Past n, freprietars.
_
'.To the Honorable • the Senators and members '
of the House ,of Representativee of th e: G en _
teal Assembly :
,
13ssrrt.smax :—Whilst the. events Of tue
present many cakisft of joy
and co ngratulation, ju st ci closed, u
co ngratulation, and afford abundant ten
son fot thankfulneu; to a beneficent Providence
for his goodness and mercy--out prosperity I
and ; happiness, as a people, I regret to say,
has .not been unalloyed. The- geberal.growth.
o f the country, the . pikhkress of the' arts and
se i3pces, andother'causes of moral and social
corttfort, have not it islitte,.beeuinterrupted;
- butthe lags of valuable lives and property, by
the casualities of the elements, has been unu
ival, both in_number and extent and in cer
tain sections Of our Commonwealtbthe afflic
tions of pestilence and disease hare also .been
sorely felt. Nor should we eatigiate lightly;
the sufferings that manikoly exists amongst . '
the poor in our cities and toi-ns, The
drought of the.season deprived the - husband
.man, to some extent, of the anticipated rewards
of his labor, and lessened the. meatus of hutnan
subsistence; whilst the depression in moneta
ry and business affairs, has deprived, many
laborers and mechanics t:if their usual earn
ings. The means of, subsistence are thus
greatly enhanced'in value, at the same time •
that the opportunity of earning them are
much diminished. The field for, charity is
consequently wider than usual ; and to meet
its reasonable demands on the pait of those ,
blessed with abundance, will be to sustain
the ehristian' chaincter, and nicasurably +to
•,,merit the continued bounty of Heaven.
The operations of the Treasury for the last
tear,-will be presented to.you' ii :detail, by
the head of that department. The results are
highly satisfactory,, showing a Steadily in
creasing revenue froth nearly all .the ordinary .
sources. - I
The aggregate receipts for the .Ifiscal year
of 1854, incindingloans and the ;balance in
r the TreaSury v on the 30th. November, 1853,
amounted to the sum of $6,664,912 01., The
gross payments for the , same period. to the
.sum of $5,424,983 29 ; leaving a 'balance on
. the 30th of November, 0f:51,240,929 72
The extraordinary payments Consisted of
the following items, to wit ; 'repaid,.
$235,888 40; to the North Branch canal,.
$206,552 76; to the construCtion'of the new
railroad over the Alleghenf I; mountains,
'5461,921 03 ; to the payment of debts on the
public works, $389,946 38. ON'he balance
. remaining in the Treasury, a portion is appli
lc:ible to the•pay' -ment of the State debt, and
the remainder to current`dernand4'.
The simple; or ordinary operations of ,the i
Treasury for the same period, were as follows,ll
to wit: the receipts, exclusive of 'loans and(
the balarree in the Treasury on ,the 30th of
!November, 1853, realized from I,permanent.
;sources. amounted to the sum ,of
1099 00. The ordinary expenditur, including
Initrests on the State debt. and 'all the pay
ments -on the—ttnisbeer lutes nt - Itne Norio
works, excluding the payments on ;new works.
° and loans,amounted to 64,116,744 84 ;.being
181,101,4Q0 15, less than the receipts.
This statement may beregarded ..the
! workings of the Treasury siitipliffed • and as
establishing the gratifying fact; t - that the
present reliable revenues of the. State, exceed
l the ordinary or unavoidable expenditures,
over a million of dollars ; and that, relieved
from the demands for the construction of new
improvements, the Treasury could pay a mil
lion or more of
,the public debt annually. It
; will also be perceived that the_ ineome from
these sources is steadily increasing., For in•
stance, in 1846, with the State , tafiat:present
rates, and ,the same extent of imProvements
in use, with nearly all the present sources of
,1 revenue in , opera t ion, the gross receipts am out
inn. to but littleover three and a half mill-,
ions. ,
•
No more reliable estimate of the Treasure
for 1855 can be made, than is furnished in
,1854. The ordinary receipts may -be safely
estimated at a million of dollars above the
unavoidable expenditures. A portion of this
excess will be required to eoinplete the new
'Portage railroad, and Me North Branch ea
- nal; and the remainder should - b faithfully
I applied towards the payment of the State.
.debt.i.
The aggregate receipts on the public works
1 , for the past.year, as reported by , the Canal
iCornmis.sibne*rs, amounted.to the sum of $.l.
/ 101,510 54 i,kavitig, a balance of $774,508
134., from which, however: . should dedue
!led the sum of $37,000, properly charceable
to the year; fornew locomotives' and other!
~unavoidable expenditures-- - thuS reducing the I
net profits t i e, $736,608.34. If .We add to
ithi4, $131,000 00 received from the Penn-,
Sylvanian railroad company for the-three mill
./ tax, which is elairned by some 'as 'sit part, of
! the income from the p. blic works,! we find a
net revenue of $867,000; a sum equal to the
interest on seventeen millions of the five per
cent debt of the State. The aggregate re
ceipts were $57,121 less than for the year
1'1853, and the reduction in expenditures
1 amounted to over $159,287,000. with
iiirawal of the .of. the .1 1 4nsylvania -
L railroad from the Portage road, readily
counts for this difference.
Viewed in every aspect, this exhibit. is grat
lying. Few similar system s of improv e nest
in the country can present a morei, favorable
I picture. Some of them, ; in other States, have
recently been reduced to a conditi o n of
teal insolvency! The increase of ti psiness on
the State workti for the two last years, has
exceeded our-anticipations; and but for . the
necessity which seemed to-exist for a 'rodeo
`tion in tolls to meet surrounding competition,
ithe revenue would -have been largely increas
- i ed. The general movement now on fook
amotigst railroad ootnpanie., to advance these
rates, may perhaps, relieve the State to some.
/ ,extrentiu this respect ! .
MO : Delaware diviiion maker; a Most grat
ifyiug exhibit . The gross receipts counted
$365,225 07, and the expetelitilro; 69,738-
)137, showing net profit of *305,5'138 40 ; a
sum equal' to the _interest - on . six Inillions of
the public (lebt, gad to-20 per cent.. on the
!original cost of the work, including expendi,
fere for new woris. •
' L ' • The North Brinell' Canal 'and the7:Colum
,hia- railroad'atso present favorable results.---
The.business•and tolls on the fonier have in .
creased with marked rapidity; And the (nen
agement on both these bmnoheS: bear the
marks of skill and economy. The eSperises on
the Allegheny Portage road have been largely
reduced, and. the business better t regulated
than at any former period. tie a. whole; I
reel (=strained to aay, that the condition : of
is the public works has been improved
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thelist;yetir; in nolparticular4O so valuable
an extent, as in. the matter, of l contracting
debti,•Which it seems has been i nmost entire,
-ly• ac l oided, The, Officers on the respectiVe
lines report that.-they have paid all expensesi;
and Kane of.thern havegone so far as to sat
to thelCanal Board that they-will be person.'
ally - resPonsible for. any tle‘As that may here
after Ihe discm/ered. ' This is trulil a great re-.
-form4for noting has cost the State so much
:as the4ierniciotts. praCtice of tit king debt.
c: iv
on the Publiorks;',J 'still - thin ; • it should
t
be interdicted iby positive law. 1 ,
Itt!tny last.,nies.sagel 1 . . gave 'My • views at
length, its..to he fpnnciples and rule's -that
should - control in ' tb:o managetnent of the
Slate itnproYethenta, and I' !Iced. not repeat,
Omit" in:this I. I wou respectfullyldrespectfully suggest;
reover, that So , much of theta* as bind 4
t Canal pommissioilets ton fixed rate of
tolls for the.whole season, should be repealed;
The officer; directing r the operations of th 4
public Works should, i t' seems to-me, be left
free - - tb Meet the exigeilcies in trade and coati
. 3 , • - =.
merce, as 'they may . nt7se... 1
.The Work on the Mountain railroad hail.
:progressed slowly, and it .is\obviOus that it
will not be fully, completed before tlfe stuni .
mei' of 1855.. I must confess Myself sadlyi
disappointed as to thetime and tnoney con 4
aumed in the eoustritaion of this work. The
expenditure - s, since I! ,. ..itne into 'office; have
greatly exceeded the *hole,. amtnt estima
tedas.nedessary to: (YOmplete tit line; and;
yet, it is but justice; tosay, that the Pennsvl4
vania railroad,, lying parallel with it, has cost
a still larger. sum per Mile. • 1 • ll
I have ende.avoredl during my i s erv i ce, td
1 -• , i
guard against Ott co ilnencetnent - ofschemel
r
of this or any other .liaracter, to :entail fu-l-,
ture'liabilities on th e Treasury.
_.• This otizhf i l
to be the :settled policy. of the State. No newt
improvetuents :should tbe undettt r tken, 'upon :
'any pretexi whatever.l , The paYtnent of the
debt, and that only, shOuld absorh the surplus
revennes of the Treasury. • If thi policy be!,
putsued,hl,4 other fi nancial scheme, , to pay;
the debt',. Will be necesSary: • The large anntv:
al surplus will reduce the State's indebted-i
ness with sntlic`ient: rapidity. .
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, , I
. J regvt,lexceedingly,. the - neeeTity of an-i
nouncing to yon that the North Ili, ranell Ca
nal is not yet in - full .operation. llt is noxii,
More than ia year since the; Canal! Ctimmis4
Sionei direicted the, water to be let into the,
Main rtink of that improvement, and deelar-'.
- ed their Confident belief, that it Would be. in
successful operation by. the
middle of lasti
summer;; but their sanguine exlpetations, Its
'well 'aa those 'of theivople, ha! e, i in this re-;!,
.spectlietlit sadly disappointed. 4 variety of l
1 ,
unforsecii difficulties presented thernielves in
the was' Of the attainment of this end. The . .
old . wO'i.k; c6nstrneted IsOme . tweive or fifteen i
years sill e, as well as. some sections of the 3,
-new; IC‘eatt :ilon the hill side, near the margin;,
of the river When_tested by the a mission .of
W
`ater, turned. out to beperons, an/ totally in
:attic cent in its material - and formation., _ln
gorpo-.1tatt,, , ,,% 'rrie - Fc, Ar+a-t::,'"1.:::::;',... , 4 --..-41..+1n ps '
base. been concealed 'under the bottom of the i
canal channel, Covered. Only by a few inches; (
Of. earth; thus presen4ng but al slight oll : ,,
struetioa to the passagerof the water out into
the t4.4ll.orthe river. This is especially the ! ,
casein tnuch.of the old!werk; in ail such-sec
.bons or daces, where no remedy, short of.-e: reconstrnetion of the bottom of, the canal f i
could ptove sufficient;'- and this was necessa- !,
rily-a tedious! and Sxpert i qive procds. ' . There
is still ateensiderable portion
! of the work', to
retnodeVin i this wee ; but it is confidently e;
liet t ed thatit will ho ready for use in the ear-1,
ly 'part of the coming. sea Son. - That the • ut-••‘
most Atilt ,t he
vigilance has at all times been'
exhibited..by the agents . ;oftithe State,• • on this i !,
line,!l de. hot believe • , lint the. defiiency, in
this - . parti!eular;'on the., new cork, has not;
been so Hipableas' alleged! by some.. Indeed, ; :
Since Mayo last, great energy has eharacteriz- :
edi the management on ' this line; the - Presi
deny .of: the Canal 'Board having devoted
inech of his / time to a perional supervision of;
the worki But it is obvious ; .--no degree of.
capacity in the State's•agetinc - f4 the last(
year, could have overcomeall. the difficulties!
that were, ;encountered, With sufficient celeri
-1 , . .. , .
tc4to bare entirely satisfied üblic,expectatton.:
,
At thel tithe I came - into Office, l the. sum:
. 1. .
neeeisaryi to Complete-this work waa"estimat
, what $77, 1 2;00,0.., Since that time the sum of!
$1',208,5.12 72 has been expended, and it will!
still require; ac estimated - by the Canal Board, , 1
~ ea . 0,000 t o pit'ifititd'eomplete-pperailon. . ,!
r " Whitst I regret this unforseen - Cost and
outlay, 1 i cannot refrain. from repeating my
unfalte:ring, confidence in the wisdom • of the
policy thaf.dietated the complelioni of 0481
work.
~ Tie large increase of husitiess an4.o
tells for ille, year just closed, oh ' the older
.portions- f the' line, indicates what .We may
safely anticipate from the new; ti t iii, I can-;
.not doubt, t i hat!the gro4 81110111 A of ibusinms.. ,
it, will cOmmand,_ and the revenue it will
!yield, 'will .exceed the most sanguine.expec-!,
tations of its ladvocatc..—The inexliaustiblez,
mines of coal with - which that section of theL l
State abOunils'lthe products of Whichlaredes- .
tined to pang through this a4nue to a limit-,
less . market,! wip furnish fur it a never - failing
supply of hiltittess and tonnage. I 13estdes; its
completion iwill .be an act of justice to the in
dustrious and.enterprisiam inhabitanta of that
part 9f the conimonwealN, who /lave hereto
fewilingly recntribnted towards ! ale con
structitm Of the '.other ithprovements of the
State, front_ whieh they could derive but little
advnninge. It will, also, add' to the general
prosperity,of the adjacent country; the value.
of property, and consetinently to the revenues
of the FA*.
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- •
At the P ine or my inducti on,i nto .rice,
ded debt, including, accinedinterest,ni
to the sum of 84635
Add to this; the lonn of April, ••1
1852, to complete the . North
Branch`Cannl, . • , 851
, .
941,004
DedneeTayments4, - as follows: •. , ' •
Interetit on outland• •
' ing relifientes. \ $50.063 3fi
itelfeipint,n the mink- -
ing forni up to
- ibis Lillie, 1.0h7,856 15 .
firdeii debt, . . 539.900
The flontinu ,debt, and unpaid
tiPProPriptitioN. at the ,pericol
already radial - 64 J
. the nr4il.lble balance
then, in iboTreasury, 750,600 00
$671 015
'WELT SOURNAL--DEVOTED TO POLITICS, lIETSILIT
Tho' Boating debt, temporary
loans, unpaid appropriations,
&rept for repairs after the
. Ist December, ISIS,.
Balance M the Treasury, No.
vember 30, IBs4,afterdeduct.
ting tht amount applicable to
' the old publie„debt, and ,the
'relief issues then on hand,
During. the same period the folloWing appm
printi ins and payments bare been made. towards
the - construetion of new:improvements; to wit;
For the; reconstruction' of the
Colanibia railroad.. ' 8514,407 66
For the new railroad over the Al- i •
legheny mouotmins; - • 1,117,955 93
Far the completion of the West-, l
ern teservoir.• , • '. 52,388 00
For the North Branch Canal; ' 1,206,352 76
Few locks on the DelaWnre
Sundry special payment%
The-foregoing figures exhibit the Astonish
ing fact, that the Treasury- . has been annualy
paying over a million of dollars towards the
construction of new improvements and at
the same time accomplished a small reduc
tiOn-of the public debt. . . 1..
As made my duty, by an actof.-the Legis
lature; approved the 27th of April last, pro
viding for the sale' of the -main' line of the
public works,, sealed proposals for its pur
clidie were invited, tip to-the firs Monday of
July last. No offers were' made 'under this
invitation; and" public notk-e was again giv
en, on the 14th of November-last, iu accor
dance with-the 29th seetion of the act, -for
proposals, to be submitted to the,General As
sembly ; but none have been received. This
improvement is, therefore; Still .the property
of the State, subject to such - disposition as
the Legislature may &eat necessary. -
sly mind has'- undergone no change, on
the subject of.selling the public works, - since
the period of tny,last message. I think the
policy a the measure, depends mainly upon.
-the price that can lie obtained, and the con
ditions on which purchasers may .be willing
to hold these works for, the . 'use,of the public.
With -a full and fair "consideration, and on
terms amply protective of the rights and in
terests oftlTie• people, in; helutnie : enjoyment
( - )filiese t highways, a sale might net prove in
jurious 'to the public wea1....-But it is certain
ly neither wise nor .pkilitie to assume that
they must pe sold for whatever canire obtain-.
ed; or that they should, in any event, be giv-,
en away. Nothing could have a more prej-
milicial . effect upon the interests of the State,.,
as invv)ved-in these' itiniirovn!ents. ' than the
avowal of such a determination, • ;Nor is it
less unwise to disparage the value of the com
monwealth's preperty, :1!t. the very moment of
putting it- in market for sale. go intelligent
private citizen would so``, act, in reference to
big own estate'. - Ile ,would. hardly give no--
lice to' capitalists, in adVarice that 'lie would
...n la s ,. tarn% _fur as-fair
, trice; but if unwillin
t. a
~ iNs) , ....„1, - rt.... I.P !t.. - V ...IV. • 1••••••••••,.........7 -
could have it for Half tins money.
.Norwould'
such a person proclaim ,that, of all the farms
, in the country, his was the 'least productive.
- It is certainly the wish of many good citi
zens of the State--perlinpa c..f a 'rmajorit. , ,,i 7 —
that the public works should I;e , sold; but
this desire is evidently. ,based 'upon: . the . as- .
sumption that the- ineasUrewould be, one . . of
real econeruy - ---that it -Would lessen, without
the hazard of increasing, their annual taxes.
The realization-of such an-object, it must be
perceived, then; _depends entirely upon. the
price and terms. Theme who 'desire a . sale
certainly expect the State - to be the gainer.
,Iry such a measure. NO other important or
suificient . reason - for parting with this property .
has deen assigned. F,. .
It is usually said that the - worki should be
sold to 'pay the public I ',debt and 'lessen 'the
Turthens of the people; ,but; it - must be ob-.
served that a sale might be made' at a . price
far-too low to effect such a purpose; and if
so, to give them away,:' would be still leis
likely. to produce the d'e'sired result; Should
the gross aum receivedinot . be equal -to that
on which the nett earnings 'would pay the,
interest, then'the effect Would be to increase,
rather than diminish theseinnual burthens.
This is not what the peoplei desire to accom
plish by a,sale; nor will they be satisfied with
such disposition of their property. .
The real value of the public works, itin
proposition -full of difficulty; and, 1 doubt•
net, the General Assernbly
,will approach the
inquiry, duly impressedi with its importance.
Tee millions of dollarsiwas 'fixed by the law
Of last session, as the Price for the maitr line.
This minimum is said 1- t y some to be too high,
and the failure to sell regarded as. The couse-.
quenccs. ; °diets attribute ,the absence of
bidders to the condition of the - money mar- ,
ket—to the stringent restrictions imposed up
en the laiv i and to the efforts that • had been
lpreviously made to dispitrage the Value of the
ine. But it is obvious that more than one of
these cauSe-s may have operated; and a great
er than all-may have been the hope of get
.till rr this Property on -better terms, at a fu
ture timer I feel very Confident.that the hit
ter. consideration was-not without its influ
ence. Brit, be this as it may, it is certainly
rinser tcs fail to selbfromlany one of these cau
ses, than to hazard the Works in the markets,
Without any. restriction lor 'limitation 'as to
Price 6 i r conditions. .kbatl sale would as
ttreilly be a greater tni,ifortune than no sale
at all. t- . .
- ,
The benefits resulting to the people from
- these improvements, have been numerous and
diversified. They have a facilitated trade and
t
comme=rce; stimulated ipttxluctive industry
iti every department; and have not only
enabled the farmer to reach a ready- market
Ai'ith the fruits othis labor, abut have- furnish
ed convenient out lets for the - rich mineral
tiiasurok- of the State. AN'ithout-, them, the.
miner would be deprived of his oeCupation,
[ the - transporter be left in: helpless . destitution,a:hd the -Commonwealth itself be permitted to
retain,,A parsinionious possession of vast mass
ei of natural and unproductive riches. Our
ipied*sso . rs were, wise in opening tbesc . ave.
ones to trade and eennerce; and if we wish to
he. fun.
nutited
457 48
000 00
!457 48.
.919 54
61.421
',4.liinttrost, ~usquetaitita Countg,
Balance,
, bte rated wits hereafter, shall not rashly
'and hastily throw away the _advantages of
'their future use. This use, to the full extent,
;its the event, of a sale, cap, only be. secured by
a!,jealous protection of the right of the people
tO enjoy it. The very first conditions of such
iaitneasure should be, that the works, and
branch 4 ) ,,f them, be kept at all times in
rgbod order and in operating condition, and ,
Yrimain foremer public highways, for the .nie
of all persons •who may wish to , transport
gbods or merchandise over them, upon 'rates
nipt greater than thorn charged upon other
similar iniproyetnenta r t No . rpomtion should
get possession of tboii, volua ,le .avenues; on
such conditions as wOuld en . ble it to Impose
unreasonable burtlieni on
or
internal trade
and tonnage of the Stitte, or ,rt . any . way to .
encroach upon the riOta o the indirtclual .
citizen. -
,To obviate ithelitestilts, the powerS,
privileges and-resttic4ous oflanY corporation I
getting the works, 419p1d be minutely defined.
Past experience suggests
. t i liese prudential
counsels;' for we has ioften seeif in thiS Statti,
how difficult it is to &mane the operations of
these artificial bodieslWithin the limits prif--
scribed by the law; and we should not - fail
to profit by the less** ' .
By the 20th section of th act Of: the . 'Gtli
of May . last, providing fore ordinary ex
penses. of government and other purpose;;
Nimrod Strickland, a Chester county, : Jehn.
N. Purviance of BuOer co pty,. and -John,
Strohm of .I;tueaster iCounty ; were named 'is
commissioners to se4le certain claims and.
debts against the CCmmonwealth. lt was
also made the . dutyeufithe GOvernor to supply,.
by appointment, any Vacancy in this commis
ion- which 'might occur: • Tha gentlemen al
ready named having declined to serve, I ac
cordingly appointed Williant W. Williamson,
of Chester county, William English, of Phil
adelphia, and John C Magill, or:Westmore
land county, in their.itead. • - : • 1.-
lifter a. tedions and r llaborions investigation
the.gentletruin lute completed the duty as
signed to them, ';lnd the result will. be com
municated to you, iO detai, in their ow
teport.
. ,
. .
1,630,000 Ob
865,929 00.
$'165,929 00
100.319 99
95,35311
83.086,778 05
I 'regret to preceivet•that ,i'the accounts 4:1
examined and settled,',exceect the amount at)- .
propriated nearly $159,000.. it is well, hoW
ever, to see the end oficlaima of this chara4-
ter ; and having. acedruplished this, it will
be prudent to guard itgninstl .the recurrence
of a similar state ofatfairs. Indeed,the
-..
tice of contracting debtset on the kt
c publi wory roadcompany.. Bost certainly the latter al
- . .1 • '.
should be at once and. forever 'abandoned, ternative should not lai adopted, so long_ as
It. has been a fruitful Source [of confusion in the question of 'selling .ilie State improve
the accounts, if not of palpable wrong upon - merits remains undecid'edi ,
the Treasury; The right to natter the creel- - As a mere revenue measure, this tax eorr ,
it of the Commonwealth in this ur.garded stituteS an'important mal. increasing itein in
way; is, I venture to assert, - ithout.,a parallel - the annual receipts of the Treasury. In the
in the management'bfenblie affairs. Of - the year 1853, it amounted to the sum of $74,-
vl
many defects in thasisterit of managing - the 000, and for the year 1834, to $131,000.
State improvements, this bas ~ t been the most i' :That.this amount will• be materially' in
productive of-evil. IP my first, as also in creased hereafter,-is self-evideet. If this int
my last! annual , tees.4 . rige, I - inost• earnestlY I portant item be withdrawn . from. the sinking
urged the General -AsSeinbly to provide,. by ! fund, there will be but little left to sustain its
law, that, no debt sheuld, be' contracted. -by i operations. ' ' . - !.. •
'the officers on the - Public trorkst—that the I lam aware:that . these; views may be - met
necessary labor and imatenel to Maintain" with the plausible argument that trade and
these works should-belpeid fOrlin cash—and I commerce shonld net .be thus berthened—,
that each Officer should be cempelled to 'see r that.the effect is-prejudicial to the business of.
tie his accounts promptly. The examinations the State: This is true to a certain extent;
just made, demonstrate still More clearly - the' and should have its full 'tveiglit in the .:id
necessity for such - reform. I . 1 justinent of a question of this :character. - But
-Repeated attempt* have been.made to ref lit will scarcely be contended that trade and
peal so much of the , act incorporating the commerce should be sustained by coptribu
petinsylvania'railread Company, as requires it. tions from a needy . Treasury. . On this prin._
to pay into the Treasury. annually, a certain I civic, it could as reasonably..be maintained
s t , •........ _,...._. e . ~ ; ~.... ... -a- - za- -.1 -...-1-1.........V......«•,-aa...0.4.-W /Mt. '
.2: , ..centisittl_ on,tke•aviou4l.,.ll-; eqUTM - 1 ent er for I ever for.the use, cff her-own:wOrks '
• •
the privileges grantedkiy.tho POUMlOnwealth ; 1 . The administration of Governor- Shunk:l
but the General Assertibly beve as repeatedly i commenced-the cancellation of the relief it- I
rejected the proposition; andi sincerely-bopeil sues . ;,and. that of my immediate predecessor
that sd long . as the State may need. the revel arrested the process, leasing 650 ; 163.00 of
flue frOm this source, all futpre attempts td this unsightly currency ;in. circulation. In
accomPlish this erd, may ineet a simnel, the spring of 1853, the. policy of cancellation
fate..: 1 -, .. : .. _ ~
_ .
__ 1 I was again resumed ; and' up to this date,
1
Haynie- been contested with the legislation] I $485,384 88 had been received into the sink
which.br'ought this coiripanyl into. existence,l , ing • fund;'applicable to that purpose; leaving
and clearly cogniztrit'...of the ..-motives and[[ the.tne_agre sum of $154,778 12 ; to provide
purposCs which gorrned the . ' Legislature in 11 . for. The gratifying _fact is . apparent, the i re- i
inti)ositig this:ceudiioti.on the grant, I van i', fore; that, without... Any further - legislation on
discover no reason, ti subsequent events' toi l this:_sulject, the entire outstanding balance
justify the relinqnihnient 'of this • valuabler i of relief notes can be withdrawn from eircuel
reservation; but - rAtiv, oni. the . contrary, i! lation and destroyetbduring the current year.t
to sustain its justiconil utility. The discus- . .l It is.true that. these is-Sues have.-hot come in-
lions pending the itiprporat7qn of the corn- ' to the Treasury as rapidly,'as the funds for
Jiang, will best indiete the oteeet-Of this re- their cancellation have accamulated,and hat,,
striction. - The corlruction 44* a railroad consequently, a portion of ;the receipts . -have
. from Harrisburg to..?itfsburg _ parallel With - not been invested'; but thiS• difficulty will be
~
;the State works,.waery -pro rly .urged as l i , obviated in Juneaext, when the law will go .
indispensably decestql to meet•tbre wants of 11 into operation Which forbids the . brinka and :
the travelling publiyuid to enable our me! itreeeiviug officers of the. , qoratnouwealth to
tropolis to competesuneessfully with other ilpay out. these issues, and requires theta tO be
commercial cities. the very rst and most Itpresented at the Treasury Tyr cancellation—
formidable.dtfficulttt,which resented itself 'iVe shall, therefore, soon see the last of a our=''
:
in the ;ay of this eleprise,.a's the preju-: rency which has polluted the chanaels of eir
diciail effect such a irk mig it . have opon. 'ulatiotifor thirteen - yetis:, Past ; and I trust
1 ,
the bussi - ness and p tai, of the main line. of that the lesson . thus: taught has .been *qttite - ,
t
the public improve nt.i., . It was urged on_ Sufficient tO warn' Us against similar- errors
the one' band, that State wyrks had been - for all time to come; , t• . .
constructed at the titre of
. ithe people of '' -Ikly opinions on all :questions. that conciern
the.entire Coimnon Ifh—that those resi- the currency, have been set oftenlexpresSed,
*ding in the exttemehrtions of the State, as t that they must be well knottu to the Legis
well as those of thepterior,{ had annually; ' future, and need not be given at length! in
contributed towardste :payment of the in- this commanication. :
Without, it any time,
terest on the debt wthi:had thus heal eon- assuming it' would he. wise 'for this - State,Are-.
tratted; and, thereftt the legislature could i f ardle.s of .the policy of :other' ContmOn
not, consiVently alai - principles ofjustice wealths, to dispense suddenly and entielv::
and equity, make a that that ',would dere- . With banks „of issue, it. has beeu. uniformerly
-Ohio the value of
. p rty which belonged '.l. held that the amount of banking capital as a
to all, the pug Oosterieg the growth basis for paper - Circulation, sjiould. be closely
.and prosperilY ota 'eular portion of the' limited 'to the urgent wants ofcommerce and
, State. - Good faith' correct : moral princi- trade; - If the experience oft the 'country; is
Iple forbade such act I. On the other.hand,.. wottlr.any thing at all, it: hes demonstrated
it 'was 'alleged tha el increased business, tie correctness of this policy-, and that the
• f
-1
which such - an..impriment would throw up- use of, small bank notes should be - discouraged
on the Columbia raid; and the enhanced: abd forbidden. In accordani:e With this View .
. value of property raise to the pr . opos4 of the subject,. I have-on past,occasi c in - g, r e .
road, from - whicn thinte would derive in - fused to sanction sac - extensiveincrease*. o(
creased revenue in tfolin of taxes—Would banking capital. '
I;
constitute an ample iniieratiOn to her coff- ;:Every commercial count:it is liable to al
ers, and thus do falltioe to the. people as r tertiate seasons . ofexeitementitual depresSion;
the owners of the w. II telbc • affected. But to ~periods of extravagant overF trading, follow
a majority of the Le hire concluded that ed by tuitions revulsions. the . ..reaction now
1
i some additional-ben steren
det r ancied, and felt'i 2a s the inevitable, if tot - natural conntercounter:.l hence the adoption' e !provision to which partof anndtie 'expansion Oftredit, in the
I have referred.' 41 , 1- - • form of bank paper, railroad, - -State, and. cor-
The stock was ictihed ifith .a full
,pOration botids and iudividu;ii i oblik;ations, l -.
knowledgeof this relltiou, and the accep- •Inithose States Where the free;lor stock-bank
tance of the charter; cons Hy, was the ing systetri :had stimulated the expansion, the
consummation of asin agree ent'betwee' n workings of thel•reaction hate.been - &qui-
them
,and' State.l i t. . r . - treits. In -our oWn beloved (Tortirtionwealth
Yet, underlie spits plea tilat it' inipo- the shock has-been . sensibly felt,. though far
Ises a tax_On trade: tipnlinouvreelth is now less severe than in . other -parts bf the country.
asked tO4elinquish .t, conditicr ; and - the Ilex' partial escape,. it is belieed,* is 'mainly
...-
case is argned as tai q it had been the pi*. owing to her 'prudent atid - restrictiye policy
icy of t h e leW,-that tompatiy I should irn7 in the use 'of bank credit. 'ft ilc at,least,very I
.
'pose this charge of tf mills - per .ton i upon 'clear, that had- :the. free, or stock-bankingl
every Species, of pry 1 which ,nay pass ~ . plan, at one time:seize:dowdy' atiiocated,been 1
over its road ;.and its way it 14 very read- adopted - in this State, or bad tinr'present syit- i
iltshmili: that on ceko, lumber and oth- .terry been greatly expanded, tile - position - .of
11 ,
er choip tonage, th"f - r e Kohl(' be too. ,affairs in our commercialrnetrepelle'woindl
great But•the cow ate not obligelllO nUt!lrave been - so fitvorable . ;IS [at present:--:i
assess this tax on ail al of tonnage; nor Rid "the natural tendency to 'speculation to-- 1
T
was it the intend° 'dr acts that : they: sewed this artificial ittiinulertt4the liinita - or
should do so. The plias lO make an safety ; like the !evens of experience , Would - 1
exaction from the qk, of the comps- have been passed:tinbeededl sui it is;' sower;
ny, for the Ase.of 1, , iel_cOffetiois a corn.' good, men; in. therpurauit of tuieful..enterpri...,
pensation'fOr . a vat . t#nt, and 'thereby s e; ill : must Outer alike. • Those, who, profit
protect the. public - vstitents from the Attest by theexpansien, are oftenleffteted most
cOmpetition.of this riial. - The tax otr by the contraction.' This'll :es, pecially the
tonnage, therefore, _ ;?ded to indicate case , with labor, which 'lis ttnifoinsly• lhet - lait
only the mode of ing thetsum to-.bo :to. be elevated in timesafprospeirity, - and the
paid, and - not the s towage jon which fins!, lo go down in those of depression. The should be charged en the itum is in banks; as a general rule, Make' lite - meat out
I. I I - .- I.
. • .
AGIIICULTI3I I :32, SpiqCE, AND itIORALII7.
ittsbat Corning; aitanuarg 3, 355.
this way - ascertained, it 'Matters not. to the
State how the emnpany obtains the money ; 1
whether it be ; by charges?, on ;freight, or-on I
passengers:---on local, or do through tonnage. I
Should, theiefore, e6rtithiltinds of tonnage be I
improperly - Oppressed, the'. . fault IS with. the
compahy, notlin the law.; And surely itivill I
not be contended that the .protection thus i
thrown around the worksof the State is un- 1
necessary ; 'so 'far from this, the wistrOm and 1
utility of this feature of the company's char
ter
has already been Made manifest'. The
very exigency anticinatediby the Legishitnre
has arisen; the corupetitiOn of, the railroad is I
already seriously. felt by the main line. • Ito- 7 !
Hewed from this restraint. but a meagre por
tion of the carrying trade : wou,id . be left- for
that branch of our !improvements. ;Nor, will]
it be contended that the Oenimonw'alth does I
not need this'SOuree of reVentic.. . . , I
But, viewed alone, as a*matter `interesting
to the . owners and transpOrtera oftonnage,
what - guarantee. -would. theyL -
"have that the -
rates of transportation wonid be red ced,ivere
this tax taken aft Nohe whatever. The
company could charge as Jierelofore,abd thus
realize the amount of they tax*in addition : to
their present profits. If they 'should- not. do
this, their action would* differ' from - that of
similar corporations Mudet like circumstances.
But to admit, what is claimed, - that a reduc
tion in the • charges of transportation " to a
similar extent, would take place it must_be
perceived . Would . 'thiplicate the loss to - the
State; for she would not , only thereby lose
the amount of the three Mill tax, but tie de-
prived.of .a very large portion of tonnage
which Would be attracted; to the company's
road by this reduction in the rates of trans.
portation. .We,are 'thus brought to the sim
ple inquiry; s whether the State Will retain this
valuable income; tO wlaiett the is
it to
en
titled,:or whetherishe shall give to the rail-
Ofitbese convulsions. •- .4 is ...often their: error!!
to flatter the . merchant and trader when the'
tide of prosperityrrtinti high, and to forsake
hitu.on the first. appearance , of its ebbing.;--
Even sound banki and 'Of goal repute, .it-is
said, are seeking to' make 'Money out of the!
present crisis, by sharing their capital and • itsll
benefits with brokers andjohhers, instead of
aiding the business community. at legitimatel
rates: how far theseadlegations are warran
ted, it is difficult •to,decide ; but it is. to be - 1
hoped that few, if any of °nub:mks are justly
liable . . to this charge, for such a practice
`would be highly - improper, and well calcula
ted to excite discontent. Stich a =departure
from. legitimate bitsinesa, would demand. a
prompt remedy at' your, hands. It may be,
difficult to confine thew institutions. • to. their;
proper business, with the prospect of better;
profits in other quarters ; but they should bei
made to feel that they have been created , for,
a higher purpose ilian • merely to enrich the
stockholders. ••.• - • • - -:" • - ,
The crisis is'a_ trying one but there is still
reason tohope that the : credit and trade of
the country .will never sufler as much as AT,
has done on similar oteasions, in times put.
There, is now no lc:aim : al Bank to mislead'
the mercantile cla.4, and. to emharrais . the;
commerce which it professed to aid.
the shod: will be great enough ; .to lead .thei
public mind' to *enquire after a 'reinedy
these periodical convulsions. And; surely
we - inayrbe permitted to lnipe, - that the good .
sense of the people will never • again.
.he im
posed upon by those crude experiments which
have, on some former occasions,. so fearfdlly,
aggravated the evils they were intended to
remedy. I respectfully advise' the General
Assembly against all such experiments. The
remedy, to be permanent, must be a natural
one'; artificial means . may add to present der
angements ; but cannot correct them : lAn
extensive increase of banking capital and ath- 1
et expedients : will, doubtless, be presied Upon
I . i'our attention ' • Nit it is hoped, that. no such,
. fallacy may find favor. Nor is there tiny
suf
ficient•rea4;on for the alarm and seniitivenessl
! manifested in certain' quarters;- thereat wealth
''of the country existit, and the ,fiatural • el
ements of prosperity are no • less than hereto
! fore. It is the, shadow, not • the substance
that is passing away. The business commu
nity :shonld look the danger bravely in the
face, and by their energy; honesty and enter- I
prise, overcome it. Mutual.- confidence • and
forbearance should be cherished by. all, as a
means of accomplishing-thii'desirable-end.
livatecordance With the provisions,ora law
I passed iu A pril . last; a vote of the people: was
taken, 'At the October election or. the, policy
of prohibiting the manufacture• and sale of
;intoxicating lictuorsi 158,342 votes }sere cast
in favor of the measure, and 163,510 '.rotes
against it. -
. The proper regulation . of this Subject great :
I 13; cencerns the moral welfare. of the people, -
1 and for - that reason will claim- your anxious
ennsidorni inir . -.Porluarma..inku.A:J l *:-"'rrirlttes'.
ticqk within' the - range' of your authority, , .
deeply .intereststlie people
.ofevery class,-race
and condition. Indeedolie immoderate use
of intoxicating thet has,left,
its 'mark - in every' vicinage. .Its pre- -
' gross, forteriately,haa . . been Steadily restited .
by individuals'and . societies, rho h.areeni
ployed-the power of truth and reason against.
it. These 'efforts hare 'dent math, and may .
do ',More hereafter- te:,initiete the
Avoiding njl vexatious - eneroachinents •apon:l
the , rights and priVilegea:.of - "every' Citizen,l
there 12rd - early . - do reasonlWhy'lliti influenee.!
of a -,yell desigried :re-
straining the sale of intoxicating • liquors;
should not he brought-10111m aid of thesein
:dividual efl'orts: Although the vote of the.
people, would seem to, indicate their, aversion
to the particular measure' of reform prOposed,
it is not to be inferred, - for that reason they
are -averse to all . attemptsrefortnation.- 7
Stith aminference, 1 'am qonfident, *Mild not
be a true reflection. of their sentiments.• •So
far ham this, they aeknoWledge the existence
of the evil and the -neCessity of proper reme : .*
dies. Our present license leis, .to thin
might, in my opinion, be niieftilly
' r o t e i f m s e . i l n 9 i t o b e i a rn c 7pe , t is rl e n o re c n e.: sici e T n b . a be iTh q g ose r t a o r l i a esse a w s a n need t e s v t!c t :h .
• 1 d • S • • • relates .
the.city of Philadelphia,-..they are :_peculiarly
prejudicial to public - rtiOials,antiseem to bare
been .constructed 'pkiincite the convenience
'of driaking,•far more than'to 'restrain its evil.
eonsequences. • The is 'w . orth y , of your
deliberate Consideration.' • *'•:
' The report, of the Superintendent will, ex-.
hibit to 'you in ,the. operations of -the
Common School system for'the_ . year. just
closed and-I respectfully.reConintend . 'the
suggestions of that officer to Yhurcarefuleon
• . • • • •
sigeration.• • *
The general taw. of 1849, with amendments
and modifications, was re-modlcil by the last
Legislature. The most tnaterinl parts of the
old la‘i, which:were otnitted in-tire new, were
the vtib-dintrict, the endowment' and settart.
an features. The former was reipcted beciinse
of the mineccssary multiplication of offices
which it authorized, and the conflict whiehl
perpetually arose between the committees and
direcfors Rya the latter, 'becanse in manifest
hostility to the:true intent of the common
school system. These, provisions which seem
'ed to contemplate . a separate school establish.
meut, under sectarian patrotAge, although
controlled by the common school directors;
were originally engrafted upon "the nets of
1838 and 108, And were, rigida re4eriatted,
in 1349. They were very pyoperlv stricken
from ; the system by the law of last; session.--
&lonia efforts bra made in the futtire, at simi
lar innovations, come from-whenee they may,
it is biped they may be promptly." rejected:
The system to be effect,ual must hvaimple'l
and uniform in its operations, , leg
-4-1 • ' • t t v'tl - the.:•
ion, intonsis en A3ll,
applicable to particular.localities or'dititricts,
to- answer temporn ry or ixtrtiatenth o wars
has, and always ,will etubarrtivs the admint9•:
tiation dike general syltetu,'and, should for
this reason; be carefulqaroided. The'niteg-:
-rity of its!,foitats, not less than 'the means to
sustain-its operations, ,should he constantly
nutintained. and sacredly cherished by "the
government. • -
• A - neWieature in the 'system, adopted in
the law of last 'session, Creating the office of
County SOpetintendent, has not;, as tet,, been
folly .tasted ;•asuLtham evidently esults•some,
diremity of opinion, as to the grisdom,eit tha
provision. 'lt ts altaidt very obrioukal f fht‘
is,
its benefiCial workings, amid depend mainly
it - pop-the character of the agents e eleet e d- t oi
carry it into Operation. 'Conipetnnt and fifth;
ful Superintendents may produce the !nippi
est results ; whilst the agency of the ignorant I
:,:-.:.•,::-,:,,-...:,...:,:-f,. , ::12A:• , .,:rcd
-iloittmt_l2 - ' , ' Si*Wl
' ea ; iii , tiiit
or inefficient trill hi attend t
eonsequeniee. , In order' to lei* t Is-
tomtit tile R fair (rial,".ikritill - bit'r
rye; therefore, for.the director*, in the
,_
line counties, to select &paintaide -
I , sole reference to theirndiptition to.tir '
I
of the station. - - L
I Of the many olistaeleain ,
the way.:
't : Ite succesa of our Cottunon'Scli . '
, comp e
1 tan, the one most prominent; sal' tees
cult to remove , is the wait of compete
1 chem. In some communities, I . regret
the system has fallen into comprirativ,
ficiency, bechnse good teirebees 'aunt
found ; and in others; the Most veiatio .
sequences have arisen' from the eniplo
of the illiterate and ineornpetent. ' N
I could exercise a more prejudiCial" infl*
indeed,Tbettreen a very' bad . teacher in
at all, the*latter alternative might, in
instances, be preferred. This deficie
clearly manifest, and hard to obviate.
of the best minds of the State have,. •
cupied and perplexed with it; and u.
cently no general and practicable plan
'removal had been devised. ' •
The of granting permanent p
ional certificates, by officers akilled-in
of teaching, and eminent ii: literary a
I entitle acquirearents,, ter' ((lichen who
ticterily,pass a thorough eiamination, -
several branches of ; o4.Bdry; which the
May, 1854,, req uires to be taught inev ,
, trict, and also in the art of teaching,
readyh 1' usly eflectino.• decided 1
o t 10 et .
meat in this respect, and is belieted
much towards placing theprofestion
• high and firm basis. Normal school
urged could•in ;addition, to' some ate
ply the deficiency; but the expenses
an institution would be heavy.
'The source of this difficulty, it is 'al
e traced, in a great meathre, to"the'
ti proper appreciation in the publics e ptl; oi
the and businesa.of a teacher : ..,The,
profession fur this, reason, - in, adtlitio. to the
absence of fair 'compensation, has n.t.- been
• .attractive.l Indeed, it has !scarcely .• -a re
garded este profession at all, but rat•ettAts a
- preliminary step to soineother pursuit.
rule
'
_directed efforts have recently been • . • rule te
cha nee the 'general -sentiment : on thi point,'
and - .t rejoice in the belief that these ..rivettot
been in vain; and that day is itiit. at- dis
tant, when-the profession, of teacher ,11 be,
equal to the aspirations °file mosthnibitions
of, our people ;-when.its distinctions,= d i gnities
and pecuniary, rewards, will command- the
1 time and attention of the most gifted: - Lean
1 see ;no reason why this state Offeelin Should '
I not, prevail l% why the profession ofteacher
• should nut preiail ;, Why the.professio .Of tea
cher should not rank in honor and prc t i l fit . with
the
,other learned -professions; why iti sel
-1 ence of developing -the hut Pan Intel! eV-44'
i l givieg scope 'and force to mind—of el , vating
1 the ;moral faculties of our race=of con ding ,
, the passiens and teMpering the desires, shOuld
r-1101,i139 etteemen--asieet.l,-,....--*
ions and callitigs; Whose , ornaments :'re re =
calved all, their-capecity - and 'polish at the
la
hands of the. comparatively humble -and illy
rewarded teacher. '' - * -
- ' I earnestly recommend thecomince
systemyoer guardian care, as the a
to
creel of all our histitntions. ; :The offsp r i
-a constitutional injunction on the Legu
---ihe extension and 'perpetuity of its'
nee4 is the plain
,deity of all: Restingi
. very foundation ofthe government, its
cal workings should, bea 'lute refiecti
our:republican system, and its blessed'
tunities , made moldable to all, .refra„, rd
rank„or‘eonditior, or persuaSion.. - It
aid the poor, edvance the. rich, and .ma
I
ignoraut. mise. l l - , • .
I i confidently anticipate for it.;,.a ay of.
greater perfection and
_wider' influen No
better objec t. an engage thenttention /gov
ernment, or consume Its. means, than' e•ed
ucation of the people in the Most corn hen
. sive reuse of the term; embraang tbe nee of
letters, the cultiention of the moral taqulties,
and the diffusion of Christian!truth. '- In this
we haVe the surest guirantee. for the Perpe.
tufty, of our republican geVeriment, avid for
thee joyinent of civil liberty and reltgions,
"freed m. 'Sneh,an educationer may be 'safely
°lei d air the most potent means of preeen
ling4
rime—of increasing. individual _happi , -
nessl . and , national dignity.-..0f . pro sting
Christianity civilization—of exti rpa ting
.moral and evils—of- elevating, dig.
irifvirig and adorning our social cearditi tr. 1
1. 7 ;
Our various charitable. and teformato
stitutioni—so ,Cieditable to the. State,
which - in their, practical operations, have
so much for the relief of suffering hum!
—wid chain the continued" care and bo
of the Ceininchwealth. '- :. '
The, state Lunatic Hospital-at.Varrismg,
under its present `efficient centred and . . gn
i
agement, meets the. anticipations . its
wise and benevolent : advochtes. Its 'humane
and benignant tigeneY lb aprelioratinglhe
condition ; of the unfortunate class for: whose'
relief it was designedivart be; judged' by no
Ordinary standard. The benefits of sueh •an
institution rise ;above all mere pecuniary es
timatea. ,Its purposes address themselves ..to ; -
`the beit and noblest `feelitigs . Of Oar nature,.
and
can only berated at the - roricr,of human
hope and Inman reason, '•
~..,. ' -
, • A somewhat dissimilnr, thongnot less
i
, meritorious institntion,hiti.pieen tr ~ 'been es-
I tablished in I s hilidelphin,, for 'Abe mental
training of the Idiotip and the. hilt r eeile--'-'
'.The astonishing *tate it bas - alreadyecbieved
in develOing andinvigoititing the weak and . ,
clouded intellect, Would secure' for , it public
,confldence Pfid'paironage. 4. commends at
18 ,,Fif -I . o _ ilk bounty ' and care of the State. ~,„
-- The institutions for 'die education, df,the
Deaf and-DM:llb,, and _Blind, Will aliolietAiSre",
''they.l9.o l Y merit, th e ilium l anallit.X.fiont the
State., They are iu " allourishilig- conditieil,..,
and continue to:liestow numberless 'blessing :
Alpen the enfortunate begs committed 'to .;
their charge. - " • -- ' - •
e
. As a scheihe tororreetmg and=re claim ing
''...waywerd - and offending - 5001i, - , l 7,t`ii - ffopite of 'lr
Refuge atari..4l. Pt e ' e Hlingtit.-1,41iC74 erelT
s
:where gaining priblic eatifldettee;fT•lt*ginai4
irdleellee'liP o olt....'e rf .0 _emit - • ereatures#
' iS far In-Gra, il ki tai l l ' , OW:tallr./ 801 4 1 4g; than-i"
that of th 'orilinary ' iiiiideii 'of puphhnimre",
It takek tA gi ; 0 ( lhcse whose Anger- I hs'
lsften the. it t ofilieumstanceikmtbet, the%
criminal hit ti t; who l fell by
.theAnfinepetiiiif;
i
Ind example, of wickek lissoolatiOP; iit'idlii—
hatita.or animal necessities; or *he :.iiill :1 4 .,,,
,iinntiiiof the s itter iritlded moral: Iti_krr,Urog;
Carceptialit who clo j liresll f Tatba;lbsiwnek -
they hate not the. power An'ilhiangs.r
ilisk letieerr , thein. : For alai . unnn
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