Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-10-21
aOvEROR HROwN-s INAUGURAL
Address.

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The PROUD Com nionwealth, who's
affairs / have been called to admins
ter by the voice of unrestricted SUI
frage, boasts in her history the name
of Executive officers 40 eminent ant
illustrious that / can promise only t.
initiate their virtues and emulate
their fidelity.
Did I not see around me so many
of q coordinate branch Of the Govern
ment, whose antecedents and whose
intelligence give ample assurance o
hearey cooperation In all measures
calculated to advance the prosperity
of the State, I should despair of being
equal TO the emergency. 1vfgtss
The responsibility ! am about as.
Isuming Is much enhanced by the
| financial mbarrassmentso Of the State
and the impoverished condition OF
her people.
The termination of hostilities found
the civil government OF Tennessee In
the hands of meager minority. The
ballot was denied to freemen; suf-
frage was extended merely as venal
consideration in exchange for parti-
san fealty, without regard to the an
tecedents of the voter. Military
power, mt an enormous cost, perpetu
lated this outrage upon liberty and
hushed the popular voice. The pub
| lie debt, in a short period of four
years, swelled from sixteen to forty
two millions of dollars. Violent par
tisans, squandered the revenues un-
justly extorted from Q captive people,
prostrated our credit in the money
markets of the world, and inaugur-
ated a carnival of crime unheard OF
in the annals of the State, for which
they and not we are responsible
The scepter at length passed from
their hands, and peace again reigned
over blighted country. Two years
of conservative legislation and wise
administration have done much to
restore confidence and repair wrongs.
Much more yet remains to he done.
Among the most pressing and impor-
tant of our duties to be discharged
under circumstances of peculiar diff
Guilty Is to preserve the good faith
of our State by placing her credit
upon permanent basis, and at the
same time relieve If possible the bur-
dens of taxation. If we can inau-
gurate a policy by which these most
desirable ends can he attained, we
will preserve the honor of the State
and confer upon the people blessing
that will secure to us their lasting
gratitune.
believe 1t can be done. Wisdom
in counsel and boldness in action will
accomplish it. Needless alike Of the
clamors of creditors and the willy i'm
portunites of spectators, let us keep
steadily i'm view the integrity of the
State ON the one hand, and on the
other the prosperity Of our people,
thereby replacing Tennessee in her
true position on the roll of States,
and giving her new impetus in u
career of glory that willattract hither
capital and labor to develop her many
and varied resources. Thus, in the
early future, she may become, as she
ought to be, the great State of the
American sisterhOod.
The new Constitution under which
you have been elected and organized,
with whatever Of good or evil 1t con-
tains, was overwhelmingly adopted
by, the people. The pernicious ten
dency of the times to centralize all
power in the legislative department.
induced the trainers of that instru-
ment among other things, to curtnil
and limit many of the prerogatives
heretofore conceded to that branch OF
Government.
1t will therefore be your province
to adopt our legislation to that organ
ic law. In the discharge of the duty
imposed upon me, / shall endeavor
to aid you with such information as |
can obtain, and by such recommen-
dations as my convictions of the
public welfare may dictate. OF this,
be assured; shall by every means at
my disposal execute your will as de-
clared in your deliberate acts, with
out fear or favor.
The law must be respected, and
crime must and shall be detected and
FURNISHED, so far as facilities are fur
nished by legislation. We have serv-
ed our political bondage, and while
the experiences of. the past are bitter,
yet the picture of the future is not
dark. The growing prosperity of the
State Is q subject Of sincere c0ngratu-
lations.
Tho energies of every industrial
branch are quickened into new life.
Diversified sources Of wealth are daily
manifesting themselves, and are be-
ing developed with; advancing enter
prisee and intelligence. The bright
face of hope peers out from the break
ing clouds, and white-winged peace
casts her soft shadows upon the rude
foot prints of war. With the recital
of our wrongs let us forget them and
bury forever tho animosities they
have engendered. Let us shape our
policy not SO much TO criticise or JUS
tify the past, as TO improve the pres
ent and secure the future. Although
success has overwhelmingly crowned
the united effort of the people of Ten
nessee in their first political struggle
after the restoration of the ballot, yet
the fruits of that victory may be lost
IL we are not harmonious In senti-
ment and united in purpose.
The Impotence of some and the
disappointment of Others will now
and then distract our counsels and
threaten our integrity. But let US
stand firmly by principle, preserve
our organization and await patiently
the great developments of the future,
In the confident hope of n speedy
restoration of constitutional liberty
to the American people.
And may the Supreme Ruler of all
things direct our counsels TO wise and
harmonious results.
TAMMANY BROKEN FOREVER
The World says, in regard to the
representation from New York to
the Democratic Convention, that
hereafter the Convention will know
nothing of Tammany or anti-Tam-
many, aud deal entirely with the
separate Assembly districts. Not