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riht and proper, therefore, that 1 should
dicl.ire t) 3'ou fully ard frankly my v;ews
touching this whole subject.
These .-irtifical bodies are created bv ex-
t ndini to an association of individuals j
powers and privileges not enjoyed by the
mass of ihc people under the general laws
of 1 he State. One important class of these ;
seems to result from public necessity and
to have nojobjeet but the promotion of pub
lic convenience. Another, however, seems
to look solelj to the private gain of the
parlies interested. Among the former may
be classed corporations to facilitate the con
sti uction of roads, bridges, canals, rail
ways, &c, the direct tendency of which
is to promote the comfort and prosperity of
the people generally. To accomplish these
ends, the association of capital under cor
porate powers, imposing only a limited lia
bility on the corporators, may be wisely en
couraged. In reference to such, the poli
cy of the State seems to be well settled.
In the latter class may be placed .nil kinds
ol corporations to promote the ends of in
dividual gain, as connected with the ordi
nary business enterprises ofthe country.
Wuh regard to such, the legislation of the
Commonwealth has been extremely uncer
ccriain. 1 entertain the opinion lha, as a geueral
rule, corporations of this character are not
essential to the public weal that whatever
legislation may seem necessary to facilitate
i he business ol mining and manufacturing
and the various other pursuits for which
corporate poworsaro usually sought, should,
as fir as possible, be general in ib charac
ter and be available alike to all. There is,
it sterns to me, no evidence to be found in
the history of our Commonwealth, or in
that of any other Jslnte, that these
great
interests are more succefslully
marin"su
by special corporations than by individuals
or associations under general laws Whilst
in the experience ol all, it is made very ap
parent that individual efforts & experiments
are much less liable to entail injury upon
society at large. That energy, indepen
dence, integrity and purity which usually
charac'erizesindividual operations, arc not,
as a general rule, so well maintained in
the efforts of artificial bodies. Ambition,
pnJe and responsibility ,Uie g-eal incentives
io action, seem, losonie extent, to lose their
pivpar i itluence over individuals thus as
cincd together. Carelessness, inefficien
cy and prodigality are ton ofien the fruits
of a liiihi interest and limited responsibility
on the part of those entrusted with the
xw m jgemenl of incorporated companies.
But why should these special privileges
be desired ? Are they intended to shield
tlv parties interested from the full furco
of llu loss where an enterprise may prove
unsuccessful 1 If so, how shall we grant
Mich great advantages to one citizen, and
deny them to another 1 Equality ol rights
to all is an elementary principle of our
government. If, therefore, for mining,
ninnul'u'iuring and other pursuits, corpor
ate powers are 'o be granted, how shall the
Le'ishiiure lefuse similar privileges to ihe
jainu r, the miller, ihe halter and theshoe.
makes? If one class of citizens are to
have the opportunity of experimenting in
their chosen business, on only a li -idled IN
ab;litv for the losses, all can justly claim a-
like advantage. We should thus be led
step by step in the creation of these artifi
cial bodies, until the field of personal en
terprise would be occupied by privileged
classes individual enterprise be comple
hly prosliated beneath th'; power of con
traded wealth and speeial privileges, and
the relative position of the people rendered
less equal than before this system was
commenced. We must notice, in addition
ihe palpable injustice of its practical op
erations as compared with those ol the in
dividual citizen. A corporation is organized
on the ptincipleof a limited liability ofthe
stockholders its business is unwisely cho
sen, or unskillfully managed, and it results
in failure and loss. The stockholders, in
such case, lose the amount they may have
paid in, and the remainder ol ihe loss fulls
upon innocent patties, who, misled by its
great nominal capital have become the
creditors of the inslituiion. An individual
engaged in a similar enterprise, meets a
like fate, and the lasl item of his personal
estate is sacrificed to pay the debts he has
thus incurred.
But it is said that capitalists will nolins
vest their means in hazardous enterprises,
if required to bearmorelr.au a limited ha
biiitv. I am confident that vou will agree
with mc, that this reasoning in favor of jtiughs, to incorporate bridge and road
fpecial privileges has no foundation in cor- (companies secured, and we shall have a
rect principle, and is not, iheieftrc, entitled . new era in the legislation of Pennsylvnia
to favorable consecration. Ia a mere' shall save a large amount of money nn
business point of view the position is not nually, and pi vent many impositions in ihe
a sound oiia. If a given enterprise be haz- shape of hasty legislation, based on ex
ardous, it is the less liable to competition paries talements.
and the more lucrative, if successful. But j These comnvssioners have also prepared
if it be a dangerous business and, there, i with great care, a general tax law, simpli
fore, likely lo result unprofitally, upon j fying the laws as Ifiey now sland extend,
whom should the loss fall? Certainly it j ing their provisions to certain new subjects
will not bo contended that it should be j of taxation, & altering its features so as the
thrown upon innocent paries who have had ! more completely to reach moneys at interest
no agency in ihe business. It is surely J and olher personal properly. This is a
more just and reasonable that those who are most intricate and important subject, and
to receive lxa. profits should bear the losses J should be handled with the utmost care.
that ihose who enjoy the privileges should
incur the responsibilities, i he Lonstitu
tin !:cver intended to sustain anv other
policy. It never .contemplated nets of legis
lation to advance one man's interest at the
oxpense of another's. . Nor am I at all
convinced that capitalists woo.d not invest
tb'ir mean undei the individual liability
1 ,
o aufor e ir. o rthe bank. A short
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hdent, it tins principle wKiuc.t,uuu iu. M.
private gam UpHahsts who m.ght be ap-
pretavu Ita, Iter prmue m, waul, ,
become involved for the current ocuts 01 1
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lit' cor mnuiui . uun cm "r hiuoihi nc uuu
, . . .
easy lemedy 01 inauitig no sucn auis
Let the contraction of aflriebt be forbidden
by the laws of the institution. Let their
business be transacted on the cash system.
By this policy they will give thn greater
efficiency to their operations and escape ihe
dreaded liability. Besides, it does not seem
reasonable that special legislation 1-ir the
ostensible purpose of concentrating capital,
should at ihe same time look to the crea
tion of large debts. If the incorporation
of this principle should do no more than
lead to Ihe adoption of the cash system, it
would be the means of profit to ihe corpu
rators and great good lo the public.
If there be enterprises legitimate and
useful so complicated in their operations as
not to come within ihe reach of general
laws, and it should be deemed proper to
extend to such the convenience, ol a corpo
rate seal, such corporation should always
be limited to a moderate existence and be
accompanied by the principles of individual
liability for all the debts of Use association.
The convenience of special legal organiza
tion isall ihejadvantage thatany association plication of science would arrest this waste
of individuals should ask, and it is certainly ofthe elements of tire soil. In Europe,
all thatany proper enterprise can need. this process of exhaustion has long since
The salutary efTect of this policy would excited alarm. What it is doing in our
doubtless be, thai whilst it could not re . country, is shown by the startling facts ai
strain the association of capital for wise i ready presented. To counteract its effects
and legitimate ends, it would save ihc Le- :
gislalure the labor of considering unwise
and visionary schemes, and the public
from l he ir injurious co isequences.
In a message to ihe General Assembly
during its last session, 1 took occasion lo
refer to ihe growing inclination for special
legislation, and recommended the adoption
of some measures to remedy ihe evil. A
resolution was passed by that body author- i in the reach of the agncuiiuiisi, a icnowi
izing Ihe-Governor to appoint three com- j edge of the constituent elements ofthe
missioncrs to prepare general laws for the i soil, and the influence of these upon vege
consideralion of the Legislature, touching j lalion, enabling him to discover a deficien
various subjects therein named. Accord ' cy in any one of these original parts, and
inlv. in June last, I appointed Hon. James showing him how to restore it without ex-
. i
Al. Porter. Edward A. Pennimnn, and J
. ...
Ellis Bon ham, Esquires, commissioners
under said resolution. These gentlemen
iiave, for some time been devoting them
selves lo the performance ofthe duties thus
devolved upon them. The result ol their
labors shall be communicated to you at an
early period in your session
Phe evils of snecial legislation seems to :
Unvn iunn i cnliirft in ilic nnr v bistorv of :
avc been a subject in the early history of j
the Stale. In the preamble to the law ol . has never made a mislaKe in the use oi
1791, intended to obviate tho necessity for manures, or that his crops have never been
special or private legislation, this complaint j injured by destructive insects 1 And where
is freely expressed. The volume of laws ; is Ihere one who would not be willing to
for that year numbered fifty-nine pages of j contribute something to be protected
a small book ; in 1 85 1 , they count eleven against such damage in future?
hundred ol a large one. This evil was j But is it not astonishing, that in this pro
then in its infancy it is now full grown - gressive country of ours, so suited to agri
and should be corrected. This, in my o- j culture, and in this age of scientific dis
pinion, can only be done by Ihe adoption of j coveries and perfection in all the arts, lhat
a few more general laws, and the rigid ad- no institutions to impirt instruction in the
miiiisir3lion of those already in existenee; ' science of agiiculture have been establish
I deem ii right to say that I shall regard j ed- It is true, that societies have been
the maintenance of this policy as a high : formed in a number of ihe Slates and ex
ohligaiion lo ihe people. 1 hibitions have been held calculated toawa-
The law of 1791, and its several supple- . ken the people to the importance of this
menls. make provision for the creation and j subject. Our State society, organized a
amendment of corporations for liteiary, ! bout two years since, has held uvo exhibit
charitable, and religious purposes, and lo t tions, which have done much good in the
create beneficiary societies, ar.d lire engine I
and hose companies, through the instru
mentality of the Attorney General and ihe
Supreme Court. The act of the 1 3lh of
October, 1829, extended this power to the
courts of the several counties. The acts
of 1S36 and 1838 make provision for the
association of individuals, through Ihe in
strumenlaliiy of the Attorney General and
ihe Governor, for ihe purpose of manufac
turing iron from mineral coal. In addi
tion to these acts the general manufactur
ing law of 1C49, and its supplements, pro
vide for the creation of corporalions for
the purpose of manufacturing wollen, cots
ton, flax, and silk goods, or for making i-
ron, glass, sail, paper, lumuer. on irom ro
sin, mineral paints, artificial slale, and for
printing and publishii.g.
The commissioners already named have
recommended the extension ol this law to
the business of mining coal, and lo the
mining and smelting of iron, lead, copper,
and olher oies-id so to alter its provisions
as to render the liability of the stockholders
more extensive. They also recommend
ihc passage of a law giving the courts more
general powers on the subject of selling real
estate by parlies acting in a representative
I capacity, and another referring all claims
against the Commonwealth to the courts.
These things done, and a more general
administration of ihc law giving the courts
the power lo change names, lo erect bor-
, I have not had the opportunity sufficient
ly to examine this proposed law, to give
an opinion as to its merits; but I am clear
ly of opinion that there is much room to
improve Ihe tax system now in opera
lion. The subject of agriculture has not, it
srems to me, received that attention in this
, j. .' j
nnt good can be rendu, ed to a counlry.than
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an, so n md n ,..1 e o I he aitn n
,en. l to em 1 . f j"
attention oi n . . .
A.,rm.,hnr is I he nrimitiVR.
as it is i tie
niiii- i
most necessary occupation ol man. It
wus at the beginning of his existence.andis
at the foundation of all his pursuits. In this
Commonwealth, it is peculiarly adapted to
the soil, to the climate, and to the habits of
the people, and constitutes their greatest
aource of wealth and happiness. It is the
agriculturist who pa) s the largest share of
tho country s taxes in nme oi peace, ano
furnishes the greatest number of her sol
diers in time of war. ft is the mosl steady,
nenceful. and dijnified, as it is the least
f a
exacting of all our great interests.
But it is said by many good citizens that
there is no utility in the application of the
teachings of science io the practice of ag
riculture. This, in my opinion, is an er
roneous idea. In a late report from fhe
Pulent office at Washington, it is estimated
that "one thousand millions of dollars
would not more than restore to their origi
nal richness and strength the one hundred
millions ol acres of land in the United
Stales, which have already been exhausted
of Iheir original fertility." A proper ap
in the former country, about three hundred
and fifty agricultural schools have been es
tablished ; in the latter, there are not adoz
en. The result of the European schools
has demonstrated the practical utility of
scientific farming. These institutions are
calculated to teach the art of tilling the
soil, and to disseminate a scientific knowl;
edge of this great pursuit. To place with-
. . .... i i
tiaustinganoiner to learn mm io compre
hend the different stimulants for the soiI;
of mineral, vegetable, animal orliquiJ ori
gin, and ihe proportion ol each which the
lands may from time lo lime require.
They also teach methods of prac.ical far
mingthe use of implements the nature
. .t .1 i
of seeds, and the origin and character of
insects destructive to vegetation. hat
aimer in rcniisvlvania can.sa mat ne
farmer in Pennsylvania can. say
. ,.- t.i
way ol sending to all parts ol the biatc
the best breed of domestic animals, thebest
grains and seeds, and the most approved
agricultural machinery. Bui it seems to
me, that the government might justly lend
her aid and countenance to this good work.
j In Maryland, an agricultural chemist has
been employed by the State, and I am in
formed lhat the result of his liives.igations
have been highly satisfactory and useful
to the people. Cannot the great Stale of
Pennsylvania do as much for her farmers?
She has expended a large sum in the de
velopment of her mineral resources, and
has cherished her manufacturers by every
proper means, and it is right lhat she
.should now do something for her ngricul-
! turists. I, therefore, respectfully recom
mend the appoimment of an agricultural
chemist, with a moderate salary, leaving
the details of his duties to be suggested by
the State and county societies.
The subject of growing wool, in our
State, is worthy ol special attention. I had
the pleasure, at the late State fair, a short
lime since, of examining an extensive card
of specimens of this article exhibited by
Peter A. Browne, Esq , of Philadelphia.
It is said lo be the most extensive, interes
ting and instructive collection of specimens
in the United States, or perhaps in the
world. No man can examine it and not
feel himself edified by the great practical
ljuths which it is calculated to impart. It
demonstrates most conclusively that our
Commonwealth is peculiarly adapted to the
production of this article, and that in the
United Slates we can raise as fine fleeces
as can be produced in the world ; and finer
than in any other country except Saxo
ny.
It appears by the census of 1850 that
Pennsylvania has has only 1,822,350
sheep that Ohio with a much less terrilo
ry has 3,967,U00--that New York has 3,
454,351, and that whilst our consumption
of wool in manufactures for 1850 was 7,
560,379 lbs., our production was only 4,
481, 570. France raises thirty-six mil
lions of sheep, and England with less than
half the advantages of this country raises
forty.-six millions ! !
'J his subject is one deserving the atten
tion of the, people and the government.
I cannot refruin from congratulating you
on the evidences of fhe great prosperity of
Pennsylvania to be found in the census re
port of 1850. Her rclativo position to her
sister Stales is truly a:proud one. Of the
the four large Stales her percentage of in
crease in poplation.since 1840, is the great
est, and she has, besides, excelled the best
of her sisters in the production of wheat,
rye, iron, and coal.
" Her population numbers 2,311,786, be
ing an increase of almost 35 per cent
since 1840. According to this rnlio of
growth her people in 1870 will number
near 4,000,0000. Our debt of forty mil
lions is, at this time, a charge on each in
habitant of a little over eighteen dellars;
in 1S70, according lo Ibis datum, it will
but little exceed ten. The present assessed
value of real and personal estate is $497,
039.6h9, showing an increase of eighteen
per cent, since 1840, and according to this j
ratio of growth up to 1870, it will amount j
to the sum of 8675.973,922. The debt of
fortv millions was a lien of 8 per cent, on
the "assessable property ol 1840; on that of
1870 it will be only five percent, andeight
mills. But in the census report of 1850
the true value of the property of the Slate
is estimated at S722,486,120 ; on ibis sum
our present debt'is but a fraction over five
and a half per cent. Who can doubt the
solvency of such a debtor?
Her productions of wheat in 14U was
13,213,077 bushels. In 1850, 15,482,
101, being an increase of 17 per cent, at
which reteher yield Tor 1870 will exceed
twenty millions of bushels. The same
rate of increase is apparent in rje, corn,
oats, barley, buckwheat and live steck
The census of 1840 shows a production
for lhat year of "98,395 tons of pig metal
that of 1850, i-s 285,702, or an increase
ol 190 per cent. At this rate the yield of
1870 would be 1,371,370 tons. Wrought
iron in 1840 amounted to S7,S44 tons in
1850, it is 182,506 tons. On ibis datum
ihe production in 1870 would be 580,369
tons. Our wooUen manufactures for 1840
were valued ai 2 319, W3 1 dollars, and for
1S50 at $5,331 ,866, showing a gain in
ten ears of 129 percent., and Ihe onor
mous yield by 1870 of $13,738,404. In
coitcn goods the increase lias been about
six percent., which,ralio of growth up lo
1870 would show a production of about six
millions of dollars.
The whole amount of anthracite coal
mined and taken to market in 1810 was
867,000 tons. In 1852 the product will
reach near five millions of tons, being an
inctease iu twelve years of GOO per cent.
This rate of augmentation up to 1870
would give the startling production of over
forty five millions of tons, and yielding at
Ihe present Philadelphia prices, the sum of
one hundred and eighty millions of dollars,
being more than treble the present reve
nues of the whole United States !
This is a most gra'ilying picture, and
goes far to prove what I have for some
time believed, lhat before the close of the
present century Pennsylvania, in point of
wealth and real greatness will stand in ad
vance of all her Sister Slates.
There are yet a few public enterprises
to be consummated to render her triumph
complete. The North Branch Canal must
be finished. The Allegheny mountains
must be passed without the use of inclined
pianos, and our metropolis must be con
nected with the lakes, by means of a rail
road. The trade of the Slate is only second in
importance to her agricultural and mineral
wealth. Nature has assigned to Pennsyl
vania a most advantageous position for ex
ternal trad-!. Connected with the Atlantic,
the lakes and the western waters, and ex,
tending on both sides of the Alleghenics,
she forms the great link between the Enst
and the West. The only obstacle to an
artificial Union of the great natural high
ways by which she is environed, is Ibis in
terposing chain of mountains, which cut
ling transversely across our territory, di
vides Ihe tributary waters of the Ohio and
the lakes from those of the Atlantic. But
this mountainous range, we should rejoice
to know, upen close examination, is found
to present no insuperable impediment. It
is lo be crossed, within a short period, by
two railroads of reasonable gradients.
The west will then communicate with the
East without interruption from these moun
tain barriers.
Bui the railroad to Pittsburg should not
finish nur internal connections. In addi
tion lo the railroads up the valleys of the
Susquehanna and ihe Schuylkill, now in
progress of rapid construction, the best
interests of Pennsylvania require a railway
to Erie. We need the shortest and best
line of communication between the lakes
and the Atlantic at Philadelphia. The
considerations in favor of such an improve
ment are too numerous to be given in this
document. The advantage which it would
possess in distance in light grades in
uniformity of guage, when tested by the
laws of trade, renders its superiority over
any olher avenue which now exists or thai
can hereafter be constructed between lha
Atlantic and the lakes, a fixed lact. The
harbor at Erie is regarded by competent
engineers as the best on the lakes, and
from no other point can so short a line be
made to the seaboard. Such a medium of
communication would be of inestimable
value to Erie, lo Ihe intermediate country,
and to our State metropolis. Our citizo ns
by neglecting or deferring the construclion
of this work, may subject themselves lo
the charge of slighting the beneficence of
nature in not co-operating with her great
designs.
The trade of the West, and the lakes,
may by this means be secured to Philadel
phia. No time, however, should bo lost
in the construction of this great highway.
Delay may lessen the chances, of success,
whilst it will certainly aflordopporlunily to
our rivals to form and cement business con
nections which may not be severed in the
future. Nor are we lo look at these inter
nal advantages alone. Nothing can do
more to augment the foreign trade of Phil
adelphia, than a direct avenue to the lakes.
Her growing commerce would invi'e tho
construction ofsteamcrs to convey directly
to her own port tho merchandize which
oUn tvmilrt tlmn Jir pnllprl nnrtn In snnnlv I
OliU "UUIU HIW" irv i
to the boundless West. Great ns are he
natural advantages, no observing man can
fail to see, that deprived ol the sustaining
arm of a foreign commerce, she cannot
attain to that distinguished position, as a
mart, which nature intended she should
occupy. The right to construct a railroad
from Erie to the Ohio State line, parallel
with the lake, has been a subject of con
troversy in the Legislature for some years.
The Franklin canal company claimed to
have obtained Irom the Slate the privilege
to construct a railroad on this route, and
h ive proceeded te construct it accordingly.
The authority of this company lo do so
has been doubted, and the Attorney Gen
eral has filed a bill praying for an injunc
tion to restrain the construction and use of
said road. So long as this question is
pending before ihe- highest judicial tribunal
of the Slate, it would be unbecoming in an
officer of any oilier branch of the Gov
ernment to express an opinion touching
the questions at issue. 1 may, however, it
seems to me, with propriety suggest, that
should the decision of the court not con
firm the entire rights claimed by ihe Frank
lin canal company, the Legislature should
take such action as will bring ibis valuable
privilege completely within ihe control of
ihe State, and so far as may be, without
the exercise of a contracted or illiberal
principle, render this important link be
tween the seaboard and the great West,
subservient lo ihe inteiests of the people
of Pennsylvania.
Amongst the multitudinous obligations
resting on the Government, there is none
more binding or sacred lhan that which
looks to the education and moral welfare
of the people. These great considerations
will doubtless receive your anxious care.
You will find in the very able and compre
hensive report of the Superintendent of
Common Schools, many interesting and
useful suggestions in reference to the pres.
ent condition of our common school system,
and the cause of education generally ; to
all of which I most respectfully ask your
early attention. I am deeply sensible of
the correctness and propriety of the re
marks of that officer on the subject of
teachers for the common sohools. It is
ihe greatest of all the difficulties sur
rounding the system, and I most earnestly
entreat you, if it be practicable, in the ex
ercise of your wisdom, to adopt some mode
of supplying this deficiency. There are
many other defects which will claim your
consideration, hut this. is of pre-eminent
importance. The general law should be
made plain and simple, so lhat the most
ordinary mind could administer ils provis
ions ; as it is, the questions and decisions
touching the meaning of the law, have be
come more voluminous than the law itself.
For information in reference to the mil
itary affairs of the State, I respectfully rc?
fer you to ihc able and highly Interesting
report of the Ajdulant General. I regret
to learn, as I have done by this document,
lhat this branch ofthe public service is not
in a very flourishing condition. Thenport
contains many highly important sugges
tions and recommendations, some of which
are so obviously correct lhat they cannot
fail to receive your favorable considera
tion. In conformity with a resolution of the
General Assembly, passed on the24lh day
of February last, Albert G. Waterman,
Esq., ol Philadelphia, and myself, attended
a convention of delegates from the thirteen
original States, at Independence Hall, in
Philadelphia, convened on the 4th day of
July lasl, for the purpose of taking into
consideration ihe subject of erecting a mon
ument in Independence Square, lo com
memorate the event of the Declaration of
Independence. Delegates were in atten
from the States of Massachusetts, Connec
ticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Georgia, and
Pennsylvania. The subject was favorably
regarded by the convention, and an able
address lo the people ofthe thirteen original
Slates was prepared and signed by Ihe del
egates, presenting a comprehensive view oi
the considerations in favor of this most no
ble design, and suggesting a practical mode
of carrying it into execution. A copy of
this address, together with all the olher
proceedings ofthe Convention, I shall cause
to be communicated lo both branches of
the Legislature.
It would be difficult to -conceive a more
interesting idea, or one so congenial to the
feelings of the people, or more consistent
with a just spirit of national pride than the
commemoration by some visible and im
perishable sign, of the great event that dis
tinguished the dawn of American freedom.
The propriety of this design will not, I am
sure, be doubted by the Legislature or the
people, and I shall not, therefore, trouble
you with any Anther suggestions in its fa
vor,
It is proposed to raise the means to con
struct the monument from the -States in
their sovereign capacities, and to make no
expenditures until the whole amount of mo
ney shall have been secured. According
to the estimates of ihe committee appointed
by the convention on that subject, Penn
sylvania's share of this expenditure would
amount to between fifteen and twenty thou
sand dollars.
I respectfully recommend tho ad p ion
of such measures as will indicate ihe wil
lingness of this State to do her part,when
ever her sister Stales shall have given a
similar intimation, and lo take such olher
preliminary steps as may seem proper and
right.
I desire to call your attention to the con
dition of ihe public grounds sus rounding
the State Arsenal. It has occurred to me
that this eligile spot should be enclosed with
a good fence, be planted with shade trees,
and olheruiso improved. As at present
exposed it makes rather a barren and cheer
less space between the town and lh capi
tol. ll properly enclosed nnd beautified,
it. will add muoh to the appearance of both.
A due respect for the memory of the gen-
! erous donor of this valuablo pieco of ground,
not less than a just regard for the appear
ance of the seat of government would seem
to require its proper improvement. I re
spect fully commend this subject to your fa
vorab'e consideration.
Recent difficulties in a neighboring State
have suggested the existence of a deficien
cy in our State laws, in reference to the
ennveyauce of persons held in involuntary
servitude from one State to another. The
Pennsylvania statute of 1780 gave all per
sons passing through or sojourning in the
Stale for a brief period the right lo hold
their domestic slaves. The act of 1847
repealed this provision, and the repealing
sections of last session did not reinstate it,
I, therefore, respectfully recommend that
provision be mode for the transit of these
domestics through the limits of this Corns
monwealth. Such a law seems to be con
templated by the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and to be suggested by those
rules of comity which should exist between
the States by the public peace and by
individual convenience.
It has usually been ihe custom to delay
the passage of ihe appropriation bill until
near the close of the session. My prede
cessor recommended a change in this pol
icy, in which recommendation I most hear
tily concur. The ordinary purposes of go.
vernment should be providod for early in
the session. If ihere be other necessnry
appropriations, they can be embraced in
another bill and allowed to stand on their
own merits.
Having thus, gentlemen, given you ns
briefly as possible my views touching somo
of the subjects which will claim your ats
tention during the present session, permit
me, in conclusion, to assure you, that I
shall most cheerfully co-operate with the
General Assembly in the adoption of all
measures calculated to promote the wel
fare of our beluved Commonwealth.
WM. BiGLER.
Executive Chamber,
llarrisburg, Jan. 5, 1853.
TANNERSVILLE
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Iron and Brass Foundry.
The subscriber takes this method of
informing the public generally, and mil
lers and farmers especially, that having
purchased of Mr. Samuel Hayden, late
proprietor of the Stroudsburg Foundry,
all his Patterns and Fixtures, he has re
moved the same to his Foundry in Tan
nersville, Monroe co., Pa., and having in
creased the machinery of the establish
ment, he is prepared to execute all or
ders in his line of business, in the best
manner and with despatch, and therefore
respectfully solicit the patronage of the
public. He will manufacture cast and
wrought iron work of all descriptions, in
cluding lllHl Gear! aa
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for flour and other mills, mill screws,
bark and corn mills, together with cast
ings of every description turned and fit
ted up in the best possible manner. A3
particular care will be taken to employ
onne but the best workmen, and no pains
will be spared, he feels confident of be
ing able to give general satisfaction. Al-
so
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made to order.
BRASS CASTINGS
such as spindle steps, shaft and gudgeon
Boxes, &c., will be made to order. Old
copper and Brass taken in exchange at
the highest price. Patterns made to or
der. Threshing machines and Horse Powers
of the most approved construction, will
be furnished to order at the shortest no
tice. of all kinds, for coal or-wood, cook stoves
&c., on hand or made to order, for sale
wholesale or retail.
PLOWS,
of the most approved plan will be kept on
hand, and every variety of plow castings
on hand and for sale.
JJj3 Wrought iron mill work will be
done on the most reasonable terms. The
best kind of sled shoes and polished wa
gon boxes and hollow ware will always
be kept on hand.
JACOB STOUFFEK.
January 1, 1852.-ly
New Whole Sale and Retail
WINE & IilQUOR STORE,
Sti'oiidsbtii'ST, Pa.
The undersigned would inform Landlords
and the public generally, that they have just
opened the above business in Stroudsburg, in
the store house formerly occupied by John H.
Alelick as a Jewelry Store, and have on hand
a large stock of
WINES AND LIQUORS
of all kinds and ofthe best quality, direct from
the Custom House, which they are prepared
to sell to Landlords and others on the most rea
sonable terms. Our stock consists of French
Brandy, dark and pale. A'so, Peach, Black
berry, Cinnamon and Cherry Brandy ; Hol
land Gin, N. E. Irish, Rye and Apple
Whiskey; Lisbon, Claret, Port, Sweet Mula
ra, Currant and Champagne Wine, &c. &c.
Also, on hand a large stock of Bitters of all
kinds. ,
Demijohns, from to 5 gallons; bottles, and
generally anjs thing that can be asked for in
our line.
Landlords will find it greatly to their ad
vantage to deal with us. We have no hired
agents to sell and distribute liquors for us at
great expense, which must be paid for by the
consumer. Those dealing with us we intend
shall be satisfied with the article they get, as
well as the price, and whenever they are not,
we will be pleased to have them return the
quor, and make the fact known, for we in
tend to make it a permanent bnsiness, and
can only do bo by dealing honorably. A
orders sent us, by stage drivers or others, will
be promptly attended to, the same as tfaougn
the person waa present dealing f
July 8, 1852, P. S. POSTERS Co.
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