The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-19
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WIN. C1MEROS 4 co., Publishers.
TUEsDAY. DEcElBER 10. SD.
GeOrgia---Inauguration Of Governor
jenkins.
Extracts from the inaugural.

In the brief survey, appropriated TO tho
held OF operations upon watch We are en-
! tetiug, We are led TO consider, tirst our Fed
! eral relations, and secondly our home inter
| ess. The Constitution Of the United States
defines the former; and the Constitution of
the State Of Georgia indicates our duty con
corning the latter In these two great
| charters o. liberty there b no inherent cause
Of conflict. As, according 70 the republican
theory, ali government is but popular agen
cy, SO these instruments, construed together,
present 10 the mind OF snquirers a clear,
satisfactory division between the Govern
ments they seyerslly institute, Of all the
powers necessary 10 the public exigeucies.
/ ct We are admOnished by history written
IN blood that conflict has arisen in the past.
Originating partly in the too eager advocacy
Of abstract theories, partly in sectional pre-
JUDGES and antag0nisms, and enlisting the
evil passions OF humanity, il waved frrcer
and hercer as 10 progressed IN a series Of
years, and eliminated IN the attempted
separation Of soine Of the American States
from the remainder. Memories of common
sotteriugs and common trlumPhs, and au
Iicipatious OF an exalted destiny within the
reach Of united but unaUtaiuable by
divided people-alike lost their power over
mems minds The desire for triumph in
spu'iously assumed the guise Of patriotism
and inspired men using a common ShlbbO-
eth with mutual aversion Five years
since reason fband0ucd Us, and the sword
assumed the arUItrameut. WeOpeu not the
record OF violeuce-would that we could
stamp 10 with the seal Of oblivion. Now
the wager Of battle is over and the award Is
against Us, as parties 10 the issue. Our
Whole people have risen up and accepted it,
as bv the will Of one man. What valOr has
failed TO achieve, wisdom has promptly re-
nOunced, aud truth herself has set ner sig
net 10 the attestatiOu Of the deed.
Ia the recent remOddeling Of the Consti-
tuition Ae people OF Georgia have ackRowl-
edged ne Constitution, laws and treaties Of
the United States as the SUPREME Law. This
means something more than yielding Of the
confess or an overture for restoration. Il
implies fidelity TO the supreme law in all
future legislation, executive and Judicial
acton, and M all future movements of the
people en- masse. It implies recoguiu n
Of duty to, and interest in, the whole cOun-
Try, as well as %, and iu the State of GeOr-
GA. Il Is OF course predicayed upon a recip-
rocsl obligation ON the part OF those to whom
this pledge is renewed. The Institution OF
slavery-the principal source Of dIscOrd in
the past-has been eifectually ersdicated
from our social and political systems. II
can never again disturb the harmony OF our
national deliberations, without which the
Federal Union must be a curse instead Of a
blessing. If the whole people, REFRESHING
all pr0hptfngs Of sectional feelings and in
terest, will faithfully observe and obey the
Federal Constitution, coming events may
lift the veil which now covers recent de-
of Providence, and disclose TO
their rectined vision, a striking contrast,
ruin caused by human folly and renovation
by divine wisdom. After the weep
ing that has endured through long night |
of civil strife, joy may come in the morning
Of reunion.
Let not our people yield TO discourage
ment, in view Of the tardy progress Of re- /
or Of the suspicion and distrust |
30 palpably manifested toward them. Sus-
tanned BY conscious rectitude, let them /
maintain with calm aud resOlute dignity the |
position they have taken, and await the re-
suit. A tempest Of unsurpassed fury has /
swept over the land. The elements do not |
subside into their normal quiet instantane-
ousiy with the lull OF the wind, the sleep of |
the lightning and the hush of the thunder. |
The smoke of 40 hundred battles does not |
vanish IN 3 moment. But the atmosphere |
will clear ere long those who cannot now /
see how men who recently fought with such |
desperation against the United States, can |
so soon become its real citizens, will then |
look ut us through "a rectued medium. 10 |
will occur to them that val1r and truth are /
twin sisters, born OF maguauImlIy, whose |
womb never did, nor ever will conceive |
reachery. They will remember and APP
preciate the historical fact, that the States |
low returning never cOufedsrated against |
the United States, until each Tor herself had |
In open day, and In the hearing OF all man
KIND declared herself separated from that 1
power. And although they will still hold |
that act wrong IN principle and void in fact, |
thew will lind in 10 no faint Of duplicity. |
They will look in vain through all the san
culinary traces OF war Tor the trail Of the ser
peut In due time consistency viii COM |
maud confidence, and sincerity, like the /
diamond Of the first water, viii assuretly |
win its own recognition. Then our two sus-
picIous judges viii marvel less at our ap /
proved lea ", than at their own tardiness /
in discerning II.
Be the process Of reconstruction long or |
short. when consummated our attitude will |
and must be that Of strict fidelity 10 the
Union, Of equality with our associates, aud
Of dignity sustained by our inner sense Of
unviolsted integrity.
Turning our attention 70 subjects OF State
administration, appertsiuing more directly |
To the service upon which we are entering, |
the mind Involuntary pauses upon the
changed relation between the Caucasian /
and African races now iuuabiting Georgia. |
How 10 secure the latter in the positive en-
iovmeut OF the freedom with which they /
nave been suddenly invested, with the least |
possible dstriment to both, is q problem full /
n perplexity-taskiug all the energies Of /
aatiIte, upright intellect 10 is believed that |
he yictors IN the war, aud out Of which the /
change has been wrought, and whotake the /
initiative Of the process, have realized in /
fulI force, its intrinsic difficulty. It's sOlu- 4
ton has been already partially, and ere |
long will possibly be fully deyolved upon /
n. states mora Immediately Interested aud /
better qualified for the work by reason Of /
their greater familiarity. With the charac- |
teristic traits Of the negro, and with the EN-
plovmsut in which he has been trained and |
10 which his steady sdherauce should be en-
outraged, the transition from slavery 90 |
freedom Of s large class IS not a novel one /
in American history. 10 several Of the /
states il has been ensc-ted without exterior /
by process So gradual that 4
no shock has been felt in the labor system, /
no frsnzied impulse mparted 10 the liber-
sted class. Upon us has come like the
sudden appearing, the terrific, trembling 4
and the destructive, eugulphlng Of the 1
earthquake, in volcanic localities. But |
however effected. and by whatever embar-
encumbered, the fact is accom-
pIished. unaIterably fixed. The realization
that it IS 60 Is the first step toward the prop
er adjustment Of q new system, and that /
am pursuaded, is in its vast magnitude, its
tremendous consequence, clearly impress
ed upon tine Southern mind
Anv reference IN detail 30 the action de-
~ y HHa rHHa ann ]
sta "a this occasion, add Is rendered uuue-
rasssry BY the pr0videut forecast OF the
Convention recently held, entrusted % tive
gentlemen, equally distinguished for ability,
: ,-ra-ience end benev0lsuce, the work Of |
p-sosrinE and digesting, for your consider
stior. q system or code OF laws adapted % 4
n exiFsncies OF the new situation. in it
Won may md valuable aid, and recon-
mend Il % your careful consideration.
A. this time propose only a reference TO
p-ornin ent points demanding attention, and
general principles, which should gosern
- srtion. And first. I present 60 you q /
Inherited pies ia behalf Of TIE cmanci-
80 African Hitherto the faithful bond
- a the race ron whose personal de-
-, he hiss Just been dlseuIhralied, but
49,, whose beuiguiiy and justice be sui |
DEFENDS for protection and advancement,
~ stands before you an object OF peculiar
- Happy IN the past bondage which
i gb,lv taxed his physical energies, album
a9UtIv supplied his wants a. well IN iutan-
ey srs in Old sge. IS In vi gor1us manhood
a. ~ in weakness IS % health, and which
I.sy-ss him 81 It's clos. ImmeAsurably els-
vsted above the cotemp0rane0us routine Of
49,, descended from the same ancestry,
~ - snxiously - has future. sud lesis
~. II Z rneasuraoly 10 the hands Of the
-raa
n il undoubtedly tue that daring al the
vea-s Of his eussvement. be has been msr-
v.i0uslv Kind, profoundly content with bis
eBuaitiou, sud ~hat shall b sad Of hrs de-
nortmeut duriug the last half decade Of sad /
inenoriesr whist you strong msu were in
H. tented field far away from unprotected |
vivss ana children, be cultivated their
lands. tended their households, AID render