Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-16
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Gentlemen of Me Senate and of the
House Of Representatives: .s.
lt would be untrue to my nature,
and I would be unworthy the par
TALLY shown me by the people of my
native STATE, did / fail to express to
you, and to them through you, my
sincere and heartfelt gratitude.
In IGNORING me as they have with
their sufierages, and in placing me in
the highest position within their gift,
] feel chat language is Inadequate to
express the Obligations under which L
am placed, and / shall consider my
self AS holding the trust they have
con tided to nae, for the common good
and general welfare of the whole peo-
pic of the State.
No duty shall DO neglected when
in my power To perform IL, and no
power shall be welded but in accor-
dance with what conceive to he for
the good of the people of the State,
irrespective of race, color, or former
political nntecedents.
In few moments the oath required
10y the constitution will be admins.
tered to me, and will at once enter
upon the duties of my office, duly APP
lreclating the responsibilities devolv-
ing upon me, aud with determine
ton to discharge those duties TO the
best of my ability, with an equally
determined purpose of faithftilness,
integrity, impartiality and devotion
TO the State and the generous people
who have placed me here.
The unaffected difiidence in my
own abilities, which have ever felt
when called TO the discharge of pub
Tic duty, was sustained alone by the
integrity of my own purpose and a
confident reliance on public virtue,
and the wisdom and firmness of our
free institutions. ,l
blessed as we are in climate OF
he most agreeable temperature, and
N II soil producing in the greatest
abundance the necessaIies and com
forts of lie, our destinies advance in
the onward course of Improvement,
and by II consistent adherence to the
principles of wise and cautious legis-
lation, we shall go on to multiply the
means of rational enjoyment, and to
perpetuate that character for patriot
ism anddevotion to the com mon good
for which the sonsof Tennessee have
leen eminently distinguished.
At no period since the commence
ment of our Government have the
evidence OF our growing prosperity
been more manifest, nor the efforts
OF industry more bountifully reward
ed. Commerce and the mechanical
arts are literally encouraged, and do
nestle industry in its legitimate sense
il more practical and better under
stood; the labors of the husbandman,
whose protection should be the first
object of every agricultural nation,
have, not only here, but through
every portion of our happy country
been eminently favored with abun-
dant harvests; at peace with all the
nations of the earth; and undisturbed
i.y the petty feud of faction withir
our borders, we are led to the enjoy.
ment of rs much rational happiness
aS seems to be compatible with hu.
man nature and the institutions o.
man.
The present session of the Iegisla.
turewill be neofunusual Importance
and one upon which the hopes of oui
people are concentrated.
Grave and important questions will
be agitated, discussed and passed
upon, and in future official commu
nication, which l hope to he able t.
lay before you tomorrow, will men
ton measures which | conceive prop
or for your consideration.
In conclusion, gentlemen, permit
me toassuro you that having entir,
confidence in your patriotic desire I,
serve your country, it will be crafty
n I'm "A 1, In, Il
over measures you may adopt caicu
lated to promote the public good.
l sincerely hope that the Legislation
of this General Assembly and the ad
ministration of the State Govern
mcnt, in all its branches, may b
characterized by economy, wisdom
and prudence; that statesmanship
patriotism and philanthropy may b
manifest in every act; and that al
may he done under the guidance q
that Providence, which has hithert
80 signal y preserved and blessed on
state and nation.
IN the House of Representative
last Monday Mr.. Warren oflerd tn
following resolution, providing for
convention 10 meet on the first MOI
day in December to amend the cor
stitution so rs TO require negroes /
pay poll tax, and tomake such otl
az amendments as may he necessar,
The bill was laid over under Ia
rules:
WHEREAS, Section of the 4th al
ticle of the constitution of the Stat
provides that all free men of colo
shall be exempt from military dut
III time Of peace and also from pa,
ing free poll tax; and,
WHEREAS, All free persons of co
or citizens of the United States
have been invested with all the right
privileges and immuuities of eli
2ens Of the State of Tennessee; Their,
fare,
Resolved, That convention |
called tn meet, at the capitol of Il,
state on the first Monday of Decen
ber 1860, for the purpose of maxim
such amendments to the constitutio
OF the state N will secure equal tax
ton to all the people, and such 9th,
ana lnrther amendmensts as wisdom
patriotism and desire for the peaS
ana prosperity OF the state may iii,
tate.
Resolved, That the ratio of repr
sentation ia said convention shall |
two delegates from each Senatori,
District, who shall be elected in I'll
manner as IS now provided for in ii
election Of members of the Generi
Assembly.
ReSOtrod, That said conventio,
when assembled, shall have power
adopt such rules and regulations {,
their organization and governmeI
a they may deem expedient al
irOprE
RcSo'rc5, That it Is the sense
this General Assembly that the n
ton of said convention should loo SUI
nittUd to the pChplr for lhnir rotit,c