Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-12-03
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Governors Message.

frscntiuc Department.. J
Nov. 25lh, l845. :

0eHttemeR OF tRe oeUatc, .ssH-- fs4
and House Of Representatives,:
WesassembIe asaiuytor The purpose "i
discharging the important duty devolved
upon US blythe Constitution, under clrcum.
stances which call for the most grateful
ackno wlodeem Of our people, TO the
be ne6cent Dispenser of all good. Not
o. wthstanding partial failure in the crops
of grain and cotton, during The current
wear, gives reason To apprehend some DIS
ircss amongst portion OF our citizens, and
some curtailment in our foreign trade, yet
the unparalleled health of every quarter oi
our State. and of every class OF The pop
ulation-lhe as yet uubroken peace which
our country has preserved with all na'lons
Tho tranquility enjoyed. the Confidence
impaired, and The progress our people have
been epabled To make, in all the industrial
arts. and pursuits, in which they are en-
gagged. have so immeasurahly coun,erbal-
auced the vieissiludes to which have ad-
rered, MAT may safely congratulate you,
on the condition Of our beloved Common
wealth. But even while we are exchang-
ing Fluctuations on a condition so blessed
beyond the lot OF almost every other peo-
pie on the earth, the history Of The past
painfully reminds US how far shorl il ialls
Of that pitch of prosperity TO which we
might rishtfuly have attained, had the
sacred compacls oflhe Federal Cons'ilu
tuition been respected, and the bllsh'ing
influences of the productive policy never
grated its baleful measures on the tede-
I. sol legislature, TO wiring from the lnd' s'ry
Of our people so large a portion OF lis
labor.
Iturn with peculiar pleasure from the
contemplation of Federal injustice. to le-
licitale YOU on the heal1hful and harno-
nious operations ef The State Government.
All its departments have SO discharged their
duties as to secure the public peace, and
give ample guarantees for The protection
ofihe persons. properly aud rights of The
community, while the people of this Stale
have exhibited continued love or order,
for which they have ever been distin,
suished. The most perfect tranquility
b as been maintained within all our bor-
ders by The undisputed supremacy oi the
F., laws, aud the advancement Of the people
in virtue, industry and morality, has never
been more satisfactory.
1. The Reports of the Heads of the seve'
raj Departments, will furnish you with
details of their condition and operations.
That Of the Comptroller General. COW
ering the Reports Of the tw"ITreasuries.
! will exhibit to you the income Of the Stale,
and the various sources OF revenue from
whence it is derived. as well as the man.
ner in which il has been expended under
the direction of the laws making apPro-
prialions. These reports present highly
: satisfactory condition of the ordinary fl
uancial affairs Of The Stale. The taxes
are moderate. aud areipromplly. ndcheer-
fully paid by the people. aud yet they al
II Snu tho -nx.li,, n RAJ q r.
penses of the State. The Report shows
rather an uufavorIblo condition, so far as
{ amount of TAXATION in refereace TO expen,
diture is concerned, aud it will Of course
REQUIRE al your hands, careful considera-
ton.
- The Public Debt is closely aud init
ms,elv blended with all considerations OF
the finances Of the State, and must always
continue 10 be subject of The deepest in,
iercst to her character and welfare; it will
sberefore, ever. command The most careful
consideration of the Legislature, 1t had
its commencement in he obligations incur
red by the Revolutionary war; the three
per cents are The last remnants sof that
debt; far larger portion in The lnernal
improvements from 1922 to 1926 small
and honorable part was contribution to
the family of Mr.. Jefferson, one of The Fa-
.,ber's of the country and another, aud
far greater than ALL was incurred for the
parrioric purpnse of rebuilding the City of
charleston. when destroyed by fire in 49,;
and The las, item vas added, 10 pay The
sub crlpliou 10 The s. w K. r. Bank.
Fn..,e. ,.vtr.,t det,is were all funded the
,s,pch, .,rf. pavauIe from the Isl of jan
GARY, 1870 TO the lst of January, 1870,
). and they amounted on the Isl January,
1910, 10 the sum Of Si,553,770 81 cens.
Uu to his time. all interest and such in
stalmenrs of principal as lit became due.
has heen punctualy met and paid. or
,he principal there now remains due So
:,34 SOP 81 cents. There seems every
reason to believe that each future install
ment of Ibis debt will be met, and the
wboIe amount exlinguished ihroush the
means prosided, aud set apart. by The
Stare for lha, purpose. Owing to The scru-
pulous integrity with which che has ful-
hlled all her engagements. aud the pune
sual regularity in paying the interest,", and
in meeting and dechareius The inslalmeu,s
of her debt by the Stale, the credit of S.
Carolina has never suffered the least blen-
ish or shock in Europe or America and
il is subject efjustiiable pride, that her
obligations maintain their position ~'ththe
hiohes, of our sister States in the money
markets, and are now above par wherever
Sibey are found. A character and public
credit, so enviable and so valuable, as a
resource in times Of trial and difficulty,
should, be pourished aud guarded with The
most scrupulous care, not less from rigid
principle of inasxibIe honesty, than from