II II U AUG61,44D1114.851 • . hbnse, in luilding them - iStirlindfie period, and --- •,• c • • t- • ' not as a. mcide by wlifehVhikiecutive - miciht • -4 ~ , . i•-•;-. .or .. . .- .... . • - cause "them 'to take effect, without the res . pobn'S . GOT WILLIAMM? PACKER - ',in,. of Acting upon ilientfit, woald sects ._ . llama. utritd; Jan, 10.—Both., houses as.' fotsfichPi,iro-sO. iilloi be . 6fendOd. • .:. ' - I / , • sertibled. at theatstud hdur this Morning; hOt... • But •ths!..Lea'slat ure .bY its adjournment . took .a r , ess to•be pre,Sent at tne. ipaugura. within- tani-d ysaller the passage a a hill, • tiett -cere onies; and ,on the arrival, of .the I. may deprive the Executive of .due time:for • .peobessi • proceeded to the plathirfn "erected . considering. me% it, and hence it is provided that .i n f ron t:, f: th6e n[ iit n i, -.' .? •• 2s .• , ..,;( in such case: it shall beco law unless Sent . - The,. \ t . v'ernot, and .ca&ernoy, elect, , with i back within three days after thetfext meet the Coin ittees of the two Mantes, rode in: ing. . In -rncidean piactiee a large number of two eafr ages drawn by r fotir - beautilid greys, bills are •ti4uallY sent to the Governor Within ,• • The h •ds of :departments ands. numerous a few, day;i• of the adjournment' of the - Lim-is-- in - ember of Congress were also in the line:4ll lailire, .whiilit it' is impossible to consider duty carriag ."- . • -„- , - - . • ..; • . : : tit...fore:the adjournment takes Place: ' "Itt fact 'The - a pearanee Of ( the Governor eleeCini inan, are.isent to hint/ in the very dosing the capit I grounds - was !hailed with the Most I.hottra of the se.ssion. But it .would seem eniltusi, tie eheers . .•Oath that! the Executive could reasonably The std stationed-on\ the platform struck t ask in sttebease.only thh full constitutional np• Hail Columbia. The oath avtw. then ad- I.periOd of Iten dayii - for forming - his opinion, minister d to the . GOternor-elect, bY the ifind that all bills he believes. it his duty to, Speaker of the' §enate,!after which the Goy- I.approve titian be actually signed within that error ti" ceded.tc. 4ltver his . period. By the exercise of reasonable Wits ' liititigmisall id dresa. . • [try this esin imall cases. be aceamplished.— .1- . ~, . *.e rtizEn/ ;; ; —In ,npp e siii i 4, b e t - ,, r 6 I Then, such- bills as he disapproves will be be returned to the proper branch you to ter upon ,thy duties.as 'Governor of, I hell..i ea to Uri the' General Assembly within three days the. Co mon-wealth; J. consul„ nil o`W.ti „incli nations n en if orra i l i g *the usage which d t .2 . after litchi next' meeting, according to the Man& popUlar addrels; ithd,!in -the.first I cor.stitational .provisani.. This will ,proper place, II _ladly.'emlirae this :opportunity ' to I IY• dispose-IQC .iill . bills in his hand's at the ad jngrnment; unless indeed it be allowable to eturn .y . piofimild. and grateful thanks to I bills and permit them to .become be f' ta:itle-Of Pennsilvattia, for honoring I nc: ( - 14 - over; with tb- Chief Exett*ve offiee . iti. their ev--•,1 ashes tit.h(' . ittt, his 'actioti. ~ - ctitnen . Their 14dttess will never be. fur- 1" !'The propriety of signing hills by the Gov- Wen, or-will the cen,fidenee they' have tic- I efnoi• hetween the sessions. of the Legislature used it me ever be intentionally betrayed: has been I -questioned. It does' not - accord . /sty t. - them-and to , j mySelf. will requiret; With _the Old practice,-and is certainly' liable tat tat: ottligation..wluch I have, just: taken - , 1 - flit - anise. I 'During inv term it will be strictly i . di• . rge 'my =pi ()lit . duties With- fidelity i confined to the first e•) days after an adjourn• tall.. faithfully obserkerf-;'andthus justify, [ nient, and all ( bills tkit thetf tpproved, may far • Jpo..asibl, the popu_P•tr, decision.— ine •ecinsideeed- as awaiting the next meeting oubtl ss I. may commit errors in a question`. (if the General Assembly, to lie returned taalvi.g - so much of i•esiOnsibility ; „ but I -",Witli - thel,;xecutivedisapproval, The Exe.c. II ho ._. \ that *Mine or them will - be 'of a - i i nave !slionld nut be subjeeted.for long peri are c meter, or put-due - tire ot xital iniery i ens of tome, t 0 , ,, the solicitations -of those the .nblie interests.. I crape, in advanteynterested in ,bills, -nor ,shinild he be ;Mari able judgment upon my official r0n..,; subject todie t- - imuntationa 'of °lndecisien, r-1.-- hat it shall be construed-with kind , !or .favolitilip. almost Unavoidable iii such is an. loteration st!) . f l ulg s as.it shall , appearTeives. N' , 4' is Wright .that he should have be, .rompted by sincere, and .li.onest: mil, j ni his hands the niemis l of inhaetiee 4vhich the ,:s--;-• d 1 here crtgage, in this public and ,1• holding iquat of his decision upon bills dur'ng rial manner, to reg:ird the will of the pee....' a recess!weuld confer. . Besides -a great Bo pu.bli: good, :Ind the commands: of tirong tray-be done to those' interested in Co stitution,- as the 'wading lights -by l legislation, byteontiniiing thein for an undue rli y' eourseds to ..be directed. " Wat.•pet iod in 'uncertainty as to the fide of bills in e a s -&mitantly th view, I shall, indulge which thhir - rights, their' property, or their Ole lug tiope of sidting some good in the business !may be invUlVed..• These me, evils station toisrhich-I have beeitealled by which' tvi 'executive may obviate, by settling public voice, and• of _repressing seine, his /Policy firmly in the outset of his achnie which maythrea.e..n the public welfiire.. istration) •It wotild be well, also, for the .1 e ndivitkial rights of the people. - • ths.Segislature...„-to so shape its'action as to I/ - to-Citizens - of -0e Senate and -116. use arohlr tint necessity of sending many impor t. resentatiFes : Ili will :be . my:ardent taut bills to the Governor in the closing days e to . cultivate with yew as gepresenta- Or liours lof a Session. . . t f . the people; the, most Amicable relit- ' nd T tO unite dir w en ith b Yo .an u i h n es tl o te e ado p o tion i 1 - - Fell6zo Citizens-:—Although . ii, will,. not uchteastir e cs i as i the i public e imo the d• may . ..- ! f; altllough - chart - fed with . distinertiti to beyegar4d b aa parts of one liai. be' expected that I should , at this titiredise,uss,, in detail,ithe partieular questions which will probably, come bef o re he government during. T o y term, I. desire briefly to-giVitpression a whoro; and it, isaseir , when all these to.the general views of publie.policyqo whicli eve onwirrti isiOeut jai,interference, ;Sion; Neoertliele,a%, the - distinct du i I hold, in their application to-practical now pending,, The currency of the Stateis t in such a.disordered:ccindit . ion, that a general the Eiecutiie, when duly and honesdy and wholesome public opinion demands-its red, 7t_ b ay lv Occasib e Tdife e renfe_s a tt i t ) l ,, t t e h x e . 1 I _ . !form ; land the establishment of .effectual sulle-s,lt-w E II El e i n Legisl tore; but, in, such ease, . pedien to cuitieste al spirit of compromise slid: ciliation fr the disposal of such eif teren s, or, a east, for.itißting,th s e feel ings o alienatien' to csihieh they tend. - ~ It is eof the dutleS'ofthe Executive fryin time. t time to give 0 the General Atsem fi bl 'in rmation df the state of the,Common w- )th and reconmend to their considerationi . su h easures as he - hall, judge _expedient ; . alt .; r -i ... . . 1. . by. der usage thiS r done .., messages ni l ties inadeqUatd for their recieniption • Th et . e r r:d rt among t o h n e k e t ih ke i.i p li ub h l i ie. I want of.uniformitY : in the legal "prOvision e s t *7- an li d se rem a t r u e n tile State.. ' ljdo - not underatand this vrer of dictating. to the Generait As , • the measures they shall adopt-, no s it lioxi -- er i . of initiating lags; but as air , -- - ......_ . .- lug and snggesting power, in. ,n'o' re- backs operate, is objec I under *Welt, existing , - tionahle... In. the . revision and emendinent of our !banking system, tic' public r rin m v opinioa demand tf • •t , -* of interests, , , .. .e exsension the ~ specie oasis upon -which _issues are made ; ruching the just and. proper- ju pea the, legiilative,departmelit ( , f a ate. In. short, at, was never intended the suppression ut the prualler denomination ,f not . f.!sheretofore allowed.; thorough reports of the ndithin and business of banks with their re q uent •P uhlieatifin ; - Representatiyes -Of the people---in additional' securi alegar-contrel over the , proceedings it .is, the ty, (other than specie.,),-in egoist of the bonds iletront of 41,6. refQre _n of this State or if the United States, for the I redeinptidn of - circulating mites, indludinu 'in f Cornniunication- with them," which, all cases proper individual liability "of iitock. ' de rn ntly and reasorrablY eXereised,ban -, • •, - , fisted fur convenient just occasion for jealousy, objection, holders and Actual entoreemeet; with.a supervisory plaint: The Executive, when - exercis # m nd controlling` owes in some proper officer a right, is but performing a. plain 'chit v, tirsTepartent of the GoYerrirnent, to restrain n apprehend no 'dif f iculty in • speaking ( r suspend the action" of banks itt-ease of their respectful - freedom 'even 'orilq.uestions . tiolation, or evasion of the law: , an entire• - agreement of sentiment can `' e expected. But there is .anifther'aini - When a specie currency shall be secured •elicate 'power ;Which pertains-to to --people by.prohibiting the - circulation . ! ins between .the Legislative and Ei the eeu- • Pf 'bills of. a small denomination, it will 'be' By-the:twenly-third and. I partMents. highly desirable that the'fiseal affairs of the fourth sections. of the first - article of --• State •governmetits shall be wholly separated - nStitution, all hills pissed by the''Gen- from those of the banks: in other wirds, that ssetribly,...„and -Most of the orders, mesa. (the • moriey transactions of the governments, s anal votes in whiclithey,may c.otreur _Loth in. its! 'er.ilectiOns and ' disbursement +, omitted .to the Executive, sad. if - .d.i. , shall be in the legal coin of the/ciaintry.— •ed by biro can only be made valid by ' Whenever a practicable, convenient and effi 'of two-thirds of -each House.. This cient seta:erne for the operations,of the-Treas ury upon such a basis can he presented to . r of AisapproVal is among. the most hn• int duties .of- the Executive, and is &in-' me, by.the representatiVes cif - the people,-it Becoming moreso, from the operation will Meet with a cheerful approval. Theri iolls!and natural eauseti. .:In inv opin- are difficulties hi the ease, however, far greater is the cle4.and binding duty of the than those surmounted. by the wner;al goy= erninent;_ in the establihment .of its Jude.. five to return for re•eonsid &ration eveiv t der;ra-olution or.' vote; presented to pendent Treasury system; but the object i which .he cannot approve=-in oiliir hein one -of. the first magnitude„ and (islet,- 1., that the -assent -of his judgment end lilted t o exer ci se a most salutary inileence •.ienee '-shell he actual) ) , given • to- any upon the actitm ortho frov 'tin - t (.. nen „iand upon thejuitiliess of . the I.47nks end the people, it i re ‘liefore7he'. permits it to take effect; 1- . - • -• s. Indeed, it be passed against h• ti. is 0 ite- i l - is well worthy -of earnest cOrsideiition. i • if by a :iwo thirds cote., . The words ofi . 10 reforming. the currency, a single State 1 I nstitution are "if he approve he,tliallivan,ne,iTkrnPlish: but a moderate ;mount of ' ra it; but i f . he . f l a ii . not approve. Le, 8 441' , I good, h,owevesineere, intelligent and eaanest 1 hi it with hisobjeCtions to the House in j . it may be, without the co-operation of other ' J Drib Z . :Words States,!an e specially those which, adjoin it: hi' , ' it shalt .have. orieirrted"l' d - not convey' Pulsar : ` rult a and prescribe a j Bank notes are not stopped iii their. flow' by ut in a snore clear and definite form. -- - I i.inaginary State line, nori l lo es it seem poi-'' I is manifestly tlie'intention of the Colisti- tsible fer a State altouetbk to _prevent for- SI . ti ~ U that •the deliberatemid conscientiOns : eign notes from eireulatiri b t within her bor app t via of ille-GoYernor shall beArven to I'd„ers , eren by the most stringent. enactments. a.bi I before it'beeopres a late, in'addition t 4.1 !cc mUstrt therefore, invoke our sister States x . * the appro of the 'two Houses :that- hay to join with, us iri‘ the. repression ,of small ' pro ionsiy. passed 'it; unless the majeritieW , 1-I?'aper El and in such other. particulars of . re-1 `in' wardS'given to lit 11pott le-consider:it ion..! !ono as require for complatei success their co. `in :.eich' l Tiouse _Shalt. be 'so' decisive as. to (Iteration. Meantime, to the extent of our i'power,! , let us exert ouruelve: to furnish our i :.. Ty indlcate - the wisdom! of the meaSure It 4 • - true Oat upon) thinv'triyial'iw hididt . ...: :. citizens with a safe and stable currency ; toj ' .por constitutional principles in question , n o t .'that tander which the community has f o e i . lency may he- taken intor! acetrunt, t;y tiii , . I the GOveinnient in its fiscal' action, from, the, , Ex qpive ; bit. certeiniy tit; substantial-_ ob.:l l (danger of depreciated Or worthltiis Paper, and rep where no great interests are involredl • Iprevent future fitauleial revulsions• similar to pri ate - rights assailed, considev:oos,of „IL. L some time -been struggling.; 'and - to relieve ! .-j icin, whether of'flpliey or of princiPle, can. j , the eri-berra, ssmentatarishigfrOm °dependence be° aired - by. him in 'view of ii_Kciath 'lei sup. I tip?» corporations of heeowtt ereatiOn. - -- i ~ .\. po . the 9.6o4titution. . Ten di7y - it (Sundays I,‘. Th e e' • I f P peop . e o cnitsylvania, by . the . .receifi ex uded.) arc 'allowed the Exatartive tO'Coi- j' ' ' d • a op h tion of an„amendrnent to the Coustoutim sT r. a bill;and to approve orVeto it. after ' i ca . i.,5.-t e d subject of Public Indebtedness, have ' orb eh it will' beemie a law without his. siu. i.,,,i,t1 ,8 1t e ll r p l OS ' aft imperative obligation upon their bus eventual of. the I Wit re, if ,not - -previously returned. The , .. ants -to practice economy, to limit expeu; p etice 'of .my preidecesSors - has been- Derr- i ditnrei, and to•frive their 1.1 r t • . • . . , . - ato Ily to permit bills - . to berme laws byl.urae till . b e ,extinguishment °4l-.Cirt" to ' the this Binitation .of tiine. Theij• hake, taken i t e ''oliss ' t i 'n 'After eight . vea,rsdof..l 'etrestlin the entire absence Ur i Executive 'ties / expe l •'4! public td debt tinder fhe Sinking fund act Of 18.10, i . fiat. - I But I. bijitve this has*lY occiirred - ' , y,' , e - •f m rl i e l nee u where ihi,Exetva.sie has found 4, impossible ~ • diminished: public indebtiidnes . 4 but - stightly d The . co a nstitu tioriatearriendnient 1 to forma positive; pinion -upon. the. measure just adopted• so sinking' h em . tn, s the', establishment of; -e;heee, though . 'nOt Nrinabjectientible, it was. i 4ril., effective_ „ ,n . 11%' fund ,-; for its pay meat, and triyial— • or, where . it wtSrrianify.4 that. a veto'' l _ ~ .. ecoltiid.m iconsiller rt one of the leading duties j Would irot. cause lts'idefeat... This la administration d to see that' hst amend- 1 ' tive, Onctico. ought, not to be extended' and 1 ment ) ,i s i c:art:le out both in its letter j and.l - praCticeitsclf iS open to question; • Fori,s , irit ' 1 _ cannot regard - the reduction ot the I if the Provision that:bills neither signed nor ' three P'l ' ' ‘ pu I tax on 'pro,perty, 'made . at the last reitirtied*ithi» Aim days' Shall' veinb I - • , ... .ne aws,, re • s • i - of 1.. re, "session' on the Leui:lature Otherwise it.4,l§ - hrrhidetl'us duuard• Suain4rE 1,. -- - 'ti ) ,, i i-. • ..........s . ' '' '''''' ' '- - • , . !lupe,- and donbtless,existiug : • . . . - artit l i 131 W "tin. record tory o as 11 sembl even Igor :spect t rind ict free S i to gis of thi the e / right while give r 1:4"1:301 ing.th and c with nat inore rattti( tire d went the a eral Lotion are in appec a cob poWei lIIN barrier:l 11,T1InIt future eon vulsiong. This is a subject ; which will test the. intelligence,'•the tirmrie. and theipatriotism of the, represell VeS df the people in the legislative depart .ment, and may . impose grave responsibilities upon th Executive. My View's arc decided. Iy-• hostile to the emission and circulation of small nOtes t as a. currency ; to the increase of bafitinWeapital under present arrangements; • . =1 financial embari-assments will duce the amout4 detlived 'Prom of revenue. Nor wilt any veryl of the. purchase tncuey of th . o the publieworkS be.realized byl for a considerab l e ptiriod„ lt, i be nncessary.for the State to resources; and to increase .he fin' as is Possible, sjithout opp interest, in order td meet he -necessary outlays, the-demand ors, and the positive), obligatior amendment] mendMentj . There. is a greatlbid.- of ( 4'nsistency and principle in .the ,laiVs Passed] during some years in relatidn to! incorpoltions. They have been created ! upon no s Wed, uniform' plan ; are excessi4rin - numb° 3. and many of them urnec'essartY to the. l Mplishment of any legitimate purpoSe. T i y havedoubt oeo lesa encouraged spiculation, end th various ways contributed to the recen financial con vulsion. Vaeiclus and inconsisnt provisions appear in acts hstahlishing or xiending the 1.,e po4r,s of corporate' bodies of he same class and!gen-eral charaetrir. Theta laws relating to them are '.iii Aoir confusi n, and conse quently lazes ] Paid iby them nequal, while some wholly eavipe,nny spar of the public buldens. in .lirie( l our syste of-incorpora tions has hecothe so vast, dive sifted and• dif linult of • comprehension; that no reasonable industry can inastcr the who . ) subject, and understand pre l t eiselir where wc.are and whith er we are drifimg. l A thorough revision of our lads upon !this subject, an the establish ment ofgeneral -ittnitorm egulations for each class of cot ptirate bodies; with thenvoid ance, as far'asi,possible, or 80611 provisions for particular Corporations, ar reforms im- perionsly demanded by, the p olio interests lin wh:ch I slirllafeartily co-o etate. s I have i no hostility tolexpress againstincorporations ihr proper ofijlcts beyond the power "ot indi vidual Means tqui•skili ; nor ginerally against Wff islatiVe facilities fi'r the am ication Of lalAir a and capital tOlie creation' or wealth, where individual unprompted Redo will not go.— t But no one can assert. that t e have limited ourselves to Such a policy, in l that our laws on this sulljeet: have hectic:l(4ot, consistent ;•and jsist. . . • 13ut, notwithstanding all, topics of regret or criticism iii our pirblic carq , r, ,(and which I should bear.tfieir proper frui hyamendment and refi,nn,) ire may well,bP" prond of this Pennsylvania COt)t . rs—of her people, het „in stitutions and, • !lier laws. Scli has become i great, prosperntis‘ and powlerful ; ranking !. l :monadic first of the States and her, condi a 1 Lion at honie And character airoad bear testi i mot y to her Merits, and protimise for her a distng, T uished ifuture. Bcsid s her rigricultu -1 I rat •esrecs, Which are great and first in M , portan&., she !is'eapable of 'producing in un told quantitieS thole two ailtieles of prime 1 necessity antittiniversal t,se.-4 , Iron and Coal. I Even in thesti , times of vide--read - financial calamity, 1 i s , 4114 n attd extravagance A Te l l .pc C.) . 4 Ihave 'done their worst to cripple the opera tronspf capital and stay the lrand of labor in 1 its - useful tali, the leadiu ,, - , interests - of our „State may bci counted anion, the first 'to re ! viv r e andto farnish a strong and reliable ha -1 .s ' ' si for the resumption of activity in all the . Nehinces of employment, and in all the opera -1 tit of,t.rddt. That gmeronent would be 1 unwise and Rind which w uld administer . I he - putille,alT4irs of this Stat. - otherwise than in a,spirit oNitudness and pr tectien to these great and eapitM.interests. i From the thirliest,period i has been the 'policy.' of-,Peni i elite all her citizens; and'ltt 4itutions of Warning and O N :tire eqn4l to rthose of any Common Sel+ll §y stem is ' it ed as one of I the most pract in the Union.,! Let us then c tional policy coming doW Gathers of thd Commonweal mesas in out power a str -the measuresinow successful result so arPentlj desired men u - ho havb gone .before 't Vhi le'our oit;ineo.le. afFeirs and pol icy natu rally will Occppy'rnost of the attention of our i Government that our peoplt it is not to be ! forgotten that Pennsylvania i ears very. inter .l esting relations to the Othor Staten of the con efederacy, and looks with. an anxious eye to Ole' proceedings and policy of the General Governmenti It is both "o ir duty and our. interest to diilthate th \m 41 friendly rela i Lions 'with Our sister S t s, and to frown l upon all attempts to sow at° ina them feelings of alienatiqn. .We sat 'ull exert -our whole Influlnee to keep he government i of the Unions in its tru@ . po don, as the cum. ,men agent of the states an the people, exer cismg high powers in. trustf their advantage `land welfitre, yi q d deriving a its powers from the written `constitution wh eh called it into 1 being. At thwe is time h. vestrong reason to confide MI that Governnlent, as we know that its iadnimlstration is ?n laufe, able . and I pat riotic s chatids.; and that if ' may be trusted ( to deal jufnly with all sectidps Of the country. . - It;sobordination,an tack 'disregard and Contempt ofl just and lawful authority—has ; heretofore pfuduced diffichlties in the territo ries of Kansas and Utah, and, i the case of the latter,has now precipitate a state of armed hostility between tie inha itants and i the General povernmehn; : the former, the I peaceful Arrierican respell; i for the redress of i political gr+ances, real a imaginary—the 1 ballot.boX—ba's been for a ,Mg time abjured by a considtttable pOrtion ' f the population, and a struggle - between .li 'al . authority and unlawful and irregular Cora 'nations continue . down to thelpresent polo Meantime; coo t tributions of money and ii" from the States, i lia‘4 kept. lip.excifetnent nd turbulence in ( I i the Territory, and enablild designing men i there -to inflame passions which otherwise wbuld lungisince have sub Sided. The judg. i ment and opinion of the.ountry cannot bu i too strongly consolidated in favor of the. laws,, and against nil Who. rise up to oppose 1 them by unautherized m ns. Nor can the e lt.. excuse for iesistance to th Territorial laws, and for failing, to perform the duties - of citi. 1 zensbip under thqm. thilt ivrongs and frauds were perpefrated at elections, be admitted as a Justifirtion. Wher.4 elections are' so frequent and the right of f•liffrage sd liberal, i as in this clountry, it is pilculiarly the duty I ofa good citizen tophey eiisting mithorities,,. `and even Objectionable tsars, knowing that the Ilirmbr !eau be changed and the - latter miidificil or repealed within a very brief pe riod. An as to ,disputi , d . .eleetions, they • must be deeded by the pro et legal authority, and not Ai ) individual cit zensivr irregular self-constituted assemblages., Insubord l mation to 1,1 . eteGary and rightful authority, instigated and elnouraged by un worthy men in the„organized States, who de sired that discord should ~ntinue, and were' witting to . ‘eintribute' to. tat object, is the prolific fountain from wit' di the troubles in -Kansas hale heretofore rocceded. It was natural, per,haps Inevitabl , that this conduct, ' by a party/ in the Cerritos ( y should, proviike Ml' opposittl party 'to Mart'unjustifiable acts and to tn.upli imprudent and unreasonable . m re;. act % and r conduct. Thus extremes upon' I L each other,!and when the 'wot aredoe,d and individual aetion Jet los+, Wrong, outrage . au'a .violenge are necessart result: !The last phase of . thet.Kansas question', which is upon the constit tion'framed by a Territorial I Convention,' i 4 peculiarly for the i t ,. judgment of Congress, to hich the.power of admittitrY new States iS • tended by the con- IME or a time re titer sources hale amount main line of stitution of the Union., The. of the people and of ..the tates in COngress assembled, will . meet that ilitetition'under all the sesponsibilities which they owe to their constituents, and, which :areiniposfe upon them by. their oaths ofoffice.; and with full information .upon matters of fact important to the formation of a final judgment. g'vents are constantly occurring in the territory which will afford matter for Congressional debate, and may affect the.ultimate decision. the Veasury it!, therefore, ;husband her ,revenues as .iision to-any enrrent and . ot, her credit. of the eonsti ..., TO the people pf Pennsylvania the admis sion of a new State Into the Union—into that vonfede!itoy of which-she. is a member—must be at all times a subject of high interest.— And I believed expresathele s sentirfienta as well as my own;in..tleielaring . thate.-4,the qualified.• elettiirao f aiterei tory, alteuild hate a full dad fair.opportunity-to participate in selecting delegates to - form:a Vonstitutinit preparatory to admission as a State, and, If desired by them, they should tilsci be allowed an unqualified right to vote upon seek Con stitution after it is framed. ' Of Course those who then fail to vote, In either -case, cannot complain that the preceedinegees on without their participation. It is - tit be hoped that Congress will make such peoitsitin for Other Territories that the present -difficulty-Will have no repetition in the future. • In conclusion, permit mertoobservC, that all experience and reflection prove that the moral virtues form the - only firm foundation of pulflic order as well as individual charlitler,. and their support should therelhre engage the profound attention of . Government, and the co-operation of •all good Men.- Frail indeed will be ` any 'structure reared fur the regula tion of tioxiety, and the promotion'of mans true and substantial happiness, unless it stand upon a foundation more permanent than pa .per arrangeinepts, or the fleeting iMpulses of the hour The recogOtiort of a Great Su preme Nwer, which rules the•allairs of it . tious and of Iner,is the only support . of thoie virtues which can make a people ilkfingilislied and prosperous, and give to Government duration and success. the Divine guidance in th pertOrai-inee of duty, I asminie the post assigned .me by the people, indulging the hope that at the tenni ; nation of my service I ;hall enjoy the appro val of my own entiscience,•and behold Penn sylvania advanced and secure in her position as one of the great communitiesof the New World—her standard aloft, and proudly bearing, untarnished, her tnotto Of . " Virtue, Liberty and Independence." . _ the WejietOepf Repqbsim. G. F. READ it IL 111-FILAZIER,EDITOI?.S; F, E. LOION IS, CORRESPONDLKO EDITOR 14 . 0 ICITRi t SE. P A. _ Tlatirs4a . y, Saonary 2S, 185 S. f Our history, it ylvania to edu• this tirne:our in. ltional facilities country. Our i-tly distingukh calaud efifsi/nt cash this tradi -to us from th ,and by every and strengthen y . producing the the patriotic ingr This Paper, haring a larger circulation be eeFeral , hundreds than an:r other in the County, is, of course, inuch the best medium Sot:advertising.— Tboxe interested trill please take notice of the fact. ter It will be seen by Governor'Packerfhangig nd, that; Wilk be Vat pains to endure .tfr. general,l uchanan in general, condemns the principles on which the President advocates the adinission Of Fan -811.9 under - lie Lecompton Constitution, taking the some grounds as Senator Douglas on that question. The Douglas wing of the Demdcracy seems likely to prevail. it already includes a large majority of the party In the Nortitet;rStates. [ The very latest news ,from Kansas is that Cal houn, Iv rajrrrinq part Of thiiNtiturns 3 , has decided that the pro slavery men have elected all the State orncers, and a 1n:04 , y of the Legisfidure. Therree State men say they will never submit to the imposi tion. • • f ro -The: case of Thomas Washington Smith, some account of whose, trial at Philadelphia' for shooting Richard Carter we published last,weet, ina verdict of "not guilty, on the ground of insanity. at the time of-the commission of the act." The verdict is in accordance with public sentiment in Philadelphia. It would be difficult to find a jury who world convleirin any ease !of a similar . To say nothing pt die plea or insanity, 'the popular mind of the country recognizes Smith's act as justifi able homicide. [jr' Gen. Scott is to sail in the neat Steamer for California, whence, with-the regular: troops in. that section, and such. force of volunteers as may be need ed, he will march for Salt Lake City, in case things there continue to scar their present aspect. • or The- German, Muller, recently on trial a . Wilkesbarre