Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1840-12-15
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Gentlcmen of the Sennte.

Since our last meeting we have ha
reason TO be grateful for the many bies
sings which we have received from a kin,
and benevolent Providence. The oeber
al health Of the State has been good Nh
crops have been unusually abundant. an,
the great body of our fellow citizens bay
been, and still continue, prosperous an,
happy,
The cause of education and intelIectu
al improvement has continued to adyanc,
under our liberal and enlightened systen
Of instruction. At no period heretofor,
have our colleges, academies and com
mon schools been in more hourishins
and prosperous condition than they are a
the present time: The deep soGci
tude felt by parents generally 10 SEE
their children receive good education
and the noble ambition that characterize,
so many of our youth to attain the desira
BILE object, cannot fail to excite in the bo
som of every patriot and friend TO our
democratic institutions, we'll grounded
hope that they will long continue to shed
their blessings and benefits on oreaI
prosperous and intelligent people.
1t is fact that cannot be too often re.
peated or too deeply impressed on the
minds Of the present and rising genera.
tion, that our free institutions can only
be preserved and perpetuated BY virtu.
ous, intelligent and uncorrupted DeopIe.
The history of all our free governments
admonishes US the danger 10 which pub.
lie liberty is most exposed. We are diff.
ferrently and more favorably situated.
it is true, than any of the republics of
ancient or modern times. Our popula .
ton are scattered over a wide surfce
engaged on their farms and in their work
shops; pursuits well calculated to promote
and encourage the growth of that virtue
and love of liberty, the want ofwhich has
been so fatal TO free government in 9th.
or countries and other times. II is ON
The great producing classes, which consti.
Iute and ever may constitute a large ma.
ority Of our population, that we must
mainly rely for the preservation of our
free institutions. They are honest patri.
Dtic and intelligent, and wilhso continue
unless the means of education is neolec-
ted, and the onward march of intellectual
improvement, which so pfe-eminentlv
,haracterizes the age in which we live
should receive some great and unexpec.
ed check. Notwithstanding, however.
'ur circumstances and population are 50
luspices to the growth and perpetuation
VI 'fpublic liberty and free government.
We should not be unmindful of the means
" which they are to be preserved and
'est secured. II is the duty of every
iiizen of tho state to promote the cause
t virtue and encourage the diffusion of
Intelligence. But it is peculiarly The
rovince of those who have been So.
'cted by the people to discharge the i'm.
Ortant and highly responsible trust of
'gisIating for the country, to guard
yalnst the growth ofvice, ignorance and
1rruption, by encouraging BY all proper
cans, the education of the rising Gener.
ion, and thereby enable them 10 enter
pom the important dIty, which, in the
pd course of time, will soon deyoIve
BON them, OF preserving our free insttu.
ons in their original simplicity and pu.
iy' and handing them down, unmpared
posterity.
The subject of the currency and i'm.
ovment OF our banking system will
'ooIless occupy a portion of your time.
ID receive your careful consideration
o inquire into the various causes that q
we operated to derange the currency of |
country, and to find out the evils and c
tecis OF the present banking svslem d
d TO trace IFS bearings and influence on r
Q different interests of society, with The s
'w OF remedying existing evils, and o
event their recurrence hereafter, would n
em to me TO be cardinal and primary a
~ Of legislation. a
Our banks are but a part of a great Vi
ole composed of the various banking al
tltutlons OF the state, all founded upon'
governed by the same principles pi
liIar in some degree, in their organic e'
lctnre, and bound together and con. bl
lied by The same general laws Of trade til
exchange. In seeking, therefore, bl
'emedy the evils Of the system in our in
l State, and to place our currency on pr
ole solid and substantial foolipS. We su
gain much useful information to q di. tn,
US in the path of duty, bv an
;ng at, and understanding the evils ul,
ne whole, or any of it various parts eil
same consequences which we see ira
Hing from The banking system else. de
re, we may expect 10 experience tht
under like circumstances. That the
9 are great evils belonging TO, and i'm
rent in. the the present bankins svs. pr
oil the United States, cannot be- s1c. 1 kel
fully lycontroverted. That il has occa. dir
ally been instrumental IN doing some is t
J, may be admitted. The evils which ura
been inflicted on the commnn;tU cot
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