The Nevada journal., 1852-01-15
INAUGURAL MESSAGE
Governor Rigier.


posing, solelnnities Of this occasio
could not fail to impress me with III
: sacred responsibilities of my position
Selected by the voluntary sutitagcs Z
sovereign people. to fill the highe,
office within their gift, standing upoi
the threshold of an Off ia career, con
secrated by all the eudcaring ties o
country, pregnant with future good o
i'll, and demanding therefore. the mos
sagacious 10: cc..s,, and the most pru
dent policy; having just taken y sol
emn oath faithfully to discharge tn,
many onerous duties devolving ;upor
me in this interesting capacity; sur
rounded by the high tuncIionarics ant
law givers of the Safe, and in the ac
OF. assuming tie ilicult helm of gs
vernment, feel al oac. deeply I'M
pressed with u sense of the delicate
nature of the trust with winch | am
invested, and grateful to those 10
whose flatterin5 : confidence l am in.
debled for the distinction.
In endeavofing to direct you thro'
the untried cenes which lie bctor you
in this, the infant stage of our political
existence, it shall be the leading OBJ
ject Of my action TO reduce our system
to the practical principles of honesty,
economy and fair dealing. No State
can prosper so long as lis councils are
governed by schemes OF spec,l i'm
and private ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. NO COM
munity can flourish under the inAu
ence OF a wild, vascillating and unset
tied policy. California has heen, per.
haps, more unfortunate in this respect
than any of her sister States. 1t shall
be my steady purpose, SO far rs the
executive arm can reach the evil, to
promptly apply the remedy.
Stability and simplicity in our laws
are greatly to be desired, and my EN-.
ergies shall be exerted for the attain
ment OF this object. Under sure and
stable system Of laws, States will grow
and flourish, while under an ever chan
ging policy, thougn the principles OF
that policy be even Us correct and just,
retrogation and decay mus, ensue -
We should also sedulously guard
against in iovations and unlried expert
ments in our system OF law and gov
ernment, as an evil greatly to be de-
precatei We have before us an ex-
ample of thirty States OF the Ammeri-
can Union vino have adopted almost
TIE sam unvarying plan OF govern
ment and law--exceptons oniy cur
ring where local ptcularitles made
them necessary and appopiate, and
have experienced under it unprece-
d, n,ed prosperity and renown 1t is
better to adhere to these principle,
and systems which have been matured
By time. than follow after ideal and
imaginary good. The highway which
has been successfully odden by our
sister States, may be safely ana pru-
IDENTIFY pursued by US. 30 long rs we
adopt ard adhere to american prcce-
dents, we need not blush for plagIa-
rism.
Ii has been wisely remark ed, that
the fewer and palmer the laws by
which people were governed, the
better" The leading objects OF legis-
lation are faw and simple, and may be
embraced within narrow compass
All beyond is either supererogalion or
actual injury, and serves but to cons
picate that which should be direct and
simple. There is much in the remark
that danger to populer governments
lies in being governad too much -
ca few laws well directed will effect
more good than numbcrless statutes
restraining, lettering, directing innate
ent rprise.) The greatest liberty CON
sistent with good government is the
true principle Of Rrpubli $ and con
tributes most to the development Of
the resources and energies OF peo-
pie.
When we look abroad over the
State, We cannot fail to perceive how
greatly altared and rapidly prog ess-
ing is her condition. But short time
since and we were u rowing a. d UNSET
tied people--mere ''dwelers in tents "
Our rich valleys were wild unbroken
by the plow, and even our cities were
only places of temporary sojour,
where we took up our lodgings but for
season. ow changed now is the
prospe t? Our valleys are beginning
to TEEN with the rich products Of az
riculture the neat and comfortable
dwelling surrounded by tie well cul.
tured farm, meets us on every hand
No circumstances could demonstrate
more forcibly our advancement in all
the elements Of State greatness and sta
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