The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-02-02
Inaugural Address,
Gentlemen # the Senate
and House Of Representatives:

teH mr. as their chief ms gis,rate. ] now
appear bef"re you to take the necessary
bath Of Office.
1t sesms to be required, in pursuance
bf established custom that | should, on
This occasion, express slime Of the views
which deem of Importance to The wei
fare and prosperity Of the State. Before
hoing this. permit the to present my ac-
kn"wledgemenis to you. and through you
TO our comm n constituents, for the hon
br conferred up"n me. and 10 express my
abiding sense of the responsibilities which
that honor brings with IL.
The framers az on. constitution were
g, inen deeply imbued with the spirit of lb-
erty and jealous Of arbitrary p"wer. They
felt that the will Of the people as express
cd through their immediate Representa-.
, tiyes, should ptavail, uncontrolled by ex.
ccutive interference. They therefore
conferred tie law making p"wer upon
a General Assembly composed of two
branches. The powers conferred upon
The Governor were extremely limited aud
almost exclusively Of an executive char
acter. They neither entrusted him with
power directly to check the acion of tile
General Assembly BY the veto, nor i"di-
tcctly 10 i, fluence il by the distribution
Of flicial patronage. THIS caution OF
the convention waspdoubtless induced by
2 previous experience under the territorial
government, during the existence Of
which the veto power had been freely ex.
ercised.
F.1he wisdom Of the convention in this
distribution If powers has heen proven
b, more than forty years experience, and
II is tondly hoped that whatever cE anges
may here after be made in that Instrument
in these particulars il may remain anal
tered. III one short paragraph In the
preamble to our constilntion, the ohjec,
of that convention anu the same object
for which all gotetnthehts shohld be fbfm'
ed, is explicitly set furh. That oh jec'
as therein declared was, "to establish
Justice, promote the welfare aud secure
the blessings ofliberty to ourselves aud
, d our posteriiy.' That this ohj"c, shnud
be attained must be the earnest desire
Of every goud citizen, anu when attained
It is all that can be required al the hands
Of any government. To setnre this re
suit OF higItcs, Importance, The action Of
ment must be con6ned within the limits
prescribed by the constitution; each cares
fully guarding its own, neither inierfer.
ing with the rights and duties ofihe 9TH,
er, all faithfully and impartially performs
ed, and when so done, all cheer!ily and
promptly compiled with. ......
1t is the duty of the General Assembly
Ttom time TO time to enact such laws as
The Necessities Of the people require and
of such character as III secure the Fights,
and redress the injuries Of all equally aud
alike. And that these laws may be ell
nderstood and operate most beneficially
they should be generally permanent
Ere gu ent charges, or changes for slight
causes, should not be made.
is Laws. whilst they remain in force,
should be implicitly obeyed, and he who
3 knowingly violates. them, disregards his
first duty as a good citizen and parsri-
g OF. Without law, there is no rational lib
nrty. Unrestrained individual action is
! only anarchy, and anarchy is despotism
more to be dreaded than the arbitrary
lraie of single despot. Under its reign
. periy. IL is our boast tha, our cavern.
ment is government of law. and no one
can, in any way. more eff,ctnaily show
@ his attachmen! to our free institutions.
2 than by his cheerful obedience TO, and his
faithful execution of The law, thus giving
stability to individual rights and inter-
ests. and permanency to our institutions.
The people Of Ohio have been law
abiding people, as consequence. our
prosperity has been almost, il not eniiEe
lv unexampisd. 1t is now less than fifty |
tatiion and the admission Of this State ins
TO the Union. At the time of its forma.
lion the population of the state was less
than Fifty thousand, scarttered s?arsely
over its surface, then almost nnbroken
wilderness. the production of the soil
scarceiy sufficient to supply the wants of
the people, together with the wants Of
those who were constantly coming within
omr borders. Since that period. our pop
niation has increased to nearly or quite
two millions. engaged in all the various
empi.yments Of life. furnishing annually
from the predictions of Agriculture alone
above The wants Of home consumption. bu'
little, lf any less than City millions oi dol
lars
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