Hr HENRY J. STAHLE.
37 T " YEAR.
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-- MESSAGE O. GOVE4:ORIIIGLEII,
(CQNC , I4.7DO 111031 OUR LAST.)
• The a4ministra*ri of qr evernot"Blntnlt"
•
'financed the caneellation . ,of the issties;
aiidthat. or my immediate predecessor arrested
the process, leaving's'6so.l63 00 of, thisim
sightly .cit rreney in circulation. In - the spring
of 1153, the- policy of ctnee' nation was again
resumed ; and . . up to this date. $1,85,364 88
received "juie,t he' slti ki , mi t ;
ii . licable to that purpo se, leaving.the Meagre
sum of $151,778 12, to proyido for.' The
fying, fact,is apparent, thmefure, that withotit
any 'further legislation on this subject, the en
tire outstanding halance,of relief notes can "be
iiith(frawn from circulation and destroyed du-,
ring ,the current .year.-,-It•iS true that these
issues, !rave - not. come into the Treasury as
raphEy• as the funds. fur their cancellation:
hive accumulated, and that, consequently, a
portion. of the receipts have not bee - re Investe d;
but this diffictilty be obviated in Jdne.
next, iyhen the law "will go 'into operation
which forbids the baAs and receiving officers"
of the Commonwealth to pay out these issues,
and requires them to be presented at the Treas
ury canee a ion. We shall, therefore,
soon see tt ast of a currency which has pot.
Inted the channels of circulation for thirteen.
years past; and 1 trust that the lesson thus
taught has been quire sufficient to warn us
errors yin all- time to come.-
• My opinions 0r..a11-questions that concern
- tile currency, have been so often expressed,
that they must be well known to the Legkta
ttref and need not be given, at length, in this
cenimU ideation. Withont, at any time, as
sinning that it would" he wise for this Statt-,‘, - ;
regardless- of the prilick of other CoMmon
wealths, to. dispense suddenly a rid entirely
i 6 hanks of issue,it has been uniformly held
that the' amount of-banking capital as a basis
for paper circulation, should be closely limited
to the urgent wants of tpmmerce amt trade.
If the experience of the country is worth any
thing at all, it has demonstrated the. correct
ness, of this policy ; and that, the use of small
bank-notes - Should be diseou raged and forbid
fn 'acearil'atice with this view of
subject,.l have, on past occasions, refused to
sanction any extensive increase of banking
capital.
Every commerthal:count ry, is liable to alter
nate seasons of excitement and depression ; to
periods o . f extravagant oVertraditor. followed
by tuitions revulsions.—The re-action now felt
is the inevitable, it not the natural counterpart
oean undue expansion, of credit, in tile form,
of batik 'paper;'State and cr;Toration bonds and
individual Obligations. In those States where
the free, or stock-banking system had stimu
lated the expansion, the workings of the Ye-ari
tion have been disastrous. -In our - own be
loved Commonwealth the shock has been sen
sibly fejt, though far less severe than in other
parts Ofthe country,—Tier partial escape. it is
believed, is mainly owing -- to heir prudent and
restrictive policy' in the use of hank credit. It
is, at least, very clear, that had the free, or
stock banking plan, at one time so zealously
advocated, been adopted in this State, or had
our present system been izreatiy expanded, the
position of affair in our comMercial metropo
lis would not have been so favorable at present: -
I-lad the natural tendency to speculation re
ceived this artificial stitunlant—the limits of
safety, like the lessons of ex perienee, would
have been passed unheeded ; as it is, Some
good men. in the pursuit of useful enterprises,
haVe been prostrated.-, It is most tin fertunate,
that tinder this influence, all must suffer alike.
Those who profit least by the expansion. are
often affected most by the contraction. This
is especially the case with Jailor, - which is
onifyrmly the• last, to be elevated in times of
prosperity, and the first to go down in those
of depression. The hanks, as a general rule,
make the most out of these convulsions. It
is often their error to flatter the merchant and
trader when the tide - of prosperity runs high,
and to forsake the,
on the first appearance of
its ebbing. Even sound banks and of good
repute, it is said, are seeking to make money
out of the present crisis; by siotrin4 eap
ital'and its benefits with brokers and jobbers,
instead of aiding the business corn:nuttily at
iegitirnate. rates. flow far these abet atinns
are warranted, it is difficult todteide; but it
is to he hoped that few, if any of our ba n ks
are justly liable to this charge, for such a prac
tice would he highly improper, and well cal
culated to exciti.i disconcert. iiz - uch a departure
from leg,itimate business would dew old a
prompt remedy at your hands. It may he
difficult to confine these institutlons to their
proper busittess, with the prospect of b.oter
profits in other quarters ; but they should be
made to leg-that they ,have been created - for a
It u2her purpose than merely to enrich the stock
holders.
The crisis is a trying one; but there is still
reason to h.ipe that the credit and trade of the
country Will- never stiffer as intiell as it ha,
done on sitailaz occasions. in times past.—
There is now no National Id: to mislead
the mercantile class, and to embarrass:the
commerce which it professed to aid. Still the
shock will he great enough to lead the public
mind to enquire after a remedy tor these peri
odical convulsions. And, surely, we may he
permitted to hope, that the good sense of the
people, will never again he imposed upon by,
those crude experiments which have, on some
former oncasions, so fearfully aggravated the
-evil st hey-w_ereisiteutte-41-t-o-restr-t-4 y _ , I resfee
fully advise the General As.eitibty arrainst all
such experiments. The remody, to be perma
nent, roast lie a n thiml one; means
inty add to present derangement.; but rainy.:
correct them. Au extensive inereasr. of 11.1nk
in~
capital am! other expedien ts w ith.
less, be pressed upon your ; but it i,
hoped that no dish f.dlacy may find favor._
Itere--anv--tm fricie-nt-re-t-mo-for-t-lie- a l art
and seilsitivt-ness m.inoested it, .-ertain
ters; the real wealth country
and the 11,11,:r,d efe.u-or- , or f.ro- I ..•rity I‘.
I ° S3 to to Lretolute. it 13 r.le. X11::.1.,'.,, u)1.
1 illrizspagr----Ilrulltr Vulitirs, 3grirtilturr, itrinturr, 'Orb' 110 Irinars, 311arltrts, dkarrat 11nint5fit nu ,firrign nfrlli jrurr, 2brartizilig, ,2tutitsrulrlit,
EM
the substance .t h at. kpas - sitia . a , The bus
iness cruntnitni shetild look
J he danger brave
ly in the:face,. and ,hy their energy, honesty_
and. enierpriSe, overcome '...Vtitual Cott&
dc . ' elite add" albea.rance. shou Id 'cherished by,
all, as a
,nte:ins of accomplishing this desira-I
ble end, • .„ , .
.!' n'aceor ance. wit e provisions o a aw
passed-in-April last.:a_vote of 'the people was
taken, at the October election, on. the policy
of rohibitinz the manor:TN re . and ; sale or ill.
toxicating tquors ; l 5". votes _were cast.
in- :favor of the-ineasure,, and I - 6,.510 voles
against_it—
The proper-regulation - of this subject great
ly concerns the nioral - -welfare of the people,
and for that reason wilLclaitit your
consideratitin. Perlmps:no,other - moral ques
tion the range of your authority, , so:
deeply interests the people of every class, race
condition.- "Indeed, , the :rrtrtioderate, use
of drink's, . is an • evil' that, has
left' it fatal' markin'everY yleinage., Its pro
gress, fortunately. has been steadily resisted'
i udi vid nets -and .Societies, who haveernploy
eil the. power of troth 'and , reason'against
These efforts have.doneAnuelt, and may do,
more hereafter to mitionte the. evil.' A-voiding,
all. vexations eneroaFhtrients upon the rights
and Privile ries' Of everY citizen, there is clearly
ne reason w hy . the influence of a well designed
law, regulating, and restraining the sale of
intoxicating liquor's, 'should not he 'brought
to the aid of these individual efforts. 'Al
though' the votes of the. people would seem to
indicate their aversion to the particular meas..
tire of reform proposed, It is not to he inferred,
for that reason they. are averse to all attempts -
at reformation. Such an inference. lam .con
fident, would hot, he a true reflection of their'
sentiments. Sn far from this, they acknow
ledge the existence of the evil and the necessity.;
of proper remedies. Our, present. license
laws, to this end, might, in my opinion, be
usefully revised —the object of such revision
being. to lessen, the vice of-intemperance.—
That those laws need such reVisinn, is con
ceded. So fur-as relates to the-city of. -Plii;a
-del ph ia, they are_peculiarly_prejudicial to pub •
lic morals, and . seem' to have been constructed
to promote the- convenience of, drinking, far
more than to restrain its, evil conseloenees.—
The subject is -worthy of your early and delib
erate consideration.
The report of the Superintendent . will e4 l
hibit to you in detail, the operations of the
dommon. School System for the year just
closed; and I respectfully recommend the slip.--
gestions of that officeeto your careful consid
eration:
The general law of 18.19, with amendments
and modifications, was re-modeled by the last
Lecrisdature. The most material parts of the
old law,• which were omitted in the new, were
the sub-district, the endowment, and sectarian
-attires.. The former was rejected because of
"the unnecessary multiplication_oLotficeswhieb.
it authorized, and the conflict which perpetual
ly arose hetweeirthe - eorrunittees and directors;
and the latter, because in manifest , hostility to
the true intent of the Common School systeni.
These provisions Which seetned . to contemplate
a separate school estahlishincrit, under sectar
ian patronage.although controlled by the Com-
Mori School directors, were originally engraft
ed upon the acts of 1836 and 1838, and were
again re-enarte& in 1849., They were very
properly stricken from the system by the law
of last session.• Should efforts he made in
the future, at similar innovations, come whence
they may, it is hoped 'they may he promptly
rejected. The system lobe effectual, roust be
simple and uniform in its operations. Speoial
legislation, inconsistent With the general law.
applicable to particular localities or districts,
lb answer temporary or partial ends, always
has, and always will einhamiss the ad minis
trailon of tile general system. and should for
this reason, he carefully avoided. The integ
rity of its forms, not less than the means to
sustain its operations, should he constantly
maintained, and sacredly cherished by the
government. F."
A new feature in the system, adopted in the
law of last session, creating the office of ()min
ty Superintendent, has not, as yet, been fully
tested ; and there evident'y exists some diver
sity of opinion as to• the wisdom of the pro
vision. It is already very obvious, at least.
that its - heneflnial workings must depend main
ly upon the character of the agents selected
to carry it into operation. Competent and
faithful' Superintendents may produce the
happiest results ; Whilst the agenev of the
ignorant or inefficient will be attended by the
reverse consequences. In order to give this
new feature of
_the law a fair trial. it will he
necessary, therefore, for the directors, in the
respected cotinties. to select superintendents
with sole reference to their 'adaptation to the
duties of the station.
'Of the many obstacles in the way of the
complete success of our Common School sys
tem, the one most prominent, and most difficult
to remove, is the want of competent teachers.
In some communities, I regret to say, the sys
tem has fallen into comparative_ ineffieiency.
because good teachers cannot he found ; and
in others, the most vexatious cnnselptertees
have arisen from the employment of the, illit
erate and incompetent..;—Nothina• could exer•
rise a more prejudicial influence ; indeed, be
tween a very had teacher and none at all, the
latter alternative mfirht. in many instances, he
Preferred. This deficiency is clearly main
rect. and hard to obviate. Some of the best
minds of the State have been occupied and
perplexed with it; and until-ree,e_ntly nn gener
al and practicable plan for its removal had
been devised.
The plan cf ffranting permanent profession
al cenificates. by officers skilled in the art of
teaching, and eminent in literary and scientific
acquirements, to teachers wtio satisfactorily
pass a thorough examination, in the several
branches of study. which the act of lay; 1854.
requires to he taught in every district, and al
cn the art of teacteinar—is already obviously
effecting decided imp•nveruent in this re_►ard,
and it is believed will do much towards planing
the profession upgri a high and firm
. . .
. ' tr - .. 11 fi-1--F4 • . • . • • . • •
to same extent supely the deficiency, hot the
( xpenses of such an institution would bt
lieo v v.
sntirce of this diffirnity. it is clear, Fan
he traced. in a great [llea:ore. to the want of a
proper apprreiation in the public mind. of the
tee , ition aunt hu-ittess of a teacher. The pro
fessiiin fnr this reason. in addition to the ;it,-
scnre compen.:l - timi — h,o -- ; — not — heen - at•
tr-,lctive. 1..4.441, it ha....r..nreely 11-eri reward
ed a.: a pr-r,.. , -io n .;it ail, but r.t111...r as 'a Tin.-
'l4tvioary 5..110, ()tit/ r onr , nit.
,;:rtcte,i tfi;JrlS rt 111 . ‘, l,ctn WA!: to
GETTYSBURG. PA. :,: Ig.c) NI) A.1.7.; . :JA NITA4Y- 15, .. 1855,
change the general sentiment on ibis pei mould
rejoiee iu.the be lief that these have ,not been
in vain ;‘ and tlmt the day. is not far : distant,
++'hen'the profession' of teacher will be ciitial I
'to
the:aspirations .gif the • most .ambitions of 'nor
people;
,when - its .distiftetions, diUnities and
pecuniary rewards, .wi,ll command the' time
an a en, , it ;rifted.. I
.enrion of pr most Open can see
f nn reacn'-Wlly this iitme of fenlinir . shoulti
prevail ; why the profession of 'teacher shbuld
not rank in honor and 'profit with the .other
- _
carne pro esstons; wty tto se — 7
velOping the human intellect—of Ovstigseepe
and force to mindofrilevatitiz'the moral fae - .;'-
tilties of onr race—of - controlling the passions
and tempering the,-desires. should-not he.'e,s.
teemed as highly as, those professions and
callings, Whose ornaments have rec.tived alt
their - capacity and' &dish at the hands - of the
comparatively humble and illy rewarded
teacher. •
earnestly recommend the common school
sYstcm• to your 'guardian care, as ihe 'innst
cred of all our institutions.. The , offspring' of
a COW. titutional injunction on the Legislature-+—
t intetA i tion and perpetuity
. .of its usefulness,
is the plain duty of all. Resting at the very
foundation of the -gt;vernment, its UolinhaV
workings should he a true refieetio)) ot our re
publican system, and its blessed opporunities
made available to all, regardless of, rank, or,
condition,
.or persuasion. it should aid the.
poor, advance the Aril,. and make the ignorant
wise.
- 3 confidently anticipate for it, a day ,of
greater perfection and wider, in fl uence. No
better object can engage the attention of gov
ernment, or consume its *means, than the ed
ucation of the people in the most comprehen
sive:sense of the term ; embracing the use of
letters; the' cultivation of the moral faculties,
and the diffusion of christain truth. In this
we have the surest guarantee for the perpet
oity our republican government, and for
the. enjoyment of civil liberty arid religions
freedom. such an education may, he safely'
claimed as the- most. potent means of prevent.
ing critrie—df increasing indivTilual happiness
an7l, national-dignay—of prnmotini? christiani
ty and civilization—.of extirpatiniT niZral and
ptilitiea! evils—of elevating', dignifying' and
adorning oar social condition.
Our various charitable and reformatory insti
tutions—Ao creditable to the State, and whiCh,
in their pr.icitcal operations, have done too
much for tlni relief of sufferhOrlintoanity..—will
claim. the continued care and bounty of the
Commonwealth.
The State Lunatic IT • pital at Ilarrisburr.
under its present efficient control and ma mole
ment, meets tiw just auticiyation.4 of its wise
and benevolent advocates. is humane and .
benignant agency in amelioretting• tl n condition
of the tinfortunaie class for whose relief it Wati
designed, can he judged by r io ordinary stan
dard. The benefits of such an institution rise
above all mere pecuniary eitiiwites.'FfSjiiir"- -
poses address thernsel ves to the best and noblest
feelings of-bur- nature,—tend-ca it_ only--be-rated.
at the price of httm.in hope and human reason.
• A somewhat dissimiinr, though riot less mer
itorious institution has recently been establisii;
ed in Philadelphia. -for the mental training ot
die Idintic'and the Imbecile. The astonishing
ref•etilts it has already achieved in de,velopina
and invigorating the weak and clouded intel
lect, should secure for it public confidence and
patronage: It commends itself to the bounty
arid care ofthe Shoe.
The institutions for the education of the Deaf
and Dumb. and Blind. will. also need. as they
merit, an n uity
justly
erit, the useal froth the
Mate.. They are in a, flourishing condition, and
continue to bestow numberless blessings upon
the Unfortunate beings committed to tlitit
charge. •
As a scheme for correcting and reclaiming
wayward and offending youth . the House of Ref
uge stands; pre-eminent; and is every where
gaining public confidence. Its general influence
upon this class of errinutires, is far more',
effectual and humanizing than that of the ordi
nary modes of punishment. It takes charge of
those whose offences are often the results
circumstances rather than criminal intent; who
fall by the influence of, bad example, of wicked
association, of idle habits or animal necessities:
or who sin been use of the utter want of moral
and mental perception; who do wrong, rather
than right, because they have not th e power to 1
distinguish between them. For such unfluTu-
nate beings, thZollonse of Refuge possesses the
advantages of restraint and correction —with
.rtioral and intelleckoal training. as well as of "
!,
Itaiiietiim in the ust tl reirsuits of life, w:ithunt
he disgrace and chilling influence of prison con
linement. The results, theretore,often are, that
its inmates go back to society, cured of all moral
defection, 'and competent to till the place of
correct and useful members of community. -
During the past summer.---the magnificent
structure erected underthe supervision of cer
tain benevolent gentle Men of Philadelphia, as
a new House of Refuge, was completed , and
thrown open to public inspection.' The capac•
ity, order, and arrangements. in every partien
ler, of this admirable building, ate fully culnal
to the design of, its founders. it is an honor
to them and an ornament to _the beautiful city
in which it is situated; and its good effects in
future, under the same systetnatic awl wise
discipline which so eminently
. distile!nished its
past management, w ill nut. be rea dily r over
rated. e
The western house of Refuge, situate on the
banks of the Ohio river, a short distance below
Pittsburg I am gratified to say, is ako com
pleted and ready 7 Abr imnates. Though less
nn posing, as to size and capacity, titan its
stately compeer of the east, it pos , esses all the
order, economy' of space,. and perfect adapta
tion to the purposes designed. that character
ize the more costly structure at Philadelphia;
and it is also believed to be quite adequate, as
to size, to present wants, while it is built with
express reference to future additions, should
they become necessary.
Neither of thest, buildings have, I presume,
been erected with out involving their projec
tors in pecuniary liability, and perhaps loss.
The entire State has a deep interest in such
trnl tn. rituriolis
relief can he given to them by the Legislature.
consistently with the condition of the Treasu
ry or our public engagements, should be cheer
lly extended.
The interests of Agriculture are ardently
Com mended to y‘mr c.IrP, Extensive and ett
er , etic efforts have been recently
made to dis
seminate correct information concerning this
_rear_per.s.tat.„_ax• is_way-to-rto n-fer_4l 1 1 01 ,
the Gil WC!' the advantages of ascientilic a
%%e1l as a greatly refined, practreal undervtand•
of the noble puroutt in which he 1, en
.
".TEXTII IS MIGIIII%. .k WILL. PREVAIL."
•rbe.coonclis or p,bihdelphil. by an or
dinance passed in OrloSer, 1832. dedivated
the necessary ground in Independence
Sqnare, to the ereetion of a mo n ume n t
CfMlinemorative of the (I, c!ariti-,n of Intl•-
pentlence. and tendered the poss.ession of
the premises to the representatives of nine
or more of the original States. •
Since that time. the of New York.
New Jersey. New Hampshire, Mamie
- and. Conne44.l.4ae_tin,o.
- -the : utility, -of- a collew.,-rie,votrql-tu the
tl
seite'e of h'grjetiltilti , ', with a model tarsi at
tacttedhereit principles Of a Scientific
eultivationiUf - the 'Soil, - and manual lhhor it;
that pursuit, would be joined, to,the .usitalsar
adetnical studies—has, been stronely
.pressed
upon - thy attention. It is lictil;vetl' that Snell
i let-stiFeessfully 4.r.-zutizet
,under ilia auspices of the State Nut CoUnty
agrinalturtiticieties.-- -
The prac . tiee adopted and maintained byttie,
at—C4-en' "441 A-as t .
*Oa biilsand sjwCial le'r,ristaiinn, is fin itnpinYti
mPhi-of-suchrtralue-aal in commend• itselraa
artitgd: rnle; and teonfitti?ntly ,trust this .aalti
lary p e.!edent may ni t be disreganied.
Obricitrity, confusion and inaccuracy in
die construction of our larva, inroadstipon,
private rights, 'and unguarded corporate
privileges, litigation - and ciinfaiiinti ` iii th
interpretation
, or our statues, haie been 'the
flints . of a' lons° and unguarded s:vsterif lit'
The evil has been - one of ihei
grett:test,magnitode,and the remedy - should
he cherished with unyielding tenacity.--
Special: gtsla non hawse little, to . reccotn
nkend,orl,sioeinit in. principle, it is stq.f.
prising it has hcen so long endured. A
though much was done by the tiro pro
ceeding legislatures by , geperalloWsi tomb
viate sityisunptised,.nee,essity for ,speekl
acts, there still is in tic 1,)9 pe rfpfroeo ,
avoniing a,retnrn to I.liis unsafrpraCticeet,
is betieVed that general laws can be so
framed as to ',liven! hi 'most,Cat4oB
Pity for . sPecial acts, anal th e propriNititinjil
most earnestly Contended to your favorable
consideraiinti
.
. The oninibor , systene pernicious
mode of .. .legislation; by whirl! the most op.
p6Site iricas.ires',o64l and hatl,'are thrown
tot ! ..ether in 'one bill 'and under one 4ttle---L
w Fre jnice in any, entirely broken down
and tiiseardell'by the last General , A qs66l
--1-3,r. The , taiLtane_al_laws for 1654 eon.
tains no - Seta 'of Allis character. Each;
Jaw embraces hitt a single subject, and that
indiected by its proper title.
'Hie 55th 4.ection of the act providing .
fOr• the expenses Of government for 1853,
authoriz .41 and required the governor •io,
sell the State arsenal at Piiih and
apply the.prneeeds 01 such_ sal., towards
the,putrebase of another site and the ere,c7
tine o r a new .; and restricting the
ex . oenditure to di- Punt received for the
old property.. The buntline . , and-lot were
readily sold for 830,000. The Selection
of a new location, and tile' erection of
presenfed a. far' nuir_
dal nit task. !'readily discover6d that
the sttm•thus appropriated Was entirely in.
adeqUate to 'accomplish the end •in view.
The priere:oi to Similar htfation.would leave
hut a meagre stun with 'whirl) to erect the
building. Under nil the cirentrmtanees,
have not, felt authorized to attempt. to car
ry:ont the, law, and would
,respeetively
:mimes': the propriety of increasing the 8i).
propriatioit frir (hi.; purpose. „. •
The report of the present ;Oda :mil e n
s retie Adjutant General will inform von
of the condition of the ,rnirtary aft )irs of
the Slate. This department of pohlie af
r.irs. I revel, to Ply. has }wen in a
fused and
. declinipg condition fur several
yo;irs.
T'lie T,ihrnriatt has called :ny at
teotion to the fact, that the law reports of
t wen ty•twn other States have been teodur
ly received by this, and' that nn prt44 ision
has ever hven made on our part to metro
r,c ;te this courtesy
,:ttol genernsi , v. I re
stmottillv sumest the proprioy of author
i.:111 1 1 some officers of, the G, ! v e h im o o t to
procure the n. vessary copies of the ['foto
sylyania reports, to supply th ose'. Slates
who save so generously tulde,,l to our,
The registratirm art. T respectfully sun
eest, bast- essentially failed in accomplish
the end designed, and shoold h e r :pp ea l e ri
or amended. A record so iricriiirol . ete and
imperfect can 46 tiO trend , but may really
f l o It has already enst the. State
ah 0 tit.25.090,t0 which there must benn
nual additions: The frbil'et is a tlesir,doe
one. but I am confident it can never he7iit.
mined by the mode nre temph tp 11 in this
law. It is a subjf;ct of constant complaint
by- registers and physicians. and only such
registration is made as is compnlsory. in
order to legalize hitters of Adintnistra•
lion.
11v the (17th section nrihe appropriation
law of last Session, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth wis authorized to con•
tinile the pilhlication of site Archives to
U►e year 179'). Under this authority. the
seleeti-m of documents. from 1783 to 17N).
has been made, and the tenth volume. con
tainin ,, this-mailer. will be readlt• for distri
tuition beiort the close of di a aecii'mo
Two additional votaries will eumplete the
work as originally designed.
vanla,have si fiat ell their willinaness to at ,
ce,it th, propo,ition on the terms intlionteit
by the entine:la, atict partivirite Ife this
nAtriotin work. I)elaware,
Virginia. atm the two Caritlinus, have ta•
ti..tni no on the suhjert.
eamiot refrain from au,air, expressing
in v unnoa 1.,(
wino e or Lie sii , cess
trik movement. If inerie:ni history for
single event worthy of commem
oration by a multivalent, the Declaration of
ERIE
lilthien'itel is Tflia - i---even!. lit thirtTit
gininleni it is without ft rnitafter: nil glands
ahili,e 811.'41,4er* fin. - 4 he- triiiitty- iiitinettee
tvhicit has terteii . upon:the Onlitittal, re
liginits anti
I I It has heensaitl. it t usttnit4 in H ne,kw mon.
•
elvetriA.
. . ~. ..,
cal all Eir
topp. :, It openel new
,reyehttionit
of hherty, and: cha - oged the 'relations,--ot
people '11(1 goveroipitOi;,` by teat:lo6g the
.
„..
one tow to resist an, eonquer t i!„oppr.-
siOri and . the oilier ifieil";ii - iilit4" - ifecessity
to ite"'tiVriCeontilitianee;•of reeognizirut end
respecting-the .riglits , of
that time outgo iekening
spirit: has piTvaileil the, worldi•
have Deer shaken,,smpirea fiave,becti over,,
tnrneti, society has heed emivulseJ,
and earnaire - have•tlesolated the i,attit
intelligenceaitit souk of the
,T 1 6 1 .1
pre orall cliriStentliiiieh:lSl-it,eis vii , ified.
H eleVairld ands ex Painted, to a ei,inprelliri . sion
,of - their . ri! , ltisois' will never tie ohlitrated
fOrgotteri," but will adv:itiee, efila toe HH4I
inerease,t until that. moral awl social prep
arntinii for 'the spinet's - 1'4090 .aiiit , eitioytiieot
;of liberty, , sliall he eltuettl,
i;couoiny. is so .iiiililpetie•at.4e to the
fierinatiettee,td free itntittt,tion,S.
third 'generation of h ':piokter,
its: TOr'Whc't , ..in' the i he' iiivolutiOtt
nifitilViki an it
peculiarly fitting , that 'weri4lionld 'erect
'such rePreSuitatinns of theitgreat and con.
trolling' acts as 81)411, speak-tot nor, ..own ,
,to ohr own,
sliull testify - to ,Goil,antitlie, wiirld,,that Ave
app r reciate iiiidreVerenee, anif
vale nii4fity„;
which hrolight,
.ex is . tenee, 'Which COtistitiite'itS very'
life; and of which it lieetits:tleitig4nited.hy
Providence to*—tlie s itil °de fender
,ani protveta ••, ; • • - • -
libelieveqloe should have n,. mnnument
to perpeinate the remembrapree of title great,
event,, (rein which such, maniltilt: andin!,
'estimable. blessings hatitt sprtfulg ; ,
xne
imperishaide memorial, of our • grattoide to
the anthors of the Declaratirm of In 4 k
nendene'e•—te the lU - U.oes who'particijta toil
in' the in; lily struggle ; ;enduring' wit ,
'oessof Ore' grearthings dotte'arnonestus
and' for us ; an t'inbodimeiit of the origin
and pritteiples, of our government ; some
-distingt4long. mark of the 'place ,or a ' nu ..
flint's birlh 'eonseerated tertiPle of lib=
ern ,'Bhout which tinhorn generations of
A triericans may meet InurreinfW'illeirmi - - -L
!stir:ince:4 of fit! iy I'6 the, prineiples of 't he
hex tar rtion arts} to ei a tartd- - -blts-Prit
;----the --Cousin talon and theAlnion.` inn
- for ttis work most earnestly. and I trerot
Oat - Pentotylvadia , will not permit it to fail.
btu, float it!tmay he -'pressed n'enri the anon
lion of the' original thirteen States, 'unttl
each and all shalt evince a is'illingoes's',and,'
determination' to participate in die erection,
of this &Orions struettire. To thtiz,.etttl I
resort-tinily suggem to the .oenervi
sembly' the propriety Of again ' calling the:
atteetion of the original States to the• sub- -
jeet, by resolulotror otherwise. -
lii eine ilia any Inks, emnmenieatihn
the general Assembly. anti terminating my,
relations wilt the people . , of my
native Commonwealth. I may be, indulged,
iu a brief and general reference to 'her
present proud po. , ition as 'a •mi!;Mber of ttr ,
great lamilv of States..tont to the - patriot;
ism, integrity. and general progperity of
her citizens. The ad vantagemis geOgraph-'
ical position of PennsVlcaoia, with- 8, title
harbor open to the Atlantic, and, another
conneeting her eentrally with, the mageili
ectit chain of western lake, iiavigatient—
her long branehing!rivers, spreading their
arms and arteries through Every portion
of her territory—all added to - her fertile
soil and exhaton,ess depo%its of valuable
minerals—present a• cembination of the
.natural e!ements of
_greatness, ;Scarcely.
equalled in our own or any other quarter
of the globe. These -have Made her a n
attractive field , for'-the seieiiee,
.ind•ustry'
and enterprise-Of man; and all her natural
advantages •have been cherished and milli
vated, until she her; reached 'a emolition•of
varied wealth amid positive proTerity,.-÷
Ifer system of internal inproyemetibt will,
salely compare with those of 89ty, sister
State, whether ioregard to' vompleteness
in constriction, or the extent, of crutittry
which they traverse. Nor nave the.high
er hopes of - humanity been' disregarded by
our statesmen, and the: people at large, as
the liberal provisions for Commim Schools.
Academies and Colleges, anti our !itumer
otts crowded Ultureltes attest:;' %Vhile , ar
the same time, the. various Asylums fur
the insane, an 4 for the nehmen:de of- all
cla.4ses anti conditions, and 111111SeS of
Winge for the reformation (trifle wayward
and erring, silently, yet surely,
_bow wit-
Hess that the calise'd of benevolence h s
always found effective advocates- within
bey borders.
In physical improvement and popu!a
tton her progress has I, :en steady and rapid
In the days olGovernor Snyder, the erec
tion of a brdge aver the Susquehanna ri
ver, and the construction of a turnpike
road, was the subject of execntive exulta
tion, and 3 matter ft congrifillation omong,
tto peop e, Now ler Nvirille—surface—is
eherkered- over-with-railroads, canals, and
other highways. Then the whole reven
ues of the Stare amounted . to but 6450.-
000. Now they exceed five millions. Of
the tour large States, her per rentare o f
Increase in population, since 1810, is the
ireatest ; and she has besides, exce ll e d the
6 - est of her sisters in the pro uetton o
wheal, iron and t aal, her population
numbers not less than two ant! a half mill
imis—ttelrly as targe as all t h States at
=I
it
vai.ne of, her yen) and.perstnpii,ef!catek,ei.; ; ..,
•eeeeis $,550,006.Q.C)P,
(C•ni•l, ifie, inarkdi, over,
virentli - grew 'in' eittSis of.
infrit 4 tit ni ilia nies 'aid •
"
,are 'rapidt3•: ektenttiitz - • •
Alpti4o4 , the
1 2 I r) , lgg 14 . 1 2,, (or tits;
4
Ittinericen - finnOr
1 VirOfti4ltetii4roiitY.'
tcat emotion her sons %V tiortila'vi
should have Alm stu-Y: RI bo rn " , but *
1,, e , , •
•e• t,_llmii:o 113 v,e priy,negf
int► tins.
maiter4
• letd a nn,
laying dinnOitic Ftilfe§:
exioncy styrO.ti to 'rkiiiire
gtontl firmly byt•tling . enin.tinit'inis ainrl the
Union, and. e'er 'contended the ; rittlitl
'41)1,p-4(.14M0 - of the et-minty,
sea and denim inatiott l 4,of pen,'
la iR onr §otto, and: dies
in her and to lit y yt. t.yeti 11' (try
1111110de nartin lo.r §t;it;ii.re ;tin! in leer
ltitit'orv, I '
-prkili.g . e-noti!'iloti;l3l4 it lie:itifs siOlite - e
ifs ;olost., imeitsliny itrart with' ra.tiueilt+iii-"r''
-)ter' people, atAlittoTtollertioilid
proofs of rout:deuce 1 have e:tperiVitet ,
,etl at their !lauds: : :
The fullness:of my exultation in fito,
'cluiritc'ter and loippy Our
'Oven Conitr..on worth and 1)1 7 'the • I,i,rati* , `
tulle l hlve expressed, •leuves: no room. in:t
iny bosom for even :u llttgeiing regret : at:a 7
.4101.isi011 of my fellow
,cit.l7, , rikii
60.111 to relieve me fronutite,core t :
bore, of at public rpm* n I,4: z xcito,
monis • have already been forgotten.,atlll;
its :aliewatioult;. "if 'any; 1 1 4irtiiven: .
herniate iny •plit'ee tlieHratiki;oUtliti
if a--ea Itif-to
always.sougitt,to tidy t Iteir. : best inter-
44 t 43- fa; - 0t 41,- .Yc7 1 4? - titi - of-1 4 4 , •AbAlitY , :; :40 4 4; •
never • having,: yielded ra m
y,,enttvintiot,tif.
~
,
i.
ee t o'au)
purpose, or any narrow or 'ratWartity. fire
• •' •
Having' adverted to - viiriehs r*iihjects
efe j i:atiliaiiall, in ;re - jar& -to - the -
I,lfliare ;of my!own• State, --,1 may - 'ho-itid u
".gettitt, a brief reference,- alatr,,to the •littpo
atzp.ect .olonr 0.11)11/00,0)Mitr.".E'111)(1 the:.-.»,q
elevation it hluireuelted , Annatg• the,,natiraps ;! .;,„
of du ? ctir11.,•,,,
throughthe workings.,4 s tts,hettigh
t utiOos. , ,
throniflp , ";
out, this' broad , land, diicH not • eifie:rien&i'r
at this moment, and'at eve); niotteui;"
his own-cemditiotr,''ancli the ebtirlitibd'"iif" } ''"
,~Asia surrountl,ll4n,Acipflueuce.4nd - •
t co,e n t o f our 11;1u Union, attd, tale . well :
cousiderv,d'compaet by which it i t s
ed.- A basis of caktilatitai l exlnblted 'by
;
post experience, wi J
,P 4 % . e , our erafutry , ,
population of thirty railliohs, iii
ten years 'front the - present: titue-ofeiglity•
miiiiousin thirty years: to come--6aiiii.i.of-•
one 'hundred nullibus at the 'clostE' , Of • tlui.• •
•preent.eentury lint, mere Aattuthers; are
:of no woractit r cetnparful., tuoral
inoottii in a natiotes-greatitess. The vital
,st row h and atakilityof tlie"Thaited States,
as a peoPle, consists in the stibitautial'in,.
torest which each individual'' his' iii 'the . '
pecuutueuey. of :those - &laicals institutions,
which ,Avere baptized in. the blood, of; our
ievointiouary struggle, and Lauded ;41117R::,
to us as the sacred legacy of our, fatlaa§,--7.,.
Peril, or 'destroy these; rind we peril or
. - gtre'y the'Slittre of Sev . ereigiity,and eqUality
were des'lgtied seetire l Ailike
.to the riehelit and liootest;•to,the hi'4ll'est -
and humblest in the land.- - The expertenee'-'
of more thou three fourths of a ,ceritFy„ :
'proves, I ant - persuaded: that,the Auierican.
peoPle,iit the main; truly appreeiate; - "the'
beneficent structure' and beautiful opera.
tion of our Ainericati system. 'htf.ve'
been assailed by an' insidious and Otieti ' •
hostility from abroad, and Itave,at
,before the present, been encountered by
-both the concealed and palpable .. .spirit of,
faction at home ; yet the constitution stil•
stands as widely and firmly rivited in the
affections of the honest masses of Atueri.,.
.
can frdeman, at any former pet iod of L. ! tix
,
The more fruitful sourccs.nf our nation
al pro:Terit:ir uudouhtedly consist lii the
freedom, industry and. intelligence ofyottr
people; and in the rich natural resnure.3s,
of country, united to an advantageous
commercial intercourse with a - wurting
world. But there is one element' Whien
we would eheri,ll as more potent. than all
01 9§(1,-;.it.is.. the— p.m tootioTarni: woe
H-4. )1---,afforded-by-tho-ntriou-4-.4lua : State4 r ---
under an adequate and stable government.
T.) this and the virtue of our citizens, un
der the smiles-of Heaven, we are more in
debted as a people, than &any - other cit.-
cutnstauce or r,;l3tion. 4 5" -- o one who has
studied out - history, and marked the spirit
in which our Union wasformcd,
,can avni
-t convicti
thii - t — our govertmeal so
as concerns the stability of th's conf-oklora
ey, wust be one of opinion ratlwr tlrui
(Ste fourth page.)
TWO,po T , T ,:vis
She lien, in aildiiinti a h ionr which-
I • AV s h •
lomht the birth•pine .rtl, indeou-
declared,
reat wlii:b lie ei
, . .
of, .111etiplan nprionali, v.,
k u a I , lttaitta:l4,.e_oLiliOse.i.r.ittl.Ll4iie_fillie .
gioriOtis
is to . tlte - litttii, i'irt 610 the
JaliOit 'tviticloiti to •
'eortiniest. Vero notsiiroloop•Illy-Alinsei)C-
stilly . ridiftr4Stitie:'t s_her. -74%1r0 i
erossect ttsitr ao oitt,!l a L "f)f .- intet 4 ; ,
Warlijitg.hvo, mi,ol Ipp.l
El
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