The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-04
MASSACHUSETTS.
""setnor Eaiiock's Inaugural Address 10 the
es'si"iure-tiis Views on the Subject or
TIE Next Presidency-GeuernI Grnnt the
Man for the Hour,

The Next Presidency-GeneraI Grnnt IN,
| MaD for the Hour,
BosYos, jan g. 1868
Governor Bullock was inauEuraea to-day. his mes
sage to tue Legislature Is a long and comprehepsIy,
Document OF eighty Gye printed pages The Governor
comments with much satisfaction upon the TACT ,ha
yer before have tho returns on Ina pepaytuar, a
Education Zen 50 encouraging as at this Tina rss
hundred and ,bi,ty.'~ thousand pupils have been ID
attendance in the uubc "a!s during average time
Of sigh. months Esh. thousand ieacAers wsrs en-.
ployed. The amount raised by taxation during
tie year for tho support OF ires education was
s2355,j05. The funded debt OF the Commonwealth.
including loans to railroads, amounts TO nearly
$4,000 o0o nearly ali secured by sinking funds bonds
mortgages and collateras The institutions of public
charity are commended for their appearance and general
mansgement The state has supported H. III panpers
aud 800 iunatics at expense OF S255 600 and has
contributed upwards OF $50 900 private charitable in
suions Tho institutions or juvenile reform. the Nau-
cal School and the State Reform Schools at Lancaster
aud Marlborough, have been kept up at expense Of
$4,000 for the year. The Clarke Institution Tor deaf
mutes Incorporated at the last session of the Legsla
turc was formally opened on the LIST OF October the
state Prison has not only sustained ITSELF but has earned
81 600 over all expenses Tho number Of commitments
TO the Stale Prison last was 2S being loss than the
average Of thryeight years The cost OF maintaining
the State militia amounts to sl5000o year.
Tho amount OF deposits In the savings banks is
than eighty millions OF dollars, and OF this sum live.
eghths have accumulated within the Iass ten years
me prospects Tor me eventual completion o. the HOOsac
tunnel are declared 70 oe salts ,actory
The Governor, accepting the decision OF the people,
recommends positive enactment for the regulation and
control OF the sale OF liquor Referring
ters, Governor Bullock says
I'VE have destroyed Involuntary ssrv.ude we have
manumitted race Of men and conceded 20 them eauai
~, civil and political rights In the proceedings vi the
conventions in Southern States which they have manly
controlled believe that after making duo allowances,
they have displayed praiseworthy moderai0n IL Is
a sacred duty 10 insure them protection in the enjoy
mont OF the rights have guaranteed. but We
must als0A remember there millions ri tue
wno race wA0 cannot and must not always DO retained
In the position OF abjeet ioes-mi;ons whose pro-
o0iaalions which must never be repudlsed AMI whose
good Will and cooperation arc essential 10 complete
and thorough rednion. Let US, then hear no:more Of
coIscation and altander for the Southern Let
make end OF ihiberal and unirendy legislation,
and while compromising no principle Tor which We have
coptended let US restore those lately in REBEL on
equality Of rghta speedily as is consistent with the
national safely. The present obstacles 10 reconsruc
ton to speedy end, whether they be iuter-
posed by unrepentaut rebels by President who does
not make treason odous, or by these whom his policy
has daiuded into renewed resistance The welfare AMI
viii OF tho people require peacepeace from turmoil OF
mind as we'll from turmoil OF war; peace
for their finances for their industry, for iher
commerce, aud having the determination and power
there Is no mstaSng the agency by which they Intend
to enforce H. II cmbttered refuse to accept the
boon hat IL prolerei the responsibility the shame ard
runons consequence VIII be theirs alone II they are
SO blind 10 their own interest as TO nco hostility be-
tween they viii find that the nation Is strong that
the nation Will MAINTAIN its guarante No rgnts OF
loyal men viii DO surrendered 10 eject any settlement
whatsoever Equality OF rights univ ersal suffrage
irreversible Tho wneel, OF revolution ~
roll backward. In tho march Of civlizat and domo
cratic ideas TINS nation takes no backward step."
Tho Governors views on tho qpo ton OF the next
Presidency are foow5."lt is the record OF history
that great public c the inst net OF nat points
with unerrng ssgacity 10 como OF tue people whom
they adopt at once, In assurance OF faith their
chosen champion AMI devefer; and by natural law
this abiding confidence Is through its own soothing
power the surest guarantee OF In this dark hour
of national exigency have Cd OF leader whose
Integrity Is uncorruped by political associations and
whose patriotism has not permitted HIM TO descend 70
the OF partisan warfare; of tried leader OF un.
daunted courage who wilt be swayed mother bf popular
passion sectional prejudice; or man OF cautious
reticence, who has Inconsistencies TO explain, no
policies to maintain, theories 10 promulgalo; OF q
leader prehends the position and relations OF
all sections OF our common country and who viii bring
TO the admin sraon OF pubic AFFAIRS executive ABILITY.
economical IDEAS clear head and honest heart II
10 manifest that is The same Providence which brought
US safely through the Of war. that this
whole people now with singular nnanimity TO recognize
In plain, unpretending citizen hun whose energy. dis.
cretion and exalted patriotism will restore peace aud
prosperity TO dcordant States and distracted land.
Tho Tor tho crisis the for the hoar tho man
OF the people. Is Ulysses :. Grant BE ore his pre-
eminent fitness for the gn Office TO which grateful
nation would elevate him let personal yed
faction subside that peace good viii aud may
aud forever abide thrJu. hout tho republic
The Governor closed with q warm eulogy upon his
predecessor, John A. Andrew