New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-18


WILLIAM BEBB upon taxing the Oath % Office as
Governor OF Ohio. Read i. Wings Of the Free
North lovers OF Human Liberty true friends 0.
the Mon who would preservc It h. cherishing is
provisions in favor Of Liberty as wel as By defer
ring 10 It's concessions - Ssvery, aud say whether
the election o. WuLAN BEBg upon the issues 50
nobly met By him was no. decided step .o-ygard
in the history Of Man Read il sianderers who
have accused Gov BebJ OF wearing two faces on
the subject OF Slavery and the Black Laws anc be
sharned into the withdrawal OF your calurnnies =,
Here it is:
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Gentlemen Of TIC S.ao,e
Gai Of Tie Ioese Of Lggessntqti5es-
The past history and present condition o. the
State OF Ohio present Interesting subjects .o tie con
temptation and instruction Of her legislators snd states
Halt century has but just elapsed since the &c
tory OF Wayne over the Indians t.e Nsumee and The
cOnsequen; treaty Of Grecnys, gaze 70 tae Noit7-Fe
Territory Peace, and 70 the tenants offs rustic aootes
assurance oi Safety.
This great central Valley OF the West taen in al!
is prmeYal g:anCeUr-!ts talls, lakes ana gull.
is rivers gliding caaracts !nCendcTns through
vast luyia painst5 boundless pra.ries ard nerds OF
bualoes-its forests unEvaled III extent aud variety
and its greattfiocs uf aoogi @o from time UnknO"f
had been the !Ord- o th.s vas: domain. The bold out
lines 0! the remain unchanged and uncHtea-4c
The mountains are mere and the .akes-,he rivers stu
nov tnsIE Bul laft oi,iI li.t'
from the praes and the deer from tue forest. Logan
and Tecumsch more. The spirt 81 their race i
broken. Their children have 5ullcnly retired beyond
the Father OF Waters. and buried the red scaIpHg
knife in the ashes Of despair The yclIs OF the
dance the eoqucnce Of the council and the incantatons
OF the prophet and beard no more out N their
stead halls o: e.lsatun courts Oi justice and temples
cUnsccrated 10 Christianity. The annals Ul Nan pre-
sent 10 example where the trumphs VI Civilization, IL
go brief period have been brilliant And complete
Our own state Of ONO embracing very iasored
portion OF this Great Valley stands out before the eyes
OF all men. n wonder tor her progress population
wealth aud power tor her metropolis oil humid
red thousand souls her agricultural! and mechsnich
productions her public works her colleges asy!ua and
schools and her population OF two millions OF people
enjoying OF the ncccssarcs and comforts OF life
and enduring fewer OF liz prvations miscfcs and wants
than any equal number of il any OF the world
Compared with tine great resources OF the state pre-
sent and prospective her large de5t OF nin-ccn
millions vi dollars j. A. glance, 10 Je entirely
der her control she owns eight hundred mics u nav
gable canals and largely Interested in twelve hundred
miles OF MAdamzci roads beside hcI stocks ia IN.
chains railroads which Will ere long be completed from
Lake Ere 10 the Ohio river The valuation returned un
der her law, SHOWS that sc has Over tour
hundred millions OF dollars worth oil aXahle property
And no man born within the limits Of the States oil
Ohio the period ui the formation Of her Constitution
who has marked with lia affection and pride her every
step from that hour until the prcscnno man who has
ever been out upon hcI akes and rivers up and down
her beautiful valleys her hills and plains III her
mines. Workshop aud iaTmhouses meeting, C:Cry
where population whose spiut OF enterprise aud IN
dustIy cndufcih al! things and never aiieh avoid
the realization that she has but just entered upon the
threshold OF her future greatness and prosperity OF fail
to that her population have as ye cleared bat here
and there spot IN her forests occupied but ic' sites
OF her immense water power and but ust begun 10 open
her incxhaustblc mines oi iron and fields of coal
Before the lapse Of twenty years, her population VIII
have Increased from tour millions, Aad h.T taxa
blc property iiUm fUui hundred millions 10 thousand
millions OF dollars.
The cause of this unexamped prosperity Is a5 much
without parallel IN history the elect u VIII be
found in the natural resources OF the state the seci
ty of titles 10 land the carly protection and liberal
policy ol the General Government i VIII BE- found IN
the character o her population. who instead OF emery
ing through long ages from haioarisn TO ci'i"@St!Gh
brought with them freedom Law Christianity. and the
aTts oil civilized lie II viii bs found IN her ice
CONSTITUTIONS comforting her Executive neither Pa
uonare nor the rcto power aud IL her legislation
which IN the main has been liberal aud wise. II wll
be found IN the Ordinance of l1-l That -rea, charter
oil NorhW Western liberty was here before uui fathers
II had guaranteed TO every cnigrant Liberty oi Con
scenccthe right oil Inal Oy Jufy-the right OF Equel
Representation the inyiolabi!ity OF Private Pro
perry II had declared that no law impairinc the va
dity OF ntrScispreyously made without iraudshoud
have any binding authority within the Territory
And it had proclaimed that schools and the means OF
education should ior ever be encouraged Tor the PLAIN
reason that religion, morality aud knowledge are ne.
cessary good government and the happiness oi man
kind
But OF all the provisions OF that ordinance, the mos;
important to the OF humanity and the most bench
cent III its operation upon the morals the rights, the
happiness and the prosperity OF the millions VINO IN All
time To come viii uha5it these States is that which
makes the soil north of the river Ohio forever III
capable OF sustaining slave
with African scrvltudc. the trainers OF our Govern
mnnt found within the limits OF the original slave
holding States the people OF ONO have no desire 10
mcddlc Not that We look upon the subject VITA cold
indifference cease TO contemplate Win earnest
solicuGc as men and Americans the which cur
brethren OF those states, united with US in the same
great bond OF Union, may Zee, il TO be their duty no less
than their interest pursue toward that Cypress
ed and down'troddcn race nor nucA less, thbt we
counicnance the doctrine preached by some that HUI
man Slavery itself evil but because we look
upon il AS AN Institution beyond jurisdiction subject
10 the control alone OF the Legislatures and people OF
the several States wherein exists. There the coHYcn
ton which framed Federal Constitution found II,
and there they were compelled reluctantly 10 leave II
But surely il Is matter OF rejoicing 10 U.S. no less imam OF
honor 10 our fathers that in LAYING the foundations OF
the social system here where Slavery had never existed
they in great wisdom and humanity hedsed Il cut by
perpetual inierdlc and cOnsecrRted the hudo freedom
In contemplating the history of thai period aud dwell
ing upon the difficulties which beset fathers in com
promising the conflicting interests OF the several sections
the Union how cheering ills thus 10 witness the ever
living doctrines OF the Declaration OF American lnde
penience bursting forth into practical operation wher-
il possible 10 give them immediate efficacy
And how should O; deep humiliation Anc guilt
TALL upon US the descendants OF such men when with
the prosperous of Ohio and OF the other Tree
States Northwestern Territory before our eyes and
with all the lights OF this age OF Christianity ana Freedom
beamiuc upon us compare rather contrast the Or
dinsnce of ls7 with the Constitution OF Texas the
perpetusy prohibiting Slavery and the other peEpeu
ally prohibiting Freedom How can We reaec, upon
the motives and which brought about the Annex
aton OF that province with such Constitution "a Con
sutuon fastening slavery forever upon vas; region
wherein neighborine Republic had alresdy broken
every yoke and LEI the oppressed go tree
Aud how with The Constitution OF The United StAtcs
in our hands proclairRs that Congress alone shall have
power 10 declare waI behold President OF the
United States ,rap!o that sacred instrument N the dust
n1. Ffs iyH4
session involve the country in foreign o. conquest
and We. dare give u.terancc - indignant
domination OF his Unconstitutional sets Where Is Tho
man who does no, Hnow and feel tina; this Mexican
i = tresi5eietal WAY. y WAY which before Is
pcaccment, Congress would NOT have declared y wsr
begun without adequate cause. and without any great
jusi.habc, ana commensurate Object compatible wl,h
the interests and integrity oil the Union. :, CON
dricd without wisdom " t.e..t. d; MasainstNll and