Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-10-20
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Fellow Citizens othe Senate and

~ ofhe House of Representatives:
becomes the agents of religious people, let us pub
cy acknowledge Divine goodness continuing unto US our ber
m e people of this ea and for productions
earth; and ask wisdom from above that we may fifty perform the
The legislation has generally been characterized by 50
prudence and intelligence that advice caution by me- of
general nature would be quite superfu1uys. - T., ,, h
The condition Of the inhabitants Of this state is upon the whole prob
and hwbdng peoples have institutions securing the liberty and
climate industrious habits which enable other
the Union according population in the vne of our ag
The subject Of Education all its branches Of such vital mpO
fare of the members Of state and so indispensable to the very e
ed the attention both the Legislative departments
classes Of people in this among other community the
rnns all the advantages Which ought to be expected from it. is
doubtless susceptible of great and the efforts which have
several of sister states within few years. nvest
and Obv evils and to introduce greater degree of
uniformity and efficiency school instruction. have not
been without their beneficial influence Let profit by the example of
others on this .nbisot arc contained IN so,ceve re-
ports male by Legislative committees during the two past Our
higher Institutions of learning connected intimately they are with
ec condition of Citizens ought also receive the fostering
these from consideration Whether Board of Education
with the powers and duties contemplated the legislative report % last
nents, is submitted your mature consideration.
country receive annual compliment and then
which had been prepared with great care and passed at the last session.
will prove useful and satisfactory to that and patriotic body of
citizen soldiers for whose regulation and benefit made am
able at present determine and perhaps there has not been sufficient
tme the passage OF the act to test It's utility
By passed the last session. relating Capital Punishment
directed that shall commit crime which by the law of
% confinement the states prison. until the punishment Of death shall
c p a b DEATH SUCH peson Shall in like manner be nn
solitary confinement until sentence death shall inflicted
cGed until after from the time of passing such
until shall be issued by Governor
of the with the record thereto
ing Sheriff be upon person. up
whom had been passed understood that there has been
conviction sentence which
duty as the law appears to me to be Objectionable
ture by this act prepare way total adjustment of capital
be ifought but this law which
changes our long established mode of
after conviction there will be less certainty of punishment
of it which relates the issuing of by the Governor is
perhaps sufficiently explicit, distinctly
cise examining conviction duty performed
Which Constitution St 1 nd
not be conferred by the Legislature If the why impose
extent privilege of releasing
oe oonc oSeouon the most Solemn an Official ha
be done by authority Of law and not left inference
be repealed, or at least revised
should the deep humiliation to the moras the patriot and
the christian but the of this noae curse in the District
is openly held at the seat of the eest government up
earth This spectacle only yrans behold and to make this
of things only permanent but fsten the awful
R" m a So n''
y the right act to let the oppressed Free and to abolish traffic
which, by the spirit of the laws of that government ranked with
piracy ITSELF Nay more: ue nave senced enonstances
states against these geous wrongs and excluded the petitions of the
people.
may infringe compact subject
y than other of the Constitution We have all
so binding would be neither just
But whatever legislative should
ed occasions not give scrupe OF living flesh
than the bond requires.
An unhappy decision of the Supreme Court of the United States made
in January 1872 the Pgg the State Of PENNSYLVANIA is
believed will occasion danger free cooed people who be
that the Federal Government have exclusive right regulate the mode
which the his fugitive slave shall be made that
Congress has already exercised that right in perfectly constitutional
through the law of 1885 that all legislation the of the
several which directly indirectly limits restraints the right
recovery of fugitive slaves, entirely null and void that
pass law interfering with the of
from its territory of an individual claimed fugitive slave provided
that this be exercised under the sanction of the United States
Courts; but it's obligatory state to suffer its
to exercise the same power
The law of Congress of 1893 cons the power upon mag
that given judges of the United upon
statute the Court that their may they choose
the authority thus conferred unless prohibited by legislation
This decision the law the land and the danger tina
among great number of magistrates may found
well informed to their duty and unadvdy and thus
false claim congn unfortunate being forever hopeless slavery
for fomthe decision Of the magistrate there appeal
therefore recommend to the Legislature prohibiting
magistrates acting under the authority of this state from taking cogn
Of acting UNDER the act of Congress passed the 18th July 1893
relating fugitive slaves any other law that may passed
lar import This would from the aforesaid decision 10 be perfect
constitutional and and indeed almost invited by the court by tn
language before quoted BY such the evil of the de
csion may in degree be mitgated.
also recommend law prohibiting all executive officers Of the stat
from arrestng OBTAINING JAIL person who claimed
alton of this state do which she constutOnay omit
chus has recently passed such law and the example believed
be worthy of imitation the passing of the proposed shall
dentay prevent fugitive slaves may
exclaim its Defence the language sage
distressed humanity find no asylumw
There strong for anticipating attempt very
be made the Republic Texas the United States
the purpose creating perpetual market for slaves from that
territory out slave states enough give prepondeany til