Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-12
Extracts from Gov. Holidays In
augurRl.

There are many pi,hy sentiments ia the
great Inaugural Address Of Gov Holiday that
ought 10 be framed 10 adorn the walls of our
homes after the style Of the beautiful illumi-
uated texts now SO much in vogue. We ap-
pend few Of them
The sense Of duty done gives Tar more
pleasure than the praise of men"
"The honor Of State is above price. Il
cannot be measured by money.
Estates have been in debt before, aud have
been honest, aud have survived"
The hope. and only hope. Of a republic is
the recognition Of the sanctity Of contracts aud
the binding obligation and supremacy of law.
Success is not needed 10 make al effort
great. Often defeat signalises more than a.
chievement, AID eleyates the defeated by the
very consciousness Of heroic endeavor."
when duty is mingled with the memories
aud hopes Of State in which We were born,
by which we have been nurtured, and in
whose destiny SO many interests are wrapped,
the honor makes Us feel m1re keenly the weight
Of duty"
upon the sanetity Of solemn coupacts the
whole frame work Of society rests, from the
sacred bond that ties the family to the strong
aud subtle cord which binds in harmony
otherwise jarriug elements to the unity Of
government"
"Our duty then. as good citizens. is TO de-
wise means 10 pay the debt not 90 find ways
10 avoid il, Il will hardly pay to criminate
-..,,, 49,, a.;si,turo hv cbarges Of hriberv
and fraud. II any one has dared to tai.t the
hallso legislation with these crimes let him lie
brought to trial aud punished with the utmost
rigor Of the law"
~ would not take away from labor any
protection il has nor would l refuse il any
protection il ought 20 have. But would
give is no favor that deny to capital. The
humblest cabin ia the mOuntain fAstness should
have the same protection that is given 10 the
lorilies. mansi0H Of the rich but no more"
Truth aud earuestness have more to dc
with greatness than success or victory. Vic
tory may spring from chance, or overwhelm-
ing odds but earnestness aud truth make that
character out Of which great deeds psrennially
grow This is the crown Of Nirgiuia's great
ness. Her people were in earnest when they
pledged their lives, their fortunes, aud their
sacred honor, a hundred years ago; they were
in earnest when they redeemed that pledge by
eight years Of war they were 10 earnes, when
they favored the adoption Of an instrument
by which they agreed 10 cast their lot with the
sister States 10 the formation Of the Union
they were 10 earnest, when for generations they
gave q their levels 70 adorn the councils Of
the Republic, aud Of their territory to enlargei,'
domain they were in earnos. when no sacrifice
Was too great, cave honor, 10 uphold the Uuiou
that their genius and sclf-dcyotion had so aided
in framing; they were none the less in earnest
When in their heart they believed thatho va.
Of more worth than the Union, and entered upon
a long and bloody war to yindicate that opn-
ion 10 all, they battled for the truth. Aud
when prejudice and passion have passed away,
history will find as much TO admire in their
last overwhelming defeat, as 10 the victore:
which bad hitherto crowned their career
TIE same genial SKY overhaDgs her
the same grand rivers flow through her terri
tory the same haTbOrs, where the ships Of The
world may ride the same variety and fertili'
~ Of soil, from the sea to the mountains, a:
when she won the name Of the Mother OF
Statesmen and States know that the hand
Of violence rent her in twain, and that tht
ravages Of four years terrible war have left
cruel marks. know that macy Of her best
and braveSt fell, aud that poverty now sbound'
where once lourished refinement and wealth
know that in the faircst aud most fruitful
regions, seasons Of drouth have parched up the
labor Of the husbandman. or destroying flood:
have swept it away. But believe that there
siill exists that loyalty to honor aud that De
votion 20 law. which enabled her people &
bear these things without shrinking. believe
that her people are still earnest and true"