The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-23
address Of Lieu,. Gov. sayer..

. | OF their CnesCe.
E The ciTcumsraace that s1craa1i u
= are embarTasan. ana the policy, m1s
4, beneficial tn slis great commonwealth
2 somewhat doubtful. The people nav
= the right 10 expect and to demap,
s that their Tepres- ntatIves IN Office shal
: not o3ly be faithful, capable anC
honest. hut also that they shall be sue
cesslui IN the administration If Ga,
affairs with which they may be eE.
trusted. This rule, so generally OBJ
served and acted upon in the practica
and personal pursuits OF the citizen,
should operate with equal force and
yigor 10 matters of public concern.
True IT is that success is severe test
and no, UafrcqUently works great and
unmerited hardship upon those who
msy be charged with weighty snd
delicate possibilities, yet the safety,
prosperity aud happiness Of the body
polite require its constant and Impair
nal application, and no one, who
seeks the hunors and ASSUMES the
cares, burdens and perplexities of
political preferment, should be heard
to deny the business of the rule or the
propriety of its rigid enforcement.
The interests of the State are many,
diversified and oftentimes in harsh
conflict, requiring for prott ciion and
development the exercise as well of
sound discretion and accurate fore
sight as of liberal concession. Ia no
other way can the harmony of the sec
tioDs be maintained, their welfare ad-
vanced and their connection preserved.
The spirit of self denial and kindly
feeling should always exist, with active
and increasing force, to calm the tur-
bulence OF excited discussion, to
moderate the eXertions of selfish inter-
est, and to keep in perpetual glow the
consuming and purifying fires of an
exalted patriotism. With such i'm
pulses TO animate the hearts, to con-
troll the minds, and to direct the ener-
gles, 1t is certain that this people, de-
spite the troubles of the past, the en-
barassments of the present and the
doubtful issues of the immediate 1u-
ture, will, in q few short years, attain
that power and influence, that prosper
ity and happiness which they, of
right, should enj1y and from which
they cannot be withheld, except as the
consequence of their own folly.
a kind and generous Creator has
done many and great things for Texas,
and on all sides, wherever the eye may
rest, we behold the most abundant and
pleasing evidences OF the extraordi-
nary munifcence of HIS bounty. He
has girded US around with the great
deep, upon whose waters may float the
navies of the world, bringing to our
shores the needful productions of
evey cline and receiving in return the
surplus yield of field, mine and wood
land. He has made to rise, in lofty and
solemn grandeur, the hills and noun
talns, within whose capacious wombs
are stored every ore that may be adapt
ed to the use and enjoyment of man.
He has followed out Innumerable VAL
leys of surprising richness, capable of
supplying food and raiment to millions
aud millions of the human race. He
has spread out, az n map, extensive
prairies, on whose bosoms may arise
myriads OF homes TO comfort and glad
den the many, whose hands are Drowned
with honest toll. He has caused to
grow, in exceeding plenty, forests of
every kind, more than enough to salts
fy the wants of all. He has furrowed
the land with streams, along whose
banks will, In time, be heard the busy
and constant hum of the spindle and
the loom.
Added to ell these inestlmab!e bene-
factions we have a salubrious climate,
in which the epidemic can neither
originate nor have continual abiding
place, and whose kindly influences on
the system will impart to it that
strength and vitality so essential to the |
enjoyment of life and to the growth of
a perfect manhood, --.----.
With all these advantages, so bril- |
liant and substantial, and such as are
seldom elsewhere enjoyed, shall the
destiny of this people be marred and |
blighted by strife, jealousy and hatred,
eliminating in the division of State
that is an empire in itself No, my
countrymen, l entertain no such fears, |
Angry passions may be excited and the
political skies become temporarily
darkened with threatening clouds, but
when the people shall be called to
speak they will pronounce, as with one
voice and with the sound of mighty,
rushing wind, that Texas shall ever re-
main one and undecided. The West
will clasp hands With the East, and
the North will send fraternal greeting
to the South, and from the suspicious
union will spring power and an en-
Joyment that will make US very giant
among the nations of the earth.
Paramount to all other considera-
tions Is the necessity of insuring to the
citizen the most ample and complete
protection to life, liberty and property.
This Lconceive to be the first and
most important duty, and neither ex-
pense nor trouble should discourage
the employment of such forces and APP
planes as might properly be demand
ed for the accomplishment Of so desir-
able result. Life. liberty aud prop
erty should be sacred. Adequate
means ought to be furnished for the
speedy and certain enforcement of the (
law, and any government, that halts in
the provision, is unworthy the conf
dence and support of the people. 1t
is the prime and chiefest object of '
government, and the neglect to put {
should not and will not be excused. '
The husbandman, as he tllls the field, {
should breathe securely, apprehending !
neither danger to himself or his fam {
ly, nor that his property, so labor
ously acquired, will be forcibly or
'tealthily wrested from his enjoyment.
The merchant and the banker should 8
not live IN the almost constant dread I
that his shelves may be emptied and t
MS vaults entered without his consent. G
The traveller should not be ever on the S
alert, lest the robber or assassin be t
urking in his pathway, seeking his I
purse or his life. The horses and cat e
lie that roam at large should be as sure L
20 their owner, as if under watch and c
ward, and every species of crime a
should be promptly visited with Its '
ull end appropriate penalty, in order ?
% be known everywhere-abroad and q
It home-that a strict obedience to the ]
aw and careful respect for the rights d
If others will constitute the only safe 2
guard to any one within the borders of q
Texas. It Is not for me to suggest the f
means to be adopted. Your wisdom p
md experience will undoubtedly point s
he way to the repression of crime, So Il
hat all over this broad lsnd-as well q
n the sparsely settled as in the more d
lensely populated counties; as well on {
he frontier as in the crowded cities e
ne rich blessings of perfect security 6
nav speedily be crowned with that b
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