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io*i ,iyd io*l,iy£i owb bfiu'. .Jn'jo

Indiana h^-p..enjoyed tljc inestima £wg$ of pcace.'j',and of civil ari liBerty.'' 'Atthoii^h/ in' tWe-J,d(3li ycaP which vve ^ffveJ,3] sdfliefjKi?t1on§ of oiir Scdte liav id Sfcfip'li' Tatfil lpidt'niic, and •dm^is^idts,'the earth- failed to'yifeln its

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lawn' i'T

Among the-subjects oMugislative consideration, the.,financial condition of the Slate fifteands .your special attention, It is to

The ordinary annualt govefii-lneht. fron9'( 'tb^Oytfcrtj/er^i', i:854, inclusive 3 'the (Sndifg Oft: fsl -l]

dtteni. -4 -+*1} A jrt 7"tV' U' '-a/i mnait

ik'.i

.4fc •».

•ff*. dt. ,7 ejSit

Amount in 1851, Amount in 1852, "Aniountin 1853,

}HaK!n^'^incre'ase^during-this

lictilebt as-follows: baJin l^riu. In'tt-olScHp.

^845 ,514,277 41 370,393 31

neo 8'«, 11 -J ruaalf o! 'AT siicfw 8iiJ lo Qcnija-StTfjStK :?i.

.a: Si 8

-, 1 *1

^"mmogratic FAB® IriSMe-lBEil

MW ,»)i. r*«0lTuru,-s -, .,y iO «tiUwHA $UiEi'!£ "^SflOift io dfi.JOfna b-mrrrnrrr-i iiiscr TpTfeWi ••lo'oTft-e 'l!qrrmr is .7 infr—uy ot.'t til bf!« .VHJSG*

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE

an Willis ®«soqqu« 9tlJ

ffentiemM d/ctf elJSenaiepft ad: Jai'l bs

ar}$.

^suai.boTiBlifirl returns,' toi re ward the la- thoiStft^e d'ubt

bora iof the busljaadoran yet genersl-heakh §i,031,0,03, .0 now.pjev(ai l.s amongjopr large pupu',aLion: liquidated the

an^jjjej^yJtivators ^the soil have gathi.r lejcy ^juui ed the

in the public expenditures and while the to the payment ol interest and other ob-!

interest on the public debt has beeji prompt- jects not included-among, the ordinary ex-

ly paid, the,reduction of the principal has pense-s of the St

amount of. -the.ordinary expensesol ready Jiquidattd. ut ti.ie., jiubhc .debt, ally I

the St^je.government, as. audited and paid corroborates ihq es/jijiates made my an-1

bxJhe .Treasurer, for tl.e .year endirig- Oc- nual communication ot lHoO, which looked ,e

mr'3),- 1,854j is .^54,201 4,4 -which -is to Us final dis^af^fn 1871.

tnebt'composed'of a million and! a quarter to the purchase o£ the debt. A.nd'Lidqe.in io£inhabiisi^(s, will^ompare Very favorably it an imperatirTC.dutjr.^hii.o. prospei'ify.is-all yrflb b3:iprdinary annua' any Stftte in, the Union—rjt Jfki^uv^and one-third, cents viaual*

Oot. -31,.lSt7, in -.-90.158 tiT

'1'-.^. '.u ket to

,cmi 3^, lsno*' :0'f, 0 Vi,v

*?'ica" Bi.6h'y--O^ -t .VulImQ.-Xro.m ,i ii'Vi .t. si. i?~y

^Meliin'g a total of, on -Tlfe'-'tfmount.of Terty has incrcaised» during thq same.period, v-visoq -. 8146,237,965 h- 4 1.8^8,7Q,361 122,265,686 ,124,610,441 23,960,9S6

follows:

^Amount in 1844, -Amonnt in 1845, tAmount in 1846, ilAmount in 1847, ^mjoup.t in 1848, _^pyg/,in 1849 .^v,. yA.mount-i.a 18p0,

h85« ^W^S13i8,703-76 :i^53 198,040 00 18W' :©arte: 1^9,598 591ssi r: 262,230-85 ^1864 cats: I9,0l5-03!.li nq 298,265'52 -January Interest, 18oo- i«d 1/30,00000

ToAcJ* g« o~ Tfts aft -ofl.A W QO

r- 138,262,0P5 ., £I fi ^-o fo P""8 G431 pbjoct- of carrvinw

1 1

a }irj-t,q via v/£l oriJit/bait bshwdiib coad aitrf 000

eri

9f- Mfc House of\B?prescnta$vM 1 18^4 rrfuvS a*:f7 r. As'seroblectafur. the/firstiiinio aidehxsia*5 §i biennial system of Legislation, we lirid^aft- ^'^'ju&nqmc \:.c:h-iu ciii *lo_ i.Si bcf

i—r-* —1~

.follow*

«UO"IC{ 8£ii c!aul

Suithon baa i")Dfi nss#d H«ri ejv /^r§i-r

^6twithsirfn1dih'g the temporAry presence °f Vi27,864.50 havi of financial embnrras^iihnts, which unforlu- under the act nalely press' ardu'nd the-commercial and bly cre'ating the Sihkin WAnufticturing fnlerests of the country, our remain on the books ofnthe Agency, tJ-e in gtfeat agricultural'ihterdsts is in a prosper- terest credited and applied annuaily to.the ous conditiotijirthe farmer finds 'a. ready reduction of the principal- .of the,, .public tnrifket and good prices.ibr. hts. surplus pro- debt: Hence, so far as.the inlerest is condupts the'iTabdrer /e?e?veftii fair-rem.unera- corned, ,the stock ^el^ngipg to the State' is -bisjlgil-jijthq State -Jiolds a .position, still considered"outstanding. p.f,^reat .and .: inyreasii)g power anjpng her1 Satisfactory .evidences of the strength of sisters' of theUuion and the strong, steady, the financial resources of the State may be and impartial protect/oii of our la.\vs ixteiuls seen/in what we have accomplished in the over all the inhabitants within our borders, last ten years. During this period, withIri'sairfb Circumstances, it'becomes our du- out estimating what are called the ordinary ifi HPft-grateful people, to oiler our thanks^pens^Rof the State, there have been, by lo Almighty God, and to acknowledge our! t8Xa,'on

obligations. to liim", for the innumerable' following sumis, namely: blessings that we enjoy. For the Vedeinption of prir.ci- -:G -Jn compliance with that clause of, the' pal and interest of scrip C-2,'274,G05 90 Constitution which requires .that.your.eiuef: Interest on the public debt, in^ecutiye officer "shall,- from time to time, I eluding the .payment pf, the. giye to, the General. Assembly information interest for January, 1C5'5 touching, t^e condition of (he State, and re-j Payment upon the principal of comm'^rid sucli 'measures as he shall jud,re| tlie public debt '.* .' tote 'efpedi^n.C' I invite your Attention lo l\vine'nts to the three Benev•fcrerar subjects, each of which will, noj olent Institutions dotibt, receive from you, before the termination of the present session of the General Assembly, all the consideration that its importance. demands. 4

7^]ig 7pj

'I'Wh

ML 31 V!01

®n t»'is-.-first day of Ivovcnibc'r,

levied, collected, and applied, the

Expenditures on the State Prison, including expenses connected with the removal of prisoners

improving. 'Economy has been observed which amount has been annually applied

tar

.. .. tha-Treasury,.' frusine^s'^ifr^^^^

#,P8.3iS iT {cbaf^edJn 1868i'f Then' willtho ctihsummatlon

ai'llec|

,Oa. 31, Jsid,...... 7'j,207 4S diaua-shall (\t..

81.

Be fore-the session. of.-the,General

Assembly, tho ebarttrloi the- Stat-e" Bank

2i0.'563:803fi^.kfi:i"='ini:rri^i

State hold si. in. tho stocks, .sijiiipgi/uud

266,097,614

-f=

I ally issued for the

premium

l7»sa

.. .a 1^.^76g i?}} 8#sferRiV^iULt'n}o isnjo i'-nw- .n?x .trtt

of Indiana amounted to

.708,-112 92 if. 15

227,864 50

693,503 31

71,412 G7

Making 85,0G5,899 50

io:this we add tlic ordinary, expenses of

yourtictio^ ftlone that: the people must look the State government for the same period, without dan'o-er T11 Vmr-^ J'3 l)0:5te'"'si0n for "the protection of their eYeJit, the pres- amounting to, §945,i98.68, we haVe the! ^here tlf 'roi^ elation of t^/ai^ aud an exemption sum of V',09^i 8, eqiiaUo about eight-1

from-iinn'etesiSr^r burdens. 'i: 't ninths of (lie present State debt, raised thCmselveb: embarked c:'ItIaffords me pleasure to be-able-to say- from our people by taxation, at a rate ex.- hiirhxr 'miT^lrmrV thttt-tho' fiscal atlairs of the State are still .ceedlnj?" SGOO.'OOO annuallvt live-sixths of I

not been neglected, -w., eie raa ie of t(ie ar.Kiiint-id- ^iPl-(.putab'lb, but aibvcisive of pubiio^ou- whole'business of the countn-. so long as

£.jti^

deem

o-jj'- vj QrKwg shall not be nMstockholdtr in any bank nor lav.- it was uhdoubtedly dompetent for i1-lend'hi-r cVet^t ^o any corporation. With

ie-cnpifBl sKoek, Upon which h^r.ds of rompflv paid- '-tho'interest, omcer' of Sta

jo^ ,«399 Bink- lmr promptly paid .xo t.. ..«» v,oS7,?0 (:nnd''tbe 5tock, at this iime, conimands a "and fnikt.% of tbd4So$t'impfertant cbara'cler. nh'iij&j lu vo-fisilisfjx?)' I |"Thts single individual- determines- ttpon the

Auditor of State in lvis views.''as*,to "the pro- slibrl questions conneclc-d with prietv Pf tJi*e fnfurc'inve's{fn6nt cif ibdsitik,- the bariks according to his own tihaided inc fund hi the bonds'O'f U^e Stftte:' judgment." With a bond of only §10,000 •The law upon 'the subject 'of General He is the custodian of nfeftr $10,0*00,000 of *Bankingj,-lias failed to accomplish the*purr ,"6f^ the public securities.

llfi

fai3aosnq

If A

-»-yTnTpiS'-jTpr^yjjiiiidT- bW..p/:B Veriobi^a" 16

BefoevoLeni-Iustitutions, ^dai'in^ he. samp two nist A-AarsTuliv osxtvb.pni'SiTit- cir-

ViJ7

H«r!

•ecincss pi nj rt marks ?. a a sst a cu^it.v. a'SI) G&ei-'alu\bW

roeaping, the sciuimt-nt then ixprvB^eft,

Tslitiia'-cl KRttttoit iof 'iHt'XK.

essary

1354,!

Ut this sum the cUite lias

0 1 at a iv a oK to sr W

•, -J sell in the Dosmon

Iiiavintf of the public debt, ,the 'sum bf^'G-,

ne.ss'ican, and was ocations not uncommon country. It w:: that the broker came

rf'the brok-er had delnyed his visit

'TWTnsrtT rnsrTT

slioiv^ ithat

U^I(^ri-ictionS"jpicpif2ej|fby?.tiv5JttW?arj flj-

17^-1 suffich^t.to^prrtCc-niJabSxst^iftf jai vil^ioasil

demand' far fc^xohange to meet Last

,,. -„-, yt and,m pursuing this g.biect, he placed nun- tnat olhcer will -present ainouDt of %?22v,8G4,v0, ,f ,£ 9

for

facilities under the law to become bankers to the extent of millions. With. the currency procuj-ed upon the fir?£ deposit.' stocks, other securities have been jparchafted, and oilier notes procured,.aiullarge circulation has been- Crcate^Vatbout a dollar of actual capital.

Directors and Bank Presidents art n'ml issuing this depreciated currency ov^'tfit^ own counters without any effort, oiy it':'is believed, intention ever to redeem it. 'With

., culation which he cannot dispose of. w-jth-

mif

Sl ri

people. res: with the insolvent) tho upright man of bus: The practical operation of the law in ma-1 inc',^- with the dishonest and corrupt. ny instances,'has been that the individual ')%h'the'sta'te'df things We have had'for,

this currency they purchase bills pavable /5ast, and the farmer instead of/,getting an P.*1tL,in ^^ir ^^{°of /35»™5,123 W, or equivalent for his products, is naid in a.cir- mdr§tliart dne1-ihair bf all (he circitlatioh.c^

'4 You will be w-utinn-'

jn our du fo 0 Ula

faH t0 n(]o proni4 mea

'c intuinciVsablo'dcA'y oT "pr.'njluml cL

«j-

Wo,668 441Vesff*than the hinount paid for intricate machinery has been reqfiir- Jp'C(.f..Tiu|fuh^dfe'I^^cient amount oft/iu constitution^ cuiIffc yeare'ndiri October -SI,' 1853. This ed-

frf ihn

this' purpose«,«bUt simply an applica-. V^raiited^^n? b^^rt.X""! W among, pur uc^le

u'kL Mn^jpWf nwrc.'at,un,VciilT™ii-!

will be- du- v.ij alwRv^'at 'tfie

il:be realized

that its proprietors should .be itpioastmtii of

pecuniary abnUy. and that it|hpuJ^emy^l:

Auditor to wind up7any Bank fiot doirr-' do-

out this principk-,' ing business af the «-p"lHco -where. i:s.?biils the broad ba

which it wns enacted^gilC-'hks not If it De^tho desiW of the Legislature to

interests wkieh.the -werc.parable. To give more efiieicncy to ]iuWiciinstructi6n rests.

3 Bank, consisting of. this, provision,.-and to mako th»^uty iinper.-[l,-,siiyplj4si revenue, real, ative.upojj,-t,1iat effieer,.I,calledthpatteniion

H^^^leslate, and'otber-. }^seU I recommend the! of the Legislature to the object ia 'mv

a single individual, and he' an atehlrcadv charged with duties

-h tn'i

have

^v,le

Uiiair,?

bvtB^vtii »4 l!fdz odv^ nam oflltnwrrmzrr 0:1 *,-* wo

t-vn liabilities, was created. This st.vie .i3f, t-^ablitai 'cohfldenoer wlit^eV.t-r .mentejJoin.: I.^timciion

t£fi30¥«

/4iUe valuable '$ml iiKi'i*es:iivg report, of,

«if? .• -u

rear'longer, a greatly" increased amount: cit-ement! and ppprehensioils on Uioj one |oi :tfce,ejdst,.fsb.eiitiKl- elfpieutSj o,f4iinoian of .paper iirculation would haveiresulted in jhand, and-loss.and insolvency on-the other. Jpi pgresft--o|f^if .(1S ./ hum greatly increased -pec-uniary losses to the A contrary policy might involve the solvent

has not sought to locate'and commence the Jasb y'tti.Hfr. was not possible to avoid dj'siurb1n^,,ifluence 6r de^l qM\^inns, .its business of banking to accommodate"' 'the rertiMons and monetary 'excitements. action h?isfeecn happy a\d harnv7nious: p.r.d conimercial community but to borrow Cir'ciilat'ion of the State Bank /'if' warrants the expectatiou-that with flight money for himself unddr the sanction of: in Oct., 1853, was

Circulation Jan. 1st, l8o,^ 5^565,099 00 Es'tiniated'iimountin th'edlAnds'

lcfl

,•

their Ltitdtion'Jlo suspend, have

:money

pen business of

in the

-f .. count-,1 and thus plundering the labdrer of merckl inlcrcpu^^Tow can aoy. people

hjs ird earnin

stauijity under''lliis state of iucuctary

|uVt4 'V/e shall ahvays have rovuisions, exoau-

this practice,.- which is "not-only uoiustod isiol:s' contractions, and derangement in the

», we foster any system-that makes promises

Vi:? monyyi.-iWpad.pf.gold and ,siivei-.--

If the inferior ci^uia iwi Wer^tljisdav yith-

T#?^t0D'

b^v, na^L^^hou}d3nd,k

fov

amnisvi iifisifivr rfailqmo1 illtm ncdf

vWeabxicm a? Ji hj«sm .KjiUS'iU.

ifig, and Withdrawal from circulatidh of the t') fTu':i^pecuhaTcir?TinVst^nce?, in evii-y dein

?!«na

the law Men without capital or with bare- Circulation in'October, 1854,= -2,-803,6-18 00 |pies, but merely-comic-ting souie oversights ly credit sufficient-to. borrow a -feirtliW I

!':V-

sand dollars 'bf stocks, have been -furnished r©,ecreas.e, ^1,031,117 50 mt}uu afnong, pur -statuies, an exponent of

Tleir^Uj(clc

Bank

alffeinarV

by{ fa ii ro ad- plairk'roady d«i(i»ui i^n^i- elm

l^ijiwasds-qf dollar^^ff{this,Litterj lfcjfti^f

.! niHt!,4^rfJ?flbatSnMhf Qf iofti i^'diU'juhAfed 'to arwa&tftv*4i»iS-<lfIle AtoU iirttwJh?al®as:-tiM- 'tihse fntirrfn 11 iaji! ®rbo

Jo£j atfc! ar aU»rf

t?pn.: tlndiana} rtmder-''{he. u'vuspi.oes! of her

rogrr.de movement on tne part'of the'Statt-,

#pr satisfactory to the parties- that raisec them, do not/in the least degree, dis'turi

on winch Z*!

t0f

vstcm

Z.i ,u- -1 -r,

„ai"Sf

TuTm

p:n:frn?nt:'frf

circulation ,.,.w

July 1 at, 1854,.,,r ./\VV,'8PV2?feT^

'V.

of B'krs not in circulation, 1,000,006'00 Decrease in 6 months $4 734',47500 ThAnprpdise ramount. fcurrenr .f ._ dered at the ^ujJitqr'gjpfljije-1 ,a y.ony -::j' S'ftin 1 8 5 5

a 0

1 4 7 5 0

H6re-we nave. a withdrawal froiii circu/i!K, JO jao.vi «a ... .. ation. in twelve mouths,* and_ the greater )'(rt in!four ni^nt^s,

$5,765,123 00, or

in tbe'Sh 16i15-1ore•Ihan 3,000,-

000 of this circulation is depreciated it? value- being-at the mercy of.the broker and speculator. The same facts, in regard to the deci'ease'of the currency, aru true, although perhaps in less {iroportions, in the adjoining Sutcs.-wjith^which we have com-

pprdi'. hsion oft Al a.'piiblis, and the uperati/i/iis of JlftiijtfW&c&v of)public in-ii i'Aoii the r.-Hcn§^.inijjy t-ud .^sainplva-Hs'f

11,-the

(let

r---

ftc'iioa'ololrefiieople,- ia town-!! up^e

|local d-xeepficg oi?1y

a W it an E of or pi be cfUiorf K3f-y3iUh'. ^i ywWuld be a ruinons pol"nd i«?yftp ii1a!kd-«n«xception so fatu 1 tt-J3cixjjs4

of tb.es-badloer, so:.to prevent undue ex- pJcts:of efficient «iion: on tjte pnrt .pftotie

.-s ... ..„

(V%

'"wrx -7—^ and Supply some, d,efiei?tiqtes,.|t wili re-

...

&3,834.7G5 50 jamendnK fifsJ not affecting its vital princi-

tiie wisriom-of its framers, and a bletsing -. iS- tij IJ»1. and aaAipnpr to,the fctaie.

ri tJ(

The signs of'our educational progress insv[ be seen- 'ih' the increasing, number of graced schoufs—'ome of 'e^tSblishe'd' reputftnon., f?.nd others aspiring to that position —J•iftYd'ih tlielarge, commodious, and costly edifices Uiat4Hv've been erected for purposes of education,' in various parts of the State. T.he building of numeroiH. school bouses, and the increasing demand,for competent teao.hers, arf additional evidences of the favor with ^vhich the people regard,pur. educational interests. Tlie-recentor^aiiizalion of a Teachers' Instilute, and

cationai mierests. liiu-receiHoi-g the later Association. v.-ith its Asocihted lecturcs, I hail ac omens of good and predict that beneficial and far-reaching influences wiil ilow.out from/these-institutions.

i-a'uizatiou

of a Sta^e 'Teacher:

During the past two yenrsrf,' -the steady increase of the number of students in our sever,: 1 Colleges, and the manifestations on the part-of those ..who have chargo of these institutions, of an active sympathy with all the educational movements of the'.Stale', have alloicd 'ftdditiouYil and gralifvrng!i vidences of tl sotui'^statc of popular trpin* ion on tlie PitSjc'ct of educati .-n.

tennj^e.ijf s,i^li ja.,go':icy,f ta.j^.. :p.p.t fiotn

i^uj training

"Mn'.e.

^^?!?^of ft'usifre^s. T!MfJ/jrL^"irpf t^-'! valha'oie Library tijH:..St.'0on(*tine*J, were do» the .'fo-s'rif hn'dinAe^ K^ it •lyi'

4 trorea.My

You areiitVa^H^Htf for^^nri^c' years tiie affairs of this Instiiuiion liave been -ehihar-rass'-d by'the progress ofa-law suit,, whieh involved a,boiit.sixty.thousand, dollars of its i"uud?-, and which.^rew out of a, controversy between ^the State and the. .Vincennts L'niversity. The suit has been decided against tho Slate but no 'decision has been made in any coniroveisy wherein the St^teXiiiiversity wss a parly and it is believed, the jtfdfpWcnt of the Court cannot, without further'legislative action, be carried info effect by any transfer of the fivnds in question, to the Yinoennes University.

Having no doubt of the power of the

Slate to adjust this difficulty, (in whieii the

j.v' 'If will 1)e' v. task worthy of the exercise of! rights and liabilities ot the. pcriies arose irnybar legislative'wisdonr, to correct-,'bv some der the old coiistitulior., 1V anv-means'at! u« i:.„ ..

means within the scope of-vonr legitimate r.er command or on time.. I carnestlv rec- i" »i

alities caused by the first oaimend theadoplicu of measures fur the annual avails of the local early settlement of. (bid controversy, in some ution of the i^-ceral' way that will uot deprive the Statu n.ver

school tax, it rs believed, sity of its present resources. The suit,' to its may be obtained as] which reference has been ifcardv, was insti-

readijyasther could have been accomplish-.luted rnder the authority of an act of the ed had-tbd decision been otherwise. Legislature and, whatever opinions niay The second decision, as I understand its be entertained as -to th

import and applicatioh, cOntincs the power litigation on the part of the i: and himu the responsibility of raising fund?, ty, the interests .of the people of tiie Sttile, for purposes of adequate.and general pub- of the Institution, and of .the community in

4° Wl5

]oci

ibe^restricting,ottbe exercise of.this pow- final settlement of me question. .e .. _i or, and 'the-limiting of its responsibilities to' m:. General Assembly',1""'will prdduce the iinifofrhity cotitemplated'b^'ibfe constitution, placed before you, i„ .... .. ft is bqt T)yieTed,Kboweief,' that thfe'Su- Trustees.- These officers, in the course of, -^eotioaeat. It will give me plf&sun*

03iifinv Jn

Too 'aHI~ni ti*'qotdJnjsI -Bin%fl bisicua oi eaxni liodi

hips ajid in (iislric*. prgaaiis:itiun.-,-U indi^-. duclmjo of sip'ung'Ji., and \irtuo, nearly, necetsary. .i- --.} {j-criiy, in .nt»t»pn,s and bA^.|e^ where tlie.le^-

only sonnr ie er

Ii is'lhe'dtitH- of'-'tlje'Stute lo e.V'end -to '^!i tiie general educational enterprises, cf her oit'izehs -the .uoiintt-nar. ce ^(id.feneoni'v(go ijierit ofi a iiiorai ppljcvv.-and ,in.-^-ai.uii sfde.jcjoarriJciia «piiiihi!itt» b^rjeevgotubut iu. ^::iig, ii j.aiv ifj£ tl.is purpose,

/Hi

A,-

_rfife'affii!i^of":fl^ 5?( jeortiingfons«Dffe ^Virrfnt Arir? 'd'e-

fire.^.TheUuslees uujuedia^ly

Ills' ev1K'"' o,U iuiop^ed.ene'rffBt/c ai.d CQpnuoueaL means .to

uippt^d,energetic ai.d eopnumical rut^a.

lhe lu 9

tlt

A statement of the condition of ihe! lv

fynds ef the State University will be subject, and it is the duty l, in the report of tho PeoP^

officers, in the course ot

•preme Cotift, inPd^citTfhgthe uhconstitutibn- the paist year, obtsiued a lojutof six thou*- to-co-operate with the Represeotaajity of the township tax, intended to de- and dollars from, the Sinking Fund andi tivea of the people, in lb® adoption claro thatihe^veppto of th^ftE'iml town- thfey sLould. be invested wiib authority to! of any .constitutional measure, tbgt 3'Ic'ij \o *1£,d si 7«\'ed.of mortgage apart of- the college lands^to so- may bej:ajculatetl to^remqY^ this ac-

fivo 9gb»Iwoai

4i to s/Toqsi snlT in8loY»«®S bits itoiJibnoo

rif»d 9tii lo alnamunom np«i4«i

8Joaot«T|7*ot{ nnpWioa {Uttf IWLfctijq rfWEMriJ )o seensqjci i(iJsnibio odt ml* ifriQI'imj 0TJ

p, before U'?IJ I.O a tiy us ,q{.theiyieyital|J^r

respect to ttiis.snbjs.vv

General A^si,m,bjy, v. ill, do'ibtlcs consid

t!-o?e

igjtation, discission, 'kc forCril.Hr!

communities where and.moral in{luence.s .... maLion, nr.d] wherei the people now Tq'ffui^H sonnd lv-^Ma'ion to prPtcct,'t1.^irt"!inilc.»i

lake into

eraU.oii.'tlie ']»ropfietv of,rcre'n{i YaW.^^hieli,, upj6r,i ''recent %eiiArf,/ and alV'cl^Vihavfe^'lboU'lfmoH^1 enr Statutes since the

rfoundation

of-'tfi^

!St i,fictG'dve»nmer,t."! Jui .eJk»?57nq f.fln

ThcTAw 'of f^53,'«»h the suSjeet of tho' traflrc in intoxicating Hq'uors, has becii-rW3 dl'i-cd: inoperaiivo by decision of XhC'Su^ prt m'e iCuurt of (his Statt and an -unusual" degree, .of exei ment has prevailed Sainoi^y the-.pfpple, in. relation to,,'tb.e, ibnw® tha/f should be passed by.^he General Assembly, for tlic pi^rpo^'.o/ Restraining -the dpsplif^ ting evils off'intemperance, The ne'ccsVi• of restraining these evils' Ly. the'force of law, has-been ackoowled^etl by .otifjl^fe* la'tron, from the organization'6*f tlte' Gov^ ernment to the present 'time 'lihd in ih/ •cPurse of the past ^wfiKhisO ttibjePt', involving trlielvappinesslilnd'prosperity of our race, ami rising far abVHwciflrl party ^considerations, WHS lorced, in spmp:nieasuiTe,jto. assume the nature of a poliiicyi-1.

Fome of tLe be^t,citizei^ o/ftli^^tatkijfcntertaiiv seriousid^ubts, nptiOiily as to thu constitutionality, but. as to.the expediencr of adopting stringent legal means for. snppre/ sion of intcniperance and jt_ij neither prudent nor just' to assume from tnn fact, that s.uch men are among tho fods'ttf temperiincc. Al- experience shores 'thatvery'stringent penal laws against pflvilego and'Jiabits ,ong indulged rn,iiift(ti^lcul^ted' tP produce a re-action in public 'sentifnent.?

Wc hive, in onr State pome cotinti^ii# which, even under our defec'ive laws, nolTfii solitary dram-shop is to be tbuiidj' and in which, no person coal 1 find a support as !etniler of. Pjfirituous li|iiors to be drank as a beverage. Here, then, arc examples of the prevalence of a sound public opinion in

i'1'.uvvn til

:jfyMVeiii 6f ("fte.iv hnppy coirdiiron'.10^ (li^arHnent of the Got3 ermi:cnt "ifrt'jtft.sti^naliiy^ Kr/'Bt:d wilb tk0-ri, hl to prbhibiit) rhd irawu&ctiire: and

€ii»T

:enr the iecuntv'arfii

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The 1 7 6

cJi«iv'e"aetir,fi-oni the^ai't ifi (MXMMVTi&Aii- olfl^4iiha5/Bftfft65StrUo

-S'l. Jl-t'rrta}a coliegl Lmild.ug, .in.1 Itu vur.y .--.„ba««Kli!"-Ntf -fi-timsfb"-.*

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oibMdtaUc^Wth'c '^tftrnerc^ %o fhc Statr^Hotfld 'tfovft rriom»Mit ri^p. inlP4ri1port*m'o^,f!l! 66r£ tract-with tlio.-e toriible rearitic^'lol' poverty, sorrow, vvre'lcbednes?, moral degradation and crifnc vvLicit da'r^-! ken onr land, and fill .,tir jilrna-bdu^-se^, bospit.fiIs and- penitentiaries.-^ Lienevoietice and public policy alike require-a ^oppression of the evils of internperatioe and if the wails of the widow and the latherless fail to reacb our hearts, and urge us to apply a remedy, considerations of economy '«n the administration of the law should not be disregarded.

It has always seemed to mc,. that the individual who sella intoxicating liquors in violation of law, and .tho person who becomes a drunkard by

tne habitual use ot Hucb liquora, are

A A L.

A A drunkard, shoud, bv

law, be disqualified for the making of contracts, or the management of property, thereby protecting his family from the designs of the cunning and cruel, in the waste and df struotion of bis estate. We shall, fail in

resultant fuiurej our duty unless we throw the strong State linirerti-! anil ut the luiv around tke wife and children of the,inebriate.

.^0

one

can doubt "thai there is a

Strong public sentiment in /0dW

cba lQ

dentitneirt.

ou.-Jaws Hpoa

^rvanta

€arry

out that

It will give me plfj