The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-01-05

Happily for m, we live under consti. |
tuition, In which every local interest ia |
harmonized by a js,.licious |; adjustment
and whilst allows " every citizen the arg
est Liberty compatible with order, and gives
all due effect 10 popular conviction it also
affords an adequate representation to the
refinement, Intelligence, and property of
the country. If to these advantages, Won
add q higher standard Of popular edIca.
ton, so as to extend proper encourage.
ment to those liberal pursuits, which ele.
vate the national character; and to apply
science to Agriculture and the useful Arts.
and as q consequence, diversity the indus.
Try CT the country; and ultimately take
measures for the increase of your commerce
oy opening to your markets those great
valleys OF the west, which at no distant
day, are destined by their trade, to make
whole continents rich you will then live
under government which you may
proudly compare, either in character, pros
Penty, or stability, with any which is men,
toned in the history Of republican insti-
tutions.
L am about to take the oath prescribed
by law, to preserve, protect, and defend,
the constitution Of this State, and oftbe
United States. shall endeavor faithfully
TO discharge my obligations to both not
less { r the respect and veneration in which
l hold them, than that the future happi-
ness and prosperity of the country depend
upon their maintenance and inviolability.
We yet have high duties to perform.
touching the welfare of the South, by civ.
ing fresh vitality and a more effective
organization to those well-tried principles
OF State Rights, to which this common
wealth has been so long and ardently at
tached. But should it happen, however,
IN the Providence of God, that, during the
term of my office, obligations to one Shall
become incompatible with the support of
the other, then, both my inclination and
duty as State Rights Republican, will be
TO sustain the constitution and laws Of
this commonwealth.
Ihe government Of the United State.
has recently undergone trials Of its strength
TO which it has never before been subject
ed and which have threatened to sever,
from time TO time, the bonds which uni;t
Its various parts in Federative Compact.
But the unwillingness Of the people to en-
danger Government, under which they
have enjoyed so much happiness and at
tanned such prosperity, has induced them
TO rebuke to a certain extent, the tenden-
cies to a reckless fanaticism and a total
disregard of the guarantees of the Consti-
tuition. AS If to carry these views into
effect, they have, by an unexampled ma
Jority, given the administration ofthe Fed
eral Government into the hands of those
who stand pledged before the country to
sustain all these guarantees, and rights of
each section Of the Confederacy.
But whilst this State has given its sup
port, with remarkable unanimity, to the
candidates Of the Democratic party for the
highest honors Of the American Republic,
and listened to the pledges which that
party has given to protect the Southern
portion of the Confederacy in the enjoy
ment of all its rights, to which our State
has been SO long and so ardently attach
ed-principles by which the triumph was
achieved over the doctrines Of consolidation
and which mark the administrations VI
Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, as the
halcyon days of the Republic; it is only
by the revival of these principles and their
active influence in the control Of party
organization, that security can be given to
individual liberty, throug the separate en-
ergies of distinct governments, the general
interests preserved from the injustice Of
sectional legislation, and our domestic con-
Germs fortified against the invasions of fed
eral authority.
Having thus briefly expressed my views
upon those topics to which it seemed prop
er to advert on the present occasion, I now
invoke the blessings Of the Almighty, up
on the present and future action Of the
coordinate branches Of our government,
and hope, that through His mercy, every
thing may work well together, to perpet-
uate the many advantages and blessings:
which have hitherto attended the results
of our industry, and crown the wisdom Of
our Magistrates and Counsellors.