Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-03-12

one VI your leading hopes 10 doomed to dlsAp-
pointment and that my Efforts in a very inn
portant particular most result in Illuminating
failure Offices can be properly regarded on
ly in the light Of aids for .he accomplishment
of those objects and as occupancy can confer
no prerogativc or importdnate desirefor pre-
terment any claim The public interest impera-
lively demands that they be considered with
sole reference TO the duties to be performed. /
Good citizens may well claim the protection |
Of good laws and the benngn Influence Of good
government; but claim for office is what the
people of Republic should never recognize.
No reasonable msn Of any heart will expect
this Administration to be so regardless of It's
responsibility and the obvious elements of suo-
cess as to retain persons known to be under
the influence Of hostility and partisan preju-
dice in positions which will require not only
severe labor. but cordial cooperation. Hav-
ing no implied engagements to supply, no re-
wards TO bestow, no resantmenls to remem
Der, and no personal wishes to consult in Sc
lections for official stations, shall fulfill this
difficult and delicate trust, admitting no mo-
tive ss worthy either Of my character or posi-
ton, which does not contemplate an efficient
discharge of duty and the best interests of my
country. acknowledge my Obligations to the
masses Of my countrymen, and to them alone.
| Higher obligations than personal aggrandlze-
mrni gave direction and energy to their exer-
tions in the late canvass, and they shall not be
disappointed. They require at my hands dill
ligence, integrity and capacity whenever there
are duties to be performed. Without these
qualities in the Administration, more stringent
laws for the prevention or punishment of
frauds, neglect and speculation will be vain;
with them they would be unnecessary. Bat
these are not the only points to which you
look for vigilant watchfulness
The dangers of connection Of all power of
the government Of Confederacy so vast as
aurs,are too obvious to be disregarded. You
have right, therefore, to expect your agents
in every department to regard strictly the lin
its imposed upon them by the Constitution Of
the United States.
The great scheme Of our Constitutional Lib.
erty rests upon a proper distribution Of power
between the State and Federal authorities,
and experience has shown that the harmony
and happiness of our people must depend up
on a great discrimination between the sepa
rate rights and responsibilities of the States
and your common rights and obligations un
der the general government
And here, in my opinion, are the consider
ations which should iorm the true basis of fu
tura concord in re,,a,d to III. oues,ons which
lbaya mos, seti,n.iy d;s,n,hnd nrhl;c ,r,nnnl.
Iitv IF tbs Eederal Gnvornn,fnt viii cnnf;n.
ti,salf to tbe e,arc;sa of rowa, claarly o,onted
hv tbs Cnnst,ution Il can bardIv hs 55ossihIa
~, H. oc,;on ,non on,, c,os.;In ,banId ,n.
idan,,nr ,bo ;ns,;,nt;n,s of IT, St,,. ,ha,ofo,s
with tb4;r r;obts to MANAGE matters sr;c,lv do.
mestic scco,7i,,, ,o tho wlI of th.ir avn na,.
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