The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1903-01-28
A STRONG PAPER.
Governor Heyward's Inaugural De-
livered to the Legislature.
A PLAIN, PRACTICAL ADDRESS

Full of Common Sense, and Conse-
uentIy of Sound Statesman
ship, Concerning Pub
lie Matters.
The following is the full text of
Gov. Heyward's inaugural address:
Members of the General Assembly
and my Fellow Citizens:
Under our form of Government, the
voice of the people is supreme, and we
have met together to-day TO carry out
the wishes of the people of this State
as expressed at the recent election.
In the providence of God, it has fall
en- to my lot to be called from the quiet
walks OF life to assume i'm this manner
and in this presence the high and hon
orable Office of Governor OF South Car
olina. In doing so / am almost over
whelmed by sense of the great re-
sponsibilitieS which i have now as
sumed: but even beyond this is my
sense OF gratitude for the great honor
done me by the people of my State. |
am mindful of the fact that the truly
great gifts of life ever involve the
most solemn responsibilities, and when
they come as the expression of the
| manhood OF Il Commonwealth involving
the selection OF Chief Magistrate of a
| people whose heritage is as proud as
that OF any people upon this earth
whose history is a glorious record of
patriotism, virtue and achievement
well, indeed, may he upon whom this
honor falls stand silent in contempla-
tion OF the sacred responsibilities
| which his nnnnln hnUn rNlannI
him. The honor you have bestowed
upon me is such as would fill the heart
OF any man with deepest gratitudc-a
gratitude that should call forth the
most sacred loyalty of South Carroll
nian TO South Carolinians.
To meet these responsibilities, to
execute the various and onerouS duties
of my Office to give my time, my
thoughts and my every endeavor to
the service of my State-I feel would
indeed 6e poor recompensc to my
people for the trust and confidence
they place in me. | beg, my country
men, that YOU will allow my feelings
on this occasion to speak to you of a
heart filled with love for South Care
lima and for South Carolinians-l
them speak to you, for me, of doVO-
tlOn to the welfare of our State which.
with your continued trust and help,
will endure all things TO achieve this
end; let them speak to you ora deter
minatlon TO know no higher ambition
than TO labor for the best interests of
AZ T,, Tne people OF s0Yta Colina.
er pride is mine than
that | was elected to d.
South Carolina Democrats
county and from almost ever y pHccif..M
Of our state. Our fellow Democrats of
South Carolina came together as
brethren, and this can have but one
meaning a deep and holy meaning
which cannot possibly augur other
than the best, trueSt and highest
things for our dear old State. | ask
you all, each and every one of you, to
stand 10y me in the adminiSt ratiOn Of
the high duties of this Oilicc even as
you have manifested this spirit 10y
your votes. | need your help and your
confidence now more than ever before
and | pray you all to let our common
labOrS of love and devotion as brethren
bury forever factiOnaliSm is South
Carolina.
THE NEGRO PROBLEM.
Political conditions in our State are
such that we can look to the future
with every degree of confidence and
encouragement. Racial problems,
us i'm the past, have during the last
decade reached such solutions as will
go far towards advancing the interests
of both races. Our white citizens are
as they should be-in undiSputed
possession of every department of our
State, county and municipal govern
ment. While this naturally gives us
great cause for rejoicing, it should at
the same time make us deeply sensible
OF the fact that ii is incumbent upon
us TO enact and to so administer laws
when enacted that the humbleSt citi-
ZenS-be they white or black k-can look
TO those laws for the protection of life,
liberty and property. 1t is only by
acting in this spirit, and under the
Divine guidance of Him who holds us
all, State and Nation, in the hollow of
| Ills hand, that the great problem
which cOnfrOntS the people of the
| South. and especially the people of
South Carolina, can be rightly and ii
nally solved.
/ Gradually the colorcd man is awak-
ening 10 the fact that the white man
of the South whose land he tills, and
! from whom in various ways he derives
! his entire livelihood, is at last his best
and truest friend: and instead of seek
| ing to attain political office, he is now
/ dcvoting himself to those occupations
for which by nature he is most fitted, e,
and in the pursuit of which alone he
can advance his own material inter
cstS, and in so doing the best interests
of his State.
MUCH DONE, MORE TO BE DONE.
In connection with this political con
ditiOn it is fullyas significant and quite
as gratifying to add that our indus
trial conditions were never so SatiSfac-
| tory as they are to-day. In agriculture
and especially i'm manufactures, South
| Carolina has taken such strides that
the attention of the outside world is
upon us. While we can congratulate
ourselves upon however, rcmcm-
. bcring that there is still so much to
be done eve cannot afford to rest here
South Carolina. though one of the
original thirteen States, has fully one
hall of its great resources yet undcycl-
Opcd.
No one doubts the truth of the
statement that the general prosperity
of State is dependent primarily upon
its farming interests which establishes
the fact that government should, i'm
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