Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-03-18
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Of Gov. ]. ]. Jacob.


Gent1en'en of the Senate and of the House Of
Delegates: feilow>ctsfzens of IFest 'Vir-
linid:
In assuming a second time the duties of
the Chief Executive Office of the State. T de-
sire to acknowledge my deep sense of obliea>
tion to the good people of West Virginia for
their continued confidence and esteem. It is
impossible for me to meet them all at their
homes, and by their firesides, and to say to
each. ''I thank you;" but | avail myself of
this public occasion to tender to them nv
warmest and most grateful thanks for their
unfalterlng support and personal good will
In return for their generous confidence T
promise, "a far as | have power. to guard ten
derly all their rights, to consult and promote
their highest and best interests. and to pro-
tert their honor and good name as people.
Two years ago, without any experience in
the cares and responsibilities of this office.
when | was about to enter upon its duties for
the first time, used the following language:
''Ih6ugh elected to Office by one of the great
political parties of the country, do not con.
celve it TO be my duty 60 regard the rights
and interests of that party alone The views
end wishes. aud may not also say, the pre-
ludices to some extent, of all must be respect
ed. The minority as we'll as the majority
which cannot be tranpled un0n without Civ
ing shock to our political system. The
blind unressoning rule of the majority over
the minority is wholly at variance with the
spirit of our republican Institutions And if
we ever lose our boasted freedom, it will be
when we forget that others have rights as
we'll as ourselves
: After an experience of two years. although
l now take my office by the free suffrage of
tnen of all parties, and shades Of opinion. I
have no reason to retract these scntiments.-
| believe them to be founded on instice and
truth, and neither rcproach nor personal favor
shall cause me to swerve from the application
'ot them TO the varied duties of my office.
No office can rightlnlly be exercised for
mere personal, local or partisan ends an at>
tempt to do SO produces discoriant factions
among the people, one struggling to obtain
the supremacy over the other. Government
instruction for the benefit Of all citizens alike.
thus becomes the machinery in the hands of
one faction for the oppression and hu,nilia>
ton Of another. History is tnll of unhapny
examples of this kind. We are making his
tory to-day, but | trust we may never blot its
page with the stain nta similar example.
After all, what do the fcverish noli,;o,l
struggles of the day avail in the presence of
the's'ern and unbending principles which lie
1T the foundation Of all free govcrnmcnts.-
Mere partisan contests are ephemeral. and
either perish in the hour in which thew aro
born, or pass away as chaff before the wind.
"hen great interests are at stake To such
interests, to the preservation of the good we
have already acquired. TO the I'd rancemeot of
the people in intelligence. virtue and mates
rial prosperity, / shall endeavor to bend nII
my energies, rather than to foster political
strife and personal chickering's
With high-spirlted liberty loving peonle
OF great native vigor of mind we have but to
afford them wise and liberal means of educa.
tion, to make them tho peers of any people in
intelligence aud moral force
With untold sources Of wealth locked IN
within our borders, we have but to develop
these great natural resources, to place the
State side by side with her most prosperous
sisters. She is still in her infancy. It will
he chiefly your care and responsibility, gem
tlemen of the Legislature, so to shane her fu
ture policy aa to secure to her a speedy and
vigorous growth: 1t will be mine. so to pu.
into execution laws that you may pass as not
to retard or check her in her progress
In this age OF Improvement and progress
to stand still while others are advancing is
equivalent to retrogression and decay of former
times. No alternative il LETT us cycept TO
keep step with onr sister States as they ad-
vance, or to fall behind, and accept position
of inferority. I ana willingt to join hands
with any persons. whether friend or foe. that
favor an advance movement in the elevation
and improvement OF the people, and in the
DEVELOPMENT of our material resources
In the discharge of the futics of my office.
is it too much to ask the aid and surpnrt of
my fellow citizens in all things that NAV seem
inst -, - ~
that patient f"rhearance their part, which
the frailty of human Judgment may generally
rightfully claim for errors or mistakes?
To enable me to discharge these dnties
wisely aud we'll. | humhy invoke the Guidance
of Almighty God. And I pray tha. His
choicest blessings may res. on the people of
the State.
To MAKE COURT PLAsTER.-To make
court plaster, soak isinglass in little warn,
water for twenty>four hours; then eyapora.e
nearly all the water by gentle heat. dissolve
the residue in little proof spirits of wine.
and strain the whole through piece of omen
linen. The strained mass should be stiff
jelly when cool. Now extend a piece of silk
on wooden frame and ft it tight with tacks
and pack thread. Mel, the jelly, and apply
it to the silk thiny and evenly with hair
brush. second coating must be applied
when the tirst has dried When both are
dry, cover the whole surface with two or three
coatings of Balsam of Peru, applied in the
same way. Plaster thas made is piable, and
never breaks.-Rural Ncto Yorker.
LENGTH OF DAYs.-The days of summer
grow longer as We go northward and the davs
of winter shorter. At Hamburg the longest
has seventeen hours and the shortest seven.
At Stock holm the longest has eiohtae, ,,1
half hours. At St. Petersburg the longest
has nineteen and the shortest FIVE hours. AZ
Finland the longest has twenty-oue hours and
half, and the shortest two and half. At
Wanderbus, in Norway, the day lasts from
the 2lst of Mar To ths soaaaa s.l