Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-11-08
THE INAUGURAL.

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up the form of our paper, Governor
Johnson's Inaugural Address was in
advertently left out. Below it may
be found, and we take pleasure in
commencing it to the attentive pc
rusal of our readers:
From the Nashville Union & American.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. JOHN
son yesterday (23d ult.,) entered up
on his second term as Governor of
Tennessee. At IL o'clock, the SEN
ate met the House of Representa-
tives in the hall Of the latter. The
Speakers of the two Houses waited
upon the Governor in his room and
escorted him to the Representative
Hall. The Rev. Mr.. BAYLEss, of the
Baptist church, offered a prayer
Gov. JOHNSON then delivered the In
augurl Address which will be found
below. The oaths Of Office we're then
administered by the Hon. W. r. HAIR
RIs. The ceremonies were concluded
by prayer by Elder J. B. FERGUSON,
of the Christian Church. The whole
ceremonies occupied about fifteen
minutes. y.
The inaugural will please the de-
mocracy of the country. The senti-
iments contained therein are those
which Gov. JOHNSON has always advo-
Gated. Unfaltering faith in the PEG
pie, and unceasing devotion to theil
F interests, with ability of the first rank
and an iron energy to sustain the
truth, are the characteristics of An
: DREW JOHNSON. The people know
, that they can always trust him, ant
faction is utterly impotent to shake
the FAITH OF THE PEOPLE IN THE MAN Of
} TIE PEOPLE. 94 aae
! Gov. JoHNsoN's SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Gentlemen of the Senate, Of the a-
House Of Representatives., and Fsllo,0- Citizens
1t is not my purpose on the pres
ent occasion TO make an address Il
5 you. Two years ago I presented ii
4 the form of an Inaugural address my
, views in regard to National and STATE
policy, which | thought then ough
Ito be pursued, and would now, if i
were necessary, reiterate and endorse
. them as being sound and correct
: They were my views and sentiment
: then, they are mine now, and have
! been confirmed in them by reflection
and experience. The leading ant
fundamental principles Of Democracy
were then laid down, constituting, as
they do, the four great cardinals o
my political creed. They are inhe
rent and self-existing in the nature O.
imam, and will cease to exist only will
mans total humiliation from the earth
They were taught and practisea by
} the founder of our holy religion, ant
they will have followers and advo
Gates so long as His precepts and ex
amples are respected and received by
the civilized world, as being of Di
vine origin.
The Democratic Party of the Ma
ton is now passing through a severe
and trying ordeal, contending witt
an enemy that comes as a thief in thu
night, cautious and subtle in its ap
, proach, noiseless in its footsteps, ant
swift in its progress: in its transitory
pause exerting an influence upon tn,
| morals, religion and politics of tn
f country as whitening and deadly in it
, effects as the poisonous emission o
the Upas tree is upon all animal life
: But Democracy has heretofore passed
: similar ordeals; and it viii, as I conf
IDENTIFY believe, as it has done on for
, mer occasions, rise from the presen
f contest purer and stronger than at any
former period of our country's histo
ry. The people lave heard the strug
gle that has been going on; they hay,
been aroused to sense of the grea
danger that surrounds and threaten,
] our institutions; they are in thei
) might coming up to the rescue, ant
will save the country and preserv,
the Constitution from a practical vic
, lation of some Of its most essentia
provisions. Democracy knows, ant
; it is to be expected, too, that every
} plan, effort, and undertaking that ha.
, tendency to improve and to elevate
the great mass of the people, is nat
urally inclined to excite the iIl-wil
I and opposition of those in possession
: of considerable extra learning, wealth
! and power, or those who contend fol
undue advantages over their fellow.
men. It is important, therefore, al
ways to bear in mind, that whatever
tends substantially to benefit the