Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-20
PATRIOTIC WORDS BY TWO STATES.
MEN.

\ great ]concourSe "t ladies' and gentle
men Witnessed the Inauguration Of Gov
ernor Robinson.
GoNUI;NoE TlIDEN'S ADDRESS.
Governor Tildcn made 4 speech of
c"ngratulation, during which he spoke
vi the aims ui his administration, viz. ::
To recall the government of the state to
the pure condition OF Il generation age :;
to remove the fruit Of that growth which,
III evl! times, had o~verSpreal its admin
lstratloa and legislation to Tighten the
lntolerAb!e burdens upon the people; 10
improve the institutions and laws; to
systematically call into the civil service,
whether by appointment OF election,
mon Of higher ideas Of official life. of
better training and more general cultures
utilizing Il class inferior in the art of
political competition, but superior in
capacities for public usefulness. These
OBJ ects had been pursued through stor-
my conflicts with selfish interests and
fixed habits. Our support vas an untal-
tering trust in the people. Our inspira
tiou was = belief that nothing worth
saving could be lost. If only our work
did not fail. applause. The scrutiny
OF all candid men might safely be chal-
lenged as to what had been already ac-
complIshed. Wastetnl and corrupt sys-
tens had been destroyed. taxation re-
dIced onc-halt, new remedies for official
malversation enacted, the management
OF public works and prisons re0rganized
and commissions preliminary to other
reforms instituted. These are valuable
results, but there are others even moIs
important. The standard OF official con-
duet has been elevated, and with the
ideas. motives and influences which sur
round official lite rs with an atmosphere.
the public suspicion OF Legislative venul-
ity is disappearing and the Hobbies are
d~isbanded. The chief executive and
administrative trusts OF the state have
been committed to gentlemen who aye
eminent not only tor personal probity.
but tor capacity and high ideas of Off
ciai duty. a genuine reform in the
civil service has thus been realized.
which could not be the product Of any
mere system or II mere legislation
without the effective cooperation of the
men carrying ON the actual adniniStra-
ton.
GoNEENOH RO~ElNSON'S REPLY
Inc SpNtl -cieCI, III HIS response
said
Governor Tilden, | thank you for the
kind and encouraging words which YOU
have addressed to NE. In receiving
from q the great trust which has rest
ed upon yOu during the last two years.
fully appreciate the admonition of the
king OF Israel Let not him that gIrdcth
on his harness boast himself as he that
pulleth it of You have had Your trial,
and have received the g-atetul approval
of the people, not only of this state, but
of the whole Union, who have called
vou by an emphatic popular ma iority 10
the highest place in the nation. Long
continued applause
You have arrested gross abuses and
wasteiul expenditures; have enforced
economy and reduced largely the bur-
dens of taxation more han this, You
have restored a moral tone to the adj
ministration of government. and have
driven from this capitol those who made
it a house OF merchandise and enriched
themselves by buying and selling legis-
lation. | trust that by no act of mine
will they he encouraged to return" APP
planse.
Governor Robinson continued by en-
nmerating the principles laid down in
Jetferson's first inaugural and called on
his fellow citizens to enew their vows
Of LOYALTY 10 them.