New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-06
Addres. OF che Governor of Massachusetts.


our Commercial Department. The Goyerocr IN
vtss special attention 10 the laws Tor The support u
State pauperz, AID inmates that they need eVIEon'
The sum paid for the supper; OF his class dafih=
The last year IL little more than $50 O00- SesPec'-
| nC the State Prison he holds the following IAN
guage:
:. The reports of the sa=era officers OF the State
Pfison represen, the affairs Of that IusiiuhCi 20 *
| in Satisfactory condition. Inc " a'crh h@Pol'
shows ar excess of receipts. over the expenditures,
| of something more than 5000; the preceding year
the receipts fell short oil the expenses nearly Soeop
| 4 kind and mild course OF treatment, expressly en-
oined BY the humane laws OF the STATE, AID ncul-
Gated upon men 10 al situations IN life By that M
junction Of our Sa-or " DO unto others as &c would
that others should DO yoa. evidently produces
| Il saluiary eject upon the prisoners. Among them
| there has hem g general and wiling observance OF
The rlIes of The prison. and but few csses have &C.
CURED, demanding the inhictioD of punishment.
." The moral discipline Of the prison, under the
| administration Of the Chaplain. aided bs he war
den and other officers, is believed 10 be dong much
good 1t is important that men, who are excluded
from Society for violating ,s laws, should be mace
10 feel that those who placed over them do not
act as masters and tyran,s but that they are the
reasonable and necessary instruments OF the law, 10
see that the penalties, which they hsVe justly IN
CURED, are properly executed.
| "Itis worthy of inquiry by the Legislature, wine
ihar greater amount Of instruction 'ian the PR
snners receive under existing laws and reguiauofs
would not tend TO further the great ends OF all hl-
name punishment, the reformation OF offenders, and
| the prevention Of crime
The present Militia system Of the Commonwealth
under which t;:e able-boded men d the STATE, be
tween the ages OF l3 and - required to be en-
rolled, bu, not to do active duly, and under which
voluntary enlisted force Of thousand men is
authorized 10 be embodied armed al the public ex-
pense, and paid out Of the treasury sum not ex-
ceeding six dollars each, appears 10 be working
well.
On the subject Of Education the remarks 81 the
Governor are timely and lorcible Much improve
uleut has taken place within the last few years, in
respect to the qualifications Of Teschers the mode
| of government, the construction OF school houses,
the furnishing OF Ii5raries the average number OF
scholars who attend, the average length OF schools
aud in exciting in the public mind an increased al
tenton 10 the importance OF the subject. There yet
remains however, n great work TO be done. The
highest Interests of our children and the race de-
mand that il should not be postponed or neglected.
The influence Of Normal Schools, though as yet they
have been bat impertectly organized and partially
developed is lavorably felt 90 far that influence
has reached. Numerous reports, from districts in
which Normal teachers have heen employed, speak
in terms very gratifying and encouraging 10 the
friends Of that system ofns,rnc,ian. OF The ultimate
success of the plan in rerfecing the character Of
| teachers and improving the whole sysem of popu-
lar education, wherever it MAJ be thoroughly tested,
the Governor does no; entertain a doubt. The
money raised by the towns for the support OF Schools
= ,,b; Iaf Ia.
whole sum paid for Education within the State dur
ing the same time exceeded u million OF dollars
Notwithstanding this il ia estimated that from five
to ten thousand children between the ages Of four
and sixteen years do not attend school.
The remnants of the Indian tribes remaining in
the State were sunk few yeare since by intempe-
rance 10 the lowest depths OF Indebtedness and de-
graduation. The temperance reformation has been
to them great blessing. Their condition has
much Improved. They cultivate their lands much
better than Formerly have schools among ,hssn
ganiaed churches and religious teachers OF their
own. Some of them coed fishermen and whale
men, Necessity has compelled them 10 abandon
the pursuits Of their fathers, and but very few can
| speak or understand their native language. They
look up to the Government of the State for encour
agement and support.
The question Of the Annexation of Texas is the
only topic OF National Politics TO which The Gov
ernor refers, and on this he speaks in language
,hy of the Pride of the Old Thirteen After show
ing from official sources that Slavery with the con-
sderalions connected with il, is The leading motive
which mpels the movement for the hasty consum-
nation of this important measure, and referring in
appropriate terms 10 the anomalous principle OF
| paD laid ia ron
ton, he proceeds as follows:
Massachusetts State has ever maintained
and ever will maintain, the whole of the Constiiu-
lion OF the United States. Ali her people love and
respect it. Hard and unequal she considers this
feature of that honored instrument she will bow 20
il with reverence 50 long remains the supreme
law of the land. She regards all the guarantees OF
the Constitution whether they relate to the instiiu-
tons OF the North or the South, as equally binding
upon every member OF the Union. She will stand
hv the Union and the Constitution as thew were
formed, let them be assaied from what quarter they
NAV, and with invioiabe fidelity perform all her Oh
lie atoms toward them.
The statesmen from the free States, in ihe con.
vention which made the Constitution, and MANY i
most of those from the planting States, looked
the early termination of slavery, in the States where
il existed from the action OF the States themselves
In this they have been disappointed Since thai
time thirteen new States have been admitted into the
Union. Seven oil those thirteen are Slave States
and three OF those seven have been formed out o.
territory purchased by the common treasure of ihe
Union, since the adoption OF The Constitution. The
free States called upon 10 forge ictters
for themselves, aud 10 confer additional power and
influence upon the Slave States, by the annexation
ofa foreign government with territory enough out
of which 10 form States sufficient TO give thai
portion OF the coniederacy entire CONTROL at eas
in one branch of the government, in the political at,
fairs Of the Uoion Having failed TO accomplish the
object by the treaty making power, it is now pro
posed 10 be- done by The passage OF q Joint resou.
lion. The lowest price nau;ed 10 be paid for This
acquisition is Sl0,OG0,C00. if the act is done, 20
ono estimate the amount of money it will cost
this republic. And there is 100 much reason 10 ieaI
that war, with a! its horrors, will be one OF lis con-
sequences.
'This bold proposition comes from man who er-
the strong advocates OF srict construction OF the
Constitution of the United Staes In what part Of
that instrument is found the power for any or all
The departments of the Federal Government, BY
treaty, law resolution, 10 foreign sate or
territory 10 this Unian The Constitution couiers
the power on Congress 10 ''admt netr' bur not