Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-02-17

fellows. There must be extended TO BIN
those social amenities of life when con
stltute its chief enjoyment. suen - n''
station entitle him to receive ana eilJoy'
| aud thrown around him and bis must pc
protecting segis of the law, securing anu
ruaranteeing him his ..life, liberty,
and The pursuit of happiness" Let it be
known OF all men that such are our pur-
poses and intentions, that such reception
end such protection, will be according to
every such emigrant, that law and order
everywhere prevail and will be maintain
ed at all times and under circumstances
with the full power of the State, and every
railroad train that arrives within your
borders, every steamboat that anchors in
harbors, will be laden with p sople seek
ing homes and fortunes among US.
In executing the functions Of the high
and responsible Office to which have been
elected, the promotion Of the public veal
will be my highest aim. With charity
towards all and malice towards none, l
shall perform my official duties honestly,
ccnscientiously, fearlessIy-in the interest
of no clique. faction or section, with an
eye single only to the good of the whole
people. the development and advance
ment. the glory and dignity Of the State.
have no private political purposes to
subserve, aud no party behests to obey.
l am free from all "entangling alliances,
and untrammelad by any political pledges.
Always firm and consistent Unionist, |
expect to live and die one. Beyond this,
the chief tenets ..of my political faith are,
the maintenance Of the public faith
State and National-untarnished honesty
and economy in the administration Of pub
lie affairs equalization and reduction of
tariffs, and taxation to the lowest degree
consistent with the maintainance of the
public credit; free education for all. a
fostering care, eneours cement and eleva-
tioa of labor, and, until fully, finally, and
permanently accomplished-universal am
nesty and impartial suffrage. These are
fundamental principles in my political
creed, and it matters not what you may
call them, whether Republican. Democratic
or Liberal, so far as applicable they will
be faithfully adhered to in my admins
tration of the affairs of the State. Those
who agree with them will naturally sus-
tain and uphold the administration, while
those who disagree with them may oppose
it. [ can sec no other reasonable grounds
for any division among our people at this
time. With oil due respect to the opin-
ions of others, it appears to me that any
attempt at this time to divide. distract and
vex our people with questions Of mere
party politics-any effort to galvanizc
into life defunct political organism, with
their attendant ills Of sectional hate and
luminosity, any attempt for partisan pur-
poses to reopen the terrible wounds in
ficted by the last war, now healed OF heal
ing, deserve to be frewned down with IN
dignation. Have we not enough to do to
resuscitate and reinvi gorate our own Grip
pied and desolated Commonwealth Have
we more brain, mere energy, than will
suffice for this mighty task +? Are we not
admonished by all the love we bear to
her, by our veneration of her past and
our hopes for her future, to stand side by
side and shoulder to shoulder, earnest,
aud, above all, united in common effort
and comm On purpose to reorganizo and
rehabilitate the State, and to start her out
once more "upon the high road TO glory,
glittering like the morning star, full of
life and joy 2" What we need in Vir-
GINA, what the nation needs to-day, is
the Inauguration and cultivation of broad
and catholic national spirit, unsullied by
local prejudice or selfish and sectional in
terest. Our destinies are insepersbly
linked with its destinies. Its growth viii
be our growth, its advancement our ad-
vancement, its glory our glory. con-
fess to strong and conscientious belief in
what is properly styled manifest Desti-
ny" 1t is manifest to ME that the future
destiny of this nation points unerringly
to the expansion of its limits until the en-
tire continent shall have been embraced
within its boundaries and 1 believe that
upon this same continent there is to be
formed and moulded new, distinctive,
we'll defined and grand American nation
atty. 1t is true that our country is peo-
pied by all the numerous offshoots of the
Caucasion race, differing widely in lang
uage, habits and education, but all time
aud ooncurring circumstaces will gradual
y melt together and mould together these
diverse elements into one united, harmon
ious, homogeneous people. surprising all
of the great peoples that have preceded
them In their mental, moral and physical
development, and in the greatness and
grandeur of their achievements. You and
| must act for our several parts in the full
fllment of this manifest destiny, and
whether it shall be well or ill done, will
depend upon the individual action of each.
Let US each and all remember that we,
too,
- Can make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
Footprints that perhaps another
Sailing DER life troubled main
A forlorn and shipyrecked brother,
Seeing may take heart again.
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