Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-11-20
DOMESTIC.
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
ST. CHARLES NOV. 6.


ST. CHARLES NOV. 6.
This morning at 10 O'clock, the Co.
vernon, by the Secretary, WIN, G. Pet
tus, Esq delivered 10 the General As
sembly the following message:
Gentlemen Of the Senate, and Of she
House Of Representatives.
In communicating with you on the af-
fairs oil the Republic at the beginning Of
your present labors, it affords me much
satisfaction to be, enabled to State, that
the Solemn. public act passed at your
last session has been received and acted
upon by the President of the United
States, and that Missouri has at Ieagth
obtained her legitimate rank among the
confederate soyreignties of America.
An authenticated copy Of the Presidents
Proclamation announcing to the world
that Missouri has complied with the re-
QUESTIONS contained in the Resolution Of
Congress passed at their last session,
and that she has consequently become
Member of the Federal Union on an
equal footing with the original States,
will be laid before you.
1t is matter, of pleasing cxultation to
every lover Of his country, that this an
cry contest which has called forth the
worst feelings Of party animosity and Sec
tional jealousy, which has clouded the
patriots bosom with gloomy apprchen-
sion, and has shaken the union To its GEN.
tire, should be thus tranqniiized into har-
mony and peace. While il holds up to
the admiration of the world, that all per-
yading sense Of Justice, resulting from
the wise institutions of our country,
which can make numbers and strength
forget their power and adhere to princi-
pie; it has afforded practical demon
stration of the moral energy oftlose ex-
cellent principles Of government which
could temper rigid ,enacity of our
rights with the conciliating spirit which
disarms opposition.
Nothing could more cramp the ener-
gics and retard the growth OF our infant
country, than the dubious nature of our
political relations during the last two
years. While the future character of
our State, and the tone Of our municipal
policy remained doubtful, and our very
existence a sovereignty was questioned
abroad, the tide of emigration ceased to
how into our country, and we were left
to depend on cur own crude resources
without the aids on which ewcoun,ries
ordinarily rely.-This and other causes
have introduced and con,inncd difficulties
ola pecuniary nature that bear heavily
upon the government and the people to
remedy which, if indeed they be within
the reach OF legislative aid, will require
the utmost wisdom and prudence Of the
General Assembly.
4 The act passed at your last session for
the establishment OF Loan Offices, has
been recently put into operation; but the
time necessarily consumed in making
preparatory arrangements, has not af- \
forded an opportunity Of testing the eff a
cheney Of the institution, or Of proving
whether il will produce public benefit
commensurate with the expectations Of
the Legislature. Could.a currency and
confidence be given to the Certificates of
the State which would induce the Feder-
al Government to make them receivable
in payment for the public lands, their n
credit would be placed on solid basis
and we might confidently rely on their
exemption from that f1uctuation and de-
basement of value which has SO uniform
~ attended the paper of similar institu-
tons. The act authorizes the Executive
10 receive proposals for Loan to tho
State of two hundred thousand dollars.
No proposals have been received and
we ought not to be flattered with the
hope Of restoring aaHetaiic circulating
medium, in degree adequate TO our ex-
igencies, till we have drawn forth the La
tent riches. with which the country is SO
bountifully blest, by the slow and painful
operation of laborious perseverance,
The embarrassment under. which weI
labor are not peculiar to ourselves: they
arcielt in every section Of the Union
and if they be found more difficult Of
remedy here than in other states, il is be-
cause, from the recent establishment 81
COR inssssusions, the resasrccs Of ti.4