have improved.
10 many respects. in the lapse of upwards
oflwo Ihonssni years since The remark
sas made by he virluous and ind,gnsnl
R0naa. ! lear thai 4 strict exsmiasll"n
of Tie annals III some ol The modern
elective Gssetnmrais weuld Develop 81
,snllsr instances Of viol.ied confidence.
Although the 6al of The People has
game firth, proelaimIng me The Chief
Magistrate .gfibls giarioUs Union. nothing
upon their rarI IemsiniRg 20 be done. u
msy be thought that mo,i,e may exist
% keep or lIle delusIun under which they
may be Supposed 10 have acted n relal,op
10 nv princlPle. and opinions: aud per
haps there may be some 90 Tins sssem,
bls whn have come here either prepared
% condemn those 4 shall nov denver. os.
approving Ihem, 10 .doubl the sincerity
with which they are uttered. hun ihs
lapse ui lev months viii confirm OF
.dIspel !sher fears. The outline Of prin
.eiples 60 gosern. aud measures 10 be
adopted by an Administration not YET
begun, will soon be exchanged Tor i'm
muisble history, and shall stand. either
.exonersled by my counirymen. OF chased
.wiA She mass Of those who promised
shstihsy might decisive, and hslieTed with
iihe iaienilon 10 benay.
Howeyss strong may be my present.
purpose 20 realize The expectations of o.
naenanimous and coh6ding People, too
well unletsiand ihe infirmilirs Of human
.ns,aEe. and The dangerous temptations 10
which shall be exposed. from The mag
nilude % The power which /, has been
The pieasure uf the People 10 commit 10
my hands, paa 10 place my ehiet conf
denee upon the aid OF that Aini2h,y
Power which has hitherto projected me.
and enabled me % bring 10 favorable
ISSUES other important but still greatly
jnfetipr trusts, heretofore eonfided TO me
BY ny coonlry.
The broad foundation upon wh,rh our
Gensdspsian reefs being the Peoples
.breath oftheirs having made, IS breath
can nnmske, change. or modify it'll, can
be assigned 10 none Of the great divisions
Of GaSernment but 10 ihst oI Democracy.
II such 10 iS theory, those who .sre called
upon to administer il must recognise. as
:iis leading principle, the duiy oi shaping
iheir measures so as 10 produce the
greatest good to the greatest number.
But. with these broad admissions, IL We
would compare the sovereignty scknow-
aedgeJ to exist in the mass OF our People
wiih the power claimed by other sore-
reignlies. even By those which have been
eoasidered mes, purely democratic. We
shall 6nd a poss essential difference. AL
others lay claim 81 poser limited only
by ,heis ewn will. The majority Of our
.eiiizens. on the contrary. possess sove-
.seigniy with an amount Of power precisely
equal to that which has been granted to
then by the parties TO the nstinual COM
pscl. and naihing beyond. We admit Of
no Government By Divine right; believing
that. so far as power Is concerned, the
.benr6cenI Cresyor has made M Distinction,
amongst men. tina, ali are uppn an eqaati'
~. and thu, The only legiama,. right ID
govern is an express grant oi Fower from
The governed. The Constitution 1T the
UniIed States is the INSTRUMENT contain
jug this grant of power TO The several de.
Psrtments composing the Government
QI az examination OF thai instrument, u
!w,k be found to contain declarations oil
power grs1IeJ. aud Of power withheld.
The latter 10 also susceptible Of division
iato power vhjeh The majority had the
right 70 grapi. bpt which they did not
shink proper ~ enlrpsl 10 their agents
and thai wbich they could moi have
granted. not being possessed BY them
selves. 10 other words. there are certain
rights possessed BY each individual Ane
.ricaa citizen. which. 10 his compact vi,l
abe others. he has never surrenderei.
Some OF then. indeed. he Is unable Ia
surrender. being. " ihe language Of ou,
system. ,unslIenabIs.
The bossled gri.iiege Of Roman eli,
gen vas 20 HIN shleld only ags,ns, q
petty prosinciJ ruler. shlst The proud
ds.socssi Of athers could CONSOLE hinsel
nad-r sentence Of death. far suppose.
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