The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
Governor Patterson Is
 lnaugurated.
IE REFERS TO cALUmNIAT0Rs
Demands That Reckless Defzmz-
 tion" Shall Cease.
Dee,arss That a Psnslesi Asset ms Bee. Msse sf the. crsei s1x.s- esz sf Csrnsek's
 pesth.

Nashville. Tenn. Jan. 27.-7Maleoirn R. Patterson was inaugurated for his second term as Governor Of this stats at the Capitol at noon today.
 In his inaugural address. Governof Patterson referred as follows to the killing of senator E. ". carmack;
 ."our State Is passing through the shadows. her people are divided. we have fallen in the habit of distrust. suspicion and accusation.
 There Is nothing proper would not do to relieve this situation: there is nothing I nave done to bring 1t. about. unless it has been my success and the honest, open service have tried 70 render In return for, the 'copfidencs of the people. s
 Hut 1 am conscious that throughout the State men have repeated slandors, that some newspapers have ,circuiated cruel and false charges and have even gone so far as to connect me with tragedy which depiored far more than many who have sought to make out of 1t political asset. and to uss 1t aa aTmotive and incentive for un- wise, undemocratie and destructive leg islation. ,44t 3
 ';so far as the. injustice of all this relates to me as an individual, or the pain it ruthlessiy and msrcilessly iii- fiicts. 1t is of no concern to the public but. as Governor. the people of Ten nessee have right to have the cface respected and my service ia official ca pacity not impaired by false and re- peated accuBattons.
 "But beyond ali else. they are on. titled to know the truth.
 ''Ef. as an OficIa1. have. been guilty of conscious delinquency, am uil- worthy of public trust and the people have given me an oliice which ahoult not hold and of which should be de- prived.
 s'IG in any way, directly or rernotes Iy I have sought to eucomr1ss the death Of & follow nRn. \ aala aesAFvtnx ss Of every stigma I'll ssaS S1sss.n .s., may a,.s RsDisl'sst ~Ist E Isg ss \, ss s,, state. clothed with the power 10 par don And, the charge. thersfore. Involves the basest and blackest t4rpitudes
 My silence under load Of caluniny seems to have been misconstfued and has been taken by some as an encour, agenient to further assaults,
 T have believed theee charges were confined to . few whose obseprity was
 q believe now that the majority Of the people, be they friend, or foe. do not, credit them but I am unw wiling for accusations which eare repeated and persisted in to remain undenied and uneh hailenged.
 "My course Is taken after reiieeti0E and with a firm convict ion that 0We e duty to myself. my family and the state. make the Issue In the only way cai, and l now Invite any legal action in the courts or in tho Senate. sitting as a court of impeachment Ea determine the truth or falsitx of any charge that would render me unfit tG be the Governor of Tennessee
 ''If charges are not preferred. or II they are and fail, I believe am enti. tied Go ask for the peace ana honcf of the State and ia the name Of deF cency. that th!- reckless defamatiau shall cease.
 ''WhstiIer It does or not. az the GoH- ernor of Tennessee, will pursue tbe even tenor of my way undian1ayed by the froth of passion, undeterred by the assaults of towards and caiunlniatorssst
 says Prohibati0n ia Unfertunate. Regarding the prohibition question, the Governor said:
 ssThe IegisIature has seen ht to din-
 
 promise which guarauteed self-gOvern. ment to those communities In Tennes- see where liquor is sold. and to ree verse the policy of more than hun- dred years by 0naeting laws fcrbId- ding the manufacturesand safe of Iiquor in this State.
 'Part of this Legislation has been accomplished over my protest as Gov ernor and if 1t is completed it will be over my continued objection, for I am not willing for the state to occupy the auestIonahie and hpmliiasing attitude of Inviting her cIttzenB to invest their capital enterprises which, when done ara to be destroyed by. An act of the state. ,s-%sf,s:3 T
 'It Is regrettahle that this difterense of opinion and obligation to party pledges has existed between the Legis- Iature and tnet Governor. but if the mem bcrs have their own approval fo- this radical and sweeping iegislaticn. I also have mine, believing that the rule of consent is better than the rule of force and thaf whom diaapproved of setting aside an, ancient and eska b+ lIsHsd principle of government Iwae acting for the Democratic party and for the best interests of the people.
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