The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-01-30
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
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will be, seen, provides for Sinking Fun
fortbe liquidation of the Public Debt al
which shall be suflicien.to pay the accr
ing interest thereon. This fund must
adequate, after the payment of the il
terest, annually, to REFUGE the prihcip
by Q sum moi les. than one hundred tho
sand dollars, increased each and evel
\ year, by compromising, at The rate OF 81
lper cent per annum. Ii declares Of VIII
I this sinking fund shall consist, and or,
4 ates Board Of Commissioners 10 be con
ll9ssed 'oftbe Auditor aud Secretary
,1'Stnie with The Attorney General.
u This is a responsible trust conferre
l'pon this Board, and it is suggested ,ha
pro vision should bo made by law for tn
| keeping Of a complete record Of all il
procee dines. The Board should hav
lis office and its clerk, as large sums {
money are 10 be received and disburse
throughout. It's agency, security slioul
be leaui,ed foy tbe faithful performanc
of such duty. Hut little difficulty, it
believed, need occur, in carrying out il
detail the objects OF 'his article by legis
lativc enaciments. a ie.asa
IA Ia speaking of the gen aral prosperou'
cordilion Of the different branches OF th
Stale Government, our militia syster
must be permitted to form an exception
and was not intended TO be included il
those remarks. .la
Ii has been neglected for years, i,n'
has fallen into disrepute; nor is il supp'
sed much benefit would be derived from
frequent militia musters and military
drills. They are usually days Of dssipa.
ton rather than instruction in military
science. But under institutions like ours,
and where safety in case of war, is on a
citizen soldiery, there should be kept up
an effective enrolment and organization
of our militia force. Divisions, Brigades,
Regiments and Companies should be
officered complete, aud fall returns made
at stated periods, to the Adjuani Cen
eral. No return has now been made for
maliy years, and the State Of Ohio loses !,
at least one third other Just annual pro-
porion oflhe public arms distributed by
the United States,
The Constitution requires shat legal
provision shall BE made for the enrolment
of The militia, and for the protection Of
the public arms; The arms and accou-
lrements of all descriptions recived by
Ohio, al Their contract prices, will amount
10, al least, seven hundred thousand
dollars. But small proportion of them
are now in the arsenal at Columbus;
others have been distributed 10 COM
panies, and deposited in different ,coun-
lies in The State, and for which siolage
is yeaily demanded and paid. Those to
whose care they have been intrused,
and who have given sccnrity to the
Qparier Master General, have, in some
INSTANCES, died, in others gone without
our Jurisdiction. or become insolvent. In
some cases, the public arms are out Of
repair. in others not 10 be found, and no
one Of responsibility to account for their
igjury or loss. }, sgl
The Arsenal, OF place of deposit, in
Columbus, where there is large amount
of this public property, is the old Peni-
teniiary Building, damp, dilapidated, and
leaky, weak, and insecure. The arms
aud accoutremenis placed in it are un-
sale. 1t bas been broken through, the
present summer, repeatedly, and muskeis
abstracted. Cor hunting and SPORT With
the advice Off Quarter Master Gen
eral. with no other authority but that
which was assumed, in, order to prevent
these abuses, it was deemed necessary
TO employ q watchman, and pay him
monthly from the contingent fund, he
has however, been kept at work in the
repair of the plblic aims. This subject
for their safety, was specially
Lrought to the, notice Of the last Gen,
,eIal Assembly, but for want Of time, or
some other cause, did moi receive its ac-
ton. e..,5
The Constitution not only requires the
protection Of this property, but It is sub
mil,ed to The consideration Of the Legis-
lature, whether good faith to the United
States is not equally imperative. .a.
Under the authority Of various acts Of
Congress, the public arms have been dis
,ributed 10 tie several States in a ratio to
correspond with the returned numerical
force oftheir militia, 10 be used in case
of war, invasion, rebellion, or insurrec7I
ton, for their defence or that Of The ma.
tion. ~. 3,s. s.N "a
Il is true the horizon is now clear.--
Not cloud appears to threaten bloody
strife, but Washington has said if peace
'ful relations are 10 be maintained, we
must be prepared for different state Of
things, and the Father Of his country never
spake il, peace or war, but his words were
eminen,ly worthy ofheed.
ii is. Recommended that provision be
made 10 call in all the public arms, ex-
cep, those necessary for light or yolun-3
teer companies, and taat they be stored,
in a suitable place, but in ORDER insured,
and given to the custody of the Quarter
Master. General, who should be required