The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-04
lValedictory Of Governor
B aualette. s. 4Aa
Inaug uration of Governor
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LOUISVlI'LI..IIi.lEII,.. II |. i }.
Governor Bramlett's yalidictOry-
Statement of the Finances Of the
State-.InauguratiOn OF Gov. Helm
His Inaugural Address, dc. -

LOUISVILLE. Sept. 3. 3.-John b, L.
Helm, owing to the feeble condition Of
his health. aud his inability to pro-
ceed to Fra nkfort, was inaugurated
to-day at Ehzabethtown, KY Gov
Bramlette and Staff, the City Council
of Louisville, and many prominent
citizens from various parts of the
State were present. Gov. Bramlette,
in his valedictory, referred to the
financial and political condition of
the State, and said: 8 When came
into Office the debt of the State Gre
ated before the war was So, ,Sl5, ,234 13.
We borrowed and expended during
the war in support Of our Govern
ment 81, ,653, ,592 80. This, added to
the debt existing before the war, and
when [ came into office, makes $l0,-
1853, ,S26 g. This we have paid off,
all except 4,646,l ,l99 46. This amount
includes all our present Indebtedness,
created for internal improvements
and school purposes, and the debt
created for war purposes.
The school fund is made perma-
nent debt under our constitution, the
interest only payable. Deduct it
81, ,632, ,297 46-from the debt which is
to be paid, and it leaves our present
debt $3,013, ,902 90. Thus we have in
the Treasury at this time 81 ,407 ,947
81, and in bank and other stocks con-
stituting the sinking fund Sc, los, ,29
so. We also have large unpaid ball
ance due from the Federal Govern
ment for war expenditures, which is
now being pressed for settlement. L
found you in debt with an existing
necessity to largely increase that debt.
l leave you with your debt reduced,
and ample means provided to dis
charge all your liabilities. / found
you in the midst of terrific civil war,
the State trembling with contending
armies, our people kept in constant
dread of guerrillas that ravaged the
State, and of military satraps who
were a disgrace to any cause, and L
leave you with abounding peace and
good fellowship restored to our peo-
pie; and with peace and prosperity
within we have no dangers from with
out to menace our security But, fell
low citizens, it cannot be concealed
from our intelligence that we are
menaced with dangers which threaten
to wreck our republican form of Gov
ernmet, and lay In waste the peace
and security of this our bounte-
Gus country. These dangers had their
fou ndation in the formation of Sec
ito nal parties. based upon geographi-
cal determinations, and which led to
our terrible civil war By the domi
nation of one faction in the councils
of he nation, sharpened by the spirit
of evenge common to party d;ssen
tion S, we are now threatened with {
frig htful despotism. To avoid these
dan gers, we should adopt consider
ate counsel and precedent and united
acti on against the movements of the
fact ious bone of sectional hate thrown
upo the surface in the convulsion Of
civil war, and kept alive by the heart
less demagogues who subordinat,
every interest, mental, moral ane
ply sical; public, private and so
cial to their own base and inordinat'
thi rst for place and power, and tn
no nors and emoluments of Office
T his party, led on by these dema
g ogues, propose to reconstruct tn