The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-22
Our New Senator.

WI NCW UVOosVss
After he was declared formally elected
United States Senator, Col. Bogy vas es.
costcd to the chair aad made his sskncS,-
edgement as follocs:
Senators and Representative.
l appear before you to retusa to you
nay most profound thanks fot the distin'
gaishod honor You have conferred upon
me. Permit me TO say at the outset that
| feel that an unworthy Of tho high
position. Nevertheless ( feel the con-
sciousness that l shall have the strength
and ability to discharge all the duties de
volving on me. If know myself, l
shall BE- faithful to ny staw and 10 oil
ito interests, to my party and to the en-.
tire people of this state. (Cheess.) }
A seat in the Senate Of the United States
is tho most prominent position which the
state cen confer upon any Of its citizens.
feel the weight of the burthen, if l
may use the expression, which is placed
by you upon my shoulders; l assume
the discharge of the high responsibilities
and duties which will necessarily devolvo
upon mo in the councils of the nation
with great humility, and, although may
fail now and then to meet the ex expectations
of my friends, hope that l shall always
be treated with indulgence provided my
friends believe have discharged my du.
ties with integrity. Gentlemen, there
are those great aud prominent objects
which now strike the eye Of tho observ.
ing men Of this nation. Owing to the
late war our system Of government hos
been shaken to its foundation; it is yet
tottering, and it will bo the work Of time
and craftsmanship to reset it upon the
firm basis upon which it originally
rested.
There are states of this Union that are
yet crushed in all their material interests,
and deprived of the rights Of sovereign
states. These states must be restored to
their proper position in the great constel.
ation that forms the American Union.
They are the great columns of the corin
THAN order, which hold up this great
temple now extending from ocean to
ocean, and reaching up to the clouds
Destroy, impair, or shake any one OF
these great columns and the temple itself
must feel it. Some Of these columns
have been somewhat shaken and
they must be restored. and unless they
are restored, our system Of government
at whose foundations were laid the wis
dom and craftsmanship by the great mer
who framed it, will have undergone an
entire change l shall CO operate with
all my zeal and feeble ability in all meas
ures calculated to restore the states tc
their rights, both in their material anc
political order.
Another remarkable fact which strike,
the mind of the observing man is th,
legislation of the country on the fuan
cial question, as had the pleasure o
remarking the other evening in this hall
Although agriculture and manufacture
are In state of apparent prosperity, will
unusual health and large export trade, ye
the Western States are becoming poorer
day by day. This grows out of system
Of legislation calculated to make u
workers, and the Eastern men the rea
pers. We are the producers, while they
are the spectators at our expense. Tha
system can be changed aud I thinl
spcedily. l will consider it one of m,
duties to the people of the state and t
the entire West, to work to bring abou
change of let tislation on this subject a
soon as possible.
While upon this point I will take oc
} casion to remark that have been misun
derstood on the question Of the tariff.
am not free trades man; am for th
old Democratic doctrine, tariff for reve
nue. sufficient to pay the interest (cheer
and applause). l repeat, tariff suficisn
s to pay the interest upon the public deb
e and to carry on the government wit
o economy.
Now, gentlemen, on an occasion lik
this, it would be improper for me to OK
i tend my remarks at much length. Thes
are the great measures before the countr,
i the restoration Of the Southern States
their just rights in the confederation, tn
Going away with a vicious system {
$ legislation now expressing the West, an
Q with tariff which makes a few manr
J. facturcrs wealth! at the expense of tt
n great producing class of one section.
Having said this 1 might we'll stop, b,
9 I hope i, will not be deemed improper
y I say something personal of myself.
am no carpet. bagger. but native of tn
"a state, and a descendant of the earlie'
J. families that settled in this vast wilde
u" ness of the new world as early as 15S
s. then colony of the kingdom of Franc
t, From the time of their first settlsme1
rs on this continent, they wore pionee
II marching in the van Of civilization, an
carrying it to the very center Of the col
tineut. am proud to be a descenda
Of SO manly and brave race of peopl
5 Many Of them spent the greater part
their lives with the Indians of the 70
l stand about hundred years ago my ov
IN grandfather was trader among the wi
10 Comanches of the plains, and had
ID small stock of dry goods at what is no
is known as Begy depot, in the Choctaw n
u. ton Of Indians-hsnce the name Of Il