The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-01-11
MESSAGE
ofthe Governor Of Deia7carc TO The Gene
at assembly,
Gentlemen file Senote,
lind otthe House Of Representatives:

Gentlemen ofMc Scnote,
ind ofhe House Of Representatives:
IN closing my exercise OF the supreme exccu-
tive powers ofthe State, ! do not perceive the
necessity of recommending to your consider
alton any measures which have not been
submitted to you by myself or by my prede
cessors, or which the General Assembly has
not already had under its notice. This !
consider as a strong proof of the happy con-
diton OF our fellow citizens. We are in
more danger of suffering by innovations, than
from deficiency OF legislation. Our State
Constitution and the Constitution of the l.. I
States are sufficient to insure US all our rights 7
and privileges as people, and, as long as
they can be preserved to secure to ourselves
and 10 hand down to postcrity the bless |
ings Of liberty in all the purity of republic /
| cansm But the continued attempts made
to produce alterations in our primary insti-
tntions throughout the Union, fearfuly tore
bode, that the love of country, is becoming
a weak principle of action, and that selfish
ness SO powerfully enters into all the motives
lor seen novelties, that tic noble structure
which has been erected ''to form a more
perfect union, establish justice, ensure do
mcstc tranquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general welfare, and
,ecnrc~ the blessings OF 'i]erty to ourselves
Nd our pos.crity," will be overwhelmed in
destruction, and that from lis ruins, will a
rS" liscord, the f0rrrunncr of slavery and
tyranny. Evils of this kind should be re-
sisted in their Origin, aud emphatcalv so
~ MS; for of all the States in the Union,
to none other j, it so prc-emnentlv import
ant that the General Government shonld be
preserved entire aad unimpaitcd Should
the Constitution of the United States be 50
patched aud altered that the warm attach
mtltEtw tttfor it BY the psop'e should
grow cold or even luEewarn, SO tina, il
Snail be injured by every uahcnlly at
tack, to what ark shall we iy for our tenn
poral safety and happnesss MY apprchen-
.ions are such that would not, had the
power, permit single Pin to he removed
from this sacred temple of liberty nor
would suffer any trappnEs 70 be added un-
der the prctcnce Of cmhelisiment or i'm
provumCnt, aud earnestly recommend to
Won, gentlemen, not to listen with favor to
any propositions Of the kind.
Another subject, often repeated, but still
not thc less Important, j., 81 sorcbly impress
ed on ny mind that Win not out this last
opportunity Of urging it upon your consid
Grafton. ! refer Ia education, ,-not to the
mere acquisition of the arts Of reading aud
e,
and of foreign and dead langnagcs--but to
the formation Ht the manners and minds OF
youth and to the observance of moral du-
ties. The discipline Of the mind, the re-
s,tauce and correction OF the evil propens
itics Of our nature, the restraining and Keep
ingiwithin boulids our unlawful appetites; the
cultivation OF bcncvolcucc 70 man and love t.
: oar Creator, should be the first and constant
h lesson taught to youth rs well to promote
their own individual happiness as to endear
to them their country, and make them in-
corruptibic patriots. SO powerful was the
. effect of education among the I.accdemoui-
c ans, that, although beaten in battle, they
=, could not be conquered until their mannc,
of educating their children WAS changed
Education must depend upc~ the public insti
Q tutions, and such as aft CT parents; and as soot
&c soon as they set the example and instil int
4 the children proper principles, the chiidrei
;, will become good and virtnous citizens, ant
their ruling passion viii he the love OF thei
e country. The learning to he gained in schools
IL is a secondary ubcct--usciul in proportion t
i the subjcction of the passions, and calcnlat
ed to einbelish the virtues of a well regu
lated mind, or to enlarge and stimulate th'
! deptavity Of a corrupt heart.
.e received on the fourth dav Of June last
~ a certificate under the corporate seal Of th
!, President, Directors and Company Of tn
Bank OF smyrna, and the hand Of Isaac Da
'e Wis, President OF the said Bank. dated d
le SMYRNA, the first day OF June, enc thousan
IS eight hundred and twcnty-,iX, whereby tn
i, said President, Directors and Company {
the Bank of Smyrna do certify III hat the
1t the President. Directors and Company {
~ the Bank Of Smyrna aforesaid, have accept
I'd ed and do accept the act OF the General AS
il, scmbly Of the State of Delaware cntitlc
" AN additional supplement to the act to e.
- tablsh Bank and to incorporate a compa
Il; nv undarthe name of the Bank Of Smyrna,
as passed at Dover, January 25th, 1926, as
part of their charter OF incorporation: whic
certificate is flied in the Office Of the Secr(
tary of State.
in ! also rccci-cd on the nineteenth day
g, October last, certificate under the corpt
rate seal Of the President, Directors al
Company OF the Bank OF Delaware and Il
ne nc hand of Joseph Baily, President of the sa
~. ~. Bank, dated the sixteenth day OF Octobe
~ one Thousand eight hundred and twenty-si
~ whereby the said President, Directors a,
" Company of the Bank of Delaware, do &C
he tify that they, the said President Directo
lis and Company Of the Bank of Delaware, hay
VS. accepted and do accept the act Of the Gel
~. cral Assembly Of the State of Delaware, el