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INAUGURAL.
Fellow- Citizens of tJ^e
Senate and Iluusc of Comuions >
Elected hy a majoiiiy of llu; frectiifii of the Slate, to fill
the Chief Executive office within their gift, I have, in obedi-ence
to tlicir will and the re(iiur("nienis of the Constitution,
appciucd ljt'f(jie yuii lliit; day, and solenitdy dworn that I will
discharge the duties of the important trust confided to nic,
" wiihout favor or afTeciion, agreeably to the Consiiiuiion
and laws of the Slate, and according to the best of my skill
and ability."
Seriously impressed as I am by the r«'spjnsibilitie.s thus
tiolenudy assumed, and which arc so well calculated to excite
rclkction and self-examinaiion, I shall enter u|x)n the dis-charge
of my duties, not without distrust of my (jualifications
for the high station to which it has pleased my fellow-citizens
to elevate n>e ; but, at the same tinie, with an earnest endeavor
not only to obtain the approbation of those whose suffrages I
have received, but also to advance and secure the welfare
and prosperity of my native State.
Fortunately, however, for myself and for the best interests
of the Slate, I .'^hall not be unaided in the execution of my
ofiire. For whde to the freen)en of the Slate belongs the
power of electing their Ciovernor, to the (ieneral Assembly,
under the Constitution, is confided ihesrleciion t)f his ('oun-
«il—a body whirh ii will be my duly, as well as my pleas-uie,
on all important occasions to consult, and in whose wis-dom
and experience I shall at all limes confidently ivly.
Jt has not been usual, I believe, for those who have j)icc(jdeil
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| Full Text | INAUGURAL. Fellow- Citizens of tJ^e Senate and Iluusc of Comuions > Elected hy a majoiiiy of llu; frectiifii of the Slate, to fill the Chief Executive office within their gift, I have, in obedi-ence to tlicir will and the re(iiur("nienis of the Constitution, appciucd ljt'f(jie yuii lliit; day, and solenitdy dworn that I will discharge the duties of the important trust confided to nic, " wiihout favor or afTeciion, agreeably to the Consiiiuiion and laws of the Slate, and according to the best of my skill and ability." Seriously impressed as I am by the r«'spjnsibilitie.s thus tiolenudy assumed, and which arc so well calculated to excite rclkction and self-examinaiion, I shall enter u|x)n the dis-charge of my duties, not without distrust of my (jualifications for the high station to which it has pleased my fellow-citizens to elevate n>e ; but, at the same tinie, with an earnest endeavor not only to obtain the approbation of those whose suffrages I have received, but also to advance and secure the welfare and prosperity of my native State. Fortunately, however, for myself and for the best interests of the Slate, I .'^hall not be unaided in the execution of my ofiire. For whde to the freen)en of the Slate belongs the power of electing their Ciovernor, to the (ieneral Assembly, under the Constitution, is confided ihesrleciion t)f his ('oun- «il—a body whirh ii will be my duly, as well as my pleas-uie, on all important occasions to consult, and in whose wis-dom and experience I shall at all limes confidently ivly. Jt has not been usual, I believe, for those who have j)icc(jdeil |
