The Arkansas banner., 1845-08-20
TEDNESDAY MORNING. -AUGUSV' % 1945
FORIDA
INAUGURAL ApDR ss or GOVERNOR WH.-
 LIAM !. MosELEy.

my heart, were lnot, on this occasion, to express becomis sense of gratitude for the ehvlablc and hqoraOle distinction, so re- gently conferred lpou me, in eleYating me to the supreme elfcutiye authority of the oiate-a distinclioHthe more highly prized, from the tlattering circumstances under which 1t was conferred; In expression of public sentiment through he suArages of freemen, iof an office wlth1 their gift, for which t was my earnest peboaal desire not to be a candidate
 feel, fellow-cidzl lns, proud conscious ness of the truth di he remark, when | assert, in the presence oi my assembled coantrymen, that this honor have never sought; nor could 1t have been acceptable to me, but as the yolunlaryohering of freenen. Under such circumsaHds, do not feel my self at liberty to pass without adHerting to n consciousness on may part of the want ol experience to a satisfactory discharge of u trust, the duties of whih are alike arduUus and responsible; nor slbuld fdo justice b my feelings, if l fail 10 cypress the deep sense ol painful solicitude whsh Is felt for the Pef- formance of them, in amaunef al once ac- centable to my ieIlow-cjtzans and b myself
 They are entered up.I, however, with a confident reliance upon he coordinate de Paftmeats of the government, i'll the iacep- ton and consunmation # such measures ae a proper regard for the best interests of the people may suggest, audwheh, f eaHsHm- mated, may at once insure the happiness, the prosperity, and the glory of our common country. Custom has sanctioned the usage. which has ever received my cordial appro- baton, that public funuionaries inrasled with executive authority, when about to en- ter upon the discharge ot the high duties a. signed them, should give al least an outline of the leading political principles which may be deemed proper to be observed il the ex- ecution of the trust conlkiod 10 them.
 It Is now, h obedience to this usage, thus sanctioned by time, and with becoming re- speet for public sentiment, and proceed publicly to declare those principles,-so far at least, as they may be connected with the administration of the national government; or as they may be the basis of measures whose final action may come within the scope of the executire department of the State go- YefnmeBt.
 h relation, then, to our federal govern ment, feel myself at liberty to remark, that hellye 1t to be d government oi strictly li- mited powers--a government formed and es- tablished through the agency and by tae ex- press authority and assent of the sssaies a- Independent soveregntles, by cedtng, through written constitution, operaions of that sove- regnty for certain enumerated and special purposes, which could not be so readily ard happily effected by ;he States us 10 separate, in- dependent communities; that the rights, pow CTS, and privileges not thus transferred, were reserved as the rights of the States and of the people ;-that the exercise of any powers by the government thus established, other than those thus enumerated, or of such eonstfne- tive powers as may be necessary and proper to carry into execution the enumerated DOW CTS, would be a usurpation of the rights o the States am. of the people--a violation oI the letter and spirit of the constitution, at once subversive of the compact, of the rights of the States and of the people that among the most important and highly cherished ol the reserved rights, is the right of the Slate interpretation, under it's constitutional author ite-, as the legitimate remedy for such anact of usurPation on the part of the national government.
 The history Of the Convention which formed the federal constitution, leaves not a reaonabe doubt of the fact, that portion of the members of that distinguished body advocated a strong central government oi consolidated powers, al the expense of State sovereignty. Such, al least, was the tenden- cy of their measures Another portion oi the same body was for withholding those con structive powers from the government then about to be established
 s'lt was the advocating or opposing these measures, in the formation of the constlu- ton, that gave distinctive names to the parties that then divided the Union and the princi- pies then aVowed, and the measures issuing from them, have, from that to the present time, kept up the same political diyison.' The one claiming for the federal government the unlimited exercise of the constructive powers; the other denying that right, and insisting upon confning 1t 10 such matters exclusively as were of national importance and in the success oi which the general welfare of the country was immediately and directly concerned At the head of the for mer division was Mr. Hamilton; fthe latter was Mf. Jefferson.
 Ii was the illegitimate exercise Of the con- structiye powers that established the ffsi national bank, and gay, bir'h ;o . sy=t5el q political log-rolliag under the spacious name of internal improvements; to tariff for pro taclion. with revenue as an ineideat; and to the distribution among the States of the pro ceeds of the sales Of the public domain.
 All Of which measures, take this occasion to declare. as the deliberate convictions ol my judgement, to be mGaclions of the con stitution, as usurpaiions of the righis Of thf States; and, apart from the constitutional objection. as unwise, inexpedient, and im- polite. The constitudonaliiy and expedieu- ey of these and kindred measures, l do not however, deem 1t proper, nor IS itm ypfesent purpose, to discuss
 With regard to ,hc protective polie5., how ever, I feel myself al liberty to remark, (wiih due deference and proper respect fos inc intelligence and patriotism of those who think differently that if there be any one measure, more than all others, the offspring of constructive powers, which should be