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ISoD.ioaibTioy.—Ono Dollar ond Fifty Cents,
I paid in iulvntico i Two Dollarjit. paid, within tho
vfrfr'* 'antl;TAvot Dollars and Fifty .Cents, if not
ioWtWlWniftio .year.. Tbosojerms Will bo rig
wfriftdhorccl to in .every, instance.. No sub-
Borlptlp.® ; discontinued until all arrearages br'o
paid ,o(‘ the Editor.
-Acconipdnlcdliy the cahu,
amf not,exceeding Oneaquare,Wni. bo Inserted
I tfirob't’lrfioi M Orto boilnt, artd twenty-five conta
1 jflf’dKWadditlbria! insertion. ThOßobrAgreot
tdpfc^]li; '
• Jdß»rfln#iifd- J -Slifclf as Hand-bills, Posting
blllff,d^iWphfdtSi’Blankb, 'Labels; &ci, &c.,oxc*
cntod lvrtb Ucditrhey and at the shortest notice.'
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE.
• 1 ‘ '' ' i 1
To'fhe Honorable the Senator* and members of
* ifojlouse of Representatives of the General
...Assembly*
- FeM.OW‘CitizbK3— Tn mbedienco to the con
fUimiiVii and lows of this Commonwealth, yon
W»c assembled to discharge the Important and
responsible duties that devolve upon vou. To
protect the rights and privileges of the,people,
advance their interests, and promote the welfare
R of . the Slate, Should be the aim
antfend of all your legislation. In the discharge
of iny duties. «t will be a pleasure to co operate
you in the accomplishment ol 4 these objects.
•’i f hc past year lias nccn one of unusual pros*
pent/. '.The bounlicaofa kiud Providence have
not,been withheld from our Commonwealth.—
j\ plenteous l|arvest has rewarded the labor of
the husbandman. Honorable industry, in all
jfe has been encouraged. No fi
irtdcial 'embarrassments—no commercial dis
political or social evils, have inter
rllptcd the progress,'or checked the energies of
th'c ; pcop|e. The great interests of education,
hiorahty and Religion, have been cherished and
sjtsiaiilcd. Health and peace, with their at
tendant 'bluings, have oeen ours. To Him
•‘who rules the Nations by bis power, and from
whom (Someth' down every good and perfect
glft» * arc we indebted for these mercies, and to
iliih should be given the homage of our devout
gfalilmlc and praise.
The financial condition of the Commonwealth
is highly satisfactory. Every nunand upon
the Treasury has been promptly met and paid,
without the aid of loans. The operations of,
this department will br exhibited in detail in'
iht Report of the State Treasurer. j
For thy fiscal year ending November 30, j
1856. the receipts at the Treasury {including
the balance in the Treasury on tho fu st day of
December, 1855. of 61.243 OUT 33) have boon 1
50.C21.937 C 4. Tho total expenditures for the
sartte period, was 55.377.142 22. Balance in
tile Treasury December 1,1850. 51.244,795 42.
Excluding tlie balance in the Treasury on the
first of , IWcchibop. 1855. the receipts, from all
sources, were $5,378,240 33. The ordinary
expenditures for the same period, were $4 113.-
144 J 77,'tdjowhig an excess of receipts over or
dinary expenditures of §1.205,095 SG.
The "extraordinary -payments for the same
year/were $1,203,997 45, as follows, viz,: To
the completion of’the Portage Railroad, and for
(Inpayment of debts previously contracted on I
that'work,'slBl,494 11: to die North Bronchi
extension. 51 22 723 52: to re-lay the south j
track'df the''Columbia Railroad. $207 000 00 :
for motivepower In 1855. 8118.049 42: to en
large? the Delaware Division of tho Pennsylva
sl3,9oo 00 : for general renai rs in
1853- , 54—*55; $03.9(55 llflo domestic credi
tors, $l5l- OS ; toold claims on the Main Lino,
examined by (he Commissioners, and paid un-
ofMay ; 22, 09 ; to
tho redemption, of. Loans.. $327,824. 47; and
Ktlh*rdoles eanct‘ir»<rs3k.2l7 00. - - " - ’
- >Tho jntrt*o«t on'tlie flimled’debt which fell
i iuo \w,February and August last, was then
i_ paid, and that which becomes duo in February
||noxt. will be paid with equal promptness, nut
jf*of available means now in tlie treasury. The
‘punctuality with which the interest on the pub.
lie debt has been paid, and the ability of the
I treasury to meet all legitimate demands upon
I it. have inspired public confidence in our wen •
Iwilies. and contributed largely to establish ami
■ sustain the credit of the Commonwealth,
r The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund re
port the sum of $722,432 93 as due by the
‘Treasury In (hat fund. This amount will be
applied to the redemption of Relief notes now
in circulation, ami to the payment of (he land
ed debt. Heretofore the available means in the
treasury have lieeii applied, to some extent, in
litvmcnt of outstanding temporary loans.which
tear an annual interest of six per centum : ii
Iwing deemed advisable as a nm'ler of economy
to pay these loans, rather (Itan the fund <1
debt, which bears a much less rale of interest
'flt i* expected that the balance of the tempora
ry loans will be paid before the close of the
current year, and the operation of (ha Sinking
Fund resumed and continued as directed by
law.
.Tho.funded and unfunded debt of the Stale,
including temporary loans, on the first day of
December, 1855. as per Reports of the Auditor
General and Stale Treasurer, was as follows,
▼is
funded debt.
0 per cent, loan . . $51fi,154 93
S. .do. . . do . . . .38.903 445 04
44-do. ..do. . . . 388.200 00
4 . do. ..do. . , . 100.000 00
Total funded debt 39,007,799 97
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Relief notes in cir
enlalion $258,77.1 00
lot. cm. outstnd'n 29.157 25
Domoaio creditors 1,204 00
B*l. lenip’ry loan
April 19, 1853 . 525,000 00
Bsl. Icnip’rv loan
May 9, 1854.. 346 000 00
Tot. unfund d debt .—-1,100,194 26
Total debt Deo. 1. 1855. . . . 41,007,994 22
Tho funded and unfunded debt at the close
«l the last fiscal year, Dee. 1, 1655, was ns fed
i '»»«. vie r
I 5 prr cent, loan . . $511,781 00
do. , .do 38,800,994 50
4|, <10.,. .do. .... 388.200 00
4. .do. . .do. .. . . 100,000 00
Total funded debt 39,800,975 60
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Relief notes Id cir
culation $220,550 00
Jnt, cert. outstnd’g 21,091 37
Db ; . .unclaimed 4.448 38
notnqslic creditors 1,104 00
Dal. tcmpVy loan
April 19. 1853. 400,000 00
Ral. tctnpVy loan
•May 9, 1554.. . 184.(300 00
. Tot. unfunded debt 834,859 75
Total debt Dee. 1, 1850. . . . 40,701,835 25
Total debt Deo. 1,1855 $41,007,994 22
. Do do. 1,1856; 40.701,835 25
' 'Dccpcaso . j. . 300.158 97
St thus appears that during tho past fiscal
year the sum of three hundred and slxty-nix,
thousand one hundred and fifty-eight dollars
*nd ninety-seven cents has been paid in liqul-;
datlop of tho public debt- This, taken In con-'
pcclion with tho fact that during the year end
•ng Npvembcr<oo,lBs5 r six. hundred and thirty
thousand six hundred and one dollars and two
Wua wire paid, on tho .same account, exhibits
Jfratlfylng fact, that ,tho process of redu
ce.tho nublic dcbt hau,'commonccd ; and. tin
chocked-by reckless mismanagement nnd
expenditure, mtiat conlinuo.’nntili
fllf °'Commonwealth arc relieved
debt, and taxation with which they
K? SJfrSH *. n to this reduction of
tmJIIi *”B° appropriations and nayr
«ana veto made for tho completion of tho Por-
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BY JOHN B. BEATTON.
YOL. 43.
Inge Railroad and for debt a previously contract
ed on thatwork—for old and unsettled claims/
recently.adjusted by the , Commissioners ap
pointed under tbo act of lost scsatdb —for re
laying llic South tract of the Columbia Railroad
—for enlarging, the Delaware Division of the
canal, and. for other purposes. These extraor
dinary demands upon, the Treasury have, or
will soon cease, with Die necessity that created
them ; and thus leave a still larger portiop of
the revenues to be applied in payment of 1 the
public debt.
A careful examination of the financial condi
tion of the Commonweal th—her soti rccs of rev
enue and the probable future expenditures, has
inspirted the hope that the lime is not far dis
tant when tho public debt will be fully paid,
and this without increasing tho subject erra
tic of taxation. It has already been shown
that the revenues of the past year exceeded the
ordinary expenditures one million two hundred
and sixty-five thousand ninety-five dollars and
fifty-si be cents. The estimated receipts and
expenditures for the current year, winch will
he presented to you in tho Report of the Slato
Treasurer, show that the excess of receipts,
over ordinary expenditures, may reach the sum
of one aim a half millions of dollars. These es
timates. although approximations, will not be
far from the true result. Allowing, then, four
; hundred thousand dollars for annual exlrnordi
, nary expenditures—-and tinder a wise system of i
I economy in no probable contingency can they I
! exceed that Hum—we will have at hast one'
1 million of dollars to be appropriated annually 1
, for the payment of tho public debt. With the
j rapid devdopctnenl of the wealth and resources
jof the Commonwealth—tho increase of popula- i
lion—of the value of real estate, and of the a
mounl and value of property of every descrip
tion, the revenues most and will continue to
increase. This natural and necessary increase
of revenue will supply every deficiency and ev- 1
cry demand upon (beTreasury that fulls within
the range of probability. If. then,- the sum of
one million dollars be appropriated annually in
liquidation of this debt, and the accruing in
terest on the sums paid be applied in the man
ner of a sinking fund, the entire indebtedness
of the Commonwealth will be extinguished in
less than twenty-three years. If these premi
ses arc correct —and their correctness can only
be impaired by unwise legislation, or the im
prudent management of our finances—the
MUh of the proposition is susceptible of the
clearest demonstration. Assuming tho public
debt on tho first day of December, 1,850. to be.
in round numbers, forty millions five hundred
thousand dollars, and at theendbf each fiscaT
year one million dollars, with Pie accruing in
terests on former payments, will lie paid, yn
erring caloulali n will determine the result to
be as,before indicated. Thus, before the expi
ration of the year 1879, Pennsylvania may
stand redeemed from the oppression of her pub
lic debt, and her people be released from a tax
ation imposed -to.mcet.itp accruing-imcrcst.and
to umimpin the faith : and, credit of the Coin-.
iiiionwealpK ’ views arc not utopian. By
tpracticibg' htrict DjoTibhi'y fii 1 alt “departments
of’the government—avoiding-extravagant ex
pumliiure—refusing to .nmiertpkc, any new
schemes of internal improvement, ami holding
to a ligid accountability the receiving and dis
bursing agents of the State, their realization
may be anticipated wnb confidence.
I must again call the attention of the Legis
lature to a subject referred to in my last anim
al message, in the following terms : J
•*lly Iho thirty-eighth section of the Act orj
thclGMiof April, 1845, entitled An Act u» 1
provide fur tin- ordinary expenses of fluvern
ment, the repair of tin-canals and railroads of j
the Stale. and oilier claims upon the Common- 1
wealth.’ tho tiovernor was authorized to cause
certificates o( Slate slock to l»e issued to .all
persona or bodies corporate holding certificates
for the payment of interest on the funded debt
of the State, which fell due on the first day of
August.. 1842. the first days of I’Mmmry mid
August. 1843, and the first days of February
and August, 1844, in an amount equal to the
amount of certificates ro held, upon their de
livering up said certificates to the Auditor t Jen
eral. In pursuance of the authority thus giv
en, certificates of Stale Stock to the amount of
four millions one hundred and five thousand
one hundred and fifty dollars and twenty cents
bearing interest at the rate of five per cent, per
annum, pnj able semi annually on the first days
of February and August in each year, and re
deemable on or after the first day of August.
1855. were issued. The minimum period fixed
by law for the redemption of these certificates
expired on the first day of August, 1855. No
provision has been made for thcirrcnewol or re
demption.
Although by the terms of ihc Act oulhoriz-*
mg these certificates of Slate stock, as also by
the conditions of the certificates issued m pur
suance thereof, the time of payment, after the
expiration of the minimum period, is optional
with tho debtor, the Commonwealth, yet a due
regard for the credit of the Stale requires that
provision should be made fur their renewal or
redemption. To redeem those certificates, n
loan would Income necessary, and ns a loan
cannot be elleCled in the present financial con
dition of the country, on terms more favorable
to the Stale, than those on which these certifi
cates were issued, I would lecommend that au
thority Ikj given to issue the bonds nf the Com
monwealth iq renewed of suit! certificates.bear
ing interest at the rale of five per cent, per an
num. payable semi nnnmdly, and redeemable
on or after thoexpirnllon of twenty years t and
that the bonds be Issued with coupons or cer
tificates of interest attached, m simm equal in
amount to tho semi-annual Interest thereon,
payable oh the first days of February and Au
gust Jn each and every year, at such place as
mov bo designated. This change in tho form
«n; character of the certificates, it is believed,
will be so advantageous to.ihc holders, without
increasing tho liabilities of the Commonwealth,
ns to induce a willing anil prompt exchange, at
aprcmlum for the bonds proposed to be issu-
Thc report of the Canal Commissioners will
belaid before you. and will exhibit in detail
the condition of tho public works—their gener
al operation, and the receipts and expenditures
for the past Usual year.
The total receipts at the Treasury, from the
public works, for the year ending November
30, 1850, were $2,000,015 00, being an In
crease over the revenues of the previous year of
$03,638 96. Of this sum. $1,013,589 16
wcro'canal and bridge tolls, and $992,420 60
were tolls of the Columbia and Portage' Rail
roads.
The aggregate expenditures for tho same
year were $1,943,890 82. being an increase
over thosoof the previous yenrof $105,105 04.
.the revenues exceeding tho expenditures only
$02.118 84. i
Tho Increase of tho revenues from those works
would be encouraging, were it not for the fact
that the expenditures hftvo Increased fri a still
greater pl-opoKion—l|iocxpciidilurcs, ordinary
and extraordinary, exhausting almost tho .en
tire revenue from this source. The system
must be; defective, or',ino‘ro care arid economy
should be exercised in its management.
the receipts, at tho Treasury, from tiiq sev
eral divisions were as follows—vix';
Maine Line $1
Susq’n N. Branch & W. Branch
Dataware
Total receipts 2.000,015 CO
Tho extraordinary payments during tho year
amounted to $808,892 10 ; ordinary expendi
tures 81.135,004 00; net revenue, (excluding
extraordinary payments and for motive power)
$871,011 00. 1
On the Main Line, tho tolls received at the
Treasury from tho Columbia Road were $091,-
070 60; expenditures 5528.048 80: lolls on,
the Eastern Division of Canal, from Columbia i
to the Junction, $119,718 30; expenditures,!
$53,048 50; receipts from the Juno ion to 1
Pittsburg, including the Portage Railroad. !
$117,778 00; ordinary expenditures $304.-!
702 22, The 'dial receipts on the Main Line
were SI .229.272 80; aggregate expenditures.!
(excluding $207,000 0() paid for relaying the
south track of the Columbia Railroad, and;
$103,049 42 for motive power in 1855 and of-1
ter December Ist, 1850.) were $885,835 05.
being an excess of revenue over ordinary expen- ■
Mures of $343,439 21, I
Although tho receipts from iho|Delawaro Di
vision arc less than those of the previous year,
yet the general result of its operations is satis
factory. The net levenuc at the Treasury was
$204,095 40. Its management has been char
acterized by a degree of economy ton seldom
practiced on some of the lines of our itnprov o
ments.
However important this Division may be to
the trade and business of that portion of the !
S ate, its proposed enlargement should not be
undertaken, unless demanded by reasons of;
over-ruling necessity. Tho experience of the ■
past, ns connected with the Alleghany Portage
Railroad, and the North Branch Extension
should warn ns against undertaking, without
great caution, any new measure of improve
ment. which may drain the Treasury,
aiding materially, if at all. io the public inter
ests. K kept in good order by efficient and
timely repairs, its capacity will he fully equal
to all tho demands of its trade and business.
The Portage Railroad is not fully completed. |
A small additional appropriation may yet be \
required to complete, for the fourth time, this ,
road. It is anxiously hoped that this tinpro-'
ductivo improvement niay soon cease its cor-;
mornnt demands upon the Treasury. Every
year’s cxpeiicncc more dearly reveals the im-;
policy of the State in undertaking this work. ]
It gives me no ordinary pleasure (o Inform '
you that the North Branch Extension of the
Pennsylvania Canal ha a been so far completed,
that boats freighted with coal and other pro
ducts, were successfully passed through its en
tire length from Pittstnn to the Junetkm Canal.
This work Was commenced in 1830—suspended
in 184l>r-reBUtnedi in 1849. and finished- 1 in
1850;.although its,completion was ofiloiallyqn.
nminccd in lBp3. It extends rmm.Pjtttytnn lb
the Now York Stafo’Lme, a distance of/'about
ninety-four miles, following the of Die
Susquehanna'to Athens; and-thence.along*ilic
Chemung* Riycr -lino. wjujre.jti
joins the V Junction CunaK’ ana is thus con
nected with the New York Improvements.
The importance and value of this improve
ment cannot easily be over estimated. Pass
ing through,one of the richest and Ag
ricultural portions.of llie Stole, ft offers in the
mundnSc'and valuable products of that region,
a safe and cheap transit fo'tlip markets of New
York. Baltimore, .and Philadelphia. In ibe
completion of (his Canal the difficulties to he
overcome and ibe labor to he performed were |
great. Bolh these, In a great extent have .
been accomplished under die superim end* tic v ,
of Wm U. Mntill. Iwj , to wlium ibis work
was assigned.
This canal although completed and befon i
the close of navigation, used for the purpose of>
Iran-porlaiion, is not peifed. Sinks in thej
ImUom, Irom Ibe nature of Hie formation and
“nils (lirnnyh winch il pn<;si-s. shdifi from llie
, hills, and breaches may occur but these after
; a few vents nf well npplnd labor, will lie di
mmished. and by vigilance and care entirely
prevented.
This improvement, olthongh subject to the
rhnlry of competing railroads, if kept in good
condition under proper management, will re
ccive iik full share of coal and odier tonage. Il
is anticipated that (he revenues for the cur
rent year, will equal, if not exceed the expen
ditures : ami inocnsing with the facilities af
fonhd and the rapid developetnent of trade
will, instead of its heretofore unceasing de
innnds upon the Treasury, tnly? precedence m
revenue over any canal in the Coingiomrenllh
In relation to the propriety and policy of the
sale of the Main Line of our public improve
mcnfs. my opinion has not changed. Even
consideration of public policy, of present and
future interest, requires the separation of the
State from the management and comrniof
these works. The expenditures on that pop
fion of the line, between the Junction and Pits
burg. largely exceed the revenues the excess
averaging annually not less than one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars ; and causes are in
constant operation that will still more increase
I his deficiency. This rontinnal drain upon the
Treasury, to sustain a work, so unproductive,
should at once be checked. A sale of the Mam
Line, fora fair consideration, and upon terms
just and liberal to the purchasers is the proper
remedy- Such sale on terms amply protect,
ivo of the rights ami interests of the people.can
by proper legislation be elfccled. In cornice
lion with the payment of the public debt, ibis
question becomes deeply impoitant The sale
would constitute a new era in the financial his
tory of the Slate, and assnie a still more speedy
reduction of tho public debt, than that to which
reference has been made. The snhjtct is earn
estly commended to your favorable eonsidem
lion.
Phe subject of hanks and banking capilnl in
its relations to the currency—(hegeneral inter
ests of; trade and ond the industrial
pursuits of the citizen, deserve your careful at
tcntfnn. My ‘ views expressed irt a former
communication 'remain unchanged. 1 Tho In
corporation of new, or the rebhhrler of old and
solvent banks, when actually, necessary, and
demanded by the warps of legiiimnu* trade in
the community where located, should ho fat-nr
od under no other circumstances should erth
or b« permitted. In the creation of hanks the
interests of’the Slate apd people nhpuld boron,
suited ; artel a just discrjnnpation os to number
locality a ltd the demands of trade tjc exercised
"ho rapid Increase of population tho Impor
tance and value of our homo aml'fbiMign loom
mercc. the constant dcvelnpcmenl of the mate
rial wealth of tho .State, thoyxleut.of our man
ufacturing, inechapical nnd ngricnltnrul imiim.
try. the fact that State is Hooded by depreciat
ed currency introduced by private bankers and
brokers, might justify, tinder, the. foMHotlniH
nnd limUaiions indicated, a judicious increase
lof hnnkjiiu capital wiiliin our Cnmnionp’cnltii.
This, whilst it would.aid the Operations' of
trade, and supply the real business wains of
the people, would, at the same lime, remedy,
to some qxtcnl. the evils of a dc|)rooia;ed,for
eign and illegal currency.
By the Act approved the oth day of Novem
ber last, tho thirtieth section of the Act'of
1850, regulating banks, will be after ihu first
day of July next, extended to all incorporated
“oun oocxTiiY--mat it ALWAYS nfe'ntGiiT—DCS luanion wnotro, our ooosrav."
CARLISLE, PA., TIIURSDIY, jANUAiIY 15,1857.
86 1 saving fund, trust antJ insurance pompamca,
.*)1 i Thai spciion declares “that it flliaJT'nbt bo law*-'
29 ; fill for nny of thesaid bariTtg' loMssuo or pdy
out any bank notes othet*,than- by.
229.272
420,820
349,922
) itself, payable on, demand, in gold orsllver i,
r roles of specie paying banks of tliirt State wtycH
~ arc taken on depositeef in paVrofent'of debts, at
,' par at the counter of the bank where paid out;
[ or notes of banks .under the authority of-i
I the Act of the 4th of’Maj% 1841. nt the option
. i of the person receiving the same,*'.
. 1 Tliese enactments' were intended to protect
i the community against {Wevilauf a dcprccia-:
I led currency, and :pr<*ycnt Ub introduction from;
jollier States. However welljirtlendcd they'
,' will fail to sccnre'tbcsc object's, bplcss made to’
! embrace private ’ bankers of that,
claw, whoso profits are laVgciy.dependent upon
the introduction into the a* cur*
j rency. la many tpp nptea of oiir.
own banks are collected Dy.priv ( a_|c haukcia and ,
; brokers, and with k 'thesc‘,'Or/ witli the specie (
I withdrawn fromlho’ bhpksissiilfig'llitro, they^
! purchase deprccloicjl and .foreign’bank paper'
! which is paid out aj at their count era. By !
I others laigo .loans’ iwc, nVgpdstsl, with banka.,
I o;it pf the fjlatbi at less tliftn ihc' usual rate of
( interest, and their notes; 5 6IVcn r df a less denbm-'!
motion than five.'dollars, and always at a dis-,
’ count, brought into, the StyterfUid put into cir*:|
1 cninlion in the manner indicated, and,this loo, '
under an ngrqeMcnt with the bank - making the
loan, that the nbtraUWiSipoldWU shall he kept
,in circulation. Tho>'cffeot)tiJt , iliis system of
' private honking has been tp ljpiit the cirailn
> linn of the par, pnpei; of. oap.Own banks, and
'substitute in its : pirice ; ft foreign,' depreciated,
fknd often a worthless cdrrerib.t'.-justice to
’the Bank, Trust 'and r Tnsturahce icompnuies,
paying o heavy anmvfl - laxity .the Common-,
wealth for their privileges, ois for the. protec
tion of the people 'against thcSj evils, cither the
provisions of the thirllfeth Rcdti&n of the Act of
IH6O, should.-be repealed, or rfurthcr extended.;
I so ns to embrace ppvwtq individuals ond asso* f
ciaiions. who may f m9.nopolize‘pnd control, ip ,
the detriment of Ihc'pubhc, this' trnfilc in de- J
precinted bank paper, wllhwit restraint and ;
without taxation. |
[ The Report, of the SiiMfintcndcnt of the ,
Oornnion Schoolit'wnVcxblbitlb'yon the mtm
| lier and conditioii dr the'SdWftls—-the number
. of teachers and scholars, amblhcgeneral opera
' lions rifjtho past year. To
, the vnluable'StalfllukU 'infoyfiiation of the re
j port, and the : nsofiij .stfggostfohs for the im-
I p-ovement of the yoOr early
and intelligent considerations ■
- From ft small'.nrd iSoroptCtofively unimpor
tant incident ofitbc StfttC pcMrlnient. the caro
find mnnngpjncnt of the publiq schools of the
Commonwealth’.* with tjWir ’gwlntcen hundred
districts—ten dhnnsriricT directors—twelve ihon-
Hftnd teachers,‘ftjul dvet thousand
scholars, have hecomq-pw lmportant and
laborious 'branch ,of that Oeiiarluicni. The in
creased nlid Increasing 'business of tlio system,
lifts'been met by o '(lOFrtalipndeni increase-of
zeal. Inline and cffaricrjoy impic-officcrs W Whom
the law has commhu-ditsj?\poral direction and
suptr&lsltVn? 'lTTcy'
wt*e ana generous legislation. 'The.magnitude
ami importance of the Kystetn. in its polllioal.
social, and moral relations to the present and
future of the people, that UiiftißhiiM lx*
done. . The-gilnnlianslitp <af t/io . r rotrtd- 6f the
.Siaic. should occupy a rlijufnct nnd prominent;
place among the noble institutions of the Com-,
momvialih It should receive the efficient aid
and encouragement of tlx? government. and he I
soH'Qine't by n virluous and Intelligent people |
If t lie revenue and treasures of the Si me— her ,
public improvement s—her lands and ilieir title* 1
require and deserve the marked nnd distinctive
, can* ot the government, how much mnie should
! her menial and iniellec ual mamm-s. richer
> ihun gidd— '.he social and moral improvement
jof Ini people nmte valuable than canals nnd
i ailwi \ s --i he tides nf her youth to the hound
i less He'd' - of knmrlo Ige higher than any oft arth
, nr might growing out of‘its ownership. claim
I an Imnorahlc position, nnd receive a care and
| aid ismmien.suraic with their greater value nnd
| usefulness
I The t’mjnly Superinlendcncy, wherever il
I Ims h n en committed to faithful ami efficient
I min lum fully vindicated tlie wisdom and poli
;iv of 1 1 1 al incnHiiro It is slowly but surely
1 M‘ino\iii{! the prejudices mid gaining the con
] lidi'in'c ol ihc people. VVlutltviT »Jlc:lfl limi 1
■anil experience may devclope. in this or nny
| nt hf branch of I hr sysreni, nhonld be prompt
,iy eorrecicd Uni lin'd |{;o necessity for
change is esta hli-htd. the system, in its unity
ami integrity. should t>c pioinlained, nml if
ehnngid. ehangul only to render more certain
ihe accomplishment of iU hublo purposes and
ohjecis
A sufficient number of competent and well
trained teachers is die great want- of the sys
lem. hi its structure nmborgamzaiion it is as
perftci. if no iimre so than any of the sys
ictus of onr sister Suuw But the teacher is
wanied to cm* it proper vilullty and efficiency
ti. devclope Its true force and value—to secure
die great object of ns creation, the thorough
education of the youth of the Commonwealth
How can tins nant he supplied? How arc
teachers to he trained and provided to meet
this ednen lonnl demand ? Must we tie depen
dent upon the i rum Mi-' schools of other Slates i
Must nur system In* jenpnnlwl, and its success
perilled, by waning die -low and unaided ef
forts of yolinii ni\ u-sne.iatiuipi to furnish thi
much needed -a -lm ' Voluntary ftssoeintto-s
of common school nnHiers have accomplished
much in their cii-mtieiested and noble eflnrts to
remedy tins deled They ore wor.hv the
highest commend o ion —l hoy deserve .very en
eiuirngeiiii iil The\ can and Will do more •
Inn unaided ilun cannot accomplish the objec
desired, The l,e r I'lnturc must provide tin
remedy—they mil supply the dellciency. Ii
should lie done promptly and effectually. No
subject of greater mteiest can occupy iournt
(entiop ns lepidit ms—no one oppcalp piury
earnesily to only it"d patriotism,
fn n fornuT enmmomcniion to the legislature
the rStahllshtnem of Siato Normal Schools, for
the education of teachers, was drged as indis
pensably ncot-Ksni v to i he perfection of the sys
tern. With full confidence ip their utility and
necessity, I ngain ncuitmicnd them/ These
itisi.ituiSoiis. with iheir proper Professors, and
ftimUcitnccH. snpported by the, Stale, would
rm'ct'ihe wants and elevate the character of our
oonhuon schools.
Tl-hcWh' fristhntp-! nH mod) ary lo Normal
Schools. whe n:m "pern iimi and supplying their
place, till f-livnld b« aided by- tho
fjlnlo. .One snob ii>'iiuHt! 'in enc;i ronnty.
meollng nnminllv muU-r Ihe fostering cure of
tho (hivernmeot « 'd hi* productive nr most
bnnHioinl i-chmlin. Wmlsi ii would improve
teachers nmi pn-puv iliem f.*r iheir important
arid fcHpopsililc dm ii-.s. it would, vlwuie i\nd
dignity- a prnli 109 lf»njs, neglected mid
m)dfr-vn|iu il bv most deeply In I crested pi
limWnhlo lilhhrs Tlnw mi-rtsfm-s an also in
addition' lo the minimi Sm'o ‘appropriation for
common HChools, m mi amount limited only by
t!|e necessities of'lie Tryas'iry, wmjjd (five civ
yrgv In the, hVKinn —mcronfle s's crtlclcncy—
find Unis prohibit l the inn l interests of llio pco*
plo and tin* Commonwealth
Our educational, charitable and reformatory
iiißtitulioDß have strong claims upon tho befun*
tv, .of the. -people, and I cordially commend
: Them to your caro and liberality;.
' The, State Lunatic Assylum at Harrisburg,
, aWd the ' ‘Weaterrt Pcnnaylvarim Hospital for
tHe Tnflanc, ’ and other kindred purposes at
Pittnborg,arb noble-charities, and deserve the
aid and encouragement of the. State. The an
nual reports of these, inelitutions will belaid
i before yon, and will exhibit in detail their op
erations'during the past year.
-’The House of tlefugo in Philadelphia, and;
the Western House of Refuge near Pittsburg,
are institutions, of great excellence, and their
results clearly establish the wisdom of the pol*
icy thnt founded and sustains them. They
o'nght not to 1 be neglected : nor‘should the aid
of thfc Commonwealth bo withheld from them.
and the “Deaf and Dumb As
sylpHis” at Philadelphia : and “the Pennsyl
vania training school for idiotic and feeble mjp
{ded children ,arc institution that appeal, in
( silence and sorrow, to the best and purest feel
ings of the heart, arid ask your sympathy and
aid. They should receive a generous shore of
! the benefactions of the State,
i Agriculture in its varied departments, is the
great interest of the Commonwealth. It is
! the basis alike of financial and commercial
, success, and.of Stale and 'national prosperity.
I An interest so important should be fostered by
the Stale. l and honored by al! classes of society.
To its promotion nhd success all should, cheer
fully contribute. In a former communication
I recommended the establishment of an Agricul
tural bureau, in connection with some one
of tho Slate Departments, to give efficiency to
the collection and diffusion oruseful knowledge
on this subject, ami to encourage scientific and 1
practical agriculture. Science, with wondrous I
energy, has aided the husbandman in his lion- ].
orable vocation, ami pi offers still more help. |
The Sin*v should hervo his arm and cheer him
onward in this, (he first and noblest pursuit of
mnh. ’This subject, in connection with an ap
propriation to Inc ‘•Fanners High School of
l > ennsylvania”- i -nn Institution destined to be
an honor .to the Commonwealth —is recommen
ded to, your favorable'consideration.
The “Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania,”
established by the'enterprise and liberality of
some of t|tb patriotic citizens of Philadelphia,
ns a school of tljo applied sciences, deserves
honorable mention, and should receive the con
fidence and patronage of the public. In the
teachings of th{s TiistitutiOn, literature science
and art, in happy* union, meet to prepare our
young-men for .the practical business of life.
: for-mining, mechanical and civil engineering,
and fpr promoting intelligently and efficiently
the great interests of manufacturing and agri
cultural industry
The lows bn the statute book regulating
manufacturing and improvement companies.
I require revision. They arc unnecessarily strin
gent in many of their provisions, and thus de
feat the object of their enactment. They drive
capiial from the-Stale, instead of, .inviting its
investment here l and' inWtcitd ‘6T encouraging
individual and associated enterprise and energy
in Tho develbpement of our Immense natural
resources, they.bind and crush both by severe
Vestneiionfi-H-unwiw limitations -.and .personal
liabilities. The sulycct deserves careful atten
tion and liberal legislation.
T have so'frequently expressed my views in
relation to local.--special ami ‘'omnibus’’ legis
lation. that tberr.reiteration ;fpjw becomes tm
necessary Legislation.’so-far ns practicable, j
should tm general ind uniform- Local and I
spennt legislation, when the object desired can j
be seen red by general laws nr by the action of j
the (’'iiirts should tie avoided ‘-Omnibus ,
l.egisln’ion" ennnol under any cireunwlnnees j
be pistilied or approved 700 »nt«r b legislation i
is an eiil ibnl prevails eTtensivelv in l.«‘gislt\
Mve Hulls 1 1 s avniduiwe would not be mju t
nous to public nr private ini eresls 1
I The practice of delaying the passage of the
j general appropriation bill until lh" last flays
of the session and incorporating m Us prnvis
j ions uncompiiLiblc with its general diameter
I and obnoxious’ when standing alone In tnsur
-1 mountable objections is higblv sensurnble and
should lie discontinued. The attempt thus
rnado to force, by a species of legislative legdr
domain, the passage of objectionable measures ;
through the Legislature, and compel their
sanction by the Executive, has been 100 often I
successful. The practice cannot bo 100 strong
ly condemned—it cannot receive my sane-J
lion
f The Militia fiow of the Stare is imperfect In
many of Mb provisions, and should he revised
r The powers and duties ol the Commnndy in
' (’li'ef hlmuld he more clearly defined, ns also
of the other officers connected with the Mililn
.’ ry organization of the Commonwealth. This
is necessary to prevent a conllict of jurisdio
lion with oilier departments of the Govern
-1 menl. and to give greater efficiency to our
Military svslem. Volunteer companies should
5 he encouraged—onr enure military system
should he r.-nml ’led and unde to occupy that
! honnniMc position which fiom its-importance
and necessity it deserveH
Near the close of the last session of the Leg
islntore, I transmitted to that body An Ordi
nance passed hy the Select and Common Conn
‘ oils of the Guy of Philadelphia. approved by
the Minor on the 7th of April 18f*0 and' «fll
einllv communicated to me proposing to con
vey in the (’ormnnmiealth of Pennsylvania
a lot of ground in llml city for the purpose of
erecting thereon a Stale Arsenal. Want of
i mi<’ alone prewutM actum on the propOKilion
'hen vuhtniMed Tne ground thus oUered to
ihc Suite is valuable and its location most ollg
itile for (he purpose intended The condition
of the propose dgraul ore favorable to the States,
nml highly creditable to the Municipal author
iiih of Philadelphia . evincing a liberality and
pobho spirit worthy of all
The necessity of a State Arsenal hi that city
is so apparent that the snbjl-ct needs noelnhor
ofion in this communication. Af'ertho Bale of
ihe Slate Arsenal in Philodelphin. the public
arms were deposited in an old building, or out
house unsafe nml unfit as a dcpnjiory for pub i
lie properly. The sum of $3O 000 00. real!/. '
cd from that sale, is now in the Treasury : and i
by the 55t)i section u f on Act passed .the 19lh
day of April. A. D. T«53, entitled “An Act to |
provide for the ordinary expenses of govern- '
mom. &0..” the Governor was authorized to 1
apply the same to the purchase of a lot of [
ground and to the erection of an Arsenal there* |
on- Thin Hum wan found inhufllclcnt fur these
purposes, and consequently the object intended <
by the appropriation has not been accomplished, i
'By tiio cession of this lot. the Slate will bo 1
relieved from the expend!lure.of nny monoy for'
tho purchase of suitable grounds: and tho on 1
tiro sum of $30,000 00 may ho applied to tho
erection of tho necessary buildings • to which
sum can bo added, if deemed advisable, the
amount that may tyo realized from tho sulo of
the Arsenals ol Mcadville and Harrisburg, ob
recommended in niy Inst annua! 'message.
Tbcsti sums would ho amply sufficient to ac
complish this object.
1 would therefore again recommend the im
mediate. passage of a hill accepting the convey
ance of‘the said lot of ground from tho city of
Philadelphia; for'tho purposes nml upon the
terms and conditions contained ih the brdi
nßU?o t and that tho stun of $30,000.00 ho ap
propriated for the erection of % Stale Arflcual,
thereto. [
AT $2,00 PER ANNUM.
I On tlio sixth day of October, 1855, I appro
ved and signed a bin entitled "An act to repeal
the charter of (ho Eric and North East Hailroad
Company, aod to provide for the disposal ol (lie
Barao.” In pursnnnco of its provisions, lion.
Joseph Casey was appointed to take possession
and have the charge and custody of the road.
Before possession was taken, application was
nmdo-by the Company, to one of the Judges o(
the Supreme Court of Pa., for an injunction to
restrain the Agent of the State Ironi taking pos
session { and subsequently a cautionary order
was made by the Supreme Court, in banc, to
stay ( rocecdings under the Act. The questions
then pending before that Court were determin
ed in furor of (he Commonwealth—the constl.
lotionality of the Act sustained, and flic appli
cation for an injunction refused. Possession of
(tic road was then taken cy the Agent of the
State, as directed by law.
On the twenfy-iecond day of April, 1860, nn
Act, entitled “An act supplementary to the act
incorporating the Eric and North Bust Hailroad
Company” was passed. By this act the Brie
! and North East Railroad, as origjnully located
and 'constricted, was legalized nml continued ;
and certain changes hrthe road, were directed
lo bo made, and other acts to bo dotio by the |
Company. It was also provided “that the Gov. |
emor shall retain possession of the Erie and
North East Railroad, under the Act ol the Cth I
of October, 1866, until the provisions o( this I
act shall have been accepted by a vote of the |
stockholders of the Erie and North East Rail- ,
road Company, at a meeting called for that pur
pose.” On the fifteenth day of May, 1866, nln
meeting Of the stockholders called lor that par- I
pose, (he provisions of the act were accepted
by their vote. This acceptance, duly certified,
was received and filed In this Department on the
(illoonth day of July last. Possession of the
road has been restored, and it is now under the
care and nmnauonient ol (lie Company. A
final account for money received from the r<aid,
whilst in possession of the State, will be settled
with the Company at (he earliest .practicable
period.
It is tint proper to state that since (he accept
ance of the Act of the 22d of April, 1866, a i
writ of error, In fho cases adjudicated by the I
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, has boon Is- 1
sued at the suit of the Company by the Supreme {
Court of the United Stales, and is now pending i
In that Court.
The Commissioner first appointed having re
signed, A. K. M’Chirc. Esq., was appointed In
his place. Tboduties ol both officers were ably
and faithAilly performed. Copies of their cor
respondence nnd reports, herewith submitted to
(he House of Representatives, for the use of (he
Legislature, will furnish information Id detail
on the subject now under consideration. It is
sincerely desired that good faith nnd honesty of
purpose may characterize the conduct of this
company in the discharge of the duties nssum.
cd by their acceptance of the act of 22d April
last, and that this much vexed question will not
again disturb (ho harmony or retard the pro»-
perity of the city of Erie, or any other portion
of this Commonwealth.
The resolution proposing amendments to the
Constitution ol the Commonwealth, have been
published ns directed by that Instrument. It
will be yonr duly to take such action In refer,
cnco to those amendments os will, in yonr Judg
ment, bo most consistent with the wishes of (he
people** An appropriation will bo required to
pay tho o'kpehSefc Heir"publication", and to
this yonr earliest attention fa requested.
Tho iraportnnt.dtiity.of districting tho State
for (ho election of Senators nnd Representatives,
will devolve upon you. This duty should be
performed falthfhllv, and with -strict reference
to tho Interests ana rights or fho whole people.
Returns of laxahtes, required to be atsde by j
the different counties, have noLnll boenfonvar-1
ded lo this Department, ns by low directed.—
Circulars have boon issued to (lie officers charg
ed with these dull on urging (heir speedy per- ’
formniico, ami the returns will us soon us rccei. J
i vcd. be transmitted lo \ou.
The I'liH'livo fr.iurhißC In the highest and most I
responsible privilege enjoyed \»y Hip American I
citizen. Involving in Its exorcist* the sover
oignty of flit- people*, ami constituting as It does
the substratum of our free institutions, it can
not ho too highly appreciated or carefully guard
ed. Tho ballot box. through which tho people
speak their will, should ho preserved fVom vio
lation nt every hazard and sacrifice. Upon its
purity and integrity depend the existence of our
republican government, and the rights and pri
vileges oi the citizen. Every legal voter, what
ever may bo his political affinities or party pre
dictions is deeply interested in this question.
Any attempt to sully its purity, nr impair its
efficiency, whether by violence or fraud, should
bo sternly resisted and severely punished. 11-I
legal voting whether founded on forgery or per-1
jury, or both; on false assessments or false and
forged certificates of naturalization, is an evil
that deserves (ho severest condemnation. It
prevents an honest expression of (ho popular
will corrupts tho sources of legitimate power
and influence and strikes a fatal blow at the
cherished rights of freemen. These evils are
alleged to exist In our large rifles—the rural
districts of the State nro comparatively free from
such corrupting abuses. A remedy coextensive
until the evil should tic provided. Everv de.
fence should be thrown around tlie ballot box,
and whilst the rights ol legal voters should ho
secured and protected, fraud in evorv form
should ho prevented and punished. Whether
a Judicious registry law, or some other measure
ol refoim. adequate to tho necessities of the
case, should lie adopted Is referred to (ho wis
dom of (ho Legislature.
As appropriate to this subject, the reform of
the naturalization laws—the prevention, by (he
National Government, of the Importation of fo.
reign criminals nod paupers, and a more careful, i
rigid and persona! examination, by our courts. I
of all demons coming before them ns applicants
for admission to the rights of citizenship, would,
to some extent, correct existing abuses, and re
lieve (lie hnllot-hox from tho pressure of cor-1
rupling and dangerous Influences.
To tho policy and acts of tho National Gov
ernment, affecting, as (hey do. tho rights and
Interests of the Commonwealth, the people of
the State cannot he Indifferent. Pennsylvania,
occupying a high and conservative position in
the sisterhood of States—devoted to the Con
stitution and the Union, in their Integrity and
harmony, has boon, ami will over be. as ready
to recognize (ho rights ol her ulster Stales, ns
to defend her own. Those sentiments she lias
never abandoned—these principles she has never !
violated. Pledged to the maintenance ol tho
rights of tho North, as well as those of tho
South—sincerely desirous to promote (ho peace,
harmony and welfare of onr whole country—
and disclaiming all Intention or desire to Inter
fere with tho Constitutional rights of tho States,
or (heir domestic institutions—the people of
this Commonwealth viewed with alarm and ap
prehension tho repeal of the Missouri Compro
mine—a compromise rendered sacred In public ,
esteem by Its-ossoolation and connection with j
the groat cause of national harmony and nnlon i
—regarding U os a palpable violation of tho i
plighted faith and honor of tho Nation, and ns j
an unwarrantable attempt to extend tho Institu
tion' of domdstld slavery lotorrltorles then free.
This reckless snd Iqdefbnslblo act of our Na
tional Congress, has not only ajonsed sectional
Jealousies and'renewed (ho agitation of vexed
and distracting questions, but. as a consequence,
it has Oiled Kansas with, fraud, violence and
strife, has stained Ita soil with blood.'ard hy'n
syslotp pf territorial legislation. Justly «(yjed
*«lnf(imnna”ba® madofVoedomorspeeeh and'of
the press ft felony, aqd perilled tho great princi
ples pf llhorty ftudoqust rights. < U the doctrine
of “popular sovereign**” Is In good ,fslfh to bo
applied to fhst terrify—* r the*people thereof
I are to lie left “ perfectly free to form and regu
late tfadrdrtoeßtltfrOTtltutioDß In their own way,
'subject'” bhlyto’ tlio'ConqtlinHon qf flys llplted
States,” 4Uuo tlie? obstfuction of tb'o]gteaf
tionai highways to tbo Northern erotgraat.ibc
employment, of tl:o . forces, And the
subversion of‘law and'jufltJcO
iclals in Konaaß.aud Washington,!? force Slav- -
cry upon an unwilling people, cannot'bd too
severely condemned. ~
Freedom la the. great cenlredrhtfi o£Amerf
can Kepubliciinism—the great law'of AjnerttiWl
Nationality; Slavery Is the exception. It is lo
cal and sectional; and its extension beydhdiEo
jurisdiction creating it, or to the frtoterrifOriarf
i of the Union, was never designed
ted by tbe-patrlot tounders of the
In accordance with these sentiments,’Fenihfrlll
Vania, true to the principles of the net of
which abolished Slavery within her territorial
limits—true to tho great doctrines of .ibe'Ordi
nanco of 1787, which dcdicnlcd'to freedom ttbo*
■North Western Territory of the
National (bill) and National honor,asks
■ pects, os due to her own Citizens who have-lff*
good faith settled in tho Territory of‘KAtisai;'"
| and as dne to the Industry nm( energy df’afrtw*
people, that Kansas fhbnld be frde. ’- 5 ;: ‘~ c
In tills connection, and ns consequent Tfifibn*
tho repeal of the Missouri Conipromisevldferl' l
■ enco to a proposition made b}’ spinpofthe lefad
| ing Southern journals,mnd' more recently
tioned l»y high ollicjpl authority in a sisterfltafo,-*
' to rc-opcii tho Africnm slave trade, will not bo
I deemed impioper. That shellVfr&rffc,-(lecf(lr
ed to be Piracy, and execrated-by tlie-Clvinpcd)
world—so crowded with horrorajn cmy stago
ol its pursuit -so revolting, to e‘.very' I 'WUtl!pept
of hmnanltj even- Impulse of ptfrd ahU hbofo
tooling, should he advocated or approved,dirtldtf I
hinoteontli ccutuiy, wuti apparent sfocerltyjOnd
urged us a measure ol political economy’and Of
justice and erpuiliU to the Southern SfhYbl*6f?
tho Union, m o tads that llr.d their' only Cxpttal
nation mid apology in a wild uuthuslnMU., pr»B
still ivildei lanotiei.sm that ou-n\helmsolike Ih6 r
reason and the conscience; Thu wisdom'and”*
humanity of a proposition so afartlmgandmooi!
slroiiH, must seek thoir parallel and, illustration,
in (ho dungeons of the inquisition, or in till*
hold of the slave ship, an.id tho horrors of lfio n
“middle passage,” -Equally repulsive t6-lho.<
, Intelligent and ilrtuous sentiment of the Sonfh n
■as well ns the North, It should receive tho In
dignant rebuke of every lover ol Ids
<>l every friend of Justice and Immunity. . TjjO’t
history ol tiie world and of crime dpef-not r?-j
veal a trnllio more inhuman—an atf(»cjly f morq,
horrible. Against a proposition ho nmiorrchfr,
ami against (be pnneipU*' it involves, as lbt> Feu*
preseutativea of a hue people, ami
name, you should cuter lluir uimnlhious'awl
emphatic protest. * ' ' *
NO. 31.
Tnc union ol llic States, which constitutes!!**
one pimple, should be dear lu you—to
American citizen. In tho beat and excitement
of political contests—in (be whirl of BCCt|oi)&l
ami coiitlicimg interests—amM tho surging bf
human passions, harsh mul discordant voids
mny bo heard, ilircaleiilng Ita integrity itnd de
nouncing its doom; but in the calm usubelMC
oml thought'’ ofapatriotioaml virtuous people,
will bo found its security and defense. ‘Found- f
cd In wisdom, and cherished by iho intense sf-i
lection 01-puru uml deleted patiiotisni, itwlllt
stand, safe and undisturbed, amid tho
rage ot political demngogism, and the 'Cffut
bowling ol Irantic fanaticism ; itud wheti it fulls
—it hill it must— u will ho when liberty and}
truth, patriotism and Tirlne, have pcrjshcd.—
I‘eonsilmnUi tolerates no senMinonts of fllsrtn- 0
ion—she knows not the word.
an after-thought—a monstrous wish—unborn till
ilrfuo dies.” The Union and tho Constitution
—tho sale-guard and bond ol American NntiOn-s
nlily—will bo revered and defended bv every j
American Freeman w ho cherishes the principles.,
and honors the memory of the illustrious found.' 1
era of tho Republic, ' ‘
Recognizing our responsibility to JlituwUo
controls tho destinies ol nations apd.uf
and inrnking his blessing on \ our deliberations,
may order and harmony chnrnttdnte’-'yoltf Kef.' 4
sions, and with single reference io tbopUblia<
good, may your legislative action. In,
tor and results, promote the happiness and tye)* 4
faro of the people, and the honor and prosper!!/
of the Commonwealth.
Executive Ciumdeh, I
llaiiishurg, Jan. 7, 1867. }
, The Liverpool Times, with less pretension**;
than its JyOndon namesake, understands AtnernT
! lean character much better. Commenting, on
on our Ihte presidential election, it thus pays'
da a compliment which no other people yct ff
(mem ; “It is amazing how soon party,-,spirit,
carried (o the verge of’excess, subsides in tho ,
Cnited States when the will of the BOvtreign' 1 *
people becomes known. The minority'bow - '
, with instinctive respect to (hat niiincrcial'pre. *
I jtonderance which it in the gvniuus of ihcArner- .
mmi comaiiuiion to reprerent. However fierce j
I the Struggle, however Bup«rliaman the eilort* {
| which have l»evn made to satire victory, the'
belhgm-niR. whtn the hnttlc i-i over, lay down v
' their arms without forfeiting inch oilier’a rei- 1
pict. It requires a long enurse uf educaiional*
| training in practical freedom to al’am this con- 4
trol. hot it i.> {xi.vsesseil by tin* Americans lo
jcxuml unknown in any other country where
, free institutions ixist ; and the solution of lho r
cmginn tnuHt he looked for in the foci that '
‘ ivery man feels himself an aiom in the great
total—the iqiittl ol the (orunost m the l*nd{ .
and the M-lfrespict so generated pays to the.
Stale the homage nf an ungrudgingsubmission. '
Men deserve to he free who can make such sno* *
nllees for individtidnl opinion, and yil yield ’
wnh pnlimiic plnlosin hv to the course of ■
events whicli they cniinoi cunlrof. ThcUujop-,
stands in little danger of disruption white (his
noble sentiment animaus the brijW of AniCrp
con citizi ns.” '
A Wifk in Tttot uj.k. —We do not know ’
when we have nod anything m> mournfully
touching—so llmlimgly pathetic—as the fyl-,
lowing. U proven the dehths of sriii-ihllily
and fveiing, and gives us Mhoughm tod deep’ 1
for terns. ’ IVniM* it. “gentle render.” andd
raise from it “a sadder ami a wiser man,” for*
woman;) ,
“Pray (ell me in) dinr, nljal is llio cause
of ihose (cars?” • (Mi, what r» disgrace!”' 4
Why. I have opened one of your h Iters,!snp-i
posing it wuh addressed to myself. Certainly i
it looked moic like Mis. than Mi.” Lethal {
all ' Wlmt harm can there he iu a wife’ll,
opening a hnshnml.s letter ?” No harm in It
self: but (he contents! Such n disgrace.*-*'
"What, has any one dnnd to write mo *'•
letter unfit to be wotl bv-niy wijo/” “OhnQ:.
it is couched iu the most uApioifid language.
Ihil the contents !" * ' * 1
Here the wife bnriid her face in licr liahdker- J
chief, and commenedo nobbing aloud, when her
husband eagerly caught the teller. nqd com
incnccd reading tlic epfsile that lin'd been tile
rncnnsof nerly blinking his \\ ifva liearti dt'
was from a printer Jut nine ycors’ M/bscrfjj- .
bon !
C When old Bogus's wile (ell in, he sent,,
for u doctoi ns sordid and u\ urieiom as hiuixelC.
Before the doctor saw the patient, he wished-fo'?
have an understanding uitii (ho miserly hu»H
band. , . vi
“ Here’s (orty (bdl.ua.” s.iid Bogld, “and you,
shall hare iinheibvi veil cure my wife or kill
her.” • ' *
, Tho woman died, and tho doctor called .far*
tlio fee, v ! . •■ t
“Did yon kill my wife'7 naked „ , ,
“ Certainly not!” icplied the dod*
(l Well, yon didn’t cure liar 7 V ' r:vi,' ;•>:>
“ You know she’s dead.” -..jp.*
Very well, then, leavo (ho house. In tyn/doj
quiak time,” said Bogus. “ A hjrKitjD’B a bar
gain. It was kilt or cure, but 'yoirulttfridfiifer.
C7* A Schnoctsdy editor, describing .Ihtftff*
fqrla of ’».6<iv»ll op a canal boot.
tfia gale was at its lilghcsMhe tinlorliiqalo
keeled lo the larboard, and,(ho cdptMn and ano
ther cask of brandy rolled overboard.” *■ ■ ‘ : 1
bliefiartfliiKlijiltancouHly CUKtI
by bribing fvjllsjfinc water. , -. .. , KV(<
(CT Trifles often (ill im tho measures''bf'hu*
man character and actlbni. • ’ ’'-‘d
H7’ A sick coblcr inusl-bc regarded oagcU
ting well wbit’n ho begins lo
JAMES roLT.OCK,
A Just Compliment'