Norwalk Gazette, 1818-1883, 1852-05-11

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Sena£c.—-The Senaiel; édﬂlled ,3at 10,; :-ﬁfllllullllﬁ’ Pl'9Sﬁ'll_§.glil0F lll0fl!¢l;l.9P-'.ll10 l.','%$‘—:°?ll‘.'.;.!’.“.‘,3.-“.."l.V 3I;9‘9,g’000‘;’»=.{*-,;lho|kj:l:’t'_%0ég7ji%;?al:|;;:lgecﬁ,l:s the jit-opIe.l‘or t,I,i,g;'i’%'ppriifg6' _or ,, jt3(§l,;qtl,»Qrti r ‘ Ii" tbout "_ii_u'ii X, oquestio ‘ . 5 ..“' gf ,1.~,,.,S-‘?j‘ ,5-pojgaﬁong, ‘P,-gm. to
0-"clock. Was called T5 oi‘d'§i‘""I3‘ji”'l’hé Hon.” "'9 body’ “"6 ""19 b°”°''”th"“l.'"°''° l"'°-leclsi "tailor “"5" mm I‘ ' 8 ’ A ' liitioii containing‘ﬁSprop‘ositioiiﬁi'3%r€§"t$i*i:c Jill!’ "10 0 “'39 Pl”: “P°" 9'9» an ne up"¢‘i wbiclfﬁthd voice of the State

-l° 333’ T“ I "°3‘t'd ‘t as °“li"° .l’ “T098 has alreadv been heard, andthough the settle-
rovisiqns.

.:..ff. . 1 fc-W-W -«r-»«-=~--'--*~-'--W-~'~j‘ -**‘,t=-f,-r‘-~=v-“'=‘**‘v="“’-‘1"f"£°‘t‘°?‘5‘99il... i“"~“91*l".““%=.h‘?.'°l?-?°".*"Fl¥’.ll*.“‘i.‘i‘334°. T33‘.
. ‘ '5 C ea’ -V’f’"’°"§l1.3 "_e"9l'93 ‘° "I We °°l'l'9¢ time. the justice”ol' them has not been impaire
I“'l“°'Pl°-"a “'l"°h €Bl€|'.-"IMO lll9“ll‘;‘.“.“e' W9l'l$ ’-:.‘eit,=lrer by it-he-lppsezof -ti‘trie,'.Lor..’-the’-'aa'tI“lv~icissi-
01"‘ 13-W3» v\'hereby—‘--‘\'vliil‘s'.t itfssértiiig ~t\'liat-‘«'i's-'--’ I ‘ ’ ’ ‘ ‘ ' " ' ' ' “

- 1 - - for creating oﬁices under some plea for the pub-
tive indiistiy of the country the means of making
trfetv rich at th'e- expense of the niany.

being-'ii§é"ol_d,esi S.;ii'a151- :pTe’s‘en_t,‘ anti pic-f
tceded..tii.tli’efch.oice bfi. Pi=_esi(l_g=_li;t~_'-[1_7,’.0 _2te7'ni,''-

["599 '“°"° °r less °°'“l’lmm' of blmkmg °l’°T“‘ ' statute. after having first obtained a favorable ex- .

lions‘-"1 “1t‘-1mi!J?‘-l"f“'°P“l"¥9"""Wl!'"‘*‘°::°‘?9¥i‘!& I r'ei2tiorr:of:‘tii;-a:*i29iiisbi_r.<.~.iii!l-::~*.=-Ifzth°’r¢i?'4?r9!'ii'li!i£s%-‘*5-1-9-5-9—‘“8-l?
how far these institutions lll1V° _ fulfilled lll°"'. character has no existence in fact. then all such pro-
duties to that public.1for.l? whose’ "..l’°.lI5lll}ll1l?¥I' :iie9l:llll§5;"‘!lli“5lll7.‘.l.,’° e"°"59‘l If "N I"-‘'lll*‘-d- 31“ 39
wen, crayﬂed. it is, the responsibility cannot be shifted from one

the Senators from the lst and 4th acting as
'féiiers+= “'I‘lie‘v‘o1e was ‘ as follows‘ : '
Whole number of votes
Hun J. T. Pratt
".f‘?"_é“.I,‘§‘._"’_' '»I'IOt‘i.‘-T.ll'0S:-B Butler

.-12 I ‘is. denied ihu:c_m:ijoiioesf.‘m'mr ,
6_.18 ed for certain acts, against the feelings,

-*-The Senate then ‘proceeded to the choice

of Clerk, the S_6Q8l0,I'8,<fl;0{I:l the,-5l,h _tmd_.~- 2.lst:-
acti‘tig'3 as -'I‘el~lers, with the following result:

_,.-.-.u.«-.-.¥‘I.Il0.le--ll umtieit ..01"...-.\'0tes.- . ..-....,l.l9.

, " _f'Le\ji",l,?-',l3_f¥i.‘l'l¥‘~¥-<llT.l5lil‘|‘ll'€!|'¥l .1?1.2_., .
‘*-‘;‘W"-,' ‘Tleniy it; W"Wel¢h“,‘ ‘do; at

’7'."—’-'19

‘F "°l“lié’lo%i‘t.li ‘iv$i§ a‘dn,ii‘n'ister'ed I to’ r.

In addition to t.he pressure of business Of *1

privatenature, \v_liii:h' so ofien~'~'coiis‘uines the

greater p:it;t,_of .the time of, _a 5_..6§_8|°l1. It 0!1,"'_l°l.
‘ ' 's.<'1?i1iet,ii‘ii'.6’-if bbt-1 |..0'*-E
and

coutrar.y to the wishes of the people. This is

often done by making one thing support another

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the several stages of discussion and action-—
oi‘-'it is done by the force of an inﬂuence foreign
[WEIIUTBP|‘8S8tlIttflVQ?|‘i0WQ!'i"I||‘ld{l|'QIS -of ii; legis-3
lative body, wliicluliave lieconge laws however
the, majority may-5 -bb iobtaiiidd, are considered
binding.‘ and obedience thereto ismade thestest

Nothing canbe more detrimental to the ad-_
mini,sti'ation of jus_ticq,ftlian the delays and ex-

'pen_s_e_s to s_v_li__ich —.lI],(),S_'8_i,_I'tl'I3, suh.jecI,8.Il5 Will? -ill’.-‘-5

compelled to sieeké redress a”t"tlie”cou'i'ts or ldw}
Something should be done to expedite the bu-

"sincss which is constantly‘ accuinu’lati‘ng’bét'oi"e

them, and to siop,:if_g pos_si‘ble,"t._ha,t;increase,-ptz;
costsin aImost'eve‘ry~ S|lIt.‘\VIIICIl' in ad men to

"giant. burtlféii"to"tIi'e‘co,inintinjty._ _
will discover, _on lﬁoking-‘into this stiliject, that
it is*6né_"'wliicli -deniands a - 'i‘noi=e‘ -' thorough. i'3_:_tf-1

oiiie.-.m._ii....ia.....m:iiitog-..-.tlie...co.iii:t..9! .J°...|i.5.ii.°.*?...'!,..1:noen.9.asii21.«zc9ili.¢.i.a?

body to.anollier.. Thepower being in the legisla-
ture to make laws. that power gives to the General
A,,use_ir_ib,ly,the.Vright to settle (.If3ﬁtl;lt€.I,}. pvt-.ry prelim-
jmiiy .,q‘ii;e_s.iifo’_n’-—io_,;d§c‘iii§_§'ﬁi;3ttiy.;sgieiii§r ra c.,,e_,riuj'iij.
law is wanted or not, and secondly. to fiaine that
law. and 8pl‘g3Zt_d,l_t tip_oii_,tli_e statute book._ ,_ _
These. I conceive to he the true principles upon"
Wvliibfilz the f[{’te§li0|t:t§SCB.,X§ﬂ(I _w.fi_ich_ are thrown out
‘here, iiot Tr in‘ any-"desiré"oii'~’ni”y' ptirt to instruct, if
H:-bend 10. .b.°

I ‘thinlryou “i|i'e‘ t'i'ue“liiie ofiftity in lI'IlS"nl:lIl€'I"," lit?-‘§"§i"it‘ii‘ifidi5"

=caiiondtii’ui§i’ZI=i)ﬁf9ﬁii’i39>:S'.6.l'ltl?tli.“.Y‘§'.l!E.€3!~ hm!
‘time been given me on a former occasion. to coni-

rigbt _and condemning what is wrong—protec-
tio_‘n' is_at .thc:sa_me timcatfordedg against any-
tliing“ like_inju_stice or oppression of the citizen.
2-_is=i‘.v' ::n9t.bi,qg,- 1..ri_~.:this place. or:.:u.e .da‘ii..v,qr. ..io“.be
fl’ l'5l’ff3heiidc(l”from ""tlt.€ "ltiI‘dfld" “exerbi§e 3‘iiT" tltiit
vast power in legislation which can make acts,
not ‘guilty in"design‘or deed. ‘criminal by 9. single
stroke of legislative aul bority.

I leave the question involved in such a propogl
sition, to the calm consideration of those of 3-Bud

. :1

coiisfrhction tritisl ptit .upon a_ lpw, or the plan
ofa law, which -begitlis with ageneral prescrip-
hon <.>f:.=-a zslais-0‘: .¢-tits"?--*;m,c.9I19.¢i°!is:_oﬁheving

‘tildes wliich have‘ bcfalleti ‘Q0 tdai‘iy"bf"tlié or-
IgIItﬂI'(;Ii1_IIDa_fII5 , ' , _ __
It is fortunate for the business relations of our" "
State and countr_v that most of those subjects
jivl‘iicli several years since agitated the councils

«x.

‘of the nation, have been settled on what appears

to be a permanent basis.‘ Whatever _r_liversity_
of opinion may Sllil'('0lZ'Ilﬂl1e to exist in regard
».to lIle.Imp0Sl,li0li of duties on foreign -.i_mppijta-

ti.ons, with as". vic.w,.-‘loteveutte ‘on: arty.’ btli.ei‘L,i"p_u"_"i~-

ose, a. return to a high rate of duties seems to

gilustiqm gggerferﬂ 9; this ,c,ou_n_tr_v,,ot' cverjkkinif
and de'isiiript‘ion.:« are -: diastined .1 to:tIouri§. ibest,

..,. 1--..-. ;--.-- « 2 . . . __ . .._ ., , , _ y . _ .. -,.... . . » , ., . . . . an ‘ll tliel islaiurciii~relation;to,tl's.atib; .. . . ._ ~. . .. . - . andm Iu_.ll' out-ibute‘to..tlie,growth and pros-
‘I;-‘by“_,,____Pr‘att,, jaird the, of gocd-citizenship.‘2.B,ut-wlio;does~riot.see tliat ﬂ.i'i't,|n_tll,|?l'l tlizindmlyj °l_l"9' ‘V,l_"|‘:l‘i:?)“'l‘ﬁl|3_° i'?i:‘t'(',l-§’t‘l: 5,” W’ :1 7 ;.§ :,;'{; (le_e__(l.~i"t'i:O1"l-lly of ,l)‘t)l:],(_I"s_0l‘ llhgglsﬁ, pc,,,y‘:,,.g_,'cj, 95,1,-:,,-..’. hndér u,,,t«-3_‘,~gf9m‘:_ ,,,j,,;c.-ii,
Clerk ii'i"his‘t‘urn ‘ administered ‘the, South’; ttfl '“’ll1°'~l"'°gl'°s5;°f:°“l7gollemmellhv l.l'.3."°ll.-.l°g'5" lll'll"5 "m°"a-ll not on y n -u q Ty. A ' hlliliéli Sl'3lll'VllIE'.li° b°"“l’I° I° ‘l"'°3‘5ll9"3‘f3V9l'3"" t'[,‘éh,‘,';:jl :11‘,oégfagge‘?s3;g::'§j?s:‘;‘n‘li{]s:';’g‘g’3:‘f3,g3,i affords equal-‘pi'otecti=on, to all alike. -Nothin ih

'thii‘s'duly or.g.t‘niz‘eil,

R‘é.i-..1Drl”.Qlb$‘§i“iel.lL“‘T - e

‘ ;R<zs<?li?lion§"eii'ii9l'1liil*.r-.Iiéhnidei. I’.a.r.m¢

l‘,;g;fMes5cngelr {Peter W;"Poivell, Assistz’ipt=

the. Si=-nstors l"‘?§9"}.:. ..-7.lIli.e.. .S..°.'?..a"e.l b..si‘"‘é.
iii‘y'c'___rj, ‘ivas } offend

.Mi‘:s'séoger,and Roswiell Waters, Door Kee-

lntio'u=slnill pass .without ‘any, i_nqn_iry into its
‘policy. or rnierits, .lIltlj0I’IIle8-’tlllJS : obtained may
one day become‘ . dictatorial and ~oppressive to
the lust degree. , , _. :

Unwilliiigas. I iim:to..make this coinn‘i'unica-
lion leiigi._l‘iy, I,’ cannot pass to any new topic
without first; recurring to tliose.\_vliicll1lmV9

buttlie application ol"sucli- ‘reinediesas l:-have?
no doubt the pi-e"se'nt difficulties will -moi’nptl_.v
suggest.-f A re-'orga nization of tll9‘C0lll'l8!lS
.i..abubrcdiy,’ ‘ci‘i'_ll‘e"d -rm-. but for _ wum= of _the
necésstii-y constitutional ainendnieiits. the right
kind of change in the co:isti'uction of tll0~S)‘§-
tE‘m,‘Ciil‘|l'l0t be looked for inimediately. It will
not be dilﬁcult, however, it seems to me. to

ble reportof the cor_ii;liti<>.n, of. the ,.f1.n_aociai_. affairs
of the State. N..otwithstandi_n'g'.t_lie_,uigusuallin-
.c_,.c,,§e.‘,,f«‘ the-dcim-ntu‘re and contingent expenses,
caused _hy,tlie proti-nctcd_scssio_n of 1851, the ex-
pendiiurcs for the ﬁscal year wliiclihas just‘ clo-
sed, are less by s_ei‘e'ra‘. hundre_d~- dollcrs, than
those of the previous year.‘ 'I he ‘ordinary ‘ex-
penses ofthe ﬁscal _vear ending March 31st‘, lS5‘.2‘,

areﬁleft undistui-bed.i‘ii' case of proceedings
againstzthose whostand charged withjthe high-
est ofcrimes. . , I , - ,

_Withou_t.consuming your time by entering into
=1ﬂ.@!.1.8l)’Sl5 .0_f an act of sncli acliaractcr, I-ask;
you to consider ,whetber the draft .of ,a' .laiv'_
which ,allows_ u’_nr.e'asonabIe searclics--iwliit-ii
permits the seizure. and destruction ’of'propei'ty’,

the Constiiution,_vvhi_chTis’-.the bond of.'otrr. , tif-
ion, permits anything _b_i.-yo'nd the, point which is
touched by the general w_clfai'e. A

We see occasional efforts to employ the treat!-
ures ol the General Government ‘on works or one
kind and another, which do notpartake ofa‘ na- '
tional cliaractcr. ’ If such efforts could be crown-
I ed with success, the revenues -of-‘ the country '-

,. ., . . .‘__I- , ||'. gd . ,._ . _f_ Tue“, ‘ _ _I __ _ _ .. j _,
Setefa. ‘V pat-.8 - n0tICel lll OI messllges. I.]eIP- Ode I. ‘ A . j .. ‘ t to ‘he Sun] of 53. There ‘gas ’. _ g H . ‘\ Oujd nptbe suﬂiclpnl 30 ‘he vast jouglayg
_'_R.es‘.ol,uti_on adopt_ing the Joint Rules of the the pi-oposiiioq for 8_Sl.t‘ll)llSllll_lg,.ﬂ limitiitiojj [pl meet. ton very, C‘;"5"J°:"|‘_l"° .e"_t::2l'|’_d t-1:‘? to the end .,ofti;e.s.;,,_,,e m0,,u,, $2q'832’ :;)igniSria5oI:1'jSs§[1:3&’3r which the adoptjon of so (Ia‘£g§l‘O\!'lS__ or policy
"House and Senate for 1850 and ,0‘ until we hours 0‘ 'nbm" In cases‘ not mgulate ' y expecmuons 0 t '8 Pu ) ‘C "H 8‘ ' tb the School Fund’ which mgether with a the ﬁrst itioment of his al‘l‘:SI’.-Ilii’()'\‘Vt~i obstacles iltgle[lf.rhori)iIsii)'dif1e‘i:]tll‘ii.at V"iil‘i0:\cli':lenfVIaI(I?i

fu:.rth"ei- ordered ; passed

'_ “Resolution directing the Clerk to furnish

Is.t_ationeryf,“&c., for the use of the Senate
passed.

, Resoliition appointing Osborn &. Baldwin
“State Printers for the ensuing year; passed
' f The Senate proceeded to the choice of a
committee ‘out -Contested Elections. Hon.
’D"aniel'B. Warner, Hon. James A. Bill, and

.Ho_n.,_John S.- Dobson were elected.

,__’Report of the canvassers of the votes for

,Se'n'ators, read, accepted, See.

Message received from the House, inform-

ing the Senate that that body is organize
_‘and may for business.
I I Rules of the Senate read by the Clerk.

Resolution from the House raising a com-
’;-piuee to ‘wait upon the Govenor and in-
form him,.that the two Houses are organi-
zed, &c_,; concuretl in and the Hon. Mi‘.
_VVai'ner.appointed on the part of the Senate.
" ‘ The committee of the joint committee of
. the Senate and H H156 to examine the .can-
‘lvvass of the vote for ‘State ofﬁcers reported

I. ,tl1er'r'i_ coric-ct.

Messrs.‘Pinney of‘ Ellington, Cowles of

previous contract. especially on all those works
which partake of a public cliarat:tei'. that those
who toil may not suffer frmn iiiconsiderate or
wrongful di'aits3_ijpoii their time and strengtli-
and to the expediency of a_ bill for the protec-
tion and security oftlie homestead. In addition
to what has lieio'tofot'e been submitted on the
latter subject, it may be obs_erved "that one of
the evils resulting from the want ofa ﬁxed and
permanent abode for the citizeii. is to be found
in the periodical shifting ‘of families from one
neighborhood to another. Thus the " home
fee.liog”—-in itself an element. of the highest
iiiorality-—liaving no .wliere to take root, is lost:
to the society wliicli it would, otlierwise, have
invigorated and refresl'ied.' The proposed -law
would secure to many the blessings of a com-
fortable place for life, and offer inducements to
others to invest the fruits of their industry in
it way likely to promote public enterprise and
social contentment and luippiness.

The idea that :1 law of this sort would seri-
ously affect the prevailing. system of credit,
and thus become a new shield agaiiist the pay-
ment of just. and equitable claims. has no foun-
dation in any solidity of reiisoniiig; as it is not
proposed to make such exemption ofthe home-
stead rot.roactive in its character. no objeciioii
of the kind can be properly sustained. Thai

matter. A very great degree of impi'oveinent
might: be effected by giving some additional p tw-
erto justices of peace, and higher §tIll. ll)" 0"‘
larging the powersof the Judges.ot_tli_e~(.oui_i-
ty Courts, zindgiving them ﬁnal ]lll‘lS(liCllOli in
many of those cases which are appi:iilab_le to
ti. higher Court. Such an alteration of our
laws would at least be a step towzirds removing
some of the burthens of which there is ‘too
much reason to complain. A still greater im-
provement might be‘eli'ecte_d, perhaps. by the
establislimeiit of Circuit Courts, to take the
present sessions of the Counties. Should I6
be determined to carry into effect some plan of
reforin on any ground which has been sugges-
ted lieretoforo or at the present times ‘‘ ﬁllies‘
tion may arise-in rcgird to the amount of pay
which should be given to the Judges for their
services. No" doubt their salaries should bear
some ri-asoiiable proportion to the business
they are or may be required to perform. Such
Ido not conceive to be the case, now. The
fact that the business of the Courts has nearly
doubled since the present oi-giiniziiiioii took
place, may be propei ly assigned as a just cause
for giving the. subject. a fiivoriilile coiisirlertiiion.
Isiibaiit to you the gross injustice of that
part of our laws which places it in the power
of a person holding debt against another. to zit-

chai-gc of unpaid taxes of :‘,£6xl6,fi-T3 make a total
expenditure of $;'l3'7,3'26.18. The ‘receipts for
the same period, including the balance in the
Ti-easiiry of $26.266.22, on .the 31st of March,
I85]; amount to the sum of $176,456.21 leaving
a balaiiceito be carried to the account for the
present year, of $39,130.03. It will be seen by
reference to the Report of the Comptroller, that
the judicial expenses have fallen as low as $31,-
494.06, Sl]0\\'Ii‘i_‘.’. a decrease of expenses under
that head of $I7,507.6I‘, since 1850. V This de-
crease is owing, as,l stated in my last annual
inessage, to the operation of the act of 22d Julie,
1850, in alteration of an “ act concerning crimes
and punishments.” At the period of the late
settlements of the accounts for the ﬁscal year,
the debt due the School Fund had been reduced
to $3000. Since that time, the debt has been
paid in full, leaving a surplus of about $'3I.00O
in the liands of the 'I'reasurer—or more than is
sufficient, it is believed, to meet every order on
thatjollicc, until the time for receiving new pay-
ments into the"I‘reasiiry. 'l‘lic greater available
means for meeting the expenses of the State
which the revised tax law and others afforded,
enabled the Legislature, at the session of 1851,
to reduce the State tax a quarter ofa cent. The
same causes, continuing to produce a similar re-
sult the pasl , year, and the -State ha_ving‘bccu
freed from debt, a further reduction may safely
be made. The probzibilily is, a tax of three-
fourtlis of :1 cent on” a dollar of the grand list,

in the way of his trial and efforts to obtaiifan
acquittal—and -whicli, without removing the
brand of infamy from his shoulders, still follows
him__to where the worst of col )l'il3 may go with-
out let or hindrancelfor an impartial hearingr,
and sets a price on. the trial by jury-wliether
such/.1 law is deserving of a place under the
shield of our admirable Bill of Rights, and be-
neath the ample protection of aConstitntion
which thus far has sheltered tliecilizcn ‘with-
out fostering the vices which are iulicreiit in the
social system. '

A committee was appointed :1 year ago to in-
qiiireinto and report upon the condition of the
alins house systciii. Tliere is- iinqiiestiomibly
ground enough for -some legisliiliiiii on the
subject : the present state of things being little
better than a reproach to us. The practice of
coiitracting for the support of paupers at the low-
est ratc, virtually leaves-._llici,ii exposed to many
hardships and soineiiiiies great neglect. Evcriy
dictate of justice and hiiinanity is opposed to such
asysteni, and the sooner it is broken up and re-
modelled oii some more Cliristitiii plain the better.

It would be a waste of lime to pi'ef:ice any plan
for carrying into effect suclia reforni, by an iii-
quiry into the causes of ptlllp€I’I.-‘III, in any of its
forms ul' dccrepitiide and woe.
pl'CScl)l. purposes to know that we have the poor
always with us, and the simplest maxiiiis of cliari-
iy and benevolence stroiigly plead for the class re-
ferredto. The places selected for them should

It is siilfirient for‘

true nature‘ piid design‘ of our form of govern-
ment, cannot be too c‘losel'y‘watchcd at all times.
’ The pitogyess of our republican institutions is
beginning to. be felt ,llll‘_0li_LfIi0‘.‘t'f the world-—
and those revolutions in the public aflairs of oth-
er nations, which have sprung from liatred of
oppression and a deterniinzition to be free. may
be owing in a measure to the example _which
this country affords. The fact fliat such may
be the tendency of our institutions to produce
changes elsewhere, in conformity to them, must
ever be sufficient, if nothing else should movcgus,
to enlist our sympathies on the side of those who‘
struggle for freedom. A j b
How far the genius of our country will per’/_
mit us to go beyond the line of policy which has
heretofore usually controlled in otir public at7--
fairs, is a question to be determined hereafter.
The mission of the confedcracy of States may be
one of peace--but a mission of peace which
requires us to be prepared‘ at all times for the
niainlenancc of the national honor I have
thcrefoforc expressed my satisfactjion with the
late adjustment oftlie questions which had dis-
turbed tlic peace of the country. The settle-
ment must be rcgar<le<.l,,l think,as final; and he- .
yoiid the possibility, it is hoped, of any serious
renewal ofthose strifes and tinfortunatc section-
al contentions which have sincegiven place to‘
the prospect ofa brigliter uture. Much as we
may deplore the existence of conflicting opin-
ions on subjects connected with those diver-

,,,,,.y 5e,,u,.;,3. which his ,,,,,,O,.,,,,,t to gain if tacli the property of the debtor belore coin- will be amply sufficient, with the other-sources be cmsen “Ma carer", eye to weir wmﬂm.

Farmington, and Foster of New Hartford,
appointed on the partof the House to wait
on His Excellency the Governor, and in-

possible. for properly oliiained for the purpose
of settlement and shelter, wliich on the ground

form him that the General Assembly is ready

to receive any communication.

_ Resolution passed inviting the Senate to
__ unite with the House in celebrating the in-
“ . gaugiiration ,_of the Governor elect, and to

lifteceive hifcouiinunication.

, _ Resolutio'ns from the Senate that Hia Ex-
cellency 'I‘houius H. Seymour be declared
I elected Goveinor of this State for the year
cnsu%ng——I-loo. Edwin Stearns, '1‘reasurcr-
Hon. Rufus G. Pinney, Competrolcr—and
Hon. J. P. C Mather, Secretary of State,--

were severally concurred in.
The Senate then entered

Houses

the Representa-
tive’s Hall, and the President of the Senate
"took the chair of the convention of both

' His Excellency appeared and was receiv

‘ ed by the members standing.

P_iaye_i' was then offered by Pres. Wool-

.. 5937- .. _ _
, ’ The oath of office was then administered
'to the Governor by Judge Hinman; after
wliiclzt the “’Gcvei*iior delivered ‘the follow-

in
s ' gi tvrussac:-2.
A ‘Fellow Cilizcnsof the Senate ,
and ’I-louse of Rcprescntizlivcs :—

I am again called upon to express my grate-
ful acknowlcdomonis for the honor of bcin
. _ 3 . _

placed_in tliisposition.

Chosen by the people to the olﬁce which I
have held for some time past,I have no language

. .to_coiivey tliefeeliugs which this occasion is so
.-well. .calculated_ to inspire. -

-4.

:-.-Still greater o_blig:itio_us

and legislate for the general good.

In looking back upon its past history. there is
. much to be proud of. and more to be gi':itc.ful
In its growth from a mile colony to the
nnituri.‘.y and l'r'eedoin of a State. and in the
progress of all those good tliings and blessings
which have fallen to our lot, we may see the
directing hand of Him who planted. and who

‘for.

still sustains.

If the past is worthy of such :1 retrospect,tlic
present is full of promise. and the future looks
bi'iglita|i'eady to those who have faith in liuman

. ‘ progress, and faith in the Providanccs of God.
- The duties upon which you have just enter-
ad, will iinturiilly direct. your attention in the
first place to thepresent condition of the alfziirs
".l‘lie.-‘e you will be able
tojudgo of from the reports of the several pith-
_ lic oﬁ_‘icei's, and others who are required to
' conimuniciite with ‘the General Assembly.-—
Your time will next be occupied with ques-
tions wliicli concern the business of legislation

of the coiiimoiiweiiltli:

generally.

Several efforts have been made heretofore to
procure the call of a Convention to revise the
The necessity

‘for such a movement seems to be apparent

enough‘, from the repeated attempts which
. have been made to amend that instrument. A
' number. ot'cli.'iuges' in it are required to lay the

foundiition of -several rational reforins, which’

Coiistitiition without success.

g cannot be effected in any other maiinei'.

It cannot have escaped your notice, I think,
that the affairs oflegislation are often perplexed
and einbarrassed, by a vast amount of private

business. ' I refer more particularly to that of

special character, and which has so often, and
for so long a period,'occupied by for the largest
portion of the time of our annual sessions.-
This subject having been so oftcii noticed,

‘ having been laid up-
"on me'by this renewed and fuller expression of
the popular will, I cannot. withhold the deeper._'
assurance of'niy gratitude for the honor oftheir
'*_cl'ioice‘.. ‘ ‘ ‘
' About to enter upon the duties ofthis station
for a tliird time, I can only reiterate the jileclgo
lieretofole giv_eii.to devote niyselfas far as pos-
sible to the fziiiliful discliarge of those duties.
Seeing that what concerns the State, concerns
tlieiiiclividiuil also. I am not unmindfiil of the
'_ lesson wliicli lllilI.,ll‘lll.ll inculcatcs, or the I-abors.
' ‘which’ it demanrls. '
You have met together at the period fixed by
the laws oftlie State to look .iift.er its interests,

should pass it by at this time if I did not feel it
to be my duiy- to renew the caution heret.ol'ore

given in relation to that subject. '

The number of private acts, mostly for the

just named, is regarded with suspicion and (lis-
trust, and on another as an eiicouivigeiiietit to
idleness and neglect, would, it is l)6llP.Vell, be-
come the main spring to industry and tlirift.--—
Should a law be framed to meet the case 1
have felt it my duty to submit to you ag:iiii, I
desire to say that the amount: of property
"which the Legislature may choose to exempt
from being taken for any purpose wliatever,
should be made la rge enough to afford some-
thing like real security to that important inter-
est of the citizen. .

I renewed the proposition for the abolition
of the death peiiailty, that. life may be spared
when resistzi uco has i:eascd, and the weakiiess

the law. No their the protection ofsociety, nor
any moral coiisitleriitioiis. iequire the infliction
of such a penalty. On the conti"ai'_y, the best
feelings of our comiiiou nature, when freed
fiom the excess of human passions, work
ag:iiiist the liighhanded exercise of. this power
upon the feeblest and most \Vl'BlCl‘lt’-(I of cul-
prits. If the law could teach the oti'i=iiilci' the
moment conscience begins its most fearful
work. and the seniencesof a coiiit, sends the
vict.im at once to the scalTo‘.d,soiiietliing in this
siinguina ry mode of punlsliirieut ‘liilglll’. be ex-

the crime, iind iiidignation against. the criminal.
Butas the laws are now, the very C00l".0-“S
with which pi'ep'zii'.iiioti is made for the work
of the liangimin, after liat.red has died away.
and pity begun to plead for _tlie life of- the vic-
tim, invests the whole subject. ‘with a sense of
daring usurpation. of the majesty of ii. liiglier
tribunal t.liiine:ii'tli affords.

meet the just: demands of the community in
,concern the public welfare, has also liei‘-etofoi'e

Legislziture. It is ivoitliy of your attention,
I think, to observe in regard to this niattcr, the
far greater security to the public atfoi'dcd by
tlieeniictiiient of laws which would become ii.
part of your sliitutes.tb'an private acts which
are now conipiiivitively liiilvlen, and under
wl_iii;li not nrifreqizently, great injustice is coin-
niittcd. ‘General laws._I submit to you then,
ii re really Wll|‘il.8(l, in the first place. to relieve
tlie‘I,,egisl:iiui'e froin ﬂ..ll1EtSS of business which
can llil.l‘tlly be provided foi- by leial enactments
and more iniporiaiit still. to furnish all con-
ceriiod at distinct view oftlie necessary giiai-i.!.-,
and sei:uritic.s which such enactments clearly
nflbrd against eiici'o:icliinents- on individual
rights. In this connection, I :lVtiil‘Iil)’s6lI‘ of
the opportunity to return again to the proposi-
tion to create a Free Btlllltiflg Law. I deem
it most wortliy of your atteiitioii at this time,
and i'cspi=ct.fully subniit to you the expediency
of giving it an importaiit place in the business
ofvthe session. On any ground which can be
naineil. I have no doubt. it will he found to be
a much safer system than the present. espe-
cially inaiiy commercial crisis, and less liable,
every way, to the evils of sudden expansions
and coiitractioiis. The very title which is
claimed for it, implies that; it is not to be ex-
clusive in its cliaracter; and the law proposed
to give it; I-.‘Xi.~‘lBtlCB, that its transactions are to
be open and above board, imd as public as the
organic law , of the Suite itself. The great
point to be coiisidered in framing such a law,
will be to fix on the kind of seciii-itics. as the
basis of the system. These should be of such
:1 nature, doubtless, as to inspire conﬁdence in
the system, and of an amount sufficient to of-
ford the most complete protectioii to those who
would become bill holders. Besides iill this,
every-iiccessmy and proper guard should be
8Sltl.l)liSli61l'I0 protect. the public against any iti-
jury from the introduction of so iinportunta
clhmge in the affairs of Banking. The whole
subject. is submitted to your intelligence iind
wisdom,in the liopetliat it: may receive that
atti-.ntion which itso well deserves. .
'l‘he vast. power given to Banking corpora-
tions. calls for the exercise on the part of the
Legislature. of frequent scrutiny into their op-
eriiti_ons.' Created for the good of the public.
It IS Im.i_iortant to know how far the main pur-
pose of 0l)l.tlll‘lIllg'lI]8Il' charters is proved to be
the real ones. -
These ii_isi.itutions have been doing it pros-
perous bustness during the past year, and
their profits have been great in nnii);xnt;. But

and guilt of shame becomes the strength of

cuscd, on the scoi'_e_of ill suppressed liorrorof

The subjcctof vestablisltiug general llawsto
regaril to those projects which are supposed to

been pressed upon the _ coiisir.lei'at.ioii of the

beneﬁt of associated wealth, far exceed in num-
ber the Statute Laws of the State. The few
laws for the protection and security of the citi-
zen, and for the ndvanceinent of his best inter-
ests, containing everything which it has been
determined to preserve -until this time. are
briefly set forth in a voliimo of moderate size.
and the few pages which have accumulated

siiiess community.

sioners for 1851.

proﬁts derived from transactions which do not
strictly come within the scopeiof their charter
obligations, may have been injurious to the bu-

It was stated-in the report of the commis-
that a custom
among some of the Banks of the State, of in-

’ since the late review of 1849.

‘A brief insight into these matters, shows the
necessity of proceeding with great ciiiition in

the business of legislation.
propriety-of grauting~ some of these acts wnicl

\Vlii|st: I adiiiii the

I"-

aro called for_. at tiines——suoh, for example, as
those which concern societies and institutions in

king usurious interest, in'the.for'ni ofexchange.
This was assigned as one cause of the large
dividends which they were enabled to miike.-
There is no doubt of the fact, that’. the same
custom ‘prevails to a‘ considerable e"xte_nt at the
present time. If this be so, it is obviously the
duty of the L'egisliit‘ure to look into this sub-
ject, and take some means to remedy the evil.

mencing ll process of law for the proof of his
cltiim. The power which this gives to an in-
dividual to griitify personal !ll2llt‘VOlPllCe., and
the frequent indulgence of individual injustice.
as well as the manifest want of correct princi-
ple in a law wliicli enables it man to sacrifice
the property of another for the exclusive pay-
ment. of his own debt, when on every principle
of equal arid exact justice. if right totake it at
all it should go to all the creditors pro ‘ram-—
and the broad door opened to fraud or iai'.orit-
ism, are among the reasons .vhy ‘this remnant
of a bcnighted age should be expuuged from
our Statutes. -

A.-ztlic law now stands, the credit and business
of a tllitll may be destroyed at any momeii_t. and
lllis, ton, witlioiit just caiisc. I cannot conceive on
Wll-il groniid such a law should be tolerated any
longer. I tlicrcforc iecoiiiiiicizd its repeal. ‘and
the siibstitiiiion ofa‘ Statute more in accordiiiice
with an ciilighteiied public seiitiiiient.

The adiliiioii tn the appropri.-itioii for the Iiisane
Poor. has t3llZil)lr:(I mi’: to fulfil to a greater extent
the hiimaiic object. of the Legi.-'l:iiiirc in their be-
half. Tlic-. whole iiiiiiihcr as.-‘i.-iv.-il by the Suite,
since the fizst :ippi'npri:itioi_i in 1842. is5l0. During
the lH,~‘l_Vl’.i'il‘, I37 in all have been .-iipported in p:irt
from the Suite fund, o|‘w;iicli iiiiiiibcr 87 still te-
maiii ;—-a more detailed accoiiiit of wliicli will be
furiiislied by the Siipcriiiieiiileiit. ' _ '

The siaiitliiig appropriation of $3000 for the
support at llll3‘.‘\lllei'lC:lll A-‘yliiiii,iil" the indigent
deufiiiities cuiitiiiiies to iiiaiiitiiiii, on an avcnige,
about 22 pupils aiiiiiiailly. The affairs oftliat iioblc
charity, in which the State has Fllclt a lively inter-
cshcoiitiiziic to be wisely m:iii:igcd by those to
'.'.ll0lll tli:iy have been pi'ovi_dentia|l_v iiiiriistml.

iliis occa.-ioii to pass witliont iioiiciiig‘tl'ie great
loss wliicli the Ill.€llltl|.i0l‘i has recently .~:iista_iiie_tl in
the do-cease ofonc of our most ‘exempt.-iry aiid_'dc-
Voted fellow citizens, to wlioiii l.llt."\'(llCt_’ of’ 'gi'ati-
tnd'c‘liad ascribed the honor of its l'uiii:datioii, nor
is the loss confined to the Asyliini aioiic, biitbpriic
ail.-o li_v‘.iliut other trii.-it of which lliave jiisi_'spo-
ken. and upon which it has heavily l'alleii.'-—:ind by
the society at large, of which live in‘-iy be said to
have been in the uiostcxalted sense of the term, a
public beiicl'acior. . _ «

For I-llflllcl‘ ii'il'ormation on the subject oftlie In-
sane puor,Deal' and Dumb," and the few" pupils
who are siipportcd by the State, at the ln.-‘iitiitiun
for the Blind. at'Bi_istoii Ma.-‘s., I refer you to the
ilociiuieiits licrewitli siibiuitted.

The report of the cliicl}: of the Adjutant and
Qiiartcr Mri.-'tcr's departineiits, ulicii laid ybefure
you. will show in what inaiiiier their duties have
been discliarged.

An effort has been made to retrieve the drooping
condition of the volunteer foice. but owing to the
still imperfect Cliill'.iCli:l' of the law, relating to that
service, it has been found dilliciilt to effect any
iiiaterial clmiige for the better. With a view to iii-
fliiciice new life tlll(I'\'lgul' into the systeiii, ti large
niinibcr ul'coiiip.iiiics wli'?':li had cezised from va-
rious causes to lie elliiieiit, have been disbanded.
and new ones formed. At , the same time,
iustriiciions have" been given to the officers
of the General Staff to extend every reas-
onable and lawful facility to tho;-‘e corps which still
maintain their iiiimberiiiid discipliiie.

Some fcw ainciidmeiits to ilie present laws. des-
ignating in what iiiaiiner, and from what taxes _on
property it deduction sliall be made for militiiry ser-
vice. and in other respects. more clearly deﬁning the.
provi.-‘ions of the late statutes on that subject,
would, I think, have the desired ctfcct to give an
iiicreascd eiicoumgcmciit to those who still main-
tain tl.c system. ,

The report of the Quarter Master General will
be found to cuiitaiti some iiseliil snggcstioiis; and
it afibrds nic pleasure to be able to notice in this
place, the able and efficient niziiiner in ~.\ hicli he lizis
discliargul the duties of this office. The receipts
from the stile ofdamziged arms during the past two
years, have been nearly siifliciciit to cover all the
expenses oftliat departniciit, including the special
appropriatioii of $1000 for repairs of the Arsenal.

The power to make laivs is vested in the lPgis‘lti-
tivcbraiiicli of the government. There it has been
placed by the people t'nenisr.lvcs—and, in. the organ-
ic lavv wherein their will is reflected, may be found
the guide and direction for their rcpreseiitaiives in
every department of the State. Just so long as the
representative ClIl1l'tlCl8l’ is niaiutaiiied in its true
spirit. the responsibility of making laws must and
will attach to the branch, where, for wise purpos-
es it was originally placed. '

There is no authority in the Constitution for
siibniiitiiig any thing to the people. except propos-
ed amendments ofthat iristriiineiit. That kind of
construction, which calls for the exercise of any
power beyond the autlioriiy of an express provis-
ion of the sort I have named, cannot be regarded
in any otheriight than ilaiigeroiis in its character
and tendencies. It is that loose and pernicious doc-
trine, ‘.\'lilCll, on'a broader theatcrof action. has
iiircpcated instances dariiigly assailed the vital
principles of our governmeiﬂ, and at times serious-
ly tltreateiied the stability of the Union itself.

All cxperiencein the science offree governnietitii.
goes to prove the necessity of lodging the law-ma-‘
king power in a body of men chosen for such a pur-
pose. ’I‘liatiiecessity the peuplctheniseives have
acquiesced in. _'.elinqiii.-liiiig the power to Others.‘
and only reserving the right to require tl. strict
account of the doings ofihose appoiiiled to'“niuke
the laws. they li'ave never asked for the return of
thatpower, or in division of its exercise between
themand their representziiives. No doubt if the
acts which :ireaiinnall_v framed. by the legislature
c_uiild be left to the vutes'_of the electors, the. collec-
live “_'_l$tlOlll of thejinasses world ‘rightly, decide _the
questions presented to thein_.’. But itis gr...-"en'oiigi.
tosee that such at cliaiigc in tbcimode ‘o ‘law-iiia-
‘king, would convert the legislative body into a mere
Cﬁmmlltﬁﬁ Of the Whole, on the state of public

lslioiild do iiijitsticc to my lceliiigs, ifl permitted .

ofrevcuue, to dcfraiy the expenses of the State
Government, and _ still have at the close of the
present year, a surplus not far from $530,000 to
be carried to the account for 1853.

I cannot avoid recurring again to the ﬁnal
payment of the debt of the School Fuiid. Though
never very large at any time, yet being in some
respects, contrary to our public policy as a State,
a general desire, I believe I ma_v say, was felt, to
see it removed. The fact that tlielast dollar of
it has been paid, is a subjec.t.fo'r mutual con-
gratulation. The position of a free Stzitc,frce
from debt, relying for respect at home and abroad,
upon the industry of its citizens, the number
and char:=.c‘er ofits inhabitants, for the diffusion
of knowledge, and for the relief of human stiffer-
ing, is worthy of the homage of all those who,
under the smiles of Divine Providence, are per-
mitti.-d to partake ofits blessings. _

' The first indulgence in freedom from indebt-
edness, fuz-nishc.~i new motives, sometimes, for
inciiri-ing"expenses. I would, il.e‘ret'orc. sug-
gest‘ the propriety of e.\*-eicisiiig great caution in
crcaling orders on the 'l‘i'easui'y, beyond the
strict liinitsof lleC(€S$:il'_V oiillays. A precedent
for a- lavish appropriation, is of all other.-:, one
most likely to i1i‘Utl'tlCcl)fi(l-t‘€Slills,; and if per-
mitted to have any bearing on future legislation,
cannot but become in_ lime lllc proliﬁc cause of
(lraiiiiiig the. resources which industry is, accu-
‘niulatiiig for the general weal. Ircfcr you to
the Report of the Compti_'<>llcr, for a detailed ac-
count‘ of the‘ receiptsancl 'cxpcnditui'cs of the
past year. His siiggcstioiis” in" regard to the
-present. tax laws, and other matters, will be
found worthy of your attcntio_n._ _

The Report oftlic Coiniiiissioiier of the School
Fund, will’furnisli a" detail-led account of -all that
concerns its growtli and prosperity. .'l‘lie sum of
3,-‘.l2'2.7£)'2.S0, has been divided among: 9‘~l',S5‘2
children, at $1.40 to each scliolar-the some
dividend as last year. Tlie incrcasc in the num-
ber of clii_ldi'en reported’ totlic Comptroller, has
been 26352. If a siiiiilarincrease shall be shown
at the next return in Angust.1S52, and in the
same proportion, or anything like it, hereafter,
no reasonable expectation can be entertained of
any material addition to the prescnt amount of
dividend for the purposes of education. In view
of these _facls,li.t may be very proper for you to
consider whether we ought to rely ziltogelhcr on
the School Fund for the s_tipp'ort‘of our common
schools, or look to those most deeply interested
in them for further support. ; ,_

I had occasion to notice in the Message of
1851 the degree of pi'ogi'ess which had been
made in the educational interests of the Slate.
My attenfioii liasbecn more directed to the sub-
jcct since then, and I cannot help giving my de-
cided approvnl to the new means which have
been uscdto effect so‘ desirable an object. .

'l‘lic Stale Normal School, and the 'I'e-acliers’
Institutes held in the several counties of the
State, under the direction of the superintendent
of common scliool;-:, and of the instructors of the
Normal School, have together trained and slim-
‘ulated to greater u‘sel'ulncss, as I learn, more
than 1000 teachers. The importance ofsuch an
agency in promoting the best interests of our
schools. cannot be too highly estimated.

Havin_:_,r been led to consider this matter with
deeper interest the more my duties have led me
to give it the attcntirr. which it so well deserves,
I feel that I cannot too strongly commend to you

» the whole subject of common school education
This lies at the foundation of cvcr_vtliing useful
and progressive in our social and political insti-
tutions, and should never be overlooked amid the
louder claims of parti-.il or temporary interests.

From the t".0llCUl'I‘(.'nl testimony of the oflicers
of the numerous school societies in the State, as
laid before the General Assembly for several
past years, and from the annual reports of the
State Superintendent, there can be no doubt of
the fact, that there is a pressing necessity for
still further legislation to give more adequate
support and room for greater expansion to the
system of common schools. The income of the
School Ftind, which, by the Constitution, is in-
violably devoted to this object, has.I think it
will be found. reached its highest limit, and will
relatively at least be diminished as the popula-
tion of the State increases.

Even if the income of the School Fund could
be maintained at its present amount, it would be
insufficient to secure that thorough education
which the children of the State should receive.
Icannot believe it to have been the design of
the founders of that Fund, or of those who sub-
sequentlyinvesled it with important guards in
the Constitiitiou,lo exonerate parents, school dis-
tricts, or societies, from all obligations to support
schools. and look after the education ofchildren.

If, as is supposed by many, the present organ-
ization ol our system, by which the care of our
schools is removed from towiis to school socie-
ties. or the present mode of applying the income
of the School Fund, operates to diminish the

sum of parental responsibility, or to take the
school interest out of the constant oversight of a.
local community, the Legislature should lose no
time in applying the retnedy. ‘

From what information I have on the subject,
I am satisﬁed that the sum appointed for the
support of common schools out of the public
binds, should be increased by a small tax on the’
property of‘. school districts. societies, or towns,
sufficient to keep the schools open at least eight
months in the year, as p_rpvided in a‘ Bill for an
act in addition to an act concerning education,

. reported by. a Committee of the last General As-'

sembly, and printed with the lawsofthat session.
The" |'e_poi‘t of the Superintendentof Cdfnmiin

Schoolswill‘ be laid before you, and will exhibit

._the'p'res.eiit_.$50l1<lIll0D'Qf the Schools, and".'lfhe —

measures which have been taken by thatotiilizer.
tcdiﬁ‘use' information, and awaken a pttblic"in'-
terest in behalf‘ of this great work. -

tliriist that it uiay be less obtrusive. ~

In the coiistiiiciion of railroads, a large number
of hands are iiecessarily reqiiircd who look to their
eiiiploycrs on these works for their daily Wt-tg(‘.S.—-
The prices paid for thatkiiid of ivork, are by no
meaiis proporiionzible to the labor perl'oi'med.—-
lint vrliether small orlarge in ziiiiuiiiir it is ofgrcat
importaince to them, and oiiglitiiisome mumicrto
he seciircifto them, agaiiis_t_ili'a possibility of a to-
tal loss in any case. Tliere is little reason to ques-
tion the fact, that in quite a mimber’ of cases,
workmeii who have been tlms employed in our
Stateliave been strippedof their hard earnings by
gross neglect or iiii.-‘coiidiict on the part of those
. with wlioin they had bargained for wages &. in some

iiistaiiices those who have been unable to obtain
tlii-:irjiist_'dii_es on the eve ofa coming wiiitcr. have
been thrown upon some of our towns forsiipport.

If these things areso, it is tinqucs-ii«ionabi'y t.lic_
duty of the crcalive.power to inlerpose its‘ pro-
lcctiiig shield in behalf‘of those whose case I
ll‘-iVC felt m_V‘S(:lfCallc(Illp0i‘i to sub_iuit to the Leg-
islutiirc. The corporations should be made re-
sponsible, in some way, for the acts of their
agents, or cﬁrccilv for the wages of the workmen
who are cinplo_ve.d.in that hardest kind of service.

The duties of this office having called my at-
tention to'llie,pow_ei' to g1‘€£l}iI"_CqUiz‘-IlI(_)l)S, I have
been sur_nriscd toﬁrid our statutes eniirel'y silent
on the subject. The power’ given lollie Execu-

tive of :1 State for such a purpose is among the
greatcst of any intrusted to" liirii, and whether to
recover a fugitive who has fled from tlic‘State, or
to semi .m-other aw:iy, is of no small magnitude.

'l'lie‘supt'eme‘ law of the land makes ‘treason,
felony. or other high crime,‘-.tlie ground for deliv-
ering over fugitives from justice for trial in the
Courts of the States from which ‘hey may have
fled. When it is coiisidercd how broad a latitude
is givcii for the exercise of such a p_0\\_'P.l' under
the words “ctlier higli Icrimcs," there would
seem to be most substantial rcasoig for some stat-
utory provisions on the subject. . '

A little experience in the office which I have
the honor to hold, has sufficiently convinced me
that applications for requisitions are sornetinies
made from motives very difl'cren-t from those
which look solely to the great ends of justice. -I
have llicrefore felt it to be my duty to scriitii'iize
closely cverfrtliing of the kind not sustained by
the binding authority of a hill of a Grand‘ Jury.
So, on ’the other hand, I have in some cases hesi-
tated to grant warrants, for the arrest of persons
charged with crimes in the courts of other States,
for reasons which were satisfactory to‘r-ne at the
lime, and which subsequent inquiry and reflec-
tion proved to be correct. , ,

I desire to direct your a-tteiition to the present
condition and prospects of the great project for
colonizing the coast of Africa. Like every pro-
ject for effecting any ‘great purpose of rel'oi'm or
benevolenre, its growth for a long time was
slow, and its ability to accomplish anything, un-
certain. But' recent developinents have raised
the hope of greater progress in that quarter, and
furnished new incentives to persevere in the hu-
manizing. designs of the Society.

Several hundred miles of the African coast
have now been settled by colored emigrants,
mostly frbm this country. Carrying with them
into that distant land, a considerable degree of
experience in the arts and sciences, and the seeds
also of moral improvement, great and important
beneﬁts may be expected from their migration
and setllcmcnton that coast. _

As this is a subject which has truly a national
bearing. I have thought it not out of place to
commend it to your fzivoivrlile t'e‘_'urd, as an ob-
ject which occupies astriking position in the
great ﬁeld of christian philantliropy.

I have reccfved, during the past year, resolu-
tions from the States of New Jcrsaey and Dela-
ware, in relation to the " Compromise mea-
sures ;” also from the State of New llauipsliire,
on the subject of a “ Bureau of Agriculture, in
the Department of the Intermr,at Washington ;"
and from the State of Alabama, in reference to
the construction of a “ Ship Canal across the
Peninsula of Florida,” all of which will be laid
before you for consideration.

I have also received an interesting series of
Resolutions adopted by t'heiSelect and Common
Councils of the City ofPliiladelphia, in reference
to the erection in that city, of “one or more”
monuments, commemorative of the States, and of
the men, parties to the Declaration of our Na-
tional Independence. In connection with‘ this
subject,-,and with a view to effect the purpose
aforesaid, in these resolutions, the municipal au-
tho‘ ties oftliat patriotic city, invite the co-
operation ofthc Legislature of this State, and
request ofyou, the appointment ofa Committee
ofiivo, to meet a similar cominiltee on the part
of Pennsylvania, and other States of the “Old
Tl1ll'l€GD.” on the 4th day of July next. ill the
City of Philadelphia, to confer together in rela-
tion to a project in which Conneélicut cannot
fail to be deeply interested; _ I cannot, tlierefore,
too strongly commend the subject to your favor-
able consideration.

The indefatigable agent ofthe State, for inter-
national literary exchanges, M. Vatiemcre, has
continued to furnish to the State Library, many
valuable books, during the past year, in return
for which, such works have been sent to himgas
the proceedings of"the Legislature and other
public, bodies have; afforded. Would it not be
well‘ to improve the opportunity which the facil-
itics for communicating with’ foreign countries
afford, to extend still further the system which
State and lheautliorities of-France 3
v ‘The continttanceof} the sqissionvof the Nationa
Legislature, at the period vvliich brings you » to-

health and ri.-pose; instead of'heiiig.as they are in
some cases, unclean receptacles, where misery is

siﬁcd interests which our country affords, there
must ever be room enough left for the exercise‘
of mutual I-)l'l)(‘al‘tlli(‘C. Something is due to the
freedom of that range of thought and action;
which the genius of our institutions so warmly.
encoui-ages,—sometnin,r; to those feelings which
are the growth oftlrflcrent localities and sections
ofthe some great corifcderatiori. No‘ extreme,
prcfiaps, can be wholly wrong or 'dangci'oiis~','--
the cloud that sends forth the lightning, sends
‘forth also the drops of rain to refresh and invig-
orate tlic earth. Having as a State la-ken a part;
in the construction of our.a(lmii-able form of gov-
ernmciit, it will be its highest glory to contri-
bute to the perpetuity of the work of a patriotic‘
aiiccstry. ’

Having detained you at greater l-‘e1-‘.gt‘l'i than I.
designed to, but which circumstances s_eemcd_to'
render necessary, I leave ilicsc su'bject‘s, or
which I have spoken, in your hands _In' closing
the duties which devolve upon me at this time,
allow me to iiitlulge the hope that the legisla-
tion vvhicli is really required may be matured
at once, and an cfliirt made to close the session at
as ‘early 21 day as may be practicable.

- In looking abroad over the state and coiintry,
' and back through the glorious history of its rise’
and progr'css,—-—recogiiizing in its gt‘0\'\'lli and_
greatness and in the ivoiiderlnl.dcvelopcment of
its powers of intelligence and‘ freedom, the gui-
ding hand of the Supreme Being,-—we may still
believe that, trusting in His gracious providence,
the l.ilcs_sings which we are permitted to enjoy,
will be traiisinitfed to the latest gene:-ations.

' THOMAS H. SEYMOUR. -

E1-cculive Office, New Haven};

' . Jlfay 5th, 1852. ,

House.—The House was called’ to Order

by Jonathan Rose, Esq, of North Branford-,
he being the senior member, and the mem-
bers proceeded to ballot for Speaker. Mes-
srs. Oliver C. Saudford of ‘Weston, and Ste-
phen D. Pairdce, of New‘ Haven, acting as
Tellers-. Hon. Chas. B. Phelps, of Wood-
bury; was elected onibe first ballot ._by the
following vote : ' a

Whole number of votes 208-

. Necessary toa choice . 105
Charles B. Phelps had I23
Win. T Minor 83
Thomas Robinson 1

‘The Speaker upon takingilie chair spoke
as follows : '

In assuming the position with which you
have honored me, I am not iinrniiidful of this
mark of your conﬁdence, but I labor under
a deep sense of the obligation which a
successful performance of its duties requires.
Relying upon the long established reputa-
tion of the Connecticut Legislature for can-
dor‘aml mtelligence,l enter upon its res--
ponsible, always arduous, frequently delicate-
duties. Under the constitution of our free
country the spirit of reform and improve-_
ment has been elicitetl—propositions ingen-
ious, often bold, sometimes startling, are an‘-
nounced in our Legislature. It is not the
duty of the "chair to repress the spr-rirt of free‘
inquiry, but it is his duty to aid, by‘ the con-
struction of comuiittces, in a full-,. fair and
free consideration of their merits.

No measure should be strangled in the cre-
dle; Procrastination is the error, not the
vice of legislation. Conscious that we de-
sire the good of the public, it is Sur duty,
conscientiously and steadily to apply our-
selves to the public business before us. Ta-
king into consideration that the Le3i=‘l3l-‘*1’?!
have in the past few years devolved much
of their former business upon other depart-
ments and considering the narrowuess of
our territory, I believe that by a proper use
of our iime, we can bring the session to a
conclusion in four or five weeks,-—the good
old standard. All that patience, diligence
and impartiality will accomplish, you will
receive atmy hands. For more than that I
dare not promise. -

The oath of oﬂice was administered by
Judge Hinman to the Speaker, and the
House proceeded to ballot for Clerk.

The oath was administered to the Clerk
by Sidney Pardce, Esq , of Orange; and
the Clerk adininistered the oath to the ‘mem-
bersof the House. ’ .
Resolution -came . from the Senate for the
appointment of ‘a joint committee to examine
the canvass for State officers; House concur-
red, and Messrs. Pinney of Ellington. Wil-
cox of Soutbiogton, Clark of Waterbury,
Prentiss of North ' Stonington, Bennett ‘of
Huntington, Olncy of Thompson, Welch of
Winchester, and Shailer of Haddam, were
ppointed on the part of the House. , I

- A committee from the Senate informed the

has been carried On.‘so fortunately between this ,[.,1ous‘e that me ,‘Se,,’a,e was orgahizéd ad ‘ad
1 ready to proceedin business. H ,
~' ._.Jain'es._Eaton:' and »Cha'iidlei'- Sanderson

gether. n:iturall_v directs attention to the doings were appointed messengers, and." sa‘ui.tl_el;S.
of those in whose proceedings the people of the ' "

State have a deep int-2-rest.

I-Ioyt and Williaiii B. Davis door keepers

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