New-York tribune., 1842-01-06
The Ga,e1nor,a Message.


With proud satisfaction that our humble efforts
heye been put forth to the utmost to elevate and
sustain him in the Chief Magistracy do we recur
to the Annual Message Of Governor SEWARD
which was published at length in our last. 1t i.
worthy Of the Executive of she Empire State
worthy Of the principles of which he is so lueid al
expcunder and ebs an nadvoca.e-worthy Of the
crisis which it meets and the Cause which it cannot
fail to subserve. Long as it is there is not para
graph which could be spared, and hardly one which.
could be expressed msre concsely without losing
something of its clearness and force Its exhibi;
ofhe Financial and general condition of our STATE
its suggestions OF amendment in the laws respecting
our Militia, State Prisons, Salt manuta :luIe, &c
= its dignihed and manly but mild and courteous
serions Of the right with regard to TN, confroyer
ses Of New.Yelk with Virginia uad Georgia tn.
Mcleod case and border collisions with Canada.
&c. will meet general and hearty approval. The
signal Improvement of our Auction and Salt reve
nues within the past year justly theme of con
gtatuaton, The magnitude and efficiency OF
revenues devoted Education NAY well be regarded
byevery New Yorker with satisfaction. part from
her Public Works New-ferk has over Ten Million
Invested for or employed in the diffusion of know
edge, TO which the Land Distribution from this time
may add at least Quarter of Million per annum
Apart from these works, our State no debt
and her Public Property is worth many millions
more, while the entire cost of her Government has
for years been betrayed, and may be indefinitely
for the future, without raising dollar by Direc
Tax. Such is the condition OF New-Yerk at the
close Of four years of Wing ascendancy and >n the
return OF the Loco FocoS TO power.
But il is es the ardent and steadiast champion
of ISTERSAL IMPROVEMENT tina, Gov Seward will
be known to posterity, and we'll may he look for
ward with pride the enduring honors which
await him. At time when the clamor against
the good work is oudest- when combination OF
improvidence and dishonesty in many States ha>
tor the moment shocked the credit of all-when de.
signing demagogues are hoarsely ploclaiming the
bankruptcy of New-York, and predicting the
necessity ofrepud;atng the deb, or intol-rsby ,aN
ing her People, ne comes forward and BY simple
array OF tacts shows ,ha, all these bug sbears are the
creation OF fancy OF knavery and earnestly urges
THO prosecution OF the Public Works, not only q.
& measure OF naked justice to some. and of ad,an.
1ase to all our citizens, bu, a. a certain mode q,
ago:aing Pecunary embartassmen,.. una ,ecs,,,
the most speedy exungushment of the s,x,e aeb,
Let us see what tho fscts fertiiyine ,b-ss
accommodations
New-York has SOB miles OF completed Canal.
ard some TIVE hundred more in prosIess-all which
have cost her. including many millions spen, in tn.
uncomple,ed Enlargement of the Erie something
les. than Thirty Millions o! Dollars. She he
spen, Twelve Millions on works now completed
which afford gross revenue of over Two Million
and "a net revenue of over Million snd Hail
they have already virtually paid for themselye.
and now pay the interest and expenses on Seven
teen Millions worth of unfinished undertakings
and afford Surplus or Sinking Fund of ever Hal
Million more, which has this wear increased
Quarter Of Million, or IA per cent, on the gros
proceeds, So much ID already done by an ou,la,
ST Twelve Millions, and we have expended Seven
teen Millions additional system which ~
qures as much more for its completion. TIL,
question, then simply is, Shall we stop where We
are are lose these Seventeen Millions. letting then