The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-01-18

world They are ulerc distractions,
il is true. but we need TO bear them
in mind mono the less carefully for
that. All rules are distractions,
whether they be the iormulp for
solving the problems of govern.
crnmcnt OF Of other sciences, We
recall them to test our work, and
we rcckon ourselves to have made
good progress in proportion to the
laithiulncss with which wo have
adhered to them.
In the heat of our Just wrath
against those who would have
swept repuplicauism from the con.
tincnt, had they been successful,
we arc in dancer offorge,tng prin.
lciplcs. to which we owe ale glance
and therefore we should not OK use
ourselves from tho thanklcss task
of reminding each other of them.
To follow these rules and vet pro.
vide that the national safety be not
endangered, to determine who o
! the late enemies ot the Government
are without tho pale OF clcmcncy
and yet to extend amnesty to The
other millions of those who wcr,
rebels, to rc,toro political privile
gcs to those who were former mas
tcrs, and yot protect the freedom
oI those who were formerly slaves
such is tho d ilicult ond delicate
work before the executive and til,
Legislature OF the nation, aud they
'inay rightly claim of us all such
appreciation of their task as shall
make us most kind and charitable
Judges of their differences and Ia.
voritc measures of our OWN. We
have, indeed, reason to be dovout.
lly thankful that the work has lal
len upon men in whose patriotism
and wisdom we have so great caus,
for confidence, and that the pro
gress they have already made prom
iscs n conclusion which shall ho
reasonably speedy aud generally
satisfactory to the country.
In the presence of the vast inter
psls which are before Us as part ot
the nation, the local concerns which
affect us as n State alone are likely
to be lwarfed and lose 'hcir proper
attention. do not propose to en-.
ter into sny detailed or celebrated
examination of our condition. or
TO make recommendations of lec-
Iislativc action. This has been full
Ily and ably done by my prcdcccs
sor. ] shall only glance Mt the
outlines of affairs, and content my.
self with the hrieits. and most
cursorv view of tn, situation. In
our official State duties we find no
snch heavy responsibility as rests
upon the shoulders OF the officers
of our national Government. The
close Of the war has taken from
MS the necessity for putting armies
in the field, and relieved ms in our
State capacity Of the lahors Incl
cent 10 close cooperation with the
General Government in all the af.
fairs which have made the past five
wears so memorable in our history
We arc suhsiding into the quiet
routine of peaceful times, and as
our Young men are returning t.
their farms, their merchandise and
their shops, the great drain npon
onr physical strength being remov-
ed. the energetic use Of intelligent
labor will soon prove how rapf1ny
tho r~o"fcnffvo powers OF this
People act, and how true it is that
the times which make leact show
in the worlds history arc very com
monty those Of greatest real hap.
piness end prosperity to State. -
Our veterans will not be adding
new names to tho long list Of their
fields of glory, Int they will be
winning victories over physical ma
ture and Transforming the fruits of
the soil and minerals of tho earth
into that wealth which shall spread
comfort and happiness everywhere.
We, who have been called to guide
the movement of our State Govern.
mcnt, will connect our names with
no such brilliant acts as have civ.
en- widespread reputation for high
craftsmanship to the succession OF
State officers who have proceeded
us during these troubled times -.
but in the humber duties which
will fall to MS We may rejoice that
tiese qnict days are, in some sen c,
our. best days. becanse they arc, as
we hope, the beginning of nm era
of purer and more rapid advance
ment in everything which tends to
the highest civilization.
Tic habit of grasping great
thoughts and of daring to do great
deeds has apparently begotten in
our people a disposition which
makes all business enterprise take
wider scope than heretofore, and
the keen insight with which all our
resources are scanned. and the ad-
ventnrous energy with which their
is pushed. leave
nothing to be desired in business
point OF view, unless it be an in
crease Of that segacous caution
which may save us from tho dan.
ger of those commercial revulsions
which havo, with considerable reg.
ularity, followed great expansions
ot the currency. Tho late change
in the banking system Of the coun.
Try has trans erred the control oil
The circulating medium 10 u ngress
and comparatively little can be
done by us directly to provide