Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-09
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THE fHAHGURAT1OE,
'TaaMtn ADDRESSES OF
Governor Cox and Lieutenant Gov,
,.m ernOr McBurneN

$50 AHc c.AuauHufhtiOn OefemOnioB were WI
ntsseh on Monday aftetnoon, by larg
.poncourse OF people, notwithstanding tn
extreme cold weather that this Januar
week brings with It. At the appointe
time, tbe Joint Committee Of Arrangement
Of the Geperal Assembly called upon Coy
sFlof cpxathIs residence Judge SwAYNE'
Ind accompanied him, escorted by th
Mill@rys 10 the Governors Room In tn
CapItOlOwhere the Lieutenant Governor
State Treasurer, and Attorney General
were in gwRitingS Voc Committee havini
invited the judge Of the Supreme Court
the ExecntIve officers the Mayor and Cit!
Council Of Columbus, the Clergy and Mem
befs Of the Press, to attend the Inaugura
tion-the persons so invited, assembled il
theSenate Chamber at two o'clock, wher,
they were met by the Members Of boil
branches Of the Ieglsfature. Shortly af
forwards, the procession was formed ant
ptOeeedcd to the Rotunda Of the Stat,
HOuse-the, place designated for the In
AaguratiOh, BY the Committee-in the fol-
loving onder:aH Ust0 .0 iroa
SstksGnts- d. Arms and Clerks of the two Houses
Committee Of Arrangements.
Pre'idensOf t5s senate y a1d SpsaEsE Of the House
fFta4slN Executive Officers
,sTaE zI :, Asmeess qf lhs Lsgjslsture. 'la
The Members Of the Press.
,gGouarnor Cox, Governor ANDERSON,
LieuteDant-G Governor cBURNEY, the Com
mittas, Military Officers, &C., LEFT the Gov
ernoF's Room at precisely half-past two
O'Clock, and were promptly at the place
designated by the Committee for the Inaug-
uration Ceremonies IA mHsEaHe-T
THE INAUGURATION.
The exercises were introduced with ap-
propriate music, by MEYERS Brass Band;
when the Rev. Mr.. MORRIS offered a pray
erbeftting the Oceasion--this was followed
by more music. The oath Of Office was
then administered to Mr.. WARNER, the new
State Treasurer; to Mr.. WEST, the new At
tofhey General, and to Lieutenant Govern
or McBURNEY-by Judge BRINKERHoFF, of
the Supreme Court of Ohio. '-----
GoyERSok cox's SAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Governor Cox proceeded to deliver the
following Inaugural Address:
we are entering upon new epoch in our
history. The period of struggle for ma.
tional existence is ended, and we have
celebrated our thanksgiving to God for
deliverance. The war administrations of
both Nation and State have gone by, and
we have begun an era of peace with its new
duties and new responsibilities. We have
proven that our Government is strong
enough 10 resist the most formidable efforts
to destroy it by force, and we are now to
show whether IL has such, Vitality that it
eau assImilate the different elements COM
prisedgunder its rule. and harmonize the
antagOnisms necessarily remaining after so
fierce strife. 5os
For years all our energies and our re-
s9urcpshave been devoted to the simple duty
OF subduing great rebellion; and what
was demanded OF us was undaunted courage
and obstinate determination, concentrating
our will and our power upon the single
purpose before us, and refusing to be turned
aside for any other object till that was
thoroughly accomplished. Now we have
put off the harness of war; the grand army
which saved the republic Is disbanded; its
veterans have been quietly absorbed into
the mass of their fellow-citizens, and all are
now intently studying the problem of
changing a Union restored by force, into
one whose permanence shall be guaranteed
by mutual good will and common interests,
aud be based upon universal freedom and
genuine republicanism. 10 do this will
demand. qualities of head and heart quite as
high as any that have been called into ex-
trcise hitherto, and If we succeed in finding
the solution we seek, We shall prove that
the victories of peace are far greater than
those Of war. On the one hand are the
dangers Of receiving into full participation
IN the Government those who have been
stalking everything upon its overthrow; and
upon the other, the obligations we are
under to the whole world to adhere to those |
doctrines Of Democraticl liberty and equality |
which lie at the foundation of our system |
whilst our relations to the unfortunate |
African race, whose slavery we have abOl-
ished and whose freedom we are sacredly |
bound TO protect, come In to complicate |
both classes of difficulties.
Congress and the President are now at
work upon the details of complete
restoration Of civil government la the /
States lately rebellious, and we, in common
with the whole country, are watching their
progress with the most earnest hope that
they may speedily agree upon a national
policy which shall thoroughly accord with
the highest Interests of the whole land. |
DO not regard thisa proper time to discuss
specific measures which are before our
federal legislature and authorities, but all
our public acts in our State organizations
as.well as In our National capacity, must
be more or less modified by circumstances
u.
been engaged, andit seems necessary there
fore. AZ Z. ,preparation for every species ofl
public duty, that we should look with |
special care at any dangerous tendencies
the war may have developed and recall the
general principles which should guide our
action as servants Of the people.
Hisin the excitement of great strug- /
gle that the institutions Of country are In
The most danger Of change, and perhaps no
naEl0nhas ever passed through such con-
vulsi0ni as ours and then returned 10 the |
of government and exact form Of |
which it had before. The
maxim that revolutions do not 20 back
ward, has seemed TO have even wider and |
deeper figlI 1eancc than has been popular
" Nit0n boit. Thesame1aw ofprogression I
which has made tbeTeoByulsions Of mon
archical governments tend toward the de-
velopment ofpopular liberty, has ia fepubz
lies too often led TO despOtism Of cIassss
or ofiaciiOns, and thence by easy stages TO
anarchy aud utter disruption. A yict0fi- /
Ous majority, flushed With its triumph,
finds Is easy 10 forget the rights Of minori, |
tieat and i6femains for us TO prove wheth- 4
er, ID our day, the old cry of sssWoe TO |
the c0nQuefed7 may be silenced by truly /
dissemination t0sadminister the |
government for thefeal advantage Of all