The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-01-15
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

Gentlemen of the Senate and House ofI
Representatives. .H itdT 'so'D I'd
4 congratulate the people of the
State, cur common constituents, that
the period has arrived whom you, their
immediate neigh5ors and representa-
tives, fresh from your homes, can par
ticipate in the duties and responsible
ties Of providing for aud prote citing
their interests; and it is a source of
great relief to myself to know that,
with your presence, shall have able
counselors to guide and direct me, in
the discharge Of the many cares and re
sponsibilities resting upon the Execu.
tive, 6ue a. .a 't. .aH 't.. -
There never has been eriod in the
history Of our State when faithful and
.vigilant effort at duty, on the part of
the peoples representatives., was more
required than the present The ques-
ton Of mans capacity for self.govern-
ment is still unsettled. The gigantic
effort of wicked and bad men to over
throw our beautiful aud heavenly form
of government, which existed at the pc
riod Of your adjournment, has not yet
been quelled. We were given the reins
ofour State Government, for the time
being, by an honest and confding con-
stituency, with special 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 disuppoint their
expectations. They have not faltere
in this grea: work; but, fully appreCiat-
ling the mighty importance Of preserv
ing our institutions, they have yielded
up every thing, with generosity eun-
paralIelsd in the history of any people
Every thing dear to them has been Civ
en- to the, cause. Husbands, fathers
lsons and brothers have left thcir0loved
ones, to brave the dangers Of the field
of battle and the diseases incident to
camp life, with a.cheerfulness never be
fore manifested. The mothers, wives
and sisters, also, have demonstrated
their claim- to the love and affe ctio n of
ltbeqo brave aud gallantmen All that
women eau do, has been done to allevi-
ate the distresses of our soldiers, and
thereby stimulate them to duty.
Such being the character of our con
stituents, it is impossible to measure
the claim they have upon us, their
agents Energy, integrity AMI purity
Of purpose, economy and industry, are,
at least, due from US to them. .i.a
r. Aside from the claim that our constit
uents have upon us for all this, the on
| ly true reward a public servant can
win for himself, is to be able to claim,
when communing with his Maker, an
honest and vigilant effort at public du
ty.3 IF we cannot claim this for our.
selves, when we shall sure der up our
trust, we shall have worked to little pur.
pose. l.a f"'''.I.r+
P' 1t is not necessary to discuss the
question presented by the rebellion,
with the people of Ohio; they have,
with great unanimity, determined that,
cost what it mayin time, treasure or
life, the Union Of the States, as handed
down to us by our fathers, shall be pre-.
served uuimpaired; and thus handed
down to our children. They will not
for one moment conoede that there can
be any cause sufficient to justify State,
or any number Of States, in withdraw.
ing from the Union, Admit, if you
please, that the authorities. Of the Fed
eral Government, for the time being,
were to attempt to interfere with the
domestic Institutions Of either Ohio or
South Carolina, to the extent even of
introducing slavery in the former and
excluding it from the latter this would
not give the slightest pretext for the
one thus attempted to be interfered
with, to take up arms against the Gov
erhment. The Federal Constitution
itself expressly protects the State, thus
intcrferod with, from injury, Long be,
fore any such attempt could be oFecut
ed, tho people in whose hands all pow.
er is placed, would, through the peace.
able, quiet mode pointed out by the
Constitution, hurl the authors Of such
an attemptfrom power, and thus rescue
the injured State. But no such an at
tempt has been made, or thought Of by
Federal officers now in power; and this
tho authors and leaders Of the rebellion
well know. President Lincoln has,
lpgain and again, in the most solem n
manner, assured the people that it was
his determination, so far as lay in his
power, to preserve, inyiolate, all the
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