Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-23

u mild ind safe corrective Of abuses which
are Topped by the sword of revolution,
where peaceable remedies are unprovded;
absolute acquiescence in the decisions Of
the majority, the vital principle of repub-
lies, from which Is no appeal but to force.
the vital principle and immediate parent of
despotism; well-disciplined militia, our
best reliance in peace, and for the first mo-
ments of war, till regulars may relieve
them; the supremacy of the civil over the
military authority; economy in the public
expense, that labor may be lightly BURDEN
cd; the honest payment of our debts, and
sacred preservation OF the public faith; f;
encouragement Of agriculture, and of COM
merce as its handmade; the diffusion of in
formation, and arraignment of all abuses at
the bar of the public reason; freedom OF re-
ligion, freedom of the press, and freedom
of person, under the protection of the ha-
beds corpus; and trial by juries impartially
selected. These principles form the bright
constellation which has gone before us, and
guided our steps through an age of TevOlu-
tion and reformation. The wisdom of our
sages and blood of our heroes have been
devoted to their attainment. They should
be the creed of our political faith, the text
of civic instruction. the touch-stone by
which to try the services of those we trust;
and should we wander from them in mo-
ments Of error or Of alarm, let us hasten to
retrace our steps, and to regain the road
which alone leads to peace, liberty and
safety. u. ... .......... ..r-......, ..... .. ~
Irepair, then, fellow citizens, to the post
| you have assigned me. With experience
enough in subordinate offices to have seen
the difficulties of this, the greatest of all,
have learnt to expect that it will rarely
| fall m tla lnf Of i'm NOR m N fn rptirn
| from this station with the reputation and
| the favor which brought him into it. With
out pretentions to that high confidence you
reposed in our first and greatest revolu-
tionary character, whose pre-eminent SER
vices had entitled him to the first place in
his cOuntry's love, and destined for him the
fairest page in the volume of faithful his
| tory, / ask so much confidence only as may
| give frmness and effect TO the legal admin
| istration of your affairs. | shall often go
wrong, through defect of Judgment. When
| right, shall often be thought wrong by
those whose positions will not command a
view of the whole ground. | ask your in
| diligence for my own errors, which will
never be intentional, and your support
| against the errors of others, who may con-
denim what they would not if seen in all its
parts. The appreciation implied by your
suffrage is a great consolation to me for the
past; and my future solicitude will be, tc
retain the good opinion of those who have
bestowed it in advance, to conciliate that o
/ others by doing them all the good in m!
; power, and to be instrumental to the hap
piness and freedom of all. .....
Relying, then, on the patronage of you
good will, advance, with obedience to tn
work, ready to retire from it whenever yol
become sensible how much better choice
is in your power to make. And may tina
Infinite power which rules the destinies o
the universe, lead our councils to what
best and give them favorable issue 70
your peace and prosperity. o. . ...