The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-17
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Inaugural Address of Hon. Oden Bowie.

Inaugural Address of Hon. Oden Bowie.
The Governor elect of Maryland was
inaugurated at the Capitol on the 9th
inst, and delivered the following address
on the OCCASION AZ
a, Gentlemen of tie General ASSEMBLE of
Masyland 1T augnrs we'll, let US hope,
that on this eighth of January, day
memorable in the annals of our country,
the first Executive elected under the new
constitution of the re eofranchised people
of Maryland has, by the. provisions Of
that instrument, to be inaugurated The
coincidence is the more suspicious as it is
altogether fortuitous, and not specially
designed by its trainers 81
1t is entirely unnecessary that I
should IN this occasion conform to the
general custom of intimating any sugges-
tons upon matters of State legislation, be-
cause of the constitution providing that [
shall not euter upon the discharge of the
EHoou.'vo duties until the expiration of
the term for which the present Executive
was elected" and also because he has in
his annual message so ably and exhaust
lively called the attention of your honor.
able bodies to whatever may affect the
best interests of the State.
But such is the disturbed and unsatis-
factory condition of national affair." that
the people of Mar, land will naturally ex-
pee that their views as expressed with
singular unanimity at the recent election,
shall be avowed to the country
The restoration of the Southern States
to their proper position in the Union
their representation in Congress by such
representatives. as they may by their
proper suffrage uncontrolled by the bay
ouet, select; the control of suffrage and
all other local or domestic questions. which
the federal constitution does not expressly
regulate, by the States themselves white
supremacy all county over, not negro
equality here In the North and negro uuin.
ination here in the S,utn; negro suf
frage only 10 those States the white vo-
tiers ofwhich may determine 70 elevate the
negro to their own level the right sub.
ordination of military to civil authority
the restoration OF the whole people to all
their rights the return at the earliest
practicable day to the constitutional cur
rency of gold and silver; fairer adjust
ment of our revenue laws decrease of
taxation the revival of agriculture. COM
MERGE, Industry and trade throughout the
whole country the cultivation of amity
and concord and fraternal love between
the States and all the people Of the Union
pence in fact AS in nauTe-these are the
aspirations which the people cherish, these
are the lessons taught by the election in
Maryland, as in the great States of
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky
and New Jersey, the golden State of Cali
fornia, and first 10 the smaller but no less
patriotic States of Connecticut and Della
ware. ,s
Of fanaticism, of crime, of bloodshed,
we have had more than enough enough
of self abasement for lfadvancement-
too much of mere party strife. Patriot
ism should now awaken US to the true
and material interests of the country
As our fathers in the past intended no
such result, the present will never con-
sent, the future will never pardon, that
ten States of the Union, slrcady desc
late and depressed, shall be discovered
and absolutely surrendered to discord,
despotism and destruction or that mill.
tary usurpation sha Il ignore the rights of
our own race, professedly in the interest,
but really iu the ruin Of the negro. He
should be, as be is, the object of our SYM
pathies. He should be, as he is, protect
ed in al his rights. But he should not,
as he never will, be made the equal of or
the ruler over the white man. Expert
ence has demonstrated that wise God
has stamped him with the seal of inferior.
ity Let mt man affect greater wisdom
than his Creator. fgf 5s s. s~7vH
AS the results OF these elections should
not and cannot be regarded as mere party
triumphs, we should, by wise and mode
rate counsels, seek to perpetuate and util-
ice them in the interest aud for the good