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'TEIDIS OF PUBtIOATION
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to sabscrilaws at $1.50 i :paid strictly in advance ;
$1.75 if paid within the year: or $d in all room when
, payment is delayed until after the ' motratio o or the
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are paid, unless at the option of the publisher. Papers
sent to 'subscribers livin' out of Cumberland county
• must he paid for in advance. or tlie itaymnfit IiSSII met]
by some responsible,persou living in Cumberland coun
ty. .Thane terms will be rigidly ltdhered to to all
MSOP.
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Istelvo'lloos for three lusertiops. ana...2s'sents tar Melt
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F rents per line for first insartion. and 4 cents per lino
Tor subseltnentr insertions. ' ennnounieatlops on sub.
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tootle. or Marriages bot os.roodlug rive lines; will ho
irisertod without charge.
JOH PRINTING
Thu.,Carlfxle_llentld .1011.10tINTING OFFICE is the
largest and most complete 000111401 nm t in the county.
Three good Presses. Jutd a general variety of material
atilted for plain and Fancy mark of every . lcind enablus
ue to do Jol, Printing at the shortest notice and on the
melt reasonable , terms. Persona In Avant qj Ellis,
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acnerat . Anti toca 3itformatimi
- S. dOVERNNIENT.
President—a Aml:s Ituenvs
,VLe.o Preeldont—Joinv 0. BRECKENRIDGE •
Secretory of State Gen. Lewis CAEN ,
Secretary of Interior—dm:on Tune' trees.
Secretary orreeaeury—lfownkr[Coun.
Secretary of War—donx.lV. - Ttorn..
Secretary of, Navy —ie - Oke TotICEY.
Poet Master Oenerdl—A. V. Molex. •
Attorney Oenerli)—drlMllMl•g, BLACK.-
Chief .10 ti(e of the !Jolted Status—lt. B. PANEL
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STATR GOVERNMENT
advornor—WmLisu N. VAOKER. •
Socrolwry orSLILO—WII.II.OI M. RENTER. • 2
81.1rVOyOr IIoROIRI-- , 3011,i BOWE,
Auditor Geuered,-.IACOS FRY, JR.
Treasurer—Ur:Ay S. MrAnsw.
Judges of the Supremo Court—S.l,ms, J. M ARM
tenugga, W. B. LOWRIE Pr. W. Wonoten6t4JOUN AL REAP
COUNTY 'OFFICERS
President Judge-110...rames 116.0rahrtm.
•
•Axencintu Judgeg—lfon. Michael Cocklin, Samuel
PlllOl,lll.
—.District Attorney—Wm. J. Shearer.
• prothonotary—P{llllp Quigley.
lto,orifer S. Croft.
Iteglster.S. N. Eilimioger,
High Mcv.rtney; Deputy, S. Keepers,
-• - CpuutsTrensurerz-,Moseg - Itnekeic
Coroner—Slitellol_Ncetellan.,.
County Cominissionow—ho Are Kerr. ,k.f.uo)
;row, Nathaniof 11. Eekels. Clerk to Commissioners
James Armstrong.
Directors of the 'Your—neerge Brindle. Jotmn C.
Brown, Samuel THU. Superintendent of Poor Muss
—Joseph Lobarh.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
To the Honorable the Senators and ,Ifentbers of
thellause'pf Representatives of the'Cononott
. wealth-ofPennsyleania::
GENTLEMEN:—AIthough the year just closed
has been Chem!' great depression in the busi
ness and monetary affairs °film comitry, I am
happy to be able to announce to (he Rep.&
sentativem of the People, that the finances of
Permbytvanto are lira Bmuf..+utislirnto' ran.
dition.
Tlt &receipt s at, the Treasnry.from all sources,
for the fiscal year ending on the 30th. day of
Noveniber, 1858, were *4,139,778 35; and the
expenditures. for all purposes. during the same
time, were $1.775.857, Ott, leaving an excess
of receipts, over 'expenditures, of *803,921 29.
This exhibit shows that there was actually
in the Treasury, On the lot gay of December,
1858, the sum of $3113,921 '29, more than there
was on the Ist day of December, 1857 In
addition to this., among the expenditures fm•'
the year, were
Loans redeemed,
Rellet.notos redednied,
Interest, certificates redeemed,
Making of the public debt. funded
• 'and unfunded, paid during the
year, the auto of
If wo add to this the excess of
money on hand, at the end of
the fiscal year. over what re
mained in the We'astary, at.the
811.1110 tinte.last year, viz':
IV° havelito sum of
But. this is not nll.• The-amonn t
paid 'on the public linprove
moos, including damages and
old claims, during the. fiscal ,
year,' was $84.1,036 68
While the amount of revenue,
from the .same source, foe the
same period, was only
Malting an excess . of expenditures
over receipts, which happily
we.will be relieved from in the
future, of •
This spin uhould,..also,..be, credited Jo_the
operations of the Treasury, during the year,
for it was on extras rdinary expenditure which
cannot again occur:and wits, in fact, a matte
tiim of the liabilities of the Commonwealth; to
that extent.
If we add,this sum to the amount of debt
paid, and the excess of cash un hand, we haVe
fpr the year a•balance in favor of the receiptj,
ON the.ordinary expenditures, amounting, in
the aggregate, to 1it1.031,882
• But from this, however; should be deducted
the extraordintry receipts, which were
14. TheMttatht paid by the Penp- •
sylvania' railroad company, on
the principal of the debt due •
by said company to- the Com
--monwealth, for the purchase of
the main line, • $lOO,OOO 00
2d. The amount received from the
Girard Bank, for loans of the
Commonweidth, sold by. that '
bank,
In all,
'Which, deducted from the ihrogoing aggre
gate of $1,081,882 713, leaves the true balance
of the ordinary receipts over the ordinary ex.g
penditures for the fiscal year, at $903,882 31.
The funded.and unfunded debt, of the Com
monwealth, on the Ist day of December, 1857,
was as folloivs:
FUNDED DEBT
U percent: lona,
5 do.
• do.
4 do.
To this should be added 6 per
cent: coupon...howls Bold by
Qirnrd..l.lault, not.before
ported,
Totitt funded debt,
UNFUNDED DEBT.'
Rolief notes outstanding: .
Interest certificates outstanding,
• . Do. ' utadaimed, ,
Domestic creditors, '
TO al, unfunded
Mdking the entire debt of the.Cotonionweelth
at the parted:tamed. *Zifl.ifittf 188 '
The tanded and,unfusdell debt oTtlie:,ts
'ritilie:alasf cif .. .die' last tkaal
1;11858, stood as folliwts : • • , .
6 per ceilt.loths,
5 do.
44 • . do.
dp.
Total funded debt, 3;1,361 285
Relief' notes Outstanding, $105,450 00
Interest certificates, - "48:857 12
Do,. • ' unclaimed, • 4,448 08'
Total, unfunded debt;
Making the'flublie debt on "the ,firatof Dc
comber last, 1;69,488,243. G 7. Sihce the close
of Alio fiscal year, the, CotnittisOonerFL , ol the
-Sinking -gund-have-retleetneed-of-theAlve-per
cein. loom, the unto of-$.220,13'2 51, leaving
, I the real debt of the Onnimonwealt I, at tus
.thne,_ finuled and unfunded, ;;30 • •68,111 10.
To meet this, besides the ordinary S o urces
of public revenue, the State owns bonds re- .
1 i ceived-from the sale of -the public woftts, anal
which, I have every reason to believe, fire ell
' secured amounting to $11,000,181.-- - teduct- ,
ling Ibis Irma the outstanding..debt, it leaves,
to be otherwise provided forr the sum of $2.8,-
•
087,111 Ili.
It is believed tit a ;4ith the existing, ecotrees '
-ofrevenue,ltturthe , Olnervance-of-st riet-eco---
tunny. this' sum may lie reduced,'dttring the
current - . year, at least. $1,000,000. - - - '
/The present would seem, to be the appropri- j
ate time—when our nation is at peace-. and_
win:pile:kith and reasonable'prosperity prevail
within our own borders-to greatly redubf.l .
the public debt. We hilve but to carefully
husband our legitimate resources, _avoiding.
extravagant, and unnecessary appropriations,
and practicing a proper economy in - all the de r
portments of government, to render the entire .
'extinguishment of our debt a fixed fact.wit bin •
it Very brief pet-lad. . TOI carefuily gitartl , Elie'
public Treasury- at. - t hie. : iideresting - epoch' in --
our financial history, is se in - Mae:illy the duty
of the public antherities,.'t hat-1 cannot for one
moment believe that any ether policy will be
proposed, If there be any, who; relying on
the improved condition of the• finances of the.
State, would encourage the adoption of new
fo depleting the Treasury, or would
cut - off the sources croup present revenue.aud
thus reduce it, let' all such efforts, coming
front whatever quarter they may, he sternly
resisted Let Pennsylvania be just before she
is generous. .Let our good example lie a light .
in the pathway of our sister States, as well as
an admonition to bur - own local governments.
This is due alike 10 the shyers which Nevi
' Ammo - has - sobounti 'beStoWed' upon us;
and to that high character for lionestY„.and in
levity which has ever distinguished the peo
ple of WS good old Commonwealth:
pursuance Of the net, entitled "4:`J i AOP'
for the 'sale- of the State (Minds," appritAd* .
the 21st day,of April last, I did, as thOtii.=
Drier of the Ctimmonwealtli,..Oo.l INIO/2..Y
of May, 1558, convey to the Sunbury anti grie
railroad 'company, elf the public works be
lowin g.t othecommonwealt It en- retnal n ing
unseld, consisting of thejlelaware divisiott
the_ e lipper and Lower North. Brunch divisions
Branch division—and the Susque,
benne division of the Pennsylvania canal. with -
all the property thereunto belonging, or „ill
anywise ,ippermining, and all the cstale,right,
"title and interest of this Commonwealth there:
in, for the stint of three millions five hundred
thousand dollars To secure the- payment of
tins suiti,lhe'Sunnury.tut brie raitroad corn
, pany paid to the State TreaMirer its bonds,
r securcd by a Mortgage, as directed•by the act,
for the amount of the purchase money. The
company also complied; with the provisions of
the act which required it, as additional seen-,
rity, to el:matte and deliver to the Si a titfree
sorer a mortgage on the Delaware division for
one million--a mortgage on the Susquehanna
and West Branch for half a million—and a
'mortgage on the , Upper and 'Lower North
Branch divisions for half a million of dollars.
The deeds and mortgages were all executed
under the imutediatc supervision of the Attor
ney • General,. and were in strict conformity
with the requirements of the taw. , ' -
After the conveyances were d'uly executed
Mid delivered, possession of the canals was'
given to the railroad company.
$380.306 85
41,071 00
116 70
-. The net further provided that the Sunbury.
and Erie railroad company should not re-sell
the eanalq, er any part of them, without the
consent of the Governor; and that if n re-sale
were made for a greater now, in the aggre
gate, than three and a half millions of dollars,
seventy-five per comma of the evess should
he paid to the Connotative:4llu in the bends of
the purchasers. it was dist) provided that
upon ape-sale, the mortgagA''gTYen by the.
Sunbury and Erie railroad c-enip . t.ny to the
Commonwealth, upon the canalsyshould,,,be
cancelled by the State Treasurer'and surren
dered to the company by (hi; Governor, on de
posit made by the said company in the office
of the State Treasiirer, of an equal amount of
the dbouts of their grantees, secured by mort- .
gage of the canal or canals sold as aforesaid"
—with *revision that no transfer of ticeuri
ties should be made until the Governor should
be sitintied that tbc now seettrities
_to be given
were sufficient to protect tlw interests of the
State; nod that bin written approval of the
change should,be tiled in the office of thin :Sec
ret arrof the • Comnionwealth. '4" 7" -
Sales were made by the Sunbury and Erie
railroad, and reported to tne, - untler'the oath
of the president, of the different lines, as fol
lows:
The Upper and Lower N. Branch
canal, to thuNorth Branch en
nal
company, for $1,600,000 00
The West Branch and gusque
hanna divisions: to time West
Branch and Susquehanna ca
nal company, for
The Delawora division, to the
Delaware division canal (Mut- ' 4
pally or Pennsylvania, for . 1,775,000 00.
421,01 05
363,01.1 29
785 415 84
95 070 00
215 9GG, 'l2
In ull the BUM of
Upon investigation end inquiry, having ba
tmen) satisfied titer - these sales were made for
fair prices, and upon such, twins and to.such
persons composing the various piurchasinig
so
aoeialtons, as to insure The payment of the
purchase tuoney,they were-severally approved,
After the contract for the sale of the Dela
ware division had been entered into, .andmy
Consent lied been verbally given, and seventy
live thousand dollars of the purchase money
had been actually paid' by the purchasers,
upon the faith of the cent blot, and my assent
thereto, I was informed that a higher price
,had been offered by responsible I , ol'BollB, for
the canal But, under the circumstances, my
opinionwas' that the offer came tocriate;. and
as the railroad company considered itself
bound toeonsuMmet e the agreeinent I.4ra de
livery.Of tbrisleed end posse,sion of the prop—
cily to the first. purchasers, I (meld not: in
geocrsfitilit, withheld my assent. The North
Branch cane' dompeny, suhsequent to the
Purchase of Ant division, sold that-portion
of_the...eanal, lying between-Wilkesba rre end
Northumberland,,to the Wyoming canal cum
pany, for the sum of nine hundred and eighty
live thousand dollars:
On the 18th of SepteMber, 1858, bonds of
the various 'companion owning, the• different
canal's, secured by mortgages, were, in pur
suance of the act, and by my approval, dope- .
sited with the State Treasurer, to the amount
of two millions of dollars; and the Mor4zages"
on the 'canals given by thetbmbury .and Brie
railroad company, were cancelled .by_the State
Treasurer. nod surrendered by , roe to the cote
;tenpin, n ecorda nee with 'lite direct , Ann,
AI, Ihe seine Om a settlement-Ives [undo
mon wealth and tho ran)old
Ammrioy;)iy which -OM )9tmiodd
,to State r
28 000 00
%
726.000 00
$446,180 ' .00
8 8,773;212 G 2
1388 200 of
100,000 00
28,000 00
89,784.592 l• 3
$140,421' 00
23,473,82
4 448 38
802 5i
176,145 70
PAPIVIE Wela TXEIt WaREEEAT OSSOILM.
IM=ll2
$445,180
38,420,90.1
888 t.OO
MO 000
=
83,958 00.
600 ) 000 00
8,874,900 01).
care of the secular authorities. _This tieing
the eaSe,ll have, no IMsitatioh in assert ink that
thelinie lias'arrivell
_when its.tiillituportance
iheulclbe recognized,-and that its duo admin
istration 'should lee'"made The - dlifyThrti fully
-
organized and effective, as well as a separate
department hi the government.- -•
But the more Cure and promotion of our sys•
to uommon Schools-I-important and exten,
sive as it obviously is,.•should not bti, the sole
objet as of such a Deportment': If it is true
tliat the power to punish trime includes, also
the right to,provetii.jt, by prevbling for the
proper intellectual had moral training of ,tbe
people. It world seem;.to follow that the De
partment charged :with the latter atimeateits
cloutiti nice. be. in possession af..all:the:
sonnies and atibjeels or, eqloom,
ted to abed tight, upen lleitAnni et - of its . nel
111,0ce the,milleciimi.orpmg ment, end priiet)
eht-do4oetimin from peinantion and indmexial
seven! y‘five per contum or the, proceeds of rho
rft , salo and above tho CA/limo price of three,
and a half milliOnty This- amounted to two.
hundred and - pigllty-one thous:lnd Lwo hundred
eed fifty dollars, and *as paid" in.the follow—
ing manner, viz:. • ••• :
- Bond of ' •
sOcured by mortgage on• the
canal froth — Wilkeslmrre to
1
tt - -
twenty yeztes, with interest, at •
sis ptur cern., payable •
nualiy,t,' ' $2'31..000 00
wealth.
- • 26.1.2.ti1i 00 A. Suitable Deimittnentmfrtiblielnirritotion
will riot Itotiover, of itself, eifeM all 'atilt is
needed in this ahMetiOn.- :file general Vesillts
oftii common school system, 4Llreally,
show tho impoetaneu of its naturo, - atitiJhe
mognittnlo-of.-its-op • eratfons,—.lf-we-loolt—also
into its special siatistie, the conclusion,
E=M
Total;
The;io howls MT well secured, atid - lho
ne
cruing interest, and rttleipal, _whim disc, will
doubtless be promptly )iaity
--Freni-infortnAtion-i . 'En-reliable-character;
recently nOttuanniettied to . 1110 by the president
IC .rie rat rota commit ,
iappeamthat the prospects of on early mu
t plethui of that great public highway are very
_,,,eneiortraging. A large amount of work has
been done on the line of the road during the
past season, and at this time, very considera
ble portions of .t he road are graded and rapid
ty.approaching completion. It is thti opinion
of the president of the company, that, within
two years, the work will be entirely theistical,
so that ears will be running - directly, from lite.
,city - of - i'llitadelphialn - the - harbotrmlihde7 —
When this great enterprise shall he consuin
, mated, and the desire of its friends finally ite-
J complishaTthe payment of the three Millions
mild a half of mortgage bonds, whieh the State
Las received. in exchange for the annals,,. will
Aniquestiwtably he well secured —whirSt the,
railroad, itself, will prove of incalculable ad
vantage to our great commercial emporiumns
will as to the important, but long neglected
region through which it passes. - Its construe
' titan. will undouluedly add toAlte value . of the
real estate of the Commonwealth many times
its cost,, and develop_ited bring. into use the
rich resources of a - chuntry which have - hither ,
lirreniailitl'as' they
,tvtire lavishly strowo by
the hand of nature. I hareem abiding coati-'j
thence that The result will aleituLtntly prove
the WEAOIII Of Ihe IlleTA1114!, W With, . While it.
,guaranteed the eomplettoil of mitt of the great -
est' improvements-eyes projected in the CoM
mon wealth, it, at the sanuLtime„ divorced the
State front. the - unprofitable anal demoralizing
management of her railroads and canals.
' Whatever differences of opinion may at. any
time,. have been entertained in regard to the
'propriety of the details of the leg i slation na
thorizing the sale of the nude ine, or the
branches,. it eon scarcely he doubted,- du al, the
every.respeel,--be-vast
ly promoted by the transfer of the manage
meet of the public works from the State: to in
dividual owners.
The short experience that we-have had al
ready,-proves concinsively that:the Common
wealth-de- greatly the gainer, iii a: financial
point of v . ientiol it has been equally delimit-.
straqo that the people at 'large have been as
well,ifnot better accomitiodated, by the chatege:.
. it would, in my judgment, be a p ub lic ea-
Lunity, ft,
by'the happening of any contingen
cy,_ the ContinOnweatth -should be constrained
to again . become the owner,- and resume dos
nianagement„ of soy portion of the public im
provements:
The , power-of the Ceneral Assembly to pass
the act of the '2l.st of April, 1858, relative to
the sale ofllWBtAte canals. was questioned
before trite Supreme Court of the Btate, since
he tvithsp— of • owl ;Irina- frill lir.
g o
tplienree consfitutionalitY !if lie act was
sustained by the unanimous judgment of ,the
court. •
Since the sale of the public works, and the
settlement of the principal onistantling- claims
against the' State, it is obiioni that there is.
no farther necessity for a Board otTaltal Cern.,
missioners. or-a canal departzuent. I there
fore, recommend the. abolitiMl of the• l?oaril,
and that provision 111.1 MAC the the Ceeesrer of
the records to th'e °nice of the Auditor Ilene.
In view of the foregoing exhibit of our re-
Intrees'and financial condition, it is apparent
that a most interesting era has been reached
iu the history of Elio COIIIIIIOII wealth. Relieved.
1 . 1.0111 the entangling eaibariJi,eamiis of an es
tensive system of internal improvements. the.
tneans'of the State are now :mple for all le
gitintat eaturposes, and her public debt is grill
tunny but Certainly . disappearing. Front these
and other causes governmental action has be
come greatly simplified, and the n;ttureorthe
subjects of lie operation has changed in n de
gree no lass remarkable
The -Almost entire disposal of the lands
nhiah beConged to the Side, ling already die-
poised with
, one a the departments created
for their care,:Utd will, ultimately, render the
miter unnecessary. e . ..xeept' for preserving the
evidences of their transfer.'
The sale of the public works has relieved
the Executive brunch of the government of
many of-its most responsible and perplexity
duties, and in effect, dispersed with one of its
most formidable and diffictilt departments.
In the same proportion, the action of the
Legislature will, if the representatiycs of rho I
people be true to the interests remised, and
stonily refuse to entangle the public with those
numerous projects and entepri-es which are
continually !melting its' alliance, be simplified
and . coollondzed,.putdlied And strengthened ,
And it is as rernarliablv as it is propitious,
that an era which has thus relieved the -State
anthorities of burthens !btu consisted, either
of 'acre material interests, or the mare of local
administrations,--committiug the one to the
local sovereignty 'of the people, and 'the other
to private , or assn .- Mated ,enterprise,--should
also present for consideration and promotion
intellectualttna moral olaims of peculiar na
pe:ISM:O. •
11 is at this period , in our history, that the
system of public etlottathin elialleuges the at
tention of the most - unobservant. And I shall,
be numb mistaken in the cautious but stead
fast character. of the pc . ople of Pennsylvania.
if their-representatives du not make it the first
- object, of flick solitude.
The annual report of the Superintendent. of
Common Schools, will Inly beforeyots the pres
ent condition of the common school system,
and of its oilerations during the past year,
Your close and scrutinizing attention is invited
to the detaili of thnt document
Including the city of Philadelphia; it will bo
observed, that there were in the public rebook
of the State, during the year which terminated
on the first Monday of last Juno 028,202 pu
pils; these 'were instructed during an average
term of a little over' five months, in 11,•181
schools, by 18,8 teachers, at a total cost of
$2,427,632 41. , • ._ -
Here is a public interest, , -whether we ye,
gitrd its ramifications into every portion of our
social rubric, its large cost, the important pow- -
'CI'S over the present which it wieltls, or its in
calcidable influence upon the future, undoubt
edly, trancends all OUTS committed 'to the
CARLISLE, PA., WEpNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1859.
Matistitis, from naturttl_derests, such as
mesa and dumbness, blindness and itinney ;
from crime in its various forts and doveltM
mean's, together with 811515 control two, ail the
literary.nad scientific' institutions in the State
-as shall bring their fait condition I . IIPI . Nii.V:r
--8110-1111.1it14ii'helOug Co the B,l.M.,:Mparttnent.. '
Thereibre, moat.respectrully, but earnest
ly urge upcin your favorable
.consideration-sit
the present propitions-moment. the ortgltilvt-
Hon of such a Department, 'in ,the rooin
those for thes3nre of mere matter whose nen
cy is been or noon dill be :discontinued by
.
its working multiperb are indispenseblc'
It is needless attempt to prove,flie,trliists
that the properly qualified teacher is the .ifel tioa.of the power to revoke, or,annul the char
find 811e0053 of 1.118 0011001. But the facts lure l ter ; but it is 01111 ply a requirement .- I hat,- in 1
(startling, that of the 19,898 t..oers or, twlakiir•±: away the charter, the rights of the' ,I
public schools, exclusire,if those in l'hitaltl- stock rrolder.4 shall lie _ prof ented, so fur as is
phis; 4111 Y 5.0'57 •tri. , reported as , i qualitietr'cousisterit with the act of repeal itSelf. ldo "
for their important (rust ; while 5, 0 187 :tl4 re- not doubt that the Legislature ntay alter, re
.,„,:ne4 as I &on:Alit oi . ,:' Or such ,11 are wily tole- c coke, Cu' anon', any existing hattli charter,
.I
rated till hotter can be olitaincd !,;lath:! 9,• tkluenerer in its opinion the continuance of lire 1
- 313 - are-stated do - hu - "uttlitt" — dirtUltit - r i't - iiril4 iiliol'er nit}dia' injurious. tb the - en izetts of ilte
of.the 569,8101thildrda attendiu; ilia seltools" Cuntirtrinwealtlt; Arty other construrtion of
out of l'it.holelphia, only abo.tt 230 00) (lois the eoauitation A re , wcatiott„ wool.' in tke
than hoe half) are under pruner in itruotion ( the.interoits all 'safety of the paltlie set+ ir.. ,
and I rziitting ; 'while, ahotAt 910,000) art r,,liiitiv.) %tient to the grin of the private stiiiiktiolder,l
ing insulli sientinstruction t'roin inittelortt , seh- 1 Litliecio , , therefore. that-th Ire is no w.nit or L '
ern ;.
' .I00,00.) 4 1.0 110011/Hy in ellargo of persons' poser,, le unnut refrain Pro if nk pre isilig my
wholl) , unlit, for the taik,decided opinion th tt wire:lever it is eleay that
. .
This presents the subject in it. light that can a It talt•is intolc,oit, or in gr,rLt dot 2; ?.r of 11,i-
not be shot out. and thota4ft the great and a nno. coming so. nic whenever its privileg . a's are so'
mendable efforts recently tootle by the teach- • use I fir 11411te'l 34 to seriously pre judice the
ern 91 Pennsylvania, for their ti'iiii "improve-! interests 9f :he plight,. it it the Aduty Of the
meta: are folly recognized, it 'cannot_ be con-! lair-pitkiiig •milver to protect the people; by
coaled that there is a work Stowe be !g r out, in 1 destroying it. corporative eXitlyllee,.-
. ,
' 1 Ille' retation; - whicla world - seem to be beyond i - 4 tit this - soill'..ixioti '1 deent it tit y , if u ly 6, re ._ r•
I their unaided power to .iieettinplisli. --, - - !it orate the views expressed •in my inaugural
• When. howeAnir - r - WIT. ,true! - further into the f ml.lress- I then state I, 114 my decided ',min
special statistics of this lirlllloll,llc tile system, ) hot that Haire shou'd be tint further -increase
the material nlr imorovemmt: 14 lotimi 'to ho vof Looks or .. lmultitig capitabuifilerxlM present,
of the t utost promising kind. Ot' the 12.828 sy -0 0.11 --- - expr‘=ssed a :lan int hostility to the
teachers of (01r o,iill 11011 .1:11111014, 10.88)1 are ii•4,te 11C nibs- or 3 sal til 11 0111111.1 ill 01011.-11114
ander ti/ irtyyears of age. and -1 0.`. 1 1 , 1 me 00- recommended such aOa titg\i to our lows raa.
t i ve , mip,,,,,,..,5h„,„ii,.: and a lar 4 er prepOrtio n 1 tiro t o 111:111 4. their or,onization :til.l tit imago
than in Most. of tile - 01.111,4. States, are peria-1 . mind :14 . Iro'lllll.Bl ie 11 1 se e t tr o , b esok i all
telly - devoted to, the pi , oreTslim or I co,hit t. ..t r question,lhe moat ptyAlempt ii,th of all hills or
T o mo t et . IL li t f or th e p os iti o n to -sm e lt 1 notes put in Circulation by the seveiAl banking
1 hey asp' re -sziriVbitilittrilly.7 --- iftitt "or the', nest, 11146 , 46 , 11 H Of rite 0:1 , 11111 411 wealth.
I useful -and honorable in the
.witrl4-41, . W• 01.• satisfied of the imperfection ofexisting
•
ralSemp fl : e011,0114C-supply-of -well-quitlined-laws "
relative-1:1 - I1:111111r11111"trillIkillg. - 1 - ileein It
eotecesstirs,sis- the work te- be dote -- ' , arthity.to - inforititheier.it A . :;•ituitlily that I
Various moihrs of etfe:Ming Mrs - Object have , Mullett ~givellic. Ecount tee Approval to any
been suggested or tried; but after mature re- i bills eltartering Mblitional banks without at
flection, l am led-to : prefer that devised ,zy• tho ' t radical change in the entire system._ It is lint
tot of-Shy •20, 1857, entitled ...An Act Cl, pre-! just to :nate that ill my opinion a large maitiri
-1 •
vete . for the doe train"' ti , of le tell e1...4 for the I ty
,or the bulks or t %ite-Conmonw;mith are well.
contemn schools eillieState." It pl:l;eet ill :all S'arl.} . 1114 , 111g1/11 11111 l ill a perfectly sound
' relit . ' iim tot he Slate: the teacheer on the s•ttn,,,-coaditieit i•-bus -titi. is ‘l4“s to; the felitoSty
footing with the members of such of t h e other it, I iiiii'lligo.tife oe. those hiring eliat•ge or
learned professions as have beau recognized them, ratitee than to the, eflicieney of ilietaws.
by nubile authority; and it is to be regretted 'Under-the Tit in icement of incap•ilde or
,d,14..-
tiott the prostratitm of business amt . search y honest lima. experience 141 - iiintwit7th it there,'
of-money, that sei soon followed the - passage is really - but-little, ir any, - security to the pub- •
of the net, bad the oiled of checking -many t lie to the regulations and restrictions now to
l ok l o bl o o tr ort „, t o pot its provisions 101)1 o p o . , be 1 . 011114 in oar 6 lit trig mile. , True - wisdom
ration,- Linder-1 Ittiso--circumstancesnloes' ir -- dietates'a - reformation , .
not:become the ditty of the State•to afford - such : The ruitions - los•ses which have falleirlipon
!aid, or lit least hold out 011011 indtteeint:tits 44' the people during the financial pressure of the
shall enable this titeastire to be -fairly [listed ?• ', past eighteen imintlrs, suggest the necessity
The passage of a law guaranteeing, ilie pay- , of preventing their recurrence - Although
meat Qf tonyeleratosion to one teachers' ;heel ' many causes may. hove combined' to produce
in 00011 of tne 11141rtlq5 •ercatrit ..j/ .1.. t .0 . .41,,..., ./)isssii,,s , it is ho plain i ll „d n a ( o f
185 a, would no (lonia, 0111100 0 tottliei,_. intio - doubt,l
! tam our banking system te. t0,,,0 ono
her toestablish the elliaiettiV :toil practicability 1 of the !cost prominent. , The valifii:iiithe pro
of the plan.' to be completed in a few years; , chills metals-the prices of properly-and the'
, th e koor y oot , t o b e p a id till the schools w ere W:lgee Of labor-Ore always affected by the
lin full and approved operation. It is not abundance or scarcity of the paper medium
.1 prob ible . thitt this grain would cause ally cue-' received as a sultStitute for gold and silver
s id era ttli; A ra i) upon the T rea i mrs; to l l, even' cont. The power of the States to authorize a
ifthe whole 10101011 Sellool4 AMOR IlltillrltiliY ' paper ellereneY• lhe o bs ll the agency or blinks,
beestablished, the 1101111 untold neithet• be out ' has been so long exercised 11 11 7 1 ilekilowletlged .
o r p ro po r ti on t o . that,witiel t has been conced e d I throughout the I:nion, that it is 110 longer an,
In „ 1 1,„,. 1 1i,,,,,,, y 1,,,,,i,,,,i,,,,,,, nor the now t,. I open question. 1101 it tintst be acknowledged
4 . o r gra d ua t es beyond the wants of the comilinni- that I be louver I"' 1 ....0 , gr' ,3ll Y "bele , / The
' ty. lip to 11,1 e present time l'etinsylvattia has delegation of This alit !Lute of sovereignty to a
appropriated about iitillo,ooo in aid iirlier I Handier Of . ierss.sponsilile eorliordt tons, without
colleges and neatlenties, 111111 this nudely in ! proper checks 10 limit its exerejsy, and with
] the hope of obtaining from thrill teach e r s fo r ; o u t providing any seetirityithatevcr for the
the common seltools. Though the benefits of , fod , mption of the. issues thus, authorized, has
loo s ,„,,,,i, , ,, 0 ,,,,, 1 1 ,, r ,,, b een m o th er re s p eets , 1 tacit attended with evils of the mewl alarming
!
1111;10
eqMit le tht• amount given, it will be as. ! eliaraetei , .. These - corporations o re p rot ok o ll,
I sorted by no one that the avowed ail jeet hats! trade the exclusive judges of the minium. of
beeit to any moisideralde extent effected. It 1 paper curreticy to be. furnished to the people,
would, therefore,.appear to be time that the! :mil love the exclusive power to contrilet or
aid of the - St ate should be brought liir,Velly to i expand th-ir circa! it ion at pleasure„Depwis'
bear in laver of the great object so long con-I hors illid Other oedintef mellittn's of banks,
ten ipl a t ed. • " I nectinat legislation for their protection. Beery .
I have !lilts briefly laid before you the COO- I 11111.' Wilo 13:14 direct ilealingS' with these insti
dit ion of our noble ethicationalsystent. It will ,111q011s . either as depositor or otherwise,enters
afford 1110 sincere' pleasure 10 eolll.lOr ill the into mach engagements voluntarily, for his
adoption of these, or any other measures, for own advantage, and may be safely left to his
its perfection, that. the wisdom of the laigista- own vigilance: and the ordinary remedi e s o f
titre may devise. the lair, for his protection .410 the millions
:Itithis - eountry, the want of a sellout which of-people engaged in hulindrious titn•suits. the
shall combine the elements of „learning and fanner -the meehanic-the merchant -and the.
agricultural labor,: and thus ailit t ptitself to the laboring man-are under an impet•ions 'teems
education Of the farmer, 1111.4 Itqbn . ' most 4 - cri- shy to receive for their mereliandize and their'
ously felt;' for,;vtlillst our ninti4: s etilWges well labor. the ordinary paper eurreney of Oir''!
titled the, inettsure l if usefulness in iilftiir. up- country. • It is impossible for persons' of this
proprialit sphere' of influence, it . iiii:At he eon- . description to investigate the concert's of ev e .
.cededthat the training they impart -is badly try institution whole notes tire in circulation..
, adapted to the art of practical agriculture.' dti Gut no investigation could_stive them fr om the
PetinitylVania that interest 'is so-important as losses arising fount the defaults and frauds of
to dolootot at till-times our anxious attention t batik officers and the insolvettey of bank bur.
nod active support, ••• The Farmers' high lowers. •
School of Pennsylvania," lately projected and The note - holders of hanks have peculiar
planned by II few publie; spirit ed. illtlitilllllllii, „Wi no to the protection „f i b, go , or „„ tottt. ___ .
111111 0)111011 has received, to some extent, the They are involninarti'ereiliters; why) are forced
patronage, el. the blot e. and tow . e° "‘" h " ti. em to receive thc notes inithorized by the govern:
They have no direct dealings with the
or a number of our patriotic citizens, is 1)4%9- me ,. ,
tined to afford a place where young men ill ity banks They'do not trust the blinks from any
be educated al an expense commewaitinte with hope of gain. They have no profit in passing
their means. and to a condition qualifying the notes which they would* net have hind in
them for the pursuit of the business of the I.passipg gold and 541ver coin. They constitute
fit - rim Here, whilst doily occupation wit/ I Mill alitiost the entire community, and the humble
the body to the ability to labor. and give to 1111d'iglioralit arti.alivays the greatest sufferers
the etude"t the enviable Tenting l b ." ) be con- when it bank fails to redeem its notes. The
tributes to his 01111 support ll»ti"Ctille:llioll, it whole people arc, th ere f ore , d ee pl y i nterot ,d
Will instruct and enlarge his mind, that it
.in the secui•it v. of..the eirculittion allowed by
may give three and effort to all Ids thieve ef- law, although many of them may never have
fort,''- .The 4 " i g n e ,r l . he 'insti,lt'lle," is 1 o , Bf ' 1 and a share of bank stock, or heel-within a
roma a sc h oo l w h ere noys may ue Inerouguly 1 hundred miles of its plaec.of bnsinesii. The
edn eat ml in all thy branches of pantra 1 science f :
government that authorizes the issue of 11 pa
and. at the same time, be inured to the per- per currency is tinder a high moral obligation
foritinnee•of labor; so that. it their graduation to require maple and available security for its
th e y may return to their parents abundantly ..;ei i
l emp t• ion.
prepared to join the domestic circle, to give a,„,•e certificates of loon issued by the Gene. •
.il
right direction to the business of agriculture,
rag Government. or by this Codintonwealth, at
anti Oct well their part in every department of
life. Au object BO fraught with usefulness is a value to be fixed upon, with the power to
•
entitled to the highest commendation. reilitire additional deposits of security% from
The application of scientific princip.as to the time to time. • as the loans depreciate 'in the
market, would be as safe and available as ally
practical purposes Of life, is but realiziog the
could
hhi b e prov id ed.
and
which full benefit of those laws of nature, to"discover guaranided. .
and to profit by Which, is undoubtedly one of "View requiring all issues of banks hereof
-1 1110 great ends of human .reason. The mere , ter organized, to be secured by the pledge of
thi s i m p or t an t ot t ieet is held in view and etre ° . these loans, would enhance the value of the
fell by our higher institutions of learning. the present pones, and thus give the holders a pre
more valuable and useful will tltcy become. mium not, contemplated when they became
The Polytechnic college of .Peonsylvanin at purchnsers, and for which they never-gave
Philadelphia, is founded on this basis; andl
any valutiblo consideraticin. This enhanced
its attempt.to popnlariie seletice,4ti'dechunect Vitlllo WOllllll be derived fromit t privilege grant:: "
high acquirement with practical ability, is. eit by•the
_Stale, 111111 the Stale ought, there
presented ye -your •favorable consideration fore, to have the- benefit of it, - as far 118 this
• Under a resolptionof the last Kouse_of,lta, Jutty_he-steureti,by-legislatiom-,The-recent-•-
..,.....-.._ ...„.. ..... _ .. .
Presenlatives a committee was 'appointed. by antendmentio the Constitution ch•ctinmeribes .
the-Speaker of the Rouse. to examine the state tlie'powerbf the Legislatitre in creating State
and - condition of Several banks chartered' at _debts, with' ten exception in favor of debts
the session 0(1857... The resolution - directed ; contracted "to reticent the present outstaml•
the committee to . r eport to -the Governor the big indebtedness of the State." A law an
result of its examinatitin within ninety days I thorixing new State loans for the purpose of
after the ttdjourntnent, of the Legislature. - Onl retieetuit% the present over duel debt, would
the 20th of-July last, the report of the cent- 110 within the Constitutional exception. and
mittee, together with the accompanying old- would be free from objection on constitutional
dunce, was tiledaii the otlioe of the -Secretary grounds. -
Of the Commonwealth, it copy . Or ;,Witieh will The 'new . loans, thus authorized, redeettia•
be laid before tote ' Mouse of, RePresentntives.. '1)10 at the expiration of rirenty,yeara, with the
- -.ln view-of • the foots- reported-Tbrtllevour liiiiikiiigjiiivilOge - attiiiAted to thentwoult/ un
mittee. in • relhrenee to the .erganization aml douhtedlrsell - at a high_ preinium 'The. pro
stibsequent mann4Onent Of the _ Titign't,lonnty crags ortheir.sale should' hue ItSpplied to Ike
Bank, the etnwthr4l. CoutnY Bank,' nOd the pitynient-ef the present State debt, new" Over
}lank of Sharnohio, I Would recommend acme- due,,a.l94nting to more than seventeen mil
. .
fill inquiry into the present condition of these
I iiiititutionsonol if it shall be
a4C , 3l . l.aitted that
the public is i
likely to suffer njitry from - lite
farther existence et' eitli•Sr,•a sp2c ly an I ear
t: in rentetty . inay he found in a legislative re
. ..d.oftho. ".rights..and._privileges_granted by
the acts of incorporation. .. The power to alter
1 o:Ice, or milord Ole chorter or a bank when
' ever its continuance ratty, in the opinion of
the 1, - igislature, be injurious td the-eitizens or
the'Colunteuivealth, is expressly giVell by the
Constitution to Ilte General A.,..iseqrbly,— in he
exercised, however, - in stieh manner 111 j . 1 1.4
o i
nii.p.:ArTalTrinc ,)
zr,,, to . the . cuyitorol;itF..
. .. . _ •
Obedience to t.ltia . constit it( io ital" injun (i.A."7.
:w:131 . 14 require the - event: of. t:epeal of
the ehqrte.t• of it htlittt, care should he falcon .
Hutt the right 4 of the ittoelcltalees to the 8110,
puni 6Neti of, the biolc, after plynt-nt o,l' its
tiehu, W ere preteuted: And that suit ahle pro-
The ininaction containe.l in the Cotitito
,, 0, 1 1 ( 1, 3 F . e p.. 44 1 'no . e i.,„ _
charter shall he iu Ktio mumar a 9 tO IVOl'it4lo
111:1OStlee to the ourp,it•atOr,i,-i..;
lEEE
Pons of dollars Tinder this systetit the State
oanu would no' longer be held by foreigner,
and shipments of ,speeiv, to
pay interest, would therefore cease.
' As the corvette} , would be limited to the
ainnuni..actuidlyseenred,'•the- - danger-from ex
pansions, which have -heretofore stinnilatml
the incautious 10 embark ins ruinous onicepris•
es-. in overloading, '..:and in extravaganee iu
their expetlitureS„ would be greatly lessened,
if not entirely overcome, •As the securities
wool(' in the Lands 'of a high atl • reslionsible,
officer, t 0.451.1.e.,—i1,b-autholfity.A.u.s.eld,thettb,
- tor the purpose of redeeming the circulation,
• the power of the!banhs to 1111.04 .3peele p.iy
• to.nkts, al their own
.plen:illre, would bent ttn
Wystent prOptmetl l.y its ne.tr on op.
pimach to it specie basis as the condltinn anti
Ambits of the people are at - present prepired
for. •. 'fite,duiy of securing t he community from j
-10, 1 4 0 . 1 - 0011tinuallnirisingjtvirrnrrrairg - ife CifF—
rt•ne.V,. cannot be longer delayed, wi,thout
m tnifest disregard of the public interest r.
To& subject, is thereTure coonner
early attention.-
•
The' report of the commissioners appointed .
to contr . :ill': To'r and superintend the erection
Itf :f otoottoteitt to the 111011111Py Of C 114011.1 Of
who were slain or lost, tl4ir,
lives iu the late war with inform
tha Liigi.datttre of tim p:mcee had on that
subject. Alley receiving .propo.iali for Ilia
I el.:in hitt of. the in,jitittactit, attl,,llLi a Lytioucif
liTirtto, it was , Kitertnined, in view of rho
liul
lied and ittalimitate appropriatioi for
th!, : al.llC.lllqtlicilitnent of the purpo.m. - IFY the
L.i...;is'ature, to .post plat! Ht.! c MCIIMItie•
or the work . until furtliar legidation'
colthr,lidiatl. 'lt i; 610 1111i1C1,111 of ilt,i coat
th tt vuclt U11141111111.'111 ?It W , 1111.1 a,/
or; lit to the State, and honor to the living
:in I th tread, c innot tic built Mr a, de, , 4 snot
II tii't flirty thoo-mnd r lie'
5h0111d.,1 , 011 , 2111. 1111111 a 11/1111011, the Illyro •
repOrt of the ~tar's will iti
fo..ol you of the pro'rees4 at t iti t Ilea; 11 00 , .110
:111111qVi/..!...1 fir 1110. 1:14 I, ~.;i4lattire. 'WO 1110
ri101.1.1 C 1117116111 of 11 1 J Lihr,il,y, I t
/WlllO ha 311 ill. 1141160: 110,1-vei ylOll.
elll-0- 1 fr 4111,1 otiattoca I t o 'yO or
toOliqn the sttg , ! ...sti,,i): til!
Toe retort 'or the .I . i.t.titmicy.dlcaeral.,witich
trill Laid litiMre you, will exhibit the oper
t of the Lev D..p.11.111111111 or 111, govern•
mutt, for the'pit , Cycarr Tltr tt-it :ti' the
_2lst
, of .00AptiVe4 1110 A. 1 101110.V . '
.GOllOl%ll to
. 1:001 1. 11.1 t OEIO al 11:11.01.S 1 / 1 1, and •
which-provide; . Iltai-add , delits-dite to-the Id
111111%1'0alth, ,111•111 he 00110..10 Lbv that
bar pruned to be a highly
Miler P.a. _pFuvi:,imi;_larg.. - i on s
which were foraterly-imid 'Mr
shots awl cffitus,•ll:ec.. In I I Iwinipeovel ;11,0
11.0 3{ 1 0 . 2 , 11l inconsidorclile degree
twin:; to the prompt. a mumr it out- ,
stmditi,o claim.: are collected' 4L111 . 11;II.1 -into
the St.it , Tre.tsitry. r 4.
'flue .kdittl rop int, which will
be. lahl .before yen, will show ill detail the
1)1•0;.t-condition or the. Nilitary D: psi
I W11111 , 1•00:111, • TIrlIlly 0-111 the :1110116.011 0 ,11_6 10 I.
rh'.41..11,11111e. 111 the 1;,T011111101111:160ILS ,
officer.
rhe militia law - of 187,5, lyart — h3,t been fully
te.uel: bat it believed to tt, in the main,
tin•itignvvemeut nu the laws iu i;iree at the
lima or its p tNsage
_One of its hest relieves:
awl, line that sliolita he • striatty eat'erre
dist, the patent iti self-supportifte• lit uo
colktingeney shoal that elapartiaant he a
charge uponthe public Treasury, in time of
peace.
fit referring the attention -tif the Legisla
ture„.to. th 'A
e. elaborate reports or the tflitor
General anti State Treasurer, relating to the
fbninces of the State, withal will no laid before
yon, i cannot refrain from giving expreision
to my views on the importance of a change in
the utotle of keeping and disbursing the public
moneys.
The State Treasurer receives and disburaes
between 1 . 4111 r alld five millions of dollars len-
nwokr: not tirirregtivutly happens that
there , ft balance in. the Treasury exceeding
one minion of. dollitry. The bond of the
Trea,trinr is but for eighty thousand dollars.
. .
Ile leposits the money or the State wherever
he pleases. tool it is exclusively on hid own
check. The monthly Sell 1 emm s with the
Auditor General afford some security that the
funds of the Commonwealth trill not he mid
applied: but it is entirely inadequate to the
complete protection of
.the public jnterests.
Until the State shall adopt it different Nys
ton for the collection, safe-keeping and,.dis
hurcutent of her revenues, the money on hand
must be kept either in the Treaatry vault or
tievosited wtth the It:inking institntions in the
State. For tnan,y
. years the latter :emit! has
bean adopted: I res,peetrully recommend that
Ilt/Vitiio/1 he made by hue that RIO 1110110 y shall
he deposited in:itny bank by the Sate Treas
urer without reiptirinr security to be first gie
,en to the Commonwealth, tor the re-payment
of 4tie sums deposited—that all cheiiks issued'
by the State Teeontiver to be contersigned by
the Auditor General; before they are used
'and I hat daily 1100(11110.8 of 'the moneys received
nfhd pail/shall be kept in the Mike ort,!ic Au
ditor Getytal, as well as in the Treasury De
partment.'
The commissioners appointed to revise the
eriminoi code of this Commonwealib. Vh.j.
gressing.with the duties of theirn plibinttnent, -
iwd
,wildreport the revised code Wore the ad
journment of the Legislatitee.
The vttriou_scharitable and reformatory in
stitutions, which have It'ert4Othre received pe
cuniary assistance front tho State, such us
the State ''Lunatic Hospital, at Tlarrisharg—
the iVestern Pennsylvattht Hospital. at Pitts
liurg,—the Houses of Refuge, at Philadelphia
and Pittsburg—the Pennsylvania Iraining
School fir idiotic and feehle , minded children
—the asylums for the blind and deaf and
dumb, at Philadelphia—the Northern Home
for friendless children, at Philadelphia ---t
recommend to your festering mid and care.
The annual reports exhibiting tt detail Of the
operations of these noble and excellent chari
ties, daring the past year, will he laid before
you... I _minuet_ recommend- appropriatimth to ,
charitable associations of a purely local char
acCer, however praiseworthy the ()Wets and
motives of their founders and supporters, or
however useful they may ho to their particu
lar localities.
.. The present condition of the revenues of flit;
General Government, demonstrate the urgent
necessity of increased ditties upon foreign its -
portations. The people,of Penneylvitnia have
over taken a lively interest in the.proper ad
justment of a tariff ;. and they have, wit h. sin
gully unanimity, at all times, favored such an
assessment of duties, as would not only pro
duce revenue, but furnish the largest inciden
tal protection to the great mineral, manufie
tnring, and industrial interests of the country.
Gad their voice 'hitherto been more potential
in the councils of the nation, it is no longer
problematical that much of the pecuniary dis
tress, lately experienced by all classes and l ,l
conditions of business men, -might have ban
to a great extent averted, The •nece,ssities of
lice government and -1,11 . 0 people,: nom,;:alike:.:
ilehiatidliAtinde"- -- alffiicrese of dutieb—and
I take great pleasure in endorsing the views
Of the President of the United States its ex-•
'pressed in his last annual message, relative to'
1110 change proposed.- this advocacy of specific
duties onall,..commoditieS whiCh are; usually
sold by weight, or by measure, and which,
front their nature, aro of equal or of nearly
equal value,—such as iron,_of differint etas-
' ses, raw sugar, and foreign wines tine spirits,"
has met with a hearty response front the great
body of the peotle of this State It is to be.
'ope,itliaLids.views. thisepiestion-will-be
favorably regarded by Congress, and that the
notion-of the Federal Government may corres
pond With , the suggest ions. of the President,
When If was eallini.upon tvoisunie the gob,
°material qbair, uoarly:one year age/ in dor,
EMI
$9 l . 50 Per annum In advance.
$2 . 00.1f.n0t paid In advance
ference.to' public •opinion, and 'l4 own_ fool-,
ing.4, after a rapid review of events in Kanias,
1 stated, that "to the people or Pennsylvania
thomlthission of a now State into the Union—
in! o that Confederacy of which she is a mem
boy -Linunt dm tit all titne4 a subject. orliigh in
tertnq And I. believe I exprnss their - sentiments
Is won .00 toy own, in tioularitig that all the
inallinikia MI100) . 3 or a 'remit ry Nhoikld haven,
matialliy opportunity to r rticipate
looting thilegatcH to form ft Uo criterion pro•
paratory to admission as a 'State, mid, if de
ired'lTTlTOWnr6T*47l,,itgrilre atrtiwed an
numalined right to rote n oon such eonstitu
hitt after ir. is framed:" •'' •
. stil,equeot evelits, r imve ea/Int:tiled tete in
tho.-te'senthipAtts. 'nit, deplorable dispute in
Atte tir..d se:miott ofthe.pv,tquitt Con:;rees,-il-the
popithtr exeiteumt. re s elling from those die.:
pines, togetherydtkothar_proce4dirigs-itt-their--
fiTtomt novel and.tilo.rmino.; would "all have
been averted had' the people been seettred-in
'tlte unqualified right' to vote (twin their do.
MU
nr.,it to instil Miens.' regret to no coutpelie,
0 0 Soy. that. under various pretences, this,sa
tcre,l l'ronchke has been:virtu:llly withheld
',front Ibett. When they refused to tteeept tho
.1 / 4 0.41cozipt on 'Constitittion, m ade for them by
I dellswites repicmetding, the minority, they were
explibitly denied the privilege of making their
own Omit it tit ion, 11111088 up-on a condition not
previously exacted. If they accepted. the
,LO
- emnpton-tlon talon, they - ;, -- ettte - re,l -- upti 'the
sisterhood of St vet at once, with populatioa
i than Otte holfof the existing ratio of Con-
I gre I repre.tentrztion; but, if they. refused
that COll , ll it 1111011, they could not be admitted
,into the Union, tritli the amitiriition'of their
r choice, until they wore ready itt :Maw, by a
brural 0e i lit, th it they had attained a popu.
lotion equal to th it. ratio. Th t in results intro
beconie historical. ,
'rho loot expressive vote 'of- the people of
itCan•iao against, the net of C;ongress, commonly
known as the English bill, bas.for in time .hr"
I
reitt.d Congressional intervention. Petee 11/8
'1: , 1 . 1110 , 1411 , 111C.-/ . 1.4111 Of, TOteß Of the Pe - ople, •
mot front the sugzest hut- , of tintside influences. ,
Bat, duritig the angry reolinp which this curl
-0,1 0,a , ,y, hos aroused, the theory has been
, st tai ci. 411 , 1111 : 4Mo] npo,o, that it will hence
, 1'01.4%1,14e th in )Int.} . 91 . Cottgres.;. l lfo ptOtect
slavery in the territorie - s, it' the people in the
territories ;+ll/11 tO,llll so. l'he w.trrant_.
tor• this extraordinary a lfeged
tO e.v.kt in the thmision of rite Supreme Court
of the United State, in the e Ise of Ored Scott. -
Flotertaitiing, as I do,' protitund reverence for
the IIeeiSIOVS !hot ougast
st'atoling retilyto obey them. whenever - they
an` enUnciated, I have, yet, ).1 in
to 1 _ Zovibeeil
o
cn.lcuctiiirn con - Int, ftirly given
to; (hell' 11:1211011 1110 0040 rel . ol'l'ea 11). Such
'a iloctrino, 110 matter how sanctioned; or sup.
ported. will shake the very pillars of , their
yonititutional, fabric. 11, would compel every
territory to elevate property in elates . fIhOVC
other description of property—and to
motthlish n sla - ve code in its early municipal „
rQ;Pilot bins ; "or else it would ep»vert_the.Con,:,-.-.
gee-is irito*.tt theatre of eritithiat ion - mid conftt-
Aim; llt e. whole count with to rith.
Anti all This , without secUring a single MlV,it t :
_rage Iu thelOrth, or protocting a single right - --
Of soot It. ...
Regarding Myself its fully conunitttatto t
doctrine of popular'sovercignty in its broadest
sense, can never subscribe to thin theory cf_.
tlottgre , sional intervention, as understood and
supported by the opponents of this doctrine.
Ily popular sovereignty, I west no violation
of the rights of the Sill! CS assault upon
the institutions of the south—no. appeal to
sectional prejudices,. Ott the contrary, 1 re
! grid We doctrine a's the embodiment of the
poputfar will in States and Territories, no the
conservator of the rights and the equality of
States and people—and as the bully tneans by.
which a vexed and dangerous I o. P , itation will ,
•
belsatistactortly 31111 perpetually "settled."
' t
theory equally heretical has been ad
,
voneed in another portion of the diction. It
has beam held that. this government, divided
into free and slave Suites, as it was framed by
, our Ilevolutlanary Fathers, cannot enditre—
that all must become free, or all become slave.
When such it doctrine shall be enforced, the
Constitution will have been subverted—State
sovereignty prostrated—State rights disre
garded, and the liberty or the people destroy
ed. It should meet an indignant rebuke front
every lover of his country, and the blood
bought right of the people and the States to
self,government. . .
Under the Various annindinents to the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania, the influence of the
Executive 11118 been greatly reduced by the
transfer of patronage from the Governor to'
Ile people. • This is .cat-ttccordattee with the
principles of self-government, but it must be '
acknowledged that in relieving the Executive
from many serious responsibilities , it has di
minished his ',Willy to nntlittitin the rights of
the State against Federal and other encroach
-1111111111.8 thrown n greater share of re
sponsibility upon the people.
The extensive patronage of the Federil
Government, and the large salaries paid to its
officers, iu comparison with those of the State
present constant .inducements to our' citizens
to overlook the
,State in the pursuit of more
lucrative employmentstuultir the United States
'lt is therefore the mono necessary that. the '
people should whir,' the sovereignty of tint ,
.Statesivithinerea - ming'warchfillile,is. TheCoit
'dilution of the - United States contains the
great fundamental principle which. should
govern its construction:of every tplestien re
specting the extent of the federal- powg,r„
'The powers not delegated to the United Slides
- by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to
the. States, are reserved to the States respec
tively, or to the people." It is oil this broad
platforth that every chant of .federal power
not - granted by the Constitntion, should bo
sternly resisted. The tendency to centraliza
t Hon is so great, and the overshadowing Witt-
CIICOS of power and patronage so seductive,
that liberty , cannot long he . preser'ved without
the exorcise of sleepless tigilence in enforcing
,strict'constructitin of the fmleral compact.-;•-•
The doctrine of Slate rights is the doctrine of
Arno liberty. - Popular-sovereignly is - the life
Mood of our-free :institutions, and- the palla,•
dinui of our 'safety. Every patriotic induce
ment. to sustain those great principles should
be fearlessly held out to our citizens, and ex,
' cry unauthorized itssumption of power should
be resisted with unceasing energy, and by all
constitutional' Means
Having' now discharged the duty imposed
on the Executive by the Constitution, 1. cannot
conclude without eongrat slating you upon the
peculiarly favorable auspices under which you
cuter upon the duties of' the session of 1859.
- - .
Few important subjects of: legislation' press
upon your Attention Prudence, firmness,
fidelity—a watchtid regard for the interests
of the CollllllollWelli th jealous guardianship
of her iinances=ou the part of the government
—aro all that are required. under Providence,
to ensure the continuance and increase of our
onward prosperity. Pennsylvania may then, ,
at no remote period, rejoitio in the_extitiguish
/tient of her .publie deht--the repeal -of-her on- - '
credit nidarnished -a fregand popular cilim-
Nona system—Mu' nn irolustrious
people, prosperous aiiii happy. .
- WLLLIAM I'. TACKER
.EXECUTIVII
H
arrisburg, January 50859. .•
.Soulhey nays in, one of hin 'ottani:
have told you of the Spaniaritwlio aliva:ys put
on his spectacles. when about to eat cherries...
that they may look bigger arid morOtemptlly: .
I it . like mmniterrllo ni e - Milay in on t ;
and _thonghi do ilot-eanl el'ipa away irom
my qiiiibles, I pack ,(hem in as Wad Compass
as I can fui• myself,' and nosier lot tikelitto any
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