The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-01-29
MtstEllaaQ.
Second inaugural Address Of Gov,
Chase, Jan. H. 1858.

FetiOt0 CitisenS QffAe Senate and House 0f
Representatives.:
The will Of the people, expressed In tho
mode prescribed By tie Constitution. has
summoned me for the second time, 70 the
duties and responsibilities Of the Chief
MayisiNcy Of Ohio, and have now in
your presence. and in the presence Of the
people here assembled. taken upon my
self the solemn Obligation Of an oath to
perform them faithfully.
During the two years since was FIRST
honored WITH this trust, it has been toy
constant endeavor to acquit myself Of il
IS became q citizen devoted TO the Insti.
T. utions Of the State, and bound by every
obligation Of honor and gratitude to the
faithful sorvioo Of the psoplo may not
say thar have committed no errors
Doubtless some things have been omitted
which might have been done, and some
things done. which m ght have been bet
ter done. But | may say. and il seems
not unfit that should say, here, in this
presence. fearing no contradiction Of any
Truthful man who knows the truth, that
all my acts have been designed to pro
mote the highest interests Of the State,
and that my best faculties and my most
earnest endeavors have been actively and
unremittingly devoted to her service.
AsSum ng now, once more, in obedi.
ence to the popular voice, this responsible
trust, my past must stand sole sponsor
for my future Larger experience and
better information will, l trust, enable
me to accomplish something more for the
public good than has been hitherto elfeo.
ted; but my aims. my purposes, and my
principles Of action must remain un.
changed.
You will not expect Of me, gentlemen
on this occasion, any discussion Of civil
or political questions. have already
within a few days, made fully known TO
YOU MY views m relation public affairs.
That those views will meet your concur
renee. IN all respects, il would be pre-
sumption in me TO anticipate. but there is
one point, at least, where all our judy
ments all our purposes aud all our exer-
tons. pay well Join. The commun good
should be, and thrust will be, Out common
aim. Uuder our fortunate pollty, 80
Kug-no Aristocraoy--no Arbitrary
Power-no Privileged Class-can claim
be the State. The welfare, the honor
he advancement in all things good and
inilln. of the etate il uUshiug rlss than
/, the W flare, the honor, the adva ice men
# the psopleaud the whole people TC
hese great objects, gentlemen, however
we may differ as 20 the best means Of pro
mptiag them, we may well join in ad
lressing the mnst strenuous exertious o.
our highest powers.
L is not our part. happily to lay tho
foundations Of Institutions. That worl
is done, and we'll done to our hands L
is our singular felicity to be citizens oI
the fist Slate Of the Union, organized
through the wise providence OF the Re
public, upon those "fundamentsl princi
Piles Of civil and religious liberty" which
they declared TO he the basis Of all Amer
lean Law a I'd all Amerecn Constitutions
In the organization Of other States un-
friendly circumstances had permitted
only the partial application Of these prin.
oiple. In the oganiztion Of this no suoh
circumstances interposed their evil inhu-
ence. The Institutions of Ohio were
framed in precise harmony with the deal
of State as il existed in the mines Of the
great master builders Of the Confedoracy
and Of the Union. THIS ideal demanded,
first Of all. the absolute freedom of every
: individual guaranteed and secured by inn
partial law; next. iuviolability Of CON
. science. and Just protection to all forms
{ Of worship ID all religious organizations;
2 then, the sacred observance Of eompacts;
= then, the promotion Of religion, morality
= and knowledge by universal edueation.--
9 There was nothing illiberal, nothing un-
$ Just n this ideal. 1t welcomed tho immi-
o grant to the freest participation with the
r home-born in the inestmable blessings Of
q popular institutions. IL pledged the
y States, TO be formed under it, to perpetu-
1 Al Union with their sister States. Il sstab.
ished the Sovereignty OF the People uDon
8 tha indestFuGLible-and the only inde-
$ sLrucLble Of the Rights oi
e Man
4 Organized under these aupces, and
in accordance with this ideal, Ohio
may justly be styled the model State Of
the American Union. Il is an honom-
h bic, a gratifying distinctions Let IL be
q our care, gentlemen. that It's luster ba
/; sulliel by no ACT or omission Of ours
n Upon the soil. thus wisely laid. of Equal
ity and Justice, lat us go on, in humble
q dependence upon Divine favor, TO build,
q yet broader aud higher. the noble adifce
i Of truly Democratic aud truly Rspub.
+. lioan State. never forgetting, that NJ an is
n more than Institutions. aid Right the
n sole vital prineirle Of Law,
We shall repair now. gentlemen, TO oui
n respective Cuties. In the great work 20
e which | have referred, you will ever fud
me. trust. prompt and diligent Co
worker; and it is my earnest wish that
you may perform so faithfully your par
= in is, that Ohio may long remember Will
. pride and gratitude the General Assem-,
bly, that you have the honr to eops itpte
N Gen, CaihOun Returned % Kaesas-sCjOei
v 20 Washington.
70 BT. LOUIS. Jan. 49, The RepuJliea,
learns that Gen. Calhoun has returned 1,
Leoompton an ler escort Of United State