The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-12-22
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
and House Of Representatives. !:


rning one OF the highest and most important
functions of a Republican government To
Ion has been delegated the power, under the
Constitution Of the State Of Iowa. to enact e.
quail and expedient laws for the government of
the Commonwealth, of which you are the i'm
mediate repre sentatlves; and upon the faithful
and proper discharge of the duty must depend
10 a great extent The propriety aud future wei
fare Of the people whom you represent
You have assembled under happy auspices
pence reigns over our land-the earth has
yielded its bouniisul harvest to reward our cit
zens for their industry--gencral health prevails,
and prosperity seems TO smile upon all For
these manifestations Of q wise Providence we
shonld be greatful
Since the last session of the General ASSEM-
bly, the people Of this State, in common with
all the States of the Union, have been called
upon to mourn the loss Of some OF cur most en-
inent Statesmen Men who for almost half a
century, by their greatness of intellect and ell
oquence, have stood the first in our national
councils men whose history, whatever errors
IN Judgment they may have committed, will
rank among the first of the age in which they
lived. | aliude TO John c. Calhoun. Levi
Woodbury., Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.
But six years have elapsed since the organi-
zation of the Safe government OF Iowa al that
time as near as can be estinated the number of
INHABITANTS amounted to seventy eight thousand
nine hundred and eighty eight BY the census
AIKEN by the United States in eighteen hundred!
and hity, we find population of one hundred
and n'nety-two thousand two hundred and four
teen. And by the returns Of the State census
tor the present year, increase of thirty seven
thousand seven hundred and eighty six TAX
ing into consideration the emigration to Oreron
and California, may well say that the increase
has been commensurate with the most sanguine
expectations.
In the State Of Wisconsin, laws have been
passed authorizing the appointment Of com
missioner OF immigration, tn reside in the CITY
ni New l ork, whose duty it is TO give emlgrants
the necessary information as to the SOIL climate
and the business TO be pursued with ADVANTAGE
and to protect, far as practicable. such persons
against lmPositions often practiced upon them /:
| submit to your consideration whether the ap-
polhtmeht OF such an officer, under proper reGu-
| iauons, would not be highly beneficial to this
state, and those who might be disposed to be.
come citizens among US
In State In the condition of ours no subject
can claim more pressing interest than that of
puohc instruction. In Older communities, un.
der our government Of popular opinion it Just.
~ taxes the nrst rank; but here, recently EN-.
parked upon the experiment of a State Govern.
mens' with population rapidly increasing by
emigration, scattered over a great extent Of
country, and many of them destitute of the
ordinary means of civil instruction, no subject
can appeal IN stronger terms TO your fostering
care. In view of the great importance of this
SUBJECT would respectfully suggest the propri.
eV OF careful revision IF the laws which have
oeeh heretofore enacted relative to the establish
tnent OF common schools and the State Univer
fliy, TO secure simplicity and economy in this
| department of Our government. And YOU will
undoubtedly be aided in your deliberations by
The report OF the Superintendent of Public In
| struction which Will be laid before YOU The
hrst great object should be to place within the
reach of every child in the State the opp Srtu
nlty OF acquiring those indispensable elements
OF education which shall fit him for the enlich.
ened discharge OF the civil and social duties to
which he may be called.
need not remind you that our constitution
requires the General Assembly TO encourage,
by all suitable means, the promotion of intel
ectuai, scientific and agricultural improve
ments.
/ Our financial condition is at all times a sub
Ject OF the deepest interest not only to the peo-
pie themselves but TO their Representatives. Ii
Is to their action that the people must look for
the security of their credit, the preservation of
| theif faith and the exemption from unnecessary
! buTthens BY the report of the Treasurer of
! State herewith submitted il will be seen that
| there has been received into the treasury from
the second day of December, 1850, to the thir-
ty-hrst day of October 1852, the sum of one
hundred and thirty nine thousand six hundred
| and eighty one dollars 90 cts Balance receiy-
| ed from former Treasurer dollar thirty nine
! cents making an aggregate of one hundred and
| thLrty-nne thousand six hundred and eighty
| three dollars s cts. The disbursements for the
same period are one hundred thirty thousand
SIX hundred and thirty one dollars, 40 cts be-
ing balance in the treasury at the latter date
| OF eITIlt thpusap nd nd d,.I f.r q
by the report of the Auditor of State which
VIII be laid before you the funded debt of the
state amounts to eighty one thousand seven
hundred and ninety five dollars, Is cts Of which
| amount twenty-six thousand seven hundred and
ninety five 10000 dollars are payable at the
option OF The State. The estimated cxpend:-
lures tor the two years to come amounts to
Sio3,Si5 30. The estimated resources for the
same period, with the balance in the Treasury
amount to $I49,ll9 ~, an amount which after
dednctlng ten per cent, from delnquencies and
assessments, as unavailable, viii leave balance
OF receipts over expenditures fully sufficient to
eXtnguish all that part Of The funded debt Of
the State which is payable at their option, and
would recommend that provision be made to
pay The sane as ripidiy as any surplus means
may come into the treasury
consider it to be my duty to direct your at
tenton 10 the propriety of establishing the office
" as StiCl once Is DecHin-
ing absolutely necessary to protect the interests |
OF the State IN the collection Of its revenue E IL.
Inc prose- Hion and defence oFsuits ia which tits
lmmediatc!y interested The sums which have !
been paid for services, added 10 the losses which
have been sustained from tic want Of le,ral skin
n cases wbare The State has been party. would.
IN all probability, have more than paid the sala |
ry ol such an officer His services would also |
be valuable TO the various executive officers
II = rNl Nm
ground OF economy IS well as necessity.
At the last session OF the General Assemble |
4 proposition was made to establish Z State Lead |
oifce for the supervision and sale 81 land which |
nave been, or might be, granted 10 the State 49,
Although the proposition not then layoFa
big considered, yet it is manifest TO nv nine.
that such an office ought TO be established. TN
der regulations that will prevent inconvenience
IN the sale OF lands and at the same time secure
an unqnestionable title to the purchaser With
out such an officer | am unable to see how the
swamp and other lands Of the State can be pru
IDENTIFY and properly managed And unless
our present system should be reformed much
confusion and trouble will he the result
1t is with much satisfaction that invite ve,,,
attention to the affairs of the Pententiary OF!
this State, and to the reports of the proper Off
GERS. The law passed al the last session Of the
General Assembly for the government of this
institution, and the rules and regulations adopted
under 1t, have had most happy effect in esab.
fishing discipline and good order in all lis de.
partments. The duties Of each officer have been
specially assigned. All accounts and proceed.
ings are required to be kept on record, so that
full understanding and settlement of all its affairs
might be had at any time without inconveni.
ence.
Being authorized by an act Of the General
Assembly $50 take the proper means to cause to
be investigated the title by which the State holds
The grounds upon which thePenitentiary stands,
appointed Curtis Bates Esq, to make tbs oxa-
mnation, whose report is herewith transmitted;
BY which it viii be seen that the title to the
State has been perfected, and the deed therefore
recorded and filed in the proper Office | also,
Inder Jount Resolution, approved February
It'll, 1851, appointed The same gentleman as \
Commissioner ''to settle with ali persons hay
ny claims or unsettled accounts with the Peni
entiary, incluiing those of John w Cohick, {
he books Of A. Fl. Hasknl late Superinten {
lent, and of John Scott, his successor and who
Ifter careful examination, made final adjust i
nent OF the claims presented, as will appear by I