The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-12-23
ALFRED SANDERS, EplroR.
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

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Governor, We wish briefs to resiew that
interesting documea, and to discuss soma
of the leading topics tina, he has introduced
into his message to that assembly.
First, he recommends the appointment q
a Commissioner of E,nigra;ioa,. 10 reside In
the city OF New YORK and 10 give foreign,
ers necessary instructions, etc. with re-
gard TO GU. State. Wisconsin and low
have populated proPorlionably faster with
in the las, ten years than any States ia thu
Union. The decennial Increase 1t ths
population Of Wisconsin has been SIS per
cent, saiIe that o; Iowa has been oa.y
345 per ceuium. The latter in soil, eli.
mate, aud all the Inducements that cal be
held oai 10 the emigraat, possesses aasan
tages equal 10 the iofmer; whence then tAe
ditIereuce' Ii is found Ia the systematic
efforts tina, tue early iahabitaIts Of thai
State used 10 encourage immigration. No
only In New York did they have Con
missioner, bal they bad Agents abroad,
society established ID England, whose basi.
ness il was 10 torn tie tide ofem5gration e
The territory Of Wisconsin. Tie recon.
menlslion OF or Governor 5 good one
and we hope our Legislature my adept i
and APPROPRIATE such SUM tor The Com
mssioner's salary as viii induce eompe
tent person - secept The post and discharge
lis duties faiihfully.
The second recommendation Of the Coy.
ernor, with regard g simplit, ing the laws
in respcc, to The establishment Of Cammoa
Schools and State University. viii goa.
erany be approved Of we'll as The hiat =
the General Assembly, taat our coastl,a
ton encourages the promotion IL inte!iecia
al, scieutiflc aud agriculture improvement
A fact that il does ,erg wei 10 reNad
them OF. as even L9coloe0s hare begun Il
inquire, s.Can good come out u NszsFeth! r
Tie finances OF the State appear 10 be
10 i honTishing condition, to judge by c -.
nopsis Of the state 81 the Treasury, ss sfs.
en- BY the Governor, and @e give 10 cor Le-
cotoco iriend= tie entire cFs1a u aAviue
some eight thoussnd daiisrs Living die II
the vaslt al TIE Capitol, LID tie Ways
been in poaer il Is true the money might
rot have been ils. there, and eur State
might have been a few thousand dollars Il
debt, but then Instead q uub5idgcd streams
and lniry slougts We would have hal good
roads. Like The Wing governed States
and nlodern-pFogfessiye-Locutoco ruled
States to cur East, while our citizans each
would have had y pay few dollars extra
per annun4 interest, they waalj Asge been
benefited at the same lime hundreds o.a3l
lsrs. Its strange that While iG3El14as.
without respect 10 party or creed, ARE eser
willing to incur some indebtedness Ier The
sake Of obtaining larger CAPITA on which
to operate, or greater facilities Tor da.ag
business, men should bs found unwilling
that the same rale--as universal in its APP.
p.ica,ion as any one In exi tepce-shuu.4
be applied TO Count or State, Bat there
is good deai OF humb1g in P9Iilics and a
blindness upon the part Vi The people that
seems TO imply mans innate lose Of being
deceived.
TIE next recommendation Of tho Gov
ernor lie the appointment Of a States Al
,orney General. Such an officer may be
needed; i, ia true We have wagged along e
far without one, but If we can do better
with ,nan without such on ofieial. let,
have him--only he sure and don't select 3
Wing 10 fiji that station.
Tho fih recommendation l. FIR the e.
tabiishmen, Of State Land Office. 4
fifth wheel 10 cosch--a sixih fuger 70
han3--fat berths Fcr OaProYi1e5, se!i.sacri
fcing, party impoverished Loc5toeos.
Tie next subject referred 10 is tie STAT
Penitentiary. About $4,000 have beet
expended in enlaTging ihe buildings lh
past year. Another appropriation oGS $40
900, if not oil applied 70 salary tie oiIieef.
would Glake il the best h9tei 10 Tie State.
The seventh subjecl treated upon, ~ To
manufacture aud presentation Of q faei
wrought sword TO Capt Roberts Il
rather . small matter; but we doassaro oa
readers 40 immense deal 81 capitol hl
been manufactured out Of the jHeiden
trivial as il may appear. The Coyerno
Hon. A c. Dodge, aud some Of tie undo
slrsppers, have made, "D4ncoa.be" out Z
1t.
The militia system next claims thc a
iention Of our Governor, and be recon
nends the enrichment and organization I
the militia into divisions, &c. May sc :
saved repetition Of ''nijitis training dts
in the good State u lowe for al time /
come. The Governor also rocommoul
the establishment Of an Arsenal f9r I'll
safe keeping Of lie arfas and munitions b,