The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-01-24
GOV. FowLE,s INAUGURAL.

GOV FOWLE'S INAUGORALa
The inaugural address of Gov.
Daniel g. Fowle is an exceptionally
able aud timely ore. He starts cut
with the observation that the Issues
which precipitated the late war. are
dead, and that the eminently wise and
conservative administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland has done more to de-
stroy sectionalism and restore conf
dence and fraternity between the
States than all other causes combined.
We extract the following, bearing on
State policy :.
SPECIAL TAX BONDS.
Improper taxes should not be i'm
posed or collected. In this connec-
| ton your attention is called to that
! clause of the Constitution of our
State which provides that no tax shall
be levied for the payment of any spe.
cial tax bonds until the same has
been submitted to vote of the peo-
pie.
A suit is now pending for the col
| lection of the special tax bonds issued
by the legislature of 1868, and l wish
each and every member of the Gen
eral Assembly to understand distinct
ly that everything which the Govern.
or can constitutionally do to prevent
the collection of these bonds or any
portion of them, principal or interest
will be done, and that he, as we'll a:
the people of North Carolina. relic:
upon your earnest cooperation in pro
tecting the State from this imposi
ton,
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
| To an intelligent man seeking !,
new home the educational -facilitie
afforded by State to the young o
both sexes are of prime Importance
We are proud of the record made b.
North Carolina on this subject.
For our guidance in the presen
and the future we must look to tn
requirements of our State Constitu
ton and the wants OF the people
| No one can peruse the Constitution
adopted by North Carolina in 1889 o
its various changes since withou
being struck by the solicitude of GU
people that our
STATE UNIVERSITY
should be fostered by tire legislature
Under that Constitution its care
your duty and it's proper maintenance
by you one of its most binding obligs
tions.
Whether the people acted wisely O
not in establishing University fo
the State is not the question so lon
as that Constitution continues its pre-.
ent provisions. Although the homo
of being one of its matricuIates is nc
mine, yet the glorious desire CT on
revolutionary and post revolutionar
fathers, to establish in North Carolin
a University in which every true so
Of the State may feel an honorab
pride, finds a responsive echo in m
! heart
To your kind care it is committe,
and anything that may be necessar
to make it more effective and usefi
! you will no doubt take pleasure
well as pride iii doing.
DISABLED SOLDIERS.
From the most powerful let us tn,
to the most helpless Of our peopl
!, However we'll the material prosperi,
! of q State may be provided for, if
t owes a debt of gratitude to any pc
!, ton of its people, and fit occasie
comes for its payment, and the abili
+. is present to discharge that debt,
q least in part, and that duty is neglec
o ed, prosperity itself will only NAL
more glaring the ingratitude Of tt
Commonwealth
We have manned and disabled SC
a diers around us who have fought t.
e battles of their State, and eDtwin,
around North Cardinals brow cha
let of undying glory and renown. r
even in a war which eliminated in d
t for the North. Carolina soldier W.
d and himself reputation for coura
e feat, heroism unsurpassed by t
achievements of the human race
+. any cline or any country.
It is the desire Of our people tn
c thislegislature should be prudent al
8 economical, but no whisper has y
g come to my ears that proper Apr
priation should not be made to rend
more tolerable the condition of tho
brave soldiers who were wounded up
e the battlefield, and are now suferil
r. on account of those wounds for t
q actual necessaries of life. Let yo
bounty to them be as liberal as t
= circumstances of the State will perm
e tor under no circumstances will t
: people of North Carolina be willing
see one of her disabled soldiers ent
the poor-house. Fix upon the alnou
which, aided by the gifts of the cha
r table and the affection of kindre
o will bring comfort to each disab
g soldier, and provide that an addition
- amount shall be added to the sum a
propriated under the act of 1884
his benefit until he shall receive
amount to be fixed by you, and t
> plaudits of your countrymen will {
d tend your action.
II GOVERNORS MANSION.
u Upon Burke square in this CT
there is building intended to be
residence for the Governor Of t
State. 1t has cost the State in cas-
according to our Treasurer's repo
d the sum of $4,000. No portion
r this amount was raised by taxatie
but it is the proceeds of the sale
!, certain lots in the city Of Raleigh
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