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The combination which this Institution presents, of practical medical experience and proper physical training, with efficient educational resources, will supply, it is hoped, a want which has long been felt by the parents of children of this unfortunate class in the State.

The improvements and progress of the pupils have been very encour aging, and parents and friends in almost every instance have éxpressed satisfaction with what has been accomplished in the short time since the school was organized.

The Institution is open to the-inspection of the public at all reason. able hours; and all are not only cordially invited, but are earnestly requested to visit the school.

It is the desire of the trustees to ascertain accurately the number of this class of children in the State, and persons knowing the residence of feeble-minded children in Illinois, will confer a favor by writing to that effect to the undersigned, as it is desirable that reliable statistics may be gathered in order that proper legislation may be made in behalf of all of this unfortunate class of children in the State.

Application for admission, information, etc., should be directed to

C. T. WILBUR, M.D., Superintendent,
Illinois Institution for Feeble-Minded Children,

Jacksonville, Illinois.

INAUGURAL ADDRESS

OF

RICHARD J. OGLESBY,

GOVERNOR ELECT OF ILLINOIS.

JANUARY 13, 1873.

INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives :

One of the most imposing features of our form of government is the recurrence, at stated periods, of elections, by which the servants chosen by the people to aid in the administration of public affairs, though ever so competent and faithful, are relieved from the responsibility of official duties and permitted to return to the pursuits of private life, and others are chosen to supply the vacancies thus created, who, in turn, are expected to perform the same or similar duties.

To the recent general election am I indebted for the great honor of again being clothed with the supreme executive power of the State of Illinois. Unable suitably to express my appreciation of this renewed manifestation of the public confidence, I trust it will not be supposed I am unaffected by it, or that I am insensible to the just obligations it imposes.

With you, gentlemen, so recently chosen by your immediate constituents to represent them in all matters of State legislation, I experience the natural anxiety arising from the imposition of duties so important which, however performed, demand the ceaseless care and attention of those whose fortune it must be, in some sense and to some extent, to discharge them.

Although your attention will be chiefly directed to the consideration of matters of purely State concern, it is not to be forgotten that our State fills her appropriate place in the national Union, and that our people take a deep interest in national affairs. We may therefore give them a passing notice, and violate no propriety in doing so. If I may venture for a moment to call your attention to the results of the recent national election, I shall say no more than that it again vindicated the just and intelligent expectation of the friends of the present administration, that the wise and humane measures of the party in power would commend themselves to the approval of the American people. Thus sanctioned and endorsed by an unusually large majority, substantially freed from the usual bitterness of party strife, and to an unusual extent enjoying the confidence of the whole people, the party in power

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must go forward calmly, prudently, but firmly, in its great duty to administer the affairs of the nation on the basis of the prosperity of the whole country and the substantial and enduring happiness of all its people. It is pleasant to witness the urbanity of our political opponents, and the good cheer with which they accept the result; a good example, whose wholesome lesson we may sincerely hope will always hereafter be imitated by minorities.

We hold that the national Union is paramount in the exercise of its granted powers, that it is absolutely a government with certain clearly defined powers granted in the charter of its creation, and that between it and the State governments there is, and of necessity can be, no conflict of authority or jurisdiction; or, if in any event, such a conflict may, from any cause, seem to arise, the means for the peaceful and proper settlement of it will be found in the judicial authority or finally in a resort peaceably to the tribunal of the people. That our character of citizen of the United States is at least equal to our character as citizen of a State, and that in all fair minds there can rest no just ground of suspicion that the citizen of the United States will seek at any time to circumvent or centralize any right or power of the citizen of the State, so long at least as the same human nature enjoys the two citizenships in one person. That national government, State government and municipal government are but emanations from the people; that at last all power will be found there; from them it comes, to them it must return; and he who is thoroughly imbued with respect for, and confidence in, their patriotism, intelligence and good sense, need take no special uneasiness to himself as to whether this or that grant of political power will trench upon, eat up or devour all others in the common country.

If this devouring process should ever make any alarming or perceptible headway this American people will promptly take the aggressive spirit in hand and effectually thwart it. Laying aside all apprehension as to any purpose or design to assume or invade the rights of the States or the people, wisely reserved to them, one may naturally have solicitude as to the wise and expedient exercise of those known and acknowledged powers which the national Congress is constantly called upon to put into practical operation, in meeting the demands of ever growing and expanding interests, of increasing wealth, population and intelligence, and the diversified enterprises of an active people, never at rest and never desiring to be. I do not so much dread the reaching after forbidden power, as possibly the reaching after enterprises, or the inaugurating of measures, probably within the grant of power, but which it may be unwise for the nation to embark in.

In our land and by our people it is held to be the wiser course to rely upon individual enterprise in all projects where capital and labor are to be the chief instruments of operation, not necessary for the national'

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