Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-23
GOV. BRADFoRD's INAUGURAL AD-
DRESS.

The National Intelligencer says We have
had upon our table for some days copy of
the eloquent address delivered by Governor
Bradford, of Maryland, before the Senate
and House of Delegates on the sth instant,
the day of his accession to the office to which
he has been chosen.
In the outset of his address the Governor
refers with patriotic satisfaction to the YER
dict rendered by the people of Maryland so
emphatcally in the recent election, and just
ly considers it as pledge that the same pat
riotic instincts win guide them in the future,
in spite of any "insiduous appeals" that may
be made TO lead them asray.
= As serving to show how ely The ysGeHt
attitude OF the State, he & Gct
cherished political trsdideEs. Sc sItttSrd
calls attention to the deolaystcry IcGGIuticns
adopted by the House of Delegates Of Ma
ryIand in 1882, with but one dissenting vote,
at the time South Carolina put forth ''that
pernicious dogma of State supremacy" On
this point he holds the following language
"These resolutions declare that the right
to annul a law of the General Government,
assumed by one State, is incompatible with
the existence of the Union; contradicted ex-
pressly by the letter of the Constitution, UNI
authorized by its spirit, inconsistent with ev-
cry principle on which it was founded and
destructive of the great object for which il
was formed and that if any State, regard.
less of the constitutional remedies which are
afforded for every grievance and oppression
should attempt to withdraw from the Union
it is the right and duty of the General Gov
eminent to protect itself and thu other States
from the fatal consequences of such step"
In reply to those who augur, from the EN-,
phatic declarations of the secese' politi-
clans, the mpossibilty of regaining the ale
glance of the revolted States, Gov. Bradford
opposes considerations OF national unity
which he deems more potent than any such
declarations, however reiterated or however
sincere. Under this head he says:
The leaders of the rebellion may asser
over and over again that the South never
will submit to this national rule--that it will
resist to the last the proposed reunion. So far
as those leaders are concerned, we may not
doubt the sincerity of their protest their of
fences against free institutions are too rank
and too recent to allow them willingly again
to submit to the will of the majority. But
to say nothing of that popular voice which
they have for the present stifed, to admit fol
argument sake, that but one sentiment per-
-"1es the entire South, and that it clamor.
separate Govern aent earnest as thai
rpose may ta, here's IL trcrger force
Dsed to it, rot Rere'y, 10 cree Of vast
merical superiority "a. tawey Gade r
istible by the force of necessity; control
and decisive nnwar, growing out Of th'
nands which the laws OF seli-preservatiol
r Ike imperative. Nationality with us there
is a necessity, and peace, anxiously a
may await it, can never come until tina
cessity is recognized, and our whole coun
once more united under its old establish
rule. Who can doubt that such will b.
the ultimate result of the war if il is confined
to the faithful pursuit of that object ?"
On the whole, we may say OF this address
whether considered with reference to its mat
ter or its manner, that it is one which every
loyal friend of the Union and of the Nation
al Government can cordially approve.