The Nevada journal., 1860-01-13
LATHAM's INAuoURAi.-The in

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augurai of Milton S. Latham is a
very well written document. We
have not volumes of the speeches Of
VIM. Ii. Seward, Caleb Gushing and
others, or we would determine how
much of ii was borrowed, as on for
ner occasions, frcm those distinguish
ed statesmen. Whoever is the au-
thor of the document has done very
credltable thing as the world goes.
We Lave not the room to publish it
and must refer our readers to the
Sacramento papers.
We must notice few points in the
inaugural, which are remarkable or
wise. Latham gives the outcoming
Governor smart rap when, speak
ing of the seizure of the State Prison
by him he says,
"Th:s was an assumption of power,
belonging TO the courts ouly. and how
ever odious or hard the States en-
gagement, it slronld have been adher-
ed 20 by it as cne of the contracting
parties, until the only proper tribunal
under the Constitution. could have
passed upon a question purely judi
cial."
Equally significant is the remark
concerning the frequency with which
the pardoning power has been exer-
cised
1T would appear that either the
Courts have been ipfuenced by pass
ion or unjusliIiable haste, or that the
power Of relieving criminals of the
Judgment Of the law has been unwar-
rantably exercised
In reference to the bu!khead ques-
ton lie says wisely:
I'm Il matter so important to the
State, and, one involving such vast
outlay of money, q mistake would be
attended by tue most disastrous con-
sequences, and every prccautiun
should be used to guard against pre-
mature and unwisc action. l would
therefore, recommend to you, if any
action at all on this matter is deemed
advisable by the Legislature at pres
ent, to appoint, or authorize to be ap-
pointed, Il board of experienced and
disintcrestcd scientific men to settle
the primary questions iuvclveI in this
controversy.
If should be found, on the report
of such board. that bulkhead is
necessar,-, then survey of the har-
bo: should he made, with reference
to the currents aud other pertinent
matters. So as to furnish the best lines
for the structure. and determine the
Ecst made of construction. This sur
sey would require much scientific
knowledge and much experience, and
should he made Gy men Of undoubted
ability and integrity.
Here is sentiment we earnestly
commend for its good sense. Had it
been uttered years ago and lived up
to. we should not have had the dis
graceful instructions to Senators and
Representatives in Congress, sense
less resolves concerning the election
of Speaker Banks &c. which Iavo
characterized the Legislatures of CAL
ifornia
CAL attempts to introduce into our
! Legislative halls discussions upon ma
tional political topics, should be frown.
ed upon and discouraged. 1t is right
that Ire representatives of the people
in our State Legislature should, when
a necessity arises, instruct our expos
uents in the National Congress upon
matters directly affecting their con-
stituency but only when they are
presumed 10 hc ignorant of the opin-
ion Of the people upon matters rela-
ting to the States good. We have
abundant subjects for investigation,
without expending the fax pagers
money in tile consideration of political
dogmas, which have but little. if any,
application to us as community, and,
which. in the main, --are marked only
by their abstraction