The Yazoo Democrat., 1853-03-23

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service, and an observance Of rigid econ
in all departments 90 marked 60 never jug,lj
be questioned. If this reasonable eEPsciut
be not realized, frankly c0nlegs chat ougF
your leading hopes 10 doomed b disappOa
ment, and that my efforts IN very impors-
particular must result ia ahumi.iahng hiluF
Offices can be properly regarded only in n
light of aids for the accomplishment or tho-
objects, and as occupancy can confer prem.
gative, nor importunate desire for pTefermep,
any claim, the pablic interest imperativev
demands that they be considered with sole ref.
ercnce to the duties to be performed; Good
citizens may well claim the protection Of god
laws and the bengin influence Of good govern.
ment. bur a claim for Office is what the people
ofa republic should never recognize. No ga.
sonable man ofany party will expect the admin.
strution to be as regardless Of its responsible.
ity and of the obvious elements Of success a.
to retain persons Rnown 70 be under the IN.
fuence of political hostility and partisan prsi.
udce in positions which will require not only
severe labor, but cordial corporation. Having
no implied engagements to ratify, no rewards
to bestow, no TesentIneHtg 70 remember, and
no personal wishes TO consult in selections for
official station, | shaIl fulfil this difficult and
delicate trust, admitting no motive as worthy
eithermy character or position which doosn
contemplate an efficient discharge If duty and
the best interests Of my country. Iacknowledpo
my obligations to the mass Of cOuutrymen and
to them alone. Higher objects than Personalug-
grandisement gave direction and energy TO
their exertions in the late canvass, and ;hey
shall not be disappointed. They require az
my hands diligence integrity, aud capacity
wherever there are duties to be perfoFmed.-
Without these qualities in public servants more
stringent laws for the prevention or punish
ment of fraud, negligence, aud peculation will
be vain. With them, they viii be unnecessary.
But these are not the only points to which you
look for vigiant watchfulnes. The dangers Of
a concentration of all power in the general
government of confederacy so vast as ours
are too obvious to be disregarded You have
right therefore TO expect your agents in every
department to regard strictly the limits impos-
ed upon them by the constitution ofthe United
S ates, The great scheme Of our constitOnaI
liberty rests upon proper distribution Of pow
er between the State and Federal authorities
and experience has shown that the harmony
and happiness Of our people must depend upon
just discrimination between the separate
rights and responsibilities ofthe State aud your
common rights and obIigati ms under the Gen
eral Government. And here in my opinion are
the considerations which should form the true
basis of future concord in regard to the ques-
tions which have most seriously disturbed pub
lie tranquility. If the Federal Government viii
cOnfne itselftO the exercise Of powers clearly
granted by the Constitution, il can hardly hap
pen that its action upon any question should
endanger the institutions Of the States or inter
fere with their right to manage matters strict
ly domestic according to the will Of their own
people.
In expressing briefly my views up an inn
Portant subject which has recently agifuted the
nation to almost fearful degree, I am moved
by no other impulse than most earnest desire
for the PerPetuation of the Union which has
made ms what we e, sIowering upon US bless
inVs and comforting a power and influence
which our fathers could hardly have anticipa-
ted, even with their most sanguine hopes direcs
ted to far of future. The sentiments I now
were not unknown before the ex-
preston Of the voice which called me here
Ny own position nPOn this subject was clear
and uHeqUiVocal upon the record Of my words
and my acts, and It is only REQUIRED to at this
lime because silence might perhaps be miscon-
'trued. With the Union, my best and dearest
earthly hopes are entwined. Without Il. what
ire we, individually OF collectively.
What becomes of the nOblest field ever 5ners
I'd for the advancement Of oar nee, In rsIigs
on, in government, in the arts, and ID uIl thae
iignifes and Hdorns mankind! From that
adiant constellation, which both fIEumines our
wn wsy and points out to struggling ButfonB
heir course, let but single star be lost,
nd, IT there be MOI utter darkness, TIE lustrg
f the whole is diGmed.
Do my countrymen need my assurance thad
lch catastrophe is not 20 overtake them while
possess the power to stay it! Il is with ME
n earnest and vital belief, that as the Union
as been the source under Providence Of our
rosPerity to this time, SO it is the surest pledge
continuance of he blessings we have enc
'yed, and which we are sacredly bound 70
ansmit undiminished to our children.
The field of calm and free discussion in our
'untry is open, and will always be 80, but il
ever has been and never can be tTaversod fop
Ood in a spirit Of sectionalism and uneharata.
eness
The founders of the ReDubliss S.o1t ,vith