Newspaper Page Text
q wired W tUia ample saftsritii f all mnift )MMi them; and iotro- r)Moj iibW WipoHsat ahecke upon tb ac lr, 0 ike Tumi, Had the pr- f ! beew adopt ed imitM lute v elW the raiitacKHxi of ih pre nil Constiiutam, if m highly improba be that the dsfa'Cvlioo which now rtnbat mm our fViances could have occurred. il wi'l be observed that lite system established resemble, in nine respect, that of the Independent Treasury of lliw U" tad Slates. The reermbUoce would l rooat eoralpete except io leeeipu and dis beraernenis of revenue in coin, if th Trees rer iif SuU were excluded from C na .cnetodv of pobhq money, and all payment Were vqn'rwl to be made to dep .sitaiir, and all .lisbnrsemeitU by drlt j-ii them, under suitable restrictions and regjUltons I recommend a pruvii.m of I'm .latere. d i that h-water "'I public moneys I e re-q-.urel l . '.- C ecte I and lisbur-e ! iu sp. cie, or re-tea of spec pnyiiit; bank, "f ' State, and ih it n p i) ".nt U mad f " " the l'reeuy "f any nun und" twenty dol lars otherwise llioi in can. Every gnirl which Its' "' m c m devi-esheu'd b (wovided agaiml future mills ft pub lie funds. I reOom Ii "Vwl M") P'"" iHI b mad for thorough examiualto.i iiito the condition ol trie County fressu mm ami full ren irtt ot tlf results for the information of Ihe wWMKff Assembly. Some further provi-ion ofl tw H th earv in regard ti 1 1 cusl.sly and trmte fer 'of Slate and Federal Ixxflg held by officers o(' StaU, a- security for llio circula ton of Ixaitk-. At .ie-ni llie l-oul- ue longing to I he Jndepeti leit' B i -ke stebelo by the Tievmer, while km belonging Hi the Free Banksare hat by An Ul-r In case of insolvency, the bonds are oqui re io be sold by HI fttli eW holding them end t lie proceeds wW i Aaw or pio rati payment of the circulation. The large overs coilfened lor those ei'di ar iWe to -jrett at'Uie, tjpi have, in Utl, been tfre.tly abute I. 1 see "e rei on why thi bou U l haTMNeJ W " the banks RwavU not be losilcl with the Irennurer, ami tuch twMwa iiniMwe.i upon his Aoli iii. tliro' the agfiK V "f the tttet ali.l othei aviso, a will ctfooluall) nuar.l against all akni 1 re!iecllu!ly recninini'iid H your favora ble consul ration tho IwpetHM Containe.l io the leport of the srComl special examiii stion of the Tiewury herewith iransinit ted. The traiiaHCtiuis above detailed, teetlier with the ouIjIhikIiiij; hahililies of 1855 have uei i"U;.y nU'oulol (he fjuaucial coinli lion of tli- MMi as IWMMl Wl reve iiuea and dibursuaient. To obtain a clear idea of tho aetml fitu- lion, ii will he nacesyiic to invert to the cloae of thfiCil )e.n, 1 854-5 . 'J hi; btiMM in the Tieas ury on Uie I5tli of Hov., 1855, Kjijil cable t" the dn KIwMNMtiof 1053-6, wh, hCC'ihIiiik Io the re poit of the MM AuJiu r of tale. 1703,670 80 lUi ta'thii bI niice HmN li;.ll bvn le pOSIti"! with failed bankl Mild b uikeil bv thu "lit going l rwM ui-r S.'Jt.f.HO 09 And there Wat reUmed by hini uii'ler ciaim for " Ciiaugv, IUJ mil cifdited by the AudttOI 18 457 10 And litem had bwN unlawfully abstract ed, as apfieuis fiotn thu repoila ot' Mr Sparrow and of tlm present TivasUicr 57'J 9 I 1,00 Makiii0' an sggu'iiiitu of 91), 004,07 Showing instead of an availa ble ha imce ol 7Ud,57O,0d, a ,e,d delicti of 899.433,90 To provide the means of carrying on the Government, in the iihsence ul Uie re ported balance, Ihe on going l ieasuier oh lamed from the County Treasurers the sum ol 87tiu7IS70. and appioprhiled the sum of 894, 700.35, held intiusl lor the bill-holders of the OlMMw Dank of Cleve laud, making mi sggiealeol 88 j5,6J-,05; of which he dishuisvd in pay meats lortne Slale, 8547.144,07; and paid over lo hi auiccssor, in ddlerent -urns and al d Herein timet, 8303 806 34; being the whole amount thus obtained and appropiiated txcept 94,102 C4; of winch last sum he retained for exchaiige.cliiuned to have been paid for the Jauuaiy inlet est, 12,726,61. Tile Sttl ill biilai.ee Is liailudcd W the Octal caliou as lepottcd by the preseul Tio.s bier. But not only vv.s there this actual deli Oitofcash mesli-, but ilebls nl,o existed, counseled in 1869, Mid, as to the gieatei portion, without warrant of law, lo the -mount of 8639,005,75. TkwN debts aigi'.atd in supplies and labor, furnished to the kkase and its luslltutiuBS, for the most part III good faith; n I Uie Cl'edlluis, therefore, Could not properly be deliic.l payment, The actual condition of tin Treasury is exhibited by the billowing statement: Aggregate of Minis deposited with failed banks and baukeis, retained for exchange, and un lawfully sbstracled 8803,004,76 A'ld the amount, tetsitied Si exchange paid lor Janu iry in lerest. 1856 8,725,61 Also the amoutit of debts of 1865, unpaid 639,005,75 The to nl amount is 9 1,445,399,05 This total exhibits the mouni by which the condition of the Tieasury was worse than il would have been had no money b?cn deposited except with deposilar.es giving ample securities; had Arrangement! ien loa.le wtlh the-- d-podlaries, as they oOlibtless might have been, lor the pay ment of the interest ou the Slate debt with nut cost for exchange; had no money been tuilasfuhv aUthiClcd; Slid had no debts been rrealed to MM out f the revsnue of suhsrqueitl yeais. Now, if Horn this total of 81.415,396,05 There be d -dii' ted ih rtpOH ba.ai.ee of N-v. 19 J855 7u3,o70.80 7'une will remain 974,829,261 ith ! to emiity TrraMirr, as a charge upoa the wveauea of 1866 8 and aubsrsueul years; e cept an far as main to meet it might be dff.v.dfrom the dalina ainst depoxta ries anl againat I lie ai treaau'ers an I tlHsir sure a-: or from revenues daa in 1865 but not then pai.l. Fnnu tbeaa touice have been in fact itceitrd: Payments by Daniel Brckcl on aorouut of depuait with Dayton Bsiik 115,000 00 TalrS of Banks 'ue io 1865 but paid iii 1850 IS8.5!8,50 Toul 8141.58 69 Tne aggregate rtce'pla of 1865 0, in ciU'hng Hie above tunt a sliown by tl a Uaks, were 8,5: 8,25 i,8 The aggregate disbursements, shown In III- Auditor's dratt-,icluding 8610.605.75 u l oa account of debts of 1854 6, were 63,712.206,32 The rxcrss of disbursen.eiitt above rrsreipts 8123,85-2,51 To which sllould besdil.d the the a --i ii ol cau means, Nov, 16. 185) An I rirhaiije retained by Ureslm, J so, 1 186J 99,434,16 2 725 54 Making an aggregate which had to be provided from other somcts than levcnues, and was jnohab'y, in part, iiroviile.1 through leniiHirary Ion (by 1'iearurcr Gibson 8220.012 21; The aggregate receipts of 18 50 7 rre $3,189,155,04 The aggieg ite disbursements us shown M Au Jilor's drafts reJuHWi ' 3.04 1 731.75 Eexct's of receipts a'.iove ilralta r. deemed 147.422,09 The amount unprovided for from levenuf, Nov. 15, 1-5 ;, was, as seen ai'ove 822.0I2 Deduct from this I tt astl'l the exec-s of receipts 147,422 II 08 And there remain still tin- ptwtiisjd i'or $78,530 12 To this should be added the excess of warrants Issued above warrants redeemed of which 9121,185 88 were paid by the State Bunks iiinl Branches und. r the arrangement 127,007 45 And tho amount due See) ecs County ii ink tor Bonds c un-it-d bv the True! Unnhmm 100,000 00 And in tin. runt of Judi cial decision Hflilliiing the C mat fjowtraots, fur tlie diJareoos be4wsti factual cost and contract puce i if repairing seel i jus 2, 5, C, 7, and 8, the fur- liter sum of 45 SG7 43 Leaving a balance unprovi ded for, Nov. 15, 1857 8C:i,825 00 From the foregoing Hatouamt, it hji peaei that the expenses of 1865-0, and 1356-7, hav( been met fioiii the reVWIUe of these years without lite aid of any bill fa it,,. l ". '. 1 r, .....I 1 1 ui ui. aM...I .h.lh.n ,.(j, i.... .i 1 1,. i.. r that year i f 0ni.9t fit! h. hu..,. i, plied, and debts contracted in 1854-5. to Ilia aKMMRt of 8519,065 75, have been pni . with no means deiivud from that year, exct pt 1 4 1 ,590 59, from bank tax esand the Dayton IJ.nk deposit. If thine had been ho defalcation, the means in the treasury WvUld have been ampl i to ty the debts of 1855 and meet ill other de m ii ud.-, including the considerable exp nses Mllcudmg the orgiiniz iliou of two iijvv in-stiiuiioii-, the Reform Sthool and the Asy. him for Idioli. If there had been no debts the defalcation would not have seusiblv em - bairassed the oitetHiiona of tlie tieasurv. Fundi to supply, in pa.t. tho drain of these debts and li.e h licit c.eated by ll.e iefalcati ii, have been obtained ll.roU,, liiiiiiiiouri' .ii Mil, ,r. tin, fai It ... t . . L IV HI M.ir . . . 1 ' - 1 I I .V I 1 , s, 111!" III III III II L III hImhiI VJ-)0,0(m. 1 he t il tuts havti len already ivtmbnrsud, ... great part, on. of the current rev, a. It will now he cosa.y to iedi.ee the spp.opri.itious ,,f the current year by an e pi , I amount, or to authoiiz't h temporary roan lo make good the deficiency, and hi i.,crease the taxes of " Ihe coining year by the small ad lition needed IO di-charge it. It has been proposed to raisj the neces sary sum bv the side of ll.e puhl.c prop erly. I have ou a former occasion expres- si If in lav, r of such a sale, under proper gunrds Mini lor lair prices. ut sales al pnets he.ow mo actual value ol the piop niv mr wiirtKiited by no principle of nob cy oi economy; nor ought the proceeds of sales, when iiuide, be applied lo any oilier put posu than the reduction of the public j -Id. I am conn dent that llio people would prefer n s ight iiicreasu of the rule of lax i lion and half a null on the dol ar will amply M.fHee loan increase of the pub he debt, or lo a diversion of the proceeds of ihe public p.onerty to any other pur pose than its reduction. The fotlow'iig schedule will exhi! it tho taxable piopeily of the Stale us valuetl foi taxation; the rc-sp-ctive Hiiiotiuts of Stale, county and local taxes; and liie total mount of tac levied in the Inst year: TAXADLK FKOPKUTI VAM'STION. No. of Acres '25 o29 620 Value f Lands 84.15.602 655 Value of Tow.. A City Lots l49.U04.68d Value of Chattels 263.631. BOo Tctai taxable valuation 9349,329.081 STATE TAXES. For Sinking Fund 8752 513 62 For Oeo'l Revenue Fund 685 407 54 For State Com. School F'd 1,254,312 39 Total State Taxes t2.692.2G3 55 COINTT TAXES. For County Expenses 93,7d2 63 For Br dge Purposes '267J07 64 For Pout Purposes 221.689 15 For Bwildiag Piiinmn 292 541 9j For Road I 'in poses 185.778 UH For Raiiru.id I'm poses 4JI6U 18 Totnl Countv Taxes 82.336,805 82 OM1KR LOCAL tazks. For Townsh p Kxajnses 8297 207 42 For School it school ilouscs 1,403, l'J 7 1)6 For Spec:l Taxes 231,025 80 This remainder is the amount Ml, For City 4 Town Kxpeosee 1,315.374 78 Total Township 4 Citf beial Ta.es I 47.4f 6 05 Dr'oi 4ue1.de- dt forfritures 39: 944 61 Total local tales, iiKlu ding vouuly tales, as abeva 0,026,859 38 mciP.tvuT: v Total county taxt 98.380 508 82 Total lowitahip, city and fliecul taxes 3 247,406 05 , Dehuqueociea A forfeitures 3'.. 944 51 Fotal ktcal taxes I'otal Stale taxes 6.028 850 . 8 2,59161 56 Excess of Locr.l over State Taxation Total tsxee on Duplicate a a a It is worthy of consideration whether some further limitation upon the taxing poer of couolY and muiiiciaxl Rulhonlirs may mil be usefully impd. 1 respect fully recommend rlso that provisioo be hi le by iaw for the col lection of taxe-semi-atiuually (usteiid of annually, as al pte-ent. In that case there need be do accumulation in the Stale or countv Trens uries, hut the money of the people will re main in their own h.mds lid actually want el for public purposes. The public debt of the State, of all de scriptious, appears in the following state ment: FOMKION AND DOMESTIC STATE DEBT. Conditio oi the Foreign and Domtttic tute Dtbt of Ohio on t e 1st Junua rij, 1 858. Ain't of foreign Foreign debt paval le onttanding Jan in N. V. City. 1st, 1858. Five per cent, st.a-k paya ble at the pleasure of the Elate after the 31-1 Dec., Iblij 91,025,000 00 Six per emit, stock paya ble t the plaastsra of the Slate after the 31st Dec. 1300 Six percent, slock payable al ih.; pleasure of the iSlatt after the 3lsl of Decembel, 1870 Six per cent, stock paya ble at the pleasure of the State after the 31st December, 1875 Six per c.-nl. i. ck paftV b e nt the pleasure of tlie Slate Hiler the o Ul December, 1380 6,413,525 27 2 183,551 03 1,000,000 00 2.4 10.0 )0 00 Total ain't for'n Si de D't 18,891.891 20 Dome-tic debt payable at Columbus total am t Total foreign a. d domes tic Statu debt Inedlicible Stale debt total 67 7,200 37 13 8Hfl,07 2 6t3 027 Total Stat.' debt of all de- Kiipi s 10 402C95 3 TIN lindiicih'e Debt is c inpn-cd of the ploceeds ol lands gianled by Congre-s for tducalioiial Mill lollgiotts pniises, ivhieli have IV .mi timu to Um been paid ovet to the Slate and la resta I in pahha improve ineiits "f other wave, uadtr a pledge of faith 'that six IMW cent, anou the sums leceiod shall be Mmuslly impropriated lo the oh J'Sttsol uie acv goims. ns i e ,ev remains a considerable sum tn lattlerived from the-e souice-, (his Itrcduedile lu' t must Ur giad will augmented. The (lei -Stal Assembly Ins hereiohue wisely ilinnt ed, that all moiieis thus received lhall be applied in the rediictioii of the foreign and domestic debt; and I bet is no probability thai this policy will lm changed. It is lo be regretted that prior lo the net of April 1 1, 1857, no provision was made for keeping the Sinking Fund separate from other money in the Treasury, or ef ; ,UL 7 .. " "IT'"-'"'"'';, fectually securing its exclusive application i,.",w ,"wl,uw . ". " r ,Mlu I , i n -.7 u,.,l .IL ,i r. 'm e,H T,,W? s .Tl TT il l"" lnm , ' V . : . . e.at .veveuue. ami urns ......eo app ... .1 If... ..i , i is uiol llnio . , , ii i i'ii, I lit. ulitsli cttioil Id or-i:ti;HV fXihMitiriure-". in niv . . . " . . . 1 J . , ' i 0r "Veil jurt.Utd, euvpt incase ol ab i""11"" V' I I recoinmetlil thai prof Won be made f')r ihe restoration to the Sinking Fund of ibe amoutitt willidiswn from it, iu order that tne enliro balance properly belonging I . - l . . I . f .la. la.ai ...S I . iimctlOO is not tti m '"' tumi may ne su.eiy mvesieu auu re served lor .is legitimate objects. The priiiciitil of tho State debt has been reduced during the psst year by the pay. meiil ot lu'J,u uo, derived cn.env trom I the premium of the loan of 'J, 400,000 no- I gottnleil to discharge too amount wlitcl became payable idler 1856. Of the re maining debt, the sum of 6,413,525 27 will become psyab'e at the pleasure, f the State al any lime after the 0 1st of Decern ber, 1860. The terms of this contract ex elude the idea of obligation to pay at thai lime; but it will doubtless be Ihe pleasure of the Stale to pay a very large part, if not the whole uf this debt, as noon as ihe light to pay shall accrue. The proceeds of nil public propeny which my be sold, should l e exclusively d rroUri to this pur po-e. and provisions should be made, if n moderate adi'iliouiil levy will effect llio ob ject, of h sulUcltnt nun lo dischaiga at least one-tliir l of ihe ninou.it. Tlie resi due may be distributed over so many of (lit following yaars as wi'l bring its p iv meiii within the reich of moderate taxa tion; or immediate payment, if preferred by the CradiuMs, may be made in ne bonds, bearinu; a less rale of inleipsi, nnd payable at such times as the Ge"enf As sembly may see tit to direct. Under a I circumHances the Interest on the enliie debt must be punctually paid, nnd the credit of the Stale maintained inviolate -I do not doubt that the people of 0'ii will cheerfully submit In any not exce-ive rules of taxation, if assured beyond per .d veiituie. that the proceeds will he honestlv and punctually applied in discharge of a debt, the interest of which constitutes so Inge an annual drift upon their reniree Existing laws req lire the appointment of a Transfer Agent and Registrar at New York, and regulate the tran-fer of stock ami the payment of interest ami debt thu.' th s agency. Expettei co has shown the Isnger of eonfi hug powers such us ate no Cissatily vested iu these iiIhQi la. to person. heyond the Jurisdiction of tie State, and not amenable to its laws. If ohlig, lions issumed at the creation of the de'tt and its part of its consideration, require their appointment sod maintenance, these ob!i- " If gallons mu-t be lulftilel in goo. I fsilh it be utl erwkM-, lite (bcS snuii.' m abol- alieil, and all iransfeis should laj made def, eassiilial to peace, atlioroiig4ii) orysn ' Ki-pieentalive in Oowgiese to urge thi M8ha i he Stale, au-l MfWt the directso i it-l syUera of pular is necss an ; aad, as cUhil. if ts Elecuiive officers 1 cotn i end a lajrt .1 U.te svstem of i-.lica .liseiohil The President of titer United Stalai an.! this .i j .i lo legia alive aud COUai.lwali'HI. iuveatigaton 1 f .i -1 . v rucommend the repeal of tie act allow. ng contracts lor .nuttssl at ten l"r crut 1'he legahsatlvrfi of such a rale J ol micreal enattie- me iii .i.etl caoitalwt In atiWiri. lar IO , laluai a alialM i,f Ilia uBs ot the larmer, lite mechajiic aitd ilia , ineicliaiit. 11 otlen takes Hie wltolei aiol MMstlllMM more lliait the whole. It niav be, as some think, that the law as it fl,aJ prior to that act, wiajid be improved by ' Hie uhkiitution ol toe rate of seven per cent, in place of the old rate of six per cent, 3,434 ,5U5 03 naiever rale ol interest may be appro 8,619,122 93 ved, 1 lesiHctfully suggest that il should be uuiioim, and la) allowed to rsn, whether natural or artitiaMl, alike, and Uial ail contracts for a higher rale, by w l.o evtriuade, should be deemed and held ahk-r null and vohl, uitle-s eulorced, with simple Uilereet, lor the benetil of e luc i lioital ur beuevoletil institutions. Discritu luiitious between classes of lenders, tempt to fraud ami almost uniformly fail of ben eficial results. In ibis connection, your attention may also laj usefully given to the various devices by which banking iustitu lous seek to evade statutory limilalioiis o interest, aud to the provisiun of more efJcc tual guards against such evasion. Ot the several ameiidiiieuts of the Con slilutiou proposed by the last General As seiuhly, aud subinilied to the people at the last General election, none received the Midiages of a m ii nil v of all the electors. 1 do not legard this result, under the cir- cuiiisUucus, as a decisive ver.lKl, an l,slih believing, for i easous heretofore fully hs--i-ued, that Annual Sessions are necessary lo the proper cre and secuiii. of the iin I C luleics'.s; and llint single Senatorial and lieplcseiitHiive Districts are in r4SMliM lo u Hue expiession of the popular will in legislative action, 1 reiHKtfully leXOtllinelld n. other i, jluinssion to the C ple of amei.d meets providing for these important oh jecls. 1 confine this recommendation lo these "meiidmeiits, MMM 1 legard them as most desirable and because experience seems lo teach that when more MMMIMN ssyarate propositions aie stibmit'ed, no one ot II. em is likely to rttetVtl the opular sanction . Of Ihe R pirtt reipiirel to he prin e' Hid laid b. fore the delu ral A Sembly at the coiiiiueucement of its session, tho-e id the I le isiiiet ot Stati ; uf the liisiiluti. n lot 'he l. af and Dumb ; ol the llSStrtMlaai lor Use liiiini; Mid of the Ceutiitl Umo and Noiihein Oiiio Lunate .-ylunis, are ready and will he immediately I. .id b f.re von. The RwMWta i4 tk Soutleui Ohio 'I .in. A.iln r i in. ( 1 1. ii , 1 .'niit'iii'iM rv: and of ihe Stare House Commission ui-, aiomt hands uf the binder, and w ill he speedily i A i, In,, r .,)' St it submilled. I hose of Ihe ; of ihe S-civlaiy of St m ; iu B i ..i PilJi. vv .ili. ..f ,1... Ih. B I id I'ubhc Woiks: ol tin- lie- (TNI "rill a.!; ul llsa Asylum lor Mr is; isf n... (h, ...... klaaiaa " - -- ' aaaj laf ii... i ,.f ,i... Si t.. I. l.f ..e ., k the hand- ol l ie aisle I'liuter, Hi d Wu Fnater, hi . I twill if ubtless be preslitetl l efoie ihe elu-c of the C.Htlillg wei'a. I he lepoits of the Colli mis-io in of Common Schools, of the CM'I itilsatiHtef of Statistics of the CommisshMi. eis of the Sinking Fund, of ihe Onto Uni vetsily.aiil tlie Miami University, have hot cl been i-celved. Thu repoit ol the t'ominissionel of ('.nil moil Schools lias been delayed by the ouil- sion ou the pail oi several County An I itor 1 1 ii ois.iiit ilw uece-siry returns ; Ixil 1 am sssurVd that it wdl tOOH be ready lu he sent iii. Tlie labor of the Commis sioner has been extremely arduous, ami 1 Co iiuieud lo Join fuvo.ahle nctioii his ap plication for h Clerk. The grunt interest entiiislu'l to his charge is ol ptnmnv im liorlallC.). 1 hat llie po, le teel HUd un- . . . . . derstnad ill true impoiianc , is apparent a ... , a... ,., . IhUr.roi a. 1 366.7.14 41) whs HPbl'ted iu sup poll of co lull schools And no w i- . . - . y. . . ...,. ! hu m ule. Tho youth ot li e Stsle are the limine Slat-. The State will be what, un I der present training, they become. No I body of men do a greater work, or de I serve i.igher favor than ll.e teacheis of the i schools Their wishes unci suggestions merit your most serious attention nnd fa I vorablu consideration. Among them no i mi. uiii.A i aa I., I, i.f .vreulpr moment t but tmt py of nitt.i im. for the i preparation ofa larger number of til jrougl. j v ,,tiHlifi,;d teachers. 1 respectfully coin mend to ou the inqtiirv whether this pi vision m vy not be made by organizing a Normal Department for the instruction ol teachers, in one or both of the State Uni versities. I he report of tlie Commissioner of Sta tistics whs not required to he in readiues i.t thu commonceiueiit of the session. I is however, in prepaiation, and will be li before you hs soon s possible. The labo of collecting, collating, analyzing and mi Hinging the materials for this loport mtts no'esS'trd J be vat and perpl.-xing; but I I. tve full confidence that it will be wel and I liitiou gill v performed; and that the report, when made, will present a most gratifying exhibit of the industry, resour. OesaO'l c.v iliz ilion of the State. The reports of the Auditor and Treas urer will exhibit fully and in detail, the state of the finances. They contain nwi y J'l"'lic Asylum. Uehts have been SOn valnable stio.rest ions which I commend ...'.Hactel in behalf of that Institution luge your consideration. The report of the Au dit' r ids shows the amount of means pro vided for the expenses of the current yeir within which amount it will be neceasrv that legislative appropriations be strictly limits I, a n r the suggestions contained h th t report ,4 the SeCtelary of Stale, that of securing uniformity of eleclijn ratniM by the distribution to the returning olticers of proper blank lorma prepared in the Set rj lary'l office, seems especially to merit being emUvdiel in a legislative enactment. Tour ow n observation, as well as the ro oil of the Commissioners, will inform V'U that the vork on the New State H use has been c rriod forward during, the pist year vvilh diligence ami economy. I lie repoit of the Q i uter M i ler Gen- j era! will direct yoiii altahthM to the Condi lion of the militar (let asrt meal , The oh if cl of the act of the last (ieneral Assem hly h. orgs.qz and discipline the mi.iti a d volunteer militia, has been in p ot ac eomplishe I ; but some important modifier li uis are necessary to its mo-t beneficial effect. Peace is among the highest inter- w t - sls an I inoal Sjcrtd duties of Slates as well as of iuds idu iks. To secure domealiC or- inililary fotca i ofteu iu.lijaraalae. 1 do n l Wi'ieM Hist eJJsill rhevrlui'v mnciton sucii extiendioents as III .Hi sub-eite lite fjvWal iturixwe to be f.ilfllled. MM pntgrewt has het-o ina.le, under a reMloptn ra' the last (sVneral Aaeerahl' , in Ilia IS, L-lkm ami aal ..I nuKlu- imil ni.lt U srexe; of sIinjIi a detailed alalemeiit illan le sulimitted to you. 1 he remarkable imtnauHV from disease ..f the ctr.vieta in the Peitiieotiary ; their , regular instruction in useful knowledge, 'and in moral and religious duties their : general goo-1 conduct aud ate id y industry rviu.-e the judgment and ndehty wilt) which lis CsaiCerns aie admiiiisieiad. The ifcenl loss Mit oned hy tire was serious injury to the Institution, and accounts mi part for the slight excess which appears io J its Xinditure over lis leceipls. The Iteform Schiad, aulhoiixel by the last General Assembly has been establish ol ill the County of FVrtield; and is now resuy fur he admission of iumales. The opoit of the Commissioners charge,) with its organization willbe found iultresling and sallafactory, The lepmu of the differentr Asylums exnib i, in the mam, satolai totyasains, I heir man igement has b gener I by ability, energy, sUCCe-s. I he large average inmate, however, and the la expenditure for these liistitulioiia u)tgest J tne necessity of the slricttssl economy, ami the expediencv ol so modilting their regu Ulioiik that pay meet shall be ie(u le I lor j admis-ion ami ma nleiiance.in MM aheie the circuinslauce of the inuute or his p rents seem to justify il. It is highly de sirable, also, that provision be made as far as practicable for the iiisliuciiou and 'em ployment 1 4 Ihe inmates lu such indu-lr.-I otcu pal ions as may las suitx lo their capacities nl abilities, for the double pur pose of dimiiii-hi,.g the co-t of their mam leliauce, and of prepailug them loi sllsop- , port in alter III fba conspicuous fact that in MNMfOW iuslances the causes of he iiifirmities, ami especially ol the idiocy ; lunacy, and H tuns, ttluch ti l our Asylums, our l'ei.ile. tiarv, and our Ketwn story lu-tilulions, aie to be traced to the violation of natural law-, and especially lo Intemperance, cannot fail lo attract your notice. Mote general nisti iieluOs in l ie physical Ins ol Mo and ell being, and in the moral and reiig oils obllgatlona col meet ed u III llielll, lllll-t be lelled on for the diminution and picv en nui, of Hie violations. Ihe Constitution ot tlie Stale author zes the (ieneral Assem lily lo provide by law against t .e evils re- .-lilting 1 1 1 tin li e tuitric III ; mpioia. While Intemperance crowds our in isons, desolates cur liouies, robs society j of Its brightest ornaments, mid proclaims Uttl everywhere the lou rl virlue.ol pe-n'e, lM ol securHy, all right minded men will i ami of secuiitv. all rirfht itiinded m.m will agree that whatever can be i ightfully done to iiroltet the ConiuiUHttv from such an levil. shoiil I bo done. It will be vour dn y W wisaauwr mis sabject with t mm ret- en-Bee b the de nds ol public sentiment with a sinceie r.speel for peisomd li. hls, :ic icspeci tor puisolllll 1 1.' Ills, honest puipose to accomplish icited bv the Constitution. and with su tlie end indie t iii pwaawi IFi' ' avriaV Tluj condition uf the Public Works rtf detention, 1 he Mier-ft ol Clark county, tlie Slate is fully staled iu the repot t of while ait Miipting to execnU th s writ , was t.,e B and charged with their supervision, a-siulted by the-e pjlty oS rials and sen It will he seen that the llet income of the Oiiaiy injute I. while Ins deputy was filed Canals dining the last year has fallen short " t iough happily vvithotii etlevit. A ol Ihe expeiidilui"s,'nciuding Commission" ammt wn issued by n Jilsticj of llie er's WtvUwka, by the sum of 823.615 61. I l,lu,,3 for ihe apprehension of the pel pe ll will also be seeti that thu actual cost of tretoti of these uSuwm. This warm.) le.iatts upon two seclions, exceeds the co. tract prices by 918,094 82, while the contr ct jirieas upon four sections exceed the aeiual cost by 845, 5J7 4.'); making a net dill'ereiice in favor of actual cost of 27.- a-r.i . I i.i....... . . , vjiiurr vurae ciicumaiances, me sle of the canals will doubtless bo urged u,,,,,, ,0ur attention. It may be admitted that true policy renniies the total sensra I n of the Slate from ti e control and I managsii-ent of public works of this des criplton ; but hs ills canals We o cnnslrue ted when a ditlereut policy was stronglv recommended by tht cirOUinttaAAeS of tin people, Hitd have i Ii us become the proper ty uf the Stale nt immense cost, I an c eaily of the opinion that they should But i e sold except for their actual value, tin under such restriction a will secure lb ends of their construction . It uih be h . i lie Oeneral Assembly, if tlispo e I to an thorizs a sale, to determine the rteC"taM rest rial Was, aitd liow far tlie results of tin past yoiir'are to be accepted as au indie iion of value. In my judgment tlmso .tills aje to be asciibed mainly to th. temporary causes indicated ill the report d the Hoard, and I have httl- d uM thai the income in future yeiis, under prmleni and economical managemeul, wiltr. t ft their anticipations. Under the-e circum stances, it will probably bo safest, ;n ca-e i sale be contemplated, to take the average net income of the last ten yea s as a prop er criterion, ami to estimate the value at tlie ptinoipaJ of which that income would be tho interest at six per cent, It gives me pleasure to slate that the expenses of most of the State Institution-, and of the ditlurelit Officers and Boards in the p lidic serv ice, have been kept s'.tict ly within the limits of the legislative ap prop.ialions . An important exception will he found in the case of the Northern ly beyond the appirptiation for its support; and iu part, at least, in direct violniiun ol the act of March 3), 1857, which not on ly exnressly pro nbi's su di contracts, hut a bj 9 the oIiceis ii a.i' g them to perso.. hI liability f.u their IterformAnca, sn l dis tinctly declares that the State shall not be I able, it is ltidispensible necessary to arict a practice, which, together with the defalcation, has vaused the present em barr osuient of our finance, and w hich, if permitted, will transfer the determination of the amounts to be appropriated to the various obj-cis of tho State Government, from the licpresent.vliv8 of the people, to the several Administration Boards and tl ttlce is There are some aspects of the relations of 0 tils' with the Federal Government, to which 1 feel myself constrained to invite your attention. In my last communication to the Gen- J ,-ml Assembly, I slated some reasons for believing tlmt n large sum is duo to the Slate fri m the United States, under the compact i elating to the proceeds of public lands diepessd of within our limits. I rac- . ommeiid the adoption of retolutivit, in struclnig our Seuatois ami leouesliug our te Srcrvtary of tlie KesWal T eiur liae iccoinmen.ie-1 to Congress me enact iitenl of a liankrvpt Law, spp'icaltle on y to banks aad lailnaids OoinpaitH. bucn a law would draw w.thin federal junsilie lion ami .Iismihmi, niereslt i f vsl extent. anil ll.llllixlrl V OHIIlrC'teil Willi Hie C II cetns of naatl all mir cuixens. It w in asajwaBBeaa SS me oeieigiivv is inn lltsl she resain Hie counol ol tneae coip.- rations m her own Legwl-lure and he oau Cowrts. If the Oeneral Assembly MM with me iu tin epniion.l trust its eniimenK will lm made kuowu m some atusrotiri ile mo le A disposition Jus been manifested, with in the last few years, by some of the ffi- cials of the Federal (iovernment, exeon sing their functions within the limits ol Ul.io, to di-icgaid I e authority, and to i encro..ch M the ruliU of the State, to an extent and in a manner which demand- your notice. In Frbiusiy. 1850, - several persons were seized iii Hamilton county aa lugi liva s'avea. One of these ajtsons, Mar garet Garner.iii the fiei xy of the moment impelled, as it seems, by the diead ot see mg hei children dragged, with herself, back lo slavery, attempted to slay them ii Ih j spot, mid actually succeeded in ki Iiiil' one. For this ac'. she and hei Ciuioai i ms. were indicted bv the grand jury Mr the crime of murder, and were i . - taken into cu t.-dy upon a wril regularly laaued from the court of com.iion pleas. While thus impiisoped under the legal MHk of a Slale Couit, for the highest crime knon to our code, I writ of halaras Corpus Was issued b. a Judge ol'lhe Dis tin t Couit of the United Slate-, itipiuing their production be'o e him. T e writ war ola-ye I by ll e sherd!, aial, contrary to nil expectations, and in disregaid, as I ihiuk, of principle ud uiilhorily, the pi toners we.e taken fn :il Ins cusltaiy bv older ol the Judg , and, wilhout alloing aiiy .ippoiiumty for the iuleraisilioii ot ties Mlale autlioi ilies, delivered o er lo the ' Maishal ol the United States, by whom they vveie ill inediattlv Iri.n-porled beyond our limit.,. The alleged gtound for this action and order vvms that theiiultc'ed parsi lies had been seiz -d as fugitive slaves up- on m Federal Coinmlssioiiei s warrant, be- foie the indictment and arrest, ami thai tne right lo then custody, thus acquired, was Miirerior to th it ol the Sheritf, t.n lei the pioce.-s of ihe Stale. I Ins d 'Ctruie inu-l MMrMwHl give practical ioipiimty to inutiler a hewevai Hie inunlerer may be seized by a Fvdernl official as a fuguive frwM service before ariesl for the crime under State authority. Imputing no j wfimg intention to the Judge, 1 am si mil lei to arid that his lol'eedlllg Seems to mo au abuse, raiher tiian an exercise, I judicial power A a uillar case occurred more recently county deiiulies ot Ihe of Champaign. Several Federal II IWktl, having Hi rested ceitnin citizens I this Stale foi soase aitsywu ooaaee agatim ua iugine wsvu act, n wilt ol MOesa corpus was is- ow I by the 1'iob ile Judge ol that county, (j ' reipitr.ug the tniesiel pailies to le Unatgbl : belo:e him for iiitniny into the grounds of WHS ",n.v cxecuie.i ann iwa prisoners com milted to jail under the custody of -hetiff of Chirk county. A writ of habeas corpu vviis than issued by thessme District Judge who had interpo-ed in the case of Mar garet Cmiier, requiring the Sher ft'of Clark county in produce his prisoners before him al the citv of Cincinnati. This writ w as I also oheved, and the prisoners were dis I eh-TH cusl.uly by the order of the Judge, onthegrounl lint being Federal olhceis. an I changed with the ex.cilt.on of a Federal writ, they had h right lo over c. ui e, by any necessary violcuc. , nil at-l.-uipts made tin ier the prooeaa ol a Stale on 1 1, to ileum them or (heir piisotiers even lor inquiry Into the legality of the custody in which those prisoners were neld. This principle cannot lie S' lind II subverts effectually tlie sovereignty of the State. It asserts the right of any Dis tr ct Judffe of ihe United Stales to arrest he execution of Stale process, and to mil ify the functions of State four s and jtliies, whenever in his opinion a erson chaigei! with crime under Stale authority, ha- sc t 'd in thu mailer forming the basis of the charge, in pursuance of any Federal law or at ran I, No act of Congress, in my judgment, sanctions this principle. Such an act, indeed, would be cleirlv uncon-ti lutionat, because iu plain violation of ihe express provision which requires that the trial of all crimes shall be by jurv. Il is deeply to be legrellud that Colli sisns of thin kind should occur. 1 1 o aa t llO) i ties of Ohio have .h-ver f it led it: dm consideration for the C institutional light, of Federal Court, nor will I hey (nun mil. fit'l l'i,ey cam ol adtuif, wUiioui diahwuM iial Ssfe prm-'ess is entili-d t.i Iks respe I han Federil, nor can t ey ever Conceils to Feb ml wrs or Fe leral official a ... I erence which is im Conceded t filOM i f t'.w. it l). The tiue course is one of mutual respe:t and muluil deference, Whenever, in any inqu ry UJIsn I. aliens corpus, by any Conn, State or Federal, it may be a-crtained lhal the applicant for the wril is detained under valid process , pursuance o1' a constitution al law, he al.oi.IJ Ik) remanded at once to the custody frosi wjch he may Inve lweti tiken for trial in due course. No investi gation should take place into the guilt or innocence of the party charged, or, what is substantially tt e same thing, whether the facts were justified by the authoritv Under which the applicant was acting ui the time. Inquires of this character are for juries upon a regular trial and in open cou-t; not for a judge at chambers. If made upon one side upon linnets corpus, they must also be made upon the other. If Federal courts ate to protect Federal officials from roseculinn by State courts, for alleged violence of State law. State c 'urts, in their turn, inut protec" State of ficers from pTC talk ft in Federal courts under similar circumstances. Hence dan : getous conflicts must arise, and imiumeut peril both lo libeity and union. I I If such cooticts mud come, to the tt mi of the power vote I ta n e. I shall .an tara list Imaor of lite State and tup--n the aailMMtty . ( Iter coinls 1 pre fer to tape that they ty l sr -nel bf lite abanduiiineut, ou the psrt of the Fed i l autltorillrw, of ike m.l. feutlttle pOSItKM all ck th'V have assumed, The same Jiviei:Mn to extend the rsnfa of Federal power in dlaragriUf i.t of State vervig ty and popular rights, has Urn coiiMcuously manifvH in the act ton of Ih Federal gotetninent in regard to la Ttf . ilory ol Kansas, From tie day when that territory i depmed of lite s4e guard of the Mimm pnthilntion by the passage of the Ksiisaa Nebiaska act, th whole aclioti ol the F-deral giKernmeiit serma lo have been d reeled lu the estab- ! iisliment of slavety within its limits, ln- 'atvad of comnntling. in good lailli, to the peop'e of the Trrntory, the formstion and regulation of their own in-litutions. all the influence of the national a.lnmii-trsiion ilU been exerte-l for the sul jugaiio" if the a-ople to the will of ihe propagandists of slavery. Ihe whole practical etrct m the Kansas Nebraska act has be. n the sulli luliou (' Presidential intervention for sla vert, instead of UongreSsional iitteiveiiliun against rlavery . Without resistance or rebuke from th National Administration, the actual resi dents of Ksl.sas were driviu fiem the polls at the first ten itorial elettion, and a pre tended legislature was imHed or. an un willing people by the fraud ai d foice of. invadets MM an adjoining State. The: people, harassed and outrageil beyond en duiauct by the tyranny of tlie usurping legi-lalure and its insiiiiments, who sere c ,uiiteiiancel and aided by Fe lend office- Holders, sought telinf in a State orgsnizi lion. Through a convention st-enihled at lopeka, they frauiid a State c nstitiilion, ami, after its ratification by the popular vote, sought admission under it rata the. Union, 'Their pr yer for such sdmi-sion, though granted by tlie House of Bepie seidatives r. fleeting the will of the peop'e, wasdeiii.d by the Senate reflecting, io this, the Slave Interest. Eveiy Federal officer in the territory who mahlfesteJ any svinituthv with the ao- , Wltft fiora time to lime, removed, and bodies ol troops were sent to compel sub- IHKSktn lo usurping jvower. A lew months since, under an act which j uraclically disl'taiichis -d H vast majority of j ihe eitlaVWt, a pretended election was held for members of a convention to frame an olhci constitution. This convention wis constant, d, ns was intends!, exclus vely of the part il si s of slavery. It framed, of course it si ve 'statu constitution, and ptovided for its transmission to Congie-s without previ ous submission to the people for rstifics. tion. It propose ! indeed to submit to pop ular judgment the question of slavery, or no shivery, but so framed the lerms of sub mi-Men that no matter how the people might voto' slavery would in any event exi.-t in the new State, if admitted into the Union under tint Constitution. Happily' subsequent to the election of tho Constitutional Convei.tion tl.a period for the s.c nid election ofa Territorial Leg islature mi m ud, and tit the election then held, the actual residents of the Teirilory succeeded in electing a ui -jonty of its mem bers in both blanches. The people, mock el nnd instilled by the proceedings just uarrui.-d. uoiv invoked bom the Secretary of ihe Territory, acting as Governor, the OON vocation uf this body Foi compliance w lib t iis jint demand, the Secret try was removed Iron, office. For t xqiess ng him--ell iu opposition to the admt-siou of the Stale into the Union, un er (he Constitu ted of ihe Convention, end without p'i vious submission to the people, the Gov ernor the Terntory fell ut.di r such dis pie, sure o! the Administration, that he was constrained lo resign Ins position, lithe power and patronage of the of the Federal Government can secure the admission of Kmsas into the Union under this slave slate Constitution, that power and patron age will, without doubt, be actively em ployed to that end. In all this ihe people of Ohio have a deep and vital interest. Il ii beyond question that a vast maiwhy of the olec son are opp,-u. to this ml. rpositiou of the Federal Government in heh.lf of slavery. 1 trust the Gennal Assembly will give emphr.ic expression to the sentiments of (he people. It cannot fail to anest attention that all these encroachments of the Fedeial Government upon Slale Sovereignty and upon the freedom of the 'lenitot.es, arise from a delermin 'd purpose on the part of those who Control its action to ex lend the dom m, and enlarge the power of slavery. Under this iufluncu il.ean cient and original policy ol slavery prohib ition was overthrown aud revt-ised by tho Kansas Nebraska ac. Under this influ ence, the whole power of the National Government has been exerted to foice sla very upon the reluctant people of Kansas. Under this influence also, peissteut at tempts are made io subjugate the teopleof the Free States to Federal domination, through the administration of the Fugitive Slave act. Under this influence, timi dly , the Federal Judiciary has pnanu g.ted tlie rev o ting docl.ine that the Collsttlul 0 I of the Union estadllshes and guaranties sla very in all national territory and conse quently that there is no foot of our widely extended domain outside of States wftc i eonelitlltlons prohibit slavery, wheie. tl free laborer can find a home exempt from the intrusion if thai very peculir institution This rapid progress of despotism cannot fail to arouse and fix intention of ti reflecting peop. It forces tiion the coun try mmnentona iasues between tow oppo site systems f goveriime"t two oppuaiio. theories vif i ,e sonstitutio"- TbeSe issues are radical vjid. ShiiH the govern, ment of tie. country be administered by the 3ope, f,,r the people, or by a privil eged class, for a privileged class? 1 the constitution, in fact what it is now claimed to be, the bond and guaranty of slavery; or what the fathers of the Republic he I i ey ed it to he. the shield and safeguard of Liberty? Ies it nstahlsh ilaverv evrv-. v here, outside of Flee Stales, or Liberty evry where, outside of Slav e Mates? ShaI, the power which it confers be used foi the extentioii and perpetuation and evrywheie. of human bondage, or of human free.lot'? It is ne( doubtful where upon these iss ues, the majority of the ,iei.p'e of Ohio wid laj found Thier traditions identify them with Freedom and free institutions. The mainspring of their prosperous pro, giess is in the prohibit ion of slavery bv the OtdirancfaOf 17 87. is this prohibition. J