I.JWJ1! ' ' - H . . . . i '!. ' novcnxoii's imsic;.:, To the Senate and I finite rf llcpnxrtil,itivr vfiht Vommonmalih of Pennsylvania. Elllow Citizens -The first und most ini p.wtmit duty that dsvcrlvps Upon the Lrgislatur.., v. dl be to examine into the financial embarrass ments of the Wate., ami to make suitable pro vision for the discharge of her liabilities. The vritire nmeiont of the funded debt of th" Slate is t:-J,ti$4,000 40. Thit debt is rsiiiiljut-s-nble a t allows : Iri thn year 1S41, " - 184-1, " 1S41, Mil, . 1S5U, 18.13, 1S54, 1S5C, " 1859, 1339, 1800, 19C1, 1803, 18C3, isnt, " 1C5, ' una, " 1570, Loan payable ut the expiration of certain bank (barters, II2..VM1 a.os(;.3-t2 T.'.iir. 1,0(10.000 j.ooo.ooo 3,000,000 (p0 !?,7Sn,lCl fe 7,1J70,nGl 41 1,250.000 00 ,(il5.r,S0 00 100.00(1 00 2.or.,,j!!ioo oo 20(1.000 00 3 MM. 070 CO l.SOS.OiiO 00 2.52 1.000 00 l,91rt,215 G5 500,503 50 Sa'l.ilCi'.JyS S7 Interest due 1st Align --,t, 1542, !'..r winch certificates of stock were issued, redeemable in lsn, Interest due 1st February, 1643, reibernal.de in 1 ? 10, 1-iterest due 1st August, 1613, re- tl.oniable in IS 1 U, 6C0.C20 873,083 673,089 00 $39,PS4,000 40 Upon this di-lit tlm annual interest to be paid unour.ts to S 1,04 1,827 23, to wit : Permanent loan at (i per cent., $ 1,0 40.91 1 33 " loans at 5 per cent., 3'i,i;83,180 P loan at4J pci cent., 200,000 00 IlAiei notes at 1 per cent , 1,-U:7,C29 OS do at C per cent., 171,630 00 Arrears of interest duo to our loan holders iu August, IS 12, tir.il February mid August lS-13, at G per cent., 2,014.001 53 $39,054,000 40 There is also due to Domestic Creditors, on i ..-rtilicates issued by the Auditor General, the sum of ?20n,401 00 For the interest annually accruing, and for the t inporary debts and liabilities of the State, pro v.sion should be immediately made. The re sources of the State ore abundant, and all that is required is the right disposition, and a judicious and proper select ion of the mode in which these ipsoui ces are to be rendered available. The amount of taxes levied and paid into ihe Slate Treasury, under existing tax laws, was as follows: In the year 1811, the amount levied, was $410,701 85 therc was paid into the Trea sury during that year. S33.292 77. Ja 1S-42. the t.ix levied was 5059,512 47 the amount paid in the same year, was $486,635 85. In 1M3, the amount levied cannot be ascertained with accu racy, in eonsequence-of failures on the part nftbe County Commissioners in several counties to make returns to the proper office ; but making an estimate from the best data that can be obtained, it will not fall short of $045,000 00. The tux paid into the Treasury the past year, was $5.'.'l, 011 39. The assessment for the ensuing year, may be fairly estimated -at what it amounted to the past year, provided the Legislature repeal the proviso to the 16th section offhe Act of 27th July, 1S42, entitled "An Act to provide for the ordinary expenses of the Government payment of the interest upon the State debt,'" fcc, w'uich limits the assessment of the increased tax to one year. I'nless provision be immediately made ior continuing the assessment and collection of that tax, our financial dilficulties must he increas ed, and tlv: consequences be most disastrous to our State credit. It will be seen from the foregoing statement, that nearly a million of dollars, arisini; from tax ation, remains unpaid ; and there is no authorit y vested in the Executive, by law to enforce its collection. I have repeatedly rucommendeJ to the Legislature, the adoption of some legal meth od of compelling County Commissioners, Collec tors and Treasurers, to perform their duties but, Ihus far, no legislation has been had upon tho subject In the present defective slate oftlw Jaw, every temptation is lu-ld out to delinquents to presevere in sening i uauui us iiijuiieiiiinn. Permit me again to call the attention of tho Le gislature to this subject, and to express the hope that this evil will be remedied. The whole receipts from our public improie luer.ts, beyond the payment for repairs, uud the xP'-Mises of their charge and management, during the past focal year, amount to S-lb2.ti.V7 34. The current expenses ef government, including flie permanent appropriation to Common Schools and other purposes, maybe estimated at about 575'l,0OO 00. The resources of the State, inde pendent of taxation, and the receipts from tho public improvements, at about 54,000 00. Fi aiii an examination of all tbestj receipt and liabili ty of the State, supposing the tax levied, under rx'Sttng laws, to be punctually collected and paid ovor. there would b'i sn annual deficit ol about iS50,Oi;0 00, jud 'pem'ent of the balance duo to liomestic Creditors ; for the punctual pajuvnt of all which, the Sts'e is bound by every obliga tion of iiiith and honor. After a most careful consideration of the whole subject, 1 have been unable to d.-vise any other mode af mei t nig this responsibility than that ofaugmenlcd fixation. I took occasion in my annual message trans mitted to the Legislature on the Hh of January, Is 10, to Eueik upon this subject in the fullowii.-' pointed and unequivocal wonls. 1 beg leave to J quote them, because I have reiterated, in every annual message to the Legislature since, sub stantially the same sentiments ; and I dn-iie the people of Pennsylvania, and the whole world, to know if th"re be ground to charge remit sness of duty, to whom the fault is to be juelly attribu ted : ''In expressing mv own opinion in favor of a resort to taxation, 1 do it with no inconsiderable degree of reluctance ; but it must be obvious to wi-ry citizen of the Commonwealth, that bin house, his firm, and his property, are all pletlgi d, beyond possibility of release, to the ult imate pay ment of the fetate debt, and the int. -rest thereon accruing, agreei.bly to the stipulation with the loan holders. Nor is this the worst iew of our situation. The State has been actually com pounding for years past, from a million to a mil lion and a half of interest, annually ; and the question is now submitted, whether ve arcthu to cor.tim'.?'U!:nf , uau yeany, m -niunmu u uionnt of interest to the principal of our State i debt, and continue iu this pusilanimous course of policy, from vear to year, of shuttling oll'the evil day, and entailing this frightful legacy on poster ity. It is a ttpruachori the people of lVnnsyh a nia to suppose they ran be longer kept in th. dark, in refrard to ihe miii.il ou in vhich We find them. All ikey want to know, to ensure a rea dy compliance Vv t'i ibis inihspr-nsibb-cull uu their patriot nsm, is to know the necessity of the measure. 1 he xprrb m-c of mote than half a century, foltilies me in the le lief, that the pood sense of the people ol thi- freat Conmn nw calth, is rarely aifa'.ed to in vain In assuming the responsibility of recommending this measure. I am fully sensible of w hut is to lu encounter .'A, and aware oftl;- oons-eqenres that are t follow ; and if, in this expression of the honest convic tions of my own mind, and the fern h-s .d'scfiarge of the duties incumbent on nie, I shall not be botite out by my fellowcrtireii. 1 shall ot bast have the consolation to know, that 1 have done that which I conscientiously believe to bo right, and v, hiih 1 think will bear the rellection of alter years. The time for evasion is pone ; the pub-' lit mind has been too Ion;; fed will, miserable ex pedients, The trine for notion is nt hand. Our country cxert cvety man to do 4iis duty, iinil he that has not nerve enough for the crisis, should give place to those better fitted for the emergen cy. Neither the present Legislature, nor myself, had anything to do with contracting this debt it is lix"d on fis by those who have gone he fore ns ; and the same rule of prudence and sound policy, that would govern the conduct of A private individual, holds equally good in the case ol I No I cmnxmwcalth. under tins state ol Hung. Tin; private iitdiv iduul would tax his industry of , thedi'bt, andth" interest noon it. that was con sinning the avails of his imhistry and his sub stance s . also, it seems to me. should the re presentatives of n wise ami judicious people. Taxation would pay the interest ft would e ventually -constitute a sinkinji fund to "pay oil' the principal of the State debt, and should be contin ued till the income of tho public improvements would render lonner taxation unn.cssary. The cri.-is demands the exercise of the most far-rea-chinil sagacity the culmot judgment and the most fearless patriotism. 1 am sure the Legis lature will meet it in the right spirit, to disarm it of its perils. Coming;, as yon do, from all quarters of the Stat", and possessing a more inti mate knowledge, of the circumstances and wants of the people than I ran. I most cheerfully sur render this important subject to vnu, satisfied that prudence and justice will direct your action ! r.pon n. " I used strong terms in speskmir to Kie J.e jjislature on this subject nt that time, because j it was nn hour of darkness uncertainty and a larm. The explosion of ihe 1' iiiks, the paraly sis of business energies nf ihe country, and the nuiirutirings of those whose ambition seeks no higher aim than (hat of linding- fault, wen; all calculated to deter even honest men fiom faith fully performing their duty, far as 1 was concerned, I mis resolved that holh my opini ons, and my course, should be openly avowed and clearly umb rvtood. Four years have now elapsed ; time has been given Ni the excited to become cnlin, to Ihe timid to become self-possessed, and for factiuis partisans to see the er ror id their way. look back with pleasure on my course, hern use, as 1 mid no ilouht ironi the bepinninjr, I have been triumphantly sustained by !"? honest y omanry of Pennsylvania. They have borne, wilhout repininj.', every l-urlhen that was necessary to maintain tin.1 honor of the IStati. and they are ready to endure yet greater rncrilkcs, if they bo neeessaiy, (or the fame cause. It has of late been fashionable, in certain quarters, to denounce 1 Ynnsy Ivania, and cite her, as an example in point, to sanction the re proach which has been attempted to hi east up on the American people, of seeking to carry in to practical operation the scheme of repudiating their public debts. Those who have circulated and believed this calumny, betrayed a degree of ignorance, both of the character ofthe peo ple, and ofthe course of her legislation, winch is truly surprising". On every occasion, the 1 i ability of the State has been frankly avowed, both iiy the Executive and Legislative llepart rnents ; and althnno-h the recommendations of the Executive to make provision for the pay ment of her interest, have not been adopted to the fullest extent, yet the legislature has pas sed laws imposing tax, amounting tho hist year ton little lessthan a million of dollars, and this has been ncceeded to by the people, without a rixrrn.ur from any source entitled to a moment's consideration. The failure to pay tlio interest has not result i) from a want of disposition to do so, on the part til' tho citizens of Pennsylva nia, but from the perioral drsasters which have overwhelmed and crippled her, in common with ! " 'n reatter, provision He mn.te tor the almost everv other government in the com- ' l-"ictual dischnree ol the interest, it will. Ihe mercinl world. We are rcg-aiiiing- our energies i li,,v' ,,e n "'Uhl r.-usniahly beexjac- snd recovering from Ihe emharmsnr.enls 1 i ted. by the holders ol .ur loans. which we have iintortunately been surrounded. A very tew years will enable us to retrieve all that we have lost, and to w ipe from our escut cheon Mery blot with which unexpected mis fortune has tarnished it. Whatever ihe inter ested or evil dissised may have asserted to the contrary, there is not an honest citizen of Penn sylvania w ho does not feel the proud conscious ness that her faith and integrity can be held tip to Ihe world unsullied. Tho valuation ofthe real and per rona! pro perty owned bv the citizens ofthe State, ascer tained by reference to the valuation as taxed for -county pnriMrscs, amounts to about four hun dred and sixty millions of dollars. TIip average of the rate of this valuat kin is, no doubt, consi derably below the actual value ofthe property of the State. Among" Ihe receipt of the Trpanry durin! the last year, there were from tolls, exclusive of Motive Power, ijs7.".l"i H'.l Auction duties, Tax on collateral inheritances. Dividends on Tlridge, Turnpike anil Navigation Slocks, Escheats, rilUWil 7 iM,Iiy7 (1" 10,101 'JO 1,010 00 K:j,911 S8 To w hich add Ihe State Tax re ceived, fcl.lUe-.O P.) Thi income, ilsrivol from the hIiovc sources, w as pp' cinlly ajipropnati'd to tho payment of the interest 'oil our public debt; and on tho l.iuh ,,f il i SuteV adherence to its solemn en- mii, ii.. r,,oi whom the nionev was obtiiin.d. were ihaibtiss induced to make the loon. Hut. by Ihe resolmion pissed 7th April. and th,-sets passed 27l!.- July, and 1,1 i.-i .1.' r.....l. .... noolied In o. Mh Apr. I, those funds were applied too- Iher and different purposes, from what was dec in d, by the I .eo islalure, an imperative necessi- iv mdiiced bv Iho inoneiiirv t-mbarrassincrits to vi. hich 1 huve alrrady advei' led. ! It i thus shown that about three and a hulf'i per ceiit. of the interest could have, been paid 1 the past year, noi ior tins f ur-s qneni legisla tion; snd that ihe above sum of f.")7,MV.'"i Til, , , togi ther w ith a tax of less than three nulls on the nssessed value ofthe leal and personal estate of the cilizens of the Cotniiionweslth, Would piy 1ho ini r-st on the public debt, beyond all doiiht, and place Pennsylvania on that proud rmiiience w hich the true character of her pen- pie, ami Hip resources she ossesses, ilcsigurd In r to occupy. Hut to satisfy the people of ll e ruonrielv of Ibis increase of the tax, assurance should bo pivr n that it would be applhd ti iho payinent of iho interest on Ibe Mute debt, to the exclusiun oft-very other object, There has been one objection made ajainst taxation under Ihe present slate of things, which ttppesis lo be founded in justice nnd li st is, the manifest in, fi. i I nebs and inequality ol rate of assessment in the dillrreiit counties. I tinnex to this mesfne'C a tiibli! showing the as sessments in the various counties t l the ('mn iuotvchIiIi, on examination of which, will at once disclose tin! ev. Is -thai ought to be reme died. Most of our laws on 4ho fuhjncl-of taxes and revenue, require revision and amendment. Those, relating to collateral inheritance, retail ers ondk'ulers in merchandize, auctions and auctioneers, and brokers, require revision and modification to prevent evasions. Indeed there is good reason to believe the revenue Iroin these resources mij,ht be doubled. The count) n.tes and levi-s are not anpmchtcd hylheni; nor does tho State tax derived thcrdlrmii, hear anv fair proportion to that exacted from tlio hind holder. Tho inmpinlily and injustice of the matter become man f st w In n the proceeds de rived from each are con-iderod. The tax necessary for the payment of the in- tereht on our ilnte di bt, it lias long been appa rent to me, should ho apportion d ninone; the several conutii c of the t-Malc, and a liheiul dis count or drauliack ollowoi! for pronipt collec tions and ffiVHiient into the Tn'asury. The members' of the legislature cniniuij; ns they (hi from thot-oiir.il ootintns and ath wntehlul ol the rie;ht! and interests of his immediate consti tuents, wou'd certainly compose a board every way coinpet'ut to rniili; that apportionment. A more Hiieqeal one than i hat w liich now ex ists, cannot bo readily devised. I am nw're that each ami t'very rbjeet anil nvule of taxa tion i wori! or less ohjectmnahVe but Hint should ui t absolve us from oiir thity. I have submitted to the L.rishitin'e, my views apaln an nain, on this snlijcct ; ami that it has at times differed withioe, ih no cause of complaint that difference -of tipmion hav injr proceeded font a conw ieutious di-charve ol dutv. 1'ut, if the ?iij.irestions ,ore mmle, do not seen) rigdit prI1(7r permit mo to express the earnest liopi; Hint the I gislature will ifeviro some other mode, less i.hjt etionahle, and that it will not sepnnite until full and ample provision le made for the punctual pay incut of I he interest en our public di hi, semi-annually, as it becomes due, and thus smooth the way lor those who may cciiie after us in the administration ofthe (lot eminent, ilcfiire tpi'dtim the r object of taxation, it may bo well to take a rel.ilm- tiew of the Inxes re O'ivcd at the Treasury, (or the List three years. and the amount aniinaly paid rut the several I l oiiiil irs, for the piit nees of (location. The ! taxes received in 1 - 1 1 . iiiiiouuted lo 1-1-', f:in.'jo- 77 'IS i.fi".") 't .r).-;niu ;) ,SI dTS.Mtl (HI the purposes of yc.u.J. Bii.onn- Ss.,;(i."i,7fri (i I ":,l.-.:i7-2 -i:i it-,(;yi :w ffl.iM),-:i- 6:i Tin moneys pniil out Tor iluc.-ition, ilnring; the tame ted, in I - II, to l-i-, 1M:I, Ko that it nptiears more money has actually been paid out by the Commnnwcullfi, for edu cating ihe people, lliiin (he amount of State tax paid into the Treasury. It will be enlireW practicable 1o make provi sion for the payment of Ihe semi-annual interest, I on and alter the first of Aueust next. And, lo provide for every possible cont ingency, the State Treasurer might be authrriod to borow, if necessary, a snflicierit sum to make up any deficiency, and Ihe taxes and oilier receipts of the State, applicable to the discharge of interest, be pledged specifically for the re-payment of such loan, and applnd as toon as received. The arrears of interest doe in 1CJ'J. and Ftbruary ai d August, lM:i, have been funded lilt con'orniily wi:i Iho acts of Assembly upon I that subject. This was the lnot-t that could be done for our creditors, under the circumstances, Th is row due firm the Stide to certain ; banks the sum of 51 . li"7.i'','S rs. on acconnt of j the issiie'of notes mnler the a t of Ith May. JSI1, w hi h bears an interest of one per cent. I! y ir- tin ol the art ol Assembly passed the Silt day ol April last, entitled "An acj to piovide for the payment of Poniestic Creditors."' &c, these notes l are to be cancelled at the rate of one hundred thousand I'ollais per month. Tin funded debt of the Mate bears nn interest of five ami six per rt. payable si ini-annually. Jl this cancellation be continued ut the same rate, il is very certain this interest cani ot be paid, as a very large proportion of laves and tolls will be paid in funds of this de scription. It istherelore. lor ihe Legislature to determine v. liich of these measures it is the poli cy of the State to porsii". The revenues derived from the public works during the jt,ist fiscal )ear, although not realizing th estimates which Were formed at the coui- ! nieneement ol the year, have y lelileil u Vei v hand- ' Sitim. Tll.tl'.t to lh. f 'iiliiiilitli M. 111, ft,.. -- lieuditures n-niiired lor their maiulriiiince. The I rT"rt ofthe Canal Commissioners, which will j be laid before vmi, nnd to which your particular attention is invited, exhibits in detail the re ceipts and expenditures upon the several lines of canal and railroad. -v that document, it ap pears, that, from the earl v closing of the canal bv ice in lh lulter part of ISII. mnl its late open, il g from the same cause in the follow rig spiii'g. the navigable season of IM-'I was rendered about i eight weeks sl oiter than that of the previous j j,.ir coinbiuat ion, likewise, took place among Ihe boatmen on the lYluwuro l'ivi -ion. ! vbich existed lor several weeks, putting a stop to j transportation, and tausinga los of revenue to Ihe Commoiiwiitlih of not less ll mi :iu.((iu Notwithstanding these inp diments. added to ; tnal cxp- riiui-c- from ti e high floods on the .Inni- ! 'a in S.pteiober last, ihe toll, amount to!., ! '-" 'r''- e receipts - o ,,,. "-7 41. An abstiad ,., the re- ! '"'I'" ex-.ditnre on Uie several l.li.s . x- lill.lt s tin - follow in; result Main Line I'xi'CM iti ri s. llr or ir rs. $4-j'.n:ir. s2 $so7.2l2 vl Pelawarv lliv isrii. 'pjJ'vvJI'ricbeK, ., '...r ,,,,.,,, 22,.'i.''j;i P2 SO. 220 SO '.' .'iOj 11 f,2,20fi 00 O.KVi 71 ...... - and Ext-nrli Creek, -'',H e2 V'2 .'2H J(l $1.U17H leduct ex; iiditiin s, .V22.22H ' I-'.xeess of receipts ov er cxpen- ditmes, $.'.0.612 "f I JH'duct drawback on flour and pork, 22.4'iO SO . j f F :t.175 tbtKl :is And increase of slock en Columbia K.oliva I, I Cb urpir.f.t of all the woiks for js ;l, SIS-.Vfi.17 31 The increase nnd decrease of tolls on the dif cut lliii s. as i-oii'i-ari d with lsi were as fol- (or the ' low s - I.nc isr.vsr, SO 1,202 40 Main Line.. Delaware division, Susquehanna North and West !i;inches, Teavcr, Shciiango and French Creek, 13,1100 08 o.JG OS 1G.C30 03 Increase in 181.1, S77.027 43 And, on the same lines, the excess of receipts over expenditures and ull liabilities, is as fol lows : Main Line. $110,220 70 Delaware Division. ('0,711 41) Susquehanna, North and 'West brunches, 2.070 20 4 U 1.0 11 l'i Beaver. Shf nanroan l French Creek, excess of rXpemlituics over re ceipts, m 0,9'l 11 Total excess of receipt? over expen ditures, $l-2.o,-.7 31 From these statements it appears that, with ! the exception ol the small cyrs on the Susque- i hauii.-i and Noith and West Uruneh liivisious. ; the profits upon the year's business, have been I derUod from th- .Main lineandthe I'elawaie Jli- j vision. 'I he last named division has yielded a I profit of live per cent, upon thcn-t ot its con- stinetion. which, but lor the loss of rrxenues; sustained floin the rniubination uli.oi::; the boat- ' men Iwfnre refern d to. and int"rni -tion from' bleaches, would have beer, increased to over j Seven per cent. The Columbia uud Philadelphia. F.ailina-l ex-' bibits a very giritifving result. 'I he ch ar pro fits of Ihe road over expenditures and liabilities f The I'lisl year amount to s2U2,'.ul h-i equal to about live p--r cent, on the original cost ofthe railway and the motive power department. I In pursuance of the provision of the aetofTtli March. IS 13, n charter was issued, on tin 101b ; day of June last, to "The l'.rie Canal Company." ; Th company is vigorously prosecuting the work. 1 and give lair promise of its early completion, j That jioi tion of the division from the Ohio cr j to the tow n of New Castle, according to the terms j of the charter, remains in tin; possession ofthe! Commonwealth, until the completion of the whole line, A large ntion ofthe expenditures on it during the yur , w as caused by repairs to the works since frustrated. It is e ident from tin forefffing abtracts. anil fi'M'i a review .of the details, eo'-taiiu-d in tie' Ca nal Commissioners" report, that Ihe ."U.,iu line and Jielaware Division, can. at all times, he made sources of pi olituhle revenue to the Com n nii we.i lilt, by the iM icist of h proper vigilance over the di si hi i semi nts. Much I. a - been dour to wards iiitiixhiring a system ,f strict economy. and dispensing with ollieeis, agi nts and laborers, j whose services tend only to swell the amount of expenditures. If the system, thus begun, he car ried out and perfected, all doubt n nst vanish as to the nine of these two portions of Ih, public voiks w hen considered us ur-uus of revenue. To I lie more geneinl introduction of section 1 oats, in consequence ofthe State having pur chased trucks lor their cnliva, ancc over the two ruidroads, may he t lacedthe principal cause of the increase of 'l oll.- and tonnage on the Main line. The experiment has fully been tested to lie sa tisfaction of the most sanguine friends ofthe system of individual competition in the carrying trade. These boats din ing the past year have l'CCliEAsR. $'3.1!.1 C7 prevented combinations, reduced the price of ; unanswerah'e, there tire some other circuui freights. increased ihe amount of tolls and ton- j fiances connected w ith that election, w hich nage, und given to our Main line a character for cheapness in transportation, which must maki it the principal avenue to a maiket between the waters of the West and the Eastern Atlantic ci ties. A system of tiiinsioitatioti which in its incipient state, has been pioductic of such gooil benefits, and which is so closely identified with the property of the improvements of the Com monwealth, is entitled to Ihe filtering care of the Legislature. In IM.'I. the amount of tolls paid by section boats was ? 1 1 1.227 17 ; ol which S 1 ".i:."i l (.. was tor the use of the State trucks. To give ellicii ncy to the system ; to meet the demands consequent upon the continued increase in the number of section bouts; uud to prevent vexatious delays nt the ru'dioad slips, mi increase inthe number o tiains of trucks has become ab solut-ly neres.-ary. As tin . add-.tional trains will be rei-uircd at the pi-meg ofthe sin ing bu- smrss, t he evpertat ioii is enter ta iiu-d that an ear ly appropriation w ill he made lo that object. Such an appropriation w ill give an impetus to the spring trade, by giving assurance of promptness iu the delivery of produce, goods, and merchan dise ; hold out inducements to further incrras" of section boats ; place the system upon a per manent basis ; and insure to the Commonwealth all the advantages which must necessarily result from this improved mode of transportation over our disjoined lines of canal and railroad. I would further recommend that the appropriation b" in ado direct, and not made payable out ofthe tolls for the Use of trucks, so as to enable the Ca rial Commissioners to make the purchase on more i transaction more immediately concerns t lie pu econornical terms than can otherwise be done. I nlv M( iom,r ot'the Lepisla'ture itself, I need and to free Ihe rates of toll, ami the method of ra u,r u,,ei ( these circumstances, keeping the accounts, l,om their piesent com- J n)( ,mv0 J, (I(lllU J(IU u ;U t() vonr I ,xltVi , . . . , . ! ly to institute a thorough investigation into the without the I xecutivo siiiu tion. a bill entitled i -'An Art to Mitlioii.i Ihe Governor to mcoipo- ate Hie 1 eiin- IViOiKi I anal ami bailio-.ul ( oiii- ' pany from Philadelphia to Pittsburg,'' for my , v ievvs in rrlutiou to the inqioliey of selling or j transferring the public iinpiuvrmrnts to private companies. 1 deem it however proper to add, that , iilthoiii.li my own judgement on this subject is perfectly clear, yet, if u second Legislature j deem it advisable to concur with the former in j piovidmg for tl.U sale or liynsh-r. I do not know ' that I w ill consider tin duty incumbent on me of oM'ering further resistance to this project ; pio vided sulfu ielit safrgmtrds be established lo plo-ti-ct the public against frauds und collusions in ihe sale, and to i nsure a proper regard for the public interests, ollthe part of those into W hose bauds they are subsequently to be transtei red. No report has been nude by the Commission ers named ill the act entitled An Act to author ize the Governor to incorporate the Oehtware Canal Company." passed l ith Apul lust; nor am I iu possession ol any oiIici.il information iu relation to the sMiie. ( In the subject ofthe Tanks I have little to re reconuuenil. My v iews in relation lo the system huve herrloloie been Very fully expressed, and do not now need leitelution. Most if Hot all tie' solvent institutions have now resumed specie payments : and, taught by lxist experience, it is hoped they will so regulate their business, and circumsctihe their liabilities withm the bound of pi inlrnce, that we shall noi see a recurrence ofthe pecuniary embarrassments vv hich have for some years past distressed the community, 'i he gradual restoration of public and private Confi dence, will enable the solvent institutions ofthe State to furnish a currency as last as required by the wants of the country, which will be redeem able in specie on demand. As no bank charters will expire during the re- mainder ofthe present executive term, there will be no necessity for enacting laws lor their re- urwiij at present. The practice of renew ing aits of incorporation long Ix-foie the expiration ol the existing charters, is manifestly wrong, fven ...l : ..i.... ll. 1, i-.nihiitei'eii oioni to continue them, t'ndn present circumstou- ; , riero is hardly a mountain or valley within res. I think il would not 1 e li.-d 1 to rmbiiri.is ! her borders, that does not abound in deposits of Hie adnuiiisiiui'in ef in u n or, I y piema- 'real or iron. Our canals and railroads pene lure l. rn l. tii u i pun v i ts tjuit will Ulong i trrlc uliuovt tcry one of theno uniaral regions, to thut p 'iio.1 of tho luhninit'.ialiou of th iroveru- j mejit. Tie1 situutionof the country and its busi ness certainly does not refpiirc til' cralitile; of" any bank chatters, l'.elievjns; that the evils ol bitu-kini; are corrected by the piod sen; of the commiiiiity. I roiigratul.ite the Legislature upon the prospect of being relieved from the immedi ate eonsiderat ion of 1 he subject lor the present season at least. The report of the Sup-nterindent of Common Schools, will exhibit their condition in detail. Kvery thing calculated to advance tho intern; t of this most important of all our public institutions. J cannot be too strongly commended to your atten tion. J lie vital interests oi religion, morality, and civil liberty itself, are dependent upon flie cherishing aid and enlightened support imparted to our Common Schools and higher Seminaries of learning. Here must be implanted the seeds of virtue, of intelligence, and of ull that confers distinction upon our citizens. The report of the Adjutant General will be laid In-fore you. 1 took occasion, iu my annual message of IS.'IO. to say that ''our loilil in system is a tiix. ton considerable amount, upon the Stat" Treasury, which mii'ht be consiberably lessened it' the Adjutant (lenerul were churned with the duty of persoimlly Mipei 'intruding the system in its details, and properly compensated therefor." In every annual message since. I have urged the imp I tani e of some attention to this iiibj ct. The office of Adjutant (ieueral has been filled lor several years by a gentlemen of great piaetical knowledge and experience, wl o has devoted touch time and attenlieu to the discharge of its anu atreiilieu to ti.r iliseliar, duties; Mid it l as been a u;i:tt. r ol ri L'i . t that bis MH'uestiohs l.ae not had the weight with the Legislature, to wh'i h they were so jii.-tly en titled. !y the legiJut io:i ol the last fewjears. one description of persons alter another las 1.,-cu i exempted from the payment of fi ines. tint 'I Itie a ihe past ' ,, i j'., ! ! mount received at Ihe I reasni v. during Vear. lulls shoit ol the expenses the sum ol ' - I IS .V.i. The state of thin is so lKtm.-ihl v roivj that nolhing more is required than to hi ing the facts to your notice, to ensure an early comttioti ofthe i il. Penns) Ivania has a force of upwards of ihirt y-fiVethnu-and volunteers, that w ill compare with any troops in this or any other country. I can not too curliest !y recommend them to the fostering- care of the Legislature. I'nder Ihe act ol the 2 Ith March last, entitled "An Act to create permanently the otiice ol State Plint-r." Isaac G. M Kinh-y and llutti-r Js; I'ig ler ba ing cliiim-d to be State Printers: the former to do the I'nglish. and the latter to do the i Gorman printing, ofthe Commonwealth. The lai guage of the Art nf Assrii.-bly seem-d to me ' to render the ill id i t V of this ejection doubtful. : Mid I ciiuseil the question to b? submitted to the i t Attoirii-y General, w hose opinion on the subject j ' is In-rew ilh transmitted to the L"gilatur-'. I con- I i ciu reil v. ithhini. iind aceordiiigly declined to;ni- prove rhe Imiids temlereil, intoi iiiiug the p.nties that the w hob- matter would be submitted t th 1 . rnrlv attention ol the Legislature, l'a-1 tl 1 )iar- ties nit rest 'd roii -Jim to complain ofthe emirs j pursued by lb'' I'.M-cutive. th -v might have, ap- I plied to the Supreme Court, during itss--iou iu Jfarii.-hurg, Corn writ of mandamus, directing the Governor to approve their bonds, which wa a ' mere ministerial duty, unless he could how some i . . .. . - , i . , , . legal reasons lor ins reiiisai. I was ar an rimes ready to have met this i.-su ' before that tribunal, and have ut no time eutertuiivd a doubt of the result, or propriety of my course. In addition to the legal argument presented t... lit, A ll,,fnnlr f!L-iniir,l l, liifl, I mffir.l ttC i t'j j 1 1 m iivj ii,iii iui, i.i.i... .,... t.i j IIla,e jt peculiarly necessary tint they should be brought to your most serious consideration. ' 'Ihe election was postponed from time to tune, i from the 27thday of March, the third day after i the p-issageot the law, and on which, according , to its provisions, it should have taken placr, to I the lith day of April, on whuh, nr c rdiny to 'the certificate presented to rue, it was made, j Pnrinu thisiuteival ot time, nnd before the day ' on w hich the election was consummated, I have t been inli'iinul, and have pood reason to be j lieve, that negotiations wire entered into and comph ted between the s:iul Isaac G. McKir.- ley, Hotter &. Hitler and other person,-, snpp-i-i hcd lo have influence with numbers ofthe Le gislature, by w lrch lune sums of money were ; j,:, r COtitructed to ! paid, bv tho indiv.dmils I ,.....,. , , ,.,. ,H. "lor rheir nid nnd intbirnci! in procuring iheir election. in some instances, as I have been as-ured, the sums paid, or contracted to be paid, depended np.iii I the number of votes procured by the contracting parties for the successful candidates; and Ihus i was exhibited a tceue of scandalous bargaining i sud selling-, uliko disgraceful to the parties con I corned, and dnnperous to the purity of elec j tious. It is riot to lie presumed that this scheme ' of ollice purchasing- was known to any member ! ofthe Legislature ; for, if it had been, the par ities concerned would, I have no ilouht, been exposed and consequently d -tentril. As this frauds, ihus practiced upon tho Legislatute, to picture an election. Should (he fuels upon ex uuiinalion, be ti hi nil lo hi, us I have the strong est reason to think they are, can it Is, tint a sin- i'le member of tho Legislature w ill reci'Sfiiizi the validity of an election thus procured ! Let i on parting, ho ventured to kiss her. It not ap it be known that candidate can resort to such p.-arinr iii.it this intuit icy had p nio any fur means to accomplish their purges ami I there j a fc. l!i( '(,culoil it nt W()r(i is an end to all confnlei.ee and respect lor our ; . I.egisluliires. It is one ofthe elementary prin- ip-M'i ,,r it was, that tin bister of the pay M:i- ciples ol every enlightened system ol jurispru dence, that fraud vitiates every contract into which it enters ; and, in every stape of com-ph-lion, there contrurts are arretted as sism as Iho fraud is discovered. There can be no frau dulent practice iiinic odious tliun one I. he this, striking at the purity of legislation, and 1 am confident lire representatives of the people will apply h thorough corrective iho instant they are made acquainted w ith the facts. No inconvenience has arisen thus fir, nor detriment to Ihe public interest, from my relu j sal to approve tho bonds offered by the individu als claiiniiiif to huve U-eu elected. The p.r- tion of ihe law, therefore, pointing out the mode ; of cb ctinp Stale Printers, not h vinp been i complied with, the matter rests with y.u to i make such provision on this subject, as you be lieve the subject requires, ino irauus prog , , J uw Bom0 0r thoso persons i ,t ,,,,,:' .,,;,, the bist few- vin riif i u iiu r" r -e, - - - - vpars. are too palpable and notorious to pass un noticed, and whatever measures the legislature may think proper to adopt, will, I trust, provide security against (heir recurrence, ll is no disparagement to her sister States to assume, that Pennsylvania, in her peopraphicul position, and in her mineral and agricultural resources, is surpassed by none in the Union, ! for ivopulalion, for hardy and effective indus- try, presents a model worthy of all praise, and j xi industry, devoted to a constant development 4(( l(,r yut.t mineral wealth, cunuol fail, iu good ' ,: ,0 r,MJuct. t,c most AbtoiUahillll results. r I .. . . mid furnish ihcm. with a cheap and ready high way to market. I f those cnirusted with the guardianship of the public welfare, arc but trno to their trust, the day is not far distant, when Pennsylvania mn.-t become the great workshop of the 'Ameri can Union, for the production of coal and iron, nnd the fabrics constructed from these materi als. If these great interests are surrendered to some iningJnary, theoretic, Arcadian scheme of free trade, we may still continue to serve as hewers of wood and drawers of water to foreign capitalists and artizans, and our incalculable mineral deposits, may lie useless for ages. I trust, however, the peoplo of this Common wealth will never, be seduced into a sacrifice of their dearest rights. The policy of standing by her own interests, has bi-en, for the Inst half' century, too deeply fixed in Pennsylvania, to be abandoned without a strujfale: and those of her public rervants w ho would advise tho surrender of anv of her staple product-Mils, without the fostermrr mo emir of Ihe iovernment, will soon find imi how lulshrkrn an estimate of popular feeling they have relied. It is idle to talk of reciprocity of trai!'!, win n England will not receive our flour under a prohibitory duty ol less than three dol lars per barrel for us to receive her coal and iron free of duty. Tree trade and reciprocity of diily, like the p-o'ib ti rule, are beautiful and benign in theory, and, if universally carried out iu practice, would r- ruler in nil. nid Ix'tterand mire acceptable m j their Maker; hut, unhappily, this obligation I is vohm'iiry, nnd is assumed only by the less ! cr.ilU and grasping of men and mtiotis who are ! used li.r their own ends by the rest. This fun- ('ani01l,l'-l tri"'' i laught by all history, and was familiar to our lathers. Come what may, wg cannot desert the st.indtird of Pennsylvania: nnd I, lor one, have ball led under it too long- to see it struck without a manly cflbrt to uplioM it. if we are true to ourselves, and those who conn alh-r us hut do their duty without shrink ing, Pennsylvania will be placed in her truo position. Our njrrirn'turists, manufacturers, mechan ics, and every d iss of citizens, are alike inter ested in a rtolfasl adh-renco to the ao'iey nf protecting- and encouraging- our own peculiar State productions ; tor on this pol cy rest our hopes of future greatness and independence. A permanent homo consumption, is, after all, t lie i in iy m:itl; ton which our farmers and other producers can always depend tor a steady ile um nd lor Iheir eommod'ties, without the fluctu ations of price that will ever attend fbreig"n markets. It will a fiord me groat pleasure t co-operate with y.-u. in giving- the m ist effec tive support In i', both in our domestic nnd na tional ler slatiuti, s i far as may be comp itiliio wit li our duty. I am imt aware nf any other subject llir.t re quires to he specially brought to your notice, al t hoiig h ihern are a number of minor importance referred to in mv former iiifs-n jes rm wliieli no legislative action has been taken. I Irivu discherged my duty by siih uiltiiig: them to the consideration of the representatives of Ihe pen plo, and shall he ready, at all times, to unito with them in the adoption of such measures in relation to Ihrm mid other mailers, as are deemed conducive to the public good. DAVID R. PORTEIt. E.vm-rivr CirAvrnt n, f Ilarrishurc', January !1, IS II. $ Vvi.ri: of a Kiss. Different persons have diflerent tastes, and this peculiarity extends even to juries. One, some time ns'n, jnye a pptitlcman f.ve hundred dollsrs, because nno- i ther innn kissed bis wife, hut a jury in Dedhnm, Mass., ib-cl.ired that one was not worth Ss.'ltlO, the whole: amount dcmaivlcd. The peculiar characteristics iu tho latter instance of tha mouth kissed are not mentioned, and there nny be some!l".:i!j in the lips themselves which wou'd prob-.blv justify the jury's decision, but as the idy is described as twenty-five, and as he is said to hive kissed her with apparent sat isfaction, the imputation of bad taste would seem to rest upon the jury. The. case was as follow s: a Mr. Horsini, of D irchcster, brought an action on a prommi-sory note of A'MH) a cainst I.ydia Withington ; and the payment of the note was resisted on the ground that it was given without consideration. It was set up and proved in defence that the brother of the defendant had kisse, i,P plaint ilP's wife; and being- caught in the "catastrophe," lh plaintiff compelleil him to obtain his sister's rrote for il;.HI, under threttt of a criminal prosecution. Miijnr Suniiiel Withington, the man who be stowed the kiss upon Mrs. Horsain, described the kiss as lie rrifj my; of puro friendship, docile ' in its nature, and perfectly Inrmless. She was a perfect stranger to him; h! hid called upon her at her house, and became so interested, that jor w.is not the proper person to pay for it ; an 1 they pave a verdict tor the defence accordinply. The lady of tie; Ib v. Win, Henry Holt, of St. Albans, Vt. has presented tie Episcopal Church of that place w ith a splendid oi gall, v alued at 5 l.Vin. Ilrtnv roR Axythin;- The (icrtmntnvvn (D. C) Advocate says that one of tho can li dates for tho I loorkeepprship of tin House, tra velled all the way fVom M:jh;pin to Washing ton ta obtain his object, b it being; iiiHuccessful iu that particular, apain placed his name before the House as a candidate ror the Chaplaincy But apaiu failinp, he solicited and optained tho poat, which ho is now fiilinp, of vwsseugcr ta one ofthe committees. Kinvvwix! Mokmoxs, .Intiirinritio't front Nauvoo says, that two Mormons have been kid napped front that place, and carried to Missouri. The Governor of Illinois has been called upon, to demand the. men of the tlovcrnor of Missou ri, but refused to do it. New JtRstv. 1 1 is said, in the Newark Post, that Mr. Webster has purchased the Wee- I haw kou House, formerly owned by JndpoRer- pen, lor tj-'jr,t.KH, biluate about twg luiles. front, iJobv'keil,
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