New-York daily tribune., 1844-01-12

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Scr;ven 1873 3l2 1870
Upson ............503 2l3....6 623 3l2
Muscogce ..... $50 ma. ....,..906 921
Lincoln ........ u .....294 l72
33Counties II 800 9,3O6. 14,8O2 l2,879
Wing ma .... ,594 Do. ,923
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MASSACHUSETTS, Message Of GEO ~
BRIGGs, Governor of NJ assachusetts, was delivered
to the Legislature on the 10th inst. 1t IS well
and forcibly written. He speaks plainly on the
subject of slavery, and thinks that Massachusetts,
by her people at home, and their Representatives
in the Federal Government, should feel bound, by
every consideration Of Justice and humanity, to
oppose the least extension of an institution which
they believe to be morally and politically wrong
and to exert every power, consistent with their
constitutional obligations to the Unlon' 10 nastsh
the time when every human being in this Repub-
lie shall enjoy the inallenabc right OF hie hber
ty, and the pursuit of happiness"
The increase of population Of the State from
1880 to l840 was nearly equal to all the other
New England States together She has also at
this time more people to the square mile than any
other State in the Union, and small as she IS III
SIZE furnished $4,000 out Of the 22O,OOO soldiers
that fought during the Revolution.
Massachusetts has at this time capital invest
cd in manufactures of S42 900, 900. The annual
value of her manufactures is more than SoU,oOo
000. Her agricultural productions amount 10
l5,OOOOOO. The entire tonnage OF the United
States in 1871, was 2,230,744. OF this Massa-
cbusetts had 1901. Her citizens have nearly
Sl2OOO.OOO invested in the fisheries, which IS
more than twice as much as all the rest OF the
Union,and 600 men engaged in their ships. She
receives annually from the other States oil the
confederacy, their products to the amount OF
$40,0O0,000. Leaving out the value of domestic
manufactures which arc exported, and this equals
one.llalf Of the products Of this country, sold to
all the rest of the word This single fact, he
thinks, speaks volumes in favor of that system
which protects the labor of our own people, pro-
notes a free interchange of commodities between
the different States, and creates market for Their
productions abroad.
The State pays $l,000000 annually for cdu-
$6,000,000 incurred by the interest she has taken
in works of Improvement. She OWNS S l,o00OOO
of Stock and as for her debt she is both able and
wiling to pay it. Mr. Briggs thinks that the lrc-
qucnt discussion Of strictly national subjects III
the State Legislatures has a tendency TO disturb
local Legislation, and that Legislators should con-
fine themselves more directly TO the interests of
the States they represent The blow aimed at
the Judiciary by the Loco-Foco Legislature last
year in reducing salaries he thinks unconslltu-
tiona and tending to defeat the great purposes OF
the Judiciary by taking away It's independence.
New JERsEY-Thc Governor of the State Of
New Jersey delivered his message to the Legis-
laturc on the 10th inst. 1t has one excellent
uuality,-it is the shortest we have seen. The
state of the public finance will be seen under our
commercial head The revenue of the State will
be increased this year, and it is hoped that the
expenditures will be 50 diminished to supercedc
the necessity Of taxation for the ordinary pur-
poses of the State. The amendment of the Con-
stitution of the State ne thinks belongs not to the
Legislature, but to a Convention created by the
voice of the people. He recommends a change
in the election law, and especially that part Of it
which requires the payment of a tax previous to
election.
The receipts ofthe School Fund during the last
year, were $45,63S IA; the expenditures,
s30,227 Is; leaving surplus of Sl5,4lO 96.
On the subject Of the Taritihe quotes the views
of the Governor Of Connecticut and adopts them
as his own, which arc in effect that a Tariff act
should be passed which, with the other means of
government, should secure a revenue sufficient to
pay its debts and meet its expenditures.
The Public Lands, he thinks, should remain
under the control Of Congress, and as the prop
erty of the Union.
u PROFESSOR GoURAUD'S LECTUREs-With