The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-12-02
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
10 the Honorable the Gcneral ISscm5ly If
the State Of North Carolina:

| in this General Assembly. They have
contided to you powers, the highest and
most important known TO our government
and laws. Coming rs you do fresh from
the great body OF your fellow citizens and
from every scctisn Of the State, IT is sup
posed that you are acquainted with thciI'
! wants and necessities, and that these will
be provided for, 50 far a it can be done
by wholesome and enlightened legislation
| doubt not that every effort W.. be made
on your part not to disappont these rea-
sonable expectations. For my own, allow
me to assure you that my aid, however
feeble, shall at ali times be given towards
facilitating your Iabors.
| Before touching upon matters concerning
more especially our own State ana polity,
| allow me to congratulate you upon the hap
! py termination Of tie exciting political CON
| test through which the country has lately
! passed. For the first time in our history we
! have seen an attempt seriously made by
one section, more properly speaking, by
a political party. OF that section. to get the
! control Of the different departments Of the
general government, with the determination
! expressed to administer that government
Oh strictly sectional party grounds. 1t was
! virtually an attempt to degrade one section
! and to cndangcr Its institutions, and to deny
! to it those equal rights and privileges to
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or daoroI,tion ia the otbcr. he kinv,s vow
IitrIr 1f tLr southern nconir who believes
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to control fine afT;tirs Of the country or IFS
government, so as to advance our own pc
cuIiar views and interests at the cy,c1,S(. of
av other lection,
All we have asked for is to be protected
in the RIGHTS secured to Us bv the constitu-
tio1,. +otHc let alone in their endowment. and
to be treated as equals among the States
and in the common Territories Of the Union.
More than this we have not SOUGHT to OBJ
tain. Less, if true to ourselves, We will
never submit to fake.
United, as we have been. mainly. in the
late contest, we have nothiur to fear, For
time madness and fanaticism ruled the
day. and tIc wiScSt. the best and most pa
triotic in the land were filled with fear and
mispiyincr But the result shows that we
have as friends a LARGE and influential body
Of patriotic, conservative, national men ut
! the North, who, in crisis like the one We
have nayycl. are ready. at every hazard.
T., stand Inv tIa ruio,, and the rirI+s Of eve
Nv sertion. The task So b,fHre them. I
rcorct to saw. was one net easy Of accom-
nlisLmcut. But we'll and successfully have
they ncrformcd if, and entitled themselves
tn fine thanks and nI3u6its Of all and the
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