The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-08
GOVERNOR RICHARDSON.
TIE INSTALLATION OF OUR NEW
E~NECUTINE.

Governor JOnn ieter l(lcnhruSOn was
duly inauguratcd on Tuesday the 30th
ult., in the Opera House at Columbia.
After taking the oath of Office, Governor
Richardson made his inaugural address,
rs follows:
Gentlemen OF the Senate and House
Of Representatives,: 1t is with a deep
sense of the responsibility and obliea-
ton | assumed that have just taken in
this solemn presence the constitutional
oath of office us Governor of South Car
Dina.
With no ordinary emotion, and with Il
heart full OF gratitude to the people Of
this State, through whose partial kind
ness | am the recipient Of this exalted
honor, | this day enter upon the dis
charge of its high duties, to the faithful.
honest, vigilant and patriotic execution
Of which l pledge the honor of II devoted
son of Carolina.
Sincerely distrustfdt OF my W abili-
ties, | confidently rely upon YOU, their
chosen representatives., for such wise,
liberal and conservative action rs will
render the progress of the State i'll
material prosperity rapid and the cxecu-
tive administration OF her affairs easy.
TO the most unobscryant and indltlrr-
ent it must be apparent that these arc
times fruitful OF vast and pressing
problems, social, industrial aud conom-
ic, both i'll State and national affairs,
which demand for their solution tleablest
talent and most unseliish patriotism.
Notwithstanding the dual nature of our
institutions and government, investing
the citizen, rs it does, with varied duties
and interests, the peculiar condition of
our State, socially and politically, during
the dark days of reconstruction, rightly
contined the attention of our people to
the Amlngly hopeless and Hcrculean
task OF wrestling from Il chaos of cor
ruption and v~cnality i'll all their hideous
forms, and of universal malfeasancc in
official life, such as had never before dis
graced the annals of a civilized commu-
nifty, order and good government.
How successfully, how marvclously,
this has been accomplished, need | at
tempt to describe? Surely, it can never
be possible that the deep, soul-burning
Nominations, the crushing tyranny, the
rulnous taxation we so long endured, the
bold c~tfrontery of loathsome vice i'll high
through the streets Of this beautiful
capital, have SO soon passed out of mind
and been forgotten like the idle tcrrors
OF Il dream, amidst tho quoting, rcstful
surroundings Of the renewed peace, order
and good government We now so bounti-
fully enjoy. To the people of Carolina.
l verify believe, one of the greatest mis-
fortunes that could occur would be an
obliyiouS disregard of a former expert
cnce that, upon the least cessation of
vigilance on their part. might, and would
almost surely, again become Il terrible
possibility. The same elements of evil
are here, the same forces present, though
latent; but to this generation, who are
the witnesses OF and the sufferers from
certainly the most anomalous and cX-
~traordinary condition Of political and
social life under which Il people ever
lived, | do not think there can ever come
any delugc of Lcthcan waters SO over
whclming as to sink into oblivion the bit
ter memories OF the past. Sad, Indeed,
would be the sure results Of criminal for
SctfulncSS OF Il lesson so roughly taught,
so hcroically learned. No, this can
never be. We are again in the house of
our fathers, as masters and rulers, and
we are here to stay as such for all time;
but to stay inspired by the true instincts
of liberty and animated solely by Il high
and patriotic purpose to dispense even
handed Justice, to maintain the purity
of our institutions, and to secure to I'LL
classes and conditions of our citizens
every legal, constitutional and Inherent
right of man.
With the incStimablc advantages of
good and honest government once more
surrounding us, like II lifc-giving atmos-
phcre, how brlghtthc prospcctfora rapid
advance III all the arts Of peace and in
the accumulation Of the wealth to which
our wonderful resources of soil and
nEnnofn ca iIStIN- ,,Iifl, mol F'r,,, ,
are Just ut this time in Il condition of
great business depression, COMMON to
every interest of the whole world, and in
no way peculiar to ourselves, save, per
maps, IN complications arising from the
transition phase through which our
agricultural industry is now passing. 70
this great interest We should certainly
give promptly that attention which its
importance to the general welfare SO i'm
perativcly demands. We should APP
proach its consideration with that calm
ness OF judo mt and freedom from pas
SION SO eSs, .vial to reaching wise concill-
slons. The Department of Agriculture,
to whose charge its interests nave been
Entrusted, and whose development has
been the object of such earnest, faithful
and successful efforts, should be sus-
tanned and fostcrcl. All laws upon our
STATUTE poohS lcuuJDS 10 lllc fCtaCttiltlOn
OF its development, on calculated to
direct It's energies into Improbable
channels, should be at once repealed,
and such measures only as are absolutely
needed for its proper encouragement
should be enacted.
Perfect freedom Of action and judg-
ment IS the most efficient incentive to
successful eXertion il oil the occupations
of life. This it is the duty of any govern
ment to insure to any citizen, whether
walking in the paths OF commerce, fol
lowing the professions, or gathering the
wealth of nature from our tccming for
csts and causing our fruitful fields to
yield their abundant Increase. | speak
rs n farmer, who loves his calling with
an ardorinherited from ancestors devoted
solely to the tillage OF the sol, and
who's Instincts, allinities and sympathics