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tegieter.wpol Borde r—Jahn U. Freeze.
(Johu F. Fowler,
VntriiphiehMerr— Montgomery Cole.
( David Yeager,
litteriff—loroleeni
Tretooret--Jacob Tube.
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eamtnimiotier's Clerk —Win, Krieklattim.
eonituhoiatter'9 Attertwv—li. H. Little.
Mereentile Appraker W. IT. Jacoby.
County Surveyor—lsaac A. Dewitt.
Diwtrict Attraney—Milton M. 'fungi).
4 'qroner--Williato .1. Ikeler.
4 'ounty Saverintetelent—Chaq. tl. Barkley,
Amsore Internal lievenue—lt. F. Clark.
('.John Thotna..,
As..ktatit Asse , ,•ar— It. Newer,
I Daniel )lellenry.
(Vleetur -Benjamin F. Hartman.
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; ENTLIMEN : Before performing the
customary and constitutional duty of trans
mitting to you infinuation of the affairs of
the Commonwealth, and recommending
such measures to your c a identtien as are
deemed necessary and expedient, it affords
me great gratification to tender to you my
most friendly greetiegs on yeti,. assembling
at the Seat of Government, and to welcome
you to the council chambers of the State.
Our grateful acknowledgements' are due
to the Beneficent Author of all good for the
continued prosperity and wellbeing which
everywhere prevail, fhr the abundance
which has crowned the labors of the hus
bandman, thr the general health with which
we have so signally favored, and for all the
enjoyments of peace. contentment and hap.
pines~ within one borders.
Our country has just emerged from the
trials and dangers of an unrighteous rebel
lion and entered upon a period of im pi)rt
ant political struggle arising therefrom.
Being convened as the representatives of a
confiding constituency, grave duties and re
sponsibilities devolve upon you to so legis
late upon the great and manifold interests
committed to your charge as best to subserve
the welfare of the people and advance the
honor of the State. The fullest confidence
is entertained that yourdeliberntions will re
suit beneficially and your public duties be
faithfully diseharged ; told on toy part, per
mit rue to give you assurunees of zealous
co oeeration in all your labors calculated to
promote the general welfare.
(Inc of the most important duties deem- ;
ing upon the Legislature is the considers
tion of the public finances. Such action
should be taken for the provision of funds'
to defray the current expenses of the Gov
entment, the eresemtion of the credit of
the Commonwealth, and the speedy extito
puiehment of the public debt. as circumstan
ces shall be found to require. These objects
are of the highest importance and claim the ;
first attention of the Representatives of the I '
people.
There is always a discrepancy in announc
ing the reduction of the State debt, be
tween the annual proclamation of the Gov
ernor and report the sinking fund year ter
minates ln the first Monday in September,
and the fiscal year of the Treasury on the
:toth of' November. To prevent complica
tions of acounts and annual explanations I
recommend that the termination of the sink
ing
fund year be wade the same as that of
the Treasury.
The promptitude with which citizens of
Pennsylvania came forward last April aml
took the vaole amount of' the twenty-three
million loan, (the bids being up for upwards
of thirty-three millions.) may be considered
a very auspicious circumstance in the Mow
viol history of the Mate, and indicates un
bounded confidence in the good faith and
substantial credit of the Commonwealth.
The foregoing statement of the (itemises is
set forth with pleasure, in consequence of
their flourishing condition.
In addition thereto, the balance in favor
of the General Government for Pennsylva
nia's quota of the direct tax levied in the
several States thr war purposes and for cash
from the United Stales, amounting its all
to nearly two millions of dollars, has been
settled in full by the allowance of claims for
extraordinary expenses incurred by the
State dining the war.
La conscoince of the lapse of time since
the remaining claims were contracted, the
nt of sufficient vouchers and explanations,
the difficulty of finding the parties, some
onn being dead by whom they should be
render their settkment difficult, and
instances doubtful, the aeaonielish-
. Ithich will, however, be vigorously
the results laid before the Leg-
W11.1.1.1M ROGER&
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covEßxoe•s MESSAGE.
To THE LEOTsLATURE, JAR. S, IAtIS
ooudtipo of the Treasury
lesrA Iher •tuillions of dol.
sad at four r
United States en.torty bonds, bearing five
per Cent. interest in gold, the product
would be at the rate of $200,000 per annum,
in gold, or, at the present value of gold,
$268,000 ha currency. Besides, the funds
would not become "depreciated and unavail•
able" by long continuance in the Treasury.
A law for this purpose could be llama,
specifying the method by which the unneed"
ed ►noncy of the Treasury may be loaned,
authorizing and empowering the State
Treasurer, and such others as you may dosfg•
ante, to execute or carry out its provisions.
Your emotion is also invited to the fact
that the salary of the State Treasurer, now
only seventeen hundred, dollars, is entirely
dieproportioned to the duties and responsi
bilities of that officer, and that the amount
of the bond, eight thousand dollars, given
by him to the State, is equivalent to no se
curity at all, under the present system of
placing unconditionally, the entire funds of
the State in his hauds. The only security is
the incorruptible honesty and integrity of
the Treasurer. Suppose that when there is
in his keeping millions of dollars the incum
bent of that office should be tempted to be
come a defaulter ? How easily could lie se
cure to his bondsmen the amount for which
they would legally be liable to the State and
appropriate the balance to himself ? For
years, it Reuss to me, the Treasury of' the
State has stood, as it were, upon a volcano.
Examples all around us show the fallibility
of man, and how frequently and easily lie
is swerved from the path of rectitude and
honor. Even many of those in the most
elevated positions and enjoying the highest
confidence of the public, are often found to
yield to the temptations that surround them.
The desire fur the rapid accumulation of
wealth ; MC thousands of schemes present
ed to excite the cupidity of human nature,
and the looseness of public morals, engen
dered by the escape of the guilty from pun
ishment, have so demoralized public senti
ment that it may be considered a wonder—
almost a miracle—that Pennsylvania has so
long escaped from the calamity that might
at any time have happened, of that may
hereafter happen, by the robbery of her
Treasury, and render the suspension of the
payment of' the interest upon the State debt.
fur a time, inevitable.
I:IWeATIoN.
The report of the Superintendent of the
Common Schooh; exhibits a full view of our
excellent system of public instruction, which
is widely diffusing its blessings by securing
a sound and sninitantial education to all the
children of the State. A brief summary
will give an idea of the immense propor-
tions it has attained, and the vast amount
of usefulness of which it is capable.
Your attention is particularly invited to
the want or uniformity and constant charge
books in the public schools. These are
matters of' serious ineonvenieuee and need
less expense to the poor, and might easily
be remedied by judicions
The chief aim of our system of common
schools is to placa the advautages of an edu
cation within the reach of all the children
of the Commonwealth ; and when it is con
sidered that intelligence and virtue arc the
principle safe-guards of our free institutions,
this system earnestly claims the fostering
care and wise guidance of the Legislature•
The graded schools have largely increased
during the pnst year. The system establish•
ed by the State was designed, not only to
furnish instruction to our youth in the ele
ments of knowledge, but where practicable,
to impart to them au education in the high
branches of learning. The multiplication
of grammar and high schools should, there
fore, receive every encouragement, for they
are necessary to perfect the system said en
able the State to avail itself of that talent
which is born in the cottages of the poor
quite as frequently as in the palaces of the
rich,
fourteen colleges and thirty-two acade.
tides have made reports to the School De
partment during the past year. Such insti
tutions supply a great public want, as the
common school system is not competent to
perform the whole work. of popular educe"
tion. A State requires men of generous
culture in all the walks of life, as welt as in
the profession of teaching, and the perfect•
tion of the system of balk school instruc
tion is ono of the mews and noblest ob
jccts of legislation. All of the different in
stitutions of learning would be strengthened
and their usefulness increased by bringing
them together in a closer union, which pos.
sibly can be best accomplished by the crap
lion of a general Department of Education.
Serious complaint, have been made eon.
corning Abe neglectof the education of the
children in the altueand poorhouses of some
of the counties of, the State.
lul ir linker
!flitted to grow up'', idleness gnorancie,
and when sent upon . file werk d to earn a
living are better ;mitred to receive lessons
of Tkethift.49 l otitierefiblem The direc
tors of Sae itietitatiew should be compel-
led 4 by hiw, so setwillift ellpn to the
commit' schools,
de r schools
or Allibi
for them, and it shot 11l 1111 duty of
z „..
common school superintendenti to supervise
and enforce the execution of the law.
ACISWELSIMAL COLLEUE.
tuna College of l'unnaylvania, which ban
thereby become subject to the supervision
and guardianship of the State. 1 therefore
invite your attention to the organization and
condition of that institution, as exhibited
by the Proaideut of the board of trustees,
in hie report fur the year 1867, which will
be laid before you. The commissioners ap
pointed by the Legislature to sell the land
strip have completed the gales, which amount
to $439,185 84/. In accordance with the
act of Awsembly, the one •tenth of the pro
weds have beim applied to the purchase of
sites for "Model and Experimental Farms,'
and the residue invested as follows : .125,-
000 in United States 5.20 bonds ; $'20,000
in Pennsylvania war loan, and 8'233,000 in
the Pennsylvania bonds of 1857.
The college has been thoroughly re-organ-
ised in order to leek° it fully respond to the
objects and requirements of the act of Cos•
green and to the educational interests of the
industrial classes, and to meet these ends it
now gives course of instruction in general
science, agriculture, mechanical and civil
engineering, metallurgy and mining, an
cient and modern languages, and military
tactics, employing a faculty comprising six
professors and two instructors in the college
department and three imstractors in the
grammar school. This important educe
tional enterprise in the interests of agricul
ture and the mechanical arts deserves favor-
able consideration.
HISTORY
In 18e4 the Legislature made an appro
priation for the purpose of having prepared
and published a complete history of the mil
itary operations of the State in reference to
the late war. My predecessor appointed
Samuel I'. Bates, Esq., for the purpose of
consummating the provisions of that act,
who proceeded to collect the necessary ma
terials and to prosecute the work.
Although the country has again been re
stored to peace, the people begin to feel a
deep interest in all that relates to the strug
gle which so recently convulsed the nation. In
the prosecution of the war Pennsylvania
always among the first to answer the coun
try's call, gave additional evidences of her
devotion to liberty and to the nation's
glory. Over three hundred and sixty thou
sand of he sons stood in the ranks of the
Cniou army. Many have fallen, and nearly
3ISY) by w,norls an I disease received in
the field, repose io death. To comtnen►or
ate their heroism, to preserve their names
and perpetuate the records of their deeds
are among the objects of the work in pro
gress. In its pages m ill be found an account
of each and every military organization of
the State ; the offimrs and men of whom
they were composed ; the name of every
individual, with his place of reswlence, time
of muster, !late of discharge, awl the spec
ial acts by which he eras distiugui,hcd, ns
well of the dead as those who have Kuri
a
VIATt AGOCY
During the war a State Agency, fur the
examination, adjustment and collection,
free of expense, of military claim', was es.
tablishul at Washington, for the mainte
nance of which the Legislature, with com
mendable liberality, has annually made the
necessary appropriations.
In January last, Col. John IL Stewart,
of Allegheny County, was appointed Agent,
and Lieutenant Colonel Wm. A Cook, As
sistant. After a faithful and efficient per
formance of its duties until 31st of October,
Col. Stewart resigned in_ eohsequenee of
domestic afflictions, when Col. Cook was
promoted to fill the position, and Lieutenant
Col. J. Copelan, appointed Assistant.
During tho year ending December 15,
1861, one thousand seven hundred and
eighteen claims have been settled, and three
hundred and twenty-one Treasury certifi
cates collected, amounting to $241,069 43.
Two thousand ono hundred and twenty-nine
new eases remain unsettled, the most of which
will probably be settled by the 30th of June
next, at whirl' period the appropriation ter•
minutes. this is exhausted, the De•
pertinent will have doubtless fulilled its
mission, and the documents and papers can
be transferred to the Adjutant General's
office,
MC:inn:NT TO DECAsED SOLDIEVii OF THE
MEXICAN W.R.
The commissioners appointed under an
act of the Legislature, approved April 22,
18511 "to contract for, and superintend the
erection of a monument to the memory of
adagio of Pennsylvania who were slain or
lost their lives in the late war with Maxim,"
have contracted, ibr the erection of a monu
ment, in a prominent portion of the capital
grounds, and the work is progreardo as rap
idly as circumstanceswill pert* The, ap
propriation of 18,000 toatitiottothoooomitio.
goners aro litaited4 is ..litildeltdeo for the
object contemplated. The tot* Ma for
the contract was $8,200. IWu tlickaam
minionenc, therefore, in requaiiipsvan ad
ditional appropriation ofthreetkeiketed dol•
tti wed, or Et mnoh thereof as may
04 , 016 m1i1t0 tagtplete the undertaking.
Tbui putriadikwill doubtleasgive a fe
, thierequest
commonwe , and t
*he tett ,
the eAt•
tot
,td ad perdue ihelt
862 1 1 lin444llll4lllll"lerefer
indicate their last resting places, or distin
guisb their graves from those of their fallen
' enemies.
REVISION OF TUE CIVIL. COLL
l'ursuant to the first section of a joint
resolution of the LcgWature, approved on
the loth of April last, Hon. David Derrick•
son, W. Maclay Hall, Eeq , and Wayne
IlleVeigh, Esq., were appointed to "revise,
collate and digest all such public acts and
statutes of the civil code of this State, as
are general and permanent in the nature."
These gentleman have commenced the work
assigned them, and from which the follow
ing benefits are hoped to be derived:
First. The correction of the redundancies,
omissions, repetitions and inconsistencies of
the existing statutes.
&emu/. The framing of' general laws as
substitutes for the innumerable local stet-
I ta c o , which for many years have comprised
1 the bulk of the acts of Assembly and otxtu-
I ,
1 pie d t he attention of the Legislature to the
detriment of general legislation.
.77tird. The conferring upon the courts
many powers now exercised by the Legisla
i Lure, and which, it is believed, will greatly
relieve that body by decreasing the demand
for special legislation and allowing ampler
opportunity for the consideration of' the
puLlic interests.
The gentlemen comprising the commis
-1 siou have prepared a large number of bills,
most of which will be laid before you at an
early day. 'l'lle most important of these,
which the commissioners, in harmony with
my own views, are of the opinion should
receive early and favorable action of the
Legislature, are those relating to corpora
tions, the poor, public highways. railroads,
evidence and interest. The others, with,
perhaps, a few exceptions, might be left
unactml upon until the entitc work of re
vision is completed. The enactment of the
bill on incorporations into a law, at an early '
period of the session, would, doubtless,
serve to prevent much legislation that might
be called for on subjects which the bill itself
contemplates and for which it makes ample
provision. The bills relating to the poor
and to public highways demand early atten
tion, as the laws now in force on the subjects
are so numerous and diversified that scarce. '
i ly any two counties in the State are control
' led by the same law, and it is earnestly to
Ibe desired that they receive the earliest
practicable sanction of the Legislature.
The proposed amendments will give them
control of the whole body of the statute
law, and such allowance of time as the 1 ,
deem necessary for its satisfactory revision.
The accumulation of our public statutes,
during a period of nearly two centuries, can
I hardly fill to present a confusion which it is
eminently desirable should be corrected; anti
Ithe only practical mode of accomplishing
i this is the one indicated by the resolution of
the last Legislature, and having confidence
in the gentlemen selected for this work, it
is due to theta, as well as to the public, that
, they should not be restricted, either as to
! tittle or by exceptions, which would prevent
`a perfect and desirable embodiment of pub
. lie statutes.
I.I.GISLATION
At the last session certain bills were pass
col in which large numbers of citizens were
deeply interested, the responsibility fur which
after the adjounmient few meitiberscould be
found willing to assume, or even to admit
any knowledge of their passage. It is ex
pected that every legislator should be ac
quainted with all that is transpiring in the
legislative halls. Ile is not simply chosen
to give his support to certain bills which
have been galled to his individual attention,
but to be constantly on the alert to frustrate
every act that may have a tendency to jeop
ardize the public interests. To plead ignor
antm oiler a real or imaginary wrong has
been done, is to acknowledge a want of at•
tention to the trust reposed by his constitu
ents. One bill, the authorship and kut.vl
edge of which has been generally disclaim
ed, passed both branches of the Assembly,
and was sent in due form, with the signa
tures of the proper officers, fir the Execu
tive approval, and in several instances bills
Were passed and sent for approval in dupli
cate. All such hasty and careless legislation
Amnia be avoided, and the mentlters of the
melon now about to commence, be enabled
atita close to give an account of their par
ticipation in every act, however unimpor
tant. The Legislature, 'coining as it does,
bah from the ranks of the people, should
set an example in economy, retrenchment
and reform: It is the custodian of the put
lie interests, and any unnecessary extrava
gance or prodigality in the expenditure of
public money is reprehensible. It was a
matter of common notoriety at the last ses
sion that a number of subordinate officers,
in both branches of the Assembly, were ap
pointed, to whom liberal salaries were paid,
and who were never seen at their designated
poets, sad rendered no service to the State.
Ibis practice has been capita:it:oy eon.
damned by the press and people, and it will
not be continued by any lees/Muni which
means to acquire a reputation fur a faithful
performance of duty,
GINEI4A4 RAILROAD L.AW.
The auldoot of a general railroad low has
kiag boo agitatoif, and although it has
era the same privileges and opportunities
for competition. It will open new armies
to distant markets ; improve the value of
property ; give new impulse to
; stimulate trade, agriculture, 111211 U•
factures and mechanic arts to itureased 1311
orgy ; furnish greater inducements and fa
cilities for travel, and add to our general
prosperity. Other States have tried the ex•
periment with witisfitetory results, and there
is ho reason why Pennsylvania should be n
laggard in the grand march of progress and
imPiolvruent.
Next to the importance of creating addi
tional railroads on the free principle, is the
reduction ofeharges for passage and freight
' to minimum rates. This is a matter that
concerns every individual. Transportation
will increase in quantity in proportion to
the reduction of it cost, and as the &Al
lies increase and the (writs de , sreases, the
more vigorous will be the derelopenient of
our industrial resources. Railroads will de.
rive more benefit from low than from ex--
horbitant charges. The increase of travel
and freight will be vastly greater than the
increase of expense. The transportation
of a loaded car costs but little snore than
that of ono that is empty. In the matter
of passengers alone, it is reasonable to sur ,
pose, that the lower the rates of fare, the
greater will be the number of persens to
avail themselves of the privilege of railroad
transportation, The same k true in regard
to freight ; for the engine that draws* hall
dozen ears, eau with %%early equal facility
propel a larger number. Moreover, the
road that ii worked to its utmost capacity
must necessarily, at voly reduced rates,
acquire greater profits than one that trails
acts but a small portion of the business fur
which it is competent. The adoption of a
system of uniform rates fur passangers and
freight, so graduated as to Le profitable to
all immediately interested in the use and
conduct of such works, would be productive
of decides! benefit in lessoning the prices of
food, clothing, fuel, awl all the necessaries •
of life, to every citizen of the Commor•
wealth.
IN.;IIIANCE DET.IIIItNIET
My attention has been called to the sub.
ject of insurance, and so important does it
appear, that I deem it worthy of legislative
consideration. Many millions of dollars
are now involved. in the United States, in
insurance, and the amount is being rapidly
increased. To guard the interests of insur
ers, our laws arc inadequate, and therefore
need a thorough revision. Laws hare been
established in several of our sister States,
and so successful have been their operations
that the insurance companies acing under
them Collllllalld a respect and couii knee
which is not extended to those of Pcmyl
vaitia. Whilst a taro portion of the
wallee business of New York is dome iu
this State, some of our companies have re•
ccntly abolished their agencies in New York
because, as they say, no one there will in
sure in a Pennsylvania company, in con•
scquenti , of the laxity of our insurance
laws. The policies of many organizations.
under our present laws, are alleged to be
worthless ; and although they are cootiou•
ally failing into eskenee. Within a few
months five fire insurance companies have
failed, one of which had issued pol:c'es to
over one million of dollars, and other seri•
ous defections are of frequent occurrence.
STATt:E FOR TIIE CAPITOL AT WASIIINOTOY.
Accompanying this will be found a cir
cular from numerous members of the Sen-
ate and Mouse of Representatives of the
United States relative to an act of Congress,
passed July 2, 1864, inviting "each and all
of the States to provide awl furnish stat
ues, in marble or bronze, not exceeding two
in number fur each State, of deceased der-
gout who have been citizens thereof, and
illm-trous for their historic renown, or from,
distinguished civil or military services, such
as each State shall determine t) be worthy
of this national eon►emmoratioe." The it•
tention is to place the statues, when furnish.
ed, in t'oe old ball of the House of IleproY
sentative•, in the Capitol of the United
States, which is set apart as a hal of na
tional statuary, for that purpose. Other
States will doubtless avail themselves of
this privilege, and Pennsylvania should not
be behind them in thus commemorating
the memory of her distinguished dead,
venom's, 14E01AM &C.
You will find among the papers I send
you, a uniform decimal system of measures,
weights, and currencies, including a new
method of reckoning circles, time, and
longitude, together with till action of the
Legislature of Maine in reference thereto,
As the subject is one of general importance
and interest, it is premited for your con.
sideration.
PENITENTIMIIEA
From reports of inspectors and directors,
it will be seen that, in order to carry out the
State Prison system, additional nocomoda•
dons should be provided, either by erecting
extensions to the present buildings, or an
additional penitentiary. The appropriation
made at the last iteadon for the erection of a
hospital in connection with the Weetern
Penitentiary has not been expended, Ili
board of Inspectors being unwilling to re.
legit a alto until it is determined by the Leg.
whither or not atltlitional wings
nearkatl t, dutthtless, be tnatetlally
imprqyud% to pulley in net a som] nne
that epards together, indiscriminately, chil
dren and others convicted of their first and
trifling offeneos, with men and women
whose whole lives have been libel:cited
with erlino.
NATIANAL
A brief referenee to the condition of tho
country will be privet, awl will dotibtits , 4
bo expected by all who were earnest in
their desire,' mid co-operation the sup
pression of the rebellion, tn.! sou are now
equally lifearnest in their wirbes and eti
deavors to secure an early; final and per
manent gettlentent of 'nir national diltrui
tics, upon the bask of liqaity and p►triot
Contrary to the hopes of the great maws
I of our people, that portion of , Jur country
which was lately In red eilion has to.t yet a'
taints' emnplete tranquility. Ana this
seetur to have boon int% itable ; for all his.
tory teaches 111 that a pe +pie wha engag
in the perpetration of high crimes canna'.
entirely nor houtetliatiely ocape their conse•
quenees. Nur, perhaps, is it desirable that
they should. However this may be, it is
certain that perfect repose oannot be secure,'
until the insurrectioncry Statcm shall resume
their original practical relation tv the Gen
; cral Goverment.
11,w, when ,ind tl4ruU J h nlrnnt this can be
inst done, is the grew quu.tion cf the pre4,
That the Niews and eonceptions of a sin
gle individual, however high Ise may be so.
eidentally and temporally exalted, should
be allowed to control or Ikterinine this
question, cannot for a moment be consider
ed. The Constitution provides that the
United States shall guarranteo to ever
State in the Union a republican form of
g svernment ; and where the will of the per
pie is the aeknowlsAied law of the land, it
requires an extraordinary unionist of politi
cal effrontery to mums! that a ('hief
ecuti‘e of the nation, to any degree or un
der any eh consistences, is the United States,
And )et in effect or substance, if not in
plain terms' this was assumed shortly after
the surrender of Lee and him armed forces,
by the President; and he has continued to
act on this assumption, even in Li late an•
mud message, in which, while claiming', in
wads unknown to our ferofathers and our
institutions, to be the "elected defenders'
oh' the people, he arrogantly calls on Con
gress to "iumweiately strike from its seat
ute Looks ' its reconstruction laws,
That Congress "will surrender its plau of
reconstruction" to this manifestly despotisi
demand, cannot be even i m a g ined or e o n -
Jectureil. That plan, cansfully rumored as
it was, and fully approved when it was a
direct issue before the teople, is eminently
just, seise and patriotic. It hoists that tricii
who were loyal in acts slurisig the rebeiliva,
or loyal in their feelings, should alono par
tieipate in the immediate governtuant of
the "insurreationary districts." Going Le.
y.si e l the mere NUrraee, it rests ultimately
on the important doetritic, that the (testi
ti , s of the nation can only be safe ''in the
bands of its friends ;.' of thew! whose po.
lithos) and moral nature remain suffieiently
pore to feel the impulse otriuti,in and
the obligations of oaths.
In my inaugural address, I said, •'11, 3 t
while Pennsylvania will cootble in a loyal
Congress, she will not hesitate to sustain it
by her influenee and rower." This I re•
peat. Nor can I Is• induce l ro change this
purpose ; nor do I believe the people of tlw
i State can be, by an appeal to the humanita
rianisto of the arm ate! the invocation of
to for those whose atreivions deeds hat
darkened the pages of our history. It has
I e m well said, "the pity of the magistrate
wlsiels suffers a criminal dangerous to society
to escape from deserved pamishinent, is net
mercy, but weakness." Tree mercy in
chines us to pity awl relieve the unfortunate
l and guilty ; but only in accordanca wit's
Justice. And it may well be aided, that it,
'sat least a weakness, if not a crime, to per.
mit unrepentant and only outwardly me •
duel traitors to exercise the elective fron
t
al s iv, hold o ffi ces, or take part in the shill-
I tritons awl legislation of the nation. Its
stability an I pr sp o.sty, the scl its of dm
I eaplc now and hereatiar, cannot permit
these things to be done.
The people of Pennsylvania, over true to
the Union, autl unswerving in their deter.
ruination to pre eve its honor, integrity and
Nils( tuity, are proud and free to assert the
sacredness of the national debt, and that its
ultimate payment in full must be 'secured.
As regards the tariff, the protection of
home labor and resources, I need only refer
is the views expressed in spy ivaugura',
rune and continued reflection have strength
ened the views therein expressed. But
this subject is committed to the watchful
! care of our repro's:motives in Congress, and
it is hoped their labors will be crowned wit I t
the happiest consequences, Surely tivs
United States should protect and defend her
own industry and skill—her own toiling
millions !
I earnestly invoke the Wit-sin; of Al
mighty God uPon your fleHleer.itil3il 4 , an 1
that Ile will prosper row exertions to mt.
mole the hemline-sot' the people and the
w 'fire of our I 1 , ,vel Volga tillwoOtli.