The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-01-17

minished no fJEther than Is necessary To-
the public safety. .-s-r,Fs.,
1t it were proven thst Il would be impos
sible for Us TO live safrly, AZ sharers of ;
Gmman government Hith'the people ufany
State of cbmmuHity, onFp refmblcanisu
Ismigif force Us 10 CONSENT 20 separation. but
l.copld nut jus.ifyns N holding them as sub
jecss, and fhis proposihon Is true without
Yefetenco 10 race or solar. -
puesentatidn is not a privilege confer
we'd upon uajorities, bus. i Is most efficient
for good whea it arprpaehes most nearly to
giving vnica in tho, lie gfSlature'to 10 all minor
it e. in propo. tion TO thetsBs1bcr
Ii Is better and safer that 4 minority,
however hostile to-us in principal, should be
50 spTeppeseDted a. tO-be openly heard and
answered, than that il should have the ad-
vantage-of winning sympathy and gaining
pariisans by making issue upon the ques-
ton of the light of rcpro AsHtttion injtead Of
upon the falsity OF It's obtioxious 'prihciples,
Military government is in its very es.erce
. dcsposiS,Yi, aud any long continuance of 1t
after tbs cessation Of aimed Teaistanee iscon-
tran, 60, api a eonseSslon .oft the failAre st
tclllpIltlIls ul m f-s ,L.y...., .. p, .r.,.r--f #
these and many -sllIilar general maNms
ot government are the intellectual diet upon
which every living -American has been bre2 ,
aad,of yhph We hays pAfn such earnest prV-
/ EpaSandlStS that no ono. OF rs can deny them
wi;hQut inegEElng the contempt Of tic elyi-
Lied world They are mere distractions, it
is true, bat, we lieeu to hear them in mind
noao. the less carefully for that, i All rules
are abstra tions,, whether they be. the for
mula for solving the prohlems cf govern
mGm Of ofother sciences We recall them
to test our work, and we reckon ourselves, to
have made good yprogress iu proportinp to
the Eithfulness with which We have adher-
ed to them. g.;,.T,t
~ In, the heat Of ourjust wrath against those
who would have swept rcpublicanism troFl
the continent, had they: boen, successful, we
are in. danger Of forgetting principles to
which We eallegances and therefore we
shQnld not excuse, ourselves from the thank
loss ltaek, OF reminding each other of them
10 follow these rules and vet provide that
the National safety, be not endangered; to
determine, who, OF the late encmCsnf the
Government are without the pale of elem
eney, and yet. to extend amnesty to- the 9th
u iilLOiiG vi bIlpSG hllO kWNlG ICutISs W IL
store pohtical privileges to those who, were
formerly. masters. and yet protect the free
dom Of these who were formerly slaves
such, IS the difficult.aud delicate erk before
the Executive aud, the Legislature of the
Nation, and they may rightly claim OF us
all sRch appreciation OF their task, as ,shaIl
make Us most kind and charitable judges OF
their differences from tpyorite nleasNres, of
-Qur Own.. We have, indeed, reason to- be
deroutly thankful that the work has fallen
upon plen in whose patriotism aud wisdom
we have soigreat cause, for confidence, and
that the progress. they have already made
promises a conclusions which shall be reason
ably speedy. and generally satisfactory to tie
country. ri ., tae 1iiB !gp!, f. r.,.,F
Ia the presence ofthe vast interests which
are before. Us as part of th+.natlon, the 10.
ca. concerns which affect US as n State alone
are likely to be- dwaited and. lose their pro-
per erlattentlon.' lido not propose to enter in
to any detailed Or elaborated examination If
our condition, or to make recommendations
of legislative action. This has been fully
and ably done BY my predecessor. Il shall
only glance at the outlines OF affairs, and
content myself with the hrielost aud most
cursorE view of the situation. an ourofi-
cial State duties, we find no such heavy r.
sppnslbiiity as rests upon' the shgnllers4ol
the officers hf our, National Government. =
The close of te war has taken from us the
necessity for putting asmies inthe field, and
relieved us in our State capacity of the la-
orsineldentte close ,ce-o operation with the
General Government in all the great affairs
which have made the pasts 1--WE yeaas SO
,memorab ein our history. We are subsid
ing into the routine OF peaceful tmGs am
as our young men are returning toitheir
FARMS, their merchandise and their shops,
the great dralniupon Our physical strength
being removed, the energetic use of .intclli-
gentlabor willsoon. prove how rapidly the
.reeuperative powers OF this people act. and
how true it is that the times which make
least show in the worlds history are very
commonly those OF greatest real happiness
and prosperity to IL State. Our veterans
will OF BE- adding new names to the long
list OF their fields of glory, hut thuy will be
winning victories over physical nature and
transforming the fruits ol the soil anluthe
minerals of'the earth into hat wealth which
shall spread comfort and happiness every
where. We, who have been called to guide
the movement of QUE State Government,
will connect our names with no such bril-
liant acts as have given widespread reputs-
tlonior high statesnlanship to- the SUCCESS
ion of Shareholders who have preceded us
during these troubled times; but in the hum
bier duties which will fall TO us we may re-
jolcc that these quiet days arc, In some sense
our. .best'days, because ,they are as we hope,
the beginning of an era Of purrr and more
ranld advance ment an every thing which
tends to the highest civilization. .a,.,i'..e
T. The habit OF grasplng graf thou ehts and
OF darlngto do great deeds has apparently
'bsgotten in oura people a disposition which
makes gafl' business enterprise take wider
scope than heretofore AMI the keen insight
with which all our res purces are scaDued
and the adventurous energy with which
their Development is pushed, leave cothiag
TO be desired ina business point of view,
unless; it be an increase of that saeacions
caution which may savejus from the danger
OF thoae commercial revnlsions which have.
with considerable regularity, followed great
expansions OF the CURRENCY The htechahp
in the banking system ct the country l,as,
transferred the eacontroir Of the circulating
mediums to Congress- and comparatively
little can be done by ns directly to provide
against the threatened evils to whichfI have
aluded except to exhort our citizens
to prepare i'll season tor-every. oontinecnov
!. Flle large tracts of valuable lands within
the State which are still uncultiyated re-
mind US of the desirability of encouraging
and of tho evident policy Of
seeking to attract the most thrifty and val
uable classes efinphgrauts within our bor-
d rsI Wise foresight and promt action NAV
do much to induce the best
class of the foreigners who are hocking to
our shores to settle among us, where they
will fnd; in the highest degree, the advan-
tages which have allured them to this cotm-
try, with many ofthose pleasures Of society
and OF an Older civilization which they must
forcgoi in the sparsely-settled regions of the
fan West, towhichthe great current ofmi
grafton is tending 1t will also be our duty
to promote yhs, most ri mid acsi,nil. t;ar ~