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JjiiiH'fxf rrtf (.)-wii f?,',-3,li'lll rigim-idt limit' a 'V ff-ijj S-uJ iU'jt Vd Jal'ldl kl( .lnu.i.Mjl J.r,j rW .IJ - . . i-i lmii f ... 'r li ftaniaf) iimi-.ii SK Wit iMl ,iiw .l.wmmy Mij ' .wrfiMi () 'li ! ' !rl (' .;( (J,, I .u r.rfw f! m Juif. l'f "Vv - . i mVv .' .1 7jK2 -M' ' 'v" ,H' !' ' if IW .uWil', ijft - I T j.il-.4iill vA)l nil !. "'.. , lain,. , ., j, ,,, t(1 fIB1 ..,(, ,,, ),, .,.f'i tr, v-iiufiMi.il ui ever? r.s cu'M v 'i 4 :ltN:-i7 m in-..',)i ' ' '''"' ""'I' 'r"'' "w "1 it'l' ,1' i;,..!,,.,, ,,, ..,......, '.. V -f r--r 'i-in'V.a iO .... i, ,j ,r,.;--i : t-- ... ;t, , tj ); t ! ,,,B,r . .. ,,f,..,,r . 'T)i Y it-1 lit ..'i" nl yu'titj M LnV awMlrw,., ,!! i . ..' - -7 " f ' ' ' T - - ' i . '. ' . - j',. ; - ' - '; ' " j MU3R1AR. . . . . ... T 2 ... . ' ' 117 OULD BBBPECTPUtLV INFORM TnE VV Uinf 4M(, Vcrnou Ohio, and itlnlt , thth hmpofronneftllf lociXert in III ,Veritnn fur . . ii : LI. D..r...t. i - ik. .1. U9 pUTpWW "IS rV'lol"ll ulm ' iiiiuiimii ma :in tail, nd Buat mlxUntiul tvl ot llio Art: n4 I Wiwldasjr (otbiXi 4rha thnj fnvor m wi'tH their Ktranagg, tnt my Jrurn IMii apt), li gumpurs, thin '' ' 'J HKIDTVUND btU ABILITY with any in IheStiitoi. lonld atrntaytothoatwlo anaftioted itb. DUM6I !MiUu, tt I am pro. pardUralall dliwaMlVif ibt Uiodtb miUof any . fjrmi aUo.Jo ipamtn ll:iir l.ipis finglf ori)u,ubJ. Jtb bolof rofrnuooon bogivcn., . OFFICE-Ovtir Ruifoll t SturKM' Hank, Srd dorr below Mr . MparryV BtoV, JjfJtnBWeet, Mt. YKftMt.9U kij nii .1 . ir: w s ..:. .rEl(VA.L;--;7ri ,IST! IT A3, taken, folate of vtmr tbe rooma re- 44 ..nil.ni.ii.ib1 h MAN. W. Hill. 'and I mine- diutoVjr orer the store 'rooVn of Tuylof, Oantt Co.i vliere b will proaeonte (he tta-ioue dutios of the prjfeaaion.; VitU an fcxporloWo -6T oVor lver ootntfntprMtioo. and an acnunnimnoe minmi me LAJJJJUIPRO VEMBSTS of the Art, ho fools confident itfglYing entire aatiafaction.' , 1 ,' , Th h.tiklll of the Profession warranted to be exaroUed in every oafa. On hand a Ina stock of Don'ul materia'.e reoently prooured from the Bast, . J.'ntrancaon Miinatreot, between Tjlni Oantt i;o.-l.m l. uuk noimug oioro. Sr. o. oodpia. P 66 t) PER, VANCE AT "OVCJ. i T . I A W MT. VERNON, O. Office aratheastoofnor Main and Cbeatnutsrreeti oppolteKnooanly Uaniu.w kj. -i (aptsiu v ATT0KNEV: AT LAW, j , '. MT. VEKNON.OniO. V OFFICB-rOa Main Street, oVer M. Abornethy'i Djjuj iltore., . ; . 8opt, 3, Wfimo , .:: D. G.i MONTGOMERY, - ifANKlii RtJlr-hrNr, OVER McOIFFIN'S SUOE STORE. , . , Mount V.ernoh.Obilc.. ' ,' Special. "attention given to tbe tTall&tjtaof Claimi. aid the purahano and aula of ronl Esln'te. I hv for Jale unimproved lands aa followa, 64(1 aorrs in Ojaj?e County, Mifflouri, 60S ncrcs in "ifrou 9i'iiintjvMi.'ouii. 3U2 arii iu St. Fruii-aoia County. Misimri, ill" irf art iin ionuO ajrelot iu '.ll irdin Couuty, QM iin,il ti licrwlh Ma,rper Pounty.pliid. K Mftrch 1. '5iM-if. UAU'kUMt,,',. . , . . ..O.MV ATTORNEYS" AT LAW. StOCKT VMRSON, Ortl OFFlCKMain 8tret IMatt Kiibx Co!t.y Bonkv j . ' ' i ' ... ' JiJti'.' Prompt 'ilteutiun siveu to all business on-truKluil t,i tnoui.iniil jii.uoi:il!y to oolkotuig nhd Ju-Jurinolnim, iniiny pjrtolOhio ., 0eo.th-IB-4-:iin, , . , , (VUKf w. eOTIOX..( J. . "':' IT. U. BSK. '-'.-'-x-corTOJi '& kaie. : , Attirut)'H A :iunellinul t', t- t iMl. l'irmm, Ohio " . WlMi attend to ntl binlnwi Intruited to tboir i-firo; In ny of the Cnnrtp. OFFICB.X.B Cnrnornf Main and OnmbicrSts., over I'yfo'a MorchnntTiilorini? Kstablithmont. Oat; lih IHoS.tf- " " W. ni'liAlt. " B. B. 4NS1N0. ' 0,'K. BALDWIN. IVX B AbVbA XV IKG & "E ALPWIN; -A7'BBflA73.4Vjr HOT,':. ; ,'U:.".rlVMiSCt,.0UIO.-OFFICEIn llamilnfl HulMing. V. E. oorni-r of ,MniitniitiVine8ia.,f M-m funuoriy ocoupiod by M. H. Mitohell. June I4,:il,.-H. J BUY THE 1- tifl They art! the best Catieoea fit i fcr9'tij (Bo obtic . it.-, i,.. !-, fur th miifloy. " vVOI KSALB, AiSBR'8,' ..: ' ( DEFOUEST. UMTltoKB ACO.; i":;,,,.;;:'-..,;.;,KB.flr ;t6ril,;; ;j;.:';;r.: , Joa 28,y9-83mD. i .r , BEfniNQ'NE Aj.lAron.1 snnnlv 'ot' those Oelebrafed . t. .iti'fcfPPSK Toi!J Doots nua Shoes, .. ., ' tutxeMivied and for lei, nt tlie TUint and Shoe Store of MILiiEU WUITK," G.-W,,HOTk.-ia,:! '; ' ' '" "'' ' " ' 1 SVOOLERAXD HAIiyESS MAKER, First Dcor Snuth of Wuo'lbriJgo'a.Store, , .. , ' HAtJf BTU8I1T, MOl'KT VKBMOX, OHIO, TTtttt' 3eonsuntly oa band a Inrge assortment of JtV SJillry hni ILtrausa, Bridles, Collars, Iliiltors, Whips, ..ininufoutured by experienced workmen m4 far ' ahnpin" r'eawnablt) tariai. ; tij V j. iVi.j, Ji, to 22. My Trunks aremuof superior arwutu uoflp Buiuimiiiy vyw. I, would also invito special attention to my Collars whioh ,caaiH be jurpwsed for style aod durability ;may 8y.-; '. . p., i ,. , . thb.'BEST OFitxir.;- r;,'.,'" siiFiiiiaa.iuiiKiKSi,: ;-Pvr.Mi;cprc!s & forJMeepera. : This Ink has aqoal t it will not mould i it will tot frwaerand It wiool beaxtraoted from paper.-." -For aala Wholcaaleami-Ueinil by ' ' ' 1 ' 4ht .1-0 t. -JOrtBi'H WATSOJf. " '-' D , lAa sa.b. 1.. lit V.mmi. Ohin. I Dii'ii r iv i , i f - ' j t tilNl.l.J A. i 'Wi ..-! l-i ' i i .... i. TIT. .I4 Mn.-.,r..1IW Aatl inn. ntt.nttnti In An nn wuuiu .Brjn.v..w..j v-.. bokw eeleetion of Oui dioooiis .ing in purl of BOSNETlTllSPOKSi-' ; ' l" liFXWeRUCHK8."l i. UKHTf I l.iwl BU1Uiv'0HiNEEL9,',J ' - I I .iK i.KU-tIlA.l.J)RlisJ5iM;'8WVE8, . UOOPt) 'AND HOOP eKI RTS .-1 .x,au-ri-'. JCVRWiiVi?lL?.,Pt A Tfcicb W are selling at the owcMcab'pric.e..Cal ajnd eiiroino, upi sfock before parohaiijeLMwof re, nd'itlry' y iurlfj that yo enn save money bl hnyinaf insi 'goods' bt tfs. Ro-bde afd Trimmed Ifttt'rf Vrcry'diWrlptliJtirfe-iianff-o-BttT..(i!... f '..Km Hj . CniiliMOREf1" " vmi'i'--'"'. J 1. 1 , . irt li.i.itia.il I - -, 9ri rJflito I ,I-J i4 at AIITJ-rolVtlll.i-''l ..-(.'"' ,u.iiaiii--a.AE8Vll.l.li WORKS PAABrrel -t tflfilf'bViinaa M l1 'SirWille OUV)-"' Hlvavltt nn'h iwd'niiw f lv by "the s.flMwir-lnT 1 ' ' "- ,1M' t,, TM(lM hiwUit'liii.li' iUfltauwfaaturait depdadlfiaaff wijnaaani irwrib twenb-iffvaefali lore loananvj A.-iavi'p.i .. w 4ha M''"'!' bnlialV6VofV, WMaintraty 1 The" Moirtit Vernon Kepublir an7 MU( ! ,,. ; ! I I :.' ...!. .... . , ' --'it ul rVHiBHajp vjtar iATt:aDAV MOHKiaa,. , Offlcrr l i(lrtnT?Tn,7Wiil!dn-, Wo. 5, n,i-.) ajceond 8toriv - -i no wn p i - ',i,'i',.y.1 1' .J if -.TERMS T we Dollars par anpnpnyabU in ad yanoej 2,H0 after tbo expiration qt. the year,.,,,,; s-i ,"Mt' 0i Fi'itotr 'diTixixi'MmSna'oiii''-clf in bii amnewhere rnjnyinulhe Juxurh-a oi thia life and indulKinfr in ihe uaof a fioeHava M, and while muaiiig-upiin ttia aeenea of. the Jiaat, and Iho prnxpretH sif the future, y f,hn'd all aalwpi and vliilin that partinilxrly p)('a. sinsr situation, a .larce, ' blue bottle" -t-ttuuld ae'tle ipnn your probnacix, and while croriiig anil re-ci'OBHiiiK tbe "bridge" of said organ, you ahnuid dream: ..' ; 11 ' t'hktVhe "DeVil,- wlth Vikntragrfm,1" ' WaaiTikkin)? hla annual call for ;' 1 -V Why, vou would' waken I'm sure, else why i afiouid t ay, , t -if , x lii.'t -. Aa Voq felt, fa your pocket, '.MhaPevira to pay." Well. I Ke peVil must, certainly have his due, And all Oiat lie aHka isa quarter from you j. .", And in pl'ife'e 'SI'a Lfdu-r, a book I much need, I'll leave my "AbnaKt-a" and say we're agreed. Wow 'the Derll you know, la; a 'Very great 'friend " "' " ' '-' " To- the whole fcuman raee, -particularly the !. mni-!.:i .; ' '.-vji-.-iil-,-Thouiih bia firat opera tion 'a commenced with avoinan, , ,.. ti, - ...,. ti -ii f. He abandoned tha cause, a thing that's quite comAion. ; . Like Plantagcnet, in ' be 'great" play, of Shakespeare. , . , '".': v I'm of the 'same name,' but not the same 'na- tnre; 11 - -! " " ' ' ,.'",''-He persecutes kainte, and traps the jioor sin- - ner, i .1 While I carry tfea hews, that you rea'i ifterJ dinner . ,. i , ,. . , .. . ... .,, ,1 There ia nothing in this that should meet cod rlpmnaliiin. . , So I'll sharpen my cj'till and pursue ray narra- .'- linn ' ' '' ' ' ' And if you should wish to demur for surplus- Please ennidur l'my.atyle" is President's ..Measnge. ...i I .,. .j.i..,.,... t .-in speaLing of messages, and "that kind of truck," I ' ' - Did you ever we one like thaUif "old Bltck; So simple, and silly, I swear it's a pitv,' , That there's nut an old womau in Washington 1 City" ' ' . , u ' -" ;;;.' " TV' i.nrae the old man, and give him some tea, Puthiin to bid and there li't him be.'. : , 0! Jei in'. 01 .li'fros, thy cnurse'oa bad one; .'; I co iiKiiirnfnl fur a liard t" dwell oo: . ', , 'l lif-u- iv I'll ii ami change my tack, Aiiil.i'iiii, turiiey (JtMinral Black. ,; Hlnok by name, and b'avk by nature, ." Thou art In'd'ivil a riirium cr.ature; " fago's ghntllt-nlf would h'nsh;' ' . " ; To hear thf Called irnud, hnest and just. -! ' (iliiiai'a never blush., nor never will, w.-T ihrt bu wait, t-i h-nr ill it name. .i Theri. is H,Dir (iS in the held,. , ) , Ami lUouanils) fclluw.m ICf train. What would, ti hi Oemrrul lacwson aay. ,; it-Rotltd he but. siv ihei- truitorous Pagans; . , , , Ry the eiert nl priwis Ibai be, , , , tlo'd ham; t'Keift all ' W'jh aaHaman. ' ' Kii 111. nn bwtb'-n Ibfte iii liAmel'1 -".''i1 1 ' ' '' 1 Fo lieiveh kiinws there' are some here j" 1'iWi inal'rakXawy so Ctf naule. alU '..': '! Haw made the .dvttmnntratiiM! dear.: , i: , Ii' .V)itn, p'toeiiiU ti'i ix their maxim... (.. They ihlk an 1 irule.iivitrA and.Zi'; ,,. ., vi d when tliey come b (!iro .thy masses, . 4 ( , , They prove tliein-elves' rniiaumve States. . ' ; Annss fiideeil.nl.i ihiit't n title. " , ' ' ', Fn !ftiiflict w if Ti-e cmisi iiutifih, --' ' ' '' Itut. kepjit ii ! ibaf'is the style; Adupti'd by a l(e-o)iitiiiii; i ' I Rurea I am no poli'iciau., .1 . ; i w I'll ytopand taki' another course). ,. !.. r I.ike ItVhard III nn Hnswiirth'n &Ait. ,i, Id nive, utv Kiiii.'dnui fur a horse. . . w , Jl; If that aii h"rs was in a iMifjfjr,.' ' . . i'd I hehii .il llini Willi a"-iip, ' " ''" ' I would be i ll' fijl' IIBr r Ferry; "' Soulier than ynirniiild "hake a siick." If I got Iherenll safe1 anil' sound, ' ' "I I'd rescue Ooppic, C(k nnd'llrnwrti m . ; Uut now kind piiiiims I tlih half ihroagli'ii.iia And tunuy,tbi 'ire. left untou h"df..,,j . ,m he ySinis.of Miltn,'- mid their, jrew, Have yet to take h liulc btiisli, , ,. Th "?biifc"o .vialil,'' wbiit n clique!" TIip,J)-1 is at tin- I'utt.-m of it," " K '.'." ' riile'-'tliey ch tnttL' their course and ktopi1 ' Hi. inajiN)ty''Wli he nntnp '1 "' - '- ' Then u bail a -pretty time there'll be,' 'if ! "t "Harper' Ferry" aial a palrhing;, i i"! :i.t'!' For w)ien old ?tau feeUa fla. -m-A It He'll l'Be the on all.ont.f scratching.., ,i, ... i-ThjiV Uru'm and Hfe and drea in shrouds. : . . . Ptand a fellow in the cold." "', ' , , PUt ot hfs car's, then stiiiid him up, ; To heirthecnteiiee--'i i,ld. J:i '' I ' :" '; Our firemen ton are yery brave, ' . . ... S . .... 3. I ' Mglittnif lite names, islhetr saltation u- Rut lie'fel- wfts such a battle won; . ' A that memorable conflagration, When church hells ran 2 and firemen run. . Shunting for' help St bvery 'corner" ' ' f he s hiali in tiia fnty wore: "' '' The Uitors uomieu s -a goner.-" rl ' Allll sH It was. as he'pb?dk!ted. t. t.i 1 . .1 Theei a brokn:hy aRpell; ' .' in',; . i . The wilcl wijid howled,! I hinged and shifted, And down the smouldering itllha fell.; i,-Now ain't Ladiea y-ur atlebtron, For sadly hsfd yott been iifejjletlfd: " ' Cursed be the than that dare presume, To ssy lhai aueh was my imrntinn. For well yn.i kno my di-'positlon. , Is love Ana H rid lies lor (he sex; Oh.' Heaveis! e (ilti 1 bo socrnel, " ' ' ' "' AnntM pivach from Auch a tiitti "' - ",:( " No-1 will preach, the Lutd hastalled nil, To vindu-ite the cause of wumed,-;.,. - God's best gift to man ia she; -i.-m i. .. But let my tongue cleave to ma. mourn,-... fiAnd my rith; band fo iret (isciiniiidz,". .,,. If God designed they eh -mid beslayia M But Slaves they are, lo Hoops ant Laces, Bandanas, Shawls, and sbiiisleS hairr 1 ' ", ' And then to deck their pretty MM; " " A dead nd yeiK therseek to wear;" ' '' But let tbwn wear tbetnv those that can,, i v i( But aiind ye.l have a word tosayi;,.' sa mik.vi If you would get an honest, man,, , .' ijim Get mie that takes the.sNiWi'ciin,,,, .,; i .j lfl nut it you oniy waut a iiuaue. , ,, .. i h1)(n,; And would sct.trwe, In such a roannei' . , ' , Abeatb.-cnm(svbdr nterest'.' ' On and slibsfribe. f.f.Harper iw'fi S"" '" Tbrfce the brlnded cat ha H snew-d' ""' '.'Tbrieei and once the ki-ged pigwhin'd"l-,.;i i vBaiperorieai-4'tiatintet 'tia HDoi"NwT t-i So.ladiaa s.wellyour crinoline.. M in t ,. i-.m rornarpw, games. swviia. and niowe...0 ,,,, Writes eiforial, aboui nobody knows, ( )it Detnitta whiile coliimns. "rsry snwrffw" .' HttlHttt li M DerodcraHe party.' '' ." ":' ThertWr whhdutt mficH hoiseorrdstV;"'1 hn Th ' Jfl Ktrmm Umrt "weuld make a good llbuStlab a bs-i ' Jim ,u)i .;i fc" OtdTgfrfcailfivTyii11iinagoh,'t'l b" AUiitotwsits nswyear. tji u Il I nyou A loT0us,.lMiBnrjDleaaul.Tar. i u. d ,,;( Ttf sU.toevry lie.,,,,,! rtV ul-nii anay your uvea do aa long ana as pieasajii, , )l ) Asusieisswoaiw.inaiouitt .-) R, Put remember lh poo( and tie needy,, ..j.. Who shiver and mourn tn'tb cold.' , ,r " Th blessings of Mearedmtea tBem!' " "'f They seek ehellet'.and food it yeur door1 ' '" Ma'y.'the bleaHlmrSJ-f heswen lButtpohi!hot, is ho rwroenllMr tiiww awts tof rre ponn nr ..r Illibtj,hjirrahl my ongiSeUpuei i;ifl .d:iw Ihe Ayvi,pd papers flii.r, H the Jota and PtTit. fra ao( ','py f ,bqjt4' V), to1,.?! ff'oV Mb.WJ b- aa H HrAUGiJEAI,"'ADI)EESS lll'ili-i -(') C I J ! -OF I!-. !. i jl-a.tl 1(1-. Jr.tu C!OVICNOII OT OHIO. ) n-;' 'i y-.i v - ' '' r i ' . - -:' I m -V ' DEI.lVKnr.O BEfOIIS tll HAMATE AND MOUSE "' 07 tEPBRSBllTATI VKS,' AS VARt 9,1800.'' S.'Iiu'-'ii-..- inn ' - j iic 1-r !' Fellow CUitfmof tht i,iia(ti . ; i. -v ; f . v. fti vtl!J'i pftoueofAJtfprttatat(ve, I ...J appenr bcToro yoo to take the, oath, which t.he. CptiHtitntjnn .prewpbes, n a necessary, quniitlcnion to petform the duties ol the Chief Executive t.fJQce of our' State, lo which I hare been called; and I avail myself of the otcasiort pof preMnted, tpespresa rojr grateful think (') my tqllow ciiizonK, for the favor with w,.ich thev: hse Ijoen pleased to look towards me, nd in coii'ptinnct vrlih uwji;eMnctioned by (he example of my predceessnra, to- deolaro, oru-hy, the rjrinqiplea which will guido me ip. the dinnharge of my official trust. , ,i it , , ' My immediate predecessor has 'communl-' cnted to jot the condtlon or the State, with' the emminerrf ability and fidelity that have eharaeterized nil of ft in official aota.,;, i ,.: I may well congratulate you upon the gratifying evidences he has furniebed of thbgrotrl i and greatneiiH of oor. Slate. The, histtjry 'pf no oihnr political community has bepn marked by a more wpndorful progress in alt tliej elements of a beneficent cfiBization., , Our condition is at once prosperens, cotnrqauding and hnppy."' "' ; ',' ' ;''''.. "' ' " Little more than half a centory has elapsed since we passed from a: territorial to a State government. ,TJje number of pur inhabitants did not at that time exceed, fifty thousand. The State was at that time almost an nnbro- I :i i - . tin,. A ' ulwhed 8in-e? , i t -..l.-;, .' r .v.-' ., We have sreated. and reared up civil insti tntions, and monuments of public spirit and social enterprise, vrhtch in other countries have been the work of centuries.'1 ' Our popn-' lstioh bss increased fifty fold, snd wo rank among the first States ol tbo Union, in wealth and dignity and power, . , T, Wo have cleared Ihe forest fr itri many millions bf sens, reclaimed the soil from the dominion of nature, and subjected it to such a course nl profitable husbandry as to supply sn annual Surplus pf agricultural prod, itcs q! not laa than fifty millions or. dollars in valuo. Wd have erected numerous and wealthy tawiis and cities, and opened excellent thorUiighfart t tr. every part of the tateY j When altpnst in our iiifahcy, comparatively poor, and with an untried credit,' we projected and speedily completed Ihe const ruction of our extensive system of canals; and tdackvrator navigation in our interior rivers, at .a cost of over fifteen miilionsiof dollars,' We have built, almost entirely, by 'private 'capital, more than three thousand miles in length of railroads; at a cost of over one hundred millions of.dolhrs, which have greatly, augmented', .the public, ; wealth, largely contributed to eq'ualiiiVs' the vatuo.of binds itl different parts of tho State, and vigorously encouraged. the development of nearly every branch- of.vu8efiil: tmploynjeot.'i,;We have invested largely and profitably in mines, and minim?, and in manufactures, all of which branches of IndlustVy give promise ol such a steadily lncreat,ln'r,pospTv,, bs wiIT perma nently presorVe to Ohio, her place in the froht rank of ibo mining aqd manufacturing States ol the Union. (Jur .commercial and navigation interests have kept equa pace1 with bur agricultural, 'mining and manufacturing.') '' 'i We have done more. "We have' adopted a rigilnnt and humane confinement. and disci pline hip the vicious; nave erected a-y.U'tis lor ihu.tinlurtqnnto which challenge Ibe admiration ol the world; have endowed colleges and uhivernilies tiimerously and liberally and or-ganir.ud A system ol schools for educating tbe youth, of the Staie(. which isjustlyour greatest 'pride." ' -v -.- '"SuthVrb some of MiiJTriomphs."To'wfmt causes Art d niidlM the fnVw of prdvidence, chi fly. indebted for thelirtm - '-d ,!..! ,..0ur , gebgliiihicii, position, giving, to ,ua. tnihi aid healthy climitle,.rqnally f, retnoved froin'inti sevbte 'cold of the Korth; and tho in- luhse heat of the 8outh,and peculiarly tdapti ed to vigurH.uft labor in qvery mitn; the Utver, silled Uiani-iler 0f il surface. oi tl o State, di, Vided in iii 'uplands and loyvtands,' Mil-fahp'es 'And 'Intervefiing 'vallovs,'1 hea'vily timberecl tracts and naked prairien, which alterrate irt a manner the. most, : favorable (or the productive interests, of life; i the-extent and unsiir-paired fbrtility ofobrsoil, yielding in pc.r'c'c-lion, nearly all ihe agricultural staples tho most Valued by civilized communities; otire jt-bsnstl(A;S mineral treasures, and natural facib itiesilctrcnmmejce and avk ation. which lay thepyniiis ana'tntetprise of the pedpo tiirve been so bountifully tributary tp our wealth and power-have been o: potent' and indi. pcrsable agencies in the production of our tnarrveloifs growth, as not to be overlooked ia homever summary review of Its causes. But ss inviting as they have been to labor and capit'st and ' their' multiplied auxiliaries, they would have been (bmpitt-htively ineffectual in populating and enriching our State, I id in securing lo us the social advantages lor which we-are so eminently diwinguiehed, but for the mora! assistants afforded In the wise provisions of tho organic set, under whose be.'ign auspices the foundations of .our territorial organization were laid, and which incorporated into bur State Constitution as fundamental piinciplet of government,. have, been Btokl effective' in moulding our institutions, anil by lurnishing tbe chart, ia directing the progress of oarlegiMlatior.-ii. t . A . ;t.'.i I It: was appropriate tbat tbe ordinance of 178Tjhould have heert the last, aa it was the crowning gift, of the Congress of the old coo fedrrallun to Mm country. -t Nobly did its fra. oior illustTatef in iu matchless provisions for guarding the rigbw and promoting ibe bappir nesl io( 4 ha peoplat tbeir;Sagciou. forecast and exalted patriotism', m r 1 unwIn-.J Il established tbo lundamef lal pvinciplos of civil and -religious liliurty -as.the basii oCaU our Uwa, constitutions and governments; pro-aided for the-, freedom of person tinder the nmteetins, of tha habtaa torout aba, trial by juries, to be impartially selected: made tbt an- sfuUragement of scnoola. and raoaaocing toe means ol education a high aod. binding duty of.tovfrnoiant. on ilbe plain reason, that ret ligiofi, anorality and knowledge kit oecessiry to good goternment and U the, bappineai ul mankind: establithed the inviolability of oon- traow, and the security ol, private property; proven ted the lingering remnants oil leouaiuy from, taking root in oar soil, and proclaimed, and defended ibe rtebl of ilabor. and of hu manity, by (oroerexq)uding slavery from the tem-ltury. ''-nl ytv' 'ni .' ( m-'I .jiiTo Uiesa noble principles the. people of Ohio haveevtf beet true. .,Ourleeilation Rks Rev-, tsbeeBiharred by fwewiptionabv. religions WHuonaVnof any politieal privilege denied bev cause of the birth-place ef . tbe oitiea. -Ibe inviolability of i the person o( the iohabilanjt ha been, alwst) dvfeadedv and. tbe habeas corpus ana trial by jury, maintained- U ttie baiHrkepiwal.blrir'r'(:,lS!the-',frAful, observance 'of her rontratrf,"1 tTie ' Bfate h'si lurnkbed an example of the sacred regard, tn which all ' obliirutiona shot LI he held br tha citizijl(yyhile by refusing .under the, tnrsUvk euin sanctions, to appropriate private property vt dvt use without malting a just compensation it? money Is the owner, she lllnstrsten her wino purpose of protecting the properly rights of the citizin against whatever invasion iv ma pecuniary uainage, ' The pledge of .the ordinance on the suliiecV of ednoatlorv has been faith folly rodeutred.-r1 tt was made a port of the Constitution ol 1802; sou is ropealed in the Const it nlioii of 1850., . in liSiti, the corner stone or our free school system was laid. One thirfy-sixth parVor the soil of the State) had been consuerstoil. by Congress- fort-ver to its strpport.JiAiihoughi this ipuniOcept tund may not hare been alio,, gethcr iudicinusly manaced.it has vet been Dotty Instrumental In (he diffttslpH bffeirsing not merely prrmary, but comparatively iioer-al, among the youth of the State;,, and,, aided by the pledge in pur Constitution, .which I esnmit doubt will be fcitl lully observed, re quiring "the Oeneral ksseinbl to make such provisions by taxation nr otherwise, a.4 with' tbe income a, ising from the school trust fund trrll scqure a thoroosh and eulciont system of common schools throughout the Stole," the imure jiisiory oi our oiaio win oe naornca oy even pfjta'er achievements than the past, grat ifying anq; rjonorabie as they have been, for the ,pronioiic'ri.,fj popular educations and through. i the public ,Welfare. (, Rut however cfflcie.ntiiaT been these caus es In advancing the' tnatcrihl, intellectual and moral growth of bur State, we, csnnot and ough not, to.cooc! from ourselves tbat, on-aided by tfint piher noble provision ol tbe nr-finance whicb forever bnrrod tho territories against slaves, they would have been impotent f '.i. - . .r .u , i rur inc aLcyiupiifsiiincirv ui toe BitipenuotiE TV- soils lb which I hive flo imperfectly reerred. This was the pre-eminently disitnguishing featnre of that inomparablo instrument. It aslh9 first nniomn dedication of national ler rllbry tothe' rights of universnl hurrian free dom. It was the nrst national declaratiorj.tn, practical form, condemnatory of slavery : as a social institution. It was tbo Inauguration of the policy, lugicolly resultins Irom the principles of the Declaration of Independence, and approved by all the Stales of the confederacy, to forever exclude slavery from the national domain, and to discourage its existence everywhere within jurisdiction of the United States not in conflict with the'rights of tho'slave-holding States. It was, in effect, ik moral pledge to the world, that as its framcrs and their compatriots, hod by a long, arduous and heroic struggle, emancipated themselves and (heir country from the political slavery pro-pared, for thm by an oppressive government, so, under our federal system, such laws sr,d constitutions should be established in our national territories as weuld fully recognize and sacredly guard the riphts of human nature. ' And surely it will not 1 denied, that to ibis original and jpersiiiteiit exclusion of slavery we are chiefly indebted for our rapid growth as a State! for individual and. social .wealth and comforts, bur varied and extensive ngri culture and manufactures, our profitable com merce, our achievements in all the usoful arts. our humane pivtlir.atton, and tthq love ol tree-dbm io bnlveisal among the people." ' ,.' f' Had Slavery been established hero! onrpop1 ulation and resouroes would not be .one hull what theXjare.,, Inthajt case, fe could not boast of ournliri'ost unrivaled triuni.phsin eve-y branch ol material developmetit; of, bur ex tensive system of: internal improvements: of our colleges ana universities, our iiee ?"-mjn schools, our, asylum's and, other public charities which crown our State with such distinguished honcr, and" Illustrate', In such attractive forms, the superiority, or, tree over forced labor, for all the.just. piitposes of' social and governmental organization. ,,. .A UDon rou. Sena tors snd, Uepresenfaiives, and your successors, w'll devolve, in large part, th grstalu.l' task of providing by suitrt-hie legislation for .the future. growth of, the State; and to preserve In their lull vigor, as vital elements Of -our politieal- and social svs tem, tho just and humane principles to which I have reforred. ..- ,-. To' vou bclnnir the sovereign functions of terjislation.' '' Upon you devol 'o the responsi bilitictt; of enacting laws regiiloiing the rights bf property: of prescribing , arid enforcing all duties arising out of,, tho domestic and, social relations; of legulatjng elections, and presorv ihii the pul-iiy' of'lhe'eleclive Irnnchisej of es-tahlishfi t law for-the'enennrsgenient of us riciilttire, anil all utofut arts; for the organiza tion and (.iseiphr.e Of tho miltia; for the edu cation of the vOiith. the support of the poor. and the relief of the afflicted; of providing for the payment ofthe State dent; shd tor sacred ly preserving tbe public: faith, ri pfenlcting all other laws, tor sec -ring, civil r guts, and ilufprirlino- Ibn honor of tna State. ' ' For tho ekerfclsb of these f iipreme ' powdrt ot tne bisic, tne peopie ever extena a generous confidence to their chosen representa' tivoa. j,,;., , ,, ,., ;(-m-i. ; ; . , ;. .The executive forms no part of the Icpisla. live aulhority. lie eicniscs no control over legislation: His dutiw are' twste'thsf the laws are aithfullv executed,! and to rcom. mend to the consideration of the General As sembly, such measures ns he may think adapted to proinqto the public welfare. " . It will be expected of ihe, at- this time," to crll yoitr atteniion to many matters- of 'legist latton Ln me wteuyTciei'.ro a lew. The existing legislation on the subject of tne nscai reunions oi our oiaie nnu iocai governments, withopt reqitinng a;dicaJ change, needs a better ' adj'nstuiehl 'of dotaili"Our isxrs lur diiio biiu iw... j.u. -"-un ,. Ty burdensome, and made- more bheroua oh Ac count of. .the large apipunt pf taxable, proper: ertv; thatescanes the vieilanceof the assessor. "The laws' should be mqiesearchingso'asj to Slllijqct ai ipo nrn exempt pnipeuy, or wnav-ever description, to its'i'ust proportidti 6f the burdens of taxation. ' " 1 ""H'" 1 respectlullr suggest, the. sxpediendy 6 a tbpfottgh revisiun ofr,tbe Jaws relating lo (bis enlite subject, and particularly ,of those more directly affecting our' local, govcrnmchls'.'tj the end'not only of limiting tbe'amrunV,' but o( Wttcr'defliiinr tbA soope and-pfirpoew for jwbich Jaxea ma)i be lvjed,Jq Ahih,j,iy bf addled, the realising a more sptc; ptltlicay tion of the public expenditures in bur cities.' ' Laws csnnot be" explicit in denning ana eh forcing a proper adcouRtability ot all : persons acting! ,in ., public eipacity I respectfully recommened, that as a part of any , law you may enact On this subjet, provisions be mado reenlatint cnblla contracu; to-anMy as well li) local as to Staadrbimstrtienv ' .U. The approprialtng publio tponey ,bjr a Pub lic officer to hi$ private nse. should, be visited by the most exemplary banishment. It should avail nothlntf in wbat form It m fw'dnna' whether by raettwuof Ininlng!' depositing,' w pttetrwist. :--A be gist ot. tbe otleuoe should M the ..expeclijUon or,bop,o( lhu o(Ucr.(i re. ceiving a private bep'efit , from, the act, lie she ottld be prohibited frAtn, Umpbrln wiifi th blifl'mndstf.'kflf "vrsy and' fMtrlcted 1h pttbtit tbtinoselo Lhe deiaw?a of bia'cfflolaldatiew. All perrluiHitci shoold It rfeiicd' hl'irl.: ifle 'lalnrf be inadequate to the- rrsnenibilitv or labors of the particularofiice, let it be increased b compensatory maxironm. Jeavcno pretext for abuse of, his trust. -,. '1'hu sacu-d-. ness of private arid public property is the life of republican forms of rovetnmeFit, and bne of tbe very highest duties of: tho legislator is. to enrroond H wiin all the necessary safe- nardsor IiiW. . ' ' " ' The dranositlon of the Public Works of the" Slate wjll, doubtless attract yoir attention. These works are no longer self-itustained. Tbey r an annual tharge . epon. tbe .Tress-u"jr., , .)Vhj (his is st, wlfether.hcoaiise of rad-ital. d'e'ects in'the laws rvlniir,g IP their man- ageinent to art unwise system of tolls Ihe want of. a proper econoniy in their repairs. or to a damaging competition ot the more im proved mentis ol transportation, I" wilt not inquire... .. , :,: .t, i.,;j , -m i a. I ho,t the question of . the disposition of pur Publie Works may receive thai careful attention and revision which the interests fivolvi d demand, I respectfully 1 suggdst to you 'the passage of a joint resolution nn thoriitmg the coininission of three geiitlemeir of eblaiEiid cxpi-rlepce sbd capacity, whose , special, duty H shall tie to make a .thurnugh and rdetiv),ed examiniittorr of tbe entire subject, arid, that they report to the Governor, at the earliest practicable period, such changes snd modifications in our canal laws, as in their judgment are desirable td lesson tie expenses,, or to in crease tbe income, w as at least to. maku our canals fully sell-sustained. . , i If the thorough experience shall demon strate that they cannot be madoself-susUined, constant agitation must be expected of. tbe proposition lo sell nr lea'e them, so as to nave the Stale relieved of their support. I suggest the appointmeut of this (Joinmts- sion because f t my apprehension' that the members of tbe Legislature have not the time, nor the means wit big ilbejjr rescheduling a session, with so many other .domandj upon tliptr attention, to give to so couiplicsted and important a sul.fecl tliat'svstem.ilic, detailed and thorough investigation which the interests involved seem to nic to require. ;'; Among the topics commanding the attcn tion of one sister! Stales, and worthy of your present consideration, is the measure nl en cpuf-agoment which a Slate should hold 'out to her organized and disciplined militia. . The last two Genera) Assemblies enacted, laws and directed the preparation of .Ik-gwlattons.in order, to iei feet the framework ol the Slate militia organizition.'and develop a symmetrical fior! weU-ofdsrcd.syslem,, which has been so far realized, as to leave little lo be done hht for you to determine, irt your wisdom whether the State shall endorse that ) stent by its direct 'aitl.;, '' 1 '" :" ' " ' '. ' ' The Reports from the proper officers show tbat throagh tho-want ol snljh A system heretofore, Ihe State has lost more tfoin $C(X).000 in value o' the arm received from the. JJnited. Suites. : A proper State Areimi; anil stich direct aid lo tho"cbizeh 'soldier, under 'niriri gent limitations, S3 would practically 'defray the actual expenso of keeping the arms in tho manner required by lnw, wndld, it is be lieved, prevent similar sacrifices in th future; ami be economical to ilte Siate. ' It would hi so comilinnd a small'nnd well disciplined force, snfilclenilv laic to tt've" weiebi to 'the sane lipns of liiw.shil prove- a Suftlcicrrr nucleus for anv mresnnrv increase.' . ' ' "-' "' .. Oilier Slates hnve ei'tibrncr-d the thin suggested, and the counsels o' tbe Fnthorc af ihe Kfpuhllc onilo with tho concurrent oction'of the trtajority,o the State Iicgislaliire. fo pro nounce a well-regulated militin. which Is from and of the penple,io)e one of Ihe surest safe, guards, for the enforcement of law," the main- lenance of qrder, snd Ihe' perpetuation of these vpersona'l rights vthich are our chief reliance and dear to every' American citizen. 1 ' " '"' ' "" - ' " 1 ' '' '-'" " Krery otherT?tnte in the Union, except F loiida, has cothjiletid,' or bps In progress; a geolpjJiCHt survey of hrtcritory; and I would recommend to yoor early.. consideration the 6onipletli)tl of the geological survey of this n'ale; wlitcn has rien too long gi spennod t Hou'ht pot it .Importance ,to ' Hie agricultural . and ' Ritnfti j interest? , ,6f.,.tbe,yStatC, and to Ihe advancement of science.- will fnllv justify an appropriation fur its vigorous pros ecution. , , ' " By the' constitution,' it Is fnada tn dt'ily of tne Legislature to propose yncn" amendments or (hat instrument ns in its Judgment the public welfare demands. ' "' " (' .''' ' Sufficient time has not elapsed since the adoption' of the constitution, to determine frotn'lls; pratical workings all the modifies,' lions which the publio interests may require. Various changes have ' been proposed.' but awing to causes to which I need not specially refer, none of them have been approved in the manner prescribed by the constitution. " The form of the proposition submitted at the recent election for annual sessions of theLegislature, in being coupled with a condition for blnnial elections , is believed to have prevented a fair expression of the opinion of the' people upon tl;e question of tbe expediency of annual sessions'. ' I"' i i ' I ' '" I Submit the question to your 'consideration, respectfully ieromthehding anamend-t-ehtcf the tonstittttloh, prbviding for limited annual sessions, ntiU thhtiat elections, ' ' " I invite your attention also to the subject Of the unequal representation in both branches of the General Aseiiihly, 'resulting ' from tho system of single, dual and pi oral elect inn districts, provided bt the constitution, for the pn r pose of ree om men d ing" t o ' y fit r lavorablb consideration an amehdrhetiot the constitution, establishing a lirtllnrtn systerrl" of single 'elec'. tfbli distiicts whith -should' be 'based solely upon population-.1 Such a plan of apportionment seems to me rd He alike required ry a logical regard to' tho theoiy oronr form 6f govern Blent,' the" seettHty' tf th 'fVopIt" at large kgainst the uridile bMn I ''ol 'parllbblar sec ta ris of the State, and Wt the just protection of minorities against the pbwer tif msjofltie In the inoro fjOpulrwTiins,:l ' 1 bi'he gt'rtgrap'hical pbiillion bT dtlr State hY-ever Identities her destiny wlih "thlf tif the great lleyf lheVrat.",Whteter fhky'af. feet th grolh nr prosperity tJf this highly fcVored n-ginni- mnsi b of inierehftrt hs. Among thenibjeCH Whlcn have long attracted thyankloi8 attention ol the r)e"pla of the West, and which they justly regard as of par amount iinportmee to tbeir material progress. is the improvement Of the Ohio and Misiiisip'. pi rivers.'artd onr Like hsrWt. ''' I I, invite your attentiofi to this important uljcct.lur tbe; pqrppse 1 1 lespecUnlly request t Iny your earnest application to Congress, to adopt tucb trieaSbreS,'- And to mak tuch ip-pronrlalionsifrom thb National TreSsitry wiU be commensurate with the1 rem ovw I of the obstructions, of tbe navigation of. these grea'i highways, 'and, to the needed lmprpver hieht Of these Important 'depots bf western sotnmerce. i" ! .. :. m v"n i.-i'i h,lVhen ws ronsider, the .magnitdde of lb region directly interested m the navigation of these rivers, and our western" lskei e.mhrsn. Sng" a Hei'rilorial extent 1 bf 'neafly' BOO.Ctt) qtisTtt mile--- territorial vjprflcis (raster tint! llie,cm)rc esient ef tbo .oiigiinl tbirleeii biiule', OuUipttsjig eleyta Hlalv and two tur-liiories, and parts ol three ether Rutin.; with a population. f at least thirttta mtlliiitis.and but little. lei than one half of ,1k entire M'P(jing a right of propeny hvevi wsnovorartnth. iiuiimn or ipo. unneu-.-ntaies we- may wen express our amazement at tbe unw'aw and il liberal policy of C'origres. So . long and per-severingly jrsislsjd in, of refusing (tie nrcus-sary aid for dwarming of its dangers the navigation of these rivers, and' for increasing the saf ty of .our.lske harbor. Ma i- And eitr.fenw of this injustice Js not a I t tie heightened, when wo consider, that Ihe people ol the Slate directly interested in ihese .improvements, have paid largely to the federal rioyernment fur I he soM which 'bey occupy and cultivate, and are now, by their consumpiion of the, foreign , imports, cumrib-iiting quite, if not fully one-half, of tbe an-fiunl revenues pf the government, while the !i)tjjiyl expenditures ninnng thria are cuiii-pariiliyeijr itriflipg ,Wa make no complain because , of the boumi'iil appiopiiatioiia ly C mgress foriirveysBiid defenses nf the coasts, ir tbe improvement ol harbors, ihe; reel ion pf light -houses, and the yaiious, other purposes, in lid of the navigation and com met ce pf the ocean"; but we do complain, tbat while cheerfully sustaining on full piupi r'ion nl the expenditures lor these purpu,-ies fvT the benefit of one branch of ihe na'Iona! wealth and interprise, a suitubla portion of the national treasure is not extended for the pro tec i ion of another branch our Western commerce rivaling in tonage the whole foreign commerce of the United States, its character equally nutropal. aqd,, ft .protection. .equally esaentiul to the common ben fit and advan tage of all the States. 1 be time has oniveJ when the West will no longer consent that her just demands npon the Federal government for the protection of lier.gnat interests, shall be disrcgirJcd. bhe is no longer a, !fnnlie.r, and-will Qot, patiently 1 be treated as such. She is the heart of tbe Union the centre of its population, iu production and its consumption, I'io:i, the great living fountain ol her boundless res urces, the nation iseuriched and sustained, and upr.n them its prospemy and power must always chiefly depend. Never denying t onj s,ction of the country its legitimight,weight in the adininis-. r.uljn of thegi vernment.the wer. wilj be rei-olute in lie assertion ufher rights Conscious offyej.greAt.i bbticol power which will enstall her in ibe control of the government after the coining national census, she will demand Ihe inauguration of this bread, generous, national policy, for aunt ding and promoting the enterprise and industry of. the cointry. whxh while conferring its inestimable benefits.upon the peoplo ol all tho o'her Stales, will secure to her agricultural and commercial interests, that development, and those Unobstructed and nntnxed outlets to. the markets of the worlJ.which.lheir necessities imperatively require., their value wilt abundantly comensatex, and the dignity of the West den and 8 shall be no longer postponed. ,"' ' ,. Biiefy, but In an especial manner, do I re. gard it as my duty, to nro yon to invite the immediate attention of Congress, lo the im-porlanro ofits granting prompt and libenl Aid lor imponiving and securing the practical freedom of the navigation at tho Fulls of the Ohio Hiver! ',"'; ' ', ;' ' ' ."'.",'"'' The necessity ' some rnore .extended and complete woik than lb" Lotiisvilla, and Portland Canal, as now constructed, to Cheapen and Tacililati) llie conveyance, ot property around the Falls, is' recognize j by every per; sun familiar with tbe navigation and trade of tliu.Ulilo Hirer., ,Uwtngtii.th tnsutticiencT ol l lib construction 6l that w ork, and the contracted iz of its h cks. it ia esiiinated, that more than one-half of all the tonnage ol lb Ohio and Mississippi rivers is prevented from passing through iie,canjil.. TUepractiodeffKCtia, to destroy the unity of the Ohio River as a great channel of commerce, by d vlding it ft i ho. Falls, and,sp rffnking the for tion above, a tributary to the portion lie low them.. Tbe consequent injustice and heavy pecuniary loss to every hranch ot industry above the Falls, ire ton nbvions to need argument. . Npr does any other interest, or any otfier section' of tbe country derive any benefit from the results The serious delay from the obstroctbm to the transportation of the millions of property that annually pass thrpughlhe canal, with the excessive tolls imposed upon it, inflict a most grievous and unreasonable tax upon the in dustry and enierprj.-e, everywhere, that cop-. train to, in any w,ay in making up the commerce of the Ohio and Mistnsaipi.i riven. , , ' The snMect.'there'ore, is not f more local buf qfltis liighesi Rational import. , j. The cna beina; virtually,. owned,llbythe United Sfntcs, although nominally the property of a private qprpgrej inn, prevents any improvements of ft. withqu Jie, consent, and renders State legislation powerless, lor relief, v.- ,.,. , ..... ... I cannot hut express the hope that this im-nortsnt subiect may receive the earlv and 'a- vorahle attention of the Le.pifitatnraa of the several States botdering upon tho Ohf) R iver, and" of tha other States interested In its navi gation, and that they will , unite , with - the Legislature of this State In urging prompt and liberal appropriations bf "Congress, for the construction of such improvements around the Falls as will --taUst adapted to the present and .future waaiaof Western Commerce. ,,. At, i l " " . .,; Firmly lpyal lo tbe Union of tne States reverencing ft as1 the precious legacy Irom the Fathers o( the Republic acknowledging their utligationA as sacred, tp inainiairf iisjntrgiity. and secure tp .the peoplo of .i-Very', section of the Confederacy the blessings it was imenji-d to confer: defend itie UohsrituUpn whicb is IS Iwnd, and to faitblully . observe all of its limitations and authorities, the peoplo bf Ohio. According to the 'citizen of the other States, all th political AndauoialrighU whicb tbe; claim for themselves, and as tbey would promptly and resolutely resist any attempt of force, unlawful combination or otherwise, tit disturb tbe) Rnjovmenj ol -' tbeir socbd or imperil their social securities, so oo (hey deprecate' And Unreservedly Condemn, 'any movement Or purpose, to invade th nghta r to jeopard the peat of lb eitizen oaoy other Siatf., , -., " Iliit the Union ia threatobd, and the Com sti lot Inn Is assailed ill lh very citadel of iu lie tbe right ot th majority of tun poopla of th Vhiied Slates to control' the government', being dehied; Ind efforts are not wanting te defeat th great purptMtl 61 tK government to extend and perpeiiiSte the rights ot freedom, by degrading the Union and the Constitution tiito instrument for the propagation t)l illimka mvwtfm iihl ' U u,"ti t-.c -.fir ,";.,,.. On theeubjoct bf Slavery, the pebble bt thii State occupy no equivocal position.' 'They re ject tha modern dogma, tbat alavery is wn- tial to republic, tbat such system must laii without it, and that sltvety must b mended and ptrpotuatod, to extend and perpetuate our form of evemmentt but in opposition td it, they bar deliberately doclared, that in their judgment, slavery is a, pvrnicloos wrong, and that patriotism 'tnd humanity ufhtw in demanding their riitatte to its ttehstorf fil to any frea ferrlfnry, itsw- r- hK'MtJ-owned by Ihe UnitAl Hut-! 'itt-y lHy tha birUfnjimtherky of th. .trm iW ( the .HnJt pronis ooart m ina sjiitreo 'weie, t'rt'. er, atundamental pnnr)p.V.nn r1 making? the Federal Constitution llw" irhrMsrtt rendering it universal, not' liraitrd in'the reach of th local power whiCb crwnled the re- Is'ion tif master and slave; but ost'4-lie eonlrs ry they oVclare that the wiea, tbwe could be property in nven, wasexprenxly ipluMud 'roin-theeiNMtkution, wbicb contains ifftvtt'wordr asshtvenf slavery in any of its rsitinens and which in every elsnse. tMfi-(rtie'l or that can 1 trned,a refeirtoir to'itlaVery. ro". jarda it ns the crei.tero of S ate" lr:iHlalion 'or iis-rxistane and nntiiiu-nr." They de-f n y th(riK-iJnnslititin giwrantcwt to. tin slavchnljlins; Stites.-tny rlhar t.han their !' cal riuhts, in ronneeiiun wiiia,the-wmtiturion-of slavery; but such as it exprwwly declares Fimty That th foreign alavn trad ahou'd no-be atwlished befor 1.908; S-cond, .Thavany-law nr reguls tion which any Stwti might estv rablish in lavor of fi eedom rot iinpaisj th ;al remedy suppoMed al-)l tbu of the adoption of the constitution toe.i. byeoinnro law for the recaption ffit i!--iceiwi in suelr,; Slale,.ol fonhives from larv.t ... service, tesap-i' ina horn other Slates; and 1 1. mI, that threei fifihs of all slaves shotrf f k evtuedm settling th baU of rvpresvntation- in- tlta -seeernl States. Beyond thes. the fi-ar.-.ers of tbe Const itvii ion intemleii to-inaks. nd-penl:ar concessions to the alavrboMifpf -. fjtaneS. and these-weia made because "tbey had i Union1 of the-States te create, and to their ardent anib genereu minds, the v duo tary -removal of slavery by ihe letion of the-State thetn selves, williont Federal iiiterlerence, seemed not only certain, but close at hand " The people of Unto have further declared that, tn tbeiropio ' ion, the people of, a Territory have no nowr under the Constitution, or fioiu an v other le gal source, to establish slavery as on of tbeir institutions, during their territorial existence; thr t the exercise of such a power would be ' manifest us3rpt.tionrf the mdwhlbiai righto of the citizens of the Territory, and utterly sub-,-versive of all true popular sovereignty, which demands as a primary ttmnltel, the recogni tion of inalienable rights. They insist, abscy-' that coupled wit d tfm.powe it is tlitdutyot Congress to prohibit by express enactment they extension of slavery into any tree Territory of the United SUIuh that the exorcisc af thia power has been repeatedly approved Jty-.evsry department of the State and Katie nal Govt eminent, and to the universal acceptance the people, and. that its, recognition as a fun damental principle, to lie hqieafur exercised, whpnever occasion may beire voted, is) indis-. pensableto restore the siniplioity and purity of lb government, and to carry edt.th great, purpose of the Constitution, a declared hi it. preamble: "To form a more perfect union, td esiablisb justice, inaur doroes'tiji tranquility, promote lb general ..we,l!aro,nd secur th blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. ;.- v.'itift T-t ( a Such are th judgment of th people of Ohio, repeatedly expressed on the S'llj'eet o slavery, aa a social and politkiul question. But they do not conceal from ib'-mselvea, tb-tt thai practices of th Federal Govern i ant., havt long opposed to their" convictions oo the sbb-ject. , Tbey know, that it baa bean admiuisv tered for. many yearn in subserviency, to tba purposes of ti e Blaverv extensionist of the alarehqlding State. The war to extend tba boundary of Slavery to the llio Grand tl-violation of the Misscrli i, Gumpacl the vrar against Kansas, to extend Slavery to th Pa. ciflo, are all sacrifices of thr public opinion,' and tli moral sense of tho xpgwjes of tho country, by ambitious rncuniU-ms In. the fed ral administration, to that cnaibinatioo iq f.h South, wbioh brings th vote of fifteen .Slav States in phalanx to divide and conquevtbe,. Free, and ao.continof 4bejr trjiipipbs, tea, Pro. idential electioqs, ,.Tbis jouiliina'ion . bau long been absplute In its mastery over ncini nations, electibna. administrations and vv.''," bigisjUtion, touching thmaintenanorsnrl-.rjr-ponsion of the institution of Slavery, i'j abirh ii owes its political strength. ..; vS ',. v. I What i Ibe result? - I tbe eombinatioit, satisfied? Far front it. '1'hera.i a growiutj power imparted by iree institutions ia tbe an-. ti-Slavery tAteS-y.ly tbeir industrious etop;. omy by their intellectual resource, which! gradually render abortive all th acU of in trigue tbat pervert the organs of the national will into instrument of a actional oligarchy. The selfish, coral ination, in vain subnrnx nur tbqrj aspirantsto its purposes, tendering l(,. be corrupt influence its consolidated force can, command, to seduce support in tbe 'orih, to carry the chief magistracy, and thren'enipg in. , case of defent. the overthrow nl the Union, iff , coerce patriotism Itself to submit to Uieuvnp f to aveit ihe greater mischief. In vain its Irt, den, sceptre base' pnned and swaveil ihu na tional flinciionanies lin ken the cinn-ili.itina cpniQacta of 1821 and 1860 and ima-pola eu Slavery as s part of lb nation's constitution. Th spontaneon vigor of free labor oyergrv.yjaj and heals all th . woundt infligte,d by then blows of its enemies. Frewduut. is a giant which..w,biU asleep, Lilliputiaps may bind to the earth with inniipterabi fine spun cotda,' but aroused, he breaks with eas th meshes, and hobls'lhe pigmies in the hollow ot his hand. Kansas! Nebraska. California and (j egnn.bow how ineffectual are the intrigue of si-lf seeklnf polTc.ian, jq dsrirf th tr6w.ii of a free people. Th proiwrou ai.d po q'p.fr Iree -soil inds forth Ju children ovrr thejin wiling territories, and" the reilslai.Cv- of iatrtiasj iam i everwhelmed. , ..., . . The politicians of th oligarchy see jlb with iismav, and seem to Im meditating a change bt their design, from that of sekjpJI a perpetuation of their control over ibe L,nHu by multiplying Slav Stateawitnin it, togbw Of abandoning it, nd making vast ecqoisvipn il tefrltorv beyond it. to fill by now impjt tioniibf AfHeaM. Thia must nujt i(i tft subjtcliuhof the ftteJabPring native clRty every completion o a mition cmnlitipq slavery,, by th glut foIlowirR the influ o myriads of naked ncgroosi. woriiiiig liR x under th goad, and fed only lo siippofi , tba ) ok, reducing tbe price of. labor tq bar uhaistnci .A fullaupply of nvgro utn&!f will render th masters of th domain maW pendent of. th poor whites holding ntithef land nor alavea, , Tbey must become alavvf Ihetnselres to sep starving. , : , t .Vv r W hav heard it announced that a Ltagti basbeea formed to compat thia plan tbat iu nunificationi cover alt tba S).a 8tUSy that tbpiincipal nullifiers cvarywher ara in tha eoaspiracy, d that it l a part pf Vps! schema 16 leave Virginia and Maryland, ciy tucky Aod Teootsaea ind Missouri iu '.J e Ciif ion fort tin to cover th receding J&iatr front th iovasloR of northern force to, t$ '-V-W lb gove'rhme'ril of th Con&demcy ev.,r thi lower Mississippi and tba borders of tlnj G.ilf of Mexico. . Th poliey of leaving atV ri Slav 6utea, in connection with a i i, Slates, eonfiding in tha porfect prnit i ,of the "feenliar Institution' nnr'ertbe.v ', i ef Utter, while the OHi'l'fB Slatf ( if lrf open tba ilv trad. and abW U jdt. -ii I-!; iff- a
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| Title | Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-01-14 |
| Place | Mount Vernon (Ohio) |
| Date of Original | 1860-01-14 |
| Source | LCCN: sn84028554, Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-01-14, Vol. 6, No. 10 |
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| Submitting Institution | Knox County Public Library |
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| Full Text | JjiiiH'fxf rrtf (.)-wii f?,',-3,li'lll rigim-idt limit' a 'V ff-ijj S-uJ iU'jt Vd Jal'ldl kl( .lnu.i.Mjl J.r,j rW .IJ - . . i-i lmii f ... 'r li ftaniaf) iimi-.ii SK Wit iMl ,iiw .l.wmmy Mij ' .wrfiMi () 'li ! ' !rl (' .;( (J,, I .u r.rfw f! m Juif. l'f "Vv - . i mVv .' .1 7jK2 -M' ' 'v" ,H' !' ' if IW .uWil', ijft - I T j.il-.4iill vA)l nil !. "'.. , lain,. , ., j, ,,, t(1 fIB1 ..,(, ,,, ),, .,.f'i tr, v-iiufiMi.il ui ever? r.s cu'M v 'i 4 :ltN:-i7 m in-..',)i ' ' '''"' ""'I' 'r"'' "w "1 it'l' ,1' i;,..!,,.,, ,,, ..,......, '.. V -f r--r 'i-in'V.a iO .... i, ,j ,r,.;--i : t-- ... ;t, , tj ); t ! ,,,B,r . .. ,,f,..,,r . 'T)i Y it-1 lit ..'i" nl yu'titj M LnV awMlrw,., ,!! i . ..' - -7 " f ' ' ' T - - ' i . '. ' . - j',. ; - ' - '; ' " j MU3R1AR. . . . . ... T 2 ... . ' ' 117 OULD BBBPECTPUtLV INFORM TnE VV Uinf 4M(, Vcrnou Ohio, and itlnlt , thth hmpofronneftllf lociXert in III ,Veritnn fur . . ii : LI. D..r...t. i - ik. .1. U9 pUTpWW "IS rV'lol"ll ulm ' iiiiuiimii ma :in tail, nd Buat mlxUntiul tvl ot llio Art: n4 I Wiwldasjr (otbiXi 4rha thnj fnvor m wi'tH their Ktranagg, tnt my Jrurn IMii apt), li gumpurs, thin '' ' 'J HKIDTVUND btU ABILITY with any in IheStiitoi. lonld atrntaytothoatwlo anaftioted itb. DUM6I !MiUu, tt I am pro. pardUralall dliwaMlVif ibt Uiodtb miUof any . fjrmi aUo.Jo ipamtn ll:iir l.ipis finglf ori)u,ubJ. Jtb bolof rofrnuooon bogivcn., . OFFICE-Ovtir Ruifoll t SturKM' Hank, Srd dorr below Mr . MparryV BtoV, JjfJtnBWeet, Mt. YKftMt.9U kij nii .1 . ir: w s ..:. .rEl(VA.L;--;7ri ,IST! IT A3, taken, folate of vtmr tbe rooma re- 44 ..nil.ni.ii.ib1 h MAN. W. Hill. 'and I mine- diutoVjr orer the store 'rooVn of Tuylof, Oantt Co.i vliere b will proaeonte (he tta-ioue dutios of the prjfeaaion.; VitU an fcxporloWo -6T oVor lver ootntfntprMtioo. and an acnunnimnoe minmi me LAJJJJUIPRO VEMBSTS of the Art, ho fools confident itfglYing entire aatiafaction.' , 1 ,' , Th h.tiklll of the Profession warranted to be exaroUed in every oafa. On hand a Ina stock of Don'ul materia'.e reoently prooured from the Bast, . J.'ntrancaon Miinatreot, between Tjlni Oantt i;o.-l.m l. uuk noimug oioro. Sr. o. oodpia. P 66 t) PER, VANCE AT "OVCJ. i T . I A W MT. VERNON, O. Office aratheastoofnor Main and Cbeatnutsrreeti oppolteKnooanly Uaniu.w kj. -i (aptsiu v ATT0KNEV: AT LAW, j , '. MT. VEKNON.OniO. V OFFICB-rOa Main Street, oVer M. Abornethy'i Djjuj iltore., . ; . 8opt, 3, Wfimo , .:: D. G.i MONTGOMERY, - ifANKlii RtJlr-hrNr, OVER McOIFFIN'S SUOE STORE. , . , Mount V.ernoh.Obilc.. ' ,' Special. "attention given to tbe tTall&tjtaof Claimi. aid the purahano and aula of ronl Esln'te. I hv for Jale unimproved lands aa followa, 64(1 aorrs in Ojaj?e County, Mifflouri, 60S ncrcs in "ifrou 9i'iiintjvMi.'ouii. 3U2 arii iu St. Fruii-aoia County. Misimri, ill" irf art iin ionuO ajrelot iu '.ll irdin Couuty, QM iin,il ti licrwlh Ma,rper Pounty.pliid. K Mftrch 1. '5iM-if. UAU'kUMt,,',. . , . . ..O.MV ATTORNEYS" AT LAW. StOCKT VMRSON, Ortl OFFlCKMain 8tret IMatt Kiibx Co!t.y Bonkv j . ' ' i ' ... ' JiJti'.' Prompt 'ilteutiun siveu to all business on-truKluil t,i tnoui.iniil jii.uoi:il!y to oolkotuig nhd Ju-Jurinolnim, iniiny pjrtolOhio ., 0eo.th-IB-4-:iin, , . , , (VUKf w. eOTIOX..( J. . "':' IT. U. BSK. '-'.-'-x-corTOJi '& kaie. : , Attirut)'H A :iunellinul t', t- t iMl. l'irmm, Ohio " . WlMi attend to ntl binlnwi Intruited to tboir i-firo; In ny of the Cnnrtp. OFFICB.X.B Cnrnornf Main and OnmbicrSts., over I'yfo'a MorchnntTiilorini? Kstablithmont. Oat; lih IHoS.tf- " " W. ni'liAlt. " B. B. 4NS1N0. ' 0,'K. BALDWIN. IVX B AbVbA XV IKG & "E ALPWIN; -A7'BBflA73.4Vjr HOT,':. ; ,'U:.".rlVMiSCt,.0UIO.-OFFICEIn llamilnfl HulMing. V. E. oorni-r of ,MniitniitiVine8ia.,f M-m funuoriy ocoupiod by M. H. Mitohell. June I4,:il,.-H. J BUY THE 1- tifl They art! the best Catieoea fit i fcr9'tij (Bo obtic . it.-, i,.. !-, fur th miifloy. " vVOI KSALB, AiSBR'8,' ..: ' ( DEFOUEST. UMTltoKB ACO.; i":;,,,.;;:'-..,;.;,KB.flr ;t6ril,;; ;j;.:';;r.: , Joa 28,y9-83mD. i .r , BEfniNQ'NE Aj.lAron.1 snnnlv 'ot' those Oelebrafed . t. .iti'fcfPPSK Toi!J Doots nua Shoes, .. ., ' tutxeMivied and for lei, nt tlie TUint and Shoe Store of MILiiEU WUITK" G.-W,,HOTk.-ia,:! '; ' ' '" "'' ' " ' 1 SVOOLERAXD HAIiyESS MAKER, First Dcor Snuth of Wuo'lbriJgo'a.Store, , .. , ' HAtJf BTU8I1T, MOl'KT VKBMOX, OHIO, TTtttt' 3eonsuntly oa band a Inrge assortment of JtV SJillry hni ILtrausa, Bridles, Collars, Iliiltors, Whips, ..ininufoutured by experienced workmen m4 far ' ahnpin" r'eawnablt) tariai. ; tij V j. iVi.j, Ji, to 22. My Trunks aremuof superior arwutu uoflp Buiuimiiiy vyw. I, would also invito special attention to my Collars whioh ,caaiH be jurpwsed for style aod durability ;may 8y.-; '. . p., i ,. , . thb.'BEST OFitxir.;- r;,'.,'" siiFiiiiaa.iuiiKiKSi,: ;-Pvr.Mi;cprc!s & forJMeepera. : This Ink has aqoal t it will not mould i it will tot frwaerand It wiool beaxtraoted from paper.-." -For aala Wholcaaleami-Ueinil by ' ' ' 1 ' 4ht .1-0 t. -JOrtBi'H WATSOJf. " '-' D , lAa sa.b. 1.. lit V.mmi. Ohin. I Dii'ii r iv i , i f - ' j t tilNl.l.J A. i 'Wi ..-! l-i ' i i .... i. TIT. .I4 Mn.-.,r..1IW Aatl inn. ntt.nttnti In An nn wuuiu .Brjn.v..w..j v-.. bokw eeleetion of Oui dioooiis .ing in purl of BOSNETlTllSPOKSi-' ; ' l" liFXWeRUCHK8."l i. UKHTf I l.iwl BU1Uiv'0HiNEEL9,',J ' - I I .iK i.KU-tIlA.l.J)RlisJ5iM;'8WVE8, . UOOPt) 'AND HOOP eKI RTS .-1 .x,au-ri-'. JCVRWiiVi?lL?.,Pt A Tfcicb W are selling at the owcMcab'pric.e..Cal ajnd eiiroino, upi sfock before parohaiijeLMwof re, nd'itlry' y iurlfj that yo enn save money bl hnyinaf insi 'goods' bt tfs. Ro-bde afd Trimmed Ifttt'rf Vrcry'diWrlptliJtirfe-iianff-o-BttT..(i!... f '..Km Hj . CniiliMOREf1" " vmi'i'--'"'. J 1. 1 , . irt li.i.itia.il I - -, 9ri rJflito I ,I-J i4 at AIITJ-rolVtlll.i-''l ..-(.'"' ,u.iiaiii--a.AE8Vll.l.li WORKS PAABrrel -t tflfilf'bViinaa M l1 'SirWille OUV)-"' Hlvavltt nn'h iwd'niiw f lv by "the s.flMwir-lnT 1 ' ' "- ,1M' t,, TM(lM hiwUit'liii.li' iUfltauwfaaturait depdadlfiaaff wijnaaani irwrib twenb-iffvaefali lore loananvj A.-iavi'p.i .. w 4ha M''"'!' bnlialV6VofV, WMaintraty 1 The" Moirtit Vernon Kepublir an7 MU( ! ,,. ; ! I I :.' ...!. .... . , ' --'it ul rVHiBHajp vjtar iATt:aDAV MOHKiaa,. , Offlcrr l i(lrtnT?Tn,7Wiil!dn-, Wo. 5, n,i-.) ajceond 8toriv - -i no wn p i - ',i,'i',.y.1 1' .J if -.TERMS T we Dollars par anpnpnyabU in ad yanoej 2,H0 after tbo expiration qt. the year,.,,,,; s-i "Mt' 0i Fi'itotr 'diTixixi'MmSna'oiii''-clf in bii amnewhere rnjnyinulhe Juxurh-a oi thia life and indulKinfr in ihe uaof a fioeHava M, and while muaiiig-upiin ttia aeenea of. the Jiaat, and Iho prnxpretH sif the future, y f,hn'd all aalwpi and vliilin that partinilxrly p)('a. sinsr situation, a .larce, ' blue bottle" -t-ttuuld ae'tle ipnn your probnacix, and while croriiig anil re-ci'OBHiiiK tbe "bridge" of said organ, you ahnuid dream: ..' ; 11 ' t'hktVhe "DeVil,- wlth Vikntragrfm,1" ' WaaiTikkin)? hla annual call for ;' 1 -V Why, vou would' waken I'm sure, else why i afiouid t ay, , t -if , x lii.'t -. Aa Voq felt, fa your pocket, '.MhaPevira to pay." Well. I Ke peVil must, certainly have his due, And all Oiat lie aHka isa quarter from you j. .", And in pl'ife'e 'SI'a Lfdu-r, a book I much need, I'll leave my "AbnaKt-a" and say we're agreed. Wow 'the Derll you know, la; a 'Very great 'friend " "' " ' '-' " To- the whole fcuman raee, -particularly the !. mni-!.:i .; ' '.-vji-.-iil-,-Thouiih bia firat opera tion 'a commenced with avoinan, , ,.. ti, - ...,. ti -ii f. He abandoned tha cause, a thing that's quite comAion. ; . Like Plantagcnet, in ' be 'great" play, of Shakespeare. , . , '".': v I'm of the 'same name,' but not the same 'na- tnre; 11 - -! " " ' ' ,.'",''-He persecutes kainte, and traps the jioor sin- - ner, i .1 While I carry tfea hews, that you rea'i ifterJ dinner . ,. i , ,. . , .. . ... .,, ,1 There ia nothing in this that should meet cod rlpmnaliiin. . , So I'll sharpen my cj'till and pursue ray narra- .'- linn ' ' '' ' ' ' And if you should wish to demur for surplus- Please ennidur l'my.atyle" is President's ..Measnge. ...i I .,. .j.i..,.,... t .-in speaLing of messages, and "that kind of truck" I ' ' - Did you ever we one like thaUif "old Bltck; So simple, and silly, I swear it's a pitv,' , That there's nut an old womau in Washington 1 City" ' ' . , u ' -" ;;;.' " TV' i.nrae the old man, and give him some tea, Puthiin to bid and there li't him be.'. : , 0! Jei in'. 01 .li'fros, thy cnurse'oa bad one; .'; I co iiKiiirnfnl fur a liard t" dwell oo: . ', , 'l lif-u- iv I'll ii ami change my tack, Aiiil.i'iiii, turiiey (JtMinral Black. ,; Hlnok by name, and b'avk by nature, ." Thou art In'd'ivil a riirium cr.ature; " fago's ghntllt-nlf would h'nsh;' ' . " ; To hear thf Called irnud, hnest and just. -! ' (iliiiai'a never blush., nor never will, w.-T ihrt bu wait, t-i h-nr ill it name. .i Theri. is H,Dir (iS in the held,. , ) , Ami lUouanils) fclluw.m ICf train. What would, ti hi Oemrrul lacwson aay. ,; it-Rotltd he but. siv ihei- truitorous Pagans; . , , , Ry the eiert nl priwis Ibai be, , , , tlo'd ham; t'Keift all ' W'jh aaHaman. ' ' Kii 111. nn bwtb'-n Ibfte iii liAmel'1 -".''i1 1 ' ' '' 1 Fo lieiveh kiinws there' are some here j" 1'iWi inal'rakXawy so Ctf naule. alU '..': '! Haw made the .dvttmnntratiiM! dear.: , i: , Ii' .V)itn, p'toeiiiU ti'i ix their maxim... (.. They ihlk an 1 irule.iivitrA and.Zi'; ,,. ., vi d when tliey come b (!iro .thy masses, . 4 ( , , They prove tliein-elves' rniiaumve States. . ' ; Annss fiideeil.nl.i ihiit't n title. " , ' ' ', Fn !ftiiflict w if Ti-e cmisi iiutifih, --' ' ' '' Itut. kepjit ii ! ibaf'is the style; Adupti'd by a l(e-o)iitiiiii; i ' I Rurea I am no poli'iciau., .1 . ; i w I'll ytopand taki' another course). ,. !.. r I.ike ItVhard III nn Hnswiirth'n &Ait. ,i, Id nive, utv Kiiii.'dnui fur a horse. . . w , Jl; If that aii h"rs was in a iMifjfjr,.' ' . . i'd I hehii .il llini Willi a"-iip, ' " ''" ' I would be i ll' fijl' IIBr r Ferry; "' Soulier than ynirniiild "hake a siick." If I got Iherenll safe1 anil' sound, ' ' "I I'd rescue Ooppic, C(k nnd'llrnwrti m . ; Uut now kind piiiiims I tlih half ihroagli'ii.iia And tunuy,tbi 'ire. left untou h"df..,,j . ,m he ySinis.of Miltn,'- mid their, jrew, Have yet to take h liulc btiisli, , ,. Th "?biifc"o .vialil,'' wbiit n clique!" TIip,J)-1 is at tin- I'utt.-m of it" " K '.'." ' riile'-'tliey ch tnttL' their course and ktopi1 ' Hi. inajiN)ty''Wli he nntnp '1 "' - '- ' Then u bail a -pretty time there'll be,' 'if ! "t "Harper' Ferry" aial a palrhing;, i i"! :i.t'!' For w)ien old ?tau feeUa fla. -m-A It He'll l'Be the on all.ont.f scratching.., ,i, ... i-ThjiV Uru'm and Hfe and drea in shrouds. : . . . Ptand a fellow in the cold." "', ' , , PUt ot hfs car's, then stiiiid him up, ; To heirthecnteiiee--'i i,ld. J:i '' I ' :" '; Our firemen ton are yery brave, ' . . ... S . .... 3. I ' Mglittnif lite names, islhetr saltation u- Rut lie'fel- wfts such a battle won; . ' A that memorable conflagration, When church hells ran 2 and firemen run. . Shunting for' help St bvery 'corner" ' ' f he s hiali in tiia fnty wore: "' '' The Uitors uomieu s -a goner.-" rl ' Allll sH It was. as he'pb?dk!ted. t. t.i 1 . .1 Theei a brokn:hy aRpell; ' .' in',; . i . The wilcl wijid howled,! I hinged and shifted, And down the smouldering itllha fell.; i,-Now ain't Ladiea y-ur atlebtron, For sadly hsfd yott been iifejjletlfd: " ' Cursed be the than that dare presume, To ssy lhai aueh was my imrntinn. For well yn.i kno my di-'positlon. , Is love Ana H rid lies lor (he sex; Oh.' Heaveis! e (ilti 1 bo socrnel, " ' ' ' "' AnntM pivach from Auch a tiitti "' - ",:( " No-1 will preach, the Lutd hastalled nil, To vindu-ite the cause of wumed,-;.,. - God's best gift to man ia she; -i.-m i. .. But let my tongue cleave to ma. mourn,-... fiAnd my rith; band fo iret (isciiniiidz". .,,. If God designed they eh -mid beslayia M But Slaves they are, lo Hoops ant Laces, Bandanas, Shawls, and sbiiisleS hairr 1 ' ", ' And then to deck their pretty MM; " " A dead nd yeiK therseek to wear;" ' '' But let tbwn wear tbetnv those that can,, i v i( But aiind ye.l have a word tosayi;,.' sa mik.vi If you would get an honest, man,, , .' ijim Get mie that takes the.sNiWi'ciin,,,, .,; i .j lfl nut it you oniy waut a iiuaue. , ,, .. i h1)(n,; And would sct.trwe, In such a roannei' . , ' , Abeatb.-cnm(svbdr nterest'.' ' On and slibsfribe. f.f.Harper iw'fi S"" '" Tbrfce the brlnded cat ha H snew-d' ""' '.'Tbrieei and once the ki-ged pigwhin'd"l-,.;i i vBaiperorieai-4'tiatintet 'tia HDoi"NwT t-i So.ladiaa s.wellyour crinoline.. M in t ,. i-.m rornarpw, games. swviia. and niowe...0 ,,,, Writes eiforial, aboui nobody knows, ( )it Detnitta whiile coliimns. "rsry snwrffw" .' HttlHttt li M DerodcraHe party.' '' ." ":' ThertWr whhdutt mficH hoiseorrdstV;"'1 hn Th ' Jfl Ktrmm Umrt "weuld make a good llbuStlab a bs-i ' Jim ,u)i .;i fc" OtdTgfrfcailfivTyii11iinagoh,'t'l b" AUiitotwsits nswyear. tji u Il I nyou A loT0us,.lMiBnrjDleaaul.Tar. i u. d ,,;( Ttf sU.toevry lie.,,,,,! rtV ul-nii anay your uvea do aa long ana as pieasajii, , )l ) Asusieisswoaiw.inaiouitt .-) R, Put remember lh poo( and tie needy,, ..j.. Who shiver and mourn tn'tb cold.' , ,r " Th blessings of Mearedmtea tBem!' " "'f They seek ehellet'.and food it yeur door1 ' '" Ma'y.'the bleaHlmrSJ-f heswen lButtpohi!hot, is ho rwroenllMr tiiww awts tof rre ponn nr ..r Illibtj,hjirrahl my ongiSeUpuei i;ifl .d:iw Ihe Ayvi,pd papers flii.r, H the Jota and PtTit. fra ao( ','py f ,bqjt4' V), to1,.?! ff'oV Mb.WJ b- aa H HrAUGiJEAI"'ADI)EESS lll'ili-i -(') C I J ! -OF I!-. !. i jl-a.tl 1(1-. Jr.tu C!OVICNOII OT OHIO. ) n-;' 'i y-.i v - ' '' r i ' . - -:' I m -V ' DEI.lVKnr.O BEfOIIS tll HAMATE AND MOUSE "' 07 tEPBRSBllTATI VKS,' AS VARt 9,1800.'' S.'Iiu'-'ii-..- inn ' - j iic 1-r !' Fellow CUitfmof tht i,iia(ti . ; i. -v ; f . v. fti vtl!J'i pftoueofAJtfprttatat(ve, I ...J appenr bcToro yoo to take the, oath, which t.he. CptiHtitntjnn .prewpbes, n a necessary, quniitlcnion to petform the duties ol the Chief Executive t.fJQce of our' State, lo which I hare been called; and I avail myself of the otcasiort pof preMnted, tpespresa rojr grateful think (') my tqllow ciiizonK, for the favor with w,.ich thev: hse Ijoen pleased to look towards me, nd in coii'ptinnct vrlih uwji;eMnctioned by (he example of my predceessnra, to- deolaro, oru-hy, the rjrinqiplea which will guido me ip. the dinnharge of my official trust. , ,i it , , ' My immediate predecessor has 'communl-' cnted to jot the condtlon or the State, with' the emminerrf ability and fidelity that have eharaeterized nil of ft in official aota.,;, i ,.: I may well congratulate you upon the gratifying evidences he has furniebed of thbgrotrl i and greatneiiH of oor. Slate. The, histtjry 'pf no oihnr political community has bepn marked by a more wpndorful progress in alt tliej elements of a beneficent cfiBization., , Our condition is at once prosperens, cotnrqauding and hnppy."' "' ; ',' ' ;''''.. "' ' " Little more than half a centory has elapsed since we passed from a: territorial to a State government. ,TJje number of pur inhabitants did not at that time exceed, fifty thousand. The State was at that time almost an nnbro- I :i i - . tin,. A ' ulwhed 8in-e? , i t -..l.-;, .' r .v.-' ., We have sreated. and reared up civil insti tntions, and monuments of public spirit and social enterprise, vrhtch in other countries have been the work of centuries.'1 ' Our popn-' lstioh bss increased fifty fold, snd wo rank among the first States ol tbo Union, in wealth and dignity and power, . , T, Wo have cleared Ihe forest fr itri many millions bf sens, reclaimed the soil from the dominion of nature, and subjected it to such a course nl profitable husbandry as to supply sn annual Surplus pf agricultural prod, itcs q! not laa than fifty millions or. dollars in valuo. Wd have erected numerous and wealthy tawiis and cities, and opened excellent thorUiighfart t tr. every part of the tateY j When altpnst in our iiifahcy, comparatively poor, and with an untried credit,' we projected and speedily completed Ihe const ruction of our extensive system of canals; and tdackvrator navigation in our interior rivers, at .a cost of over fifteen miilionsiof dollars,' We have built, almost entirely, by 'private 'capital, more than three thousand miles in length of railroads; at a cost of over one hundred millions of.dolhrs, which have greatly, augmented', .the public, ; wealth, largely contributed to eq'ualiiiVs' the vatuo.of binds itl different parts of tho State, and vigorously encouraged. the development of nearly every branch- of.vu8efiil: tmploynjeot.'i,;We have invested largely and profitably in mines, and minim?, and in manufactures, all of which branches of IndlustVy give promise ol such a steadily lncreat,ln'r,pospTv,, bs wiIT perma nently presorVe to Ohio, her place in the froht rank of ibo mining aqd manufacturing States ol the Union. (Jur .commercial and navigation interests have kept equa pace1 with bur agricultural, 'mining and manufacturing.') '' 'i We have done more. "We have' adopted a rigilnnt and humane confinement. and disci pline hip the vicious; nave erected a-y.U'tis lor ihu.tinlurtqnnto which challenge Ibe admiration ol the world; have endowed colleges and uhivernilies tiimerously and liberally and or-ganir.ud A system ol schools for educating tbe youth, of the Staie(. which isjustlyour greatest 'pride." ' -v -.- '"SuthVrb some of MiiJTriomphs."To'wfmt causes Art d niidlM the fnVw of prdvidence, chi fly. indebted for thelirtm - '-d ,!..! ,..0ur , gebgliiihicii, position, giving, to ,ua. tnihi aid healthy climitle,.rqnally f, retnoved froin'inti sevbte 'cold of the Korth; and tho in- luhse heat of the 8outh,and peculiarly tdapti ed to vigurH.uft labor in qvery mitn; the Utver, silled Uiani-iler 0f il surface. oi tl o State, di, Vided in iii 'uplands and loyvtands,' Mil-fahp'es 'And 'Intervefiing 'vallovs,'1 hea'vily timberecl tracts and naked prairien, which alterrate irt a manner the. most, : favorable (or the productive interests, of life; i the-extent and unsiir-paired fbrtility ofobrsoil, yielding in pc.r'c'c-lion, nearly all ihe agricultural staples tho most Valued by civilized communities; otire jt-bsnstl(A;S mineral treasures, and natural facib itiesilctrcnmmejce and avk ation. which lay thepyniiis ana'tntetprise of the pedpo tiirve been so bountifully tributary tp our wealth and power-have been o: potent' and indi. pcrsable agencies in the production of our tnarrveloifs growth, as not to be overlooked ia homever summary review of Its causes. But ss inviting as they have been to labor and capit'st and ' their' multiplied auxiliaries, they would have been (bmpitt-htively ineffectual in populating and enriching our State, I id in securing lo us the social advantages lor which we-are so eminently diwinguiehed, but for the mora! assistants afforded In the wise provisions of tho organic set, under whose be.'ign auspices the foundations of .our territorial organization were laid, and which incorporated into bur State Constitution as fundamental piinciplet of government,. have, been Btokl effective' in moulding our institutions, anil by lurnishing tbe chart, ia directing the progress of oarlegiMlatior.-ii. t . A . ;t.'.i I It: was appropriate tbat tbe ordinance of 178Tjhould have heert the last, aa it was the crowning gift, of the Congress of the old coo fedrrallun to Mm country. -t Nobly did its fra. oior illustTatef in iu matchless provisions for guarding the rigbw and promoting ibe bappir nesl io( 4 ha peoplat tbeir;Sagciou. forecast and exalted patriotism', m r 1 unwIn-.J Il established tbo lundamef lal pvinciplos of civil and -religious liliurty -as.the basii oCaU our Uwa, constitutions and governments; pro-aided for the-, freedom of person tinder the nmteetins, of tha habtaa torout aba, trial by juries, to be impartially selected: made tbt an- sfuUragement of scnoola. and raoaaocing toe means ol education a high aod. binding duty of.tovfrnoiant. on ilbe plain reason, that ret ligiofi, anorality and knowledge kit oecessiry to good goternment and U the, bappineai ul mankind: establithed the inviolability of oon- traow, and the security ol, private property; proven ted the lingering remnants oil leouaiuy from, taking root in oar soil, and proclaimed, and defended ibe rtebl of ilabor. and of hu manity, by (oroerexq)uding slavery from the tem-ltury. ''-nl ytv' 'ni .' ( m-'I .jiiTo Uiesa noble principles the. people of Ohio haveevtf beet true. .,Ourleeilation Rks Rev-, tsbeeBiharred by fwewiptionabv. religions WHuonaVnof any politieal privilege denied bev cause of the birth-place ef . tbe oitiea. -Ibe inviolability of i the person o( the iohabilanjt ha been, alwst) dvfeadedv and. tbe habeas corpus ana trial by jury, maintained- U ttie baiHrkepiwal.blrir'r'(:,lS!the-',frAful, observance 'of her rontratrf"1 tTie ' Bfate h'si lurnkbed an example of the sacred regard, tn which all ' obliirutiona shot LI he held br tha citizijl(yyhile by refusing .under the, tnrsUvk euin sanctions, to appropriate private property vt dvt use without malting a just compensation it? money Is the owner, she lllnstrsten her wino purpose of protecting the properly rights of the citizin against whatever invasion iv ma pecuniary uainage, ' The pledge of .the ordinance on the suliiecV of ednoatlorv has been faith folly rodeutred.-r1 tt was made a port of the Constitution ol 1802; sou is ropealed in the Const it nlioii of 1850., . in liSiti, the corner stone or our free school system was laid. One thirfy-sixth parVor the soil of the State) had been consuerstoil. by Congress- fort-ver to its strpport.JiAiihoughi this ipuniOcept tund may not hare been alio,, gethcr iudicinusly manaced.it has vet been Dotty Instrumental In (he diffttslpH bffeirsing not merely prrmary, but comparatively iioer-al, among the youth of the State;,, and,, aided by the pledge in pur Constitution, .which I esnmit doubt will be fcitl lully observed, re quiring "the Oeneral ksseinbl to make such provisions by taxation nr otherwise, a.4 with' tbe income a, ising from the school trust fund trrll scqure a thoroosh and eulciont system of common schools throughout the Stole" the imure jiisiory oi our oiaio win oe naornca oy even pfjta'er achievements than the past, grat ifying anq; rjonorabie as they have been, for the ,pronioiic'ri.,fj popular educations and through. i the public ,Welfare. (, Rut however cfflcie.ntiiaT been these caus es In advancing the' tnatcrihl, intellectual and moral growth of bur State, we, csnnot and ough not, to.cooc! from ourselves tbat, on-aided by tfint piher noble provision ol tbe nr-finance whicb forever bnrrod tho territories against slaves, they would have been impotent f '.i. - . .r .u , i rur inc aLcyiupiifsiiincirv ui toe BitipenuotiE TV- soils lb which I hive flo imperfectly reerred. This was the pre-eminently disitnguishing featnre of that inomparablo instrument. It aslh9 first nniomn dedication of national ler rllbry tothe' rights of universnl hurrian free dom. It was the nrst national declaratiorj.tn, practical form, condemnatory of slavery : as a social institution. It was tbo Inauguration of the policy, lugicolly resultins Irom the principles of the Declaration of Independence, and approved by all the Stales of the confederacy, to forever exclude slavery from the national domain, and to discourage its existence everywhere within jurisdiction of the United States not in conflict with the'rights of tho'slave-holding States. It was, in effect, ik moral pledge to the world, that as its framcrs and their compatriots, hod by a long, arduous and heroic struggle, emancipated themselves and (heir country from the political slavery pro-pared, for thm by an oppressive government, so, under our federal system, such laws sr,d constitutions should be established in our national territories as weuld fully recognize and sacredly guard the riphts of human nature. ' And surely it will not 1 denied, that to ibis original and jpersiiiteiit exclusion of slavery we are chiefly indebted for our rapid growth as a State! for individual and. social .wealth and comforts, bur varied and extensive ngri culture and manufactures, our profitable com merce, our achievements in all the usoful arts. our humane pivtlir.atton, and tthq love ol tree-dbm io bnlveisal among the people." ' ,.' f' Had Slavery been established hero! onrpop1 ulation and resouroes would not be .one hull what theXjare.,, Inthajt case, fe could not boast of ournliri'ost unrivaled triuni.phsin eve-y branch ol material developmetit; of, bur ex tensive system of: internal improvements: of our colleges ana universities, our iiee ?"-mjn schools, our, asylum's and, other public charities which crown our State with such distinguished honcr, and" Illustrate', In such attractive forms, the superiority, or, tree over forced labor, for all the.just. piitposes of' social and governmental organization. ,,. .A UDon rou. Sena tors snd, Uepresenfaiives, and your successors, w'll devolve, in large part, th grstalu.l' task of providing by suitrt-hie legislation for .the future. growth of, the State; and to preserve In their lull vigor, as vital elements Of -our politieal- and social svs tem, tho just and humane principles to which I have reforred. ..- ,-. To' vou bclnnir the sovereign functions of terjislation.' '' Upon you devol 'o the responsi bilitictt; of enacting laws regiiloiing the rights bf property: of prescribing , arid enforcing all duties arising out of,, tho domestic and, social relations; of legulatjng elections, and presorv ihii the pul-iiy' of'lhe'eleclive Irnnchisej of es-tahlishfi t law for-the'enennrsgenient of us riciilttire, anil all utofut arts; for the organiza tion and (.iseiphr.e Of tho miltia; for the edu cation of the vOiith. the support of the poor. and the relief of the afflicted; of providing for the payment ofthe State dent; shd tor sacred ly preserving tbe public: faith, ri pfenlcting all other laws, tor sec -ring, civil r guts, and ilufprirlino- Ibn honor of tna State. ' ' For tho ekerfclsb of these f iipreme ' powdrt ot tne bisic, tne peopie ever extena a generous confidence to their chosen representa' tivoa. j,,;., , ,, ,., ;(-m-i. ; ; . , ;. .The executive forms no part of the Icpisla. live aulhority. lie eicniscs no control over legislation: His dutiw are' twste'thsf the laws are aithfullv executed,! and to rcom. mend to the consideration of the General As sembly, such measures ns he may think adapted to proinqto the public welfare. " . It will be expected of ihe, at- this time" to crll yoitr atteniion to many matters- of 'legist latton Ln me wteuyTciei'.ro a lew. The existing legislation on the subject of tne nscai reunions oi our oiaie nnu iocai governments, withopt reqitinng a;dicaJ change, needs a better ' adj'nstuiehl 'of dotaili"Our isxrs lur diiio biiu iw... j.u. -"-un ,. Ty burdensome, and made- more bheroua oh Ac count of. .the large apipunt pf taxable, proper: ertv; thatescanes the vieilanceof the assessor. "The laws' should be mqiesearchingso'asj to Slllijqct ai ipo nrn exempt pnipeuy, or wnav-ever description, to its'i'ust proportidti 6f the burdens of taxation. ' " 1 ""H'" 1 respectlullr suggest, the. sxpediendy 6 a tbpfottgh revisiun ofr,tbe Jaws relating lo (bis enlite subject, and particularly ,of those more directly affecting our' local, govcrnmchls'.'tj the end'not only of limiting tbe'amrunV,' but o( Wttcr'defliiinr tbA soope and-pfirpoew for jwbich Jaxea ma)i be lvjed,Jq Ahih,j,iy bf addled, the realising a more sptc; ptltlicay tion of the public expenditures in bur cities.' ' Laws csnnot be" explicit in denning ana eh forcing a proper adcouRtability ot all : persons acting! ,in ., public eipacity I respectfully recommened, that as a part of any , law you may enact On this subjet, provisions be mado reenlatint cnblla contracu; to-anMy as well li) local as to Staadrbimstrtienv ' .U. The approprialtng publio tponey ,bjr a Pub lic officer to hi$ private nse. should, be visited by the most exemplary banishment. It should avail nothlntf in wbat form It m fw'dnna' whether by raettwuof Ininlng!' depositing,' w pttetrwist. :--A be gist ot. tbe otleuoe should M the ..expeclijUon or,bop,o( lhu o(Ucr.(i re. ceiving a private bep'efit , from, the act, lie she ottld be prohibited frAtn, Umpbrln wiifi th blifl'mndstf.'kflf "vrsy and' fMtrlcted 1h pttbtit tbtinoselo Lhe deiaw?a of bia'cfflolaldatiew. All perrluiHitci shoold It rfeiicd' hl'irl.: ifle 'lalnrf be inadequate to the- rrsnenibilitv or labors of the particularofiice, let it be increased b compensatory maxironm. Jeavcno pretext for abuse of, his trust. -,. '1'hu sacu-d-. ness of private arid public property is the life of republican forms of rovetnmeFit, and bne of tbe very highest duties of: tho legislator is. to enrroond H wiin all the necessary safe- nardsor IiiW. . ' ' " ' The dranositlon of the Public Works of the" Slate wjll, doubtless attract yoir attention. These works are no longer self-itustained. Tbey r an annual tharge . epon. tbe .Tress-u"jr., , .)Vhj (his is st, wlfether.hcoaiise of rad-ital. d'e'ects in'the laws rvlniir,g IP their man- ageinent to art unwise system of tolls Ihe want of. a proper econoniy in their repairs. or to a damaging competition ot the more im proved mentis ol transportation, I" wilt not inquire... .. , :,: .t, i.,;j , -m i a. I ho,t the question of . the disposition of pur Publie Works may receive thai careful attention and revision which the interests fivolvi d demand, I respectfully 1 suggdst to you 'the passage of a joint resolution nn thoriitmg the coininission of three geiitlemeir of eblaiEiid cxpi-rlepce sbd capacity, whose , special, duty H shall tie to make a .thurnugh and rdetiv),ed examiniittorr of tbe entire subject, arid, that they report to the Governor, at the earliest practicable period, such changes snd modifications in our canal laws, as in their judgment are desirable td lesson tie expenses,, or to in crease tbe income, w as at least to. maku our canals fully sell-sustained. . , i If the thorough experience shall demon strate that they cannot be madoself-susUined, constant agitation must be expected of. tbe proposition lo sell nr lea'e them, so as to nave the Stale relieved of their support. I suggest the appointmeut of this (Joinmts- sion because f t my apprehension' that the members of tbe Legislature have not the time, nor the means wit big ilbejjr rescheduling a session, with so many other .domandj upon tliptr attention, to give to so couiplicsted and important a sul.fecl tliat'svstem.ilic, detailed and thorough investigation which the interests involved seem to nic to require. ;'; Among the topics commanding the attcn tion of one sister! Stales, and worthy of your present consideration, is the measure nl en cpuf-agoment which a Slate should hold 'out to her organized and disciplined militia. . The last two Genera) Assemblies enacted, laws and directed the preparation of .Ik-gwlattons.in order, to iei feet the framework ol the Slate militia organizition.'and develop a symmetrical fior! weU-ofdsrcd.syslem,, which has been so far realized, as to leave little lo be done hht for you to determine, irt your wisdom whether the State shall endorse that ) stent by its direct 'aitl.;, '' 1 '" :" ' " ' '. ' ' The Reports from the proper officers show tbat throagh tho-want ol snljh A system heretofore, Ihe State has lost more tfoin $C(X).000 in value o' the arm received from the. JJnited. Suites. : A proper State Areimi; anil stich direct aid lo tho"cbizeh 'soldier, under 'niriri gent limitations, S3 would practically 'defray the actual expenso of keeping the arms in tho manner required by lnw, wndld, it is be lieved, prevent similar sacrifices in th future; ami be economical to ilte Siate. ' It would hi so comilinnd a small'nnd well disciplined force, snfilclenilv laic to tt've" weiebi to 'the sane lipns of liiw.shil prove- a Suftlcicrrr nucleus for anv mresnnrv increase.' . ' ' "-' "' .. Oilier Slates hnve ei'tibrncr-d the thin suggested, and the counsels o' tbe Fnthorc af ihe Kfpuhllc onilo with tho concurrent oction'of the trtajority,o the State Iicgislaliire. fo pro nounce a well-regulated militin. which Is from and of the penple,io)e one of Ihe surest safe, guards, for the enforcement of law" the main- lenance of qrder, snd Ihe' perpetuation of these vpersona'l rights vthich are our chief reliance and dear to every' American citizen. 1 ' " '"' ' "" - ' " 1 ' '' '-'" " Krery otherT?tnte in the Union, except F loiida, has cothjiletid,' or bps In progress; a geolpjJiCHt survey of hrtcritory; and I would recommend to yoor early.. consideration the 6onipletli)tl of the geological survey of this n'ale; wlitcn has rien too long gi spennod t Hou'ht pot it .Importance ,to ' Hie agricultural . and ' Ritnfti j interest? , ,6f.,.tbe,yStatC, and to Ihe advancement of science.- will fnllv justify an appropriation fur its vigorous pros ecution. , , ' " By the' constitution,' it Is fnada tn dt'ily of tne Legislature to propose yncn" amendments or (hat instrument ns in its Judgment the public welfare demands. ' "' " (' .''' ' Sufficient time has not elapsed since the adoption' of the constitution, to determine frotn'lls; pratical workings all the modifies,' lions which the publio interests may require. Various changes have ' been proposed.' but awing to causes to which I need not specially refer, none of them have been approved in the manner prescribed by the constitution. " The form of the proposition submitted at the recent election for annual sessions of theLegislature, in being coupled with a condition for blnnial elections , is believed to have prevented a fair expression of the opinion of the' people upon tl;e question of tbe expediency of annual sessions'. ' I"' i i ' I ' '" I Submit the question to your 'consideration, respectfully ieromthehding anamend-t-ehtcf the tonstittttloh, prbviding for limited annual sessions, ntiU thhtiat elections, ' ' " I invite your attention also to the subject Of the unequal representation in both branches of the General Aseiiihly, 'resulting ' from tho system of single, dual and pi oral elect inn districts, provided bt the constitution, for the pn r pose of ree om men d ing" t o ' y fit r lavorablb consideration an amehdrhetiot the constitution, establishing a lirtllnrtn systerrl" of single 'elec'. tfbli distiicts whith -should' be 'based solely upon population-.1 Such a plan of apportionment seems to me rd He alike required ry a logical regard to' tho theoiy oronr form 6f govern Blent,' the" seettHty' tf th 'fVopIt" at large kgainst the uridile bMn I ''ol 'parllbblar sec ta ris of the State, and Wt the just protection of minorities against the pbwer tif msjofltie In the inoro fjOpulrwTiins,:l ' 1 bi'he gt'rtgrap'hical pbiillion bT dtlr State hY-ever Identities her destiny wlih "thlf tif the great lleyf lheVrat.",Whteter fhky'af. feet th grolh nr prosperity tJf this highly fcVored n-ginni- mnsi b of inierehftrt hs. Among thenibjeCH Whlcn have long attracted thyankloi8 attention ol the r)e"pla of the West, and which they justly regard as of par amount iinportmee to tbeir material progress. is the improvement Of the Ohio and Misiiisip'. pi rivers.'artd onr Like hsrWt. ''' I I, invite your attentiofi to this important uljcct.lur tbe; pqrppse 1 1 lespecUnlly request t Iny your earnest application to Congress, to adopt tucb trieaSbreS,'- And to mak tuch ip-pronrlalionsifrom thb National TreSsitry wiU be commensurate with the1 rem ovw I of the obstructions, of tbe navigation of. these grea'i highways, 'and, to the needed lmprpver hieht Of these Important 'depots bf western sotnmerce. i" ! .. :. m v"n i.-i'i h,lVhen ws ronsider, the .magnitdde of lb region directly interested m the navigation of these rivers, and our western" lskei e.mhrsn. Sng" a Hei'rilorial extent 1 bf 'neafly' BOO.Ctt) qtisTtt mile--- territorial vjprflcis (raster tint! llie,cm)rc esient ef tbo .oiigiinl tbirleeii biiule', OuUipttsjig eleyta Hlalv and two tur-liiories, and parts ol three ether Rutin.; with a population. f at least thirttta mtlliiitis.and but little. lei than one half of ,1k entire M'P(jing a right of propeny hvevi wsnovorartnth. iiuiimn or ipo. unneu-.-ntaies we- may wen express our amazement at tbe unw'aw and il liberal policy of C'origres. So . long and per-severingly jrsislsjd in, of refusing (tie nrcus-sary aid for dwarming of its dangers the navigation of these rivers, and' for increasing the saf ty of .our.lske harbor. Ma i- And eitr.fenw of this injustice Js not a I t tie heightened, when wo consider, that Ihe people ol the Slate directly interested in ihese .improvements, have paid largely to the federal rioyernment fur I he soM which 'bey occupy and cultivate, and are now, by their consumpiion of the, foreign , imports, cumrib-iiting quite, if not fully one-half, of tbe an-fiunl revenues pf the government, while the !i)tjjiyl expenditures ninnng thria are cuiii-pariiliyeijr itriflipg ,Wa make no complain because , of the boumi'iil appiopiiatioiia ly C mgress foriirveysBiid defenses nf the coasts, ir tbe improvement ol harbors, ihe; reel ion pf light -houses, and the yaiious, other purposes, in lid of the navigation and com met ce pf the ocean"; but we do complain, tbat while cheerfully sustaining on full piupi r'ion nl the expenditures lor these purpu,-ies fvT the benefit of one branch of ihe na'Iona! wealth and interprise, a suitubla portion of the national treasure is not extended for the pro tec i ion of another branch our Western commerce rivaling in tonage the whole foreign commerce of the United States, its character equally nutropal. aqd,, ft .protection. .equally esaentiul to the common ben fit and advan tage of all the States. 1 be time has oniveJ when the West will no longer consent that her just demands npon the Federal government for the protection of lier.gnat interests, shall be disrcgirJcd. bhe is no longer a, !fnnlie.r, and-will Qot, patiently 1 be treated as such. She is the heart of tbe Union the centre of its population, iu production and its consumption, I'io:i, the great living fountain ol her boundless res urces, the nation iseuriched and sustained, and upr.n them its prospemy and power must always chiefly depend. Never denying t onj s,ction of the country its legitimight,weight in the adininis-. r.uljn of thegi vernment.the wer. wilj be rei-olute in lie assertion ufher rights Conscious offyej.greAt.i bbticol power which will enstall her in ibe control of the government after the coining national census, she will demand Ihe inauguration of this bread, generous, national policy, for aunt ding and promoting the enterprise and industry of. the cointry. whxh while conferring its inestimable benefits.upon the peoplo ol all tho o'her Stales, will secure to her agricultural and commercial interests, that development, and those Unobstructed and nntnxed outlets to. the markets of the worlJ.which.lheir necessities imperatively require., their value wilt abundantly comensatex, and the dignity of the West den and 8 shall be no longer postponed. "' ' ,. Biiefy, but In an especial manner, do I re. gard it as my duty, to nro yon to invite the immediate attention of Congress, lo the im-porlanro ofits granting prompt and libenl Aid lor imponiving and securing the practical freedom of the navigation at tho Fulls of the Ohio Hiver! '"'; ' ', ;' ' ' ."'.",'"'' The necessity ' some rnore .extended and complete woik than lb" Lotiisvilla, and Portland Canal, as now constructed, to Cheapen and Tacililati) llie conveyance, ot property around the Falls, is' recognize j by every per; sun familiar with tbe navigation and trade of tliu.Ulilo Hirer., ,Uwtngtii.th tnsutticiencT ol l lib construction 6l that w ork, and the contracted iz of its h cks. it ia esiiinated, that more than one-half of all the tonnage ol lb Ohio and Mississippi rivers is prevented from passing through iie,canjil.. TUepractiodeffKCtia, to destroy the unity of the Ohio River as a great channel of commerce, by d vlding it ft i ho. Falls, and,sp rffnking the for tion above, a tributary to the portion lie low them.. Tbe consequent injustice and heavy pecuniary loss to every hranch ot industry above the Falls, ire ton nbvions to need argument. . Npr does any other interest, or any otfier section' of tbe country derive any benefit from the results The serious delay from the obstroctbm to the transportation of the millions of property that annually pass thrpughlhe canal, with the excessive tolls imposed upon it, inflict a most grievous and unreasonable tax upon the in dustry and enierprj.-e, everywhere, that cop-. train to, in any w,ay in making up the commerce of the Ohio and Mistnsaipi.i riven. , , ' The snMect.'there'ore, is not f more local buf qfltis liighesi Rational import. , j. The cna beina; virtually,. owned,llbythe United Sfntcs, although nominally the property of a private qprpgrej inn, prevents any improvements of ft. withqu Jie, consent, and renders State legislation powerless, lor relief, v.- ,.,. , ..... ... I cannot hut express the hope that this im-nortsnt subiect may receive the earlv and 'a- vorahle attention of the Le.pifitatnraa of the several States botdering upon tho Ohf) R iver, and" of tha other States interested In its navi gation, and that they will , unite , with - the Legislature of this State In urging prompt and liberal appropriations bf "Congress, for the construction of such improvements around the Falls as will --taUst adapted to the present and .future waaiaof Western Commerce. ,,. At, i l " " . .,; Firmly lpyal lo tbe Union of tne States reverencing ft as1 the precious legacy Irom the Fathers o( the Republic acknowledging their utligationA as sacred, tp inainiairf iisjntrgiity. and secure tp .the peoplo of .i-Very', section of the Confederacy the blessings it was imenji-d to confer: defend itie UohsrituUpn whicb is IS Iwnd, and to faitblully . observe all of its limitations and authorities, the peoplo bf Ohio. According to the 'citizen of the other States, all th political AndauoialrighU whicb tbe; claim for themselves, and as tbey would promptly and resolutely resist any attempt of force, unlawful combination or otherwise, tit disturb tbe) Rnjovmenj ol -' tbeir socbd or imperil their social securities, so oo (hey deprecate' And Unreservedly Condemn, 'any movement Or purpose, to invade th nghta r to jeopard the peat of lb eitizen oaoy other Siatf., , -., " Iliit the Union ia threatobd, and the Com sti lot Inn Is assailed ill lh very citadel of iu lie tbe right ot th majority of tun poopla of th Vhiied Slates to control' the government', being dehied; Ind efforts are not wanting te defeat th great purptMtl 61 tK government to extend and perpeiiiSte the rights ot freedom, by degrading the Union and the Constitution tiito instrument for the propagation t)l illimka mvwtfm iihl ' U u"ti t-.c -.fir ";.,,.. On theeubjoct bf Slavery, the pebble bt thii State occupy no equivocal position.' 'They re ject tha modern dogma, tbat alavery is wn- tial to republic, tbat such system must laii without it, and that sltvety must b mended and ptrpotuatod, to extend and perpetuate our form of evemmentt but in opposition td it, they bar deliberately doclared, that in their judgment, slavery is a, pvrnicloos wrong, and that patriotism 'tnd humanity ufhtw in demanding their riitatte to its ttehstorf fil to any frea ferrlfnry, itsw- r- hK'MtJ-owned by Ihe UnitAl Hut-! 'itt-y lHy tha birUfnjimtherky of th. .trm iW ( the .HnJt pronis ooart m ina sjiitreo 'weie, t'rt'. er, atundamental pnnr)p.V.nn r1 making? the Federal Constitution llw" irhrMsrtt rendering it universal, not' liraitrd in'the reach of th local power whiCb crwnled the re- Is'ion tif master and slave; but ost'4-lie eonlrs ry they oVclare that the wiea, tbwe could be property in nven, wasexprenxly ipluMud 'roin-theeiNMtkution, wbicb contains ifftvtt'wordr asshtvenf slavery in any of its rsitinens and which in every elsnse. tMfi-(rtie'l or that can 1 trned,a refeirtoir to'itlaVery. ro". jarda it ns the crei.tero of S ate" lr:iHlalion 'or iis-rxistane and nntiiiu-nr." They de-f n y th(riK-iJnnslititin giwrantcwt to. tin slavchnljlins; Stites.-tny rlhar t.han their !' cal riuhts, in ronneeiiun wiiia,the-wmtiturion-of slavery; but such as it exprwwly declares Fimty That th foreign alavn trad ahou'd no-be atwlished befor 1.908; S-cond, .Thavany-law nr reguls tion which any Stwti might estv rablish in lavor of fi eedom rot iinpaisj th ;al remedy suppoMed al-)l tbu of the adoption of the constitution toe.i. byeoinnro law for the recaption ffit i!--iceiwi in suelr,; Slale,.ol fonhives from larv.t ... service, tesap-i' ina horn other Slates; and 1 1. mI, that threei fifihs of all slaves shotrf f k evtuedm settling th baU of rvpresvntation- in- tlta -seeernl States. Beyond thes. the fi-ar.-.ers of tbe Const itvii ion intemleii to-inaks. nd-penl:ar concessions to the alavrboMifpf -. fjtaneS. and these-weia made because "tbey had i Union1 of the-States te create, and to their ardent anib genereu minds, the v duo tary -removal of slavery by ihe letion of the-State thetn selves, williont Federal iiiterlerence, seemed not only certain, but close at hand " The people of Unto have further declared that, tn tbeiropio ' ion, the people of, a Territory have no nowr under the Constitution, or fioiu an v other le gal source, to establish slavery as on of tbeir institutions, during their territorial existence; thr t the exercise of such a power would be ' manifest us3rpt.tionrf the mdwhlbiai righto of the citizens of the Territory, and utterly sub-,-versive of all true popular sovereignty, which demands as a primary ttmnltel, the recogni tion of inalienable rights. They insist, abscy-' that coupled wit d tfm.powe it is tlitdutyot Congress to prohibit by express enactment they extension of slavery into any tree Territory of the United SUIuh that the exorcisc af thia power has been repeatedly approved Jty-.evsry department of the State and Katie nal Govt eminent, and to the universal acceptance the people, and. that its, recognition as a fun damental principle, to lie hqieafur exercised, whpnever occasion may beire voted, is) indis-. pensableto restore the siniplioity and purity of lb government, and to carry edt.th great, purpose of the Constitution, a declared hi it. preamble: "To form a more perfect union, td esiablisb justice, inaur doroes'tiji tranquility, promote lb general ..we,l!aro,nd secur th blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. ;.- v.'itift T-t ( a Such are th judgment of th people of Ohio, repeatedly expressed on the S'llj'eet o slavery, aa a social and politkiul question. But they do not conceal from ib'-mselvea, tb-tt thai practices of th Federal Govern i ant., havt long opposed to their" convictions oo the sbb-ject. , Tbey know, that it baa bean admiuisv tered for. many yearn in subserviency, to tba purposes of ti e Blaverv extensionist of the alarehqlding State. The war to extend tba boundary of Slavery to the llio Grand tl-violation of the Misscrli i, Gumpacl the vrar against Kansas, to extend Slavery to th Pa. ciflo, are all sacrifices of thr public opinion,' and tli moral sense of tho xpgwjes of tho country, by ambitious rncuniU-ms In. the fed ral administration, to that cnaibinatioo iq f.h South, wbioh brings th vote of fifteen .Slav States in phalanx to divide and conquevtbe,. Free, and ao.continof 4bejr trjiipipbs, tea, Pro. idential electioqs, ,.Tbis jouiliina'ion . bau long been absplute In its mastery over ncini nations, electibna. administrations and vv.''" bigisjUtion, touching thmaintenanorsnrl-.rjr-ponsion of the institution of Slavery, i'j abirh ii owes its political strength. ..; vS ',. v. I What i Ibe result? - I tbe eombinatioit, satisfied? Far front it. '1'hera.i a growiutj power imparted by iree institutions ia tbe an-. ti-Slavery tAteS-y.ly tbeir industrious etop;. omy by their intellectual resource, which! gradually render abortive all th acU of in trigue tbat pervert the organs of the national will into instrument of a actional oligarchy. The selfish, coral ination, in vain subnrnx nur tbqrj aspirantsto its purposes, tendering l(,. be corrupt influence its consolidated force can, command, to seduce support in tbe 'orih, to carry the chief magistracy, and thren'enipg in. , case of defent. the overthrow nl the Union, iff , coerce patriotism Itself to submit to Uieuvnp f to aveit ihe greater mischief. In vain its Irt, den, sceptre base' pnned and swaveil ihu na tional flinciionanies lin ken the cinn-ili.itina cpniQacta of 1821 and 1860 and ima-pola eu Slavery as s part of lb nation's constitution. Th spontaneon vigor of free labor oyergrv.yjaj and heals all th . woundt infligte,d by then blows of its enemies. Frewduut. is a giant which..w,biU asleep, Lilliputiaps may bind to the earth with inniipterabi fine spun cotda,' but aroused, he breaks with eas th meshes, and hobls'lhe pigmies in the hollow ot his hand. Kansas! Nebraska. California and (j egnn.bow how ineffectual are the intrigue of si-lf seeklnf polTc.ian, jq dsrirf th tr6w.ii of a free people. Th proiwrou ai.d po q'p.fr Iree -soil inds forth Ju children ovrr thejin wiling territories, and" the reilslai.Cv- of iatrtiasj iam i everwhelmed. , ..., . . The politicians of th oligarchy see jlb with iismav, and seem to Im meditating a change bt their design, from that of sekjpJI a perpetuation of their control over ibe L,nHu by multiplying Slav Stateawitnin it, togbw Of abandoning it, nd making vast ecqoisvipn il tefrltorv beyond it. to fill by now impjt tioniibf AfHeaM. Thia must nujt i(i tft subjtcliuhof the ftteJabPring native clRty every completion o a mition cmnlitipq slavery,, by th glut foIlowirR the influ o myriads of naked ncgroosi. woriiiiig liR x under th goad, and fed only lo siippofi , tba ) ok, reducing tbe price of. labor tq bar uhaistnci .A fullaupply of nvgro utn&!f will render th masters of th domain maW pendent of. th poor whites holding ntithef land nor alavea, , Tbey must become alavvf Ihetnselres to sep starving. , : , t .Vv r W hav heard it announced that a Ltagti basbeea formed to compat thia plan tbat iu nunificationi cover alt tba S).a 8tUSy that tbpiincipal nullifiers cvarywher ara in tha eoaspiracy, d that it l a part pf Vps! schema 16 leave Virginia and Maryland, ciy tucky Aod Teootsaea ind Missouri iu '.J e Ciif ion fort tin to cover th receding J&iatr front th iovasloR of northern force to, t$ '-V-W lb gove'rhme'ril of th Con&demcy ev.,r thi lower Mississippi and tba borders of tlnj G.ilf of Mexico. . Th poliey of leaving atV ri Slav 6utea, in connection with a i i, Slates, eonfiding in tha porfect prnit i ,of the "feenliar Institution' nnr'ertbe.v ', i ef Utter, while the OHi'l'fB Slatf ( if lrf open tba ilv trad. and abW U jdt. -ii I-!; iff- a |
