The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-17
Inauguration OF Governor Pollock OF Penn..
sylvania.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1G, 1855.
Governor Pollock vas inaugurated Governor of this
State at noon to-day.
The following an abstract Of hi inaug ,ral address
Republican institutions the PRIDE and Justly the
glory Of our country. To enjoy them is privilege,
to maintain them duty Civil and religious liber-
tyfreedom OF Speech and Of the press the rights of
conscience and freedom of worship-are the brthright
and the boast Of the American citizen. No royal sdict,
enjoyment Of these blessings the rich and the poor the
high and the low meet togetber-he constitution its
full scope and ample Development shields and protects
them all When these rights assaed these privileges
endangered either by mad biion by for
egn to the true interests of the nation and at with
love Of country-that noble impulse Of The American
heart, which prompts it to revere nome and native
lard as sacred objects of its aectons-it is then the
bale box 10 its omnipotenee speaking in thunder tones
the will Of the people, rebukes the wrong indicates
the freedom Of the mantle independence Of the ct-
To the Amer people have these blessings been
be- their guardians and defenders The Amencan cti-
zen indepen ent and free uninu enced by partzan at
tachrents unawed by ecclesiastical authority or ghost
y intorancein the strength Of fearless manhood and
In the bold assertion Of his rights exhibit IN the
world living Illustration OF the superior benefits Of
American repubcanism; proclaming true and single
allegiance to bis country, and 20 other power but
"the GOO thar made and preserves us nation:
In many questions of national and truly American
polcy-the due protection Of American labor and in
dustry against the depressing influence of foreign Ia
Dor ard capital the impr ,vement Of our harbors and
rivers the national deences the equitable distribution
Of the proceeds Of the public lsnds among the statss
ton; judicous homestead bi; reform 10 the natu-
ralization laws and the protection Of our country
against the immigration and nportaon of foreign pau
ptrs and convietsn all these, we, State peo-
pie, deeply interested; and their adoption and
promotion every encouragement should be given
The repeal OF the Missouri Compromise, he said was
vic alton of the pighed faith and honor OF the country
which bad justly received stern and merted rebuke
Withsregard TO applications for chartering new banks
he tays an extrayagant improper unreasonable in
crease Of them is not dem nded by the community
cannot be justified defended and that the present
financial embarrassments demonstrate the necessity
for legislative caution. He will not however be says
hesitate to sanction the recharterng Of solvent banks
merting the confidence Of the community.
He speaks decidedly upon the necessity for the sale OF
the public works In auding TO the defeat Of the liquor
prohibition question: he says becomes the duty of
Legislature TO consider what other legislation Is
sary to correct the evils of ntemperance and
mends the passage OF stringent license law alec law
TO prevent liquor traffic on Sundays
In his allusion to the pardonng power be says the
demands OF justice will not be overlooked and TO pre-
vent abuse and protect the executive from imposition
be recommends that notices OF intended applications
Should be published where the trial and conviction took
place.