Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-25
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COW. sAuLsBURY's INAUGURAL

time or inclination 10 attempt critical re- W
view OF the inaugural Address oil Governor =,
Salisbury, q few comments on the parts VI 4,
ii most exceptionable in my opinion, may
not be out OF place. -,
lency uses the following words to explain SC
the object of comforting upon the GOVERNOR at
the pardoning power A.. 20
UThis power has been conferred upon the b,
Executive with a view 20 insure, and not al
''defeat, the faithful administration OF pubic te
s'iustice; but while the promotion oil the fe
tends of Justice should be the chief incentive "
ITO, the Yindication OF the benevolence and
"humanity of the law often demands us
"exercse Terror to evil-doers is one OF the
''chief objects in the punishment OF crime,
''but reverence for the justice OF the law {
(which protects the innocent, as well as LOT
"its majesty in the punishment of the guilty, {
ais necessary to insure respect for its au- /
shorty and confidence in its admnlstra- '
''ton."
This lucid exposition will perhaps be un; /
derstood by those who use words TO conceal {
their thoughts, and even the criminal who |
seeks pardon may find comfort in reahzn9 !
1.-THE vindication of the benevolence ana
humanity of the law" but to those VINO ,
have no fancy for obscure writing, the whole
| paracraph is an unsophisticated middle. we
/ prefer the sentences which follow and apply
| to ofice.seekers, and we commend the ur-
banity of manner and accommodating dispo-
sitionn 80 essential, in the Governors
opinion. as Qualifications" TO his especial
attention, if they are not natural gifts they
are evidences OF gentility and may we'll oe
cultivated
From the contemplation OF these impor-
tant and agreeable official duties, his Excel
lency branches off upon what he calls the
"new epoch in the history OF our country
. He saws "the war has ended as might nave
been expected in the triumph Of the stronger |
over the weaker section il might embarrass |
: him to tell how long before the close oil Inc |
= war he expected the Government to triumph, |
the declarations of his party to the contrary
are too well remembered-the war was
/, failure. the South could not be conquered,
!. Grant would never take Richmond, 6OoVO
y Northern men were in the Southern armies,
> their fayorite General Lee was inyincihle-r
: such expressions as these were common In
= the last year OF the war, and begging his
: Excelency's pardon, am forced 20 believe
i he did not expect the Government 10
;, triumph.
y Why not have said, in the triumph Of the
j. United States Government over its rebelllous
y subjects, but this implies an admission that
~ war was made upon the Federal Govern
~ ment, an admission Of a fact which IT does
y not suit the Governor to make, he tells us
the war was not waged by the United states
Government for this purpose, or for That,
l., that the Government did first wage war upon
OF those who had rebelled, that the patient,
" lafhblke Southern people suffered all, enuur-
he ed ALL One would never suppose from tue
re tenor of his messages or speeches that nc hau
We lived in 1850 and 1851, or that he had ever
tn heard of the Boosting braggarls in 5onthCaro-
e. linn and elsewhere South before the war that
ed the burning Of United Sta IS Navy Ha.d, the
ret taking of forts and arsenals, the driving out
ell of Northern men, the calls TO arms through
N out the whole South proceeded any warilke
demonstration on the part of the Govern
ID, ment-in fact, from what he has written one
lor would not suppose the people OF the South
had rebelled at all, but on the other nnnS
I'VE the United States Government had reDeIee
nv aRainst the Southern States-he is wonder
MT fully opposed to every act Of the Govern
I'm ment which he supposes to be in VIOLATION
ems of the Constitution, but in what instance
on. has he declared JEFF. Davis and his conied
'est crates guilty of treason. invite his atten
ton to the Sd article of that Constituto
I'M upon which he assumes to stand: "oec. y
the ''Treason against the United States sha
uld consist only in levying war against them I!
less ''adhering TO their enemies, giving them al
not Tor comfort" Should anybody be punishe
ing for violating this sections No, says u
Nor Governor, exercise charity which "thinket
I is no evil" We will try him by his ow
ICED words. You may look in vain for III
i OF charity when he comes to speak OF the &c
to Of the late President and Congress-tl
ON necessities of war derided as "speci
nlean and no excuse and such stroi
snds words of denunciation as "usurpalion, !
ived rannv and unyarrauted power" repeated {
and every mage He sets himself up as jud
ons, over Congress and assumes to define y
,reat meaning and powers Of the Constitute
con, with a presumption seldom exercised
ould statesmen of long experience and n
feel scholarship-his lamentations over the I
States denied representation are only ECU
! not led by the lament OF jeremiah over the tic
Inch City. lie saws that "Congress disregar
mag ''the rights of the excluded States" in u
been they are not permitted to participate in
Y de- enactment of laws, &c. Pray who exclud
them? Is II a case OF murder or suiclt
,st OF Were they cut loose or did they cut the
leeds selves l0Osep AS states-rights man
great Excellency must stand by his South'
1t. l friends and concede the reserved rigl
'tions which they claimed, to go out at pleasu
gree When out, they resolved in meetings q
by solemn legislative enactments, they ne
etroit would come back, but his Excellency in
knew exercise OF that "charity" wants their retl
threw made easy. He seems shocked to find 80
town norsons in Congress differing from him
,eabe these charitable views, and attributes il
ponse the love of power, but perhaps some OF III
10 and men may have lost dear relatives in the
ltion so wantonly and criminally commenced
with those who are now knocking at the door
leave Congress, perchance some member OF
'nemy gress made radical by looking upon the
1t the aciated form of q friend or brother relea
brown from the horrid prison pen at Andersonv
pecial. where men were huddled together by Il
larked sands and fed like bTutes; without shel
he the sweltering under the scorching sun OF n
e city, climate with eyeballs scared and brain RI
been ed with pain, praying God to deliver q
20 lOr- by death from such inhuman torture.
'ecome hard that the authors of the war and its
ssocla- ormities should be held to some acco
ability--is the refusal to allow representa-
leave, for a time, till they are purged OF their
gu all, tempt Of the government, and truly re
ppiness of the great sin of rebellion, unrea
eat al able2
lowing which ftbinketh no eyiI,'i and in the {
render, breath pronounces the denial OF imme'
ing ana representation, ga fragrant usurpatiol
"power unparalleled If at all, in but few
rs were stances in the history of human gov
Mayor 4" ments,n such Is his charity for Com
son, IL. and such, alas his knowledge OF his
ohcefs His Excellency spares no opportuni
~ that tell us, that Through all the war the pos
inform, " of our State was one of which we
plendlo cause TO be proud, that we respondt
1.-THE eractions of Federal authority hO
cheers of g oppressive or burdensOme NJ cannot
School, to this subject the time it would requ
cndant, tell how the majority in our Legislatu
dsomely several years past have permitted thems
fourteen To become the willing tools OF one mar
evening in lauding their acts, is sounding his
entation praise-his influence resting upon the
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