The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-20

with large cOncourse of citizens, having
convened the Representative Hall on Mon
day the Bird inst, Governor Cobb, took the
oath of Office, and delivered the following adj
dress:
Senator's and Representatives.
In obedience to the popular voice of the
State, | appear before you to day to assume
thedutics of the Executive Chair. We have
been called, gentlemen, to our respective sta
tons at an interesting period in the history
Of our State. In all the departments of life,
which stamp the impress of progress and
greatness upon apeople, Georgia occupies an
eminent position among her sister States of
the Republic. In agriculture, the noblest
pursuit of ciyilised man, she yields the palm
of superiority to none. Endowed by Prov
idence with a salubrious climate and fertile
Isoil, under the culture of her enterprising
citizens, she stands forth the generous rival
lof the foremost amongst her successful and
! fOurishing sisters. In manufactures and the
mechanical arts, our State presents a picture
which her proudest sons may contemplate
with pleasure and qualification, The young
est among us may remember the time when
the walls of the, first factory were raised in
our State-and now in every section of i
may be seen the daily increasing evidence O
the success which has attended the efforts O
our energetic citizens in the manufacture O
the great American staple Theprogressw ",
: have made for the lastfew years in this & 9th
/, or branches of manufacture, clearly foreshad
: ows the period as not far distant in the fu
ture, when she viii rank among the most sue
cessfulof the manufacturing States Of tn
Union,
: Nor has Providence been less generous t
us in the bestowal of those natural advanta
ges, which constitute the basis Of CONNER
cial greatness.
Amidst all the evidences, that mark til
: progressive spirit Of our people, to non
should G eorgians look with more qualification
than to those which characterize the enel
~ and efforts Of her principle seaport
Linked and bound together as are the differ
ent sections Of our State, By her systems {
internal improvements, we begin to feel NOR
5, truly and justly the identityof interests an
}. feeling which should exist between ourmour
! tains and seaboard. it has made us nelgl
], bors In distance 1T should make US neigl
=, bors in interest and feeling. In contempl'
ting these results from our railroad enterpri
J. les, our pleasure should be enhanced BY th
reflection, thatit is the almost exclusive woI
"a 81 individual effort aud private capitals
The State road constitutes the only e1ceptle
TO this general remark. This work ii its Q
Il lgln gave promise Of great advantages TO q
q State, ~ developing the resources Of th
g vast and interesting section Of country tEIr
T. Whichlt passes; and d ning the most II
ool portant link connecting The western waite
70 with the Atlantic coast d the realizatis
of these anticipations, we find ample col
ps pepsation for tie labor end capital viii
1Is have been invested il this imp oflant eu q
prise. Il now depends q . great neasu
upon tle fostering care, eniignteneo Jae
ment and unBendiHg irnlness q ne nepl
sentative 0f tie people 70 render e e
N manent m0nuinen 81 the isaom eng A9l
o Is patriotic projectors. Alllisf
Ii attention 81 ON peop'e AZ thus been aiEs
~ ga with characl eristic ene 81 tothese sour
81 national wealth, aeg gase net been 7
mindful 81 tliatimpo tao 2na para ount Z