Semi-weekly interior journal., 1883-09-07

The administration OF Gov. Knot
stmts out In A most auspicious ant
promising manner. His inaugural
sldross J, one of the most complete
finely womed and able that has ever
been delivered and he has gathered
around him a cabinet that in reputa
ton and ability has never hsd ifs su
perior in the State. First there !;
the Hon. James A. Mckenzie. whose
excellent service in Congress has made
him known all over the country, as
Secretary Of State; Col. II. NJ, Nc.
Carty, an editor Of ability, and man
Of great experience in public affairs as
assistant Secretary; Col. John b. Cas-
tleman, a soldier of learning and ex-
perience as Adjutant General; Col
John F. Davis, Of Shelby, a popular
and qualified gentleman as Commis-
sioner Of agriculture. and last, tho
by meAs least, our handsome and
capable young friend, Judge Charles
Euston Kincaid, private Secretary.
All are capital selections, which will
be endorsed and approved by the peo-
pie ali over the State. The address
is short and to the point, and upon
the most important subjects now in
teresting the public mind, we quote;
believing that the primary pur.
pose Of government is to secure
''equal and exact justice to all men Of
whatever state or condition" and that
all its regulations should be tested by
that infalIible touchstone, it may not
be improper for me 10 say at this time
that 1 win be glad TO give to the Leg
islature my heartiest support in such
readjustment Of our system of reve-
nue. az may be necessary to secure as
far as possible full and fair assess
ment Of all taxable property through.
out the State, that every one who en-.
joys the blessings ofits government
may bear his just proportion of its
burdens; the speedy and thorough
collection of the revenue assessed,
that all demands on the treasury may
be promptly met, the public credit
sustained and the rate of taxation re-
duced; a rigid but enlightened econo.
my in the expenditure of all public
moneys, which will insure their faith
full application to the purposes pre-.
scribsd by law, and impose the light
est burden upon the people consistent
with q fair com pensstion for the per-
formance of official duties, without
which it would be impossible to Sc
cure efficient service in any depart
ment Of public employment.
/ will be happy moreover to coop
crate most cordially with that depart
ment in any such policy, consistent
with the constitution, as will tend to
increase the efficiency and extend the
benefits Of our system of common
school education; increase our COM
mercial facilities; develop our resour-
ces; promote our progress; check the
effiux Of our population; invite into
our midst the industry, frugality, in
telligence, and wealth which are seek
ing homes elsewhere, and make our
State with ell its varied and match
less advantages, its central location in
grand community of common
wealths, its genial climate, its gener-
GUS soil, its breadth Of primeval for
est yet untouched by the woodman's
axe, its wondrous water powers, and
its infnity Of mineral wealth, what it
should be-the home of the highest
civilization and the goal of the indus.
trious immigrant instead Of breeding
ground for emigrants.'
In regard to the pardoning power
which has been so shamefully abused
for the last four years, he said;
81 trust it will not be declared i'm.
proper for me to declare here, distinct.
ly and irrevocably, that in no case
will l grant pardon or remit the Pc
nal consequences of conviction of a
criminal ofense, unless l shall be full |
y satis6ed, upon thorough and impair
tial examination Of all the circum.
stances, that it would be unjust to the
convict, or in some manner detrimen-
tai to the public interest, to carry in
to execution the penalty Of the law.
Upon no other principle, in my judg- |
ment, could 1 possibly exercise that
high prerogative consistently with my |
obligation TO see that the laws are
faithfully executed, or with the inhex.
ible demands Of justice, which is the
prime object Of all good government
to tulfll.'
THAT toadying sheet at Louisville,
which never sees any thing wrong in
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