The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-02
Legislature of North.Caro,ina

Pursuant to Proclamation of w w
HOLDEN, Governor elect of North Carolina
the Senators elect convened at the capitol
in the City of Raleigh, at - NJ, ON We'd
nesday. July 1st, A. D., 1868
The Senate having been called to order
R. P. Dick, Associate Justice of the su-
premc Court of North Carolina, administered
the constitutional oath of office to the Lieut..
Governor elect, Tod. r. Caldwell, who
thereupon assumed the Chair as President
of the Senate.
On assuming the Chair Mr. Caldwell said ::
SENATORS Having been chosen nv the
Freemcn of North Carolina to the high and
honorable office of Lieutenant Governor of
the State, Ito day, with unaffected diffidence
enter upon my duties, determined, as far as
in me lies TO discharge them with fidelity
to the country and with such a degree of
Immortality as, trust, may secure the ap-
nroyal of those over whom it is my province
to preside.
We'll aware, Senators, of the difficulty of
nv task and fully cognizant of my mex
uerience in the administration of parlia-
mentarv law l throw myself upon your in
dulgence, feeling assured that your generous
impulses will prompt you to look upon my
defects with proper measure OF allowance,
ond induce YOU to aid and sustain me, by
| friendly counsel, in interpreting and en-
forcing such rules as you may adopt for the
| government of this body.
Our common country has recently passed
tbronoh irving ordeal, and although the
fnrv of the tempest has abated, the pillows
of our troubled ocean are still surging
oronnd ms The face of the waters Is rough !;
+-,e and we'll skilled pilots are needed to
steer the old ship of State safely ptos thar
nor The people have chosen us 10 helms
men-the cargo is rich and Preclous--It con-
sists of the lives, the liberties, the fortunes
and the honor of our contiding constituents
may we realize our responsibility. and
strive not to tlisappoint their hopes and ex-
pectations: but with stout hearts and de-
| termincd purpose, go to work vigorously,
and endeavor to repair the damages of the
last seven eventful years. Let US, by acts
of kindness and prudent legislation,
cultivate feeling of true friendship
and brotherly love among our people, who
have recently been SO unnaturally estranged,
and let the victors in the late conflict COM
pei the gratitude and admiration of the
vanquished by an exhibition of charity, that
nollest of Christian virtues, and by forgive
ness to all who by good works show that
they have repented of their errors and are
resolved for the future to dedicate them
selves, with all their energies and talents, to
the building up OF the waste places of our
once happy and beautiful land.
We have, Senators, noble and patriotic
duties to perform, the chiefest of which is
to harmonize our people and prevail upon
them to cherish Il feeling of respect and ven
Grafton for the government of the United
L
shield us from harm and to protect US against
foes from without and within. Forgetting
then, what is behind US let us press onward
in the glorious struggle to make ours the
grandest nation on the face of the globe
This can be accomplished hy educating and
elevating our people-by UNDERWRITING the
rising generation with the true principles of
Republican government-by making the
humhlest peasant in the land feel that the
arm of power is continually
around and about him-and by teaching the
naughty, the vicious and the strong that
they cannot attain to such height as to be
above the avenging hand of violated law
May 1T I've our aim so to legislate as to do
equal and exact justice to all classes and
conditions of men. Then we shall merit the
good will and appreciation of the wise,
the virtuous and the good; a kind and be-
nl0ndnC fTOEluenCe Will also smile upon our
labors and sustain us in our efforts to anne
iorate the condition of our people. and to
preserve and perpetuate the good name of
our honest old State.
Bespeaking your cooperation, Senators,
in enforcing the rules which may be enacted
fnr the government of this body, and invok-
ng the blessings of Almighty God to rest
lpon our deliberations, now announce that
he Senate is ready to proceed with its
urther organization.
The President appointed Senator VIM.
Barrow, of the 4th District, and Senator
W. H. s. Sweet of the 10Th District, as
Principal Clerk and Assistant respectively
1rn TEN.
The constitutional oath was then admin
stored to the following named Senators
Who were under no political disabilities
" Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,
;. P Dick, viz:
LIST District-Elisha A. White, Joseph |
". Etheridge.
OIL Franklin G. Martindale.