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•a. 3d T. HotIVEUEL
TJA/11f4--$1.,50 in advance, or if paid *Rhin Wiz
Months. 112,00 will be chatged on all subeerip
,Adii ratradtvg to the end of the year. •
AJOVXR.TJAIRMENTB and Honoree Notices i
et.itS 116 Weal rate., and weepy deeerltalen of
tek x or x
Eltiol 4 7o in the nested outlet. St Ile Jewett
p!llliti .. .lll with the *lntent Ileopetch, Basing
a lore eellection of type, we are pre
tiftMe'Lliary the orders of oar friend/
Governor's Message.
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Gh-a
Dome qn b e the $ enniors end wasiers
"gjAhe 119 use, of Represewieteree elf the
- Assembly,
-- Iliorttratinc f-Tn obedience to the Chsisti
.hitkm 'and laws of this Opmmemwealth you
have assembled to discharge the impotent
e t qd-rfffionsibl• duties that devolve upon
rTe protect the rights and privileges
ip.; potpie, advance their interests. and
kodurto the welfare and prosperity co? the
Onte,eshenH be the aim and end of all your
f
In the discharge cf my dudes. e t i wi lil tMplearcure to co-operate with you
ht , ,the accomplishment of these objects.
'—Anks-paricycar_has_ been one of anumad
tadee M ity. The luunbeiTeit
dame here not been withheldtrom our COM
mouwe4lth. A plenteous harvest has rap-
Warded the labor of the husbandman. Hon
orable indostty, in all its departments, hss
Leen encouraged. Na financial eraberrase
meats-he commercial di/tress-no pelitical
sit social evils. have interrupted the progress,
or thecktd the miergies of the people. The
eat interests of education, tustlity *id
religion. have been cherished sad
ikahlt and immix; with theirane=
tongs. have been ours. To him "who roles
• the atioua by his power, and from whose
batleNial down every good and 'perlbrtgrft,"
ads we indebted Ibr these mercies, and to
hies should be given the homage of ear der
root gratitude and praise.
The financial coedition of the Combos
lth satisfactory. Eng
mend upon the h ressmy has beep preempay
slat. lied laid, without .the aid of lesan.—
The. operations of this department will he
**briefed in -- -dctail In the Report of
State Treasurer
- el Far the Meal year ceding November 30,
18344 the receipts st the Treamn(bsdading
tim WAWA in the Treasury ea Oa list day
yi lletrellther 3 lBss-of o I .243.627.0131 have
been 116,01,937,64. The total ex
tare for the imeeperiell, were $5,177,1411.-
23k Balance is the Treasury Dennaber 1,
1856, $1,244,795,42. - •
NXcludin tole balance let the Treasury ea
the o vie s4 lll,4„Ae l net
erdleary. stiperskures for same period,
sere $4,113,144 77; showing an moms Si
rmeipta over ordinary- expenditures of $l,-
565,095 56.
he extraordinary payments for the SW
rear.- le* $1,263,997 45, as follow. vim
To the completion of the-Portage Railroad,
and for the payment of debts previously coo
tractal on that work, 0181,491 IL : to the
North Branch extemikm $122,723 52 to re
/ardor South track of the Columbia Rai
ned $269,000 00 ; re:Norden power in 1853
1118.040 42; to enlarge the Delaware Di
vhdoe of the Pennsylvania Canal $ 1 3,9 60 00;
IR; general repairs in 1853-'5-I—'ss, $63,-
166111 to domestic creditors $15166: to
old claims on the Main Line, examined by
the Cotneditsioners, and paid under the Act
-of May 22, 1856, 11130,512 09: to the re
demption of Loan.; $327,82,1 47: and Relief
eater miticulleil 513,247 (N).
The interest on the funded debt which fell
Glue is February and August last, WWI then
paid, and that which becomes due in Febru
ary next, will be paid with equal prompt
est/along of available means now in the Treas
on. The punctuality with which the inter
eat ca the public debt las been paid, and the
abilityinf the treasury to Meet all legitimate
dearinde upon it, have inspired pdblie tonfl
-4.0... in our securities, and contribute -
let* to establish and sustain the credit of
the. Commonwealth.
The Commissioners or the Sinking Fund
'apart Whe sum of •22,432 93 as due by the
lirrimitWg to that fund. Th:a amount wi t ll
be applied to the redemptinut i..if Relief ootics
now In circulation, end to the payment of
the (glided debt. 111.retufore the available
. •sleams in the treasure have been applied, to
isting "Latent, in payment/3f outstanding tern
lams, which bear an annual ititizest
. sit per cantons ;it
r ,being dean • I advise
es matter of economy to pay these lOW
/Oaths,. than the funded debt, which bears a
.aMboh le rate of interest. it is expected
4liat the balance of the liehiporary loans wilt
tit=before -the-close of the current year,
- operation of the Sinking Pond rim-
Asian and continued as directed
A l i r.
r ...;. .gandsol and untuwled debt of tete, is
• teetieporary loans, on lb* lint ay of Dee . ,
TS/Aim per Reports of the Auditor General Alai
, ?Meurer, was as follows, via :
rolgoso pus?. •
PH eialLiosa 610.151 9.1
411,903,44 S 04
0 . " • " 1 118200 00 •
• SA 100,000 00
-- ' 442 11014/ 11044 debt -- $31,10117,71*
POIMAD Deer.
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420,404 40
*boa of im itpo.
••1 141 1 1 *: NV. '•
340,000 00
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bl. Dee. 1,
41,141,104 U
llandoi 'edid gettedill debt at *. Woe dr
rept 110811 year, Deee. 1. 18$6, we se A&
I, , vfx:
I po pipit. 14µ11;., I 611,78.1. 00
8' ", . , . 18,886,994 40
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'„.: M 490 00
ft ' tF • ~' 100,000 00
7- Totiattoffeit Cbt
WIYONDED WIT, VIII
tiller notes In dr
• - ' + . 04 1 411 . 4 - ' I :soma 00 ---
,01,0001106, oat. •
, . les.limismi 2440 091 91 3 3 7 8
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It lbw* apps Gilt dating the teat thee
the vies of 1113156,00-97 bas been paid
PI bellielPPrna of the public debt. This, te
kes s eamertive with the fact that doting
the year cortriatc Nonesabet 30 18.5.5; 5630,-
6 )1/12 Irene purl sa the same aceoant, ex
hibits the gratifying fact, that the process
c redwing the relic debt has nommen
end; sod, dear vlbectord by reckless rois
asusgemert and extras - gala expenditure,
Joust coutiame, amnia the people and the Corn
asoascalth are reliered from the debt and
to :sties with Aerie they are burdened. In
aiditieu *s this reduction of public debt,
large apprapri stietes and payments were
sonde der the completion of the Portage Rail
sled opt few defies previously contracted on
that ones# —isrsW and ensettledmieftnare
"odY.9=Pill by the Cnonsissioners sp
reads* the act of last seinisn—for re.
layiag the teens track of the Colaudne Rail
road for ealsagieg the Delaware Division of
the curl, and foe Wier parpaaes These ex- i
tueordintryikuistiserpoot Timmy have,
aawes cease, with the si...cieetr irw t ir
that
crested doe and thus lons s
portion at the rrivivaes to be embed in pay:
asst Odle public debt.
A emend =annuities of the linaincial een-
Alice or the Onnemeenpaldt-Aner sou
of revenue end the probable future even&
team, has inspired the hope that the tune
ikset far distant when the ppuablic debt will
tie -OnnygaiipmelLihis." Mama
the subjects or ranee( _
IMF -
mrdy been shows that the revenues of the
past yaw exceeded the ontinary expendi
tans 5t„265 , -093.056 ends. The estimated
receipts. and expeonteres for the cirrent
year. winch wan be presented to you m the
Lepoit of the State Treasurer, show that the
mores Sc receipts. over ordinary expendi
tome. Mery reach the ram of me and a half
anilboaa of donee These estimates Al
though approximetione, till out be far from
the taw :exalt. Allowing, then. $400,000
fee sanest extramodnoty expenditures—and
ender a aim armee el economy in no pro
bable contiegesey eats they mierad that sum
- we will her. is lasellloo,ooo to he cep
anmelly for the payment of. the
public dekt. With the amid- development
W the wealth and reseurne of the Cowmen
;wealth --tit inemose of population—of the
case of reel estate, aid of the amount and
rabic of property of every description , the
Ineemes melt and willemehine to motes&
This =twist rod seemary.inerease of rent:-
mew will apply envy detkieney ahrt every
'demand wpm der Tommy that fials within
the range of prebehifity. If. then. the sum
of one naboa donors be spernatiated anon
, any is handatiem of ibis debt and the ac
imernieginterest as the , nat paid he a plied
hi the meow of a sinking fund, the entire
indebtedness of the Commonwealth will be
crfengailited is lame than 23 yam. If these
premises are carnet-had their t -
uslya lie inmparcAllijoinnee ,
or the imprudent amenspriamt of oar linen
era—the tooth of the perpiention be anacep
tible of the clearest demonstration. Assu
ming the paddle debt on the tint day of De
cember, lt4fr, to be. in Mood - numbers, $40,-
600,000, and that at the end of earls &sal
year me innime donee, wits the seeming
interest es b. payments, win be paid,
eakaksien . will determine the re.
sun te be as before indicated. Thus, before
the =spin as Sc iheyear IOT9. Pen -
pia may stand rearmed limn the oppreaskm
of bee public debt. and her people be re.
leased hum s ...wit...AL a imposed to nivel, its
arcane` imernit. sod to 440 faith
and credit of the tononoondlltht r These
eines an' a a utopia*. By pricticin• strict
economy in all departments of the wren).
sent expesidittini--
refining to • any DR scheme of
internal improvement, and bolding to s rig
id accountability the receiving and disbur
sing agents of the Rate, their realiiation may
be anticipated with confidence-
1 must again can the attention of the Le
gislature. to a sotil f ,ret referred to in my last
annual iseearge, is th e folknriog terms.
'• By the 38 metiers of the Act of the 16th
of April, 1845, retitled 'An Act to provide
for the ordinary expenses of Government,
- the repair of the muds fad ratheirad of the
State, and other Ativeo upon the Coarratiem
wealth.' the Governor was authorized to
cuuue certificates of Skate start so be /issued
to all persona or bodies corporate holding
certificates for the parrot of interest on
the fund debt of the Style. which fell doe on
the first day of Angest, 18. E, the first days
of February sod Aerial. 1843, the first days
of Fehmary sad hayed, 1844. in an amount
equal to the assort of certificates so held
upon their ddivering up said certifkates so
hell, upon Mew delivering, up said certifi
cates to the Ashlar Galena. In pursuance
of the authority thee germ cectitkates of
State stock to the amount of 14,tu5,t50xe)
per menses, payable ere:;-annually on the
first days of Iretwastry and /Masa in each
year, and mimeo:A& es or after the first
day of Accost, 1855, were issued. The,
Minimum period died by law for the re
does!. lion of thew certificates expired on t h e
first day of Amnia, 1855. No prerision has
beim madefor their. renceraLor nitearpticia:
Although by the terms of the Act author
izing these orrtiAcatios of State stock, as al
so by the auditions of the certificate; to
Memel in pursuance thereof. the time of pay
ment, after sloe espeation of the minimum
period, is optimal with tbedebtor, the COM
moincealth, yet a yhie regard for the credit
of the State requires that should
be reads for their renew or redemption.
Ter redeem thrum 'certificates, a loan would
beware and as a loan esnuot be
the presort linancest condition
•liber on trims more favorable to
State, Vian throe on which them. certificati
atcraiatneit_L wool& timunmend List
tboritir be earn to issue the bonds of the
Commonweank inreaemsjpf said certifi
cates, bearing interest at Ilh este of Oro err
seat per annum, payable serer-annually, reel
reireardte on or alter the expiration of
twenty years :,„Widthat the bonds be issued
with coupons or certificates of interest at
tailud, in some equal irt amount so the semi-
Masud intermit Aeleteg, payable on the lint
days of February and Augad in each and
Miry year at tech place as may be &sic,-
dead. This shame is the Gam and charac
ter of the certificates. it is believed, OM be
so santabigeout to the holders, without in
creasing the liabilities of the Common w es! r,
as tq indoor a willing *pi peempt exchange,
isi Lreenima for the fiends proposed to be
UM
I b 9,044,073 'be
The report of the Canal Commisaioners
will be bud before yen, and will exhibit in
&toil the doedition of the public works—
their general operation, and t/w receipts and
wayeadihaus for limpid fiscal yes,—
BELLEFONTE , PA.," pnic
e t •4. •
rem th,l66;3,.were .001,016. 66, be
ing is increase aver the revenue of the pre•
vious year of *Gi1,638.95. Of (his sum
34,013,599.16 were canal And bntlgo tolls,
and $992,426.50 tills of Abu Columbia and
Portage Railroads.
• The aggregate expenditures for the same
flax were $1,943,896 :12, being nn increase
ober those of the previous yeatof 840,105.
94, the revenues exceeding the:expend:tures
oply 56'2,118.84,
The increase Of the revenues •from these
works would br encouraging, were it not far
the fact that the expenditures have increased
in a still greater proportion-7-the expendi
tures„ordinary and extraordinary,-exhaust
ing almost the entire. revenue from this
source, The system muss be defective, or
-moee care and economy should be elercised
in its Management. ,
The- refs-nits, at the -TreigirrYytrini) 7th*
several divisions wire as follows—viz :
'aio hiss 81,219,272 86
Bvaq.ehanna, North Drench and
Writ Branch '
Delaware
Tuba Realists • .1,006,015 66
the extreordrry par:acids during the -
year, amounts to $808,892.16; ordinary
expenditures $ ,135,Q04.00 ; net revenue,
(excluding extratrdinary payments and for
motive power) $B7l. ,01.1.00.
en the Main Line, the tolls received at the
Treasury from the - -Columbia. Road were
$991,470.50 • .expen4iptres $522,084.88 ;
Columbia to the Junction, 6119,718.36.;
expenditures 653,0443.50 ; receipts from the
J.mction to Pittsburg, including thei_Portv
age Railroad, 4117,718.00 ; ordinary expen
ditures 1303,702 22. The total receipts- on
the Main Line were 61,229 2 272.83 ; aggre
gate expenditures, (excluding 8257,009.00
paid for Vlaying the south track of the Co
lumbia Railroad, and $153,019.42 for motive
power in 1855 and after Deeeniber Ist, 1856)
were $885,835.85, being an eicess of reve
nue over ordinary expenditures of $543,-
487,81. ' ' - --.
Although the receipt: fromthe Delaware
Division are less thew *Dee of the previous
year„ yet the general result OY its operations
is satiefitotorWho" net tirvenne at the"
ITressarywae "40. Its mandgentent
has been Chstsctuised by a. degree of soon
'any too seldom practiced on some of the
,lines of oarimprovemsuls.
Ilovrevillinpiirtaiif this
Divisionuily be'
to thetrade and Ihnithrtiest tit - that -
s tettiorrof
State, its proposed enlargement , ould not
be undertaken. navel demanded by reason&
of over-ruling necessity. The experience of
the past,•as connected with the Allegheny
Portage Railroad; - ithd'the North Branch Rl
teme,on. 'should ararn ma sgstinekundertaktillg,
without great caution, any-now measure of
improvement, which may drain the Treas.
cry. without aiding, matt:rally; Mel elf, the'
Itilitic.lntereals e nci d lA y ler , Z
effieient end $ ' • "
he fully equal to all e demands of its trade
and business.
The l'ortage Railroad hi not finly comple
ted. A small additional rppropriation Amy
yet be be required to complete, for the ibutth
time, this road. It le a:tit:Maly hoped that
this unproductive improvement may soon ' ,
cease its cormorant demands upon the Trees •
my. Every year experience more clearly
meals the tuipoliey of the (hate in under-
Leaking this work.
It gives ma no ordinary pleasure to inform
Lou that the North Branch Extension of the
Pennsylvania Canal has been so tkr comple
ted, *at boats freidtted with gold and other
produets,eresiameeskritily putted thrgiqh.
its entire length from Pittston Untie' .liste
tion Canal. This work was conitimiced in
1835 x—suspended in 1841—resumed in 1848.
and tinisbed in 1886 ; *khalif* its Otranto
bon was officially. announced M 1863. It ex•
tends from Pittston to the New York State
Line, a distance of niwdy-fonr miles, follow
ing the' Palley of tbet3uaqushamtete Athens,
and thence along the' Chemung River to the
State line, where it joins the Junction Conti,
and is thus connected with the Neer York
i tu mweimenta
the importance and value of this impreve
silent ca sot easily be over.estimatei.—
, Passing; through one of the richest Mineral
and -AlPienktursi Portiotis 4 th• State, it
eters to the immense end valuable products
of ILet region, a safe and cheap transit to
the markets of New York, Baltimore, and
Philadelphia. 'ln the completion of this
Canal the difficulties to be overcoi e. and the
labor to be ptrformed were great. Both
these, to a great extent, haste boon accocry
pinched under the superintendency of Wm:"
A. Iffittrit, But., to whom this work was as
signed.
This ca.i al al:tough completed, and b :ore.
the close of navigation, tined for the purpose
of transportation, is 'not perfect. Sinks in
in the bottom, from the nature of the Corgi:
&Mei and soils through which it passes,
elides from the hilts, and hr acheit may oc
cur, but these, after a few years of well tap
plied labor, will be diminished, and by vigi
lance Sod mire entirely prevented.
This intro; mod, although subject to the
rivalry of competing railroads, if kept in .
good condition, under prulier inanageineiir, I
will receive its full share of coal and other
tonnage. it is anticipated that the ieve•
noes, fdr the current year, will equal, if not
exceed the expentlitnres ; and increasing
.with the facilities sillinled, and the rapid
clevelopeinent of trade, will, instead of its
lwretofore uneesting demands upon the
Treasurer, takc,precedence in revenue ever
any canal ut the Commonwealth.
In ritlation to the propriety and policy , of
the silo of the Main Line of our public tin-
PoricrrnlititeAny Spinitin lids not cliaugea.—
Every consideration of public policy, of
present and futhro interest. 'moires the
Separation Ortfii - fitate - fionithe management
I and control of these works. The. expendi
tures on that portion of the line, between the
Junction and Pittsburg, largely exceeds the
revenues", OM excess averaging /11111111111S.11Qt
lees than ono hundred and fi fty thousand i
dollars : and, canoes are in cotenant opera
tion that will still more increase this defi•
ciency. This eontiurial drain upon the
Treasury, to austain a work, so unproduc- 1
tide, should at oncebe checked. A !Mk of
the Main Line, fora fair consideration, and
spun terms just and liberal to dui puroluoi
era, is the proper remedy, Such
,sale, on
tennis amply protective of the rights and in
terest of the people, can by proper legisla
tion be nfibcted. In connection with. the
[ O,
Ftn"
Ayittunit - of the public debt, thin question be
.men deeply huportant. ,'flip halo would
constitute s now era in the financial tindery
of :he `State•, and assure a stilk more speedy
reduction of the , public, 'debt, than that to
which , reference as been • made. ' The-sub
jeutio samently4nnuniundeti tolour (sworn-
I=
Y
'Att , 4 l tr d i .
4 . - ' 'iSflieteliiaterd-banking capitol
in its relations to the'eurre"nci--thil general
interest of trade and commerce und o ne in
(instill:it pursuits of the citizen, deserve your I
careful pttention. 1,C1.3i views expressed in a
former conimunication remain Michanged.--- v
The incorperatian of liew, or ll techarter of
old and solvent .anks, when a tunny neces
sary, and di.mandettby the w nts of legiti
mate trail(' in the' community hero located,
slioiiiil be favored ;. tinder no tiler ,eircum-
A tences should either be pcyin tcd. In the
creation of hanks the interest of the Stine
rand pecylo should be consult e ; ,and a just
discrimination as to. number, ocality and
the demands of tradohe exerci.
' The rapidtherease of mai km. tint im
portance and *slue of AI ur hogs and foreign
commerce, the co•nilittit clack) cnt of the
material wealth of the State, t extent of
ourmannfacturing, mechanical iid agricul
tural industry ; the faefthetthe teis Hood
cd by a.deprociated currency in isluced by
private bankers. and brokers 1:13i ht,justify,
under the restriothnui and limit riots indi
cated, a judicious increase of 'kiting capi
tal within our:Commonwealth. his, whilst
it you'd aid the opiirations Of 9, endeut."
Avila rellinni,in trauta...o the people,
Would; at the same time, retnelly, to some
ektent ) the . ,evils of-a dopreciettd foreign
and illegal currency.( - i
By the Act approvetthe fdll day of No
'ember last, the thirt 1 sectjon of the ct
,t.
011850, regulating ban -e, wiltAttLafter he
first de of July next, extendeifTo ell in -
246,920 61
349,922 29
- oioapaieat. ' -
shall not be lawful for us
to issue or pay out any notes other
than those issued by itse , payable on de
mand in gold or silver; no of hpeoie pay
ing banks of this State which are taken on
deposits or in payment of debts, at par at
the counter of the bank where paid out ; or
notes of bonds homed under the authority of
the Act of the 4th of May, 1841, at the op
tion of the person receiving the ham."
These ensotammts were intended to pro.
tea the community ageing& the l'N ils of
depreciated edimicratlfrprevont its intff
duction from other Stated, However well
intended they will nail to secure these ob
jects, unless made to *abeam private banks
ors and others of that dila, whose vntats.
are largely dependent upon the introduction
bite the State of such eilrrency. In utthijr
inetances the 'note* of inalr own basks are
uttlis. , Wtiatorasanhooat sad hookers,
414 wi .or witktlngnpecie witbdzaw
from the, ks issolitlears, they purchase
dgmedisited and fbrei *tit paper whichis
path out at par at th eters. By others
kage loans are negoohthed Stith banks out of
the Sato, at less than tipa papal rate 13r in
terestrand their note!, ottetkof a less den'bm
inatlon than,llse doMirs, 'lamp! at 'a
discount; blobs* idttithe !late and psi hit°
oireblation is the runner hogratedi ae this
too, Midler in agreement xj ar , t_tlt the bank
makim Sus loan. ththth amnia
*if 'Mt be kept orafvendi=r — The
of Olio system df private banking has been
to Bork the oirculatiots of the par paper of
our own banks, and substitute In its place
a foreign, depreciated: said often t worth
less currerdy. In Jiurtite to thoßank, Trust
and,lniuranee illorupanies, payeitg a heavy
annual tax to the Cotimonweidth for their I
privilege*, and for the protection of the peo
pie spinet these evils, sillier the provisions
of the thirtieth motion of the Mt of 1850,
should be repealed, or further emended so
as to embrace private individuals and masa
efaticint, who may monopolize and control,
to the detriment of the public, this traffic In
depreciated bank paper, without - asinine and
without taxation.
The Report of t h e Superintendtbd,of Qom
mon Schools will exhibit to you the number
and oonditiott of the schools—theipnusber of
teachers Mid sabolim, and the general operi•
tions of the system during the post year:—
TO the valuable stati ...!inforesktlntot the
report, and the useful saggeet Ibr the
improvernest of the system. I herbs your
early and intelligent consideration,
Front a stnall and comparatively unim
portant incident of the State Departmet t the
care and management of the public schtible
of the Oomononwealth; with their seventeen
hundred districta--rten thousand directors— '
twelve thousand teachers, and over five
hundred thousand scholars, have - Wein° fhe
' most important and laborious branch df tart
Department. fhe increased and inn ng
business of the syatem,has,..beart met b
correspondent irferease of zeal, labor and
efficiency in the - rift:ere to whom the
has eommitted its general direction and su
pervision. They should be sustained by
wise-and generous legislation: The mega -
tude and importance of the system, in Its
political, social, and moral rslatinna td' the
present and future of the people, require that
this should ho done. The guardianship of
th.• mind of the kat°, should occupy a dis
tinct and prominent pleas ariong the noble
institutions of the Consnionweelth. ft
should receive the ettloient pie Mid curour
agtm rat
of the government and besustain•
ed by a 'virtuous and intell igent people. If
the revenue and treastims of the lilate—her
Public improveiWitis - -- - her binds and their
titles—require and deserve the marked and
diatinctive ram of - thirgotfernmenti how
much more should her mental and intellec
tual treasures, richer than gold —the social
and moral improvetnent of her people, more
voltutble than annals and radii ays -- the
titter. of her youth to the 'tot/lidless flchls of
lama ledge, higher than any of eat th or aught
growilng out of its'ownership, !taint an hon
orable position, and feeeive It rare and aid
commensurate withthoir greater value a n d
usefulness.
The Comity,:Micrintondency, iikurcscrit
has been committed to faithful and efficient
men, has fully vindicated tlik• wisdotn and
policy, of that measure. It IJ aPiwly, but
awrelYrfretneving - the - prejudicor r/ / ,‘l "sr
the coofidetice of, the people. Whatever de
fcets time and experience may civitelor, in
this or any other branch of flue systeni,
Should he pillimptly collected. But until
the necessity for change is 4:stabil/thud, the
system, in its unity and int( griiy, should tic
maintained ; and if changed, changed' only
to render more certain the accomplishment
of noble purposes and objects.
A sufficient number of competentapd well
trained ,tepeliers is the great want °Tam sys
tem. In its structure anti organization it is
'as perfect, if not more so, than any of the
systims of our sister States. lint the beach
er is wanted to give fit proper Vitality and
of develop its true force and value
—to amigo the greatnhject of ,its orcAtion,
the thorough etlyeatien of the youth firth°
Commonwealth, H w can this wsnb by
'aupplkd if flow are finieltern Mt be 'trained
and provided to moot this educational 4s
man??? Alija' we. be
,dopondent upon, the
traitOng sithoolit of other bleat:al ;that our
;
DAY, JANUARY j 4,
system be jeo4rded, and its success peril-led.
by *siting the, slow and unaided efforts Of
voluntary associations to furnish the much
needed teacher 1 Volunt ry associations of
common seined feathers have accomplished
much in their disinterested. and noble titbits
tic...remedy this defect. L 'They are worthy the
highest colnitlendation—,hey deserve every
cocouveleatent.. They can and will domore:
but unaided they cannot accomplish the ob
ject dearrod. The liggislattire toast provide
the remedy—they can supply thu deficiency.
It should be dune promptly and effectually,
l'fo subject of greater interest can occupy
your attention as, legislators—no one ap
peals more earnestly to duty and patriotism.
In a former communication to the begirt
gilliature the establishment
. of State ?formal
sPhools, fl.r the education of teachers, was
urgetkas indiepenimblynecessary to the per
fection of the system. 9Vith full emaridencw
in their utility and necessity, I again realm ;
mend them. These ineptutinns, with thei
primer Profosscirs, and at pliancesi supported
by the State, would meet the walift4 and etc
veto the character pf our common scpopls.
cu
Teachers' Institutes, ad auxiliary to Ve
nial &hoots, when nu . operation., and . /
pp--
plying their pinee till established, shout tby
aided bythe Star. One such institute in
each . County, meeting annually( under the
fostering care of the liovornmeut, would be
productive of most beneficial results. -'
Whilst it would iinprove teachers and 'pre
pare them for their important and responsi
ble duties, it would iterate and dignify a
profisskm too 10 . : neglectettond undo. val.
- • .
-; nom .he a, •. ese Measitres: 00 also
an addition td, the annual State appropria
tion for common schools, iu an amount bird
ied on'y by Om necessities of the Treasury,
would give enerjy to the system—increase
its efileieeny—and thus promote the true
interests of the people and the Common
wealth.
Our saltuational, charitable and reforma
tory instityttions have strong claims upon
the bounty of the , °pie, and I con - billy
cornmendthem to your claiii_liberslitY-
The State I,unniie Asylum at Harrisburg,
and theWestarn Pennsylvania Ilosplmt Air
the Insane, and other kindred purposes at
PitUtburg, are nibble Amides, and deserve
the rind and ,naOuragcment ,of the Suite.
ThOsidnual reports of them tab tubers will
be kid before you. and will exhibit in detail '
their ePerhtions during the' past year.
The liciese of Refuge in Philadelphia:and
the wegtortk-Atsisatbsk Safings-Javer, Pitts
burg.. are -institutions—of gr•••s
Imut their results `l**Agiestatilish-tis ,
Aye of the.polioy thailibunded and sustains
thesia. — 'fhev might not to be neglected ; npr
abottC t r Of the Commonwealth hawith
hold
tt4ii, ,
The ", lin h d",sud the " Deaf anir Dumb
Asylums! , at Pitiladslphia ; and " the Penn
sylvanie training edilool for biotic and feeble
m nded children" are institutions that fer
pat, he edam, ind sorrow, to the best and
Jak
.sympathy and aid. They should receive a
g,enerousr alters of the - oenefactiode of the
State.
Agticultuni, in its varied departments, is
the great interest of the Commonwealth.—
It is the basis alike of financial and commer
cial anemic end national oloorperify. dii
interest so important Should be fostered by
the State, and honored- ley Iliilahessessof •
clay. To its promotion and, success all
should cheerfully contributes In a former
communication I recommended the estab
lishment of - an Agricultural' berean, in eon
, nectior, with setae onset the State Depart
. silents, to give ellioiZ 7 ncy to . the collection
and diffusion of useful knowledge on this
subject, and to encouraim scientific and'
practical agriculture. Science, with wop.
deems energy, has aided the husbandman /0
his immiudile,..vonation, .and proffers still
More help. The State should nerve his arm
and dicer him onward in this the And and
noblest pursuit of man. This auhject in
coonection with an appropriation to the
"Fanners High School of Pennsylvania "
a n-Institutibn destined to lie all honor to the
CoMmonwealth—is recommehded to Your
favorable consideration.
The !, l'olytechnie , tn'allege of Pennsylva
nia," established by the enterprise and lib
erality of some of the patriotic eitisens of
Philadelphia ; as a school of the applied hei.-
ene - es deserves honorable mention. and shushd
reoeiie tbe'eonflelence and patrmiage of the
.üblie. In tko. teachings of this I stitution,
- lure, science and.art, in happy union,
m pre *re our yOugg men fur there
final life, forWming mech iical
and civil engineering, and fir promigi g in.
telligently.and efficiently the great interests
of ruanufacturingand agrieultural industry.
Thu laws on the stmtute book reitilatmg,
Manufaettiring and improvement companies.
retrire revision. They Are unnecessarily
stringent in many of their provisions, and
thus defeat the object of their enactment. --
"flirt Bride capital, c r o w the Mate. nudead
of inviting Its investment hero : and instia , l
of encouraging individual anti nnvucoate i
en
terpriae and energy in the development of
our immense natural resouices, they bind
and crush both by severe rest' ietions un
wise limitations arpl personal liabilities.
The subject !Herres cari44l attention alai
legislation.
I have so frequently expressed my views
redition to local. tipecinl and "omnibus"
legislation, that their reiteration now be
cutuc f*StlttlOn, sn far as
rut • !cable, should be general and iiiriform.
1 and special, legislation, when the oh.
desired can be secured by general laws,
or by the action of the-Courts should be
nl i uukda Omnibus Legislation" cannot
under any circumstances be justified or alt-
proved. Too much LgOtition in in a, i i that
prevails ectonnivcly ill
Its avoidance would nut be Ourious to pub
lie ur private interests.
't,r l
the i t •i neral appropriation bill until the last
days of the session; and Incorporating in it
provisions uncoinpstible •witli its general ,
charm:Cur, sad obnoxious. when standing
alvirm, to,nsurtnolmtahtgeb4ections.ishighly
censurable and should be iliscidithin'ed. The
attempt dins made to force, by 111.4-pallier' 'of
legislative legerdemain, the passage 41 . 'ob
jeSionsble illetYllrag through the Legislature
and compel their sanction by..the Executive,
has been too often sit cessltil. The practice
cannot be tiiia strongly Contleinned—it'cannot
receive my sunotiom
Lew of the State is imperfect
in many of its provieio(lM, and should bo re
vised., The thwers and duties of the Coin•
mender-in-chief should be more deafly de
fined ;' orthe other officers connnee.
bed ith 'the ltfiiitar4r organisation' of the
Ceitintionirvalth. Thie is ligsteasery to pre-
Tact it,oestllet of Jurledietion with other de
ker.raentl; of the GoiFirnment, and to give
greeter effinletor try our blifiteil kitten:6
Vohinteer companies should be en.
our eutirtmilltm7 arkinth"Lik
vied, and Made to °loopy that honorable po
sition whiA tioni itli importance snit nonce•
sifyit deserter
Near the clone of the last 'session of the
Legislature, I • transmitted. to that body an
0 4 rdniance passed by the Select and Common
Councilk of the City of l'hiladelphin, alt
merged bythe Mayor on the itir of April.
11556, and ofileially..communtentel to mo ,
proposing to conve y In the Commonwealth
of l'ennaylvania, a }tat of groom(' in that
city, fo,'the purpose of erecting . thereon a
Stato'Arsenal. Want of timealone.prevent,
ed Italian on tliorpropoeitine then submitted.
The.ground thug, offerod io the State lii eid ,
nettle . and itsjoeittion nrst eligible for tilt
mimes() inttuddd. /the txmilitions, of the
propolied gigot are favorable to the State
and highly creditable to the Minijcipal au:
thorities of Philefulphitt: evincing A fiber.
ality and public spirit worthy of all cow;
mendatiou. The necessity of a State .A.rde
rial 'in that city is do appormt whist
subjk.t - needm no elaboration in this commu
nication. After the sale of the State Arse
nal "in Philacelphin, the public arms were
depoeited Man old building, or out hOpetb
itrei9f.4and unlit as a deposibiry for publie
property. The sum of- s3o,ooo.ol.l;realizeif
from thst mato.. is noveduLthe Treasury :_and
by Curti...Nth Soction of an Act pse4ed the
I.9th day of April, A. D. 1853, entitled .*Au
Act to provide for the ordinary expenses of
government, he.," the Chwernor was author
intst.to_ap y the same to the purchase of a
wv PArrarentMu - am
mind t eiron. 'this sum wet found' ineute
eient for these purposes, and romietpiently
the object intended by the appropriation has
not been aeonmpliShed, -By the -emotion of
thiilet, the State will be refiev.d from the
expenditure of any money for the purchase
of suitable grounds ; and the entire sum of
$30,000.00 may be applied to the erection
of the necessary bnildings ; to wii sine
can be added, if deemed idyls the the
amount that tuay be realized from the it)
of th.: Arsenals at Meadville a nd ff. rris rg,
u recomMendvd in my lap Annual Message.
These ilia% wonW boitn j t l yauffhient tO
uc-
Irontpiish'thicobject. ,
I *outd therefore /win menmm •nd the
immediate pasAage of a lilt it-cepting the
eooeyanee of the said lot of gronod from
the Cif,e et Philadvl phis, for the purpose and
upon theierras and conditions mute nod in
the orttiostutel. and that aunt of $30,000 o)
kiF . atipttrpriated - inr the erection of a State
Arlene! thereon.
On the oth day of October. 1855, 1 np.
prim(' and signed a 101 l eittiihiti ‘' An Act
to mpeal the charter of the .Etiu and Not th
East Railroad Oat)lete,l, and to pros ide for
thcerlisposal.of the mune." 111 pursuance of
iteprterishins, lion. Joseph Cagey was ap.
pointed to•utke possession and have the
charge " at . :4 l l, cud: r oily of the road.
Ileum. pottsession wat taken, ap,•ll-
cation was made by the Company, to one
1 ....
the s--peewee C‘oiet..or AL.
Air an in auction to retrain the Agent of
the State front takiug possetaiim ,'nod rilib.
iie: tlently a cautionary order it 0.% to tile by I
the -Supreme Court, in ltte•, I. stn . , piti•
ceedings under the net. The iitic , tiotit. than
pending before that Court were do ernittoxl
in favor of the Counnonwealdt—the Con iti
tutionality of the Act sustamal. mid the
' inn for . sw--4144tuautioilition.e.i. _ __ll.".la
session of the road wag then taken by the
_Agent of the State, ag directed by law.
On the 2'2 day of April, 185 ti, an AM, eu
titled "An Act slipplementary to the Ae,t in
cOporsting.the Erie and South Eatt Rad•
road, as ort4,inallylocated and (-matt-two d,
wail legalized anti confirmed • and vermin
c h an g e s in the„.lrOati, wire directed to ,to
made, and other act:, to be done lifl
tat; 4 - . 1JIZI•
patty. It Was also provided ..that the Gov
ernor shall retain possession of the Erie .. i d
North Fast Railroad, under the Art of the
6th of Oatober, Ifiss until the kiwi:nous of
'this Act shall have been seeepfed lii a vote
'of the stockholders of the I,tie nod North
Eist ltatli•oad Company, itt a Meeting called
•for that pitriFite.t• On the 15th day of May
16156, at a titeetiivir of the stockloilders called
,for that purpose. the provigiont of the Act
wore acceptal by their vota 'Lis accep
tance, duly certilkil, u.et rec. nid and tiled
in this Department MI the 15 ,143 of July
hurt. Possession of the toad has been re
stored, and it i 1111 , ‘e un.ler. Wee oink sad
olong, ment of the l'oterally. ' -t final 0141-
eoWit. 10C orniey rteei%eil limn the raid,
whilst in irmaession Of the State, nail lie s it
tled With the Company at. the tarlitost Woo
tica,Ale period.
It 0 but proper to state thrirsincp Om ac
ceptance of (lie Act of the 2251 o(.-April,
18511, a writ of error, in the CllSetl adittiliegi•
ted by the SapretuegAmii of Poway mils,
lots been issued nt, the tont of the Compaty
by the Suptetutittourt of thefailed s;flies,
and is 1101 V pending 111 that Court.' •
The Ctiminoaioners Ilist appoilitcd l a ving
Fatigued, A. K. McClure, Esti , tans applYill
ted la 111-. place. The ditties of both utile, rit
were ably and faithfully pa rot mcd I 'owes
of their corresoondenee nod repot ts. hue
with s ubmitted loth,. Row... of Representa
tives, for the tt.o of the Legal/store. will
furnish information in detail at the sultiret
BOW under ea,lL 4 ltletaliVll. it is siustezoly
thostral that goal faith, and honesty or pur
pose may cliameterire the modest of this
cotnpany in tlie discharge of the duties as
sumed by thdr ac,..eptatieti of thu Act of the
L"241 of Apill LW, and that this much vexed
iritteAtion will not vein disturb the harmony
or retard - 11W Proilwrity or Tho city of nllll,
or owyt•otilort porcion of this Cantwitiwealilt.
The resolution !imposing allemairaell'a t o
the Constitution of-the Commosiwealth, have
been published as atreetrik by that, iatstru•
ment. It will Is , yotir ditty lii late such'
notion in reference to these amendments as
will, in your juiljtkumb, be Inost consistent
wiLlt the wishes oe the limpl.:„„Ait,.4o,R l ,,
l ittutrin, wlll - 110 -- rortred - fOirartllo' , ..l{ , i , u- -
set' of their notification, tout to this your.
uni'lit'st e i ttuution is Faiu,,441.,...
,Tho irriportamt„44sy of, iliotriotiog, the
ate for the ci4etion,Ef Sertatro . and
scoenta,tireo, deVedro nroh
deity - etiMild'he performed. M4161113', and
With strilot roltirmeer , to tho interests *lid
rights nr 413. a irls4espool4. • rcutitrno,of toXx
af„,des, reqntre4 tv ho onievrs rhorgol 'with
theoo chalet+ urgiult their spet.dy perfor
mince.; 8n I the return:: will of limo al N
obly:al, be tmotinitted.' yod. _
The elitetiie franchise is the highest. sad
most respapsible privilege tejoyed by the
Ai4eriesn dtixeu. involylpg n ita ext mise
the sot ereignty Of the people, sad minstita
ting as it does the substratuin er one fVee
institutlatis, It Cannot bto to highly appriol-•
sled or carefully worded. The ballot box,
thrattgh 'which the people apesk their will,
she_ tig - be Itetujerved from kitty tiolatlon'
basilint 144 - Upon ttir pm-
AP boogritYlipuoruftlio exirlenrcot
,
, • „ • ji‘git
• -
, üblican governmiet,, and the right*, ;
.e t odes of the citizen,` &TV: 1 4!/, •
voter, whatever may be his pot tieett affini
ties or party predilletiond fei deeply iultl4Fd=
ted this question. Any attempt to seillY
its impurity, or impnre its efficiency, whetini
er violence Mira utl, should be sternly
sisted and serenely punished. 1110011 TOT id:4'
whether founded on ;forgery or perjury. or
both ‘on'false awiessunetts or false and for
gad certificates of naturalization, is an evil
that deserves the severest coneleetinatiu.a.—
ft pkivents an hommt expression of the pop
ular will corrupt,* the sourma of h.gitimafe -
power and influence and strikes a fataltheer
xt the cherished rights of freemen. These'
evils are alledged to czist in our large cities
—the heril distee's of the State are compel:
snidely free front such corrupting 'simples
A^reinedy co -extensive with the evil should'
be provided. liverry defence should be
throsvn , around hskallot : box,.aed
the rights of legal ioters should - he secured
and proteotol, fraud id - every fops should
be preventedeand punished. Whether a jot
dicious regietiry law, or moil other mesa.
tire of reform, adequate 30 04 nweaildypa
of the case, should be adopted is referred
the wisdom of the Legislature.
As appropriate to this subject, e reform
of the naturalization lases—the ention, •
by the 'National Noveninseat, - impart ,
ta: ion of foreign criminals and Paul
a more careful, rigid and personal easnaista•
tion, by'our epufts, of all persons refining
before them as applicants for admission irir
th•rifiggAsikiiemeheierwmilliivtommeirrip - 7 --
0,- - 46riect esiatisig Mame, sad Miami Oa
ballot box from the pressure of corrupting
and dangerous influences.
uragell-,
EMIC7
To the policy and acts
_of the atiosisil
ifr :!,.
eaing. as they the rights
and interests ot the Cumnrinrealth, thanker
pie of the State cannot be indit&ruut. Penn•
ayivania, occupying aghigli and euiwervatwe
position hi the mieterhood of States—devoted
to the Conitittitiou and the Union, in Idle it
integrity and harmony, bee Wm. and will
'ever be, as ready.to recognize tin? Aiello of_
her sister States, as to defend her own.--
These sentiments she has never ativuksiiind
these princiiiks she 1..+ never vio!sted.
Flethted to ehe maintenance of the rights of
the North, 14 will as dente of the South
sin C e -n ly desirous to promote therefee, hat.
m my and welfareof um whole country-4'mi
etienlamling all intention ur dealt. to MLit
t' re with the Constitutional rights of VW
States, or their dom Etc inatitutirlete—
peeple of ibis CUIIIITIOCIWCiah vicomi
alarm end appreheusion the repeal of
Id a monri Comprynnise —a eon:minimise rat. -
di. red sacred in public esteem by its allow -
abort and eonuection with the great caustics(
national harmony and_ Limon—re g a r din g it
as a palpable violation of the plighted fait
and honor of the Nation, end as an unwar
rentable attempt to extend the i rein tion of
domestic Slavery to territories then frow„...—i
This reckless and indefensible act, of tsar
National Con sit ; , DOt qatv
irlinnsieg tr, • ritit4-4 the it&i . 4 . l• •
flan of vexed and distreeting questleilie:Nrj'
as ii,...tnitstritititcr, it has blind KAMM whM
fraud, violence and etrife,
w i th blood, and by a sy stem of territoivi
jn.tly — infamous" has
made freedom of up, eeh and of the pets a
felo n y, and perilled the great prinZiples aft
liberty and equal rights. If the doeteiticot
"pepular...itmereiziY.:Lie, in gockiThdal bt
applied to that Territory —if the people
tfrereof are to Ise left 'perfectly free t o et sio , t -
awl regulate their dorneetic institutions in -'
thew own way. subject only to the Coaotitu—
tion of the United Suttee." then, the °Nome-.
lion of the great Nstioo tl highways ttLoii
Northern emigrant, the employment orthis
National forces, and the initiverstOn of IS*
and justice ahko by the officials in Kamm.
and Waahington, to force Slavery %RP AIM,,
unwilling pcoplu, cannel be WO screk^ekr , ,
condemned.
. .
Freedom is the great cell t re• truti of Atom%
i can Republicanistn—the great law of AMIIP.t
loan Nationality: Slavery is tho exempla,
It is local and wettest' I ; and its SZtSaltiatt,
beyond the jurisdiction et - eating it, or to tho
free terri tones of the Union, was nee dr •
signed or contemplated by the patriotlbned— , '
ers of the Republic. In acconianoa
those achaitnonts. Pennsylvania. true to tho;
principles of the Act et , 1780. whleh
cd StarcrylOwithin her territor:sl
truo to the greartioctrines of the Oiditiitiki'
of 1787. which &cheated to freedom thee.
North Weatcr,l Tymtory cd the
tine to National fitiA and Nattunal hotlol% -
asks and expects. tut dice to her own cifiletis
who have in good frith settle/ in the Terri '
lure pf Katona. and as doe to the r.•
andip.ergy of a free pcople, that Kan*"
shottfil Ice free.
In this connection, and a, .40 , 1 , 4e(illelit UP ,
I on the repeal of are Missouri l'oitynnoter,
reference to a proposition made by sot:neer
the leading Southern journals, %nil
s ave ree - •
evntiy sanctioned by high otli inl authority
in a sister State, to re optAi: the Africaunlato ,
trade, %%ill Jipt be deemed improper. That
such a traffic, declared to bo piracy ; and ra
cer/M.ll by the civilized world -..tat'chnetttidr—
with horrors in every siege of it, prima •-•' „
so revultilig . to troy sentiment uf- Ituatistigir!
—every impulse of pile« awl -4
should he advocated or eparidett iii tht•t i
nineteenth century, with apparent alnetiitY,
atuturged a.s a measure of political economy
and of Justice and equality fo thst,,. stnntigut
States of the rninn,pre Hilts thht 9atl, their .
only explinatien . and a wild enthttaissm, et
a still milder fanatieimn that nerrwttehrallis"
tha reason and the ernseienee, Tfiarwilitaloint
and humanity of a proprnition aro tentilling_ , !.-
andinonstrous, must seek their pandlel-snot , -
illustration in the dattivoria of the Inquiet.
lion, or in the hold of a slsie ship , Olathe 1
horrors of the "middle. paantege- 'Equally '• -
repulsive to the intelligent and virtuous ant. t"
ttri4FC„Alte South AM well As ttlifit6,444_
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Vilt erfillfilidriiiatitrizri_ e p every'
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