Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-12-09
The GOTERNOR,S LETTER
Addressed 10 tie Legislature tie commencement of Dec
Der Session, 1906.
RICHMOND, December Isl, 1906.


RICHMoND, December Isl, 1906
NO object grand pleasing estimation of the
than an assembly of the of peo-
looking them power and the
t OF the sovereignty of the country History affords no proof
m OF system similar to our own in nation
specuaons of their greatest if o ewes to tho
representative 1emocracy is in the init
led States acknowledge power bow to III. go
yereignt of the peoples in the which repre-
sentative The General Assembly Virginia from
very portion OF ITS territory bringing with them the wishes the
OF the and experimenting department of our
political concerns approached through you with respect
que to their character 1t is the business of Executive
20 the faithful execution of the right that they should rem
which they discharge duty and communicate to them @
defects IN the laws have been discovered operation
rising Executive department its opinions on
of promotive of the public welfare am
will always receive due attention. Influenced
beg leave make the following communication to the egs
lature. ~,
The duties of the Executive imposed by the constitution the
neral laws OF the land they have been faithfully executed
have not been diversified
munleeon They rejoice at the happiness the people
for the protection OF their liberties and property.
The public institutions in ti. city have been objects prt
been conducted heretofore under the experimenting vigilance
and skill Of the ingenious Major john Clarke equal
to the of the friends
valuable establishment report its operations will be
prepared usual by the superintendent the subject
Of subsequent AT beg leave observe
that by the of the fifth of February forty thou
sand dollars appropriated for the of manufacturing
including officers salaries with restriction that
the operations should conducted prevent expenditure
OF greater and that should Auditor
to issue greater keep
the nstittonin operation and the keep the
limits of the appropriation there would be necessity for
ns the expense of the establishment Accordingly those the
arhce discharged whose spared with she
least injury and e1eron made comply
of the Legislature, by keeping limits of the re
on imposed. But establishment extensive as our MANI,
factory OF Arms is Impossible the first experiment. fore
see certainty particular systems of operation will
the institution in motion for given suuand
had already equaed the appropriation which
bound exceed Thus situated the
ed became important object of enquiry have per
med the establishment idle disseminating lis oDe,
with the most serious inconvenience and injury. Waving
sderaton of all other disadvantages of proceede it will
perhaps be sufficient observe that the of the had
been induced by the promise of employment Virginia
from parts Of the End many there
conceived that if failed furnish them employment
by disseminating the operations the Arms thew
would DC asoived from their Obligations the ubc and depend
ing employment for subsistence they would have
ed to seek it elsewhere and to abandon the had
been procured after much trouble with great EXPENSE
they had arrived at great skill their respective branches
and had become attached the institution. they been
compelled abandon their loss could have supplied but
atgrea and after considerable time
this important establishment would have laogushed remained
idle H was therefore conceived by the Executive their duty
the services of men, provided could H..
done without departure from the of the Legislature
which they hold high knowingly violate was
that the Artinees were willing TO
in the public employment carrying operations of the Ma
nuacforv of Arms, although they knew that there
vide for their payment and that the
any cpromit the public faith They demanded no
such contract and fdcmandd would have
willing throw themselves the lberai of Assembly
provided the Executive woodpernit them proceed
al empoynent and would promise the
hep the consideration the Legislature. The
to be carried USUAL and such articles be urchas-
by the Superintendent should be absolutely
pogess Of the establishment the of whom they pur-
chased agreeing their claim for the footing
whhat Of the claims oil the Arhcers The had