The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-11
Gov. NlOscs' Inaugural Address.

AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, You
have entered upon the sixth session of
the General Assembly. since the es-
tablishment Of free government in the
State Of South Carolina. 1t should be
with us source of profound gratitude
to Divine Providence that you meet
under auspices that bctcken brighter
and better days for the whole people
of the State, whose swor nrcpresenta
tivcs you are. The earth has re-
wardcd the labors of our husbandmcn
with abundant fruits, while all the
varied forms and arts of industry arc
being prosecuted with hopeful energy.
amid apparently universal peace and
order, under our happy system of gov.
crnment, which guarantees aud main,
tains liberty regulated by law.
We have been mcrcifully exempt
from the great and disastrous fires
which, during tho past year, have
swept over SO many portions of our
common country, consuming to ashes
the garnered wealth of years, and re-
ducing the rich and the poor t. the
same level Of INDECENT suffering.
let us endcavcr, fellow citizens, to
deserve these signal blessings, by
Il faithful and conscientious discharge
Of all the important trusts rcposed in
Us BY tho people.
In entering upon the duties Of the
Ligh Office with which l have been
vested by the generous favor of my
fellow-citizcns, my deep sense of
gratitude TO them for the honor con-
tcrrcd by tneir suffrages is associated
with painful conviction of the grave
responsibility which has bcen imposed
upon me 10y their choice. | will en-
uooror 10 i;""h~-c- -. -..L"l> ,"t..
to the whole people of the State. 10
this end, | invoke the conSidcratc
iudgmo"6 and active corporation of
every member Of the General Assem-
Ll', whatever may be his party creed,
nd tho opeu aid and assistance of
every good citizen in the common.
wealth of South Carolina.
While [ shall not forget that, as
candidate, | represented in my person
tEc Union Republican party, whose
tel neticcnt principles arc expressed in
the hoct'inc Of equal rights and exact
Us ice to all mcu-now incorporated
as the Fundamental law Of the State
ani n,llon and while under any and
all circumstances my duty Of devotion
and fidelity to my party shall be ever
present to my mind, [ trust that
,nay always rene embcr that, as the
Chief Magistrate Of the State, rep
resent all the people of South Carroll
ia, and that the lines which limit my
zeal for their interest must, III honor,
be CO o-extensivc with her boundaries.
Standing here to-day in the august
presence of the assembled lawmakers
Of the State, and of this large multi
tude, with .hc oath Of Office iE all its
solemn sanctity fresh upon my lips,
pledge my best efforts to insure
that, during my administration, "tho
commonwealth shall suffer no detri-
ment."
Gentlemen of the Senate and House
Of representatives., let US rededicatc
ourselves to the great work aud duty
of the hour. Let us prove to the
world, by the enactment of just laws,
and their impartia! administration that
the highest private liberty here is
consonant with the greatest public
good. Our people are happy in the
possession of bountiful soil and a
genial climate. Here the varied
products of the temperate and tropic
zones grow side by side, while our
STREAMS arc flashing in the sunlight
of a perpetual spring. The imperial
plant, whose fleccy iibrcs enter into
the raiment of civilized man through.
out the globe, and whose production
presses heavily upon the very balance
wheels of the commercial exchanges
Of tho world has here its native home
and most luxuriant growth Yet the
face of the immigrant is turned away
from our State, and capital, which
sets labor in motion, and creates tho
manufactures which contribute to the
comfort and the elevation Of man,
s'Irinks back from us, as if the seals of
pcstilence were broken, and its vials
empticd out upon this beautiful gland
of ours. lIeuce, nearly thrce"four, ,hs
of our vast territorial area, cmbrac,
ing not less than $4,000 square miles,
c flllow to-day. This dlsastrt us ro.
suit is largely due to the fell spirit of
political intolerance which has been
manifested during the past five years
by the former governing class in
South Carolina, who still, in great
part, represent the educated intelli'
gcnco and landed property of the
State. That intolerance, which was
at first successfully directed to do,
stroy the financial credit of tho State
Government, both at homo and abroad
also prescribed every native and
adopted citizen who oponly declared
himself in accord with tho political
sentiments which were entertained
BY the vast majority of the pooplo ot