The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-22
LANCASTER, OHIO,
INAUGURAL ADDREss.
de"0emTa ofMr Senate N ~.


tiaIity. NOW tender the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of my
humble graiude. to each and every member Of
iis General Assembly as the proper channrl
uents q"
II there Is any thing. in this hre personal to
myself Tint desire TO retain, il is the cOnidence
| ol my fellow citzeus and amidst, the unspeuk
able emotions nf my bosom ! feel insured that 81
long as merited il ~ill not be Withheld
| slnll enter on the duties which bave been az.
signed me, by The late election. under the new
1 lCPusitnion. with no win belief that am equal
to the occasion. but with the iope confirmed,
rom what has hitherto occurred that shall lie
Literally and zealolIsly sustained not only by the
coustltuled anlbsries. my assocajes in lahor. hui
! by tue people Of Ohm, without party distinclinn
lh.rvery honest endeavor 10 promote their true
happiness aud welfare. ~
Having. but few days since. communicated To
the General Assembly. in The annual nIe,soge.
my views on what was then supposed would he
tile most important subjects Of legislation. at tie
present session. tciri ieillier be expected nor de-
sired that should again repeat what was utiat
time expressed I-.. ......-.. ... ..,,,.
On occosious like This it has. especially Of late
becdme Customary 10 speak nf tie value If the
Union Of these States and of the Trccssly Of sns
LInns il. in the spirit of the constitutions. II has
OF our sisters OF the coniederacy. within the last
Ilewweeis. aud their ,cgmmnpiqaqps both North
aud Snnihpf Mason aud -OiXnnis line breathe n
True spirit If patriotism, by the expressinrl Of The
most lnyal attachment 10 the Union. This evinces
= much helter slate.uf feeling than has hitherto
existed, ..t..,......... ..I....-. .
! ltis true. the terms Northern Fanatics are oc.
casnhafly employed, MS ifHey were ktdwn omlv
lnllIe North but, lapprehend evenlllis fault will.
Iherealer, dlsappeur. when the tue history pf
some Of our Sruherp friends shall be fully read
and better understood
| But IN her attachment to the Uninn, and in her
Observation-Disclosures support it. Ohhrper
u,ilp no others To lead She .aeoer knsto dis,oy
lGbg She neither has lr'r will she. Assem- bIe IN
Convention to weakcn the Union hy means in
| lmphhle valatioli ol constitutional duty II she
lees berseif aggrieved by the measures ui C0tt.
grcss. nr the acts Or other States "im The Union
She viii seek redress, aud not ont ofH." To
tnullliy the constitutional obligation is not favor.
Iahe REMEDY with her people
The law known as the "Conprnmise. = which
hns caused 50 much ill.leeihg. is tue act pf the
! \alinual legislature helltg he constitutional by
the Judicial trnnn's authorized To decide that
qnesiion;nn II the measure itself rs one Of poll.
cy necessity and nslice.were not wulrh the parcl-
Uncut on which IT was engrOsspd, the penpIe of
|
ry by lis criminal violation
Unter all the circumstances which snrround
u.s. a skOmId re main 'Mndistur6ed, aud this fruit.
tu source ol agitation and excitement he forever
closed.
The time for the agitation of It's repeal has not.
I'M illl events arrived: for the results which will
flow from it. for good or lr evil cannot lnve been
fully tested ia so short rerind al time By let
uglt remain, neither its policy nor Justice is al
mnted hut merely hat the re.agitation oft wond
lpruduce greaIer evil than the niensure itself cnu
effect ~ .- ..-.5.t.~. .. ....
While pnbIic opiniun may be divided. perhrpS.
On The subject nrugtaling the repeal of the Flu.
gitive Slave Law" there Is. nevertheless nrinrhrr
matter in close connection with il. on which i, is
lhelleved tlle sentihentO Of nur people is entirely
united. The areaOl slavery must never he sx.
! teudedin this gnvurnaent while the v,'ice he mutt
Ell Voice aud action If Ohio, in any constitutional
t'';'n, cin stay 1t Hrrr whl prnpriely we ,nav
tlke onr stand; Tins far, proqi ~oUr. stab. .ttou
advaace, INT no farther skaH thoa come"
That slavery is an evil, that 1t was brought up.
IN this nation hy no moral right. and exists by
what is hecved 10 be the free Of necessity. be-.
chu~e it is interviewer with every politicaI rela-
ton aud civil institution N he South. is not tn be
controverted. What is 10 be It's end the future
only can disclose 'ts." D..
Colonization Society presents tie most effective
organized agency 10 eradicate and GnaHy wipe
away Ihe institution of slavery II is true, it n,s
encountered great prendices and determined np
pnsl'iniI, aud lis operations, Consequently have
1ieen sow; but the signs of the times now niicaie
that the General aud State Governments will ere
ling cuntrlhnie their influence and means in sup,
port Of individual philanthropy; that our A!r'Sn
Colony will brco = the home oI a free, prosper
aus and cn'Ured race, spreading Christianity and
Icyizntion, tho nnturil result OF free institutions.
through the vast exInllse ut that dark aud be-
niphied quarter Oi tile globe:
am not. myself amons the number who he
lieve that the evils at slavery mus, necessarily
overthrow this Grvernment, This great fabric Of
hlnilI wisdom, erected by otr iorriathers for
our welfare aud prdectinn. ,oW be preserved: and
!hUse whD tiltil Il IlhrrrnIly, IN my piiinn falsely
estimate the elemruts hy which it will he sustain.
ed-thc interest the Intelligence, aud the patriot
Ism ofile American people see no reason why
future generations may hltlopk upnn the old en-
em oI our Union a'd strength. as gracefully it
Isuall spread It's folds Ia thr breeze. and neither
stripe nnr star shall he seen to have disappeared.
Blu, on the niher hand new cunsh-llhiuns will II
rise, in the Nartll, the Snuth the West, and add
IN It's interest, its beauty. aud lis strength. Nnt
lint nihcr untiuus are To he Brought into this
I
sive acquisition, but by that peaceful aud conquer.
lug Influence which will enlatMe from onr fine
Institutions ,unr intelligence and enterprise. At
40 distantd day, comparatively speaking, the Amer
lean people may. with truth, eXcainl: This
| 6ouAdteSs Contiaent is ours" 1t is the destiny
rl the Anglo Saxon race! ....... ...
There is anolller consideration of vast impor.
tince 10 the interests If our State. 1t is the i'm.
proveuenfS of our rivers and harbors. Without
being lct by the General Government; the unin-
Ierrupted navigation of the Ohio, from Pittsburgh
10 its inucion with the Mississippi for nearly tue
entire year mi 9ht be secured. The bjecl is"e of
tpo deep interest not only 10 nnr great conmer-
Gial metropolis. hut to avery large portion nl our
people. To be longer delayed. aud too expensive
ITO lie undertaken by Stale authority with heavy
public debts mud extensive internal II nvements
to provide for of thernwn t
Tue harbors aIupg the great chain OF lakes; SO
1nnspciously begun, should not be permitted I"
tall To decay The mmcUse annual LOSSES 10 he
,nd property. from the want ot accessible and
sale ports, is appalling. It'would be well that
tDis subject should be pressed IN the cpnsldera
ton of tho National Legislature, at the present
session. with an earnesness aud zehl equal to lis
importance. ., ....fr. ...-.-.t.
The time. in nv opinion, has passed, when the
cunslitnlionulity ufthese works, as regnlitlonSot
conmerce, can be denied; ur, cnnecttis as they
do the trade aud intercourse between so many
different States can be said not to be strictly Ma
li0nal iii clllracter.
1T istrne, my indiscrimnate System o appro-
Iprinliohs il Dnlto 6e justified. Each work SHOULD
stand or lallupnn It's own individual merits 4
bill not regarding the proper distinctions. anu
which would have pluudered the treasury was
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