Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-01-05

with It's cargo, so precious "a AIS ali.A ear Of
The shoals and reefs and breakers, and at the
end of My voyage deliver it safely into the
llarbor from which now embark.
OFFICIAL AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
AS the Chief Magistrate of this people /
shall labor in season and out of season with
heart, mind, soul and body, to supplement the
efforts Of tic la lawmakers and loyal citizens OF
the Commonwealth, to make her the grandest
of the grand the noblest Of the noble, the
strongest of the strong Commonwealth that
adorn this great American Union, which is
the cynosure of all eyes, the admiration OF
all lands, and the wonder OF the hemispheres.
In the performance of the functions of my
high Office shall endeavor to be just at all
times, knowing no section, but only the
whole State, no class but only the whole peo
pie. ! shall take care that no discrimination
is made in public favors, and so far as l can
in matters of iegisl ttion. Equal and exact
justice to all, special privileges or immuni
ties to none, is the doctrine OF the political
school in which Wa, taught, and shall be
true to it.
shalt see that Che la US are rigidly enforc-
ed in all poets, and that good order prevails
throughout our limits. hope most earnestly
that if there be any turbulent tendency any
where 1t will ice subdued, that passion will
always be subordinated to reason, and that
there will be no occasion to resort to harsh
means to insure the pubtic peace; but il riot
Or disorder sboaId occur, whether in the
crowded city or rural district, and the local
authorities are unequal to the task of quickly
suppressing it, no time will be lost by me, as
the Executive officer, in using the power of
the Commonwealth to restore the supremacy
of the law, let it cost what it may in blood or
money.
The certainty of prompt action, vigorous
means and adequate punishment is the surest
safeguaed against the vicious and evil dispos-
ed element Of a community and the strongest
security to life and property. Sometimes jus
tice travels with such Ieaden heels and slow
steps that crime escapes from her hardness.
Ii must not be SO with us.
These words come from no feeling that we
have with us class of men who are likely to
break the law or render society insecure. So
far as am informed the State was never
more quiet and peaceful, but in any country
that is developing rapidly, adventures liv
ers by their wits and even fugitives from the
law S vengeance elsewhere, will gather, and
it is we'll for all such classes to understand
that there will be no temporizing here with
law breakers OF law defers.
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
Our educatsonal interests will have my fos-
tering care. 1t has been said that education
is better safeguard of liberty than a stand
ing army" AMI school houses are our coun- |
try's fortitications.' Iwould emphasize these
declarations so full Of wisdom. I believe in
taxation for universal education.
Public education creates a security of our
Liberties anda State and national strength
which all the laws, all the munitions OF
war, all the forts. all the armies and all the !
navics can not give.
IMIIGRATiON.
l must not forget to refer briefly to the sub |
ject Of immigration. With open arms we
welcome every stranger into our gates who
comes with good character to dwell among
us and become one of us, and by his brain,
money or muscle aid in developing our I'M
surpassed natural resources. We want him
to be laborer, not an idler in the vineyard, a
worker. not a drone in the hive. We want
him-to come with love for our institutions in
a fomentor of strife.
THE RAILROADS
1t is proper for me TO state that l shall en-
courage and approve wise and iudicious leg
islation respecting the regulations of the
railroads of the State, l believe this is essen
tial to the interests Of both the roads and the
people, that there Demo oppression or discrim-
nation Oh the part of one and no unreasona-
BILE demands on the part of the other. | have
no sympathy with that sentiment. pre-
vailing to some extent, that apparently re-
CARDS railroads as public enemies and oppres-
sors. It is the cry of the demagogue and time
serving politicians. Neither do sympathize
with the arrogant spirit shown by some rail
roads to disregard the wishes or convenisnces
of the communities through which they pass
simply because they have monopoly and the
people are powerless.
Railroads recognize as the great explorers
and mighty developers Of a country's resonr-
ces. They lead in the march of progress,
tunnelling mountains, bridging gulches,
spanning streams, penetrating new and unin-
habited regions, changing the wilderness into
smiling farms and even the barren plain into
verdant fields, building homes and giving
employment to almost countless thousands.
The Governor also spoke on the questions
of taxation, the oyster industry, the soldiery,
and disabled Confederate veterans, and closed
his address as follows
shall now take leave of you and repair to
the post to which | have been assigned. l
have had sufficient experience in public life
to warn me that l need not even hope to
measure up to the standard set by every man,
nor can l expect to reach that state of perfec-
ton when l will make no mistakes. Ny judg-
ment WILL no doubt, often be defective, and
1 will merit, as 1 am sure will receive. crit
cism. What beg at the hands of those who
have exalted HE to my high station is that
they will sit in honest Judgment upon my acts
never condemn me without full information,
and then if compelled to hold my Judgment
faulty, accord to me sincerity of purpose.
would rather have it said of me that though
sometimes wrong conviction guided me than
that though always right, expectancy promp-
ted me.
After the inaugural exercises were over
Governor O'Ferrali reviewed the troops from
fhe porch of the Executive Mansion. That
night brilliant reception was given at the
mansion and large crowd present, including
many distinguished visitors.
THE TRIP TO RICHMOND.
The trip to Richmond was marked by May
manifestations of enthusiasm and crowds OF
people turned out at the stations and towns