The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-12-01
GOVERNORS MESSAGE NO. L.
ExEcUr1vE DEPARTMENT, (
M Columbia, Nov %, 1871.

congratulate you on the recurrence oi
,b;s occasion of assembling in the service
bf vour constituents, under circumstances
no ausnici,us To the useful discharge OF
yohr duties, as I trust they will be c"ho"-
Give to The harmony of your delioerat'o"s.
While, in the general hea,ln OF "u'
r;,izeus. and the abundance OF the harvest
Sve have experienced the usual benehceh.
die, r;hu,ion Of the blessings ofan o'erru-
limo Providence, we have not less cause
3nr con ora,ulalion in the rcvivlne Prospen-
,, ,f nnr people. from the unexampiea "e-
1-essfon and embarrassment oil t.e ''"es c
Already,has credit began to regain co'''l-
dence and s,abilily-capital 10 seeA per-
manent Investments !" r III '"'
;te accustomed chaunels-property |" re.
sume fixed and reasonable value-and
the energy and enterprise ofour people 10
embark with new and invig"ratea nope
in it's various employments, and p"rsu''s'
Not the lcnst gratifying reaecnoh a'l- m
sing from these cheering aug"r'es VI o"'
condition, is derived-(rom the co.'Sc''"s. US
ness that they are the results ao' OIL an!
nou,ner;no patrnnage of the Goverhent
mot of the artificial slimulants nt Legs
l,,;ve aids or intrrfereuce-bn OF wise
and vigjlant economy in the people, ava
kencd by the disastrous experience OF 'he
pnst, to improve the permanent anu It". enan,
ring sources of their prosperity l's"'''e
Of the lingering effects ofthe late aeFange'
men, in the monetary affairs of our conn-
trv are sill painfully experienced, III the
reduced value of property,-dimin'shed as
:, must he from the inflated standard "i
denrecia,ed and expanded currency--"r 10
,be difficulty Of discharging deb's, incurred
in the food tide of eStravaga"t prices anu
redundant circulation-lhey are 10 oe
REGARDED as the unavoidable consequences
of former errors and delusions, ana per-
hans the surest indications OF progress
s;ye st,tc of convalescence and improve
mcnt. -. -,
Npr have we less cause to exult IN Me
hone. that our Government may now De
regarded. as having passed IN security
through the most trying and dlllcu'' eN'-
oencies. that ever tried its virtue, Or test
ed its stability.
In the events ofa single year, the sudden
ascen lancy of party, actuatcd by high
wrought enthusiasm-impelled by the dis
as,ers Of the times TO seek reliefin change,
aud rashIv imputing themto the conduct
of our Rulers-seemed tn threaten the
snbversion of the established prlncl-
ples of '9S and 90, and Of the republican
policv Of the Government. as wei as the
overthrow the expnnents, by whom they
were administered. But few weeks ex-
perience of power, have as suddenly dis
banded. di<sipated, and resolved this mag
nifcent array of party power and organ,
cation into its distinct and original ele-
ments. The deliberations of the late Ses-
sion Of Congress have dispeled the de'u-
sion of parly-zpal and fervor. Its i'm
practicable expedients and distracted coun-
ellis have trust, again gathered and as
sembled the Republican portion ofthe ma
ton, in III unirv aud strength oLone fold,
and one conviction. Aud if the great
measure of''deliverance and liberty" i'm
portant as we still regard it to the faithful
as we'll as equitable administration of the
financial aff,irs ofthe country, has been
repealed, in form and in name, we have
still the unquestinnable assurance of lis IL
nal success, in the overruling necessity
resulting from the signal failure of every
other substitute or device.
Among these aborlive expcdients, none
was regarded with more intense and ab-
sorbing solcitude, than the proposition to
1e-establish National Bank. On no oc-
casion has the exercise "f the conservative
power vested in the Federal Executive,
been received with warmer appreciation
by the people of this State; or been more
wisely and fortunately interPoseh. to ar
rest the most dangerous, and obnoxious,
Of all the premet!itated violations of the
Constitution. or all the great measures
ofnationaI policy, productive Of the bit
1erpst contention among the great parties
of this union and which has aludys and
justly been regarded as Taught with the
most powerful influences for good or for
evil,) on our political institutions, the es-
tablishment of National Bank, is certain
|y the most obvious and important. Ii
such has been the experience of the c"un.
try, in the primitive and purer ages OF
the Republic, under the regulations OF a
Bank, arising out of the embarrassments
of the first war. aid the exigencies of the
Iast-of CONN aritively limited canilal, and