Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-10-25
THE ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR
OF TENNESSEE.


Governor JoSEss message to the Legislature Of Tennes
see is very interesting document. II occupies
umns in the Nashville Banner, and is able, dgned, and
patriotic State paper differs very much from many other
messages on such OCCASIONS the Governor confines his
enon to State concerns leaving the affairs of the nation at
large to those whose business is attend them We
annex an abstract we have made Of what struck the
most interesting portions Of the message
After general introductory remarks Governor ZONES
calls the attention Of the Legislature to the important subject
OF education On this subject his views are sound and we
adenty hope they may be carried Something has been
done in the State towards the establishment of system of
school education but what has been done by no
with the importance Of the object de-
sired The schools already established have done
much good but their extension necessary order to secure
the blessings Of education the children State as those
blessings enjoyed in other States There are more
than hundred and fifty thousand children in the State
between the ages of and wenone years. and the sum
annually appropriated to the schools only hun
dred thousand dollars This is altogether inadequate to
confer the benefits of the system all the children embraced
within the provisions Of the law The Governor boldly re-
commends to taxation for the means to make the
common school system what ought be- unless other
way to raise the money be devised As less Objectionable
than taxation he advises that and Of the
Bank of Tennessee, institution which belongs the State
shall be made subserent the of popular education
He then proceeds examination of the condition of
bank, which he states as follows
Means in Bank of Tennessee, after paying all its
liabilities, 1888 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~, 81, 100
Stock in Union Bank, worth at present .. 362, S4S
Stock In Planters Bank, do. ........... l39, $40
Total means OF the State. SO, sea 658
II this vested in the bonds of the State at their
nominal par value would reduce the indebtedness Of
State to 1857 IT, however, the bonds purchased
their market value, the the State would be quite su
fcient 10 quidate the entire debt and leave large surplus
With this view, and because the State Bank has made no
profits for several years past the Governor recommends that
said institution be tcoundup
The Governor is friend of system Of internal i'm
provemens He highly estimates the benefits of wise sys
tenn for the development of the Of the State and the
increase of the facilities Of INSTRUMENTATION. Yet how
desirable such system may be- he thinks better to do
without than the issue of State bonds order
to construct such works
The Governor refers the difficulty between Tennessee
and Kentucky in relation portion of their boundary line
Commissioners appointed by this State last winter
meet the Tennessee commissioners and il expected that
they will bring the difficulty speedy and satisfactory ad
justment
The message highly credtabe to Governor Joness mind
and heart We only hope that his Locofoco
may exhibit intellect lofty and patriotism sterling Go
Jones reres from the gubeatora chair TO private
station with high reputation for all those virtues which cha
racerize wise and patriotic understandable Journal