i l ielllAllSetstera
Lk end ilinshers
C a tame te c Iterersealaiiies 1 1 1" f4' Qv..
. 4issittiosav--117 the suffrages or your fel-
*mysil
.iir: bars been charged with the
tint them. sod tha interests
monweelth, in the Legialative
i Zrit isttbe Ooternment. The reaponsibili•
iisigtitsil assumed and the duties IA be
peilllWaHl should ewer be regarded as pars ,
.1111101111‘ nary selfish or partizan considers- ,
AM The prosperity of the titett end the gen
,oo mans ails people, should attire roar
! 11011111611testenzion, and he the situ and end of,
t w lt c lv b ° re al l fion: To promote these '
4iirmat
ef 11y „in every legal and con- ,
1 1 1111 12 her, duriug the continuance of
-‘llll6 lel tams, co-operate with -on.
isass year, with the exception of recent I
i aleepsisli embarrassment, has been one of
rity. No foreign wars—no =alWa e , has disturbed the peaceful i
Eke ar Oa homes.l..'nwonted health, with
blekings, has been vouchsafed to us. Seed ,
'4llloll4l7rvest have Lot failed—the ear th
rme
her increese, and richly rewarded';
- 011 tabor of the husbandmy. The Arts and
lielemses hate been advanced, awl the Feat ,
interests of liancation, moruity .ind 11,,,cligiou
Nareally eneetarsgei and sustain!. Our nation
le hill Stal—our free justio.,tioi,s in their in•
tiglity, with our rights and pr',vilezcs, civil
'sad r&gloes. bare been prc.c.rvNi. itp c ,,-
oils. athese blessing the goodness of Al
sighly 044, w• should render to Him the
impair of gratifyil hearts and the devotion of
saw shwa! praise ; and a hilst humhiy
ng lit. morcies to us as a people,
ea sill further etre."' our gratitude to
hay br acts of individual chant) and kind
sees totbe poor and helpless in our rpidst.—,
Ilimpror mow Mlle 04 10-arts, I‘l4:i Vivet•i4l
4edumis the bosses of really of our citizens...—
ow onsuir should be generous ; our bene
illeiskiste evenifieelit ; and thus whilst the wants
stilbspoor anti refreritti are relieved, the gen
eses, river will find s rich reward in the plea ,-
me am *sults frum conaluunt s caLe4 good.
The liminces uf the Commonwealth are in a
Wiry eatisact,,ry condition. During the pest
rmir 'es dentumi upon the Treasury has
losea primoly paid, trout the rerun:rs derived
haws the ordinary sources_ The operations
iftMia Derpdritnent will be presented to you,
Is "Wail, in the re;x.rt of the State Treasurer.
rut tbe fiscal year ending .t3 . ` , .einber 30th,
18117 . , tile {receipts at the Treasury, including
Whom in the Treasury on the firs; day of
,Dweeseber.lB.s6, of one million two bundrud
.d May four th o re t and seven hundred and
Bojimply-Ore dollars awl forty-two cents, (1,244,-
146 4 2 ) *Ks Ace I ,WI/ioos nine hundred and
thirty fire thousand three 4 undred and eighty-
Ilusilatglars and twenty-six cents. ($5,935.-
• 46. t The sggregate expenditures for the
ow period, were Bre million four hundred
**wen thousand two hundred andsevetity
rimitess mid seventy nine 'efts. (5,407 ;
71;6 79 1 ) Ushtnes in the Treasury December
1 4 ,04, bye hundred sod twenty-eight thou
.o4 Rue ba u dred and six dollars and forty's...
ao 00014. $528,106 47. Excluding the hal:
000. Ps the Treasury ou the first day of Decent
her, 1854, the receipts from all sources were
#4,611,5417 64. Ilse ordinary expenditures
AP 00 mg*. Priu4 /13,29Miil 39 ; exhibiting
AS 'PAU of receipts over eapanditures of
}6>78t; 1 ;4. The extraordinary payments
*0 'tor, were ,4,14,,9116 40, as ft,dlows,
Se Wit t To the completion of the Porters
$49,061 92 ; to the North granch
0.04•04i0a ;138,798 85: to relay the ficouth
7rs,clr. of the Columbia Railroad, $91,4414 46;
o ap)mrp" tam Delaware Division, $46,263 ;
OW **lift pore; iu 1958, $81,604 2-}i for re
=lBss cud 1856, $19,564 78 ; for the
tion of loans, $829,097 03; damages
am *0 pit bile Works, $48,552 ; old claims
04 the *sin Line adjusted under the several
ha l par oweipody, 440,548 57, and for the
litaSs *nasal and Farmers High School,
11414114 00.
Th. interest on the funded debt, due in Feb
tere7 wad August last, was then promptly paid
sad tltiat falling due in February next, will be
IE4 sot of available means now in the Tree-
Ow. By eirtere of the provisions of the Act
dam 134 of October, 1837, entitled "An Act
podding fur the Resumption of Specie Pay
son*, by: , the banks, and (Jr the klellef of
Pact. s , ° the State Treasurer will bo enabled
so Foy the interest due in February, in specie
Aseyaaquivatent. The credit of the Common.
imolai Um been fully and honorablysustained.
Ihe promptness with which every legitimate
demeed epee the treasury has been met, has
ieepired public confidence in our securities,
rod although recent and existing financial ro
;=l;ay embarrass the operations of the
sod reduce, to sows silent the re
view ref, lbe ability of the State to meet her
sairtipeofuts and waintain her credit, under
MO WWII sad economical administration of
kw tomes, is undoubted. The honor and
mate the )34.ate must and can be preserved
Me Commissioners or the Siuking Fund,
Pepin Ills sum' of .41A.929 29 as now in the
Tspoepry to the credit of that fund. This
aiebouse will be applied to the redemption of
040 Notes yet in circulation, and to the pep
IMMO eifthe funded deist of the Commonwealth.
• nu osmmissioners of this fund, on the 7th
flay afeleptember Lest, reported to me that the
icu5=042,8;,,7 G 4 of chi., debt of the Corn
ea= was held Ly thew, se fullows—
wig:
Lamm of 9th of April, 1533, over
toe, temporary $ l OO,OOO 00
Loma of 9t 6h of May orer
eel, temporary
Cartifimite re of mock, loans of
Aiwa 11, 1844, 6 per eau'.
Cendlownie of stock, lowa of seri
als data., 6 per cent
Wit blow esneellati and
411.1r0,0d,
N in Tieesory,
war br esoseistioa
TOW $1,042,i 1 57 64
A.
440 red
' by law,l Aire:tad the treetificates
omml '2= of this indebtedness to be can
- ; amid on the 19th of September, 1657,
= el l
a proclamation declaring. the payment
. .
eme l t end tinal discharge, of 6 1,04'..,-
JOT of** public sit'a.
doss to the amount reported to he in
4, trugury to the ertyli: of the sinking. fund,
Alll4lllloitsattle to the payment of the
?ebbe debt, the Commissioners of the fund
pew hay the sum of $7,i00,000 00 bonds of the
ream:Nails Railroad Company, p'edged by
kw lo the payment of the funded debt of the
IS, as atii section of the 1 lth article of the ;
Cametitettiow, as amended at.d ratified by ,
a assjewity of the qualified ewers of the State,
Obi mem! ihwioe held or ) the second
Tssedsy of October, 1e57, i; is Wads gui.dyty
Oahe Legislature at its first session after the '
44t*iott of this atseadmeot, to ere.tte a Sink
ing Vaud, which r hall be sufbeient to pay the
aesmisitistereet on the present public debt,
sad saradditional debt thereafter con it it Iv lo
esetisated, and. annually to reduce the
• thereof hi a sous not less lions S;:SU,
CO, which ••sitikiug Fund ahan
the 104 anneal ;atone of Lilo w,rks
front tints tt time, owned hy the Dtu e , or the
=g Of dos Sale of same, eny part
and of the income or pro tee•N of sale
10 stout mend by the State, together with
saw** oc most that InaT be designs.
117 h Tho sal Igal:ism k and may be
itteellaw4 IMO ties be time by sniping to it
44kr Fes at do lams or Other revettue the
awe; ells Isquited for the onl;aar, and car
- autGoesrar-- - le anima in
no
or appli part ed
of the publie
debt is reduced
rirgat# mirr,
ppir tot &ruts # !jet WI
# a 1 0 .41111,994 1$
4i N " " &CM 90
4 f`r r 109.090 Ifre
Total funded debt--,Rm, 467 5
I,:xrusoto 1.14.
Relief notes in
circulation. 11220,554
Intervit certificates
outstanding.
Interest certi6cates
unclaimed.
Domestic creditors
Balecce temporary
lean, April 19,
1!4,53.
Balance temprirstry
loan, May 9,11154 184,000 00
TKsI aufw
The Nutted • unfunded debt, at the close
of the Ism fiscal )ear, December 1, 111:57, ass
as follows, viz ;
Ire!MED prim.
6 per cant, loan $ 446,180 00
5 " " 38,773,212 52
4i "" 388,200 0;1
4 II iur- _00
OU,OOO 00
Toll funded debt -- $30;04,497.. 42
UN rt":CDLD DEBT
Relief - notes in cir-
culittiuck. $146,42100
lutervit comfit-Ma
cw,ltAtstiding.
!etc feat ceruticatet
uuclaiatel
Domesec creditors
Total trnfandecl
debt.
Total debt Dec. 1, 1857. 139,881,734 22
Totsl debt Dee, 1, 1854
" " 185 T t 10,701.835 7.4
$39,881,738 22
Decrease tiering late
fiscal year 4820,097 03
These statements exhibit the gratifying 1
feet, that during the pest firma! year. the i
public debt has bow redacted eight hun
dred
and twenty clamored, nicety-seven i
dopers and fifty-five cents. 'During the!
same period large appropriations and pay I
multi were made on secrte' of our public i
improvements, for ohl and unsettled chart- s
adjusted ;mdsr the act of last session, and ,
for other extraordinary purpose*.
The condition of the Treasury prior to
the suspension of opeeie payments by rho ;
Reeks, justified the epproprietion• of e s I
least two heedred thousand dollars more :
in payment of the public debt, and sr- ,
rangements were made by the Treasurer,
under the direction el the Commissioners
of the Sinking Vend, to liquidate that
amount ; but after the eespensten and the!
consequent finaneitil eleharrsesnieut of the
country. the proposal payment, froni pre- i
dent ial motives, WSJ possp.med.
Rad this payment been made, in ad
dition to the payment, already repined,:
the statements soul calculations submitted
is my last annual Jleesa,le in relation ,
'to the early parboil avid final extinguish- 1
meat of the public debt, would thus far '
have been sustained by their actual vetifi.
canon. The causes that prevented their
realisstion, is is believed, will soon cease,
so affect iniuzinoaly the reveaues Ll' the
Cuesentoweelth.
Asiealnd by that indomitable energy t
that bag ever characterised the American I
people—(altering for a moment, but not
disheartened by the adverse eireumstances ,
that sarround us—rtmeed to more vigorous
action by disaster and defeat, our progress
cannot long be checked, nor our prosperi•
ty long be, interrupted. Cana 'Lice, the
sensitive, yet rwerful agency, that binds
in unity and *trench the great filiatteial,
commercial and industrial interest of our
country and the world, has been se 'den.
ly impaired, producing financial and coni•
mereial distress, and effecting the reve
nues of the Commonwealth ; but with
the advantages resulting from the rapid
des-elopement cf our resources during the 4
last quarter of a century--the immensely
valuable increase of our agrieutural, mi
nit% and manufacturing industry during
the same period—the abundant harvests
of the past year—our completed improve.
meets, and all the elements of material
wealth in our midst, its restoration' at an
early period is not problematical. Re
turning eoufidenee will be the herald of
re:uruing prosperity. Notwithstanding,
then, the present embarrassment and
gleamy condition of the !Wintry. after a
careful censideration of the peewit and
prospective condition of the finances and
resources of the Commonwealth, I cannot
hesitate to reaffirm my Whet; "that the
lime is not far distant when Pennsylvania
will stand redeemed from the oppression
of her public debt, and her people be re
hewed from a taxation imposed to meet its
accruing interest and maintain the faith
and credit of the Commonwealth," and
that ..by practicing strict economy in all
departments of the Government—avoiding
extravagant expenditures—refusing to un
dertake any new schemes of internal im
provement, and bolding to a rigid smut- -
ability the receiving and disbar-Ling agents
of the Sate, the rcelizatiAs of these views
may be anticipated with confidence."
As enrrob tredve of the opinion now and
heretofore expressed, a brief reeiew of the
operations of the Treasury during the part
three years, as connected with the payment of
the debt dale Commonwealth, may not be in
appropriate. In my first aunual- message to
the Legislature the fact was stated. that dur
ing the three years intervening between De
comber 1, 1851, and December 1, 1854, the
public debt had been iiiereased one million,
five hundred and eighty-four thousand, three
hundred rand fifty-nin e dollars aiiJ thirty-lour
cents ; and that the total debt at the-close of
the fiscal year, December r, 18.31, was forty
one millions, six hundred and ninety-eight
thousand, five hundred and ninety five dollars,
and seventy-four cents, ($41,698,595 74 ) A t
the close of the last fiscal year, December 1,
1857, three years later, the funded and unfurl
' (led debts, as before shown, was thirty nine ,
millions, eight hundred and eighty one thou- i
sand, seven hundred and thirty eight dolla-s
and twenty two cents; ($39,881,738 22 ;) de-
crease in three years, one million, eight hun
dred and sixteen thousand, eight hundred and
tilts--seven dollars and fifty-two cents, (1,816 -
e.:i7 52.;
I b:rs in three years the public debt has
been decreased, by actual pa t rnent, and with
out resorting to ;he ezp,e,ltett of temporary
1,, eta, etre million, eight hundred and sixteen
thousand, eight huudred and fifty seven doh 1
Lars and fitly two tents. If to this be added
the senior neer hundred and f inrteutt t hemmed,
nice hundred and twenty dirlinrs and twenty
nine
await (414.920 29) now tit the sinking
laud, and applicable to the pepueut of the '
' fended debt,the reduction still be two millions
tau hundred and thirty-one %hutment!, seven I
hundred sad sevetl-seven dollsre wed ei.;ity-
one cents, 43,431.177 et.)
1 These facts are riot tatty gratifying, hat
I evert
. straging. It has already been stated that
I there ss m the Sinking Pend the sum of seven- 1
i millions, five bemired thousand tlollars--boods
of the Pennsylvania/lean:ma Company, Nise
ifug testa-set at the rate of in per cranium p er
• die lonia's , euttuni, payable semi areeselly, and pledged to
ameedielleh awl ' i mist memo of the fended debt- If this sum,
tpoe yoq, acid ibe sadedio the redaction before tasted; we
v iharg.4, r s bari• • to as a virtul. if not a m setetal
Pr tile Statte,l of ate State debt of also millions,
inn thy ref', awedhatedrail end shirty one thoessod, emu
- d 411 a. r imisdr•l aid eineetreeven dellarnsed arty
wee es *Urn n o r : seine s tiktai,777 at t) showing dm
tratel-Atedimil.end eafeeded debt of the State
on the kilt slay of December, Mit tq here
•
two
}roe Aberrant% millions, nine hundred and
slat;-.e; tiei.enetl, eight huedred and Piet-
164,000 00
66,50 1 0 0
9,316 64
373,440 00
110,000 00
MSZEII
24,591 ST
4,443 33
1,164 (A)
400,000 00
834,859 75
, .....„--
F 40.701436 Y. 5
23.47382
4.448 36
852 SO
175,143 70
EMS=
I=ll
teem &Alan cudfitetylaise casts ($31,966,818 meets by the Ban I
ks petite, sold the ether &ate, If the principle of tits act of 1842 had been ,
n
„ ._
41.) e s . l of tee Linn. end Om Inane Jet enteesesemestt end preserved --eren if ite Hite of doges
had
In espieipstion of tie sale erthe *in Line Wirral Penattstititll of besniem I deemed . b my reduced, our specie by million. would nut
pad die decree in dm publiceeela. die Stake my duty to rill, ef•ollsoriere be the Leaeutution, h o ve gone into hireign enffers to build op and
aler, by an act of the lestlestregular session, was an Extra Seesises 01 the Legislature, to merit et sustain the foreign manufacturer : home ii,..
e o d u oee fnen three go two and one half mills, thuriebstri en the sixth day of October last. duatry w o uld be proaneroun and the cry "we
Althou g h th e reliet .. presided by the clementine- want worlen . insuiree from o thousand Gila,
,;atria; on toodoliari a rednetion equal to one ..ixth
.444411 as imposed ter Suite autittoacis price to '5 *gins= of the neneral ?teethe's. way not as
.
our large cities and manufacturing
:h et act . These facts spelt:, tit i . i...m., , :, es.— sinPle as the elliitenc.l of the ease ivitiuired. yet it wou ld not no w be heard ; nor would a foreign
we : p roducti.e of many heretic/ .1 results, sod
well may the people bccomzruti. amed :in afi.li
,sped to shay r,p lena,. le tern debt of nearly fire hundred millions of dollars
the , e . cot end alarm
an auspicious beginning In the process ofexist to startle and alarm us. That system
' liquidaeion, nod well na:,,y they wi:l, coat- t that Perveaf'd the *my, conamuniii. a y the 9 c l i that • ' II p s r u efers :t rn . r i •
'cl e r i cs anticipate the day of their deliverance i tr y
wealin for the tesurn mon uf 1 '
peek pejment
the banks , all banking instisumms set...N-4aq 1
from State taxation. Financial and corarnen
The provisions of that law, were required to pay - !bat workshops in Eun•p i, instead
coal embarrassment may pos , pone,—nothing,
into :he Treasury one fourth of one per cent. on ' takes ou r l buil di n g and
Id to i p y po ite l i l w gel s .an ' t s h es ettrt o o f h t :l l;e gr: B i r a i l l;;h :
but unwise legislation, and tht imprudent or , laborer, whilst '
our P own are without employ-
Men capital stock t the amount by lb° ; went and without bread,—that tills the coon- ;
I dishoweet management of our finances,
can ' raiment of this bonus has not only defrayed the try with foreign merchandise to the exclusion
realinatien of thei r w e ll ;expse/sof that session but still dea r s a balance
,prevent the early
founded anticipations.
. in tee Treasury of not leas than thirty fly's! thou- :of the home fabric, — that lays the British rail
The condition of the public works, thet
sand d o ll ars—s result certoinly not injunotha to I . •
general operation, the receipts and expendi — m ills , whilst theyare silent
' uDOn the road thruuidi hour iron districts and
; by our rolling
the finances of the commonwealth.
tares during the past fiscal rear, will be pre,: ; My viers expressed in former communioa- '
t and deserted, and that invitee to speculation;
I and extravagance , is at wer with every true
seated tq Toe in detail in the R eport o f the tione on the subject of banks and honking • •
, Came Commissioners.
' capital, in their relatiuna to the currency and i A
thei
A merican teterestand should be at once antra
-1 The total receipts at the Treasure. from the the , s .,
. s .
generas interests GT Cratle, rt main uuelein• 'n u "'”
public works, for the year ending November
red. However diverse our opinions may be
JO, le:i7, includieg receiptit from the Matti Marked by excessive importations n sehage es-
A period of low duties has always been
an this subject, it must be admitted by all,
Lim, up to the first day of A sewn laet, were rts of specie—overtrading—sbank exparen
that the banking and credit ayitems are so
clone and suspennions, and financial and corn- '
$1,308,59e tie. The aggregate expenditurea
intimately interwoven wall the business wild
fur the same period were $1,312,705 67 ; the mercial revulsion.. Under the protective!
commerce of time country, that their sudden car e
these peculiar and startling character-
(expenditures exceeding the reveuees 14407 separation, or a rash innovation, would pro
ne. I
policy
e of free trade hare ell been wanting.—
duce Lonsequeuces of fearful magnitude.-- •
flue history of the wonky establishes these!
Theereceipta at the Treasury from the ger-
That the present system of banking is perfect facts. A. well regulated tariff, adjusted to 1
coal Divisions acre as follows, tn.& t
'
:Main Lose , 43 "g" 1, 1657 •• --1196,33.° is not pretended ; that it could be essentially protect the productive industry of thecountry, 1
33 , modified and improved, will not be denied.— Fs not only the true policy of the Government, I
Susquebauna sod North and West
...„
I
Branch Divisions
Delaware Dion . etn7 718 9..,
. ' The present derangement end,* currency may
- i o and will suggest the heecesity of reform, nut le 14 .
224,3_ .
I only in the system itself, but in the manage- but is a better regulator of the currency, and
a more certain security against bank
althea
are
than aio , system of pains and penalties,
The receipts from the i)eistattee Divieimi 1 mein of our I;sulting inatstitutions.
are leer than those of the previous year: The
I Unlimited credits by corporations or indi• yet devised for the control of banking mstitu- !
operations of capital. To this
completion of rival Railroads and other muses ,Lions, or the o
viduals have will ever be an unmitigated we should return. Pennsylvania is yet true I t
have lessened Ike receipt/ frt" 'hie il ePer - l evil. They contribute to bank expansions,
1 tent division of our public works; and it is , rash speculations , •
extravagant living, and of its propriety and necessity. Sate may bare 1
I feared will continue to decrease theta. Its
excessive over ; always sure to be fol- to her ancient and long cherished convictions!
and coin . lowed by ruinous revubsione. What the rem- been rriskid. Political and partisan pressure!
' management tem been satisfactory,
Public int' 1 ear stesuld be, Ido hot deem it my province, may have forced her from her true positiont
pared with other divisions of the
This was her misfortune, not her fault, She
I provements, economical. The net revenue, at ' ,
tenter ezisting eircumetances, to suggest ;bat s and feels the wrong, and with to emplia-;
the Treesury. was $174,001 87. -a decrease of
, to be permaneut and effectual, it must accord site inteneified by her injuries, will demand!
t 89 11 . 1 31. 13 5 3, Int eotePared with the recei p ts el t 1 with the natural and necessary laws of trade. room ; protection f or h er seif e md the.great I
the preceding year. In adilitem to the ortli
-1 i The currency of a country forms no excep
nar expenditure*. the sum of $ 46,263 w " Lion to thew laws, end should be left to their try
el f the l e nt at d improvement of
, pai fur en ar o etne i The sericulture! intermits of the coon ,
e
1 operation and control, so far as may be con- industrial interests of her people.
! this division.
, sieteut with the Public good. It is, therefore State. They are first in necessity and useful
! 'lle North Branch Ekteneion of the Penn.; that „ 3 . Btant n t free banking, based on un- should ever be fostered and Nuetained by the ,
'
I eylvania canal, although so far completed iu doubted public securities, and coin in such National prosperity. Upon their-. progress
;the fall of leS., that hoods fteighted with coal proportion to eireuinttutt and dennsiti as may teens, and • oonstitote • the basis of State and
and other products, 'were successfully passed 1, i f f ;,,,,,,d , u te c i ont to secure deposit!
co ,,, er q.Y .
mechanical, inauutacturing and commercial
through its entire length trent Pittston to the lion into specie, on demand. with proper Ern- :
and development, depend the success of our
intere-tn
I deucti'm cana l, y et in etant 'li ten " `h itt ine .g e itaiions find restrictions, is deemed preferable
) portion ut the "Hone Race teem having
to the present system. li e introduction would relations, is the unfailing source of National
• bee u carried away by the freshet uf tact apring, Aericulture, in its varied. and multiplied
correct many esisting abuses not only in 'the wealth, acid to its promotion all should eon
; business on the canal was ottamiteled the tunnel itaerf; bat iu the present mode of trine le. Individual enterprise and liberality,
I greater part ot the past year. It was repaired banking. These questione, howeve,r, with the State and County assomations, have done
during We summer and in the full businesa remedies neeensan , to
prevent a recurrence of much to advance this important branch of
was resutned along its entire length. Sole ' the evils under which we now sutler, together productive industry ; have collected and eir-
atter, the same dam ns ngoin ext,ensively, I with the nature and extent of the relief, if any.
.culated much valuable information; anti en-
injured by a sadden and hoavy fres h et , an d that may yet be required by the banks of the ~,,o raged by their honorable exertions, the
the greater part of the caua! r't tittered useless Commonwealth, to enable them to resinuse the
1 list beeireits. An appropriation will he requir- 1 the pitement or their liabilities in specie, are '
thee. Science and art heave - nobly proffeeed
' en to re-construct the dam. nrogrem of scientifi.e and practical agricul
-1 all referred to die wisdom of the Legislature. o tt e r a'd—the State should nut withhold her
This canal, although useful and valuable, ' 'They are practical and important business
eneour %gement. and support.
njiPenta to be doomed te f ai l ur e a n d disaster ' queetions, sod as such should receive your I have heretofore recommended the estab
: These are the fruits of farmer mismaitagemeitt iatelligt consideration. lishment of an Agricultural Bereau, in con
; and freed is its constrention. .Every effort I
Thep esent condition uf oar Commonwealth nectiou with Wale one of the State Depart
, ha s been tends to repine the errors of ice early ! and country deserves at least a passing re- nie its, to give efficiency to the collectien and
management s and to complete and render use-' mark. A severe financial revulsion has oe- diffusion (useful knowledge an this Na
fill this division of our public works. Uuder , , curred, inducing a susp en si on of specie nay- , Impremted with the necessity and usefulilesm
proper management it eta be successfully ate went, by the Banks. not only of this Coin-I uf such a Bureau. I again earneetly rectini
complished. i
umnwealtle but of all the States of the Union, mewl it to your favorable consideration.
In pursuance of the act of the IGth day of deranging the currency and affecting dints , - I ..Th e Farmers' High School of Pennsyn
May, 18n7, providing for the sale of the Main , trough , all the great interests of commerce 1 yanin," an institution incorporated by the •
Liue of the public works, alter giviog the iite ' and the indasttial pursuits of the citizen.— f Lennie:ire in 1855, is entitled to the eepecial
ace requiren by law, I cat the said Mein Labor is without eniploywent, and thousands 1 attention of the friends of Agriculture. In
Line to be exposed to puld'e kale at the !der- , uf strone• active men are now raking for work 1 t h e teachings of this institution,the seientiti-
chant's' Exchange, in the city of Philadelphia, or hreZ l - The causes aseigned fur the.,a!
is nrid the practical are united ; and whil st
on the 25th day of Ja n e last, and silt! the same evils arc almost as various as the interests or 1
1 the art of farming and all stint pertains to the
to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for projudices of Those who undertake their expel- ! manageuteet. business and work of a farm, '
the SUM of seven milliona five hundred thou- ' ,
cation. To whatever cause or causes then ' will be the/subject of instruction, the natural
sand dollars. the highest price led for the same, 'nay he referred, it is neither just, nor proper sciences, in their relation and application to
and the minimum price fixed ill the . act. .
Ito charge all our present financial and cum- practical agricultnre, will else be taught.—
After a full cumpliance ey the purchasers mercial distress te the Banks and their ratan- The student of the institution, will be enabled
with the conditimis of the act authurizing the ; agement, flowerer much they may hareem- I to test, in his daily occupation, the truth and
tale, and the delivery of their bowls in number tr'sbuted, other causes have operated still more value of the knowlesige eemmunicnted.
and for
thinemte equal tu and faller, dee, directly and. powerfully to preducti these re- MAI of the land connected with the ',clued
at the previled fir the P•Tmeut t 7 f the , cults ; and among them first in importance! hes been succeesfully cultissted during the.
rospectiee bib. "'neat') the S 7 eentern "l the .an I influence is the present systeneof low pt year. Orchards of every varity ul fruit !
C o,
on the ?. 1 4 day .4 . J uly, A.
duties, in connection with the warenousting and hedges have been pluntetl , an l e
aany eel- ;
D., 18e7, as directed is, - the wet, trattefered, ' system, adopted as the policy of the General : el
ide improvements made. A double -toiled
under the great seal of the Slate, ~, !ha Penns' Ci 172..:;,:,.; frb
184 x;. Tiro almndoinent r
"- , barn, Ittresi and convenient. as able the tion
si I vania Itailroal Cue/piny, the:: .11 ("4`5 , 0r• : the in ne, itive policy, as embodied in the Ta- ! Iner t, ' mus e a nd Dart of the 'Jut-buildings have '
or assigns, the %hole M..iii Line of the bli
Pd- ".?' ; riff Act 0(18 l'.!, was restricted by Penunylve- ! e„„ erected and occupied. 1
works between Pieta lelphie tted Pie-burg, , nia trlth a unanimity almost neon:Deice! in I From the report of the trustees we learn
together with all the right, title root intereit.' her lust my. Her repreeentativel in t
}An t e ' e• e ; t• a co tract has been made fur the erec
claim and demand, of tho Cotninimwea!th of branches (if the National Congress strenueus- ' 'ern et au edifi c e e aleetetcd fez. the residence
Pennsylvania to all property, real, personal
~ ly opposed the repeal of that art. The arils ,
of Profenvors, Lecture Italie end Dormitories
and mixed, belonging to or used in connec- under which we are now suffering were cre• I for studente, ft, be built of stone, thee storitie
lion with the same by the Commiinweath , an:l
. diet A, as a consequence of such repm . i high, two hundred and thirty-three Wet in ,
the Purchasers having given untie* of their But other counsels prevailed, the act was re- front. with wings, and tu lost flftydive thou- •
resdineas to !ke ssession of the seed works, • pealed, and the industry of the country ex.; sand dollars. This building is already in •
posseasioil of the posse was aecorlingly delk- ousel to a ruinous competition with the cheap I
• progress, and it is hoped that a part of it may
ercd to the Co:pp:thy ou the first day of Ate [atm of foreign nations. The dismitroue el- th e put tinder roof and be so far completed as
gust last; of whicli notice was given to all feet, of the repeal, were poetponel by the to enable the Bard to 'mkt, arrangement.
Superintendents amid Agents of the Common- operation id causes well understood by ercry to receive a few student's before the close of 1
wealth, by proclamation bearing date the 31st'
intelligent citizen. Fumine abroad produeeti the current year." The Legislature, at their
day of July. I st:,7, as required by the law ; a n iiiiprestetlented demand fur our lireadatuffs last session, appropriated fifty tboitsand dolsi
authorizing the sale. ' and the gold of Califoruim although it niter hire to this institution, one-half of whit h has
The Londe of the Pennsylvania Railroad have adned to the excitement of our program. been paid; the remaining twenty-five thou-
Company, it. the sum of seven and one half , and contributed its full share in producing sand dollars•to be paid on condition that an!
millions of dollars, were received by t he Stain existing financial and commercial enihnmuse- equal sum be realized from other tvourem, I
Treasurer rad are held by him for the Com- moot, in millions, supplied the means of Pay - within three years train the passage of the
missiouers of the Sinkag Fund; the mein,' ins
the overwhelming balance. against ,us on act making the appropriation.
rds of the sale being required by the ; our foreign importations. Under the present The objects tied character of this institu- I
pr o fction of the set to be paid to the Sink- system of low duties, the exce ss of imports tion—its relation to agricultural knowledge. I
nig Fund and applied to the payment of n
its over exports has been beyond ..the most ex- and as the pioneer in the great work of ikgri- 1
State debn
1 tree:Tent wank of the country. They have cultural education, commend it to the generous !
I cannot forbear congratulating the people I been enormous and ruinous—destructive of patronage of the Legislature. and to the cor!
of the Commonwealth on the coosammatton domestic industry. and involving the home Mimes tad liberality ut the people of the
of this sale, Public sentiment, as expressed manufacturer sod home laborer in oue common Commonwealth.
through the late ballot box, and in other ruin. We bare imported more than we could The report to be submitted by the Superin
equally significaut, demanded it—public pole nay for, and much MOPS than we needed .— tendent of Common Schools will present a
cy and the interests of the Commonwealth Pennsylvania abounds in iron ore. Iron and clear and satisfactory statement of the gene.,
required it. It is done. The Comma pprove,' its manufactures are justly regarded as im- t o ope ra ti o n of the system during the past
few complain, those most. who Wave gained portant elements of her material wealth ; and roar. i
an uneriable reputation by • reckless disre- from her abundance, if prop erly festered and ' The separation of the school from the'Stete '
gard or the public interests, as exhibieed in the
, protected by a wise nati onalpolicynould sup- Department, by the act of the lest sessien,wae ,
extneragant, useless and fraudulent expentli- . ply the markets of the world; and yet, since a just tribute to the importance ar.d value oft
tures of the public money fur selfish or parti- `the passage of the act of 1848, we have ini• our Common 8 envoi system. The great edu-
r.an purposes.
; ported of iron and steel and their manufac- entional interests of the State, the mire and
Theses of the Main Line has directed public! tares, more than two hundred millions of guardianship of the intellectual, social and
attention I to the importance and neceesity ssf
_, , dm " i dollars in value; paid for in gold or our bonds , moral improvement of the youth of the Com
posing of the l e , t illielhlt dt vis h ,m's ta tue e P uhlte l and stocks, now held by foreign capitalists— m•mwealthe should. occupy a prominent and
improveinent. ehe reasons arm Pelle.). t hat re-
the interest on which but adds to the burdens independent position among the Departments!
mired and justified the sale of the one, apply . impos e d upon us by pur foreign indebtedness, of the Government. If the care of the tree
with equal force to the saki of the other. This .
rho same is true of many other important sure of the Commonwealth, the dihelopement
sty of sell ' il i gttng the duite flion3 the ear. branches of home industry. Many millions of her material wealth, and the advancement I
and conical of the public works, is nut only eve h ,
value
of cotton
and woolen goods have, of her politicteeconornical interests, has e ro
dent to all who have stems tiara subject a cendtsl '
(luring the same period, been imported, that ceived from the Goverr.nieut the marked and
and impartial eon:tderauon, but (tie limes icy to
should have been made in our own workshops, distinctive recognition of their importance ; I
eicaely esiablisbed. by lola. Listory of their con•
should halt:. been
woven " 1 A'"erirdn• and Imo . much more should the mind of her youth
infection cud nirpogrotent. I have I Med to "
not on British, French or Germanl
.umns.
—with its wondrous activities—its constant-
Ith
be a titmice uf revenue to the
. Commonerca ,
..,
As an example of' the pt.:vie:al working of; lv unfolding energies, nail its infinite sures - 1-
and if retained by the SL.te. Pi:, et-yam:e l an rit
„ the system, iitlicial documents exhibit the fawn. (city to the ntateritti and physical, claim a '
P e ' nlat " re in their re p air anti manage.u ' e.” ' arg '' that during the p tit four years the imports of still higher consideration, sti - il receive from
exceeding any IV% clue, that unde: the most 1.-
foreign merchandise, exceeded our exp irts the Representatives of the people, a more
so,iibi• cireoussi•nees,can be derived from them
h ' I Aand millions two h onore d
ion t, one Lilt ri_ eighty-fourrecognition, ,
In any plus,. of the questio, , ill/4 separat
of thousand se.. en hundred and sixty-eight dal- As an independent Department, greater I
ilemorab'u, hut in Connecnon with the payment
the in, a te
I I debt, at.d the reduction ut the State ,ears ;and as a
consequence, the drain of the efficiency will be given
to the aysteru—a more
saxstien, a become* an object ut nmre than oi precious metals was correspondingly great- direct and immediate supervision will be se
b.l..,
nary interest A sale, at the earlieq prscucate
rhe amount of specie sent out of the country red—the details of its operation more care
period. at the whole of our putio F
c works , Of •, „
during that period, was two hundred and fulleubserved—itsdeficieucieedisoovered—its
thirteen millions three hundred and sixty- er rors corrected—the accomplishment of its
tor emeedelation, a e on terms just 011 liberal to
fiurthousand
the run li•ears, and •t the same tune empty pr v . •,. .
three hundred and eighty-four nol le purpose,
and objects rendered more
calve of the rights and interests of the peuple, I II arced t i -- ' eighty-four
certain, ) d theitself saved from the
dollars—we,,ie imp a Ictlit, SIX millions an system
( hinvired and twent -se% en thousand dangerous and debasing influence of political
lemon be autburied by the Legislature. Such nine y
hundred and 'twenty-seven dollars,
sate, with the appl!cation or the proceeds to the and four . . excitement, and partisan prejudice.
"einem of the public' debtoveuld secure MI stilt I es' in g a balance against 05 onspeci l e set •
P Superintendency, tested by ex
fhe County . , m
of
more rapid e et i e gun ne wee T he a u ltjeet es re.; count of hundred and eig hty -six mi lions perience,bas realized the just expectation
cotnm •
entl dto your untamed conetli•ration. • four hundred rani thirty-aix touhned nine may now be
the friends of the measure, an d
' tee Penunevetala Rail- hundred and fifty-seven dollars. This deplet- regarded as a permanent
't be low me.wrsirsting
and indispensa ble
st'c r •
road Company toP"orti a tax of litres wire. per' in; process, a.rgravated by excessive inipor- part of the system. When committed to
um, per tails, on all tontilf• pssoar over that! lathing, unsettled the currency and induced eompetent men, it lute accomplished a noble
as
rase, au egoi tut for •ny dec• •• le the ree•' an inflated papircireolation,resultingin bank work in promoting the success end usefu ln ess
Pillars ofi
ti • Curniouussesith, :bit tli , gibt a' , " , gO•Peri.4I ,, IIP and financial embarrassment.— of our Common Schools; and wherever the
front the antaci
01 he
- - ed comes/Men oi the road. with But the evil does not end here. An iallated duties of the office have been faithfully per-
il*. business Main Line of m e pone im- , paper currency, by cheapening the price of formed, the character of the schools has been
prt.veuwuta Iles tax is not 1031 , 0•40 glOn tho money, increases in this' couutry the cost of elevated. their number and the number of
Company, Lot Intim the mintage. see is pad by I production, and thus, whilst the American scholars increased, and the confi lence and en
• trWort• of the 'relent tralnitt ntekt user the i Ililanutteturer is ell owe, under a system of cour a ginnent o f the p u bli c s e c ured. In the
r ib oael; the compel., ac ti ng si agent,. in its oolke• low duties, to a ruinous competition wi th the heads of incompetent men, these results have
ion slid payment to Me eltste. It is vi,taally at i cbeep labor of Europe,he is paid for his goods not been obtained; bat on the contrary, °pm,-
tar open the trade soli ciNnotrres of the Common- i in a currency less valuable than that paid to salon has', been provoked. and the cause of
wealth. sad .ism Ms annon-,es et other S.atee his foreign competitor. As a necessary re- Common School education retarded. This
oh teethe:none Beek an Venter° mettles e"r 1 suit the Ileum fabric is driven from the mare o ff ice should not be committed to any but men
this matt ; and th ud h y ~,,,,t,4 a m area of !Let and that hem, manufacturer ruined. The thioreughly qualified by education and expert
ensiles east the WA Of tranartrution the pro
op.ration of these cause+, stimulated by low once te e th e p er e areeienee o f it o ard u ous and
( thee 'nth@ Weft is emend upon the enithPeting d u ti e s, is sufficient to destroy te I—industrial responsible duties; and if th e School Direo
teemed. a staler tittles and tu other merkeis enretee
of
son
h „ hete,
Wrs of an e younnty, in disregard of their obli
gee' oarewn. The iisiessaity that sequined this r ts '''' J r — r' f
matter
gli
.00m,
mow m
pmmimiom
mimmimm
mm
the
system
tag, 111 retards the Catmetonweelei mid her inn j 11. 1 lei th ose fame, be ore as, it is no ti
incompetent person for
of surprise that our mills, factories and fur- or the ofSee, ,cleat ith ; _
rescue:we. his estesed. he eunduasmse eon
have .
ti
closed,and
thousands
of
the place, the Wallin of the ast, and of fa ilu re
only bailee:44 as senimene measere. it shined 1 name been
be th e meow of die State to took the nem:ten 1 honestl u meat ; to secure
the benefits resulting from a prwor
laborers thrown out of amp y
sins ol the predates of mbar, States Waugh her ; that commerce has scarcely an eustetme, that and intelligent administration of the o ea,
d our should rest upon them, and net up in the law
watery is her ewe matiata tied, t h 0r ,A,,,,. it s ' bankruptcy and ruin are around u5,,..a:
these
authorising the appointment. The defeats of
prepnety elf ertheeina dr bads sad business of general pruparty paralysed. To sn .l
_..
. 4
Its _
_._
. 4._
ssultushed.
should
the Coamaraieattik andeoiatry Item thin ma epee i disasters, to whisk we have been Partudiml/Y., ut ,___ s y stem
_____, en _ ta =„ L it a we . i s w e o t.
it, is reopeetliffe ai,to fa ii 4 ftd ik .your 4:No44ga- : °spoiled, reform nog only in oar system " be I- and in t eenth „, , t i n e e nes e b y
WWI. 1 tanking, but in our revenue laws, becomes .
••••• TO a rm;
..
' SI46OMOSS or prejudiee, may endanger its
lueons-luevee of the stafiseellen of epee 's r r indiamereetile.
WM
permanency and destroy its efficiency.
The Ass of the day of May. 1857. pro
viding he the due training of teachers for the
Common Schools of the State,, by encouraging
the establi.trment of Nonnal Schools within
the Districts designated in the law,has receiv
ed tie cordial approbation of all interested in
the success of our Common Schools. The
passage of that act inaugurated a new era in
the history of Common School education in
Pennsylvania. It is a movement in the right
direction : full oftnconragement and hope for
the greater perfection and usefulness of the
aystctn. Large tnd enthusiastic meetings of
the friends of edocatfhn have been belci, in
many of the districts, to protnote the esUb•
lishment of Normal Schools, as contemplated
by the act and liberal sums of money have
been subscribed to secure this desirable object.
A noble work has been commenced : and sus
tained by individual enterprise and liberality
—encouraged by the State, and vindicated by
its own intrinstc merit, it must go on until
State Normal Schools• in number and efficien
cy. equal to the supply pf wc...11 trained teach•
ers, shall become the just pride and boast of
Pennsylvania.
The organic structure of cur system is as
perfect. perhaps, as human legislation can
make it ; but it needs the competent and
thoroughly trained teacher to give it greater
vitality and efficiency, and secure the full
accomplishment of the purposes of its erection.
The teacher, the properly educated, the well
trained, the scientific teacher, is the great
want of the system. We need the teaching
mind. not the automaton movements of mere
physical organization or antiquated routine.
to direct sad control the intellectual energies
of the youth of the Commonwealth. We re
quire' mind. educated mind. in our schools.
that knowledge may be communicated. not
only effectually and practically. but that in
training the young. they may be taught to
think—and how to think—to imerigate, and
know for themselves: and thus be fitted and
prepared for the high and responsible duties
of the man and the citizen.
This detleiencv can only be supplied by
tate Normal Schools for the education of
teachers. To them we must look. The fu
tbre is full of hope. Much has already been
done to provide for their establishment and
support. In connection with honorable indi
vidual effort. more legislative encouragement
may be required. It should be given cheer.
fully and promptly. No subject of greater
interest can claim your attention no one ap•
peals with more reason and truth, to duty and
patriotism.
Tea: hers' Institutes. as auxiliary to Nor.
mal Schools, should be aided by the State.
Through their agency. sustained by the noble
and self denying efforts of the teachers them
selves, much good has been accomplished in
edu.ating and training teachers, and in di;.
nifying a profession too long undervalued by
those most deeply interested in their useful
labors.
In the great work of popular education
there should be no retrograde movement in
Pennsylvania ; no yielding to the impotent
clamor of ignorance, selfishness or prejudice,
in their attempts to stay its progress. These,
one and all, may denounce and condenin, but
virtue, patriotism, truth, bid you onward.
Let the system be maintained in its unity and
usefulness ; let it be improved and perfected
in its details; but let no act of yours impair
its strength. or mar the beauty and harmony
of its proportions.
Based as our inst:tutions are on the will of
of the people—dependent for preservation on
their virtue and intelligence—knowledge with
us should occupy the high position to which
it is so pre-eminently entitled. Knowledge,
founded upon the pore principles of eternal
truth, is the crowning glory of the citizen—
the 'safeguard and defence of the State. Edu
cation, fall and free to all. is the boon we ask
for the children of the Commonwealth—it is
the duty • paramount to all, others, the State
owes to her entisens. The aid of the Common
wealth should be liberally bestowed. The
subject. in all its relations, is wartoly com
mended to the generous care and patronage of
the Legislature.
Legislation, whilst properly t
encouraging
the development of the tuatxrial wealth of the
State, should recognize the still higher obli
gation to improve the social, intellectual and
moral condition of the people. The amelio
ration of benign strffering, the reformation of
the erring, and the correction of youthful vi
ciousness, are objects that deserve the atten
tion of the phifanthropiet and statetnan. To
secure these results, the educational. charita
ble and reformatory institutions of the Com
monwealth should be fosteied and
* by liberal legislation.
The reports of the State Lunatic Ho.spital,
at Harrisburg. and the IA eatern Penn:sylvan:a
Hospital- for _the Insane, at Pittsburg. will
be laid before you, and will exhibit in detail
their operations for the past year.
These institutions, in their objects and re
gains, merit. and should receive our warmest
approbation. The condition of no class of suf.
fenng humanity appeals with more thrilling
power to our syn►panies. than that of the in
sane. Ignorant of the frightful malady that
oppresses them, shrouded in the fearful gloom
of mental darkness, and shut out from the so•
cial joys of home and friends, the aid of the
benevolent and the benrfactions of the Com•
mon wealth should be liberally and cheerfully
given to them.
The House of Refuge in Philadelphia, and
the Western House of Refuge near Pittsburg,
again ask to share the bounty of the Common
wealth. These schools for the erring, ne
glected and out-cast children and youth of the
btate—these homes where kindness rules and
love subdues the vicious and incorrigible.,
should not be denied their request.
The "Blind" and the "Deaf and Dumb"
Asylums at Philadelphia and the Pennsylva
rani* Training School for idiotic and feeble
minded children, present their annual claim
for your sympathy and aid. The darkened
eye, the silent tongue, and the weakened in
tellect, in sorrow and sadness, appeal to the
representatives of the people for this boon. It
cannot be refused.
My views in relation to "locnl," "special"
and -omnibus legislation." have been so fre
quently expressed in communications to the
Legislature, that their repetiti. n now is unne
cessary. Such legislation. often so obversive
of private rights—tio detrimental to the pub
lic interest, and generally so mischievous in
its consequencir —should not be encouraged
or permitted.
The report of the Adjutant General will be
laid before you. To its valuable and impor
tant suggestions I invite your careful couatd
eration.
I must again call the attention of the Legis-
lature to the subject of revising the militia
laws of the State. They are so crude and im
perfect, in m any . of their provisions, and ob
scure in some of their enactments, that it is
difficult to discover the object intended, or com
prehend the duty enjoined. The powers and
duties of the respective Aficerit connected with
the military organization of the Common
wealth, should be more clearly defined.
Greater encouragement should be given to
the formation of volunteer companies; the
entire system should be remodeiled,and placed
iu a position to become alike honorable •nd
useful to the State.
The Select end Catimon Councils of the
City of Philadelphia, by an ordinance passed
the 7th day of April, 1656, and °Solidly com
municated to the Legislature at their last gen
eral session, proposed to convey to the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania a lot of ground,
in that city, for the purpose of erecting an
Arsenal thereon. By the act of the 6th of
May, 1857, the Governor was authorised to
accept from the Mayor of Philadelphia, under
the seal of the corporation, the conveyance in
fee eiwple of the lot of ground proposed to
be donated to the Comnsouvres,lo, for the pur
pose indicated. The conveyance Wll3 duly
executed by the Mayor oo the 26th day of
Jane, 1847, sod delivered and ttoctlfied on
the 31st day of July following, as tlireeted.hj
th‘set. The fourth section of the saute act
authorised the Governor to apply the pro
coeds of the sale of the Arsenal in '
phis (630,000 00) to the erection of en Ar
renal on the lot of ground thus granted to
the Couneconseelth. In pursuance of the
authority conferred, *contract wasmsde wish
a skillful sad experienced Architect, for the
erection and totn3letion of the :woos» AL.:.
Renal ; to be large sad cotinsodloss, and
allayed to the ptrrposes heeedeti. The
building we, imtnedietely ontnteeneed under
the direct supervision of the Adjutant Goner.
1/1, and is now completed and ready for - the
reee:nion of the Arms, Military store! and
equipments of the C mutsonwealth, It is of
brick, three stories high, one hundred and
eighty-two feet. front on Filbert street,. an d
fifty feet deep, The foundation walls of
to. ate, are solid and massive. The cult of
con v truetion did not exceed the appropriation.
It is a subitantial and elegant stractore and
will be a math depository for the polka arms
-.an ornament to the city, and a credit to
the 'ommonwealth.
Uoo of my predecessors, in his annual 00171-
municatiun to the Legislature, immediately
after the close of the hate war with Mesico,re
commie titled the erection of a monument to the
memory of those citizen soldiers ) (rum Penn
sylvania, whu died in the ICTUCeII of their
country in that war. It is des - tO -them that
some public ankmawledientent of their patri
utic services should be made by the State,
Ceneurring in the sentiments expressed
in the oomtnuuication to which reference has
been made, I would also invite your ;two•
thin to the propriety of erecting,. is the politic
grounds of the Capitol, a suitable atoonmenk
to their memory—and thus honor Those who
by their undaunted, brave ry
nteno and . invinci,
tile valor, honored our noble Conweeshh.
Tile publication of the Geological Report of
the State. under the superintendence of Prof
Rogers, is rapidly approaching completion,
Tno engravings and illustrations are nearly
completed, and the first vulvae now in press,
which he expects will be ready for delivery
soon after the meeting of the Legislature anti
the second and last volume before its adjourn
ment or immediately thereafter. Th, style
and general execution of the work will be
equal, if not superior, t that of any similar
publicatiou by our sister Sates. It will fully
sustain the reputation of the distinguished
Geologist, by whom the surveys were made,
and who has devoted MO much care and at
tention to its publication. The large gado&
ical map of the S ate, which will atxmospany
the volumes, will not be & L iam; befi se the
close of the year. Grunt care frets been teikoo
to make it perfect in all its details, The whole
work will he s valuable addition to geograiiii
cal, as well as geological science, and will he
a like useful to the citizens of the C'Autlalritt*
wealth, and ltoroorab:e to its authoi:
The resolutions proposing auseuthameht to
the Constitution of the Commonwealth, wets
published as directed by that instrument.
In accordance with the pfurishms of the 21.0,
of 12th of May. 1851. tho proposed amends
meats were submitted to the pe..,ple for their
ratification or rejection, on the second Tues
day of tl..•,tober last. The returns of said User.
titki) have been received. and gill be 4cli venal
to the S,,eakor of the S mate, as directed by
law, when the fact their addition by adarge
majority, will be ulcially ascertained:tad an
naunced.
The fourth section of the first article of the
emended C efstittation, requires the Legisle- -
titre at their first seseion, after the dittipdititt
of this ausendiateit, to divide the City of Phil
adelphia int ' Siiteatorial a n d 'B, l pe eie nt a tie e
Dietricte, in the minter prosiled in that use
tion. This duty devolves upon you, and
h lioul.l be perforated with Utility and doe
regard to the intercity and rights' uf the
People of that'city.
Iteleived from the imputation of itelflshnesi.
I cannot brbege presentee; for yuur euneider•
at ion, a subject that should Cistin yedll earn
eta attention. I refer' to the erection of •
house at the scat of Governineut, for the Wee
of the Governor of the Cp•nins szeidth. Tee
want of a public m %lesion. h tit been se lenity
felt by all who have been called to °wavy ,
lit,t ofliziel sestion. Witilit almost all our
sister Sates have provided militancy' I r the
accommodation of theirritirfMagiitretes,Penh
sylvanie, for reasons not oral able to her as
the •-Keystone S see," Ivor refused to incur
the expense necessary Or he erei ion of each
a building. The failure o provide. in Joe
Manlier, fur his accommods ion, sublets a the
Governor to tench inconvenience. or entimei
vexs loos and annoyance. A sui.alde house
cannot always be oh aimed hen, and in that
event he is compelled us be shut ILI in the
rooms of a hO el, or crowded wi h his family
in o some small and obsseure dwelling. alike
untk..ed for domes ie comfort or theist - 11N het
of the newel ice and etrusesCitrs_o( social lire.
It should be remembered that the Governor
of the Commanwealth is regarded us there -
resentative of the people, recially, as well sot
politically. and therefore he should he enable. ~
by es cry
- proper appliaitee, to represent truly.
tluir social virtues and character. This tie
cannot do, tat the extent desire Lon the very
Inerser, e %Airy lie reecis es ; and I do nut ft 141 e
tete to itikrill that nu one occopyiug t: t ie Wriest
can, without drawing largely uo his pritatn
income, ezerciee the huspitalities ur usainta tt
the dignity properly associated a ,th the pi,
nition. I have nvetiled alt useless expendie
turee, and yet the salary receivssi, has Leda
wholly insufficient to defray the expense( nee
cessarily incurred. This ef e o t hi not be eve
, 'flitted. Every eensiderationnfpubliepelicy. .
every honorable impulse of preps Hts..e
r pride, require that tile Chief Execittste Meer
I o f the Commonwealth shook) be provided witis
a suitable residence, et Lie east of Govan,-
mene and with a salary adequate to the ez•
pondituro incident to his Isigls official position.
In my last annual eominunication to the
General Aescnthly, my sentiments were folly ,
expressed in reference to reform in the nat
uralization laws, and tim admission of appr
can ts to the right of elialensli ip —to the press
! ervat:on of the purity of elections, by the ,
I prevention and pen ishment of fraudulent and.
illegal voting; and the ,nactmeat of a judi
cious registry law—to freedom as the greet
zentre truth of American repettlicanisse—the
1 great law of American nationality—to the
I rights of the States, as Independent Sorer
! eignties, and the power rend duty of tbe lien
end Gosernment to pre% Ohl the exteueion uf
I the institution of slavery to the free territior
les of the Union—do the wrongs of Kansan,
us exailaited in the violation of the ducteirm,
of p,ipular sovereignty, by the General Mir"-
erement, in its attempts, by the military
power of the country and otherwise, to de
feat the will of the majority in that territory;
wrongs still existing and aggravated by re
cent outrages on the rights and privileges of
tßat people, and approved by high National _
Fxecutlie authority. To the views then pre
sented, you are respectfully referred.
By the expiration of the Constitutional
term, my ofscial connection with the Uutern
'Heist of the Commonwealth willsoon censer '
The powers. under the cunatitution, vested
in me by the people, will be transferred to
another of their own selection ; sad with my
warmest wishes for his success, I will, reliev
ed from the cares and anxieties ofeacial place,
retire to private Life. In the discharge uf the
duties devolved upon me, I have endeavored
to the extent of my ability, to proamte the in-
I tereste and honor of the Cointemwealth. and
the virtue, the happiness and prosperity of
I her citizens.
I If not coemeohil, I have at 140 t labored to deserve yea
ems ; end le eurrenderieg the trust committed to me, by
Igenerous people, toy oak, regret will he, that I woe net
area able to NW , * oar whole Commoteerealth with a seal
bed *halt. *emit to the Interest i fan ha bee program aad
salters. Whatever of merit, or demerit may attach to my
Iwadielnietratlee, whatever' ay be the °poem. entertain
of my cosiest of the Adis or elate, I can m loon claim
from my tedierw-mbereas with a fall eenecioasome of Ste ,
Iright, tee award of good Intention. eel will solo, is tee
retimmeet, the prandial:lstanbul' of knowing that Ibe ant
of miss, or et my administration' in temisecy oe sat, ma.
Pored or osmapted the public morale, retarded tits pew
1 parity, tor Wigged the fair fame of my =tiro Nate; r
will earns der to my seettemer the cares and reellontlealiftv
es ot the odes 1 sow bold, with greeter dho•rfletatas at ,
1•1 amamed them; end •ill retent, •Ititoot a allthallicte -,-
i the society and coopeadonship of them, who eel
without aollobsteda, mod wean. ems at the
truth sal fs,admblp Te theionywimeet of
tory I commiseny attedelanatkon wed its Net; - er
fear of the melt ; sad when Woe shall bare solterel the
asperity otpartieen &el Ing—beetteir the latlehmeleFelidita.
r appoinunitot ad sort toned tbe errors at penindies, tittlit
wall me w a t h e lodgment sad Pantos egprore tissuesint.
Our lo rd be C ommoctweelth„ rich le so tbe ifs of
... p . 4 . lreet „ es , bar brood red heals Ilefitheish tear -
s w um. kai, fined with tarzbeimetita• mieseit tapith—lteir.
' de
ar sat ber utreume—her intim& hipiiiiessoille, her "
terateet, reinertliiile sad heled=e
it ',9eripliti- .
salsa, sod her noble ',Mem elf
thumbs. and charitable i e sußeu eo i ho
twprisise, seeireffil, tatemyse sat OM
*reload, the prods •r every um A
Oar might, reprbtie, h, die 614
UM, Coottitetios and the V ' gh o
si zt a
and feligioes pririle t poef dr - - ti l ls&
owe sod freedom of wombip-11110~nint •
dyne of .liberty sod free rnervelann . d ' Alene: ,_,,,1,,t;, t . e
est naterieurnaltlemailty, feuded has . ... ' r ....7 '
1/4410a to Wag and swats. serreeptells ^ -0
*roe'
Oho fe ehe sesettee,
thed the rain Ornery Italeetela ell
ri ined Aefeenot until m
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