Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-08
Carson City Dispatch
ESPECIAL Dn,ArcH TO I'M GOLD HIL DAILY Hr~aj
Of tho Goveruor ana Licn'
tonant GOveYuor. r.
C.psos. Ian. 8, 1868 P. Y.


the purpose of ~inaugurating Governor
H. G. Blasdel, and Lieutenant Govern
or, James s. Slingerland. Tho Assem-
bly, Chamber was crowded with people
ALI the members of the Legislature,
the State officials, old and new, and
many citizens. The oath of Office was
administered by one Of the Judges Of
the Supreme Court. The following Is
the
NAUGURALADDREssO F GOVERNOR
BLAsDEL.
FELLOW CIrIzEss:-Upon again taking
the official oath as your Executive, and
entering on the duties of that RESPONSE
BILE Office, for the next four years, it is
| becoming that I return my grateful &C
acknowledgements to q con6ding constit-
uency, and assure them that, in the flu
ture as in the past, my earnest efforts
shall be to do my whole duty. When
first inaugurated, Nevada had been q
member Of the Federal Union but n
month. Many then doubted our ability
to maintain separate State organization,
and sincerely questioned tho wisdom
and policy ofthe step. Happily, may
now congratulate the people upon the
disappearance Of these doubts, upon the
certain and permanent success OF the
State, and upon the great progress
made in the discovery and developments
Of our mineral and other resources.
The visionary schemes Of speculation
which distempered and well nigh ruined
the legitimate business of the people,
have given place to more healthy aud
permanent existence, and now every de-
psrtment of labor and all branches Of
industry are conducted with system,
economy and profit. The blind reliance
upon fortune, or chance, which at first
characterized so many of our citizens
the delusion that the possession Of an
~undeveloped mining claim was, in itself
a certain guarantee of eIhaustless
wealth, have given place to the con-
seriousness that development will alone
insure results. And now, stimulated
BY the certain knowledge Of the perma-
nence and value Of our mines, honest
labor and determined effort are every
where seen.
Mining has become systematiSed;
science and invention are broughtto the
aid of labor, and q business once con-
sidered speculative and hazardous, has
become legitimate and safe. In the
past year much larger quantities of the
precious metals were taken from our
older mines than that preceding. The
developments made in the new districts
are more than satisfactory. In some To-
calities where twelve months ago, min
erals we're not supposed to exist in suf-
fcient quantities to be worthy Of atten-
ton, mines Of great value have dis
covered and from some OF them large
amounts of bullion have been received.
We may reasonably expect during the
ensuing year, new and more valuable
discoveries, greater developments, and
increased products. Our mines though
permanent, extensive and rich, are not
our only source Of wealth. Our agri-
cultural lands are productive and grad
ually being occupied, improved and cul-
tiyated. The time is not far distant
when we may confidently expect them to
yield an abundance for home demands.
To render all our natural resources
fully available, railroad communication
is indispensable. II Is encouraging In
! deed to know that this necessity Is being
supplied by the rapid approach Of the
| Central Pacific from the west and the
| Union Pacific from the east. Tho energy
and perseverance displayed by the for
mer company in pushing forward their
work is highly commendable. am
credibly informed-an and congratulate
you thereupon-thAt it is their intention
to complete their road to a point some
twenty miles within our border during
the coming summer, thus afording Us
cheap and speedy transportation to and
from Underwater.
What has already been accomplished
by the Union Pacific Railroad Company
has materially shortened the time neces-
sary for communication between us and
the East, and from the energy displayed
by both, / doubt not that within three
q we will communicate with the
Atlantic by this mode. When this
great work shall have been completed,
new and more profitable fields Of indus
try and enterprise will be opened; the
tide of material prosperity, in all de-
partments, will pour in upon US; immi-
grafton, now retarded by the present
expensive and tedious means Of transit,
will be vastly increased, multiplying the
number Of our farmers, mechanics, Ia
borers, and all classes Of citizens SO
essential to the development Of the
country.
Then will society become moro per-
manent and elevated, our people be, and
feel that they are, surrounded by the
associations, comforts and ties Of home.
congratulate you upon the increased
morality of the State, and the advanced
condition of our system of public in
struction. The higher standard Of
morals attained, the rapid advancement
Of our youth in all the departments Of
useful knowledge, the disappearance of
many of the vices prevalent during the
first years Of our history; the impartial
enforcement and prompt execution Of
the laws by those in authority, and the
cheerful and almost universal obedience
rendered by the citizen, form . pleasing
contrast with the past, and afford Us
matter of just pride and special congrat-
ulation. Continued fidelity upon the
part Of those filling the places Of public
trust, and continued obedience. upon the
part of the people, and united effort
upon the part Of both, cannot fail to
promote the happiness and insure the
general prosperity of all.
Since the admission of Nevada into
the Union, great events have passed to
the pages Of our Nations history, the
most momentous ofwhich 10, its triumph
over armed rebellion in its efforts to
destroy the Government and subvert its
authority. Peace has been measurably
restored throughout our borders-actual
war having ceased. The instruments Of
warfare have been exchanged for i'm
plements of husbandry. A pleasing
hope Of lasting tranquility has lighted
again thousands of fresides, lately
stricken and made d~esolate by sanguin-
airy strife; and Notwithstanding the Sc
verify of the ordeal through which we
have passed, the final triumph Of Re-
publican institutions is sure, and the
name AMERICAN encircled by o brighter
halo Of glory than ever before.
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