The Nevada journal., 1853-04-15

, pie Of a republic should never recog
: nize. No reasonable man of any par
! ty will expect the administration to b.
: so regardless Of its responsibility, an,
/, of the obvious elements of success, a
to retain persons, known to be unde
the influence of political hostility ant
partisan prejudice, in positions, which
will require not only severe labor, bu
cordial cooperation. Having no i'm
piled engagements to ratify, no rewards
to bestow, no resentments to remem
Der, and no personal wishes to consult
in selections for official station, Ishal
fulfill this difficult and delicate trust
t admitting no motive as worthy either
OF my character or position, which
does not contemplate an efficient dis
charge of duty and the best interests
of my country. / acknowledge my
toblgations to the masses of my coun-
tr, men, and TO them alon. Higher
objects than personal aggrandizement
gave direction and energy to their ex-
ertions in the late canvass, and they
shall not be disappointed. They re-
Iquire at my hands diligence, integrity,
and capacity, wherever there are du-
ties to be performed. Without these
Qualities in their public servants,
more stringent laws, for the preven>
ton or punishment of fraud, negli-
gence and peculation, will be vain.
With them, they will be unnecessary
i But these are not the only points
TO which you look for vigiant watch
fulness. The dangers of concentra-
ton of all power in the general gov
ernment ofa eonfederacy so vast as
ours are too obvious to be disregar-
ded. You have right, therefore to
expect your agents in every depart
ment, to regard strictly the limits i'm
posed upon them by the Constitution
OF the United States. The great
scheme of our constitutional liberty
rests upon proper distribution OF
power between the State aud FEEDER
al authorities and experience has
shown that the harmony and happi-
ness of our people must depend upon
a Just discrimination between the sep
arate rights and responsibilities of the
States, and your common rights and
obligations nnder the general govern
ment. And here, in my opinion are
the considerations which should form
the true basis of future concord in re-
gard to the questions which have most
seriously disturbed public tranquility.
IF the Federal government will con-
fine itself to the exercise of powers
clearly granted by the Constitution,
lit can hardly happen that its action
upon any question should cndanger
the institutions of the States, or inter
fere with their right to manage mat
ters strictly domestic according to the
will of their own people.
In expressing briefly my views up
on an important subject, which has
recently agtated the nation to almost
a fearful degree, l am moved by no
other impulse than most earnest de-
sire for the petuation Of that Union,
which has made us what we arc
i showering upon us blessings, and con-
ferring a power and influence which
our fathers could hardly have antici-
patcd, even with their most sanguine
hopes directed to far off future. The
sentiments now announce were not
unknown before the expression of the
voice which called me here. My owa
position upon this subject was clear
and uncqnivocal upon the record of
my words and my acts, and it is only
recurred to at this time because ST
lence might, perhaps, be misconstrued.
With the Union, my best and dearest
earthly hopes are entwined. Without
it, what are we, individually or collec-
lively What becomes Of the noblest
field ever opened for the advancement
of our race in religion in government
in the arts, and in all that dignifes
and adorns mankind? Prom that
radient constellation, which both H..
lumines our way and points out tc
struggling nations their course, lot but
a single star be lost, and if there be
not utter darkness, the lustrc of the
whole is dimned. DO my country
men need any assurance that such a
catastrophe is not to overtake them,
while ! have the power to stay it !?
1t is with me an earnest and vital
belief, that as the Union has been
the source, under Providence, of our
prosperity to this time, SO it is the
surest pledge Of a continuance of the
blessings we have enjoyed, and which
we are sacredly bonnd to transmit
undiminished to our children. The
field of calm and free discussion in
our country is open, and will always
be so, but it never has been and new