Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-01-07
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

Gentlemen of the Senate and House Of Represen-
tatipes:
l congratulate the people of the State, our
common constituents, that the period has ar
rived when you, their immediate neighbors and
representatives, fresh from your homes, can
participate 10 the duties and responsibilities OF
providing for and protecting their interests
and 1t is source Of great relief 70 myself to
know that, with your presence, / shall have
able counselora to guide and direct me, 10 the
discharge of the many cares and responsible
ties resting upon the Executive. ..
There never has heen period in the history
Of our State when faithful and vigilant effort
at duty, on the part Of the peoples representa-
tives, was more required than the present
The question Of mans capacity for self-govern
mentis yet unsettled The gigantic effort of
wicked and bad men to overthrow our beauti-
full and heavenly form of government, which
existed at the period Of your adjournment, has
not yet been quelled. We were given the views
Of our State Governmentfor the time being, by
an honest and conading constituency, with spe-
oial view to carry out their wishes in maintaining
the government as handed down to them by their
Fathers; We should look we'll TO It, then, that we
do not disappoint their expectations. They have
not faltered In this great work; but, fully ap-
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our institutions, they have yielded up every
thing, with degree Of generosity unparalleled
In the history Of any people. Everything dear
to them has been given 10 the cause. Hus-
bands, fathers, sons and brothers have left their
loved ones, to brave the dangers Of the field of
battle and the diseases incident to camp life,
with cheerfulness never before manifested.-
Tho mothers, wives and sistere also have fully
demonstrated their claim to the love and affec-
tion of these brave and gallant men. All that
woman can do, has been done to alleviate the
distresses Of our soldiers, and thereby stimu-
late them to duty. u.
Such being the character Of our constituents,
Iit Is impossible to measure the claim they have
upon Us, their agents. Energy, integrity and
purity of purpose, economy and industry, are,
ct least, due from US to them,
Aside from the claim that our constitu-
ents have upon no for all this, the only true re-
ward q public servant can win for himself, is
70 be able to1claim, when compnuning with bis
Maker, an honest and vigilsnt effort ct public
duty. If We. cannot claim this for ourselves,
when We shall surrender up oar trust, We will
have worked 10 little purpose. Y
/ II 10 not necessary to, discuss the question
presented by this rebellion with the people oi
Ohio; they have, with great unanimity, de.
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ure or life, the Union of the States, as handed
down to us by our Fathers, shall be preserved
unimpaired; and thus handed down to ouI
children. They will not for one moment con
cede that there can be any cause sufficient "a
Justify q State, or any number Of States, In
withdrawing from the Union. Admit, II you
please, that the authorities Of the Federal
Governments, for the time being, were to at.
tempt to interfere with the domestic institutions
of either Ohio or South Carolina, to the exteni
even of introducing slavery into the former Of
i excluding IL from the latter; this would mo-
give the slightest pretext for the one thus at
Etempted to be intesfered with, to take up arml
against the government. The Federal Consti
tuition itself expressly protects the State, thu
inteffeFed with, from injury. Long before am
!sreh attempt cenla be esecnsed, the people, /:
whose hands ell power is placed, would, through
the peaceable, quiet mode pointed out by th,
] Constitution, huri the authors of suoh atiemp
from power, and thus rescue tho injured State
But no euoh attempt has been made, or though
!, Of, By the Federal officers now In power; an
this the authors and leaders Of the rebellio
I; well know. Presldent Lincoln has, again an
/, again, In the most solemn manner, assured th
.Ipeople that itWas chia determination, 10 far d
lay IN his power, 70 preserve, inviVlate, oil th