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THE WISH or .4. FRIEND.
AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED TO
Dlr. o,rid. Mrs. Geo. W. Owens,
Or BIRMLSOILAN
Through pleasure's green fields, may your feet ever stray,
And may happiness always attend,
May love's cheering influence gladen your way,
And joy give ker brightest and cheeriest ray,
To dispel the gloom, sorro - 7,would send.
May your pathway through life, be pleasant and fair,
4 0 And strewn with perennial flowers,
May no wave of trouble, or cloud of care come,
To envelope thy path in darkness and gloom ;
But, may your's be bright, sunny hours.
T'were vain if for you, such a wish I would frame,
No such pleasure, the earth-born may know;
Should God grant to you, that such should be given,
Earth would be too fair, you'd think not of heaven,
For it would be a heaven below.
But this is the wish , I would fain breath for thee,
Gushing warm from the fount of the heart,
As you sail over life's tempestuous sea
lklay Religion's bright star thy guide, ever be,
And her graces, ne'er from you depart.
idly you make the treasures of Heaven, your choice, _
For the treasures of earth, fade away;
May an angel's hand, and the spirit's sweet voice
trphold you, and bid you forever rejoice,
E'cn though time's fleeting joys should decay
And may yon on earth, begin the sweet song
To be confined in Ileav'n above,
When with an angel's harp, and a golden crown,
You join with the white-robed, angelic throng,
Who're now singing, "Our God is love."
Front the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph. Jan 19.
INAUGURATION OF GOV. PACKER
Grand Military and Civic Procession—Pick
Pockets Arrested—Large Amounts Lost—
Incidents of the Day--The Inaugural Ad
dress.
THE NIGHT PREVIQUS
The premonitory symptoms of an unusual
ly thronged and excited crowd were witness
ed all of yesterday and throughout the night.
The din of preparation—the ceaseless sewn . '
of music, from thrilling horns, the " ear
piercing fife and soul-stirring drum"—the
cheer of welcome, and the excited voice of
boisterous pleasure, from sun-down until day
light, broke upon the ear, dispelling sleep,
and arousing visions of the gala scenes of the
morrow.
THE DAY.
Never did there dawn upon a festive occa
sion a more propitious morn—a brighter pro
mise. As if conscious of the thousand hopes
of enjoyment centred in the day, it awoke
with a smiling look, and shed its sunshine in
no stinted rays to cheer the approaching spec
tacle. At an early hour the streets were
alive with a dense and animated throng—and
still each hour added to its accumulating
swell. Every avenue leading to the Capital
contributed to the human tide, and on it roll
ed,. until there was such an accumulated sea
of human forms as never before gave life to
these wonted occurrences.
THE RECEPTIONS.
The National Guard, of our city, - were un
tiring in their office of receiving the military
visitors, and, although the post required tire
some labor, they did the honors with becalm'
lag grace—passing the entire morning, and
indeed most of the previous afternoon and
night, in receiving; and escorting to their
quarters, the companies from abroad. In this
duty they were most efficiently aided by the
Barracks Band, of Carlisle, whose services
were generously tendered by the command
ant, COI. ORITTEIkiDEN.
THE NOTE OF PREPARATION
At an early hour everything was on the qie i
vice in preparation of the ceremonies incident
to the day. The committees and command
ants were busy, in their several spheres, or
ganizing the processions. Throughout the
city, at the different quarters of the military,
the note of preparation was sounded ; and
there unceasingly broke upon the ear such
an universal swell of music, that there seem
ed to be one continuous echo of harmony
whichever way the car was turned. The dif
ferent companies formed, and separately
marched throughout our streets, resembling
the march and countermarch of an -army,
after which they proceeded to the place desig
nated for forming the procession.
FLAGS AND DECORATION'S
At an early hour, in different sections of the
city, from streets, windows and house-tops
waved the proud banner of our country—
" the stars and stripes." In front of OMIT'S
Hotel, the evergreen arch leading to the Cap
ita grounds was decorated by the national
flag. Among the places thus decorated, we
noticed Morgan's Exchange, Col. Wagner's
Franklin House, Mr. Barr's, Coverly's Hotel,
Brant's Hall, Messrs. Keller's and Reed's,
isnd a streamer suspended from Brady's hotel
- across State street.
SPECTACLE ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS.
The spectacle on the Capitol grounds was
gay one. The dome of the Capitol was a
living throng=-.windows and balconies crowd-
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ed with ladies—steps swarming, and the
grounds immediately in front of the State
House densely packed. Long before the pro
cession had moved, there was a constant
stream pouring towards the Capitol, and al
though there were thousands, there appeared
to be little or no diminution of the multitude
in the various avenues of the city. The only
thing which was wanting to render the scene
here what the occasion demanded, was a na
tional banner floating from the noble dome of
the Capitol buildings. The lack of this must
have been'an oversight in the hurried and ex
citing arrangements for the day.
The procession was formed at before 11
o'clock, in the following order :
Maj. General Keim and Staff, consisting of
Maj. S. L. Young, Maj. A. Jordan Swartz,
Maj. W. A. Sands, Maj. J. G. Heir, Maj.
James Freelarid, Col. Geo. A. C. Seiler, and
Surgeon Dr. Reid.
Pennsylvania Dragoons.
Band.
Lancaster Fencibles.
Barracks Band.
National Guards.
Band.
Lebanon Artillery.
4 Martial Music.
Logan Guards.
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Brig. Gen. Williams and Staff, consisting of
Maj. W. A. Delaney, Maj. P. K. Boley,
Espy.
Brigade
Jas. R. Espy.
Brigade Inspector, .Maj. Jno. Wright.
Harmony Band, Phila.
Black Hussars, as escort of Governor elect.
1. Governor and Governor elect, with the
Chairman of Joint Committee of Arrange
ments of the Senate and the House.
2. The two Secretaries of the Common
wealth, with the Chairman of the Joint Com
mittee of the Senate and House, to wait on
Heads of Departments.
3. The two Attorney Generals, with two of
the Joint Committee of Arrangements.
4. The two Deputy Secretaries of the Com
monwealth with two of the joint committee
to wait on Heads of Departments.
5. Auditor General and State Treasurer
with two of joint committee of Arrangement.
6. Surveyor General and Superintendent of
Common Schools with two of joint committee
to‘wait on Heads of Departments.
7. Canal Commissioners and State Libra
rian.
Gen. Seiler, Chief Marshal, and Aids
Adjutant Eyster.
Band.
Newport Artillery.
Band.
Fisherville Guards.
City Band, Reading.
Reading Bifles.
Valley Infantry.
ROUTE OF PROCESSION.
Out Market street to Front, (at the Jones
House Gov. Pollock and suite will be taken
up,) up Front to Walnut, out Walnut to
Fourth, (at Omit's Hotel, the Governor elect
and suite, with Heads of Departments, Super
intendent of Common Schools and Librarian
will be taken up,) down Fourth to Market, up
Market to Third, down Third to Chestnut,
out Chestnut to Front, up Front to Market,
in Market to Second, up Second to Pine, out
Pine to Front, up Front to State, and thence
to the Capitol.
After the Inauguration the procession will
move. down Third to Locust ; out Locust to
Second ; down Second to Walnut ; up Wal
nut to the State Capitol Hotel.
IN-t.tiGUIZAL CEREMONIES.
At precisely twenty-five minutes past 12
o'clock the Governor elect, retiring Governor
Pollock, the Heads of Departments, and the
Committee of Arrangements, arrived in front
of the Capitol, where a large stand with suf
ficient seats for the members of both Houses,
the Heads of Departments and tho Commit
tees, had been erected.
The assembly was called to_ order by the
Speaker of the Senate, Mr. WELSH.
A most solemn and impressive prayer was
then offered to the Throne of Grace by. the
Rev. Dr. DE WIT; of this city. -
Whereupon, the Speaker of the Senate ad
ministered the following oath of office to WM.
F. PACKER, the Governor elect :
"You do swear that you will support the
Constitution of the United States.
" You do also swear that you will support
the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania,
and that you will discharge your duties as
Governor of this Commonwealth with fidel
ity."
After the oath had been duly administered,
the Governor delivered the following address :
FELLOW CITIZENS :—ln appearing before
you to enter upon my duties as Governor of
the Commonwealth, I consult my own incli
nations in conforming to the usage which de
mands a popular address ; and, in the first
place, I gladly embrace this opportunity tg
return my profound and grateful thanks to
the people of Pennsylvania, for honoring me
with the Chief Executive office in their gov
ernment. Their kindness will never be for
gotten, nor will the confidence they have re
posed in me ever be intentionally betrayed.
Duty to them and to myself will require that
the obligation which I Wive just taken to dis
charge my public duties with fidelity shall be
faithfully observed, and thus justify, as far
as possible, the popular decision. Doubtless
I may commit errors in a position involving
so much of responsibility; but I will hope
that none of them will be of a grave charac
ter, or productive of vital injury to the pub
lic interests. I crave in advance a charita
ble judgment upun my official conduct—that
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it shall be construed with kindness and tol
eration so long as it shall appear to be prompt
ed by sincere and honest motives—and I hero
engage, in this public and formal manner, to
regard the will of the people, the public good,
and the commands of the Constitution, as the
guiding lights by which my course is to be
directed. With these aims constantly in
view, I shall indulge the pleasing hope of do
ing some good in the high station to which I
have been called by the public voice, and of
repressing some evils which may threaten the
public welfare, or the individual rights'of the
people.
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of
.Representatives :--11 will be my ardent desire
to cultivate with you, as Representatives of
the people, the most amicable relations, and
to unite with you in the adoption of all such
measures as the public good may require.—
The different branches of the government,
although charged with distinct duties, are to
be regarded as parts of one harmonious whole;
and it is well when all these parts move on
ward without jar, interference, or collision.
Nevertheless, the distinct duties of the Exec
utive, -when duly and honestly performed,
may occasion differences with the Legislature ;
but, in such case, it will be expedient to cul
tivate a spirit of compromise and conciliation
for the disposal of such differences, or, at
least, for mitigating the feelings of alienation
to which they tend.
It is • one of the duties of the Executive
from time to time, to give to the Genral As
sembly information of the state of the Com
monwealth and recommend to their consider
ation such measures as he shall judge expe
dient; and under usage this is done by mea
sures in writing which are entered among
the public records and remain a part of the
official history of the State. Ido not under
stand this as a power of dictating to the Gen
eral Assembly the measures they shall adopt,
nor even as a power of initiating laws, but
as an informing and suggesting power, in no
respect trenching upon the just and proper
jurisdiction of the legislative department of
a free State. In short, it was never intended
to give a legal control over the proceedings
of the Representatives of the people in the
enactment of laws. It is, therefore, a right
of communication with them, which, while
prudently and reasonably exercised, can give
no just occasion for jealousy, objection, or
complaint. The Executive, when exercising
this right, is but performing a plain duty,
and can apprehend no difficulty in speaking
with a respectful freedom even upon ques
tions where an entire agreement of senti
ment cannot be expected. But, there is an
other and more delicate power which per
tains to the relations between the Legislative
and Executive departments. By the twenty
third and twenty fourth sections of the first
article of the Constitution, all bills passed-by
the General Assembly, and most of the or
ders, resolutions and votes in which they
may concur, are submitted to the Executive,
and if disapproved by him can only be made
valid by a vote of two thirds of each House.
This power of disapproval is among the most
important duties of the Executive, and is
constantly becoming more so, from the oper
ation of obvious and natural causes. In my
opinion it is the clear and binding duty of
the Executive to return for re-consideration
every bill, order, resolution or vote, present
ed to him which he cannot approve—in other
words, that the assent of his judgment and
conscience shall be actually given to any
measure before he permits it to take effect;
unles's, indeed, it be passed against his objec
tion by a two thirds vote. The words of the
Constitution are "if he approve he shall si iln
it, but if he shall not approve, he shall re
turn it with his objections, to the House in
which it shall have originated." Words could
not convey a power, and prescribe a duty in
a more clear and definite form.
It is manifestly the intention of the Consti
tution that the deliberate and conscientious
approval of the Governor shall be given to a
bill before it becomes a law, in addition to
the approval of the two Houses that have
previously passed it ; unlesss the majorities
afterwards given to it upon re-consideration
in each House, shall be so decisive as to
, clearly indicate the wisdom of the measure.
It is true that upon things trivial or indiffer
ent, where no great interests are involved,
nor constitutional principles in question, nor
private rights assailed, considerations of ex
pediency may be taken into account by the
Executive; but certainly no substantial ob
jection, whether of policy or of principle,
-can be waived by him in view of his oath to
support the Constitution. Ten days (Sundays
excluded,) are allowed the Executive to con
sider a bill, and to approve or veto it, after
which it will become a law without his sig
nature, if not previously returned. The prac
tice of my predecessors has been occasionally
to permit bills to become laws by this limita
tion .of time. They have taken effect in the
entire absence of Executive action. But I
believe this has only occurred where the Ex
ecutive has found it impossible to form a
positive opinion upon the measure—where,
though not unobjectionable, it was trivial—
or, where it was manifest that a veto would
not cause its defeat. This Executive practice
ought not to be extended, and the practice it
self is open to question. For if the provision
that bills neither signed nor returned within
ten days, shall become laws, was intended as
a guard against Executive abuse, in holding
theta an undue period, and not as a mode
by which the Executive might cause them to
take effect, without the responsibility of act
ing upon them, it would seem clear that the
practice of holding them over for such pur
pose cannot be defended.
But the Legislature by its adjournment
within ten days after the passage of a bill,
may deprive the Executive of due time for
considering it, and hence it is provided that
in such case it shall become a law unless sent
back within three days after the next meet
ing. In modern practiee a large number of
bills are usually sent to the Governor within
a few days of the adjournment of the Legis
lature, which it is impossible for him to con
sider duly before the adjournment takes
place. In fact, many itre sent to him in the
very closing hours of the session. But it
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would seem plain that the Executive could
reasonably ask in such case only the full
constitutional period of ten days for forming
his opinion, and that all'bills he believes it
his duty to approve shall be actually signed
within that period. By the exercise of rea
sonable industry this can in all cases be ac
complished. Then, such bills as he disap
proves will be held over to be returned to the
proper branch of the General Assembly with
in three days after their next meeting, ac
cording to the constitutional provision. This
will properly dispose of all bills in his hands
at the adjournment, unless, indeed, it be al
lowable to hold over bills and permit them
to become laws without his action.
The propriety of signing bills by the Gov
ernor between the sessions of the Legislature
has been questioned. It does not accord
with the old practice ; and is certainly liable
to abuse. During my term it will be strictly
confined to the first ten days after an ad
journment, and all bills not then approved,
may be considered as awaiting the next
meeting of the General Assembly, to be re
turned with the Executive disapproval. The
Executive should not be subjected for long
periods of time to the solicitations of those
interested in bills, nor should he be subject
to the imputations of indecision, or favorit
ism, almost unavoidable in such cases. Nor
is it right that he should have in his hands
the means of influence which the holding
open of his decision upon bills during a re
cess would confer. Besides, a great wrong
may be done to those interested in legisla
tion, by continuing them for an undue peri
od in uncertainty as to the fate of bills in
which their rights, their property, or their
businesS may be involved. These are evils
which an Executive may obviate, by settling
his policy firmly in the outset of his admin
istration. It would be well, also, for the Le
gislature to so shape its action as to avoid
the necessity of sending many important
bills to the Governor in the closing days or
hours of a session.
Fellow Citizens:—Although it will not be
expected that I should at this time discuss,
in detail, the particular questions which will
probably come before the government during
my term, I desire briefly to give expression
to the general views of public policy to which
I hold, in their application to practical issues
now pending. The currency of the State is
in such a disordered condition, that a gener
al and wholesome public opinion demands
its reform, and the establishment of effectual
barriers against future convulsions. This is
a subject which will test the intelligence, the
firmness, and the patriotism of the represent
atives of the people in the legislative depart
ment, and may impose grave responsibilities
upon the Executive. My views are decidedly
hostile to the emission and circulation of
small notes as a currency; to the indrease of
banking capital under present arrangements;
and to the issue of .bank paper upon securi
ties inadequate for their redemption. The
want of uniformity in the legal provisions
under which existing banks operate, is objec
tionable. In the revulsion and amendment
of our banking system, the public interests,
in my opinion, demand the extension of the
specie basis upon which the issues are made;
the suppression of the smaller denomination
of notes heretofore allowed; thorough reports
of the condition and business of banks with
their frequent publication; additional securi
ty,' (other than specie,) to consist of the
bonds of this State or of the United States,
for the redemption of circulating notes, in
cluding in all cases proper individual liabili
ty of stockholders and directors, fitted for
convenient and actual• enforcement ; with a
supervisory and controlling power in some
proper officer or department of the Govern
ment, to restrain or suspend the action of
banks in case of their violation or evasion of
the law.
When a specie currency shall be secured
to the people by prohibiting the circulation
of bills of a small denomination, it will be
highly desirable that the fiscal affairs of the
State governments shall be wholly separated
from those of the banks: in other words,
that the money transactions of the govern
ment, both in its collections and disburse
ments, shall be in the legal coin of the coun
try. Whenever a practicable, convenient
and efficient scheme for the operations of the
Treasury upon such a basis can be presented
to me, by the representatives of the people,
it will meet with, a cheerful approval. There
are difficulties in the case, however, far great
er than those surmounted by the general gov
ernment, in the establishment of its Indepen
dent Treasury system; but the object being
one of the first magnitude, and calculated to
exercise a most salutary influence upon the
action of the government, and upon the busi
ness of the banks and the people, it is well
worthy of earnest consideration.
In reforming the currency, a single State
can accomplish but a moderate amount of
good, however sincere, intelligent and earnest
it may be, without the co-operation of other
States, and especially of those which adjoin
it. Bank notes are not stopped in their flow
by imaginary State lines, nor does it seem
possible for a State altogether to prevent for
eign notes from circulating within her bor
ders, even by the most stringent enactments.
•We must, therefore, invoke our sister States
to join with us in the repression of small pa
per, and in such other particulars of . reform
as require for complete success their co-oper
ation. Meantime, to the extent of our power,
let us exert ourselves to furnish our citizens
with a safe and stable currency ; to prevent
future financial revulsions similar to that un
der which the community has for some time
been struggling ; and to relieve the Govern
ment in its fiscal action, from the danger of
depreciated or worthless paper, and the em
barrassments arising from dependence upon
corporations of her own creation.
The people of Pennsylvania, by the recent
adoption of an amendinbnt to the Constitution
on the subject of Public Indebtedness, have
imposed an imperative obligation upon their
servants to practice economy, to limit expen
ditures, and to give their best efforts to the
gradual but eventual extinguishment of the
existing public debt. After eight years of
experience under the sinking fund act of
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1849, we find our public indebtedness but
slightly diminished. The constitutional a
mendment just adopted demands the estab
lishment of an effective sinking fund for its
payment, and I shall consider it one of the
leading duties of my administration to see
that that amendment is carried out both in
its letter and spirit. I cannot regard the re
duction of the three mill tax on property,
made at the last regular session of the Legis=
lature, otherwise than as inopportune ; and
doubtless existing financial embarrassments
will for a time reduce the amount derived
from other sources of revenue. Nor will any
very large amount of the purchase money of
the main line of the public works be realized
by the Treasury for a considerable period.—
It will, therefore, be necessary for the State
to husband her resources, and to increase
her revenues as far as is possible, without op
pression to any interest, in order to meet her
current and necessary outlays, the demands
of her creditors, and the positive obligation
of the constitutional amendment.
There is a great lack of consistency and
principle in the laws passed during some
years in relation to incorporations. They have
been created upon no settled, uniform plan ;
are excessive in number ; and many of them
unnecessary to the accomplishment of any
legitimate purpose. They have doubtless en
couraged speculation, and in various - ways
contributed to the recent financial convulsion.
- Various and inconsistent provisions appear
in acts establishing or extending the powers
of corporate bodies of the same class and
general character. The tax laws relating to
them are in some confusion, and consequently
taxes paid by them unequal, while some
wholly escape any share of the public bur
dens. In brief, our system of incorporations
has become so vast, diversified and difficult
of comprehension, that no reasonable indus
try can master the whole subject, and under
stand precisely where we are and whither we
are drifting. A thorough revision of our
laws on this subject, and the establishment
of general, uniform, regulations for each
class of corporate bodies, with the avoidance,
as far as possible, of special provisions for
particular corporations, are reforms imperi-,
ously demanded by the public interests in
which I shall heartily co-operate. I have no
hostility to express against incorporations for
proper objects beyond the power of individ
ual means and skill: nor generally agianst
legislative facilities for the application of
labor and capital to the creation of wealth,
where individual unprompted action will not
go. But no one can assert that we have lim
ited ourselves to such a policy, nor that our
laws on this subject have been careful, con
sistent and just.
But, notwithstanding all topics of regret or
criticism in our public career, (and which
should bear their proper fruit in amendment
and reform,) we may well be proud of this
Pennsylvania of ours--of her people, her in
stitutions and her laws. She has become
great, prosperous and powerful ; ranking
among the first of the States ; and her condi
tion at home and character abroad bear tes
timony to her merits, and promise for her a
distinguished future. Besides her agricultu
ral' resources, which are great and first in
importance, she is capable of producing in
untold quantities, those two articles of prime
necessity and universal use—lron and Coal.
Even in times of wide-spread financial calam
ity, when speculation and extravagance have
done their worst to cripple the operations of
capital and stay the hand of labor in its use
ful toil, the leading interests of our State may
be counted among the first to revive and to
furnish a strong and reliable basis for the
resumption of activity in all the channels of
employment, and in all the operations of trade.
That government would be unwise and blind
which would administer the public affairs of
this State, otherwise than in a spirit of kind
ness and protection to these great and capital
interests.
From the earliest period of our history, it
has been the policy of Pennsylvania to ediv
cate all her citizens; and at this time our in
stitutions of learning and educational facili
ties are equal to those of any country. Our
Common School system is justly distinguish
ed as one of the most practical and efficient
in the Union. Let us then cherish this tra
ditional policy, coming down to us from the
fathers of the Common trealh, and by every
means in our power foster and strengthen
the measures now successfully producing the
results so ardently desired by the patriotic
men who have gone before us.
While our domestics affairs and policy na
turally will occupy most of the attention of
our Government and our people, it is not to
be forgotten that Pennsylvania bears very
interesting relations to the other States of
the confederacy, and looks with an anxious
eye to the proceedings and policy of the Gen
eral Government. It is both our duty and
our interest to cultivate the most friendly re
lations with our . sister States, and to frown
upon all attempts to sow among them feel
ings of alienation. We should exert our
whole influence to keep the government of
the Union in its true position, as the common
agent of the States and th© people, exercis
ing high powers in trust of their advantage
and welfare, and deriving all its powers from
the written constitution which called is into
being. At this time we have strong reason
to confide in that Government, as we know
that its administration is in safe, able and
patriotic hands ; and that it may be trusted
to deal justly with all sections of the country.
Insubordination—an utter disregard and
contempt of just and lawful authority—has
heretofore produced difficulties in the Terri
tories of Kansas and Utah, and, in the case
of the latter, has now precipitated a state of
armed hostility between the inhabitants and
the General Government. In the former, the
peaceful American remedy for the redress of
political grievances, real or imaginary—the
ballot box—has been for a long time abjured
by a considerable portion of the population,
and a struggle between legal authority and.
unlawful and irregular combinations contin
ue down to the present period. Meantime,
contributions of money and aid from the
States, have kept up excitement and turbu
lence iu the Territory, and enabled design-
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ing men there to inflame passions ; which
otherwise would long since have subsided.—
The judgment and opinion of the country
cannot be too strongly consolidated in favor
of the laws, and ktainst all who rise up to
oppose them by unaiithorized means. Nor
can the excuse for resistance to the Territo
rial laws; and for failing to perform the du
ties of citizenship under them, that wrongs
and frauds were perpetrated. at elections ; bo
admitted as a justification. Where elections
are so frequent and the right of suffrage so
liberal, as in this country, it is peculiarly the
duty of a good citizen to obey existing au
thorities, and even objectionable laws, know
ing that the former can be changed and the
latter modified or repealed within a tery
brief period. And as to disputed elections,
they must be decided by the proper legal au
thority, and not by individual citizens, or ir
regular self-constituted assemblages.
Insubordination to necessary and rightful
authority, instigated and encouraged by un
worthy men in the organized States, who de
sired that discord should continue. ; and were
willing to contribute to that object, is the
prolific fountain from which the troubles in
Kansas have heretofore proceeded. It was
natural, perhaps inevitable, that this conduct
by a party in the territory should provoke an
opposite party to many unjustifiable acts,
and to much imprudent and unreasonable
conduct. Thus extremes net and re-act upon
each other, and when the laws are defied and
individual action let loose, wrong, outrage
and violence are necessary results,
The last phase of the Kansas question,
which is upon the constitution framed by a
Territorial Convention, is peculiarly for the
judgment of Congress, to which the power of
admitting new States is confided by the con
stitution of the Union, The representatives
of the people and of the States in Congress
assembled, will meet that question under all
the responsibilities which they owe to their
constituents, and which are imposed upon
them by their oaths of office; and with full
information upon matters of fact important
to the formation of a final judgment. Events
are constantly occurring in the territory
which will afford matter for Congressional
debate, and may effect the ultimate decision.
To the people of Pennsylvania the admis
sion of a new State into the Union—into that
confederacy of which she is a member—must
be at all times a subject of high interest.—
And I believe I express their sentiments as
well as my own, in declaring that all the
qualified electors of a Territory should have
a full and fair opportunity to participate in
selecting delegates to form a Constitution pre
paratory to admission as a State, and, if de
sired by them, they should also be allowed
an unqualified right to vote upon such Con
stitution after it is framed. Of course those
who then fail to vote, in either case, cannot
complain that the proceeding goes on with
out, their participation. It is to be hoped
that Congress will make such provision for
other Territories that the present difficulty
will have no repetition in the future.
In conclusion, permit me - to observe, that
all experience and reflection prove that the
moral virtues form the only firm foundation
of public order as well as individual charac
ter, and their support should therefore en
gage the profound attention of Government,
and the eo-operation of all good men. Frail
indeed will be any structure reared for the
regulation of society, and the promotion of
man's true and substantial happiness, unless
it stand upon a foundation more permanent
than paper arrangements, or the fleeting im
pulses of the hour ! The recognition of a
Great Supreme Power, which rules the affairs
of nations and of men, is the only support of
those virtues which can make a people dis
tinguished and prosperous, and give to Gov
ernment duration and success. Sincerely
imploring the Divine guidance in the perfor
mance of duty, I assume the post assigned
me by the people, indulging the hope that at
the termination of my service I shall enjoy
the approval of my own conscience, and be
hold Pennsylvania advanced and secure in
her position as one of the great communities
of the New World—her standard aloft, and
proudly bearing, untarnished, her motto of
"Virtue, Liberty and Independence."
WM. F. PACKER.
After the conclusion of the ceremonies
both Houses returned to their respective
Halls and then adjourned.
TILE SCENE.
At the different points along which the
procession passed, every eligible place from
which to witness the cavalcade, was throng
ed, and the windows, roof-tops and balconies
crowded with ladies, whose smiling faces ad
ded much to grace the scene, and whose wa
ving 'kerchiefs could not fail to thrill the
heart of the new Governor with the fervor of
the welcome received.
INCIDENTS OF THE DAP
The Washington Hose Company had their
house and hose beautifully decorated in hon
or of the occasion; and rung a peal of wel
come as the procession passed.
Some half dozen pickpockets were arres
ted, and many others are known to be a
mongst us, still at large.
Among the gentlemen who suffered from
these adventurers, we have heard of Mr. CAL •
noni', of the House, - whose pocket was picked
of some $225. Mr. Drake, Reporter, also
had his pocket picked of a large portmonnaie
and some $lO, his pocket having been ripped.
in accomplishing the theft. Col. G. T. Hum
mel lost a pocket book containing $BO and
some valuable papers.
Altogether the day was an unusually quiet
one, considering the occasion, and the crowd
in attendance.
The Governor reviewed the troops in the
afternoon, who made a fine display of evolu
tions and military-exercise, after which they
were dismissed. Later in the evening, there
were - different independent parades, by the
companies.
The inaugural ceremonies will close with
the ball to night, at which Gov. PACKER and
other distinguished gentlemen will be pres
ent.
The whole affair went off with great eclat,
and much credit is due to the Committees of
the two Houses, the Chairmen especially, for
their indefatigable labors and admirable man
agement. A conflict between the military
and civic portions of the procession was at one
time threatened, on account of some. Misun
derstanding, which, however was happily rec
onciled by the good management of the
Committees.