Year: 1862

The Inaugural Addresses and Messa1es


Of the Conservative Governors.


The Inauguration Of the conservative Gov
ernors elect In this State and New Jersey on
the LIST Of January next will commence new
era in our history. The public, becoming dis
satisfied and disguised with the mismanagement
Of the war by the republican officials, and their
continual adoption of unconstitutional and
dangerous measures to hide their evil deeds
from the gaze of the public under the excuse Of
necessity, took the occasion of the last elections
TO record their views at the ballot box, in terms
not easily misunderstood by the selection and
emphatic endorsement Of Horatio Seymour and
Joel Parker for Governors of their respective
States. The people Of this State and New Jer-
ssy are looking forward with more than ordi-
nary interest for the commencement Of the new
year, when these two representative men will
assume the position, Of chief magistrates of
their respective States They look forward
to the publication Of their inaugural ad-
dresses for the announcement that the
rights and sanctity Of private citizens are
no longer to be invaded without hearing before
ajury Of their peers. They also expect and anx-
iously await for the appearance of the messages
OF the two Governors referred to for the official
statement of the meaning Of the late revolution
while the people of the North are in favor Of
vigorously prosecuting the war, to the end that
the rebellion shall be speedily crushed, they
will no longer sanction the intrigues and mis-
management which have been so expensive and
disastrous to us during the last nine months,
even if it is done by the two California law
yers who are now managing the War Depart
ment.


That these conservative Governors may fully
satisfy the expectations of the people, and dis
charge the important trusts committed to their
hands, they should meet and consult together
and mark out u conservative policy to pursue
in unison. They are specially elected to secure
to the citizens Of their respective States their
full constitutional rights, to protect the free
dom of speech and press guaranteed to us all
by the constitution, and so loudly proclaimed
from the hypocritical lips of the republican
orators in the campaigns of 1856 and 1860 in
their nice sounding phrases of 'free press. free
speech and free SOIL" The recent inmates of
our Bastiles can testify to the republican inter
probation of these high sounding words. In
other words, we have all seen that they meant
radical contracts, radical plundcr. radical mis-
management, radical tyranny, with good
mixture of ale and porter, two and half and
five per cent commissions. Whilst, therefore,
all anticipate the adoption of a strong consti-
tut.onal and anti-radical, anti.aboliton pro-
gramme by the two Governors on taking their
seats, there are also many important local mat
ters which Gov. Seymour will, no doubt,
attend to in this city and State. We dare
say that among his first duties he will
attend to the Police Commissioners for keeping
Superintendent Kennedy in Office after the
developments of the "piping" and arrest of Mrs.
Brinsmade.


The trusts committed to the care of these
two Governors are more than are usually placed
upon the shoulders of gubernatorial officers.
Having been selected as the official representa-
tives of the conservatives at this important
period of the commencement Of the reaction
against the radicals and their extreme mea-
sures, it devolves upon them to mould and
shape the course of the revolution, and so direct
it that all lovers of their country and the rights
pledged by the constitution will seek its pro-
lection against the unconstitutional measures
and the breakers which the radicals at Wash
ington are forcing upon us.