Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-24
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bavs been ehosss by tbs people sfsTexss
as Chief E1eeutive ef thc etaie for the next
20 years The ofics Of the Chief Mazissrssy
r great sovereign s2is ike Texas Is 3. sll
Nes ore sf great inpoFtsnGs and responsible
i Z bat now, when w.sr is wagsd Upon sar con-
daoH cJCUUy and dagger threatens the State
uDsn every hGHd, and where so many grave
g1sstlOns Of policy are 70 be met It's iEpariaEes
s1d responsibilities are greatly rAgmfed
I fully sspgecia.e the tsot that q majority Of
iha EsHssges Of ths people have been cast for
me At . tilno when all that is sacred to US is in
viewed in the issues 81 q war OF such masui-
sude and such virulsReo in character, aaa when
the psrilsus consitieR Of the couBtry requires OF
the Exseutive so mueh discretion, watc6fulness,
sounaness Of jRdgae snd irehness in the dis
charge Of the duties Of his ofies.
l most sincsrely thsnk the people for the dis
tuguished honor conferred eB ne, s8l for their
msBifeststoR OF coJh3cuco uudsT sireun1-
Stances 50 marked and sigs tcaut, snd Whi!e
distrust nay ability aud experience in pubic sf-
fairs can promise, wiibotH reservation, q viii
sna discrimination to discharge the duties Of
this high trust with firm hand, and as nearly
as can in accordance with the wants Of the
State.
iBdglgs the hope that a zealsos devotion tc
the gFcat interests IF the State IN these times Of
peril viii plead net unsucoossfuly, szd excuse
for my short cemiBgs aud want OF wisden in
this high position, and that generous coz
stitusney will be slow 20 desert or abandon
public servant, faithfully laborirg for the pub
lie good
II stssesmanship and ability, the power te
distinguish, and TIA disposition 70 observe the
true character Of our Political syslsm, be es-
sentisl qualifications % ths officials Of the Con
sedeYsls they can be no less 50 in the officials of
the sgste Government.
Texss, n allying herself with tho ether States
# the seath for general PUrpcsos aud fer The
eopmen veal, surrendered nos her sovereignty
OK her eonlplets csEtrol ever al matters Of local
concern; and it fellows, as a Ratlsr Of ce0rss,
that wise and ju3icilus a9niei5tTstian Of the
affairs pertaining 10 the local can be Of no less
iupsrtance te the welfare Of the people than the
sdEinisratioR Of tie SaAiTs pertaining to the
gOaeral authority. A iull sppreeiasisn of tals
simple fact and s rigid Observance Of il in pIas-
tice, viii have no little ipfiasBee IL prOdEciDg
sobsr and correct views as 80 tbe scope aud OBJ
ieet si the Confederate Authority, and in modify
isgEtendeneies to psytisan organ zAtions sks par
tisza strife, founded alone upon differences Of
opinion as to the extent and objects Of that an-
thoTity.
But Ghs responsibilities Of position in gsv-
ernn1ent Ike ourS, EHd especially ~ time Ike
this, when tie services Of sll sEs needed, shapla
not deter iks citzeR, through timia spPTehen-
sioUs Of evil consequences 70 hinsllf when
called By the voice Of bis e0uasry fFom yielding
his services 70 it, The lie Of the State g threat
e1ed, its welfare being ct all times ca object
near the heart of the patriot and all sslsshncss
and nsre personal considerations should be
bsnished, and the citizen in private life aud Ia
public station should be guided alons by the
most exalted patIisiisn, dscsr3ing frGm every
sst ard atsorsnce bearing references 70 The pub
lie a3aifs sl bsser motives.
We Gle struggling through the periLs Of bleody
fslds fer the Preservation Of the institution in-
heritsd from glorious ancestry, and il saEsly
behsoyes Us TO heed their voice, 70 Ee instructed
b. their expsTienee, and to study well the con
ditions and means by which they ere not only
to De maintained BY he sEord, buG psrpetusted
snd administered. For the machinery Of gov
erDnels,s ell ssehuery is the most, intricate
and the most d.fieul of adjustment and man
GgsmsnL, sud ths science OF govsmmsnt, Of an
sciences, has claimed from mankind me greatest
share Of ihesr atteasioD, aud -y0t has secured
from them the least uniformity Of opinion as Is
lis tras mBsisn, and as to the ptHslplss which
should be embraced - 8 psrfset d stem
Though the buildsfs we're master builders, yet
the eoupliested and Eslped character of our 20.