THE OBSERVER.
B. F. SLOAN. Editor
T105NI8: •1 60 ME YEA/I IN ADVANCIE:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, iko
Democratic County Convention.
A Deleoeratic County Convention will be held In the
City of trio, on Tuesday. the flit day of Pehrtury att.,
at t o'clock, P. X, for therapies of appointiag &heist,.
to the r' tate Corereotion, and to transact such other ho
miness is may earn• before the Courenthni, appertadnleit
to the intermit of the pasty.
Primary IDOPtiligs •11l be held in the severatTnatablps,
Boroughs, and Wards in the County of trio, At the usual
Omens of holdlar the Township and Boreanti elections
to the County, and at the Select and Cinisnor Council
Roans to the East and West Wards for the ('tty of Erie,
on Saturday the ith der of Irehrwary. 'A ft. WO, between
the boars of tl and ♦ o'cloek. P. Y., eaeept the ell! or
txt.., which win be at 7 o'clock, P. U.
JAIIX.R C. AWLIAI,I,
Cb'o CO. anti.
ltrie. Jae. I. IMO.
The President's Message.
I=3
We gave last week, in advance of all our
cotemporarieit, the message of Presidimt Hi'.
CHANA,III, to the ;itith l'ongrene. It has doubtless
hewn rend by most of our readers.. and a calm
and deliberate opinion formed in regard to its
merits. That it will pleases large class of the
people of the north, and a similar class at the
south, is not to he expeeleil. Extremes meet
in politics as in every thing else ; hence we
find ilisuniunists north ind ilititinionists south
agree upon IL common pat form, awl are ready
to etoidenan any President that stands ts'twee❑
them and their designs. It has 'wen the nil+
fortune, or rather fortkne, of Mr Ht. ntvas
to have those two classes arrayed against him
with inure vigor than almost any of his itutuedi
&trio-Niece/tiers. Ile has dounnot king to please
them Ile 1110 Striven to n4nlut•tin the Union,
to prewrve the Constitution, and to put. 11011
fanaticism' Ile has given no heed to the clam
or of faction. lie has administered the tlovern.
ment within the prescribed limits of the law.
That the recommendat bine of a President thus
just to his oath of offtee, thus true to the whole
country, irrespective of set:alum, should h•
scoffed at, ridiculed, found fault with, and con
demned, is as natural a result as that the'
teachings of the Trolome and other exponents
of Republicanism should lead men to engage
to such traitorous Schemes as that which cabin/ •
united at Ilarper'n Ferry, and aroused the con
servative portion of the country to the dangers
which menace the Union. Hence we fund the
Republican press f u ll of all manner of bitter
ness against the Message They 110 not like
its allusion to Harper's Perry That is calling
up Itanyuo•s ghost again in an official torn,
and they start sod turn pale. and cry out in
their agony, "tint damned spot " They deny
any such application a. the President makes to
the Ured Seidl c.i.se They are not content
that the territorial question shall Is. settled le
gaily or at all Professing to he bitterly Ito. ,
tile to the re-opening of the .11rican slave
trade, yet they growl in unmeasured terms be
cause the President says —*II lawful means at
his command have been employed to execute
the laws" against that traffic A porti 111 l of
these fault finders profess to be favorable to
the protection of domestic industry —hut they
can find no words of bitterness sufliciently
pointed in which to condemn the President's
recommendation for an increase of duty on
foreign imports sufficient to defray the neces
sary expenses of government. And while they
are thus made unhappy over the statements of
the message of our domestic affairs, they are
equally as troubled over its statements of our
foreign relations, and the recommendations in
cident thereto. The proposed acquisition of
Cuba troubles them ; the recommendation to
swum our rights in Mexico by the strong arm
of power is not to their taste ; in short,
Lateeninverionfledrwitiofi.
But while this is so (and we would doubt our
judgements of its merits if it were not troy vie
are gratified to be able to add that, with the
Democratic press, it is received with almost
universal favor. Upon one question alone
treated of by the President is there any diver
sity of opinion—and the difference upon that
is so slight that it cannot result in any per
manent dilision of the party. The President
pronounces the question of slavery in the ter
ritories a judicial qwention. Even Judge bot•'t-
LAs and the great body of his friends acknowl
edge that this is so. This point of agreement
is all that is essential to perfect harmony. The
supreme Court has decided that slaves in the
Territories are property—that they stand on the
same footing asotheir property The Territorial
Legislatures may give this property 'extraordi
nary protection, or they may give it only such
protect jun as they give to td her property; and the
tribunals to pass upon the validity of any laws
they may pass in that connection, are the Fed
eral Territorial courts in the first instance, and
the Federal Supreme Court in the last resort
Right there the whole matter lies. There let
it lie. This is the impregnable ground upon
which Ow democratic party can stand, and
that is
. tie only Sololl°ll of the question Con
pest. slit the Federal government have any
thing tb Jo with it except to enforce the de
cutions4d the courts, in each case as it shall
arise, whatever those decisions may be—the
democratic doctrine in this regard being, '•non
interference by Congress with slavery In State
and Territory, or in the District of eulitniliia
Equa}ly as emphatic in approval of the Mes
sage in its general features, are the conserva
tive journals of the country, representing our
commercial and industrial interests. The Bos
ton Courier, than which no paper in New Rag
land, wields a more conservative and whole
some influence, regards it as one of the most
comprehensive and able state papers that has
ever emensted from the Executive department.
The National Ineelligrorer, (a most able and
competent journal,) the New tork roses, (op
position) Baltimore Sun, (independent) and
many other journals, either adverse ormetttral
in their political sentiments, speak of the Mes
sage in the same language of approval. With
such evidence of appreciation the President
need,not heed the attacks of fanatics North
nor t4outh.
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ving is now befOre us, and it really is a very
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and child, and can Itirdly fall to please gen
erally. The child is looking through an oval
frame,—and of course the picture is as natural
as life itself. We are informed that the price
of thin engraving in the -Philadelphia print
atom', is Puna Domotas. It is sent. however,
as a PREMIUM to any subscriber to THE PHAT.
who remits in addition to h4s subscription
money, the rum of twenty-five cents to pay the
cost of postage, mailing, &c., &c. Of course
any one mailing the publishers of Ti.. PORT
$2.25, will get not only their celebrated Week
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NEXT GOVERNOR
Not hw th mt and i liglbr, trajpst ip.Staft,
vention will assemble le than tiro 11111 l tiler
froet this time. we beat b campaget ;rely lid
tie said as to who is to be tier stinatril hem,•
for tiorertior: This we dot oondtler n hod
otnen, intiiCnting, as W thjek It agar, the trne
Deutocrattc spirit of abstaining Itrotti u,o tutu It
personal feeling. and foreshadowing a determ
*mien of cordially acquiescing In ibe nentimi
thr. We have. however, been grit tied in
oisnrvipg in various reckon[ of our ;-,,,„ t v,
earnest sentiment in favor of the Hon .lams
L. Ninon, of thin county. as the Democratic
osutlitlttie. IVB are well sware ofair. pwat.4o.'s
disinclinatini of again entering the field of
public life, hut we regard hint as eminently nhr
wan for the times, and sincerely hope 'tut( ek
fisting exigencies may induce him to forego. 111
least fora fiettattu. his fondness for privat , life
and pursbitm, and consent to the 11.1 . Of his
name in Connection with the gittoernatorill -
We must bare a strang man in ever)
of the term, as the Democratic e n lidale for
00TeTTIOr, inasmuch as on his success may ,le
penil the result of the Presidential election.
We know of no man within the broad limos
of Permaylvanite wtio would make n heifer can
didate or a better I 7overnor than Jolts i, I) W-
NtIN. He kittl, first. the local popularity which
inensentialto an acceptable candidat e. An pr o of
of this we need only refer to his rote when
elected to Congress. When he heat the lion.
A. J. Ogle, a very populsr man in this dis
trict. his majority in this county wa., oxer
21 INC /II hto k KlD—the average Democrat i.• ti
jority teing ..nly live hundred. it hi.. 1.4. c
tonl election 10 Congress his niajorif m I
county was over 1 1101 k N it, w hen Lt , .
pet itor was John L. (low, Fsy . one oi
accompleMe4 get.ttlettien in the t‘tate. tot- ,
was
,sayito4 ••well dune, thou good. rind tAoldel
servant, - in terms that could not hr itu , .ta•lrr
Stood or mismterpreted.
In addition to his home popultrii lit
DA SON h /Ls the character, talents, and 1..•r
-al address to secure 4 he respect of
lion. and excite the ent htikhoun or the Immo,
raey, wherever he may go in the rapacity of
candidate.
It has become n fixed usage for the canili
dates fur Governor to take the stump Nlr
Dswitost is admirably qualified for !leis duty
Ito has a fine iierstinal appearance: a hold.
original, and convincing elotplence: a quick
nem. in tieliate, and a model courtesy and dig
nity of deportment, which render hint at ouce
a popular and effective speaker. Ilut eloquent
speeches at efforts otherwise. when in Con
gross in support of the Homestead hill, Itive
given hint a strong hold upon the ailed' of
the MSS!WS, which would, tell largely in hi ,
favor in a warm inilitical contest. It really
appears to us. all things considered, that
Ittivsiis is the strongest wan that could he
started fur Governor. His record is all right .
his character is all right : his I Mit•IIIS are all.
right ; rtnil, in short, there is nothing I:lo,ing
but every thing centered in hint to make a sue
eessful candidate, and an exe t illetit Governor
For the good of the party. then. if for nothint'
else, we hope to see hint nitininat,i,i
he consent to he a caniliilate, not -hiittlit the
State Convention give hint the nomination the
Pennsylvania Ihnnocrttey the
cohorts of Abolitionism. and gain a viettin the
glory of %kidh will last forever
John Brown's Caroor in Kansas
t ',..ftryi.oo.loooo of tho lu•ltsmty o, J.. r I
Liwßevl•K. Musts, 1...• 17th
A "John Brown" anti sltvcr)
was held in Lawrence last t•veninc. I%ocena
her 11;111. After some of the ..peakei , ILul
landed Brown as a seeond .le,sus, and uric
of them alluded to the• l'ottawotatnie mas
sacre, which has been 1:64I at John'. door,
Mr. Stevens said he did not. twlie% .11 ihr i
Brown had anything to do with it : but
there was a gentleman present who could
testify to that fact.. "Name him," "name
him." several called nut : "It is I 'aptau s
Walker," (now Sheriff of Douglass (ounty,
and one of the bravest ot• the Free State
leaders.) Captain Walker arose and said,
"Gentlemen, there is no use in keeping
hack the truth or perverting facts. John
Brown told inc himself that he was present
at the murder of those men on Pottawota
mieVreek." This startled liken thunder
clap the defendbrs of Brown. 11 r procoed
: "I am ready to take arr_oath- that
know more about this matter than I ca►n
state. especially as it would implicate, as
actors in that murder, some persons now
in this room. John Brown had those men
in his power, and he could have kept them
prisoners. For himself, he never could
Justify taking a man prisoner and then de
liberately cutting his throat. old Titus,
whom he took prisoner, had threatened
to cut his throat, had insulted his wife, lurid
threatened her life, yet he never felt justi
flied in taking his life when his prisoner."
(;overnor Charles Robinson also
that Iwtielievettiolin Itrown iwknowl
....fgt.,' t o him he liras present and :1.1 , 1.11/VOl
c,f ail• killing of these men on Piittawotn
flue Creek. Ire had not and omit! not
justify the excesses eonimitted l y Free
State men alter they had the ekil power in
their hands.
Itr. Adair, a nephew I .f.fol i n Rr.ne n, 14
luestinned in reterenee to Jolin
eonni•etion with the roltaw•itaniie
Attiol John Brown Iraqi told hit:
that he was present :it the killing id' tlu
men. But there were palliatim• eircum
sLanee, 0/11111 , rted tvitit
I may add that there i, nu i t uestioil n hat -
ever. - from what I have heard from ponm ,
WIIO kuuw the farts, that .101 / 1 1 brown
planned and earrissl out that mas,acre.--
The facts eome to Ine from men n stand
anion/ 4 g the moet truthful of any in Kansas.
The truth is, the less ltepuliliean. lionise
old Brown, the falter. Iteilp.ith 11 110 i. ,
lionising him for the puriskse of
money from 1111% sale of hi, Lit., /um
stand well with Eastern Abolitionist , a. , ti
truthruine", l,ut lie 114 110 t St 111111 ~‘
with people in Kan,as. I Rood.-
liralis in Kansas knew that he has ndirtniv
lied in 'his recent statement,al~~ut .lobs
Brown. K
Tut: Lautstarysta.—The Legi.lature of tiii4
State met on Tuerulny, and organized by the
election of Hon Wm. M. Fit.4,Nriv, of latverenoe.
Speaker or the Senate, Russel Errett, Esq., of
PiUsburgh, Clerk; Wx. C A, LAWRENCE, of
Dauphin, Speaker of the House, and a ltepit),-
bean Editor named Karen, from one of the
eaatem cotintiea, Clerk. Of coursa. they ase
all Repuhlicang, or rather follower of ihe for
tunem of Gen. CAMERON
The Governor's Message wns delivereAl on
Wednesday, and we have the riensuire of layitig
it before our readers to-Any
air MORI3I - 3. Gant & FA 1111 AR have removed,
their store from its old location. No. I Norineu
Block, to their new anti Npacions wnrrti•ounr in
Commercial Buildings, north =isle of the Peri..
fkiir The woodman who •• spared that treo. -
has run short of wool • and is almost
"spllt
tit►{t" with vexation to think how green he
watt. lie now "axes" donation front the
gentleman at whose refines , his destructiveness
was stayed.
IitiIItILIATUIRLAL.-011 OUP first page, we pub
lish a co nmnnicatien recommending lion.
JAcon Fay. of Montgomery, as a sntitahle per
son to receive the nomination, of the Reading
Convention, for Governor Mr Ens has
filled the place of Auditor General of the state
for the past three years, and in that expo it).
has won the regard and friendship of a large
number of friends throughout the state Ills
claims to the nomination will he pushed with
a good deal of spirit.
The rniontown ()mhosel Ltberty muntnates
Gen. Jotter L. DAMSON, of Fayette, for the alum
office, By re q uest we give the article of the
Genius in another column. Gen. llawsoa is
one of the first men in the state ; an able and
eloquent speaker, and a gentleman of popular
manners. he would enter the cans •ts"wit It urtny
elements that would secure fur hint t large
popular vote.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
T" at, .1150.40 - 414; (A. Ai. )1.0 , r 1101160
40 , )I"" .. r . 5111%14ri ti lit VIR -
Ated* ~f trletsylih,t
0 rt.F.3l c-- cora y i t t t
pvtavi msof te f Von 1-
van ta,^whirli :Ikea it tie •of tho Go
vernor, from time to time, to give to the
ttetier.tl Assenit.ty information of the state
of the Commoua calla', I am most happy,
~t i thi. occasion, totx)ltiolaula.tv thu
repret.entativea of the people upon the
highly favoraiiie eonvittion tot the finances
of the State.
The receipts at the State Treasury, from
all sources, for the ti cal year ending on
the 3ittli of November, IKfdl, were i111.4t1,-
11:al 14, to which add balance in 'ft-kat:wry.
Pecembor I, IS5s, 70, and it will
Ise seen that the whole sum available for
the year, was 54.715,::77 90. The expendi
tures, for all hurl es, during the wane
period, were $3,5711.16-1 Si. Leaving an
available balance in the Treasury, on the
Ist day of December, of ksts.ttl,:lt!..;
Included in the exraditnres for the liseal
year, are the following sums, viz:
Loans roleenn4l, 2v1t1,3112 :111
Itolief notes c:itteelled, 4,137 Itti
Interest eertificates paid, 4,44. t
Making, ol (14la
;te t t ' tay paid. iluring I he
) the ipr
The rilieled , m 4t unfun,lr,l &IA el the
('nutelnime3llll, nti the 1.1 ,l A s, ct 1 , 144.111-
iwr. ..."•••:.
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'rnt:tl fun 41441 (Irk C.
!if I 411GV r
16*11*.l "" 1 " 411 , 1311.1111 r.
evrt ::);
1).) lu illiclatin.4l .'..
14,11t0-lit•
1%,1q1 Iltifttn , l(sa dpbt INI
bilk. me the t•lit t. 11(40 till lilt . G.llllllOll
lt,•l•.tit 11, ,t 111. IK•11 , 111 11.allutk,
The Itli?.1,1 imfun , l4 - 4I deld 4 th,
!•4i 310. :II Ow thy vi..ar
I+eed-rrttoot I I* 0 :
..11t 10111 ,
Id .10
do.
1 , 11,1 lIIIRIS i ,101,1
11111=
lierni in otrotilati , in " 4 i 4 11:21 iOn
I nt0r....-1 C.it I
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1 ) “1114 .- 111" 110111(4W-, , 112 701
‘1 .1..14 1'21.'177
NI at:111.! IL, 1,111P114 .11 , 1,t on the tir-t
of I lee' mlier 11-1. 117
sine , the elo-.• the fe...al ye:it, tile
,11.11 , 1 A,/ the -zinking Fund
n 411,1110.1, "I OW INA * Cent. the 'UM
of 4. ,4 nig the tral debt of the
Commonwealth, at thi. time, funded and
unftntiled, 5:0 4 ,175, 0 411 07. If we deduct,
from this ...inn tho amount of the Lomas re•
eeried by the State, front the sale of her
public works, and now held by her, as fol.
lows :
Rands of I'. nov3 alms nu I rout rnmian I f 7, 3 00, 0 00 00
Bowls of rtutthory and Elio K. 11. 3,6011.1,000 OD
now& of tv)opang,•anat colupan ) '161,01.10 00
Total
we have $. 0 27,:t97,961 117, the remaining
debt of the Comntonwealtll, the principal
and interest to Ist provided for, crow the
ordinary sources of revenue.
It will he observed, that from the lot
day of Denomber, 1858, to the 31st day of
Mistretta, neditM meeting. litirtrutary
demands upon th e Trouts.- t here has
been actually paid on ti e ' principal of the
public debt, $1,009.'251 6 0 .
When it is remendiered, that during this
period, the law reducing the state tax up
on real and personal estate, from three to
two and a half mills, has been in full force,
and that nothing for the last year has been
receivml from the Pennsylvania railroad
comiany, on a('cunt of tax on tonnage,
making the receipts, from those two sourc
es of revenue. lest by four hundred thou
sand dollars, than they were for the pre
ceding ) ear, it is a +aureeof congratulation
that, uniba. such circuinstanties, a result so
favorable has been produced the ordi
nary oporaliowl of the) Treasury.
For nearly two', ears past, the Stale Itas
!wen entirely front the owner hip or
management of eitigir6 awl :31111i:tile, and
gi.ttttctur te,olt, tint. fat', t,, that her
pohlie debt than it lia.4 been
sines the 3 oat I an)l is tioerPasing at
the Mt , ' or 11 , .31 . 1Y tine rllllllOll of 11011:kri
per annum. It is tit )tv certain,
that nothing hut the grta.,,, , t iritmn.s.nage
!tient of the filimiciat Intel e-L.-; of the State.
can prevent it- -live alit I -i4•0u . 3 eXt hi
gui-limont. \l"hy "holild not l'enn.ylvania
press onward until she is entirely free from
data she is no longer cngsweil in the
construetiim of gre.it work., or mbirtial
not I- die proprietor of riil
ruatl, or ciiii.ils. Relic% I'd of thee,
.eov
ernmon ai tion i- :Ireat -implifir»l, and
is now leippils, limited to siihtects of a
part ly governmiiiital ch a racter. having
ceaseil to be 'mere-44..41 in ordinary husi
nes.; pursuits, it i- her plain duty to 4evate
her 1.4--1 rstlerlDes tti tag her p4siple
from the hitrilen et an enormon,
\Viten this erf•ut re-nit hay). Iwon ae
cowphsht4f, the Heees.ary OXpewiluires of
an t•conomii"il admint..trit's,ll of the gov
ernment, cult I n` readily Mist Ilvt limit the
imposition of a State tat ntirea) or per.on
t the remaining s4)uree, ()I'revenue
king nu ire titan sufficient for all legiti
mate purposes. rind that end, se. :nix
ionsly lookis) to, is kecurtsl, trite wiwtoni,
ns well as sound peliey, dictates, that our
re..nurecs eureftaly
that none or our 141.44.111. sources of revenue
:,1 1 0 11 14 is• out oft, or ;diminished—that all
department , of government should consult
a proper econotii-that all extravagance
and unnecessary appropriations should be
avoided—anti that every new scheme for
embarrassing the Treasury should meet
with markist eondemnation.
Eneouragin,c. as are the results of the
i ks t two yelling, it. must not be forgotten,
that we have just commenced the payment
of the principal of our debt ; and that to
prevent a intsaliplimtion of the public fi
nances, and thereby insure a continuance
of its reduet ion. from year to year, is man
ifestly the first duty of t hove placed by the
Constitution in charge of the Public Treas
ury, and to whom belongs the rrehmive
right of raising, emmonming and appro
priating the politic revenue. I earnestly
commend this whole subject to the careful
attention of the Legislature—entirely sat
isfied, that, as it is the most vital of all the
interests committed to the charge of the
tieneral Assembly. it will receive that oon
indent( ion which its i mportance so eminent
ly denrinds.
In my last annual mersage, I comm
eat"l to the bineral Assembly all. t hat, u e
to that penoil, loul been done rimier the
act., entitled "An Act for the sale of the
su ite room-." uppr.,i,4 April '2l. Iraq.—
Since the :uijournment of th e last, Legisla
ture, satisfactory evidence having been
gives& to me, of the compliance of the Sun
bury and Erie railroad company, with the
conditions mentioned in the third section
01 the :ict retel n 4.1 tot the State Treasurer,
under my direction. has delivered to the
company the canal bonds for two millions
of dejsasited in the Treasury un
der the provisions of the said act.
The milrive et - mil -any has also become
entitio..l reeiltiveil, one million
of d,Mar s of the morgagelionils referred to
in the -ixth section of the same act . lear
uig mortgage bond+ amounting to two
awl a 'tall millions of dollar., KtiU tent:Lin-
ing in the linsisury or thmionnoi,Ath,
k m
t o h e d e li vel dec t u i p '' y, "from time
to time, pejo'
ja it ta
the work, as ' by Wu returns
and : ~,,.. , , ' '' opfineer of the
said .. " , .0.,, , " -11040 ' - 64toods, last
mention':, . sitisisve , lieint surrendered
to the company, as directed by law, the
State will still bold, as absolute owner,
three and a half 'millions of dollars of the
mortgage Bonds of the company. payable
in the year 1572, mil in the six succeeding
years, aa mentioneut la the AAA el .1460111-
My, with interest, at the rate of five per
eeutum, per annum, payable semi-annual-
Iv. on the thirty-I*A days of January and
July of each year. , Interested as the t'otn
monwealth is in the early completion of
this important thoroughfare, it affords me
great pleasure to Ite able to inform the
General assembly, that the progress of the
work, for the last year has been highly . .at
isfactory. ,
The Eastern division of the read, ex ten' l
ing from Sunbury, in the county of North
umberland, to Whetham, in the county of
Clinton, a distancO of eighty-one miles, is
finished: passenger and freight trains pass
ing over it daily. The Western
extending from tltie city of Erie to the bor
ough of Wrrren, in Warren county, a dis
tance of sixty-six miles, is, also, ettmpleted,
with regular panenger and freight, trains
now running over it. daily, Making 1.17
miles of railway along Outline of the route
that have alretuly been brought into pra,--
tieal operation —lO7 miles of which, eNithe
sive of sidings, were finished during the
post year. (In the intermediate portion of
the lOW,I.N:tVet•CO the borough ors Ai-renew!
Whethr station, a distance of 11 , 1
'Ai are graded, leaving but 11'. miles
)et to be graded,to place the whole of the
unlioishod portion of the road in a position
to receive the superstructure. If nil unto
ward event. shall delay its vigorous prl )44 .-
t in. another year will not pass before
the entire line of the road will finished
and in use: thus allerding a direct and con
tinuous communication, by mkt M. I. I
the city of Philadelphia to the hatkor of
Erie
Sl-1.5.1N1 01 1
. o c, 12i t,t111:) 1.
3NN:;1011 1111
ll\ the `2'.2.ilnection 0r the net approve.
the Elllt +(lay of April, 1.8.41 i, uutttlwl ••At
Act to incorporate the l'ennsylvani.t
mak( Coniptitiy," it is provi.ld - that al
tonnage. or what....oc‘,•r kiwi or 41e,cill
tion, except the ordinary leigvagc o f pa,
4.enterA, loaded, or 11`tVIN ni 1:1111,10.11
or I ' tu..4 or at any intertitedtate
and cArriod ur ea utt u, ov• z said
E:111111.0, 11101 N. titan . 3) 111110- 4 , botWecli the
illy Ili Mardi MO the I-I day of De
cember, in each and every ve.tr, he
stibjoet tit a toll or ditty, for the W 11! 111 the
commonwealth, at the loteol: , mill , per
tulle, for e:teli ton o f 2.1)00 1.).11:).1-: :mil a
-hall Le thetliity or
.21)(1, and. ;nth ut July. :111 , 1 1 , 4•1W1 . 1 . 11
the 1. , 11. and 1101,1.1)4,4 li , „.eeml,er, in e.lrh
and, every alter nut., in inuri• ut
4.%011 . 1 . ..;11
7.62:05 ; :;7
.:?0. 1 1.11)
1011,tilk1 4
niilroad lt.tv4. 1.111111.1,t,
t„ tll l.i livid..
filva with the ,t.1111 . 1011* :I hilt` 31)
correct, statement. exhibiting the ainennt
of sold tonage, so loaded or revel% ed, and
the distane.• ut cm-lied and C, , 11‘0)0,1,
tln
run}tth,• l'1 , 114.1•11%.• pet it 1.1.- 111 t•I'VVIIIIIg bl'-
tWA4'II the 1 0 (11 day of March, awl t h e
20th day of .1u1), and between the said
:20th de) of duly luid the I,t .1. 0 , of De.
...ember, in 08(41 and ever) )rnr, tt It ich
-tatemetlt skull 1,0 verified by oath or at
linnet Um of the receiving or fomenting
agent or agents, and other proper officer
or °dicers of haid company, having knead--
edge of tie premises; anti at the time of
filing said statement, or on or b e f ore th e
said 341 th day of .luly, and the ltah day of
December, in each and every year, the
said company shall pay to the State 'frees
urer, the amount of said toll or duty, so
accruing for the use of the Commonwealth,
during the respective intervening periods
before mentioned." And, in a supple
ment to the act just referred to, passed on
the same day, it is further provided, "that
in case the said company shall, at any time,
fail to pay the toll or charge on tonnage,
which may wag% _Dravcomp_sluitta.Pyi
said act; the same shall be and remain st
lien on the property of the said onnpany,
and shall have precedence over all other
liens or incumbrancee thereon until !mid."
By the act of the 27th of March, Is4S, the
tax on tonnage of 5 mill, per ton per mile,
from the loth of March to the I,t of De
cember, was commuted to a tax of 3 mills
per ton per mile, during the whole year.--
Subsofuently, by the :Jet of the 7th or May.
1N55, lumber and coal, were made elfeniiit
from the tonage tax.
11,0111,000 00
In inirsuaneo of the of
4eVOllll ftetft l'Orerrt.l to, iho
railroad eianintny has laid into the Trea.,-
tiry or tho commoimt•atti, tio•
••L1113,. 11/.:
For tise:il N'r etiire No% ';‘).l. - i1 57.1.21 .
ilo ilo Ili Isl 2 1C..t0.0
Flo do do 1:.:,.: 1'...•,•'' '
do do do IN".I I 12,.: , N0
do 111 dt, 1 ..., 5 1:29,11.:0
,lo 111, ' I. IP
I ,-)6 22,011 S
,11 1 IL) do l• - . 7 179,911
do do do 111 1'....".' '2-..
Since July, 11,:cs, l}io I":111r0341 etkiiiirtily
/13+ reltim_4l to 'Qv this tax. :mil ismsstuoil
tly Ihrre ls /0/1V (Illernltil +)l4 et•1111 , 311y,"11
1113/ 3(3'40111f. 4 . X1:/1/4/V0 of ititcrf•-t , I hi. -tint
of s:{rii I, fir, to.
lin the 21st ofFe4.rietry. 1• 4- 01, and in
count was settled, by the k i i.f.to i
itgalliHt the company. fir the la on ton
nage, from the 2lst tiny 0f.1.11y, to th...;1411
day of N4,vrmt..r, mein-Ave, amount
ing to the sum of `iN7.-1711.'*.1. trout this
settlement, the eompany. on the day
of April, Look an appeal to tio• Four( of
rommon picas of (-minty: and, in
the liecitiettlions.ifobiections tt L u It acre
tiled, it was aierr...l that Ilse tax trot-
uu
c it, ,111.1J111111)1111. , I11.41 lit-lt
,ignoti lry VllllllOlll coin- ,. 1. tt.t. 1111.41 lit Il,e
rake or the Auditor (letter-id, :it the tune
the was* entered, In ti gust 1.1.`t,
:he cause was tried, and after a full in% es
tigation,and argument.theeonstit titionality
of the law imposing the tax was atlirmist
by the court, and a vordiet an,l Juditietit
rendertal in favor of the
for the amount claimed, is ith interest.
The case has since lteen removed. I.y A wr i t
of error, to Ile Supreme t'otirt of the sc at
and will. probably, be heard and deter
mined, by that tributud, in the em i r s ,. or
t present winter.
I)n the.lnth day or Augo.t. kst, another
account was settled against the company,
ortlw tax- on tonnage, front the :;llth day
of November, 1e.;04, to the 20th day of July
18.59, amounting to the sum tift . . 4 ls ' .P,•l;s
from which an appeal has also been
taken by the radio:id company. and which
will probably be tried during the present
month.
As this question Inrgely afreets the rev
nues of the Commonwcl►kbr Ind as the
principle involved Is one of the first impor
tance, I have deemed it a duty to lay
fere the tleneral Assembly, somewhia in
detail, the history of this tax, and the
present condition of the legal t.ontroversy
growing out of its imposition and enforec
ment. It will be observed that the power
of the SUM) to grunt chartered rights, and
cort.orate privileges, to a railroad compa
ny, upon the condition tli:lt it shall pay to
the Cinnmoncrealth a isartion of its earn
ingq, in the shape of a fixed tax upon the
iroight OUTied over the mad, ip questioncsl
by the company, and that., too, after the
grant has taken ellivt, and while the cor
poration is in the fall enjoyment of all the
b,•nefit, conferred upon it by its charter•.
The ctu^.-fir•n. it is true, is a legal one, and
its (kr. . therefore, rests with the judi
c•ral z..nent of the government; but, I
have not the slighest doubt, that the ile
eiAion. when Ina; will entirely vindicate
tho right or the government to impose the
tax, and to tampol corporations of its own
creation to obey the law from which they
derive their existence. When it is retitorn
bered, tlr•rt that tan tax was originally im
pousl. in order to indemnify the State, to
Rom". extent, for the 1ne444.4 which she -VMS
sure to sustain from a competition, which
inevitab/e, between the railroad author
ized. and her inam line of public works:
and that Ibis competition did not only se
ri,,usly alleet the revenues of the (*common
-4
w.,,,,
~i,,,..tived front her Odic in/prove
meats, but ultimately Intl ed the tale of
tho Main line to the rail company it
self,, at a pries many milli of dollars be
low what it, would have reduced, in the
absentee at such coMpetituitt, it is certainly
not, to be presumed thst , the Common
wealth will willingly yield her demand for
revenue from this soiree, until she is at
least fully indemnified for the pecuniary
injury sustained in the depreciation of her
own property, by her liberality extended
to the company which now denies her
power to enforce a contract, voluntarily
entered into, upon a consideration entire
ty adtspiate.
Thu annual report of the Superintent of
Common Schools, with thr table and documents
accompanying it, will ethi . bit the eondition of
' the vast engine of social improvement to which
it relates. The number or pupils, in all the
public schools of the State, .is 63101:",1---ot
schools, 11,4 Kr—find of teachers I I,(!7 1 The
schools have been in operation, au an average
over the whole State. five months and nine
days. The average salary of male teachers. is
$2l :11i, and of female teachers $l7 79, and
the cost of instruction, per pupil, fifty-three
refits per month. Thenverage 117. X for tuition,
Sr., is aboilt file and - a half mills, and for
huiltlifig purposes. ab o ut three and one •oxih
mills, on the dollars Inelurling the city of
Philadelphia, -the entire cost of tuition. Sc..
was $2,017,661 'l2; the building expenses
5....31, 114 .i.i. and the whole expeus . of the
system, in the state, fur the year. 52...7'1,1171
Though the school year etuling on the
Ntonday of June ',wt. W.Ol one .1 lanit.ital lit
tieulty in money affairs, yet the sy.teto mani
fest,' an encourving activity in .11 its depart
ments, while the rate of taxation, both for tin
lion and buildings, would appear, trout the
official report, to have soutesvh.it decreased
lint, it is by a contrast of the pre,' tit
lion of the system, with that of 1•‘ - '1, when
the agencies now iftrerating sii benetietally,
were created, t hat results are most plainly
seen. Within - that period, the whole number
of pupils has been increased neatly one set
enth —of teachers. one I/Ariel-nib -and the
salary of teachers. the index of improvement,
one-sixth for males, and one fourth t:or female-
These results, with the others a bid' the •ur
ficittl report will exhibit, liner' tigly point to
the duly, as well 9.4 of the 1111110.4
care and attention. on iho part of all public
agent's, to thin prinitiry I /IqIIIIIIIIIII --
prlmary in important e. II" it 111:111 111 the
career of each clll T , , }.l T1`117,111 , 11, 1 , , re
taw pure. and to im,Tet ly .Itroet, Ott+ tout
turn-hea.l of wtcial uttlitener, tne.
the great duty of the law maker, in higho-t
:Lilo] most resporiPable ealoo•tik lramer
of the full/re of the State
The attention of i;000, d
called, somewhat at lenv h. t the
condition :tn.l further requilem , :its of our
school system, to the .iti lot 1,1 rye "r
year. It is not, tlorelote iu•ve•—•ir) to nt. , it
the ..iig.:e-tions and . :tom pre-,ti
ed, Tliey ar, : ••1:n 1e et•, r, to
your favorahli• -ot , t.kr•ti the ...v..n1.4 unl
rlporience t t•rN 11 '1% on"
Int•ren,e , / tr.,te of (twit' pr.,to
This , espet tio• t rvg.tit .1 to the psok
t '" ' , tilt .1 . ‘13% , 1
tie due tra it in tr. of I eqe heri for the eon: 010.11
~ 1 14M14 HP- fill -1/114 . 4 , -1 o . l tl l,
f./II teacher-, :-, I.lmitted 1., .01, th,
greet need of the •-) • tem. and floe 1%1.1 *3lll I.- I
toe pr.o.• t. 1,1 1..1 6uerrtux 1.1
0,11 qua, i,•r, 10,1 cstiiloi-lt tit, Lit, tut
pOllll to rho gvlik I I 4.15114 i.eii of the rreposed
uieans, it no , 11. , 1111.4 TIo• ellorts if the
leachers, I how-elves, tor pri;ie--donal improve
Anent, encotiraged and ottraitine.l Ly:III who
ly estimate the value and intl tienee of the tomb --
er's office. not only foretell this, but the strong
public sentiment in favor of lost it ot ions for the
purpose in question, confirms the proluits , dity
of this result. In every quarter, indications
of this kind are perceived--more or less strong
in proportion to the force of local eireunasian
ces. In the Second Normal tlistriet, composed
of the counties of Lancaster, lurk and Lelia
non, an institut ion, up to the full requiremenesof
the law of 1857, has been established and offi
cially recognized, nut is now in successful
operation, as a State Normal school. For its
details the Legislature is re•Teetfully referred
to the annual report, of the superintendent of
Common Schools ; but, 1 should do injustice
lALL/UL.11041 . 11f151A410.
this noble institution, its well as to toy urn)
feelings, were I to lot hear i ugratulu aug
upon the result. It to the lost fruit of a law
which seems to lie as much Moceordance with
the cautious, yet generous character :if our
people, as it is adlittrably adapted to etlect Ilie
great end in view
All that Neon-, re.lll-Ito to give full el
feet and general -,ucce—, t 4 the pl a n, i, 3
this juneture, to gieml it fh,in mutilation
or nviieal (-limit:v., II the itite ilulent an.
lihcral mind,. that are te,tv neighing the
projoet, and cieltemplatinz it exten , nal t.
ether p.trt- ol t lila
(Ili' is the settl,st I. O IIVV. tutu , •1t , It ,
I•e'rnnroult`tt, t. tileir a , lit :t) Ittorea,ed
and tin.ll - -ticee—• It. h 04,11,1 Wherea,
radical in win
gr,.v% i
,•tforts 114,1% being In I.
)(.3r-..11 1144 tilt 1 1 1 iii. -1111) all 11.1 , 0 I,
in thi. 0 , -.4•11! LI .I. l ,rtr ill t
in , trnetion 111.• Irnr ~.111-'l'
tO 1.11. I‘N 311.1 1.1 1111: II 1111.1
g,noral , 01.41 111611. 1.) 11.11.1111:: WO C3.l*
1. 1111 1 ) „c state 1), ..1.4•11 in , i111111 , •11
[111 , 1,1 it. .1.• I- .1 1...! I oil
tit/mlwr., to ho hi i.tc l i ill l i iv,'
been lt - y3))y :f (1.1 fun
uperati,,ll. Th, 1111,1, ) 111. :11..
propriatod in I hi, , w 111 ,tket. nun,
betit•tit, ul 1,1,1“,iti.,,1 I.) thllll
ill any ('111(1 ~ 1 th. .I,,r.tkon tho •
tern. :111e 11 , 11 , .11 0, HI , 1111.1, I , :1
.lull': but 1110 111 , 1111c1 I. .o 1 1110 t••u 11..1%
ceo n,,my w t .11 :) ,1 11 . 1 1 , 11 %\
111313, -lit h ~ ) , ) , ‘") , vi
ictyzilde• old) %Olen .ll'rt I. ;2 ' 111 y
.glllZ,Hill.l 111 11111 won
cmit IkAA ‘1.1114.- :.:11 11'd
1 1 1 g :Lgal ll 4 tho :mil •ttinti
-I.ttititz, Into cal I \ Tie ,titlichitt
''''•.. le_
iititillwr itt%latil ton. It. -111.1.1 v the,-0 , 1
want llt eA.TS Ist t i.r el Ow ' , 1A. , .
The period Ow third e1e,11.111 oI t'..mtil,
51111CV11111.11.6111. I. rapidly Ippr.etellin , z. Ali I
the ittal.lie toitol will 111110-30 y Iwo turned to
the re4ll 01 the office
IV. well f 1.7 ittf..rm (11..11 troll! V 3/1.! re•il I
hie ..wurewi, lead% to Ow t)itittion tit k i ti tt ., o r
tier, when tilled hy the proper pee•ww awl it-
duties .I.scharired in toll compliant.e moh the
design and spirit of t its creating it. has
been of great advant air,. to the in.
deed, no candid person cin deny the faet, ap
parent to even slight ob....nation, that more
improvement has been eltecte , l in 1 be work ;tags
and results of the sy.tetn, ',MVO the ere'lll"ll 1,1
the offiee of County ts:itpernitemletit, than in
any previous period of even .doable •Itirti
It is trite, that when exereised by incompetent
offivers, or crippled by insullicient compensa
tion, little, if any, :Lay:imago his accrued, -
But this is no argument al„ cunt the 'Slice it
.elf, and it is to he hoped that the directors
of count is thus heretofore liepriVell of the
benefits of this agency, will, at the next elev.
lion, meting-under the teaching.s of experience
at 1101111., and the light of 4lleeeS. (111:11
parts. correct this V%ll, an•l realise the full
benefits of the provisions of the law
The increasing; upd soun.ltie...if our
financial votidition, will, at no remote period:
justify an addition to the ti,lillltlloll school np.
Propriat ion The general policy or Ihest ii
ham teen that each .district shall rose, within
itself. The main support of it.; own schools;
but an annual donation. li•tr • ' ',le among
them nil, in proportion t. It is
been a part arlillt poliey. Th, wet of this
state grant appears irst---it is n
means of securing regularity in the proceed
ings itnil reports of the several distrieb., su
III& the Department of 4,:ammon sehooN shill
have the re;ptisite inforitestion for the dis
charge of SIN funet . : And. seeimil, it light
ens, in sums degree. the litardest ~r lovii
lion, to the relief of the pooritc and more
sparsely peopled ilistriete of the
annual appropriation would enhatiete both
these objects, and, whenever the finances of
the government will justify it, commend. - self to ihe ("trot able consider lion .if tn.. Leg
'Mature.
The aid which the Legislature ha. , hitheett
extended to the establishment of the Farmer.'
High School - or rotigly evince
their high Appreciation or the advantage
which it is anticipated will .7r..w out of Ilia
itvoittition %%lilt,. it !num be admitted ilot
knowll.llo. .14 a eutty l to the in of tisrui
a' it 1. to An
, 1).11‘ other employment., t,
life, tre cannot butt feel deetily interested,
that s community so peculiarly agricultural
as we are, slionlitli4meo nil tl.o advantages of
an education whit* cotubittes ill itself as well
the knowledge he practical part of agri
oultaire, yr seteulillge me q uirenwuLA in :di those
brag:When/0f feasting which aro especially op
plienble to its kiptitable pursuit.
where iricultt is practically taught. is a
new Bel. to which our attention it COMO( and
one which. beeause of its great importance,
well dellerves our attention. It embraces the
principle, that while youths are taught habits
of industry they arc impressed with the prowl
conshlcrat i that the labor of their own hands
'contributes to their aegtsiettoon of knowledge.
And thus, too, education is twonglat within the
reach of many a bright genius, who would ()Lit
erati,' struggle and languish for the want of
the BOSOMS of acquiring IL Our school, within
its limited means, has been in successful epic
ration during the past year; having under
its
charge one itentited boys, woo, while they
are c.trefially instructed in all those hranches
of science which pertain to a high order of etl
- lire. daily engaged in all the practical
(Term ions or t he farm --fit ling them toreturn to
rural life and to infuse throughout the State an
amount and kmid of knowledge which must
illimiatel) produce a must beneficial Influence
upon this most cherished branch of i iuditstry.
The prSll Si workings of the school, for the
titt , t year, have ympressed the trustees. who
have it in charge, with the highest hopes of its
complete success. The great interest which is
every where felt throughout the Commonweal% h,
in the further extension and progress of the
coutatortilr it to our care and pro-
toot ion.
The State Librarian will report the emnple
tiffi, of the d e ,riplive and clavtified catalogue
of the book 4 in the State Library. authorized
by the Iket of the loath of April, 1 srts, —a work,
front the embracem, notch labor,
bnt whkelt wall greatly fiteilits-te the use or the
Library It will be seen, from thin report,
that the origin of the Library elates far back in
the Iti.tory of the provincial government, and
that It reeeiNed the (tttering Care of the Com-
nionwralth during the periu.l of pie Itwvolution.
It w gratilying. that, notwithstanding the
wn•te to which a 11 3 ,4 been sul.ject in past )
o win g 1 ,, lb w w l i i t it,lletiti.)n, under
the careful( RtiperViAi./4 the pre4elit Li
. 11,00 he lit- ha.l the charge of
it, nearly do u bted 114 nittlik•r voltimes,
and
m os a ll _':•tNhl Vtlllttae•• thtr largest
Stalk' I.o , rary in the Union, with the .ingle ex-
C(1111./11 lh it .11 the ,laic ..r Sew 1 ork. The
collection of law h00k. ,, , and e.peeially law
I ./11.1.1ervd couripelent Itl
juage, aliiviag the 1.4.,1 w I Ito collo( ry The
Library, front it. Iti.toric relation., .10•.erve , k,
and f trot it _Will receive. the v..1011'11,1 114
et.thly ..1 the Legi,-latitre
In utv inalintral addrer.:4, as well a,
1 . 1-1 :until 11 litt•tt:-.04t.. I ex pre.s...l the npulion
dill our pre..ent 13.01 king system was ext teem -
dt dement e, and that, mile.+ it were rm/teally
Ilt.tltgl•4l I .40141.1 eon. eh•r II an e du
ty in withhold the Il‘ectit,i‘e approval fruit all
r, wog nett 1,..ti Icithow ag tin giv
ing in detail the re t- „ m- whit It influenced toy
.1l 11, 11 011 iiii .1111 , -10.11, or r. pealing the -11 g
geltionb ....1 I 110 qt.' heretofore 111.1.1 e
to (l it ' 10.:1 , 11111re, it I , proper 10 remark. at
1111' 11111 . e 111,1: 111:, 0. , 11‘1. 11..11- hive h. VII eon
11,.i 11) .I .. 0111 10!11 0, Oil, 11, It my ~pmt
' • 'll .1 .10 11M:0.1 tllOl !hal 1 .'lllllOl al.
..1 ,t.) " 0 1,1 ..1 1•1111..111, ,
tauter law- If eurporote privilerr
1 1 0, 1.3111011 a are needed to .m•t!4.111110.
Ow s tot- of any port 1.411 ot the
ill-114 11•41,tirt "itch m4l'llllloll
-40111.1 1. ettll.oll,l to pimp. 1 Ihe eolomitnit)
re(adilll,7 II M1'11136 , 111 1o) (hal mil
seem tiy -hall he gat en 1.,r the prompt re
demp. ton it. notes. 'he -wt.. terse) of
act (A the cot pqratimi could tiop.iir All
evperiesee in this -I tie aiol 4•4•114 here has dem
"nnrated, duo the present system affords lit
tle or no pr. , ' vet ion to notehol.leer beyond the
personal integrity of the otheerceontndling the
utanagement of the several I. For a full
exposition of my views on this quest hm, I res
pectfully call the attention of the I tem.' al A,-
seml.ly to my last alllnn,nl message.
The reports of the 'Oil or General, the ;hale
Treasurer, the Surveyor General, the Adjutant
General, and the Attorney General, will he laid
before you, and will allow ia detail the opera
tion.; of their respective departments fur the
part year.
Ileeply impressed with the belief that the
present tootle of receiving, keeping and dibur
sing the public revenue is entirely unsafe 1001
ere - si:t ili; l riimtrl 11
gain respectfully, though ettrnestl).
ittve :It 11,111 0.11111- highly imp"' t.tut
jeet. The receipt ate/ disbursements of the
Trei.sury are ead'll,lllllllllilly. 11'01..11.ra, to four
millions of dollars A,t Cline. liter,' is on hand
a brilaite.. vc.,•,../110r one 111.111.. n o 1 4113.r5•--
Ille tit.ne it ea..urer gates aveatrity 1 , . 'he 'Olll
no.niverilill lit the Sulu "1* only .
doll tr• lie drpn it the money of the S.ate
*hen aat 1 where he pleases, awl It p 11.1 out
his owe elteek exchisively. 1 1 , 1.. 1 1111 4
the .Itellior tleneral, once a
month. awl Chi- liititt,". 110 . 1, the only'
ISM 1 1.1'0,e111 the illera - 1
mssol the I'll l, ll. 11111'1- Wlillt" 110'1,1' 1110 et.till - 01
01 t h e 'sorer 'l'll 'I the Tre 1-mac of
the Commonweal. It h.it h,lherto to...aped from
.1 tsartr....- defile %tem, t- ..tvutz to the ittlegrt
ty of the otlievr, and not t.. the ellieiency of the
I tiv• am/ a 11110 our 111.1111 it 11,10, 0, 111 the 111
10" on Ole ht. 110.4) °Sheer. hi
Whtell Ike .IC1.11(1110111 tourti-1.• , 1, it neter
hodevs, the p 1 tin dwy ot the g..vernt... rat.
rorper e en ,01111.•11r , , 10 1.0.,0111.
tr p•••••-t1t1t., Ili,' Wet: L I . l'ilitrt.lter or 1 1 1' tit 1
01001 11-1.• t'l rile 1011.1..,1 Ihr 4"l Ate by •i 61111.
its+ or 11•11,,nk..1 pohlie izent 1 regpecttullt
ree.onnom , l. 111 a prat .-eon he le tdu by
homey 44 . 111 him tl. p•t-11,' 1 111 any batik.
oral-rwh.re, the :Niate frea-direr, witlemt
r-,(„. tatpunitzOrllS 1.1 he giN io I lie
1:1,11 WV:11111 I‘.l' :tut itrttialtl r4 , 1.3y?»1•91 of the
, that all issued
the Ate 'Fre ',over -11 ill I, eounlelrSlan , •l
\0 , 01..0 th.neral, bentrt• the)"tre
th it .1 vl the notti - ey. removed,
.111,11 he kept in the
, ditcy of the %11 11t:Ileral :1- W,.11 SY to the
Trefl.iiry Department ; awl that WatatlLly stair
MOW-, 11 1 I he ••• tit 1110 Trea•ttry, and the
pl tee- and .1.. depo-it", he kept
in a hook 1.. t,.• pro' 1.1,1 tort 11111 I.lllT.ost. to
I- Wll del, Irt
.1 . 110 4 . "1111111 -, :1 0 11 , 1 -, rIIINU
atICCOI the Pill' ut .liird,
I. (I) tl.t t.••• tho l'i•ii.ll 'ode I tl t
tr t ontic,, t lt I L It t t 1n,•..i,•nt,•,1in, tht.tr
nlt helo% it li tn-ntitti,l
to the ;oneril import:mei ,
oti s oontintiiiit‘ , tint tlit• ;Ire tt.
1.11,,ir..kv,,t,..1 it, AA
it. to 0111) I'M , ' i•strite , t At tent ion
Tit, 111.11111. T 111 1%111,11 till. lILII '1 thr
eommi.4,,„ It ivi% 'on cAiniot,
recei‘ v,tur 31,1,r.•
I,:tt
1 votnlnotol t., your fo , t.win.; vare the
State Lunatw luau. at I( arrt , hurg tlit
WeNt,rti Pvitti , )lv.mia lio-pit,tl for the in
m.., at Pitt,l.urg- •titts hurl tier the
Min.!, at l'ltilaaelplu I —11).. \ limn ft.l
OW I ) 011 . and Plinll., mot. 11111:0 , 1013
• JO4l.
l'enn-‘lvaiiii Tr WWI' ' . I
Llll.l 1:4•1110 1111114.41 r h t l , l rrn,•ll
tilt' !Comm.. It..rugt , , at viiii3,l4.ll.hia
t ‘Vt . ..t 4411 liou-out"l:eltigii. at
refointa
tory State in-million have dime, and arm
doing. 3111111:4t inc-Llculable in re
lief or ~uhrering humanity. anil in the ree
lanrition refiirin oh Ow erring pmutig.
They have .Iron_Mann% 111. in
nod bounty of the i'minnimeahli
annual rm'pOit or noble ebarities
bo 1. 3 h.l b e fore pm. mid iA ill exhibit, iv
tail, their overatioms during the past )l
i refrain front meeontmin as prof bt
objectg for the hountt of the .tale, a num
her cliaritable
64)114, egually hi/Lamle ati,l henitiectit in
their operati4nt"; weatit-t they are entirety
14,e1l in their charaA•ter, and IlOwovor mer
itorious their claim , . 11l iv an•l nn•ines
t i.)nably are, upon the re.pective c‘lnunti
nitit`i 11)r a i•artieular use ttu•y are
foitt‘•l,l mtvi ..ottatteto,l, in inv opinion.
they have no claims upon the Trettsury of
the State. which e.in lee recogniiied!with
regar•l to lii 0 nit , ' tint rights of other
.(N'ti.wll4 Of thnt I .ollllllollWealt
TllO (Mlitor Llie lt,ciwd, anal
Ponnhylvaiii.t Are)ll%e:, preparpa a 0 .-
0.'114 index to the whole work. which will
before the Logislatiire :ki sn oarl)
' j a y ‘ * ,r Lilt. SLEN,jOII. 11111)111 . 11t1011 i.
now Idetell. and it i 4 a gek(14 . 111i011 to
knew I t the reeor, I. Ilt tiic colony, as
well a+ thi f• ()f the , Slato., prereeiiiiht tlie
a. 'opt ion o f \ ' tillltioll of litto, are
now of ea,r the vuldie, and in a
condition their entile
truetion impossible. I recttiaincist thou .
suitable .11111 he paid, I , r Op
wealth, to the editor of the :
Archive... for the work imlrforro44l I s
since the discontinuanco of his tato
I have ,6) relovtiolly presented
to th e lagaleiturti, of the evils art.in t
1 0 , 1 4 an chits legislation, that it t , ,
necessary again to repeat theta. I
however, to call the attention of the c„
rat. A,tseuibly to the fact that we
our statute hooka, general law. pro N ,,,
for the incorporation of railroad tu rr , i
bridge, plank-road, gas, w,tor, iteura
and other similar companies, tiro u,.„'
earls - irate 'lowers granted by the 1,,
turn, to such companies, should
these general laws, NO that ties ~„
uniforinity in the provision. ot
sociationa, and that. the time of th,•t„
Assembly may WA. lee ovt•tipli , l 111 L,
bills of great length, when t.•
envy to the eletails of the ,
I would answer Arttry purpose.
The practice of sending to the
a largo number of bills ininyst ea ,
ceiling the final adjournment of the ( I ,
islature, id highly objectionaLle, arnl „„:.,
as far as practicable, to be thseentititi,,,
Its necessary eenselptence 14,
eompel the Executive to 41 , 14.91.• t
which he has not, fully exatain,tt .t „. ,
them after the final tuljournnu•ta,,,,
di sapprove them, to return thosii
next (lettere! Assembly,with ht-t,ljpet
Tie; imposing uptin a sneer editizl, ,
titre the final dispositron of bilk, sill,.
origin and passage of whirl it Li,l ti.„
nection. to illustrate the ,•t ill
from this practice, it iw only la.- tr .,
inform you, that, of th e large
preqente.i for my approval. site.
day or two if the adj.rttraintelit ..t
Legislature., I am constrain...l,
of duty, to rottirti with toy
to the prudent Legislature, fur re t me,
allot'.
iit is apparent from the exhthn ,‘; •
financial condition of the 14 , neral
went, recently made pul,he, a i , L •
wants of the Federal Treasury ad! , I.• 11,,•
a revision or the exe , ting t rroT Lovi
tinited, States,, with :a %%ens to :al4 11111.
Of the revenue dertV:ihle Ii
When this revis.on •hall take play,.
greatly to lie that a propel rce
for the industrial littele-t- ot the e nut,
will prompt the i 4 .tzre., .1 the l'ult
States, to place het r.•t.•uuelawy upon
basis, as to atiAail to our grvaX to,
slid manufacturing iliterc-1.• the
cidental protection To .iihstitute
for advaloretn dittie, on a o2rtain
articles which Ivan their !pion ,
equal or nearly equal t
the foreign to a home Valiettt..ll t4l:
moderate increase of the rate- n ,, a
-.ed. oidd, lam satisfied, mi u -e y,.
•111.1 X to q• into :ill the various t
indttstry, and at the !krone tin., ‘%lll,
intim.sing burdens upon the
GI the l tt•iteral IlovertiMent a re.‘
ply sufficient for All its n aut.,
The early atlints-,atit of the I. ,t, r.
(m.• ..t the SOX ••reh l iti
t uo t i.Ltieler arunstitutiou le l zal h. • ni.
:old fully and burly ratifteXl by the i.
vole- or a largo nutt..rltY (41' ) 1
the Territ , 4rv. till remove troll. u.
uuual Letn-Ltture a :nthjeet
1110101 ha, In in, 111,.111-I.ly•rythie dein"
tr•t 4 led the 111,11Y14/11 ' , l the
whieb. Iron' the nature and extent 11
0,11,11:0.1. pliS in (,'Atmgress, hay 'been 1,t , ••
tive of much erileination and us 1:11,
Lion ketween the various ,ectiot.-
common , country. Peptilar frt_
hat Mg finally prevailed, in the lull
and fair adoption of the fundana lital
of the Territory, acciordittg to the
of the people, the vexed and .61e.•
question, in that Territory moat
exuadderisl as satifactorily and is t pew
settled.
MEM
Copiel of the, eorteltott.lcitt•t 7 l.o,,
the tlreternor of Virginia-awl the
of PenUlVllVaniii, (II) the -.ttl.rvt
cent outrage at liarper'l4 Ferry, ar,
with trawunitt-ettl tt,
letter atblresse.l by the tio‘ertior
gittia, to the 2C)V e I( )
4.4.a.w.g00r11. 414,
lwnee was not leceirt4l until the Ist
of becetnl,ter, one .1 ty before the exert'
.lobo 14 . ..V1.11 ut , l, liwroft,Eo, it VIM ,
Im).,11.14• til rel , ll to It 111)1
Nqlell f o r tiot, v nor , tf
execution. The ateover wa.4 ov....ine
tcle:!raph, which tt 111 account
tt hr , vity virlraelei
The recent seiitire of the 1.11 1 .11.•
ty of the rititetl State- :it Fe
and the inva-ion of the st.o.. ef \'iiri
by a Itantl of de:Tel - A.10,, ti
intention to excite the slave
tip,tirrection, have tlratvn ;W.1110 , 111. 1
wirers which I,eset our react tt I.ltti
It 40111'00 or qatt.:rlctiott t „ kit It
the aUlla , rines of Virginia
ntcut..ut.l the determination I. i.tt
offender , with promptnes.. and pr-thr
that the nillttart. I.rrrof tio•
I, .1 l ower Unnirdian•iy t) , '“
in latunte doWil diet outbreak
1,111.1 n• 1,,:t,•••• —that the SLIV.•
vr.• V..111,1)t n lll tilt•lr
ithing 10 lillll , nnb,h or,l rlt tth+t.
nt .n I, ut LICL-.011 tn.l murder. - .11 ,1
the : 2.r.,• it IN4wlrli• It 1%,
-t ntl , atby it Ii it , Ver :My
tleill• :Ind 111•Ilttl(11111. , or and ,t
St 1L..., 3/1,1 11310 a ,IOT and abiding .
tem t.t.tor trlcat ;:lortotta Ilion
Penn-% Ivaiti.tlt,, it t, gr.ittrytt
believe that the citin•ii., of tilt, cony
wo.ilth hat,. not, ut any manner, 1.1!
pated In tin- unlawful proceeding. it!
know that W of the guilty
idiot. weer,' arre , tea within our Jut.
hon. thoy 1)(11. promptly -Ultena ,
the of the otli.n,letl an.l in,,
State.
The several States of this I.' nion are
pendent soverei gut les, except so far a- ltt•
granted certain enumerated powers 1..
Federal Government. In eases not
for In the Federal Constitution. the
States, in their relations to each other
to he governed ht the - principles whit!!
ulate the conduct of el\ thteel luttk,..ay.
principles forbid, in all fiat ••••“•ry
praetiee ten ling to excite disturbance in
other State 11.11.1 are foitiv , ied oti the net
that - different toil ions might, intone of pt
to do one another all the good the) "ll'•
out prejudicing their real interests
max itn, recogillsol by all eivilized golefln
applies with peculiar force to these% eralS
of this Luton, bound togat her. as they ate
a sacred eotlipaet for mutual stipporl till
tectiun ; and, therefore, any attempt in
SI JO e. i, exeittl insurrection in another.
offence ae , tiltst all the States, because all
bound by the Constitution to put Joan
disturleince, and the act °troupes* atith ,,
the President of the United States to Call
the 1111111 h% of the several States for the
pose It is !thigh offence against the pe
our romutonwealth, for aisorderly pe
within our jurisdiction, to combine toga
for the purpose of stirring up insurrectim
any of the Slates, or to induce the slave
the Southern States to abscond front their
tent ; and it would be proper, in my judget
for the General Vssetultly to consoler alit
additional legislation may nut he nece—a
illsore the proUtpt punishment of such otlei
against our peace and security
In determining our relative duties to ,
r sister Stales, the morality of sery nod
an open question, for we are bound I , v
and moral obligation of the comps ,
the Gniun , tinder which we have heett
into existence, and preserved its itolepen
States, as well as by the prilleipleS of 110.•
tiottal kw, to respect the institutions a
the laws of the several States reeozin7e
in no other wity can we faithfully fulfil e ti
ligations. as Illeflthers ~f I lit. eon federacy.
While I entertain no loulti that the ti
Republican experiment on this continent
happily commenced, and carried folivimi
present exalted position. in the eyes of
world, will efflllittlie, under the Provelene
find, to be successful to the latest genera I
it is the part of Wisdom awl patriotism t
Watchful and vigilant, said to carefullj gt
a treasure so priceless Let uio,lerateeo ul
rrl . rail let a spirit of harmony and ffoo.l
tml a national Cr iternal sentiment be
tea among the people, everywhere Noith
South -and the disturbing element . ' n
temporarily threaten our Inion. nal ii'
then have itliW:tr , heretofore i•-iitf..fly
DWI