The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-28

outuuoh. All these topics peionS hot " uo Vcpo-
sion nor is their discussion necessary In order TO
make known my opinions TO my fellow-citzens of
the State. t W W
In relation to the tariff, have al ways maintained
that its rates were high, its determinations
just and that 10 ought 20 be modified and greatly
duced, The agricultural States have suffered much
already; and nothing but the warmly -cherished hope
that il will soon be repealed, or greatly modified,
has subdued the murmurs of the consuming classes.
am fully aware of the arguments usually employed
TO prove that the people, 80 fur from being injured
are really benefited by the high duties of the tariff
but know not which most to condemn, the impu-
dence which could fabricate or the creduity which
could be imposed upon by them. Strong as this
language may seem, nevertheless entertain no hos
ulty to the manufactures Of the United States.
cherish for the valuable and important ones the very
highest regard, and would cheerfuly give TO all any
advantages ncidentalto the collection Of our national
revenue. l look forward to the next Congress- Of
the United States to make such notifications and
alterations in the present tariff will make the sys
tenn impartial and honest That dissatisfaction which
Is now felt with its provisions In many quarters
will then be suppressed, and those deep feelings OF
attachment, which are cherished by nearly our
whole population, in favor of the perpetuation OF
our blessed Union, will then acquire renewed en-
ergy and strength
| Passing now, gentlemen, from these Subjects on
which the federal and state governments have here
tofoIe conficted-and which lay too directly in my
| way to be omitted desire to submit few obser-
vations in relation to our State government in par
ticular The condition Of our affairs at home chal-
lenges our most anxious attention. Our Legislators
have yet much work to do TO enable the people to
enjoy all the blessings which wise use of our free
institutions can certainly secure. The preservation
of our public credit stands out amongst the foremost
of all our duties. Every liability, whether prudent
ly or imprudently contracted, should be met with
most scrupulous punctuality. In individual life,
many apologies may be urged for the want Of this
virtue, which can find no parallel in the public en-
gagements of great and prosperous State like ours
To meet these liabilities with ease, and without
probable inconvenience to the people, | SHALL in
some future communication to you, invite your at
tention to the establishment of sinking fund ade-
quate to the liquidation of our outstanding labili-
ties, at the respective periods when they may fall
due. The bank Of the State has heretofore been
much relied on, by the profitable operations of its
concerns, to meet these liabilities. However this
may be, it cannot be amiss, in my opinion to bring
TO its aid all the other means short of additional
taxation, which the State may have at its disposal
Amongst these, none can be more commendable
than the most rigid economy in the administration
of the government of the State.
Economy in your own expenditures--in the
length or duration of your session--in the execu-
ton Of the necessary public printng--and, in fact
in all the subjects of expenditures which are imme-
dately connected with your Legislative deliberations
Economy, also, in the executive and judicial de-
partments, carried to the utmost extent compatible
with the administration Of justice and faithful ex-
ecution of the laws Of the land II will be a part
Of my duty, under the constitution, ito take care
that the laws be faithfully executed;' and can as
sure you that no portion of my duty will be more
agreeable than that which shall be performed in ss-
tanning the public credit uniinpaired at home and
abroad, and in carrying ont any system Of enght-
ened and just economy which your wisdom may de-
WISE
For many years, the true friends Of our liberal in.
sltutons have earnestly desired the establishment
in our State of wise and efficient system of public
instruction. As friends to religion and pure morals
they cannot repress the hope that the day is not fal
distant when every individual within our borders
shall be capable of reading and understanding the
Holy Scriptures, of transacting his own business
and, If necessary of instructing his offspring
the rudiments of learning. rejoice that salutary
feeling like this now seems to pervade our whole
population, reaching every hamlet within the limits
OF our fertile and extensive territory. The patient
and meritorious schoolmaster must now go abroad
through the land on his errand of labor and love
disspating the darkness in which so many minds
are enveoped. II is on the education of the grea
mass of the people that our hopes of preserving ant
perpeluating our liberties must be founded. The
knowledge to understand essential as the spiri
to defend our republican institutions. With con
tinual and rapid increase of our numbers, what else
can be expected but anarchy and misrue unless we
provide that science and literature shall maintain
their ascendency all the sons and daughters o.
freedom, who are through future time to control the
desines of the republc In the enlargement and
Improvement Of our present partial system of edu
cation, here offer freely and with all my heart my
humble and unccasing cooperation.
The present seems 10 be a suitable occasion tc
offer you my congratulations on the recent xa
ton of the republic of Texas to the United States
Ii has been accomplished by no invasion on the
rights of Mexico, and in manner which can give
no Just cause o. offence to any other nation II has
been effected not by the sword, but by simple
covenant contract between coterminous nations
speaking the same language, accustomed TO the same
political institutions, and whose common object wal
more eectualy to to themselves all the bless
ings of civil and religious liberty. 1t ought to b,
regarded by the friends Of freedom everywhere bu
as another triumph Of rational liberty and represen
tative government over the degrading despotisms o
the Old World.
All the forebodngs Of evil to country likely
| TO occur from the contamination of the deed hav,
been sgnally disappointed. As yet we can discove
no sign Of the dispeasure of Heaven in consequence
of il. The earth is still putting forth its verdure
and blessing the husbandman with the rich abun
dance of its fruits whilst peace and health and gen
eral prosperity are everywhere smiling upon grea
and prosperous people. Our bright and glorious
Union, too, whose shattered and broken fragment
were everywhere to have met the eyes of the heart
stricken patriot still bespans the continent stretch
ing, like the rainbow of hope and of promise, from
the great inland seas of the North to the Gulf o
Mexico in the South. The incredible prophecy
that convention was TO be held in this beautiful
city, in order to accomplish the work of nationa
destruction, has failed Of its fulhlmcn and the illus
| trious citizen who was to have presided over tn
guilty assembly has gone down to the grave will
his last prayer trembling on his lips for the Unio
and his country
With the acquisition of Texas and the successful
maintenance of our title 10 Oregon, the United State
will present spectacle Of territorial grandeur an
magnifcence unequaed in the world. In thos
who have charge of our negotiations in relation /
the latter country, have unbounded confidence
and believe they would not retain more of it,
they could, than we fairly entitled to, ! an
equally certain they will never surrender one squar
acre Of il to the unjust demand Of any nation
the earth. Far distant as it may now seem to be
every revolving year will increase its importance
the hundred millions OF freemen who, at no dstar
day, will inhabit our continent. In the order Q
Providence, America may become the last asylum Q
liberty to the human family. Here, then, let us rea
her lofiicst temple. Let us lay its foundations dee
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