Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-12-06

thfnS etItstual can DC uphe ~ dIidy VIC "S'
tation that hiss already arisen, aud bring our
people to a kinder state of feeling and more
harmonious acion, It requires no great stretch
Of political sag&c,ty 10 sec that our mstau
tons will rush to speedy rum.
At sich time, and 10 such state CT
things, must be excused from any agency,
exp ess or tact, in the premature agitation
of tie question Of the next election OF fresl
dent W VI. WIKI.
ANEAPoLrs, Nov. l7th, 1882.
alabama. last southern mail brought
ms the Message of Governor GAYLE OF Alaba-
ma. 10 the legislature OF that State, now IN
session at Tuscaloosa The legislature has
met at an earlier day than usual, IN order TO
remedy a defect in tie law for eiecttng cleo
tore7oi President and Vice President The
State. according TO the lie" appointment ~
entitled to ure9, r0fcs while the existing law
l.nats the nutsber 10 be voted FOR to. hue
The first domestic topic which the Cover
nor urges upon the attention u the legislature
is the necessity OF thorough revision OF Inc
Criminal Code Ct the State. Fire present
code is admitted 10 be altogether too severe,
to be longer continued, either in policy, JUS
tice or humanity. Fhere are no less than
twenty-one offences punishable by death,
twenty one by whipping, four by the p'iiory,
and four by brandlng;- modes OF punishment
which are disproporloned TO the crime, bar.
barous and sangutnary IN their nature and
Inconsistent with the enlightened spirit oil the
tifrles He recommended the adoption OF
a uenitentarv system, as substitution Tor
very kind of punishment except the most he
nous eftenscs
The Governor recommends several amend
-. lsAh INT I'm fatn
as everu where else, are defective and insuiE
cient. He speakes with great zeal and graf
iticatipr, upos the condition and prospects oil
the University. 1t is prosper'ns beyond
the most sangirine expectations Of the public.' >
Its funds are well managed and productive,
and suggestions are made by which they can
be made sill more tlourishug.
The Message recommends, the reduction
of the excessive damages allowed by law on
the non payment of domestic bills OF ex-
change, aud also legal provisions by which
the costs of suit IN such actions may he les
sened The object proposed is the consol-
idation Of the suits, which are now brought
against each name on protested bill. into
one suit against joint debtors BY this mode,
which Is considered practicable, there would
be only the coasts oil one suit and one Judge
Bens.
The next topic in the Message is tie state
Of the Currency and Barking system OF Al
ALBANIA. Fhe trade and commerce OF the
State are said TO require large additions TO
the Giro uiating medium. The annual busl-
ness transactions Of Mobile amount to eleven
millions of dollars. ard tive banking capital
(of Mobile Bank dose not exceed s5OO.o0o.
There is a Branch oi the u. ). Bank there,
but It's issues has never been more than ST.
500 COO The Governor states the ike deti-
cheney to exist throughout the State. In Or
der 10 supply it properly he advocates the
establishment of State Banks, rather than
incorporated companies OF private Ind'vid
uals The charter of the Union Bank OF
Louisiana has been popular IN Alabama, and
a similar scheme proposed for that State.
The Governor objects TO it decidedly, and
concludes that the preference heretofore CIV
err to a State Bank over private incorpora-
tons. is justified by the success which has
attended its operations. and should not be
yielded TO any noval experiment.
The Indian relations are next considered.
at the last session tie laws Of the State were
extended over the country in the occupation
Of the Indians. Th-se agents sent TO Pot them
in action met with no opposition. but were
received with kindness aud hospitality: The
title of the Greeks was e1tlnguished 10y trea-
tyin March last, and the Message recon-
men,ls that the lands thus acquired should
be laid off into counties and regularly orga-
niZed. they will make four counties, and
constitute the most desirable section OF the
State" Fhe message proceeds 10 urge the
propriety Of a renewed application to Coz
gress lop grant Of land in aid Of the Consa
CanaI-to effect navigable junction Of the
Tennessee aud Alabama rivers. II enters
next into an argument in opposition 10 The
Land B,h which passed the Senate at the
last session Of Congress.
The concluding paragraphs of the message
are devoted 10 The great southern question
Of hostility TO The Tariff. Governor GAYLE
is an Incorporating opponent Of the sys-
tenn, aud sanginne IN his hopes that II viii he
defeated by constitutional and peaceful means
lie Looks upon the new rarI act as sab
stantial moderation of Soatheru burdens, and
asks estly-'Ifthis is time to dcspair?-
and "if patriotism dose not forbid them to
enter upon any rash and un'tied exped,cnt,