011111011NRIDEINZI MINA
BENJ. F. SLOAN, EDTKIEL.
SLOAN 4. MOORZ, PUBLISHERS
14A TrRDA Y
Democratic State Conveation'.for 1807
The Ftetuderatic State Convention, for the purpose of placing in
iiominatiora condi/alga fnr fievorraur, radial Comudirrioncr, and
Judge of tie 'Auprerne Court, to b. voted for in Ortribry next, trill
hr held at HARRISBCKG, on MaliftAl", the seeded day of March.
I 'Cir at I) o'clock, A W.
.1 W FORNEY,
Chbireun of titat. t 'enttal Committi,
Democratic County Convention.
The Democratic , Mettler of the etiontY of File aro roqaestod to
alert in Haute respeettve Wan* Boroughs, lanai Towashipa, at the
140 .. of holdinc their crooral t•tootioso, oci Saturday th. 31rt ibor
of January teat—for the porpaw• of eleitUnit tau deititatime to a
tounty ooneesona to be hold in the (•Ity of Err on Honda , the
2th, dst• of leimary Dell at 2 o'clock to appoint dehitattsi
I.
suite Convention to he held at Harrh.burgh on the N.. of 14 5 17 ' 1,
oett, The delegate* to le. ee.leeted in the Toanehipa at 1.. I'. Y.
and in the Wards, and Rorourha, at 7 p. U.
THOXAFI MELLON.
BEN/AKIN GRANT
HENRY COLT.
HECTOR Mt:LANE.
.1 11. STE W ART
HICNRY 6 I NGRICH •
H MALLERY,
Central Committee
News of the Week.
IE=EI
—lt is pretty certain that we are to have a telegraphic
communication with England, and that, too, within the
next eighteen months. Thing of Utah" one hour later
from gurope" —what would our grand daddies have said
had come Professor Morse told them that such a thing were
possibl.e. But Yankee enterprise, and Yankee invention,
is equal to any emergency. Upon this point the Washing.
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Sim says: "The mana
gers of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Company have
bad a satisfactory interview with the President and other
authorities here, and have expressed a confident belief that
this Government will afford aid to the enterprise in like
manner as the British Government proposes to do. That
Government promises a certain amount of business to the
company, and sufficient, as is supposed, to pay four per
rent on the capital of the company, which is stated at
$350,000. The President may recommend to Congress
some provision of the same sort, but to less extent. The
line will undoubtedly bare business enough to answer its
•ucce.s. & considerable portion of the stock is held by
American.. It was an American project. The contractor
for laying down the wire is an American. It is English
only because its American terminus le in British North
America. But the enterprise ha• now such headway that
will be executed whether with or without the aid of this
,n.vortim sat."
--'' , utue few week , ' stare we recopied the far. thattean
FeArtaa, E.g. of Lanceater, bud become innsee, and had
hero conveyed to the State Aufam Dear Harrisburg. We
are n , nr called upon to record hie death. which took place
in that institution nn Tuesday of last week Mr. F. wu
about fifty-five years bf age, and had, for a number of
years, been one of the most active members of the Lances ,
ter bar, enjoying a very extensive and lucrative practice.
Excessive labor in his profession, it is thought, brought on
the first eymptons of the mental malady that hes at length
reached such a calamitous termination; though it is proba
ble the more immediate cause of the worst stages was
anxiety about business affairs, and extraordinary excite
ment about politics during the late election canvass.
bas always bees a prominent Democrat, and went into
polities, as into every other pursuit, with the whole energy
o f a warm, impulsive nature. After the election of
November last, his excitement, seemed to increase, and
this, united to other sources of disquiet, brought him td
inch a condition that proper restraint and the best oaratArs
measures had to be resorted to. His death, under such
circumstence; is peculiarly afflicting to a large circle u
friends.
—The Western Reserve is proposed u e new State, out•
side of " Ohio Proper," which " goes Democratic" by si
small majority. The Cleveland Plauscioader thus speakal
" ' Ohio Proper' Deed have nothing to say about affairs id
'The Rmerve.' We are • peculiar people, running alto•
gether prieeM, puritanism, and pumpkin vines. Oberlin
is to Ilse eapital of our new State, and Giddings is to be
t nelasn Young of the concern. Women are going to
Vote; aud men ere going to part their hair in the middle.
Pantaloons will give place to pantalets, and white mon will
not be allowed to run at large without their pars. Our
only ittch - e kerd - a - siVrirantEr' TilPti)EasuglaMAili
be construed strictly, and ill men will be considered equal,
and some a little more so, depending on their color. The
St,te of 'The Reserve,' ei the grace of Joshua R. Oki
dings, is hereby declared a free and independent State.—
'Ohio Proper' and all the other States of this Union will
please oonduct themselves accordingly."
—Ererybody will be glad to see, by the noose proceed
ings of Wednesday, that there is a prospect of the speedy
demolition or abolishment of depreciated foreign coin, and
the substitution of our substantial and every way convenient
decimal coinage. Mr. Phelps reported, with amendments,
the Senate bill, relative to foreign coinage and the coinage
of new eent pieties. Mr. P, explained that the object was
the withdrawal from circulation of all depreciated foreign
coin, receiving Mexican and Spanish quarter, eighth, and
sixteenth of a dollar pieces at twenty, ten, and Ave
The Committee of Ways and Means propose that the
President !WI 61, by proclamation, the description of the
new cent coin. This preeendent was set in 1796. Mr.
Phelps urged the immediate paepage of the bill, objection
being made, its consideration was postponed for two weeks.
We trust it will then be "put through," and become a
law.
—We learn from the Pittstrirgh Pow that • gentleman
named Dr. James Ill'Elheney, residing about twenty miles
distant, along the banks of the Ohio river, arrived in that
city on Saturday with a large arm chair, a walking cane, a
broom, (all carved from hickory in the moot elaborate and
ingenious style, by his own hand) and two wild turkey.,
all of which he had borne on his back the °Ore twenty
to be forwarded by express to Hon.Jaines Buchanan,
a. a New, Year. present. On laying down his precious
cargo in the Diamond market, the rowdies of the oppositioot
leering his mission, succeeded in stealing the turkeys and
cane, but the poultry was subsequently recovered through
the assistenee of a gentleman who witnessed the theft, and
the articles safely lodged in the express office, and hare,
ere this, no doubt, reach their destination at Wheatland.
—Cireumstanoes, says the New York Exprew, which
hare lately come to light, seem to make it apparent that
New York has been a nest of stare hoiden, and that most
ut the TO/Nil libiCh carry on the nefarious trate between
Africa and Cuba are owned and fitted out in Now York.—
The number of slayers fitted oat in this port, within the
last three years, though not easy to state with precision,
cannot fall short of twanty-five or thirty. Since Mr. Me-
Neon:because C. S. District Attorney, in 1844, three slayers
have been seised, sad forty-six men held to answer under
various statutes; bat only two convictions hare been
mule.
—Re►. Isaac ff. Kelso, better known as the author of
that infamous Know Nothing work entitled " Danger in
the Dart," some time since sued Robinson it Sharp, pro
prietors of the Cincinnati Bareirer for libel, on account of
stricter*, published upon the anther in connection with
Lb* work, and ban obtained a judgment foe one rata dam
ages. Not much "danger in the dark," after all
—The Cheeinaati ilDareinvr, in a long amide on porkolo
gy, mate, that the belabors of that City pay tie swam of
hogs, forty mate apiece for the privilege of killing them.
They pay this sea and make • handeorse profit out of the
OW. The at of the eatratie I. converted into /art by
etas" rowan, the bait is mod fee Malin sofas. am, and
the eotreile for varies& meaufaelmriag pitrpome.
—A yams sea abosit,siebtoes years of as., mused
Beddow, sea of William Dodder of Peachkorpsie, had a
narrow swaps eta Thursday laid from a horrible death.—
lie was at week is the wastitae skop of Issas Clothe,
Poegbliospeito, and appease:Wag too seer thOmaebisery h.
was eamidit by tie bolt sod drasred is, the maehisery was
.topped es soon as possible, whoa the young maa 1,114
drawn forth dreedfally braised and maagled, Ms Mother
literally tors from his body. There ars !topes of his n-
—A Washifigton Letter writer to one of the city men
~y. Amu of psepereleow Miami to lost. when itbd. •
me•-oLwsr would set hold all the elms sad apple
toddy drank in that city ea Nov Yeses dap. It is gener
al ly •onsd*d that the ow and apple' dime, era a quail"
o Welt ttiossed to intasisete every ono Who tad them It
•soeh cooseetions. The scientific world is at a loss to
mulled, tits edict by ear paw cense.
—Tbo didWhi r ormoodoi with As hes Basks la DU.
voio, oositimo. !boy robe= &AN bows op to Iwodoilaro,
in 'Uwe sobs, paying Item, bolldlsoi, N. The ammo
b. broken, who la Me eoaiegaN• opiamatio nee
epos Sb boil& BM.. of I& lOW bore aim* Nob.
aosood witbdouriat *irk moossidos fits tbokboolt Moms.
went., sad Iwo Mt thew to Now York fie nis.
• —The Inalogloa oomapophat of tb. N. Teak
Jhrotet, 'Milo; on Oa 40, arr. him ApOoloi,
Kola*, Vie Is to goaded Oa sopa fee liar. 70tiessik,
wired lo day.
.ft• *ad of Me oimial, it *Kb
uiko a look 114 Solisoka otabliolkoost•
GOVERNOR'S NESSAGR
Tn tispHosioralle 16s Senators Ind .tfetiffiers of.&
Heir of Represedatices of Si General Jam*:
Flitow-errizess)sssln oto the Oonstitution
and hit of Ibis CoMonweitron have assembled
to dhieharge the impertont and responsible duties that
devolve upon you. to protect the rights and privileges
of tia people, advance their interests, and prone* the
welfare and prosperity of the state, should be the aim
and end of all your legislation In the discharge •)I
my duties, it will be a pleasure to co-operate with you
in the accomplishment of these objects.
The past year has been one of unusual prosperity.—
The bounties of a kind Providence have not been Vk itil
held from our Commonwealth. A plenteous harvest
has rewarded the labor of the husbandman. Honora
ble industry, in all its departments, has been encourag
ed. No financial ernbarraicateate--no commercial
distress—nu political or social evils, have interrupted
the progress, or checked the energies of the people.—
The great interests of education, morality ant
have been cherished and sustained. Health and peace,
with their attendant blessings, have been ours. 1 . 0
Him -who roles the Nations by his power, and from
whom cornett' down every good and perfect gift: art
we indebted for these mercies, and to Him should be
given the homage of our devout gratitude and praise.
The financial condition of the Commonwealth is highly
satisfactory. Every demand upon the Treasury has
been promptly met and paid. without the aid of Maus.
The operations of this department will be exhibited in
detail in the report of the State Treasurer.
For the fiscal yeur ending Nurenibtr 30, IS. 6, the
receipts at the Treasury (including the balance in the
Treasury ou the first day of December, 1H55, of 81-,
243,697 33) have been 86,621,937 64. The total ex
penditures for the same period, were 85,377.142 22
Balance in the Treasure, December 1, 11+56, 81,244.
`795 42.
JANUARY 1114114 Sr•
Excluding the balance in the Treasury uu the tint of
December, 1855, the receipts, from all acuree• wen•
$5,378,240 33. The ordinary expenditures fur the
acme period, were $4,113 144 77, showing all excess
of receipts over ordinary expenditures of $1,265,09;i
-56.
The extrannlinary payments fur the name year. were
$1,263,997 4.i, /lb follows, viz. Tu the eumpleuon of
the Portage railroad, and for the payment of debts
previously contracted uu diat work, $181,494 11; to
the North brunch extension, $124723 52; to re-lay
the south trick of the l'olumbia railroad, $267,000 00 ;
for motive power in 1c5:,, $118,049 4'2; to enlarge
the Delaware division of the Pennsylvania canal. $l3-.
960 00: for general repair+ in 1853-'54-'55, $63,96.i
11; to domestic creditors. $l5l 63; to old claims 011
the main line, examined by the commis.ioner , , and
paid under the act of May 22,1r56. $130,512 09, to
the retle.,iption of loans, $327.821 47: and relief notes
cona•lled, $.3t1217 1)11.
The iiiicre.t iiii the funded debt a hoh 6'll due• to
February and _kaglist last, was then paid. and that
which becomes due in February next, will be part
with etinill promptnes.. out of available means now in
the Treasury The punctuality with which the interest
on the public debt has been paid. and the ability of
the Treasury to meet all legitimate demands upon it,
have inspired public confidence in our securities, and
contributed largely to establish Lou! sustain the credit
of the Commonwealth.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund report the
sum of 8'122432 93 as due by the Treasury to that
fund. This amount will be applied to the redemption
of relief notes now in circulation, and to the payment
of the funded debt. Heretofore the available means
in the Treasury have been applied, to some extent, in
payment of outstanding temporary loans, which bear
an annual interest Of six per cention; it being deemed
advisable as a matter of economy to pay these loans,
rather than the funded debt, which bears a much less
rate of interest. It is expected that the balance of the
temporary loans will be paid before the close of the
current year, and the operation of the sinking fond re
sumed and continued as directed by law.
The funded sod unfunded debt of the State, includ
ing temporary luaus, oti the tint day LA December,
1835, as per reports of the Auditor General and State
Trvausurer, was as follows, viz:
Ft NUM) DEBT.
6 per cent_ (owl. $114,1L4 9:3
5.. .du.do . .3,•,94)5,115
♦.. _do ....do
Tutti funded debt
Relief notes in circulation $25%.771 ill)
iatereat certificate% outstanding.. D 117 2;
Doutestio creditor.-.--"".. 1.2G4 ott
111datt1ceut temporary luau, Apt.
19, 11.53 . (PI)
tMlanee Of temporary hall, May
9, 1-.54 _. - 211..000 00
T.tel unfunded dela
Total debt. Po-ember 1, 41.067,9 , 44 ($1
The funded and nntunded debt at the ,104, of the la- ,
110(.81 year, December 1, lbr./.1, sta." am folkme, az
per vent. loan $. 11. 00
5.. .do_. du 3n,5htt.994 iNt
3. , 5,200 041
4 do. dollo,ooo (al
. .
Total landed debt 1. 541
Relief notes in circulation $220 on
laterals certirs outstanding_ . 24,691 3;
d 0... ....unclaimed.. 4.445
Domestic creditors . 1.1.4 0
itatance of temporary loam pri I
19, 1,.37 . 490,000 (11l
Balance of temporary loan, May
lt ,, :et ..... . 1 , 4.00 ,
Total unfuuded debt
'ruLal debt, December 1,
Uo do L 1b54
It thus appears that during the past fiscal year the
sum of three hundred and sisty-cis thoupund one hun
dred and fifty-eight dollars and ninety-seven ceuts has
been paid in liquidaum of the public debt. This, ta
ken iu connecuuu with the fact, that during the year
ending November 3tr, 1e5.5, six hundred and thirty
thousand six hundred and one dollars and two cents
were paid on the same account, exhibits the gratifying
fact, that the process of reducing the public debt has
commenced; and, unless checked by reckless nusiusti
&gement and extravagant expeuditure, must continue
until tie people and the Commonwealth are relieved
from the debt and taxation with which they are bur
dened. In addition to this reduction of the public
debt, large appropriations and payments were mine for
the complethin of the Portage railroad and fur debts
previeasly contracted on that work; for old and unset
tled claims recently adjusted by the commissioners up
pointed under the act of last session; for re-laying the
south track of the Columbia railroad; for enlarging the
Delaware divisive of the canal, and fur other purposes
These extraordinary demands upon the Treasury have
ceased, or will site cease, with the necessity that cre
ated them; and thus leave a still larger portion of the
revenues to be applied in payment of the public debt.
A careful examination of the financial condition of
the Commonwealth—her sources of revenue and the
probable future expenditures, has inspired the hope
that the time is not far distant when the public debt
will be fully paid, and this without increasing the imb
jncla or ratio of taxation. It has already been shown
that the revenues of the pert year exceeded the ordi
nary expendittues one Katlic* two hundred and rutty
five thousand ninety-five dollars and fifty-six cents.—
The estimated receipts and expenditures fur the cur
rent year, which will be presented to you in the report
of the State Treasurer, show that the access of re
ceipts, over ordinary expenditures, may reach the gum
of one and a half million of dollars. These estimates,
although approximations, willow, be far from the true
result. Allowing, that, four bunted thousand dollars
for mutual extraordinary expenditures—under a woe
system of economy in no probable contingency can
exceed that sume r we will have at least one mil-
Mon of dollars to be appropriated annually for the pay
ment of the public debt With the rapid development
of the wealth and resources of the Commonwealth--the
incsesse of population—of the valae of real estate, sod
of the amount and value of property or every deacrip ,
tins, the nesseurs mast and will ceotinue to uxwease.—
This natural and necessary increase of revenue will sup
ply crag deficient, and every demand upon the Tier
wry that falls within the range of probability. If,
then, the sum of one winos dollars be appropriated
aanualty in liteidatkin of this dart. sod the accruing
tamest on the sums paid be applied is the manner of
&sinking fund, the entire indebtedness of the Common
wealth will be extberiehed is len than twent i reihree
years 11 them penmen see twornsct—.and their cor
rectums eau only lie impaired by unwise legislation, or
the imprudent management of oar fumocee—the truth
of the proposition is emeeptible of the clearest demob
etratioa. ..tommiog the pablie debt on the tiro day o f
December, 18811, to be, in round swetiben, forty mil-
Was in hundred thomend sad sal
at eat* &eel year me million dollars, with the 'persist
Usweets on knew "rouge- will be paid. unerring ea
adation 081 detarnin . a Bo result to be as before indi
cated, Tim, MAIM alipliteffott of the year 1879,
Peamesseis way stand Mime' Awn the oppooko
of her petite debt, and her pee* be min* from a
=Woo hemmed to meet Ile-aemebi Were* and te
maiotais the Mgt mid as* of the Oommameeelth.—.
Thew view are mot elope% By poetising genet
log isaiNer egintsad all 'hillitasi‘b°llm4 Twww•- 4 :=_to sodertge
say raw aelimgegg or WWII Imprommeat, aad holifing
to a rigid soeoessabillty the ricers* and &busing
eons of the State, their realimitie may be anticipa
ted with etiollimat
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Total debt, December I, luB. 411.701,.35
bet. rease
I 11104 o bll the el ,tith.• 14 gir.latnee to
e subject Itletiod 1.. ,n 0) t .n o nfatn fle:410:!,, 111 tile
fohtw ing terms:
-13 y the thtrtyiligilt green's of thayet ur the 16111 of
April. 1845, entitled 'Au Aft to pfwide fey
ezpenstst of (inverting*, the weir o(the c 14
arid milrolahi Of the State, dad (Able deltas spout tile
t'ommonwealtli.' the t;overt,or was nfithorized to (muse
cert it entes of State stock w be weed to ull personi or
Istidem corporate 14014huffi sertetiostce tor tho..paysteut
of interest on the funded delit of tht Made. which r. 41
due OH the first days of August, 18-12, the first dais of
Febrility , and .lugest, 1r4:1, aad the find days of Feb
ruary and August, 184-t, in an amount equal to the
amount Of certitiratest so held, upon their delivering up
certificate to the Auditor General In palmy*
ui 111, authority thus given. eertificates of State stock
to the amouut of four millions one hundred anti five
thousand, one huielreti unii fifty dollars and twenty
ceut4 bearing interest at the rate of live per cent. per
annum, payable semi-annually, 041 the first days of Feb
ruary and August in each year. cud redeemable on or
after the first da2. of August, 18.55, were issued. The
runiitituut period fixed by law fur the redemptive of
these certitieutes, expired on the first day of Augusts
1t5.55 No prunsiou has been made for their renewal
or redemption.
-Althoogh by the terms of the art authorizing these
certificates of :state stock, as also by the couditions of
the certificates issued in pursuance thereof, the time of
payment, after the expinstiou of the minimum period.
Is I.lltillilll.l with the debtor, the Commonwealth, yet u
due regard for the credit of the State requires that pro
isiou should be made for their renewal or redemption.
To redeem tiMse certificates, a loan would become nee
essary. and as a loan cannot be effected. in the present
financial condition of the country, On terms more favor
able to the State those on which these certitieates were
issued, I would recommend that authority be given to
male the bolds of We Comintitiwralth in renewal of
said certificates, bearing imen,att at the rate of five per
cent per annum, payable steneammall), and redeema
ble tan or after the •Spiration of twenty years; and that
the bonds be istwa with coupons or certificates of in
tirt-e attached, in sums equal in amount to the semi
annual Interest thereon, payable on the first days of
February and August in each and every year, at such
pl WV' as 'nay he designated This change in that form
and character of the certificates, it is believed, will be
advatita t reous to the holders, without increasing the
Itabilities of the commonwealth, as to induve a willing
and prompt eswhange, at a premium for the bonds pro
posed to be issued "
'lle report of the Canal l'ouitnksioners will be laid b.•
fun' you. and will exhibit in detail the condition of ti>
public a orka--tlwir eneral operation, and the reeeipls
and expetaloure• fur the past tiseal yerir.
The total receipts at thei Treasury, Irom the public
work, for the sear eieluig November 30, 1556, wet c
5.2,006, 1 )15 t;ll, being an inereix,e over the reveilles of
the previou, )ear. lit $63,63e 95. lit thi- Quin $1.013.
5' 4 9 IG wet i Anal and britige tolls, 'oil $992,126 50,
toih. of the Columbia and l'ortage railroad:4.
The nal...rev:Ate expel titnres for the c.tioe year vitro
being an increase ~%or those of the
previous . year. of $105,103 64. the revenues execeding
the expenditures only 862,11 e 64..
The increase dale revenues from these works would
be t ncouragmg. were it not for the fact that the expo,
ditures have nit.reased in a still greater proportion—
the expt.mlit tux"; ordinary and extraordinary. ex1i.0.4
iu alma.' the entire revenue from this 40nrce The
si:dein intuit he defective, or more rare and economy
should he exercised in its management.
The receipts at the Treasury from the• several di
%ions, were as follows, viz:
• , 11.1tlehlt 01111 11 lid I,t bran. h
The extraordinoy payuveuta during the year. amount
ed to 8808,892 16, ordinary expenditures, 81,133.004
00; net re‘coue.(excluding extraurdinar) payments and
for ftliltit C pt, CVO") s:'7/,011 00
On the main lim• the toll re,u . ve,l at the Trealiur
from the Columbia road, were 3991,976 50; exreili
tams 8528,084 86; tolls on the Eastern division of
canal, from Columbia to the Junction, $ll9, 718 36,
expenditures, 853,048 ,0; receipts from the Junction
to Pittsburg, including the Portage railroad, SIF7.
778 04); ordinary expenditures, $304,702 22. The to
tal receipts un the main line were 31,229,272 86; ag
gregate expenditures, (excluding 8267,000,00 paid for
re-laying the south track or the Columbia railroad, and
8D3,049 42 for motive power in 1855, and after De
crother Ist 1856,) were 8885,835 63, being an excess
nl re‘enue over ordinary expenditures of 8343,437 21.
A ithough the receipts from the Delaware division
are less than those of the previous year, yet the gener
al result of its operations rs satisfactory. The net rev
win MAlAareerigiZeregzetWlP&X. MINAT
to seldom practiced on some!of the lines of our IM
rovernetitti.
32q,,200 00
10(1,000 Ow
--1F:14,907,7,0 97
$41,0 , 7,994 'l2
.0 t , 1 ... ..)7
'l'Le importance and value of this improvemeut can
,pot easily be over-estimated. I'assing through one of
the nehebt mineral and acricultural portions of the
state, it offers to the immense and valuable products
of that region. a safe and -cheap transit to the markets
of New 't ork, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. In the
completion a this canal the difficulties to be overcome,
and the labor to be performed, were great. Bali
these, to a great eztent, hive been accomplished under
the supenntendeucy of Wm. it. Mallet, Esq., to whom
this work was assigned.
This canal although completed, and before the sloe
of navigation, used for the purpose of transportation, is
not perfect Sinks in the bottom, from the nature of
the formation and soils through which it passes, elides
frond the hills, and breachers may occur, but these, af
ter a few years of well applied labor, will be diminished
and by vigilance and care entirely prevented.
This improvement, although subject to the rivalry of
competing railroads, if kept in good condition, under
proper management, will receive its full share of coal
and other tonnage. ft is anticipated that the revs
for the current year, will equal, if not exceed the
expenditures; and increasing with the facilities afforded,
and the rapid development of trade, sill, oillead of its
heretofore uneessiug demands upon the Tresatiry, tithe
precedence in revenue over any canal in the Common
wealth.
In relation to the propriety and policy of the sale of
the main line of our public improvements, my opinion
Lai not changed Every consideration of public policy,
of prebeni. and future interest, requires the separation
o f the State from the management and control of these
works The fI4PeLNII4AWeIi on that portion of the line,
between the Juuctiou sod .Pittsburg, burly exceed
t h e rv o t e au e g , the excess averaging Y tit less
than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; an causes
are in constant cperetion that will still more increase
this deficiency. This continual drain upon the Trea
sury, to sustain a work, so unproductive, should at
once be checked. A sale of the Main hoe, for a fair
consideration, and upon terms just and liberal to the
purchasers, tilt prepay remedy. Such sale, on terms
amply protective of t* ri ilia and iaterresta of the
people, can, by proper kgislation,,ke elected. In con
nective with the payment of the public deft, this ques
tion becomes deeply important. The sale would con
stitute a new era in the financial history of the State,
and amore a still more speedy reduction of the public
deht, than that to which iv:Avenel" has been made...-
the subjeot is earnestly commended to yoer &voluble
consideratioa.
The /abject of Nu*/ mid banking capital is its re
lations to the curresci—lbt geacrsl interests of snide
and commerce and the industrial Omits the thi
ne., deserve your careful attaotion. My viiiirs tummy
sped in a former communication remain neckeeired.lb e
nit i on new, or the re-chart: 4 a ow sad Sol
ve -at :ten ac necemety, b y
tb• walls of legisiloW Polio is VW oolomoalq *era
heated. Await be tcsfst; pgerN site simmastanose
shrill either pc/Aust. pritrii woo. of lambs. dm
interests of the Brats sad psail• as4plli. sad
a jest diserimtasitioe a. to savabis.'Uisillitt'AW the p
seud/ of *So b sassuisal. • ;
1 Tim espid iasssur sf math" She liapseissmo sad
vela. of oar home sad UN** eamossrfss, iIN sessessi ils
volSpisgst of the issterial west* sir the ftelle. lbs mast
of See smisisetsHos, seselosktal sad Orrlssisserl Was
tryolliel feet that tbe Blsie is fasdN by adepsesists4 est
nosey Iservisesd h, lbeablle beardesair
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llowever important this division may be to the trade
and business of that portion of the State. its proposed
enlargement should not be undertaken, 111Anil demand
by reasons of over-ruling necessity. 'rhe experience
of the past, as connected with the Allegheny Portage
ralhuLul, ul.‘l the North Branch extension, should warn
us against undertakibg, without great caution, any
new weasur of improvement, which may drain the
'Treasury, without aiding materially, if at all, the pub
lic interests. if kept in good order by efficient and
timely repair` its capacity will be fully equal to all the
tienumnis of its trade and business.
'lint Portage rallroiad is not fully completed. A
utnll addluirnal appropriation may yet be required to
complete, fur the ((irth time, this road. It is anxious
ly hoped that this unproductive improvement may soon
cease its cormorant demauda upon the Treasury
Every ye:n . .4 e‘perienee more rlearly reveals the im
policy of the State In undertaking this work.
It gives Inc no ordinary pleasure to inform you that
the North 13ruoch extension of the Pennsylvania canal
bus been so far completed, that boats freighted with
coal and other products, were successfully passed
through its entire length from Pittston to the Junc
tion usual. This work was commenced in 1836—sus
petided iu 1 tl i I—resumed in 1849, and finished In 1856,
although its completion was off:cis:ly announced in
18:13 It extends trots Pittston to valley of the Sus
quehanna to Athens, and tlieuete slim! the Uhemung
riser to the Stain line, where it jam the "Junction
canal," and is thus connected with the New Fork- im
iirosernentlL
*rekl l Tbr• 0 lid , t it seat iii the imitations of trade,
cud supply the real bu.issamt a ants of ilha i teople, would
at, the same time, rem*, to some extent, e eviie ell a
depreciated foreign and Illegal currency. in.:
By the act approvelAbe 6th day of Ku h er last, the
thirtieth section of thellell of 185411, re hank* will
be, after the Ant day Vol, next * erten o all Inempo
rated saving fund, tru nil Ineuri." "It Di". That
section declares "that *hall not %lawful any of the
said banks to issue or pay oat any bank notes other 'ban
thaw issued by itself, payable on demand in gold or silver;
wow of spode ming hanks of site Seam leisisdrare takes
oil deposit or in payment of debts, at par, at the counter
of the beak where paid out; or maim of basks lamed under
the authority of the set of the 4th of May, 1641, at the op
tion of the penult receiving the same."
Them enactments were intended to protect the comma
sip egrtismil the evils of a depreciated curreney, and pea.
'Mt its illindactiell hem other States. However well
intended they will fait to secure these objects, unless made
w embrace private hankers and others of that class, whose
profits are largely dependant upon the introduction Sato
the State of each a carretsey. la many instances the notes
of ear own banks are collected by Private bankers and
brokers, and with these, or with the specie withdrawn from
the books loosing them, they purehase depreciated and
foreign bank paper which is paid °stet par at their cols
ten. Be others large loans are negotiated with batiks out
.if the State at loss than the usual rate of interest, and
their notes, often at a less denomination than five dollars,
and always at a d i scount, brought iota the State and pat
tato circulation in the manner indicated, and this, too,
under an agreement with the bank making the loan, that
the. notes thus paid out shall be kept in eireuletion. The
elect of this system of private banking bas been to limit
the attestation of the par vapor of oar owe hanks, and
sabstitute in its place a fureiga, depreciated, and often a
worthless currency' ID justice to the bank, trust and in
serums companies, paying a heavy annual tax to the Com
monwealth fur their privileges, and for the protection of
the people agitate these evils, either the provisions of the
thirtieth section of the act of 1650, should be repealed, or
farther extended so as to embrace private individuals and
associations, who may monopolize and control, -tan the
detriment of the public, this traffic in depreciated bank
paper, without restraint and without taxation
The report of the Superintendent of Common Schools,
will exhibit to you the number and Condition of the
‘ohoole—the number of teachers and scholars, sod the
general operations of the system during the past year T.
the valuable statistical information of the report, and the
useful suggestions for the improvement of the system, I
invite your early and intelligent consideration.
From a small end comparatively unimportant incident
of the State Department, pm ears and neanagement of the
public 'shoots of the Comitionwealth, with their seeeateen
hundred districts, ten thousand directors, twelve thousand
teachers, and over five hundred thousand scholars, have
become the most important and laborious branch of that
Department. The increased and increasing business of the
system has been met by a corresponding increase of zeal,
labor and efficiency in tic officers to 1 Wan the law has
. outwitted its general direction and iFapervision. They
alsiald be sustained by wise and generous legislation. The
magnitude and importance of the system, in its political,
•ocial and moral relations to the present and future id the
people, require that this should be done. The guardiau
.hip of the mind of the state ph , .uld occupy a distinct and
prominent place among the noble institutious of the Com
monwealth. ft should :weft e the efficient aid and era, or
:icemen% of the governm , nt,'and be s ustained by a virtu
ous and intelligent people_ ft the revenue and treasures
of the State—her pubiie improvements—her lands and
their titles, require and deserve the merged and diem:mut 0
eve of the government, how much more shoal , : her mental
and intellortas.l treasure., richer than gold—the social and
moral improvement of her people, owe valuable than ca.
pale anti railways—the titles of tterlouth to the b , mn , liess
fields of knowledge, higher than any of earth or aught
growing out of its oirnership, claim an honorable position
and rewire a care and and commensurate with their great
er value and usefulness.
The County Superintendency, where. er it has been com
mitted to faithful and efficient men, has vindicated the
wisdom and policy of that measure. It is slowly, but sure
ly removing the preprlices and gaining the c o nfidence of
the people. Whatever defects tine and experience may
develop, in this or any other branch of the ',retain, should
he promptly corrected. Hut until the necessity for change
is established, the system. in to unity and integrity, shoal
be maintained; and if changed, changed only to render
more certain the accomplishment of its noble purposes and
objects.
A sollejoat atseahmer anamatlealiama meld melarl teach
ere Is Megrims want of the system. Intim structure and es.
ganisation it is as perfeet, it not more so, than ■ny of the
systems of oar sister Stases. Bat the teacher ta wanted to
give it proper fitolity and efficiency—to develop its true
force and flame—to secure the great object of Ho creation,
the thorough education of the youth of the Commonwealth.
How can this want be supplied? HOW are teachers to be
vetoed and provided to meet this edueational demaud.--
Hu.t we be depondantnpon the training school. of other
Stater? Must our system be jeoparded, and its sueeees
periled, by waiting the slow and unaided efforts of volun
tary associations to furnish the much needed teacher'—
Voluntary association. of eommon school tea-hers hen'.
accomplished much in their disinterested and noble efforts
to remedy this defect. They are worthy the highest com
mendation—they deserve every encouragement- They ran
and will do more. but unaided they eittaiiit accomplish the
object desired. Tae Legislature must provide the reale
ay—they can supply the deleteney. It should be done
promptly and effectually. No eulueet of greater interest
can occupy your iittention as legislators—le one appeals
Were earnestly to duty and patriotism.
In a former ensommuication to the Legislature establish
ment of State Normal eabouls, for the odorous's) of teach
ers, was urged as indispensably necessary to the perfection
of the 'Meru. With full eanfidenee in their utility and
with their proper probessors, and appliances. supported by
the State, would meet the wants and elevate the character
of our common schools.
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Teacher!' Institutes, as auxiliary to Normal Sehoolt,
when in operation, and rum. lying their place till estab
lashed, should be aided by the mate. One such institute
in each county, meeting annually, under the tottering care
of the government, would, be productive of most benelleial
results. Whilst it would improve teachers and prepare
them fur their important and responsible duties, it would
elevate and dignify a profession too long neglectid an l
undervalued by those most deeply interested iu their lion
until* labors. These measures, as also an addition to the
annual State appropriation for comm.. schools, in an
amount limited only by the necessities tit the Treasury.
would give energy to the system ---511erellAr ils effielehry
and thus promote the true intereste or the people and the
Commonwealth.
Our educational, charitable and reformatory
institutions have strong claims - upon the bounty
of the people, and I cordially commend them t o
your care and liberality
The State Lunatic Asylum at liarrisburg, and
the Western Pennsylvani.i lio!l.),ital for the fu•
sane, and other kindred purposes at Pittsburg,
are noble charities, and deserve the aid and co ,
coaragemeat of the State. The annual reports
of these institutions will be hid before you, and
♦ill exhibit, in detail their operations during ill,
past year.
Tho House of Refuge in Philadelphia, and the
Western House of Refuge hear Pittsburg,
iustitutious of great excellence, and their te4u;tm
dearly establish the widow a the policy th a t
founded and sustains them. They ought u.,t to
be neglected; nor should the aid of the Common.
wealth be withheld from them.
The "Blind" and the "Deaf and Dumb Asy
lame" at Philadelphia; and "the Pennsylvania
Training Sehoul for idiotic and feeble winded
children," are institutiohs that appeal, in slituee
and sorrow, to the best and pure +t feelings of the
heart, and ask your sympathy and aid. They
should receive a generuuA share of the benefae
tious of the state.
Agriculture, in its varied departments, i s t h e
groat interest of the Commonwealth It is the
basis alike of limo:ilia and cuustuerci4l succes.,,
and of that* and national prosperity. Au in
tercet so important should he lost‘red by the
State, and honored by all elasmas s ciety. To
its promotion and suoces4 all should ebeurfully
000 tribute• In a termer tiowinunicatiou I re.
commended the establishment of an Agricultural
bureau, in connection with some one of the State
Departments, to give efficiency to the collection
and diffusion of useful knowledge dh this subject,
and to encourage scientific and practical zgrteul•
tars. Science, with wondrous energy, has aided
the busbatidman la his honorable vocation, sod
proffers still more help. The state should nerv e
his arm and cheer bin onward in Ibis ' the first
and noblest pursuit of man This suhject, iu
connection with an appropttstian to the "Farmers
High School of Pennsylvania"—an lasi ti
destined to be ati honor to the Commonwoalth—
is to your favorable nottsso"er.
The " Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania,"
established by the enterprise and liberality of
some of the patriotic citizens of Philadelphia, as
a school of the applied sciences, deserves honor
able mention, and should receive the confidence
and patronage of the public. In the witching*
of this institution, literature, science and 'art, in
happy union, moot to prepare our young men for
the practical business c f life, for mining, mechsni
cal and civil engineering, awl for promoting in
telligenily and efficiently the great interests of
tasonfnetwingeng a i griaultural industry.
The laws on Ulf statute boa‘ tog:Jilting menu
fawning and improvement coops'es, retinire
revision. They ue us y stringent in
may of their provisiaes, and thus defeat the ob
ject of their eartment, They drive capital from
the ?cite, instead of inviting !tit iDOOittneut bere;
and' tomcod Of encouraging individual ane.
associated enterprise we morgi in the develop.
meat of our halftones Detre Astilltroar, they
bind and mush both by severe restrietions, on-
wise limitations and personal liabilities. The
sub . ** . deserves eireful attention and liberal
la fr ial have lis po finsineetly expreamed my Mews is
Written so iteadiini sad "omnibus"
bon, Am that ruon son bemuses naneses.
mity. Legislation, se far as pramicable f ohnoid be
=4.4naitarst. I and opsolei Mew
rimen doe °Wen desired am be mita by
. .
general laws, eit by_ die actioof the cowl"; shall
an
he avoided "Omnibus legidetion"„ USK
fitly eireumetnnees, be kneed c'f' v 4--
Too much li sip iusi s il tha t • en
twneiwely in ' its . I Takao,
would not be, njurkna Olio or witkin
terestil
The practice of delaying the passage of the
general appropriation bill until the last days of
the session, and incorporating in it provisions in
compatible with its general ohsracter, and obnoz.i.
ous, when standing slime, to insurmountable
I,hjections, is highly censurable and should be
discontinued. The attempt thus made to force,
by a species of legislative legerdemain, the pass
age of objectionable measures though the Legis
lature, and compel their sanction by the Fatten
tive, has been tan often successful. The practice
cannot be too strongly condemned; it cannot re
ceive my sanction.
The militia Law of the State is imperfect in
many of its provisions, and should be revised
The powers and duties of the Commander-in-
Chief should be more clearly defined; as also of
the other officers connected with the military or
ganization of the Commonwealth. This is ne
cessary to prevent a oonfliet of jurisdiction with
other departments of the government, and to
give greater efficiency to our military system
Volunteer companies should be eneouraged; our
entire military system should be remodeled, and
made to occupy that honorable position which
from its importance and necessity it deserves.
Near the close of the last Residua of the Legis
lature, 1 transmitted to that body an ordinance
passed by the select and common councils of the
city of Philadelphia, approved by the Mayor on
the 7th of April, 1556, and officially communi
cated to too, proposing to convey to the CJalMon
wealth ..1 Peunsylvania a lot of gound in that
city, for the purpose of ert.cting thereon a State
arsenal Want of time alone prevented action
on the proposition then submitted. The ground
thus offered to the State is valuable, and its loca
tion most eligible for the purpose intended. The
condition, of the proposed grant are favorable to
the State, and highly predicable to the municipal
A uthorities of Philadelphia, evincing a liberality
.itol public spirit worthy of all commendation
TI,. lie( es.ity of a State arsenal in that city
t that the subject needs no elaboration
in this ewatutuuieatiou. After the sale of the
State arsenal to Philadelphia, the public arms
were deposited iu an old building, or out house,
unsafe and unfit a, a depository tor public pro
perty. The sum of C0,0('0 00, realized from
that sale , is now iu the Treasury; and by the
lifty•tifth 41 scion of an act passed the 19th day
of April, .1 1) 1653, entitled "An Act to provide
for the ordinary expenses of government," &c.,
th , ! Governor war authorised to apply the same
to the purchase of* lot of ground and to the erection
of au arseual thereon riii, sum was found in
•ufficieut for there purposes, and oonsequently
the object intended by the appropriation has not
been accomplished By the cession of this lot,
the State will be relieved from the expenditure of
any money for the purchase of suitable grounds;
and the entire sum of 4:;0,000 00 may be appli:
ed to the erection of the necessary buildings; to
which sum can he added, if deemed advisable,
the amount that may be realized from the sale of
the arsenals at Meadville and Harrisburg, as re
commended in my last animal message. These
na!A would be amply sufficient to accomplish this
object
1 would, therefore, agaiu recommend the im•
mediate passage of a bill accept ing the conveyance
o f th e said 101 of ground frdm the city of Phila
delphia, f 1 the purposes and upon the terms and
conditions contained in the ordinance; and that
the :-utu ot $311,t , 00 oil he appropriated for the
teettou of a Statt• arsenal thereon.
(hi the tith day of October, 1855, I approved
and Pipe , ' a Ltfl, entitled "An Act to repeal
the charter of the Erie and Nardi East railroad
vompaoy, and to provide for the disposal of the
saute." In pursuanee of its provisions, Hon
Jost ph Casey W 1.4 appointed to take polisession
and hate th charge and custody of the road
Before posseasion was taken, application was
tuatie to ) Lite company, t.. one (AM judges ut the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvana, for an injune
lion to restrain the agent of the State from taks,
ing possession , and subsequently a contionary
-rder was made by the Supreme Court, in bane,
to stay proceedings under the act. The ques
tions then pending before that court were deter
Mined in favor of th. Commonwealth—the con
stitutionality of the act sustained, and the appli
cation for an injunction refused o Possesion of
the r, ad was then taken by the agent of the
State, directed by law
On the twent, - second day of April, 1 .4 56, an
act. entitled " An Act supplementary to the act
itieorporating the Erie and North East railroad
company was passed By this act the Eric
and North F.,ast railroad, ki originally lncattd
and constructed, was legalised and confirmed ;
and certain changes in the road were directed to
be made, and other sets to be done by the com
pany It was also provided " that the Governor
shall retain possession of the Erie and North
East railroad, under ;he act of the stith of Octo
ber, 1555, until the provisions of this act shall
have been accepted by a vote of the stockholders
f the Erie and North Fast railroad company.
at a meeting culled for that purpose." On the
15:11 day of May, P.!58, at a meeting of the
stockholders called for that purpose, the provis•
lonsot the act were accepted by their vote This
acceptance, duly cern& d, was received and filed
in this Department on the 15th day of July last.
Possession of the road has been tvstoreol, and it
is now under the care and management of the
company A final accanni foSr tu , ney reeeived
front the road, whilst in possession of the State,
will be settled with the company :it the earliest
practicable period'
It is but propel to state that since the accept.
anee of the act of the of• April, 1858, a writ
of error, in the cases adjudicated by the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, has been issued at tht
suit of the company by the Supreme Court of the
United States, anti is now pending in thkt
Court.
The commissioner first appointed having re.
signed, 1 K M'Clure, , was appointed in
place. 'the dutiea of both officers were ably
and faithfully performed. Copies of their cor•
respondence and reports, herewith submitted to
the House of Representatives, for the use of the
Legislature, will furnish information in detail on
the subject now under consideration. It js sin'
cerely desired that good faith and honesty of
purpore may characterize the conduct of this
company in the discharge of the duties assumed
by their acceptance of the act of 2 - 24 of April
last, and that this much vexed question will not
again disturb the harmony or retard the pros ,
petty of the - city of Erie, or any other portion
of this Oommonwealth.
The resolution proposing amendments to the
Constitu;:::: 7 f th ''' e.inni:. , ..ealtil, have been
published as directed by that instrument. It
will be your duty to take Such action in refer
erence to these amendments as will, in your
judgment, be most consistent with the wishes of
the people. Au appropristioa will be required
to pay the expenses of their publication, and to
thim your earhest attention is requested.
The important duty of distrietiog the State
for the election of Senators an 4 Representatives,
will devolve on you. This duty should be per
formed faithfully, and With strict reference to
the interest and rights of the whole people. Re
turns of taxablea, required to be made by the
different counties, have not all been forwarded
to this ilepartment, as by law directed. Circa.
Tars have beet isitted 40 ilia °Pie" charged with
these duties, urging . their speedy perfornmpo e ,
and the returns *Ws 1 1 # P"i"+ " reeeivPit be
transmitted to yea.
The elective franchise is the highest and meet
respoosible privilege enjoyed by the American
eitimew• Jinw e iving in its exercise the sovereignty
of the people, haat Madlituting on it does the
substratum of oar free testit*tiole, it eillast btu
too highly appreciated or earefully guarded.—
'!be ballot-box, through which the people speak
their will,,should be preserved from violation at
every hasard-aad eneriasse. Upon its purity and
integrity depend the existence of our republican
government, end the rights and privileges of the
OWNS. Every legal voter, whatever may be his
political affinities or i= n redi ions,,is deeply
interested in this q • y stamp% to
sully its purity, or nap*. its e cy, whether
by violence or fraud, slonld be,pternfy reels*
and severely punished. , legaiinting,Mbetkor
founded on forgeg: nry, falai
tussesaments i or • a forged eertilicates of
naturalization, is and evil that deserves the
sauna easdeasnation. Is perresse an honest
expression of the popular will, corrupts the
sources of legitimate power and influence, and
strikes a fetal blow at the cherished rights of
freemen. These evils are alleged to exist in our
large cities—the rural districts of the State are
comparatively free from such corrupting abuses.
A remedy, co extensive with the evil, should be
provided Every defence should be thrown
around the ballet•box, and whilst the rights of
legal voters should be secured and protected,frand
io every form should be prevented and punished.
Whether a judicious registry law, or some other
measure of reform, adequate to the neelftaities of
the case, should be adopted, is referred to the
wisdom of the Legislature.
As appropriate to this subject, the reform of
tse iikturslization laws—the prevention, by the
National Government, of the importation of for•
eign criminals and paupers, and a more careful
rigid and personal examination, by our courts, of
all persons owning before them as applicants for
admission to the rights of citizenship, would, to
some extent, correct existing abuses, and relieve
the ballot.box from the pressure of corrupting and
dangerous influences.
To the policy and acts of the National Govern
meet, affecting, as they do, the rights and inte•
rests of the Commonwealth, the people of the
State cannot be indifterent. Pennsylvania, oc ,
eupytug a high and conservative position in the
sisterhood of States—devoted to the Constitu ,
tion and the Union, in their integrity and har
mony, has been, and will ever be, as ready to re
cognise the rights of her sister States as to de
fend her own. These sentiments she has never
abandoned—these principles she has never vio
lated. Pledged to the maintenance of the rights
of the north, as well as those of the south—sin
cerely desirous to promote the peace, harmony
and welfare of our whole country—and disclaim.
pug all intention or desire to interfere with the
Constitutional rights of the States, or their
domestic institutions —the people of this Com
monwealth viewed with alarm and apprehension
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise—a com
promise rendered sacred iu public esteem by its
as:•oetation and connection with the great cause
of national harmony and union—regarding it as
a palpable violation of the plighted faith and
honor of the nation, and as an unwarrantable
attempt to extend the institution of domestic
slavery to territories then free.
This reckless and indefensible act of oar Nat
tioual Congress, has not only aroused sectional
jealousies and renewed the agitation of vexed and
distracting questions, but, as a consequence, it
has filled Kansas with fraud, violence and strife
—has stained its soil with blood, and by a system
of territorial legislation, justly styled "infamous,"
has made freedom of speech and of the press, a
f e lony, and periled the great principles of liberty
and equal rights. If the doctrine of "popular
sovereignty" is in good faith to be applied to
that Territory—if the people thereof are to be
left "perfectly free to form and regulate their
domestic institutions in their own way, subject
only to the Constitution of the United States,"
th,n the obstruction of the great National high
ways to the northern emigrant--the employment
of the National forces, and the subversion of law
and justice alike by the officials in Kansas and
Washington, to force slavery upon an unwilling
people, cannot be too severely condemned.
Freedom is the great centre-truth of Ameri
can Republicanism—the great law of American
Nationality; slavery is the exception It is 1,
cal and Bet:clonal ; and its extension beyoud the
jurisdiction cresting it, or to the free territories
of the Union, was never designed or eontempla,
Ceti by the patriot founders of the Republic --
In accordance with these sentitnenis, I', ou , _t I
vauta, true to the principles of the act of 17!"0,
which atmliehed slavery withiu her terriwriul
limits—true to the great doctrines of the Urdt
twice of 1787, which dedicated to freedom th..
north-we-tern territory of the Union—true to
National faith and National honor, asks and cx ,
pects, as due to her own citizens who have, in
good faith, settled in the territ Ty of Kansas,
and as due to the industry and energy of a free
p e opl e , that Kansas should be free
In this connection, and as e.msequeot upon
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, refereue ,
to a proposition made by some of the leading
southern journals Land more recently sanctioned
by high official authority in a sister State, to re.
open the Airiest) slave trade, will not be deemed
improper. That such a traffic, declared to be
piracy, and execrated by the civilized word—so
crowded with horrors in every stage of its pur
suit—so revolting to every sentizueut of huinmi
ity—every impulse of pure and noble feeling,
should be advocated or approved, in this nine
teenth century, with apparent sincerity, and
urged as a measure of political economy and of
justice and equality to the southern Statos of the
Union, are facts' that find their-only explanation
awl apology ins wild enthusiasm, or a still wilder
fanaticism that overwhelms alike the reason and
the conscience The wisdom and humanity of
a proposition so startling and monstrous, must
seek their parallel and illustration in the dun
geons of the Inquisition, or in the bold of the
slave ship, amid the horrors of the "middle pas
sago " Equally repulsive to the intelligent and
virtuous sentiment of the south as well as the
north, it should receive the indignant rebuke of
( very lover of his country—of every frieud f
justice and humanity The history of the world
and of crime does not reveal a traffic more mho
man—au attrocity more horrible .Igsinst a
proposition so ahhorent, and against the prince
pled it invoice, as the representatives of a free
people, and in their name you should enter their
unanimous and emphatic protest.
The union of the States, which constitutes us
one people, should be dear to you—to every
American citizen. In the heat and excitement
of political contests—in the whirl of sectional•
and conflicting interest—amid the surging of hu
man passions, harsh and discordant voices may
be heard, threatening its integrity and denoun
Mug its doom i tit . % tbe Main, .‘soker, second
thought" of a patriotic and virtous people, will
be found its security and defence. Founded in
wkdoln, and cherished by the intense affection
of pure and devoted patriotism, it will stand, safe
and undisturbed, amid the insane rage of polit.
teal dewagogiam, and the fitful bowling of frau.
tic fanaticism , and when it falls—if till it mast
—it will be when liberty and truth, patriotism
anti virtue, have perisheu. to:er
ates no sentiment of • disunion—etie knows not
the word. Disunion ! &Lis an after-thought—
,. t. air *wo e ai m "
a monstrous wren—wweorwi
The Union and the Constitution---the safe guard
and bond of American Nationality—will be re
vered and defended by every American Freeman
who cherishes the principles and honors the
memory nf the illustrious founders of tho Re
public
Recognising our responsibility to Him
oontrols the destinies of nations and of men; sod
invoking his Wonting on tour deliberations, may
order sod harmony. chapati:me' your s9saions,
and with single reference to the iublie good, may
you legislative motion, its obursoter sod re
sults, promote the bsppiness sod welfare of the
people, and the honor and prosperity of the Cons.
mon *ell Lb. JANE., POLLOCK.
EXSCRTTIV2 Camas*, 1
fforri•ttarg, January 7, 1857. 1
—The Isis Or Virginia vatam, trµ ere? rage who
worm' MINK 10•111 MOM? OUP the support el ble'w/ho
&aileron. %wry lam; whaled ibis intwaresimat. go to
Morilead to have the aerostat, pseforeett.
—n. Deb* et tk. nova was la Petersburg, Vs" het
week, ea kis wag to Now York. He is • splimill4 *km
ititirlots ettestm—is. a Isigh aelPhr et 111,001
*as , „wit ,se r if t 1 dte Volta ewer with
• view hi inatrimenag/ " that ' 40 Weak of shot,
girls?"
—A. sum t Wsteriostg. Vt, fair shish*" a Ames
Ms Ms wits, made Ihmeelf a Cfriatais Outs' or a girl
of 14, whoosh* volsoled to Neap oat of a wieder", elope.
awl aim W.
"United States Senator
I lon of the first dutilp.l, eolving alreQ
Legislature, which met on Tuesday, veld
election of- a Successor =ln Ron Roll B IN
USAIt to Sila Senator of the [rolled Stat,..
he, part of the opposition, WO loth , . but
suns inantionoti, and that is the nam e 4 44
sim4ori nua Sisios Camitsom, whoae efforts to
acme direction twit years sine , weer
such an ignominious drr.,,, Th e ~„
e a ,,,•t e 1 , anti th- ohsr t r,es of fraud and eorrap isi
brought one to this pestilt utial .letnagogn.
too fresh in the memory of the pe o pl e i „
gotten. That he was not then elected
ways seemed to us providential. Ilur star,. 4
just been swept-by a political toroad- ,th }ti
inapt party were austa4d with victor ) , ~,t
achieved as much thrtlugh the in.tr.irp, tr ,
of ( . .tit•ron as any other living nisn—awit.i,
as the nominee of that party, we
election ass fixed fact But be play.ii h . ,
. 24
to ; ' the trap he set for th•
jut' himself. Ile was thsfea h ;
pesis h.• is u kL wilhug to subsid.• int
and
is now brought forward a. the 1,,,, r „ 24
cau.litfee, and will .louli , ',•••
hinise'f all the fore,: Of th.. puny 1u1; t
given out that, if such coneentra::.,c
his election can be scoured; an I that, inn s vt
rupting one or more menitier...f 111, .tb . 74
party in the Legislature W.
this It cannot be possiblo that th , r , t•
on, Judam—to say nothing about
tb., member+ elected by the Democracy 14..
v.aing fur Cameron two years sK , . a
enst tuight have put forth the phkusi'l
that he r.V iinentY And p ur p os e..
Iktuaerat, and Wag only wolog the "1), , E
tern" pirty t., secure *uecess
those tnetub‘ r. of th.. (ippotttion rl, r
support Cauterou, base , : their 7•44u.a
very grow:lA—that CI Infron'• pr 41 . n ,
rucre pruftui..4uus, shd tklist
In o cra t an 4.yer ; bur 111.1'''l p , 4 , 4 re
tralinr who uuw hetrlys Lis tru.: 4 , , ; • 6,:, h i ,
to thi. ps...ht•ute kvatm, Nw„ % .. 4 Ivo
t4l taoslir • aldy 611 - i ' • :S• lie .1 Patio
Upon the other hand, lid , ' till! Pvpubo
pr -ent only the name of th i s 1,0:0;,,, pr 4,
ant rlaitu the rw..r to elect him only by el
ti 'a. the Deatoera , 7 will go int,. cle ,•
an array ut e.ludidate4 that, on the f
itio-rrity and poiit:eul filelity. art' 19.1'
st,te. in the election of either ..ne ~ f 0. 1
h•o -t aid INo:toweatie rtspe.•et:
I: you this, point, the following bri.l • .
twine of the prominent candi , lates n
be read with inteie,t It to froth
burg Coion :
UNIfEI) SfACE., SENATuIt
Broadtwatt is a ti4Ltre 1,1 —0 I
the banner county of the Tiob sod
experiecce, ;
Stwe ile represented that
I...gi.lature doling th,
%.ir, au./ during the trptiz •
an undeviating and fearless a,ll . •
racy. Suip.e4petitiy ha was elmitev,
au years in the Nsw,n~ 11
rut-en: ~ t c. •. trrui i f stmt,.
, the memorabh a•itnini•or.,tion t
h that 14 , ht It man u •
.un of NAti••n:Al tuipirt,, n ee I n
”ketc.l ti. th.• United '4‘t,tt
a:e ag•alu-t au epp ...thou of Ili , Ilk,
LArat . fdl, 1i,./kit'd by a win *h. , now .1
that I Silted rbui..y), and h•• lias A/Tn.!
six years it, that Ifrtttl)—t.t. it rui of lien
pineg on the iqurtli i,l next i‘laireb.--s
usual ability and devotion to bis pcil:• • pr.
pies Re Is a glouleman of fine t.e,r, • ;n,
fo'rtff'fl in the affairs of lloveruno II
liou. Jet-, Huai' S Black t• a 11411. •
...et ettutit), l ' etlif.) I% Arita 11•• IW:l• a:::
the bit- at a ••• r ) k . 4ri) age, au 1 • ..ti
It puta
ill ,• .1 .anti 1.414 ) , I 141 4.. A
-p, aker ti 'v I' •rt• r apron , . •1 Het I
.1,, i . : A :,, • 00;ri t t e thpte•e,i . I it.
of Franklin, lb 'ford, and :ioni•o•et,,e
lot Ju lg. f tiomp•oli ,ki i b tun 1.
los e otimi•sion he was the y •11n 2 ,•• ••• I
1.1M•1 4 •• in :he St it.. Ouritte the ;tr.
tit., to• t up it the l.vtch ~fili•• lii.••,, I.
• I in , xteuiore reputation awl, lii i'l`
..i.lil , A pr , ,ltiluelit • Lull la , . I•r I; .i r.
r , .I, th,. pert id at witii.•:, 1 ale I, .. •
I C iloollti.l,ll requiring t!/1 . • •if 1 ,, 1f ' •
e•ai otticer• ',tent into ei( • . he a .. • •-
Ow Democratic part) as •••• ; ••
',,r. :iie Supr, we 11 uvb ••: t .••• •• . ,
l• '1 •ii• highest majority g.ittt t t tt., t
ti• roe the p op;.• ;bat i, ar I,‘ :1. ,• .
u: the tertu- l/i ..th, .iliillig 't
i i" ,- :.d, Judge Buck drew tt, • , . .•
C.'lf 5t•.1.1 Ill.) I.tt eati,•• i••:•upreu, .1 .I,_
C , 111 , 11mw,•alth • f l'eud.‘lvato • '
lo I'•':') I be w..- r uotaibate•t,aud,.. 'w'
llig the wl,lrlaliid ~ r Kit,.w N.tinn,::••r.
~ ~..,,,,- i a l; over the country, ht. Iva- ...
It ) A ~ r, hug, tut) •rily• and he i . ..
t ~ sliming light., ~ I our 11, n•-h A
.1•I fz• ILI k iii- t.•• •up nor in the I
ai. i a rift r li' •eimple• a eutnuaandic; :
t' •: ,1••1•u W. Foruey is a native ; 1,,.
~.unit At a very early age he b •
nisei publisher or that OH and inflUe ., :
era: it' lit•W•go:lpt - r, the — Llite./Xler Lot :
and et:inducted it with ao much .inn.
am f. , attract the aututiou and ia•tut., ..
ti l t ,thie.mt anti shrelitleet 1 , 0141031, it '.
Stiortiy aft••r he arrived at math,. ~;•
app•outed l'rothouotary of the C , 'l/D'l :
•• r by ilot Port, r, and be discharg..: il ,
of that idyl,' w,th promptness anti 1. t'.
Ili iivit purchased the •i 1, ~v i ,,,,..,
I'Lii....lclpti,.., and assumed the • •ti • 1 .
Ilf that w,.11 known j•iurial It was w:
!lying this 1..: .It to:. unit his trans •••r:• 4 11 0
as a Ti •litical writer developed th• neck
I and Col Volit-y I.kcau one of Ile. r
)i ie
champ' , u. „t Deniocrac in the l'ot •ii Ir
1 he was elected C•erk of the Nutt •tia i•
Kepreseutatives, and in 1853 to via , r -
fluting fli.. four years that he ii ' t '
responsible and anions otricv, tu• ‘1 -.!
multifarious duties with mu am. It ~i,
courteousio-s that be gained th• a •'lll
inundation of his political urn ul • L.l
the respect of the tipposaison Wti •,'
it, Waskungtou City, lie was tie •,•
itors cif the "Union, ' and the pr.„1..• •
pen, is they appeared . to the • Cf. , '
exponent of Deab•cratieprincii••• .. a
iduairol tbraugh••ut the wh••1• • ii .' •
36 Cul. Forney return• d i I •.-• • ''
' was appointed chairman of itil• i 0 .. '
I °outfit t.)ontmittee. It I. L ' . -•
we sh••uld speak ••I tli•• linif 1 , , • ••
cd by him win • holding It;,. ; -
are f-ash in the mind, ••: to i ;
people du appreciate tutu,
Hon. Henry D. Fost e r, ill 1% - , i•••
well known tbn.ighow, t h e •Sr ‘`. ..- .i `
politician. If we are WO itti.lik ! %I t
was born it, Aileglotuy eouli•y, i 1 •
ded it Weitruoreiand fir .I U'' '..
LS
.augerild foltr jean 113 t.ht i;l.t . 4 i'
Representatives as the ni• iiii- f ••• '
collwr_is_od. •if the count', , i 1:- .1 1 '
and • Wolitelorciati4, 404 r , .- ..., •
to bins to say that. 111! as. I tit -
quent I , gialater Ili I's: , I •
House at liepresairll4ll%,vm .1 ,i. • •''
wan re elected this fall. 'IP l' t '
far more than ord u. 11)
4. .ablii:., II ,
lawyer mad a te,,,t liiii.la, , ,l .1,
no loan IP the State who eao iii t•
dent and sincere triends that, :„.- - i
Wherever lie is well known he • • 1•••
peopk, and they adhere to hue vita -,
Oat notions OM destroy. lie wad"
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