Indianapolis Daily Herald, Volume 1, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1865 — Page 2

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riiori.it tum. Tk etlr,f wwe f 'l' 7' -Tin wit Uta tl irf.trri.t lim P t Lt;w rrt1U tnbt f UnklTtB u4 prai. If. fcfwtfvT, w t fw', la ywti ta b1 u ik d cf eoatotn, ratl'T tbaa as gTtfJ 9rle' t . th l(Bal tftrtl d4 klrd w-a a, M tat, b anal Um rciplr.ta f durtt f t prt yar, abetdi crVy aaka at to a tsw. m4 fatter r: tau laaa r f ta rrnc anj f7taa4) 4m t II. ob wb hollet ta afsatJaie f 5tlUull ll-aanda. Oer 4 bloody cli .1 war la rxJed, anj ra--f aia ' poo. U Ua4 ; at4 tb end ho tbat Oft fca Va w'.tk , '.inj kcb,ritt er rtr., aal skK g la coxaen f U Bali. Oir aarwta ! been tlentsotia, at! tl rtwird of rWJ raack af labwr an lodatry bar ln atrri. Wita fam'r. rsor ra'.Inr bar b-n k n ia onr borders, ao4 attboeixh wa ara ra!d epon ta lament th Um of aaaay of onr brav aH:ra wbo Ii s? tk r Gai M a sacrifie f thir country, ya tb rttan f a aiy Itoaaaruls ta tir kor, from tlofy fl, tat U Uarlrt by lk"r valor, la a aearr .f Joy ! ail. Tb faura fill f hop lar tb nJar'.r.g pr and pr'.aperity of la Stau, and ll'.aaluU prospsseU f.r nat.on; weof rasa, power a 4 glory, ar spread cat bfr . Ja view af tb man blrs,rjr, and la compliance not Mir with cast, b'-i Iba cict'oia t,f duty, I da krby riLlTaarae'ay, tb TU f IcrUr lm(m way of Taaaktglrlng aa4 prajrr ta Almbty .od f jt LU avtreta, aa4 Mr! raimarMl t tb ppl of lndiaaa. Uat, laying aald tbir rdinary a'ratloc, lby aab! UiBlTt toge'Larl tb1r aai plac of wonl'p, taJ taarr that itj In tb ttnor it tig. aaUd, riaging to Gad tba incant of gtat'ful tan, aawl ao frgtllg t abar tbatr atutxlaar w.tb tb foot l4 mHj roga4 tta. Ia ltsaaa hrof, I bar brttt t my Laad at tb Kocatl CbaaWvr, ta lodiasalia, tblt 13th day f OctoUr.lOfJ. OUVEB F. JfORTO. Attaat: 2TaLo Tmui, c?tarr of Statt. The Oorernor having f til)-, in tn13mtlon umra-nln the jxrlal f th LefClilaturr, to jn ify any re.nin f..r it aiKmblln?, there ac-m tob'ie vn r(nilTable want of lnb n-.t manif t-l, anl tili ri to t, lo it, ao much, iul-l, that we f. ;ir, I. tit hof the contrary, that it will.no firaithf public? interest i rin-c-rni, ! a f;iilur'. beTeral of the menibera ar ahent, anl th attfrulan'' of othi ra, wr f ar, will W Irn-jruljr, en a"otmt rf othT enzasrnu-nt: The Hai rontlniK-il th frziniation of Uifl retilar a4n, anl tho S-nate oranif! anew. Tbi meaie of the (iovrnir ha Imth lfMTfrr!, anl fall, aa we arc lun'l t .tj, to (five any auf?I i nt rram f r the -all f the rstra ae-iin. A the Mt N n.t lue, y thOoTcrnor'e own 'idiiUlon,aiul ailhe Journal, bla organ, hal hown )n ao, n hate warejulrel in thb matter, an-1 n other nubj-et teforc the Il.Iiture w a (f inom nt t ixaih to justify the exM-ne of an extra e.ii.n. We candi-llr ujK-tt tlt.it, 1 the (iovernr li.nl cncluJeJ to aiM-ml liN jrubernatorial term in a pleasant henlth-reitorin Kiir an tour( we wlh w e were able to take nurh an one), be Uarel, t fure parting frfm hi ieoh, to apr'aronee rnortUfonthfm.uiMjn an Meai(in that wouM enable him t, an.l jutifv him in. ft Tin them hi eounjt an l lirertlnn a to th" political faith anJ .iraetiee they houl-l n.Iherc to while be might t absent, ati.i publh lr t prewj-nt the ehart of dutr an.l the mantle of authority to the Hitiral .T"hna who U to command the Kpulli an lmt during the forafn travel a of hi Kxr. II.iict. Thi I all well enough. th'uzh the i:irtin? t nt rt tinnv nt beeomewhat ex tH ii-ive. The tiov i j n,.r r--.iii. mettda the vevtin of the ari"ti fund of tlx Mate in the bond of the t ite, w hi.-h. of eoure. la Indireetly adving the raLin of the int. rest on the tn-nda. and inercain the burden tf the State. If the creditor.., a the Coventor aya,to..k the bond, iaj inj two und a half per rent. In a fair efilrtn nt, at tint rate of in terct, payable aa won after the expiration of twenty years an ra Terminably eonvtnlmt for the Mate, th.u that wa their eontraet. ana any voluntary inrreav of that rat of Interest on the part of the Mat. may, perhaps make a "peculation f,,r ..in, ti.l w in r.l.in.. 1 1 . I .k . . t i , . . 1-1! in.' I'm.- oi me iMinM, if in no other way, at the e ne of the tax-payer i Indiana. Thi I a nubjevt rniuirin fur ther examination. If the tKnd are ufT. red t. remain aa thev arc, the Statt1 ptys but two and a half wx cent. He recommend an enumeration of tin Inhabitant; home for juvenile offender, an Institution demanded, we think, by the rapid increa of crime, vvhieh i tilling our penitentiaries and jaila to ourflowin , a w i ll a by Jutlee and good iolicy toward voting, unhar.lencd offender. Such ouht not to le m nt amonj old and r xperienced crimin.tN, nor t everely di-vraeed. A Sohlier and S-anu-n" Hömel aloadvied. Xogro testimony and nejrro im:!;. seh.N axe recommended. . On account t f the t'-4-iit-n intheca of IVpi-er ct al. v. The Mate, in 22 Ind., acae which ha jut been siitain. .l in the New York Court of Appeal, the tiovfrnor properly recomrucndi K'i-lution on tho ubject of official bond. The restoration of the Jurisdiction of grand June U advised; alo that we be represented at the Tari World'a Fair, In April next. The ineajre peakt fatrorably of the establish. lUhment cf a Normal Shivl, favor paying the Morgan raid damage, justly compliment the braTe Indiana cldier, recomraend the trial of Jeff. Davla, ia against negro suffrage at rreent, and favora admitting Suthent Mate without that condition Wing required, but inaist, on amending the Constitution so a to deprive the Snub, of a large part of her representation till he ad. pt negro suffrage, etc. The Mesaasre la well written. U in good temper, but contain nothing new. It U a good embodiment of the general view, every day expreed, of the Conservative wing of the Ue publican party. A he make no reference to the White Water Valley bill, we upe they did not fonn any consideration with the Executive fr calling the tpecial aeasion; and. we repeat, no urtlcient reason ia given for it beim; ummoned. Of coure, the hasty penisal we have given the message ihn not enable u to comment so cntically upon part of it a w e may desire to to do hereafter. It leave upon u the impresion that the extra session will be a failure, but we hope it may not l-e utterly so. If. aa ia reported, the Coventor t atxtut to leave fr Europe on account of hi health, w e know of no better opportunity we sht-ll have fvr so doing than now. In all sincerity, to wih him a pleasant trip and a peedy return, with perfect retoration to health and to the public acrvice. täte Itrna. M,1CTOC A hlretl girl by tbe name of Anna Conway, who bad been living in the family of Robert Holt, iVlphi. -omm;tt-.l sui.-ide a day or two since, by taking poison. The p.s r girl is auprx.s-d to have Kvn the victim of a libertine w ilea. TbeTeerre Haute A re, of eterday. thus jeaks of u: The IVÜly IndianaiV.i H.mll eoiiie to u enlarged and in a nr x j, now , f the most t-.tefully arran.d and K-st rint.ti paper in the Mate. If im,.rox i!lM,i. ment and loyalty a mu.h a, it ha d .ne recently in apiaraiee, it will ..,. u- a vera creUitaole papa-r. and an in.prov,ÜMut on the btnllHtl, vahuh It dlspUvrs. insorttie rnfiaWrs if tht f'ririishu- K-ir and dicer of the Court. calll at th, L ;:.uii , t tcurt.cnru-üoa cf iruu.l ?ryan. rH jud v Samuel A. lk.nner w. called " coorn txretary. bfrurxn the Chairman appointed U W W lltUtas:. Hole rat. e U.-uUnl) I v. gaa. Judge of the iVurtl, J L , ' Uli. fUU, is a!Ut ret.r,, fr,.,. !r f fore, ' ""eRtiohtl By the m-mUr. ,rthe t,r,,n. buTf lUr. nd oxWr. . r .i.l a urt. ti ; tender to him our pr. f ..und re.jn t f,.r ti,ability, tiigtity aui iuipartihtv wahwhi.h b ha rwulsj; and that Ivi rvttrirt fn-m Lis Judiciai stati. n. be earrus v ith 1. 1 lit , ur hu'het rrgard f r hi purity and upn'h.tn, . a Judge, and for the courtev he hss manif. -t.-d toward u a meiubar t f the liar, and X r of the Court. JUsolrtJ, That th prt-es.Jin' of thi in. tlng be apread uj-u th- order k f the Court Which wer unanimouslv adopted, and on xnotiou of Ciiai-U W. Miarriuati. .Micnü. w ere cruere-J U be tublibed iu the tire tisbtirg CArvruce, aod Indianapolis Jvrnal and JlrrAXl'U A. IJOXXER. Chrtnnan. Cotm EWLXO, Stcrttary.

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

GtntUmm f fie ef-fire; Snitt ni llf J The Cor-ttitauoo proiWe t t. if la t!.e o; ilion of tb ()erDor tv pub'ic welfare ren it, be may at aoy time, by procUeaatton, fall a'petial eemoa of the Georral Aen.l'y Tb pfotiaioo of the orgiuic l of tf.e ute ren'dericjf th tetilar eKoa of the L,;i!at'ir tieot-ial, ani Imitiof tbem t tbcteim ot ixtt-on dij, tl coLd tton of partxa jj tii tate dunox tha lt foor jearp, acd the j uM c excitement toaJent to a tat of war, ui.::i:g at it did, to mat t itfi.t, tie min ia of tr o f jr the calm cooiJeratiOQ of auhjec ta of crJ.nary legjalat'OO, ha all cootriUu'.eJ to f reaet t the abortion of lfRi'liM tDfi.ur ti.ti l.e ptcirea of the buta and the welfare ol tha pvple oul J aeetD to uemand. At the It itioa of tbeOetieral A?-fa.h!y many important bill were it.troiuce, but fa.IeJ io the d fferenl ati; of t'ieir progte- for warit of tisieb) rerfect aLd tüftu 1 bat He time rpent oo tbo onperterteJ titti itti tr. yht oot be loet to tbeptbhe. aa act p! jof üi.ng that tie buir of tuj ttgnitt or f-ri iI ewioo of the lieoeral Aaeaibly, o the calen dar or file of either liouac, aod remaioiu tn6aihe1 it the expiration of uch ie4iyn, shall, at the next Ufceeditg peclal ea!oo of tbe im (ier.eral Aea.biy, calendar of tie Houc iu be transferred to the wh;ci it was peai.wg, in tbe am order in w Lieh auch buittss tood at tbe termination ol auco regular or special session, aod shall be taken up toJ d ,-p.j-ed of in the same manner it might have been taken apanl disposed of at auch preceding regular tr special e"ie.on. Tbe considerations beloremtntioned, tbe fact (bat the unumahed Ouame-s ol tbe last session upon which much inleliietit 1 1bjr has been bestowed, coulJ only be saved by re-coDveciug tbe (Jeneral Assembly iu special session, and tbe belief that measures of vital importance demanded legislative action betöre tbe time fixed for tbe nex". regular ses-ion, have cauaed me to issue the proclauut oo, in j ur-u-aneeof which you are now assembled. The amount of the public debt of the '.ate conaisline of two and a htlf nj five prr ctid j registered stock is seven milliou lour hundred and eighteen tbousaod nine hundred and sixty j dollar and City Cents ( $7,4 1 BJtitl !;. ÜI ' this amount th sum of five millions thre bun , dred and fortv two thousand five hundred dul Ir (ij,3l4? .reK') is five per cent , and the um , of two million aeventy an thousand four bun- i Jred and aixty dollar and fifty cent (i'J.Oib,- , 40') is two and a half per cent stock; that ' i tock opon which iLtereil ii paid at tl.ee , rate. I Of thfiS stocks the board of commisioriers 1 of the sinking fund have purchased and ho i hold the sum of four hnndrcJ and forty fix thousand six hondrtd and aeveuty-two dollar ! and sixty-seven cent 1$J16,GV2 67) of the five per cent, and th a um ol nlty-one tbousaud two . hundred aod seventy two dollar and ntty cents ; (I5I..72 50) of tbeiwo and a half per cent The Mate Debt sinking fund Has purtbat-el and now bold seven hundred and eihtv eight thousand and thirty five dollars (iC,U35) of the five per cents , and ninety-six thousand nine hundred dollars (Jb.yiHi; ol the two and a ball per centi. Tbe aggregate amount ot wnat tne Mate holds, through theso two funds, is one million two hundred and thirty-four thousand seven hun dred and seven dollar and siity-seven cents (i I, -234,707 C?) of the five per cent. stocks, and and one buudred and forty eight thousand one hundred aud sevcuty-two dollars and fifty cents ($14-5,172 ol)) of the two aud a half per cents; in all one million three hundred and eighty-two thousand eigbt hundred and eighty dollars and seventeen cent" ($ 1. 3f2,VH;J 17.) leaving outstandirg in tbe hands of tbe creditors of the State the amount of six millions thirty-six tbouand an.l eighty dolbtis aud thirty-three crnLs (iG.ttUo.OM; 3d), of which four millions one hundred and seven thousand seven hundred and ninety-two dollars and tbirtv three cents ($1,11)7,71?' 3-1) are five per cents, and ore million bine hundred ai.tl twentyeight thotwirid ' wo hendred and eighty eight dollars ($1,1) ''-s') are two and a half per tents. I he face of the stock or the certificates of it iabtcdnes provide that "this stock is reJeemable at any time alter twenty yers from the IDlh day of January, lb Iti, at the pleasure of the State, and until redeemed is transferable upon surrender in tb city ot New York.iu books provided for that purpose by the Agent of State there rtsident, by endorsement thereon, Hid according to such other rules and forms a ire cr msy te prescribed lor that purpose. And lor the pajmei t of the interest and redemption of the principal aforesaid the faith of tho Mate of Indiania is irrevocably pledged " Tbe t wetty years leferred t j will expire on the l!).h day of January ncx', aud the question first o be considered is whether these stocks I all due at that time, and whether the coutract made by the State rtquires that pay ment shall be made on that day. lly some it has been ured that tbe words, "at the pleiaureof the State," are to be treaded as surplusage, and the money bed to fa.l due precisely at the end of the twenty years. In support oi tins view it is argued that because a State cannot be compelled to pav her debt by legal process, tbe payment will in atl cases be at "the pleasure of the Stute" I fail to perceive the force of this, and must hold that the laDguage in question means ju-t what it says, that tbe State may consult her own convenience as to the time of making paymett unless there is something in the history of the transaction, out of which this form ol indebtedness sprang, or something coutained in the law creating it, which required that a d. Harnt construction should be rut upon the Ui.guage. The naked legal effect of tbe iutrumeiit, if not modified by history or provisions of the statute creating it, I take to be this: That until the end of the twenty years the State has no right to require the creditor to take their money, and thus stop the pa) meet of the interest, but that the money waa to be paid at some time after the end of the twenty years according to tbe pleasure and convenience of the State But this pleasure of the State must be reasonably eiercied, so as not to defeat the payment of the principal sum absolutely. The construction I have heard contended for, that the State in ty deter the pay ment of tbe priucipal twenty five. fifty, or one hundred years, or in fact forever, provided the interest i promptly paid, cannot be maintained: for that would be to defeat t'ie operation of the concluding sentence of the instrument, above quoted, which solemnly pledges the good faith of the State for the payment of tbe principal as well as the interest. This solemn pledge would be a nulity if the State was at liberty to defer the payment of the principal forever. "or indefinitely, by the prompt payment of the interest The next que.-lion to he considered is whether there is anything in the statue creating this t ck, or in the history of the whole transaction, showing the intention ot the parties aa to the time when the principal should be paid, or pointing to a period beyond which tbe State would have no right to defer its pa v ment. On tbe 1st of Julv. 1?46, tbe State was indebted upon bonds issued and sold for purpose of internal improvement iu the sum of eleven taiillioo and ninety thousand dollars ($11,W,(KHI.) On these bonds the iuterest had not been paid since 1?41. The interest due and in arrears amounted to three millions fifty five thouard four hundred and thirty dollars ($3, ÜÖÖ.430.) These toni were issued between tbe years l3'2and 1 S4t2. were of different denominator. nd were to run for twe t.tv-five and thirty years, and bore interest at the rate of five, six and seven per centum per annum, payable semi annually, for which there were coupons st;neJ and attached to the bond. Tbe State finding herself unable lo pay the interest on her indebtedness accepted of a proposition made by her creditor, the details of which will be found eoUxlied iu tbe Act of January, 1M0. and tbe supplementary Act of January, 1M7, which, taken together, constitute what is generally known as the " Duller Bill." By the compromise and settlement a fnally concluded In tbe supplemental Act of 1?47, the Wabash and Krie canal, together with the lands which had beeu eracted to the Mate to aid in its construction, were transferred, the canal in perpttuity, and tbe land in fee simple, to certain trustees in trust for tbe bondholder, ia absolute payment atid d.schargeof one half the principal and accrued ictetet of tbe debt, which half thence forward and forever re.cd O be a liabi! against the State or a charge upon her revenue The bondholders upon their part agreed to make such add tonal subscription a might be necessary to complete t'ie canal to Fvansville, estimated at eiht hundred thousand dollar ( istH).(KK)). waich condition was con plied wi-.h n their prr. and the canal so completed For the other ball of the Jet:, principal ar.d irteriv, ih Stale a to lasae to tbe bondholders certi ficatesof indebtelness or slock. Upon such stock issued for the principal sum, theStite was to pay interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, semi annually. Tbe ir.teret in arrfirs from 11 tj l!4 was funded, and interest on the aggregate thus funded was calculated at the rate ot two and a ba!f per cent, per annum from January 1, 1547, to January ), 1 tilt. and added to it. and for the whole amount stocks were issued bearing interest at the rate t.f two and a hall per cer t per ar nuaj from the It .it? nl January. payable semiannually. 1 be arrangement was a complicated oce. invoicing maiy details which it i net necessary to e.e here, aod I shall only proent a very brief uutl.ii:. 1 be Act of l!6 was. in man? important re- -". rood. bed a ni amended by tbe sopp'e rtentary A-t of 117. ,Dj ,- two torether cot. atilulathe bMta.,,4 eonaaderatioa upon which ! he cred.tor released the State from all liabij I ty for one half the principal ar,d interest of tbe UUit. I The first eectian 0f tj Xct of If-aK .... " iee word: ' ".WtrondVJ ittOxr. That if tbe revenues ' of lb State, mp to the first day of Jaeuary 1 1-33. t be derived from a rconert t.. it i twenty fr cent on every oce hundred dollar '

if, ni a pilltjxof ffriij-Ste ri. 4 hi 1 x i toi, Ly rfoa oft!. täte bir.piii ia crce(.tum treiry ti't.rr Iron :!.f C4U('. le ui -iett, afirr dtffijir t! currt-t c of O.e (otrr,tri!:t, to jat ii f4t ol intffet of t0 f f ct.tu33, Iben aul ia t', it rf ti.g i?s hai: o:.!j b r rj-j;rJ tj ptT, u? to at l firat da of J anutry, 1 f3, ueb rat ol D'rri'. the rar f-ir! ist her treasury, derive-! lT)ia the tuaüoa f rfjv J, j4.i ci.a..e Der 13 11 a. a . .1 ). . k li;..h aial! he ;ail r. J J ii'nbn:J, yr T tb i r.i c ..I pec fiel in ach cernfi- ' t cite of Mit, tr.J the dafirit, with :x tx centrn i:trrt per at.t.um from tie lime it It rnie (.'u, the : tie .!! aid make op ar:-J ;aytiihe l.olJrr -f ;:h certiSCitea on or by tbi -st day of J.fiiiT,l-:T" I w. l I p.rctire-i that t'ii sectioa doe vol, ni d rr". ter , tntke a lery of te: tf-firecenta on erry one hundred do'.! ira of value, and of er.tt.bve ten' o;i etcS poll, but it evidently fro-'c) i p'T tt btpotbe-ia ttatsucb a taxaball bsUiiel!. i c-i.'.t..iuel lor a crita of jura Tt.e a., of wh'ch thi Si-tlotj 1 a put. w a rejr'e 1 t ti e I.; ;.!ture by tl e Hoa. llenryr Secrft, C.ii t in i. o! peu il Joiüt Cummiitee to whom i h? je. t l,t i bceo referred II ac roaipn i-l t'.cbt'l a rexrt from th? Coaimitwee. from l.:th I cjtr; ii't tbe bj! losing ptsage: Ut rtfctei.ee to t'e ta'e .prende-l to t'ie fcf coin! ro,-oti3r. t f Mr IlitNr.it will beteen ibtt, it t'ie tni-.( i in t-.e .-(.ite aria. i increase j at Ihe rate of i'i.O' i (m i yttr iu value (which , iaa rn iderite e-tiiitte -,v t ix of tcnj-Sve cents on t e but.dred d.iii a:i 1 cvcr.ty five rent i poll, will sffor i t'ie tiicins tf pitii.g tbe State ; expeiisc, stiviibi: .g all the s.x per cent treaa- 1 ! ury notes, ar.i patit.g two per cc:.t lotcrest u:j;i tho i u'il.o J bt. ua to the vtar 1"."H: and Ptraasaand to an I a h.If ,trce:.t upon the ent;re funded de t ol the Mate, intlud t g back inttrest aiiddtfi.-en its of inured; and nat only , . 1,1 .i ti.n nr ... ii, r ii. . I, so, but that the pr.H'feda or the aame tat would, : iu addition, produ c an annually increaain sur r.i.,a t . .,..,1 .1.. r.t-. t inn of h7 ü j; z,,; )z f ' f " " r w v rvii va fl..iirfr!n I - i'.fi ar, ! I I. a a.lKi.., 1 41 I if Hi From thi iio:e,lTr,r.,r-i h. t i,...n ,'r. 1 templated by tbe Ciara ttee (hit a co itinuin tax of twenty fate cent on everyone hundred do'.Urs. and ceventy five cents poll, was tobe a-"e--fJ for tbe njrner.t of the principal and, interest of the ilebt. and it-fcreiice is made to ' certsm table which hid been preparel by Mr. I'utltr, going to show what would be accotnn.ished by sui:!i a t ix, c-timating the increase of tne p-i.is to be f-tx thousand per year, and I th increa-c of tanbie property at six. millions of dollars per year, and currying j calculation a lir down as Jt-OU. Mr. Uutier a calculation, however, turned out to b i (rtlly erroneous, im-aiuch as the ordinary cx- ! ileuses of tbe Sute Covtrutsent were estimated ! too low, and the increase of taxablo property ! from IS lb to l;bl, averaped netrly tweHy one ! nuiiion oi dollars, lUrtcad of only six millions. per annum. on tne next day alter the passage of this bill, an i appircutly in pur-uance of iu provisions, tno J.egiauture passe an Act makmga general levy, fur Mite purp purpose, of seven ty five cent poll, and twenty-five cccts on each I one hu'dred dollars worth of property. In the supplementary act of the next year, j 1547, the following provihion will be found contained in tbe 1 lib section: 1 " And whereas, doubt hare been suggested j on the part of some such last mentioned persons ' ( foreigners hoi Jing bond,) iu respect of the matters l.ertinaltcr mentioned or referred to, which i doubts may operate prejudicially to the opera- , tions contemplated by tbe slid recited act, aud 1 it is thereforo expedient that tbe same be rc- ! moved. Now, to demonstrate the good faith of ; tbe State of Indiana, and for the removal of all ; such doubts as 'aforesaid, and with the view to ! create general confidence in the arrangement made in the said recited act by the State for the j liquidation of its dr-b: 'He it fnnrtfd. That the toll., revenues and , prob' ol the siid Cir.il and its appurtenance, t piecnt and future, and the moneys to arUe and be collected by and from the sale of the land cd prrnii't s contit -j-uu. thereto, ahd in the said ctniorep-articuUrlynientioiir.il nJ describe I, arid the (trtonul tax la bo levied towardj the pjyinttit of the s;4iJ debt, g iu the said act atl o mentioned, and the receipt and .application thereof for that purpose, as in tlic pauie net is also provided, thall remain and be inviolate and iu lull force, and the payment ol the ptincipal moneys and in j tctesf, on the certificates and stock intended to be t reated pursuart to the said act, and this act, and all certificate. and evidences of the title thereof respectively, hall be and continue effectual and inviolate by tho tneana aforesaid, until the objects and purposes of the said act, and this pret-ent act shall be lully accomplished." ' QT lie only taxes referred to in tbe act of 18 1C were tbe stveuty-bve cent poll aod twenty-five ; tents ou the one hundred dollars worth of propertv, and by thi section the good faith ol tbe Stute is solemnly pledged that the said taxes , shall be maint ained inviolate and in full force, . and the proceed thereof faithfully apt.lied to j tbe payment of tbe principal and interest of the I j stocks created in pursuance to tl.e act of 1B4C. J j The substance ot this pledge, and of the under- : j standing entertained by the liCgi.-latureon the ' , one hand and the bond-holJcrsuu the other, may" be br t II j stated as this : i hat a tax cf seventyfive cents on each poll and twenty five cents on cich one hundred dollars of property, should be continuou-ly levied, and that aite.J lefraying the ordinary expense of tbe State Government, and p tying the interc-t on the debt, the surplus proceeds should be applied to the liquidation of the principal sum. The new Constitution, which was framed in Itoti, three year alter the passage of this act, contains the tollowin; provision Section Vi. Article X : "All the revenues de rived from the sale of any of the public works belonging to the State, and from ttic net annual income thereof, and any Furplu that may at any time remain in the Treasury derived fiom taxaation for general State purpose alter the pay ment 01 ttic ordinary expenpes oi tue govern- , ment, and of the ii.trrost on bonds of the State, i other than bank bonds, shall be annually appl.ed under the direction of the General Assembly, ti the payment of the principal of the pub- j lie debt. This provision evidently contemplate the : speedy pay nicht of the public debt, and the ex istence of an annual surplus to arise from gen eral tax ation for State purposes, and imperatively communis the annual application of Buch surplus to the liquidation of the public debt. To show tbe views entertained by the Committee who prepared the rection, I will preent in lull the repot t by which it was accompanied when it wa laid before the Convention: The Committee en S:ate Debt and Public Work, t ? w hom was reterred sundry resolutions nrecnr; ir.em io enqu-re into me expeuiencv ot approptiatiug all tbe revenues derived from tbe sale of any of the public works belonging to the State, and from tbe Let income thereof, and also any surplus that may at any time remain in tbe treasury derived Irom taxation for general State purpot.es, alter tbe pavment of tba ordinary expenditures, have had the same under consideration, and having come to the conclusion that the entire debt of tbe State will be paid within titteen years, by a continuation of th rate ot taxation prescribed by law. have directed me to report the accompany irg set tion, to be engraften in ihe new Constitution, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of tbe subjects embraced in said resolutions." This report was submitted by Judge Hall, of Gibson county, one ol the most eminent lawyers of the Slate, ar.d is si explicit in regard to the ut.derstai.ding of Ihe Committee that tbe tax wastobe continued, acJ that it would pay tbe debt by 103, that it leaves no roni to doubt as to the purpose lor which tbe Cocstitutional provision w introduced Afterward, on the V5.b of January, lSöl.tbis provision came up in tbe Convention for consideration, when Mr. Howe, of Lagrange, offered to amend by adding the following clause, cot as a substitute, but additional: " That a specific tax of fifty thousand dollars, with an annual increase of five per ceüt., be levied fcr twentv five years, and expended each year iu the purchase ol our Stats bonds, unless tbe State dtU is sooner p aid off." In support of his amendment he used the following laDguage: It is very probable that the present rate and method of taxation guaranteed in what is commonly called tbe Butler Bill, will be observed; but even if that taxation aP.rdsafund for tbe pavment of tbe debt, this will euable us to pay it off sooner. Besides our public debt was con tracted chiefly lor the benefit of property, and property ebould pay it." " ! Mr. Bor Je u then iJ: j "I de-ire U mike an inquiry of my friend from Gibon (Mr. Hall;, whether tbe section) now UTiaicr coLslJiratiou rjiJes that any orer- ' plus of the taxes rt-i:: t.-oci the imposition of twentv-Sve cents tu ou the hundred dollars valuation, .hall Lt a; plied to ihe definite ohjett j of liquidating the p tu.c-pal of our outstanding ' State debt after trie paameo: of tbe interest on ' the dtbtr Io answer to this quesvio, J ude Hall said: j TL arran cement, and ot.'y arrangement, with our bondholders, was unutr the acts of s-IObJ 1-47, which ter t-five cents ou evtry bun ired do. Urs worth ol taxable p roperty. arsd sfve: ty-f.ve certs poll tax, were leJeel br tbe pv merit of tbe prmr.rt.al and interest of the public dtbi until it shall be entirely paid. According to a calculation raadf, if this system of taxatiou shall be co:.tiuued. in eighteen years the entire public debt will be paid off. The Committee of which I am Chairman, barirg charge of the sit jeer, believirg that there was a propriety io placing it beyond the power of the Legislature to violate the pledged faith of the State, instructed me t j introduce a section providing that the tweaty-ve cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property, and aeveuty-five cent p-oll tax, should be ao- j nually assessed until the debt was paij. This! section was laid npon th table, atd, 1 think, ! inconsiderately. 1 think the mailer ahould be placed beyond the power of chacge by the Leg- ( ijUtcx

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Mr. nrn then fp'.'.el aa f.jüowt: "Sir, on a prerioua oc-ann, I de'.iei that this h ul l be d oe; tecau-e I ho that thi I the w h of the fe!e I hire been teat here to represent Tr.ey do uot want th iu;ect to be leltwiiht'e Legalttore The? are wi.Üüg to firry out in g ! faith tbe arracgerrsect mtde with the UiuiUvlltt of the Mate, acj to pay twer.ty ve cer! tax upon ererv oo hoLdiel d'il'.ar T!ua:-.ra, u-.t;I t'ie State debt is eitioga.sheJ; l1 tbey der e that a rlaoe hiil be !Urrted in iL Cotatitutioo which ahall aecLre the appücition of this OTcr'.us t the ext n-gui-hroeot of th prireiptlof t'.e !t dtbt " Mr. SteveDsco then foIioweO. oppo:t g Mr. II je'a ame odoiect, on the gr..an t thai taies eh ul 1 tot b !ev;ed ia t!e CjLsiitu'.ior, thi in cuU' biin ue-J the-e worJ: "if. r, this attetrpt 1 1 levy an additional tax vpou tbe people by ua is all wrorg. I btüeve there i virtue enoj;h ia tb people t tttle th a matter through their repteeotative iu the Legislature, l J I rourh ptffer t j leave i: with that u.dv " Mr. Wa!poIe followed in a r-pecch.opposing the lot lion ol the or'g'ml fetson reporte l b tvie Comiiittee, for t?e reiou that he would do nothing to confirm tbe contract made by the

Mate with trie baidl.o.ders UhlfH there wis also a provision rtqvmh.g tbe bondholders to perform their part of thecot.traet. ' Mr. Magu.re folliwel in support of tbe orig inal section a reported by tbe Uommitle. and referred w:tb approbation to the calculation, I showing that tbe then existing rate of taxation j j wou! J pay tbe debt io Cltoec or sixteen years if the surplus was properly applied from year to fCr ia lb P'Jfcbase of our aiocki at the maiket j ,ur i Mr. Ritchie then moved to recommit the sec- j uon, wua itis.ruciious to s.riae out aua instil lh tL' Pre"ßl "le ?f aUon--t.enty.flva "CtS K property and seventy five oents " "C,a XX7 U.D.1'1 bf, ,n deltedrc-ts of the btate li lii'.Iy lKjuilitcd. , .. . .. .. ., 4 J1' K,t,Chie the,?"'J; .... , . , , "I would remark that Ibis is a transcriLt of a- ot th. couu. o? tb I have no doubt if thi course is adopted that in "'me fi,, r iRbteen year the publicthe public in debtedness ol tbe State will cease to exist. Under the action of tbe Geueral AMcmhly we made thi agreement with our bondholder in reference to the payment of tbe bonds they held, which constituted the public debt. Tbe adoption of a proposition of this kind will not only increase the credit of tbe State, but do away with any suspicion that we hire any disposition to repudiate tbe contract we have made. We owe it to our constituents that we should endeavor to erase tbe unjutt aspersions cast upon them iu relation to thi matter. And it is due also to our bondholders that we should repeat here, in tbis Conveution, tbe action of the Legislature in the arrangement made, by which, iu aome fifteen years, we will rid our State of its public debt." Here the debate ended, and the original sec- ! tion wa adopted, both ameudmenta being laid i upon the table, j 1 have rcferrel pirticularly tJ this debate to ! show the views entertained by the Committee ! reporting the Constitutional provision, aud the i understanding of the Convection at the time of its adoption. It seems clearly to have been understood by the Convention that the iiutler I Bill guaranteed the continuance of the tax of seventy five ceuts on each poll and twenty five i cents on each one huudred dollar worth of property, until the debt was liquidate", and the main subject of discussion was whether this guarantee should bo specifically incorpoiated into the Constitution. It the lcyy and cootiuuanceof a specified tax for the payment of tbe principal and interest ol the debt was guaranteed in the original arrangement made by the Legislature with tbe creditors, it would be conclusive evidence that the State and tbe creditor! were looking to the payment of the principal sum as well as the interest, I and that the State could not, in good faith, in- ; definitely postpone the payment ot the principal j sum. j Hut it is equally clear from Mr. Butler ' cal1 culations, that he did not expect that the taxes which were guaranteed would be eufllcient to pay the debt by the I'Jth day of January, li-CG, j for, in fact, by bis tables, the principal of tbe 1 debt couid not be paid before or 1374, and j when we take hi tables iu connection with the i language of the certificate, redeemable at any ' time alter tweuty years at tho pleasure of the I State," it is manifest that Mr. Butler had no j assurance that tbo principal of the debt would . be paid promptly at the end of the twenty years. It turned out, however, that the basis of taxaj tion was lar more favorable to the speedy payment of tbe debt than was contemplated by Mr. Butler and the Legislature in 1 Sdü. for the average increase of taxable property, from that time until the present, has been, as before stated, j nearly tweuty-ot e millions of dollars per aa num, instead of six millions, and a calculation which 1 have caued to be niado, will show that if the guaranteed rates of taxation had been maintained, there would bo in the Treasury on the first day of Jauuary, ltC6. a surplus of four million; eight hundred aud ten thousand seven hundred and four dollars and thiity-one cents, ($4,M0,7U1 31.) after defraying the ordinary expenses of the State Government, and the interest on the debt from year to year ; and it is easy to show that if this surplus had been applied from time to time, as it accrued, to tbe purchase of our stocks at fieir market value, the whole debt would hare been paid by the j 19tQ ef January, lsGG It was well understood by Mr. Butler aad the bondholders in 14r, that these rate of taxation were all that the State was able to bear at that time, or would bo able to bear for many years, and the language of the certificates, making the principal payable "after the end of tweuty year at the pleasure of the State," tbows that tbe Legislature entertained doubts whether the State would be able to pay promptly at the end of twenty yoars, and that they did not iutend to place her io a situation whmre, if she failed to make such payment, she would violate her contract, and stand before the world as repudiating or bankrupt. In Itj'i the Legislature departed from these rate ol taxation, and reduced the levy to twenty cents on each one hundred dollars worth of property, and fifty cents on each poll. This rate upon polls was continued until 1G3, but tbe levy upon taxable property fluctuated from fifteen to twenty cents on the one hundred dollars from lt53 to 1-61. In Iro-J t ,e Legislature passed an act creating the State Debt aiiukiug Fund, aud levying a tax of two cent on tbe one hundred dot lars "for the reduction and ultimate cxtinctiou of the public debt." This fund was placed under tbe control of three Con missioners, consisting of the Auditor, Treasurer, and Agent of State, .who were directed t j invest the proceeds of the tax from time to time in tbe purchase of the two and ahalf and five per cent, stocks. Tbe interest on the stocks thus purchased was to bepiid semiannually to the Commissioners, who were to invest tbe same in similar stocks, and tbus create a Sicking Fund for tbe ultimate redemption of the stocks created by tbe Butler Bill. In lt-37 the Legislature failed to levy dv tax for State purposes for tbe years lf37 and 1?33, aod for those two years no revenue was collected. In 13D an act was passed instructing the Auditor of State to sell tbe stocks which had been purchased by tbe State Debt Sinking Fund lo tba Board ot Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, in order to raise money to defray the ordinary expenses ot the State Government, and to supply tbe deficencies in revenae growing out of tbe failure to levy and collect taxes for the preceding two years. Thi act being held void for want of a title, the Board of Commissioners of tbe Sicking Fund refused to act upon it. but the Auditor of State treating it aa an in j structioc, sold the stocks in orn market and put tne money into tne i reasury. At th reg . . a ear . ular session in )il it was enacted, that tor tbe year l!G3, and every year thereafter, five cents be levied on each one hundred dollars worth of property for tbe reduction and ultimate exticc tion of the public debt, to be used by the State Debt Sinking Fund Commissioners as before described, but at tbe extra session in the same year, an act was passed diverting this tax, and that for tbe years lsCl and 1SC2, from tbe State Debt Sinking Fund, to tbe payment of tbe War Loan, which bad just been authorized, with a provision, however, t'sat if the bolder of tbe War Loan Bonds would not sell them to the State at rates cot exceeding their par value, tbe proceeds of tb tax should be invested in tbe stocks created by the Butler Bill, according to the terms of tbe original act creating tbe Sute Debt Sicking Fucd. Tbe legislative biatory, it muct be admitted, is rather curious and contradictory, and comes shot t of performing the obligations which the State in 14C entered into with ber creditors. For this non-performance, up to liCl, a valid eiciue can hardly te found, tut for what his b-arpeced sioce the excuse is ample. Tbe contingences and cccestitits of war override all other considerations, and if they cau.-e a failure in the strict prlormance of a contract, it would net subject a State to tbe imputation of being wanting in good faith. Io view ol the whole matter a I have presented it, the ju't conclusion seems lo be this, that while tbe Sute i bound to pay the principal of t'.l debt on the 19th day of January, lbCC, or be considered in default, yet that she is not at I berty tJ postpone the payment of it indefinitely; that to ua so would be to violate tse fair construction of the certificat itself, and tbe explicit cnder-.tir.di3g that existed in the Legislatures of l4ti and lr47, and in the convention ot 130, as tho n by their several enactments and debates; but that she is tot bouLd to make provision to pay tbe debt wubin such reasonable time after the twenty years as may comport with the original understanding of tbe parties, the ability and condition of tbe Sute, as left by the war, the faithful performance of her contracts, and the preservation of her good came. Th whole ubject ia tberelore commended to your careful cons dertion, in Ci tope that youri conclusion, whatever it shall be, may be announced before your final adjournment, ao that the Stat and he creditor! may know; what they hate to depCDcl

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Aabffore b)ti tbe ac.our? of these steels ou;?'.aLdit)g in the hit.d of our cied tjr an J to t e provided l r U six niilLori thiity mx thousand a- I eiibtv dvlJaraatU lbiit-tlarce tets (1C, Oj6, 33; 1 te Aud.tor of S'ate baa furnished o.ea atatemcr.t io wbkb be fsiimat that fiete wiIJ be in the io the Treasery, oa accouLt of tbe Mate lbt Sinking Fn1. on the firtt dy of May teit. tne iuqi of oao tailooa dollar ($l,j()0- , lie I rd of Coniu.iaivner of the Old Sinkit.g Fur. J ll probably hare oo baod, ia ch, oi the 1-t d i JiLutrr, lh. tbe sum ol rix hundred t'-.vu-aDd dollar (fGCS) OIK). 1 hf'e i due also lo tbe tjlJ S lWic g Fucd about tote buii ired hjuatrjj tlullrs (f3W,(Ji)'Jj

: n ioi e-v.re i i.f mortcirea on real lor several Jar, c ing to tl.e eitet-siouof time made by the Mi'.e to the nior'if ars, unleM ty the issue of a l.ke an.Ciu:tt of b u Js boariog six ptr cent ia:mt, baliiscLe trictit lethtn , that which the S ta receives .n tha Uurtgae. j the boiids to be pjid out of the procrtds ol the' ; mo:tagss when coütctel 1 Ltse bo.d disi poexl of to our cred.tt or ctbers, at par value, aod tbe doners re.'eirel to, it promptly inveMed' ( in our s'ock. woul J procure sotue two" millions ! six hundred sod fifty thouauid dollars ( JS.tiöü, j IXHJ) of our stock, and thus rrdace tbe ao'iounl (in the bit.ds of our cre-Jit r to thtee mtUior. three hundred t.d tigbtv-:i tbousini and eLhtv dollars at l ih rtj-thr.e te i ta (.l,3rb l'tU sJ3. The ch on i.-nd in tbe Old Enking Fund drivi no ir.tcret and has d m f..r many mouths and wiihout recar J to the rone'i...... ,,u m..' )me 1 1 as to t'ie time or mole of pt'iiog the public debt, 1 earnestly recommeud that all tbe c,h and other aets belonging to the Old SiiAing rund be as speedily as possible invested in our State Mock, and the somewhat formidable and costly machinery by whic'u that fund has been managed abolished. The fund thus con verted iuto our stocks can be easily mauaged by tbe Auditor of State with equal advantage to oar common schools, and at a saving of no small expenpe. Of course it will be understood that fuch ptoiks as cow belong to the Old SinkiogFund, or a may be purcht.ed by it assets, must in some form be kept alive for the benefit of the School Fund, so that that fund, which is made inviolable by tho Constitution, may not suffer bv tbe conversion. The financial system of Indiana is complicated, expensive and anomalous. The State is a debtor, owing large sums of money, upon which she pays interest semi annually, and incurs all the expenses thereto necessarily incident such a the keeping of an agency in New York, the purchase of exchange, and other items of co-t too numerous to mention. She is at tbe urns time a lender of money, and maintain an expensive machinery to carry oa that operation, and is subject, of course, to occasional lo.'fes incident to alt money lenders. If, therefore, tho tru-t funJs of the St.te could be invested in her own H cks it would greatly cheapen and simplify her fjoancisl svs tern, and restoro to it administration that pub lie coi.hdeuce, the absence of which has long been felt. Should the assets of the Sinking Funds be conveitcd into our public debt, as I have sugeested, the whole debt of the State left outstanding iu tbe baud of her creditors to be pro Tided for mi cht be thus stated: Two and a half aud five per cent stock. War Loan Bonds, Vincennes University Bonds, Floating debt, estimated at i3,3r-6,()?D 33 43d,000 0) CG,G3 00 10U.UÜO 00 Total debt. $3.9D'J,7G3 33 The conversion augce-ted can be made within the next six mouths, and there is no propriety in the State appearing to the world as being indebted in the sum of seven or eight millions of dollars ? hen she has the means iu ber own handsof reducing it to less than four millions XSCMERAT101 ANP ArrORTIOXfXr. It is not creditable to the State that any provision of it Constitution, mandatory in Its character and not in confl.ct with the Xat'onal Constitution, should remain a dead letter be-

cause of the non action of the legislative depatt- 1 cce',Uuce 8"ould cot in any degree influence ment. If law-makers would have their enact I 'be ultimate location of the Infetitutiou, should tnents obeyed by the masses they should set an I the effort to place it ou a permanent bas:s be example of obedience by a prompt and faiihful ! uccessful. The temporary Home was opened performance of those duties enjoined upon them t on lhe e,entn dy of August last, and the abbv the higher law contained iu the Constitution I oüt necessity for such an Institution is deitself. M :re than fourteen years have elapsed i monstrated by the fact that already forty-six since the adontiou of the nresent Constit.iiirm r ! () disabled soldiers have been admitted into

the State, and to this dav there are two subjects ou which its language is that of positive command where tbeie has been no corresponding obedience one of these subjects being almost vital to the existence of the Legislature itself. The first of these is the periodical enumeration of the white male inhabitants above twenty-one years of age, and the periodical apportionment of Seuator and Representatives, base 1 upon this enumeration. Tbe other is the providing of ! Houses of Copection and Iltforui ition for j juvenile offenders. i Allow me earnestly tj call your attention to j both of these Constitution! mandates in the order above ttated. The Constitution of lf5l provides that the frn and second elections of members of tbe General Assembly after its taking effect shall be according tj the apportionment last made by the General Assembly before the adoption of said Constitution. 'I his provision gave ample time for making tbe cnumerat.on and apportionment required by the organic law of tbe State. The Constitution says that the General Assembly shall, nt its second teflon after the adoption "of this Constitution, and every six years thereafter, caue an enumeration to be made of all the white male inhabitants over the sgeof twenty one years. It further aays that, "tbe number of Senators and Representatives shall, at the aessioc next following each period of making such enumeration, be fixed by law and apportioned among the several counties according to tbe number of white male inhabit tnt above twenty-one years of ac in each." The General Assembly of 1S53 designed to carry out the firt of these provisions by passing au act, approved February 2Lb. 1S33, entitled, An art to provide for the enumeration of all the white male inhabitant over the age of twcLtj-one years, in the State of Indiana, in the year 133, and pay the ofiieers for taking the same." In consequence of delects in this law, as 1 understand the muter, the enumeration cobtemplated by it was tcver completed, and published, and although more than twelve years have since elapsed, no other act providing for an enumeration ha been passed. In 137 the General Assembly passed an act entitled "An act to apportion Senators and Representatives for tbe next four years " The act was not based upon an enumeration of the white male inhabitants of the State over the age of twenty-one years, for no such enumeration bad been completed, and although it has long since expired by its own limitation, no other apportionment has been enacted in its place, and by common consent, and from the necessity of the case, member of both bouses of the General Assem bly are still elected under the provisions of this law which has ceased to exist, and which if in existence has become grossly urjust and unequal by the change in tbe population of tbe several counties of the State since 1&37. A literal compliance with tbe Constitution as to enumeration and apportionment is now impossible, but tbe nearest practicable approach to it should be promptly made. To this end I recommend the passage of an act providieg for an enumeration such as is con tempi ated by tbe Constitu tion, to be made in lbCti, and another in tbe year 1"71, and another every sixth year after the year l?7l. These periodical enumerations should be provided for by a permacer.t enact met t that would require no renewal at the expiration of each period of six year, and to secure its enforcement thare should be adequate penalties for any failure of duty on the part of the officers charged with making the enumeration. To meet the present emergency, I further recommend the passage of a Uw, temporary in its character, making a new apportionment of Senatorsand Repreentatives on tbe basis of the votes caat at the Presidential election in 16!, such apportionment to continue until a new one can be made based upon tbe eLumentiori required by the Constitution. noises cr atroRif roa jlvxxili offexpkks. Tbe other particular before alluded to, in which a positive rtquiremcnt of the Constitution has b.thettj been wholly disregarded, relates to tbe establish meet of Houses of Correction and Reform for Juvenile Ollenders. The second section of the ninth article of the Constitution reads as follows, vix: "Tbe General Assembly shall provide Houses of Refuge for tbe Correction and Reformation of Juvenil Offendeis." In accordance with this humane and cnl:Bhteced provision, the eighteenth section of the first article further provides that the penal code ba:l be founded on tbe principles of retorniatioo. and cot of vindictive justice. : It may well be doubted whether the county j jails should, in any instance, be used as place i of pUDi-bisect for any c'ass ot offenders, aud j whether they should not be solely employed aa 1 place of detention or accused person awaiting j trial. Be this as it may, there can be no doutt j as to the duty and policy of speedily establish- j ing House ot Reform for joTeoile ofieodera. V . i - - . . Ik.-"? ; j ... . i i tow Joejr.siaiure oi a coj, iiDprrs-ru who vac propriety of providing a place in which youthful ofTcoder might b C4bned, uncoctamiuated by tbe proximity and example; of old and hardened cCVnders, authorized the purchase of a tract of land a few mile west of Iadlacapolis for the express purpose of establishing a House of Reform for juvenile effendets. In pursuance of this authority tbe land was purchased, but since tbea nothing f either has been done to rarry into execution the provision of tbe Constitution on this subject. Isstilutions of this description have ceased to be ao experiment, numbers, of them having been established in other Sute of the Union, with tha most beneficial results. I most earnestly recommend that immediate steps ban taken for carrying into execution, with tb least possible delay, thia iurtme&t of tha Constitutioa.

OL&liaa' IXLIir twr. f The restoration of peace an! tbe coLajueot d.cbsrc frwrn ihe service of Cie L'n ted S;atea j th mj r part of the Voiuateer of tblav b ate, i

iisce u.t a.ijourotEeDt of t'ie General Aasertbly, reuder il proper that there should be a rumpiete anl tbotoub revision of tie Act for tbe relief of the families .of sol vere, seamen and rarice, aud sick ant wounilei soldiers in bospit!, appro red Mircb 4 b, Ir-Gi. DfSruIties bate arisen in the c i&s'ruction of tbe act, and ahhongb tbe Auditor of State baa taken great pir.s to ;reveat a diverli'y of act. on in ttkitg the ecumeration cootetr jrlate! by tbe act, 1 regret tt say bia efforts have not been t 'jccesful in procurirg eot.re teuer m;tj. There is also a tt oi cnititled to -eeeire tbebrncfiti of the act, the local authorities in some counties, as I am informeJ, hold.ng that the eoliier'a family mut be reduced to a condition of absolute pauperism, before they can receive the allowance provided for by : the act, while io other couatiea, relief ha been iT.ried w! er ever tbe soldier's family was, in the language of tbe seventh section of tbe act, o'herwu:. without "sufficient mean for their ' comfortable support," although tbey might p -s-cs-me property or deans Tie' latter is obviou-ly ihe proner construction, ard it is greatly to be rt jrre'ted that the act should not have ben l beraliy cm'true-l in all parts of the State. 1 here is also some uncertainty as to the time wten ihe weekly allowance provided by the act shall commence, or from what time it shall be ccmput:d to thoe entitled, although in my opinion tbe Auditor of State has properly decided that tbe allowance should commence from the date of tbe passage of tbe act. S far as it may be necessary to continue the provision of tbe act io force, I recommend the adoption of such explanatory legislatiou as may be feccssaryto remove tiit ng ambiguities, and to secure the benefits of tbe act to all those within its scope an J spirit, and to prevent the illiberal construction before alluded to. The Act contemolates the levy and collection of a three mill tax oa all taxable propeity and a poll tax of oce dollar ou each taxable poll for each ol the years li'Go and lfGG I respectfully suggest that under existing circumstances it will beither be i eccrv-ary nor proper that tbepe taxes should be levied or collected for the year IfüG, believing that the levy for le65, if properly disbursed, will be sufficient to furnish all the relict that tbe altered condition of tbe country demands. kOLblt-tV AND 6EAURs'lI0ME. I earnestly invite your attention to the necessity for tbe speedy establishment of an Institution in which Indiana soldiers and seamen, dissbld by wounds or disease contracted ia the service of tbe Uuited States, shall be cared for au maiiilaiLt-J during tho continuiLCO of the disabilities under which they are laboring. J us tice, bumauity, aud th honor of the Slate forbid that these brave mca r-hould be permitted to suffer for the comforts of life, or be compelled lo receive from the public such assistance as is accorded to ordir.aty paupers. On the 15ih day of May last, for the purpose of enlisting the sympathies ol the people in the establishment of such an Institution, 1 issued an I address, of which a copy is herewith respectfully j submitted. In pursuance of the invitation cou- ' tained in this address, two successive meetings ; were held at Indianapt lis for the purpose of elI fecting a temporary organization of a Home for j disabled Indiana soldiers and searr.eo, and to inI augurate a system for the collection of volun- ; tary contributions sufficient to place it ulti- ; mately on a permanent ibuudatiou. At the secotid of these meeting, held on the 34th day of May last, a temporary organization was effected, the basis of which will be seen by reference to a copy of the proceedings of said meeting, herewith respect. ully submitted. I Soon alter, applications for relief on tbe part of disabled soldiers were presented lo the o Mi j cers of the Association, and the Common Council of the city of Indianapolis generously ten- ; dered tbe gratuitous uee of tho City Hospital i buildings to the managers of the Association j for a temporary Home, which offer wa ac- ! wptcd, wuh tue distinct understanding that its ! the Invitation, twenty one (21 ) of whom, after "maining aome time and receiving the best cure and medical treat mect.have beeu discharged with the prospect of being sufficiently restored to enable them to care fur themselves, and one has died, leaving twenty-four still to be cared for. Of the twenty-four still in tbe Institution, seventeen are totally disabled, either by old age, disease, or wounds received in battle. The funds received by the Treasurer of the Home from voluntary contributions, amount in the aggregate to $4,'J1)4 53, in addition to which there are unpaid subscriptions, the estimated amount of which will increase this to over $'20,000. It is to be feared that tbe Institution cannot be placed upon a permanent foundation by voluntary contributions, and in view of this 1 submit the entire subject to the General Assembly, and respectfully, but earnestly recommend that prompt measures be taken to secure the object in view, feeling assured that it will commend itself to your judgment aud sympa tbies. The U. S General Hospital, at Jeffersonville, is one of the most complete establishments of the kind in the country, and is wa-11 adapted to the purposes of a Soldier's Home. I have writtea to the Secretary of War and Surgeon General for information, as to whether the Government would be willing to turn over this Hospital to the State of Indiana to be used in the establishment of such an institution, should the State desire it. The answer when received will be communicated to the General Assembly. OFFICIAL BOXDS. Tbe public interest require that there should be some legislation on the subject of official Bonds to prevent the sureties therein from setting up, as a defense to actions brought on such bonds, some unperformed ou'standing agreement between them and their principals. Under existing decisions a surety ia an OCicial Bond, when sued thereon, may plead, as a defense, that when he signed the bond the principal promised him that ne would procure some other pe rson to execute it as a co-surety, and that the bond was filed and approved in violation of this agreement. Sound policy requires that when Oflicial Bonds are properly approved, and filed in the proper office, there should be no doubt as to their binding obligation on all tbe parties executing the same. I respectfully recommend the passage of a law, providing that every jiHncipal and surety in an Olfijial Bond shall be required, before such bond is approved, to acknowledge its execution before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgement of deeds, the acknowledgement to be certified on the bond, and making the bond thus acknowledged as binding, to all intents and purposes, upon such surety as it is upon the principal, and declaring that as between the State and the surety, such surety shall be deemed and taken to be a principal, and expressly prohibitiog him from setting up any defense thereto, other than such as might avail tbe principal. ORAND JtaitS. The experiment inaugurated in 1 S'2, of depriving the Gracd Juries of jurisdiction over misdemeanors, has been fully and fairly tested, and I respectfully submit, that tbe lesson taucht has not confirmed the wisdom of this chacge, in the administration of our penal code. Experience, I think, has clearly demonstrated that where it is not made th sworn duty of some properly constituted tribunal to make , diligent inquiry and true presentment, as to the minor onences aganst the penal code, these offences will go unpunished, and thereby beget a disregard ot law, acd result in the increase of crime. The General Assembly has already found it necessary to restore tbe jurisdiction of Grand Juries over one class of misdemeanors, and it ia not perceived why the same considerations which induced this partial return to the old system, do cot require a complete restoration of tbe jurisdiction ao long exercised by tbe Grand Inquests of tbe several counties. I therefore respectfully recommend the restoration of thi jurisdiction. tlmiuxatiox. Tbe return of peace will increased the tide of emigration from Europe to tbe foiled State, wbils'tmany of the brav soldiers of Indiana.wbo have been campaigning in tbe Southern States, will doubtless seek new homes in the regions through which tbey have marched. These considerations render it of the highest importance that itepj should be taken to attract to this State tbe largest possible number of foreign emigrants. To this end, I repeat the recommendation for the establishment of Bureau of Emigration, contained in my last regular message. world s FAlaU In this connection I call your attention to the subject of the World's Fair, or "Universal Exposition," to be opened at Pari. France, on the 1st of April, 1?C7. It ia eminently desirable that specimens of the agricultural productions, manufacturers, mechanical improvements, and mineral wealth of Indiana, should be there exhibited. They would constitute the best advertisement, to tbe people of tbe old world, of the great resources, progress, acd wealth of tbe State, tbe energy, intelligence, and refinement of ber people, and the superior inducements and advantages ptesetted to ix migration. I recommend to your conaideration the propriety of making provision for soch exhibition, and herewith lay before yon certaii documents in regard to tb Fair which I have received from tbe Secretary of State of tbe United States. XPCCATIO. Tb object of allocation will douhtle have your early and cartful coide-ration. 1 cacao t

refraia from acaia recetxmeniirc the pedy establisbniect of a Sute Normal School. Competed and akilful teacher are essectUl to a good sy-teoa of educat.n, and these cannot be upf!id in tulHcifct DumVert to meet tbe ikcreasing want of our people, without ao institution whose buiaces it hall be to train teacher for beir profcMion. MOIlilü a A IK. 1 ajain respectfully icvite tbe attestioo of the Get.eral"Asajbly to tb damages occx;oaeJ to ots of our cilisecs, by the invasion of the Mate by John Morgan, ia lrC3. I have ifeo oo cause forchingicg thevltwfxpresejontbi subject io my regular mesaag delivered at the

commencement of vour last session, and thera- I fore repeat the recommendation therein mtde. i ; school rcp. The first section of Article Eibt of our Stau Constitution provides as follows: " Knowlelge and learning, generally diffused throughout a community, oeiog essential t3 the preservation of a free government, it hall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourace bv all suitable meats, moral, ir.?t!!ectial, fee nt L anJ agricultural improvement: and to provide by law for a general an 1 uu.farm system of common schools, whi rein tuition shall be w ithout charge, and equally open lo all." Tbe language of Ibis provision ia verv broad, and wouli seem, in letter and s.'irit. to embrace all the children of ( lhe State without regard to color. Surel? it cannot be denied that, as we have a colored population in our midst, it is our iuterest. independent of those considerations ol natural justice and humanity which plead so strongly, to educate and elevate that population. An ignorant and degraded tlen.tnt is a burden and it jury to society, whatever may be iu color. It therefore becomes a matter of souiid political economy, as well as absolute justice, that whatever colore! population we may have should be educated, and enabled U become intelligent. industrious, aud useful members of the cotnmu- i nity. It is also especially important at this time, when lhe President of the United Slate j and tbe people of the North are requiring tbe people d the South to make protista for eJu- i cstin their colored population, and protecting them in tbe erjoyment of civil right, that the Northern States should set the example, and ; practice what they preach, by extending to their ' smaller colored population tbe riebt aod benelits which they demand for them Irom others. ! The laws of Indiana exclude colored children : from the common schools, aul make no provis- , ion whatever for their elucation. I would ' therefore recommend that that the laws be so ameuded a to require ao enumeration to be made of tbe colored children of tbe State, and such a portion of the School Fund as may be ia proporiiou to their number, be tact apart and applied to their education by the establishment of sepirate school., under such mit ib!e provisi jus and regulations a may be deemed proper. I would not recommend that white and colored chiidred be placed together in the sime school', bellet ijg, a I do, ia tho present state of public opinion, that to da so would create dissatisfaction and conflict, and impair the uscfulceas of tbe schools. I am informed that a sj-tetn can be deviled, by which separate school for the education of colored children can be successfully maintained ia various parts of lhe State, and believe that justice, humanity, and souud policy require that it should be done. By the school law of 1-C3. negroes and mulattoes are not taxed for lhe support of commou schools, but if colored schools should bo established this law should be so amended as to subject tbem to like taxation with white persons for educational purposes. TfcsriMoxT or coLcmu rttsoxs. In my message to the Legislature at the last session, I held tbe following language in regard to tbe ndinission of the testimony of colored persons in cases in which white person are parties: "The statute which excluJes negroes from testifying in court of justice, in caes in which wbitb persons are panics, is, in my opinion, a stigma upon the humanity and intelligence of the State. Tne idea that the white race rnu-t be protected against the colored, by imposing on them this disability, is absurd, and has been made tbe cover and protection for much crime and injustice. As the law stands, murder may be perpetrated with impunity by white persons in the presence only of colored witnesses, and it is well known that negroes are often cmployed by white persous as the instruments of crime and fraud, because of their inability to tCftify in coutts of justice. The interests of both races demand that this disability be removed; and if the fact of color affects credibility, that can be referred to the court and jury as in other case', aud would undoubtedly receive due consideration. Indiana and Illinois are the only free States whose statute books are dishonored by tbe retention of a law bo repugnant to the spirit of the age, and dictates of common sense." I can add nothing to tho force of what I have before said, but desire again to earnestly recommend the repeal of this obnoxious statute. It is due, however4 to the State of Illinois, to say that her statuto book is no longer disgraced by this law, and that Indiana has tbe bad eminence of being the only State in the North that retains it. INPIASA TXOOrS. The part which Indiana has taken in the war for the suppression of he rebellion, is a matter upon which the citizens of the State may justly pride themselves. Io the number of troops furnished, and in the amount of voluntary contributions rendered, Indiana, in proportiou to her proportion and wealth, stands equal to any of ber sister State. It is also a subject of gratitude and thankfulness that, whilst the number of troops furnished by Indiana alone in this great coutcst would bare done credit to a first-class nation, measured by the standard of previous wars, not a regiment, battery or battalion from this State bas brought reproach upon our national Hag, and no d sastcr of the war can be traced to any want of fidelity, courage or efficiency on the part of any Indiaua officer. Tho endurance, heroism, intelligence and skill of the officer and soldiers ent forth by Indiana to do battle for the Union, have shed a lustre on our beloved State of which any people might justly be proud. Without claiming superiority over our loyal sister States, it is but justice to the brave men. who bare represented us on almost every battle field of the war, to say that their deeds have placed Indiana in tbe front rank of those beroio Sute which rushed to tbe rescue of the imperiled Government of tbe nation. Tbe total cumber of troops furnished by the State for all terms of service ia the armies of the Union, exceeds two hundred thousand men, much the greater portion of thee being for three years ; and in addition to this cot less than fifty thousand State militia have from time to time becoscalled int) active service to repel rebel raids and defend our southern border from invasion ; all of which will be fully shown in the official report of tbe Adjutant Genera, cow in course of preparation lor publication. Since the end of the war, all Indiana troops have been mustered out of service except eighteen regiments of infantry, and three regiments of cavalry. Every effort censistant with the interest of the Government has been made by the Executive Department of tbe State to procute tbe early tnuater ont of these remaining Indiana regiments, and assurances have been received that order for their discharge will be issued as soon as their services can be dispensed with. For other ioterest'ng details relative to our troops you are respectfully referred to a communication from tbe Adjutant General herewith submitted. atoaaAsiZATiox. Since the adjournment of the Legislature the civial war which bad desolated onr country bas terminated in the complete triumph of tbe Government and tbe suppression of the rebellion. The evacuation of Richmond, and tbe capsulation of Lee's army, were rapidly followed by tbe surrender of every other rebel army in the field, and irregular guerrilla warfare almost entirely passed away in a few weeks. The suppression of tbc'rebellion and the subjugation of armed rebel seems to be complete, while every rebel State bas confessed to the irretrievable deetruclf?Ka,f sf f f tttlan f, l?'T7 'a TLe Pe0?!! of tbe South have been beaten and overpowered in tbe field ; tbey have wholly lost their property in slaves ; much of their country bas been overrun and made desolate by the march and ravage of great armies; poverty and wretchedness have been brought borne to large classes who before bad lived in wealth and luxury ; large numbers of their population hare perished in the coLflict, and there is prevailing among tbem great, exasperation and bitterness which time alone can assuage. Tbe great majority, however, appear to regard the verdict of tee war a irreversible, acd to promptly accept tie situation as one they cccot modify or put aside. Hut while the heresy of State sovereignty ha bewn extirpated, aod the questions involved in the conflict settled by the arbitrament of arms, it Is yet of the great est importance to tbe nation that tbes-e questions be adjudicate 1 and determined by the bighc3t judicial tribunal, which might most approptately be done in the trial, for hig b treason aod other atrocious crimes, of the chief instigator and head ef this most wicked and bloody'rebellion: It ehould b definitively established a principle ia our Coostitutioo, both by judicial decuion and example of punishment, that rebellion is treason, that treason i a crime which may not be committed with impunity ; and that there la but one screxeignty, which resides in the collective and undivided pcopie of the Uuited State. "The work of reorganising the Govern meats of the rebel Sute, and bringing them again into practical relations with the Gorerstaent aod people of the United Mate, ia now upon tbe country, and demands for its successful performance the greatest wisdom, patience, acd forbearance. Bat while it iJimportant that th work of reorganization shall tot be nnneceasarily delayed, it la morw important fthat it ahall proc-i upon soaand principle, whick will famiaih guaraxteti for the futora iatetitj aa4 peace of tha

Tl 1. 4 t-Ci ;J s..c'-i r a w i t3 t'.e f!a . ch ar:i tat1. cf SOtES it ! oi th'a n' : r r 1 1 tbe oc.-r in the Ss.sp-j, s,. j;. ia nreJ fast onterricj fuiT.-age u:n Y.m shall be n.xtle a condition of reorgui,.'. or, or ia other tut 1 that the Sta:a lately io rt-ei;,on ball cot be perm. ttfl t reaurae thrir rrarilcal re!a'.o-. wi:h (be (Ijverrtnet.1, except cpon the term af rt cr.ferrit g th r gbts af sufar a. trace upon toeir IreexJmT. As to the mar.ner ia which thta rrf--ure hiM te '. t.e trienJ of it dlrTtr. Se are ta favor of per s'entlv ei"lui.og tbe meai!era of Corcre froa tLe Sjuihrra h x!r, tirt.I r.färo u .Trage basbeca iocoroort,i ir.io their several State Constitution. Other aune Jte,Jin rebellion are bo brrrr Ln.on. but have forle.tl audi that the State rr r.'tr.beTi rf the lot their charac ter aa btates, and ar ia fart teld aa corqaered rrovi-cr, anJ, Ike tror-ac zei territir e wh eh may have been aeq iirel by the Goaernment.are under complete control an 1 Jari3,otion of Congress, which may cocfer s-C-age upon whomsoever it p'easea. Tbe ujet of su?tge is, by the National Const tutton, f x-reasly rr.'errcd to the determination of the several Mate, and it can rot be taken from tbem without a violation of tbe letter ar.i pir.t of that icrtrumri.t. But without stopping t l ali.-us theories or questions of constitutional law, ar.d leavirg them out of view, it would, in my cp'nion.b unwiae to make the worktf reoo:;trurtbn lepcnd up-on a coui.tion oi such doubt! tl ui.l.tv a negro sntTiag. It is a fad so manifest that it shoul 1 not be called in question by any, that a peop'e who are jut emerging from ths barbarism cf rlavert are not qualified to become a part of our political system, acd take part, not only in the government of themselvea an J their neighbors, but of tbe whole United States. So far from believing that nccro sufT. age is a remedy for all our national ills, I doubt whether it is a remedy for oy o i rather believe that its enforcement by Congres would be wore likely to suhjcrl tie negro to a mercile-a persecution than ta confer upon him any substantia! benefit. I'.y some it is thought that Suffrage is already cheap enough in th's country; and tbe immediate transfer ol more than hail a mil'.iou of neu from the UeoJ of slavery, with all tl.e iruoraure and de;rada tion upon them which the slavery of renera lions upon Southern field h produced, would be a declaration to tbe world that the exercise of American suffrage bvolrc no intellectual or moral qualification, aud that there is no d flerenc between an American freeman aud an Ametican slave, which may not be re Move! by a mere art of Cnres. What i far more im porlant lo the frcedn.en than ufliac,e ia, that their rerrrtl Stairs shall t,ite thcrn the tight to testify in contts of jut!ce. aff ord to tha in the oroii.ary yaJicial macfinrry for the j ro'.ecti ?n of the;r civil rights, provide for their education, and thus enable them to q-ia:i'r iheowlae tor tbe higher political duties of the cit'zrn. Il is bot less vital to their i.iterest. tint tho Cons'itulion.l amrn lruent be adopted, w bich not only forever prohibits lavrry throughout thebatiou, but confers upon Congress the jower of legislatiug lor the protection of tlxir 1 l.city and civil right; anl thee thing, an.org others, the President of the Unitr i S at?s ha imposed as precedent coudition iu tlie work of rerj;anix ation, and has declare I his pur;osc to hold and govern theic Slates by mil. tary authority, as in a state of war, tit.t.l thry have been complied with. Time, and tbe in!" uei.ee of the new tonditiot.s by which they arc surrounded will elevate the condition of one race, and soften the prejud ccs au 1 asperities ol the a.iber, and will accomplish what legislation mi l violent political changi cannot. Tbe inevitable prefcr.re of both rates upon the sam soil, the demands and necessities of ctpital and li'xir, ai. 1 tl.e unavoid ible community of intere-t, will, in p ro cess of time, 1 cannot doubt, force a reciprocity of rights, anl privileges The institution ot slavery was so closely intertwined about the foundation of society iu the Southern State that, when it was destroyed, fönet j was uj rotel and broken to piec. The process ol its re construction is bul beginning, but it is very cer tain that tho new struciurew.il d.ller, inmost esential particulars, Irom the l l. Frtelalsor, free speech and free school, w. l come into it as new and powerful clcmcni of change and progress and large emigration from the Northen Statesand from l.nrop?, uringiog commerce, manufactures and improved agriculture, will exert a modilying and bcbcuci w initueure, t:,e effect of which caa hardly be over e-tmit?l. Anothtr amendment, not. only con Jucive to the interests of the freedmcn, but dc-nandej by the rights and imerc-ts of the ah to people of the North, should bo made, changing the bast oi representation in Congress abi the ap;otti i - ment of political jowr, among the r-everal States. Tbe preetit provision in the Cotiatituiton of tbe United States, concerning llo, naJ as follows: " Repre-cuUlivc and direct taxes shall bo apportioned among the sever I Sts'ie, which may be include 1 within tins Lniuti.by adding to the number of free persona, including thoe that may be bouni ta servieo lor a term of years, and excluding Indian no; taxed, three-fifths of all other persons." 1 be phrase, ' three-fifths of all other persons" was a trip brat-tic description of the slave population, ar.d pave repreaentxtion for three filth of their t umbrr. By the abolition of slavery this population is added to the "number of free etso;,," arid tbus increae the basis of representation by the addition of two filths. The inequality produce 1 between the several States by this form ol representation. Is too palpable to require argument. By i's operation eight millions or white people in the Southern States, hold, aud exercise political p ower, lull sixty per cent, greater than an equal number of white people in tho Northern States, by reaaon of having in their midst lour and a bait million of negroes. This provision was the chief compromise which our fathers made with the institution of slavery, and although, through a sene of its great injustice, it bas been imp.atiently acquiesced in by the Northern people, yet it has been carried out in good faith; but now that slavery, tbe foundation of this compromise. La passed away, the provision shoul J bo so change 1 a to su't the altered condition of the country, and do justice to every part of the nation. It it were so amended as ta apportion, representation and political power among the several Sute according to the actual number of male voters over the age of twenty one years.it would bo equally fair to all, and would put it out of the power of the pe tple of any State, or class of States, to inctease or double their political power by the piresenee in their midst of a population which they iberu'elrei deprive of all political rtghts; and thus an inducement would be presented to tbe several States, io order to enlarge the'r pywer i-i the government to confer political rrhts npon every class of persons, without regard t) color or nationality, as rapidly as might be deemed consUtent with their true interests. By the census of ItQO, ti e fifteen e'ave States were allowed eighty-four (1) members of Congre, because of ihe represcoutio'i of three. -fifths of their slaves, and t.ow that the slave are made free, and the other two-fifth added to their basis of representation, they would be en tilled to fourteen members more, although crhaps in pa;nt of law this increase cannot tale place anterior to tbe year 1-7J. If the negro population was equally tiiffucJ throughout all tbe States, this inequality would not exlt, but tbe fact is, it is not o rJiffueJ, and the probability ia that the oncebtraiion in the Southern States will become greater from year ta year by tbe emitraliou tbitl er of the colored papula-i.,u of tbe North. According to the census of l(). tbe Southern States upon a vide ba-is would have been entitled to sixty six members of Congress, instead of eighty-four according to the existiog basis. Should such as amendment be pael by the requisite majorities through ti e Cotgutsof the United States, before your final ar'j iurtment, I would most respectfully, but earnestly recommend its immediate rat.bcalion on your part. In conclusion upon tLi subject, I am tct of the op.ini&n that the Herculean work cf reconstruction will be aecompL.-hed at ore time, by aoy general an 1 "sweep r g prccen, but that it will proceed State by Sute, as eif h ri,e shall I conform to the requirements of th Government, ! Dd h il'f rPred to resume its" practical relatiom in the Union. The cocdi lions which have been impo-fd upon these Sute by tie President, are bet only reasonable acd legitimate, bat are dictated by ji-'ice and a wise foresight f"r the future of tbe Republic, acd although tbey may t ot be accepted this jcar, or even the next, jet that they b'l?im.u!t will be, I have no doubt. And if tl e w ork of reorganization shall ba succes-fully completed within the same prriod whkh w-,s rrq-.ired to put down the rebellion., it will be .thin the limit of ay expectation. COXCLlfcIO. Tbe war ha c.taM'.heJ ujn ixrori-hahie foaindatUitis. tbe rrcat fundamental truth of tb unity and indivir .bility of thebaticn. We are many Su tea but obe peo; If, having oze us-i-viied aovert-igDty. one flap, and ooe com sr. o destiny. It bas aUo establ.sl.ed, to Le c"ufs-d by all lhe world, the exalted tLaracfrcf the American Soldier, hi tnalcllewa -aW. ee.fsacrificing patii.-t.san. b -r--,,r eodur ftigue and hardships, acd tu luaamty which, io the inidft cf carnage, has wreathed Lb vie torioo achievements w.th a brizhter K'oey. lie has taught the world a leson before wbich it stands in amixn.er.t, h iw. w he n the storm of battle bad passwd. he coulJ lay aside bis arms, put off the babilimcLts of war, acd return w.th cheerfulness to the gentle pnrult cf pce. öd ahow haw tbe bravest of oid.er couid become the best of cit'zecs. To the Army and Navy, under te favor of Providence, we owe tbe 'preservation ct oar country,- and the fact that we have t-day place, and tbe proudest place, among tbe nations. Let it cot be said of cs, as it was said in olden time, that "Republic are b b grateful. Let cs honor the dead, cherish the lirixg-, a&l preeerrt la immortal memory tha deeds and virtues of all, aa sua Inspiration for coanti) gmcySf ration, lo com. uurxx x . uozrs.e.

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