The republic., 1851-02-22
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The following synopsis Of the message OF Gov.
ernor Barry to the Legislature appears in tho New
Yos< C6mm~cial Adputisev:
Tho Governor estimates the whole redcemable
public debt Of the State at about two millions Of dol
lArs above the available resources. and refers to
report of the Auditor General, which shows tina,
this debt Will be extingushsd by the action of pro-
posed sinking fund in twenty-four years.
The receipts of the State treasury for the fiscal
year ending November 80, 1860, were $s429,26S 2s
making, with the balance ON hand at its commence
ment, the whole means Of the year, $4s4,7l5 81.
The expenditures for the same period were $449,-
355 20, leaving $35,360 n in the treasury at the
close Of the year.
The expenditures for school purposes during the
year were $43,92l Al. The number Of children in
the State between four and eighteen years old is
1872 ,324. of whom no. AIS have attended school dur
ing the year The amount paid to the university
from the interest fund was SIS ga 10. The stu
dents in tho department Of arts and sciences were
sixty four, and in the medical department were
more than eighty. The board Of education have
contracted Tor tho erection of suitable edfce for
the State normal school for $4,000, of which
$4,000 have been paid. The building will be
completed and ready for the reception Of pupils by
About column of the message is devoted to ma
tional affairs. A few extracts will show the spirit
in which they are treated:
"No State or individual can rightfully interfere
to prevent the execution of the laws of the Union
or Of any State. One State may think another
State, or tho Central Government may think a par
ticular State, sanctions and adopts inudicious or
immoral institutions bat neither may interfere to
correct or externinate the supposed evil, because
in its domestic polity and internal regulations,
each State 10 sovereign.
"The States of the North may look upon slavery,
permitted in the South, as great mischief or a
great sin, or both; but sovereign themselves they
must respect the sovereignty OF their sister Statc
and refrain from interfering with the institution
deprecated. II cannot be regulated or abolished by
the free States, nor by the Central Government be-
cause, being municipal reguation each State
possesses entire and exclusive Jurisdiction in legs-
lating upon tho subject. Any interference, by one
State with another, or by tho Central Government
with any State, upon this other like subject,
would be violation OF the Federal compact"
eff individuals be permitted to declare legisla-
tive enactments nugatory, by reason of their al
legged immortality, or for other cause, the whole
statute book would soon be repealed deprived of
its general application, by whimsical fancies and
tender consciences.
ssShould States be conceded like permission to
judge of, and overrule acts of the Central Govern
mcnt, the uniform and harmonious operations ofits
laws would be destroyed, and the most frightful
and dire calamities cnsue.
"The measures Of Compromise adopted at the
last session OF Congress- and designed to quiet the
unhappy agitatons of the country on the subject of
slavery, have been misrepresented and denounced
Fanatics of opposing creeds have avowed the in.
tention Of resisting their enforcement and in some
instances have made denomination of executing
their threats"
Regarding with disapprobation and censure all
unlawful manifestations OF opposition. come from
what source they may, is the plain and undoubtcd
duty of all to obey and enforce tho laws in question
They the result of the deliberations Of wisdom
and experience, and in the spirit of the Constitu
on, designed to secure the rights Of tho North and
the South. Though we may not approve every
provision in detail, we not, therefore, relieved
from the obligation of giving them effect. The
right to resist, if, indeed. such right could be
named, il futile and destitute of all foundaton but
the lucubration of disordered mind Obedience
to the laws is inculcated alike by human and Di-
vine precept and will alone give security to life,
liberty, and property. 1t will alone save us from
the appalling evils Of anarchy; and whoever coun-
sells resistance clearly disrcgsrds the best interests
of himself and his fellow men, and ncurs the guilt
of conspiring against his country"