Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1853-01-22

constitutional liH,itatiou, Il bauarne neegt.
safy IN my judgment to borrow Che mpney
TO meet the draft, and thus save the creji,
OF The State, siJ prevent embarrassment,
IN n foreign land, 10 one uI uur most wof.
thy and distinguished cunniryinenI III
connection With Hon Charles t4syarrs,
SECRETARY Of State, | borrowed the ratn el
$4,000 from the Louisiana Stnie papk, 10
be paid Oh the frat day Of Fet4asty Of ths=
year, CIR joint ,oie htina given for this
as,in. nfd ] have TO ask that provision be
inade ~iasstsdiaisiy tO meet the same, and
that the halatias VI tie fsrtnpr nppropria'
sion be renewed. We were informed by
Mr. Powers that the siatue wne IN pres
Bfess, aud would he completed during The
ftespnt yenr
The quarterly reports Of The Board OF
Currency chow that our Banhs are IN d
most souiid aud snfe condition, Indeed,
the great abundance Of money In the co,n'
Try. IL evibeed ty the fact that the Hanks
have h miea larger amount Of specie Ia
their vaults, tltan their whole circulation,
No Banks In the Union ARE IN a more safe
aud reliable condition, than illose Of Lot.
isiBna. According TO The statement Of the
Board. made on the 3u,h December, 1902,
the smottnt OF circulation Of the Banks
wac S5,4U0, DAG, while the specie ia their
vaults wes Ss, s07,oi2.
Owing TO the change introduced BY the
new Constitution, OF ltlltDg annual In
stead OF bieaiial sessions Of the fegisla
tire, the usual reports from public institn.
tiot,s have not been 10 promptly presented
ma they will doubtless hereafter be, We
may expect, Ia time for any necessary an.
ton Of the Legislature, reports iron, The
University OF Louisiana aud tile Charity
Hospital The frat OF these institutions
continues In successful operation The
wants Of our great city demand such al
institution, and II should, doubtless, con.
'inue. 10 receive the fostering care OF the
Safe.
The latter Ia one OF the nobleet chari
ties OF country, aud although il il a
ee0fce Of considerable expense TO the
State, Htill | sdvise that the usual sppfo.
priations for its support be nude the
commercial Interests Of our State aud city
requires this al our hands, and iud re few
would he disposed o withhold il.
In d few days after the transmission of
this Message TO our honorable body, my
official connection with The affairs Of the
State will terminate. I rejoice thpt Ia re.
firing from public life, | leave the State In
70 ilourishiig a condition aud cheering
prospects, aud that | nun surfenieeing the
Chief MagIetracy OF the State into the
handle 40 worthy to receive Il, aud 30 capa.
bic of sustaining its dignity, Tia cares and
its responsibilities. Our State possesses
the elements Of incalenlable wealth and
prosperity, ard | hopefully resign 10 my
worthy successor la office, and 10 you the
representatives OF the people, the import.
ant work of devising and executing those |
plans OF policy which viii develop her re.
sources, moral and physical, and make her
all that can be desired by her patriotic
children.
In the discharge Of my public functions,
] have doubtless sometimes erred ito err
indeed Il human, aud | am not one 10
claim exemption from tho f~raities of hu.
mani,si still trust you will believe me
when | ASSURE you, aud through you ali
my fellow citizens, who have honored me
with their confidence, that my errors have
heen those Of the head aud not Of the heart.
design and aims have been good, how
ever much | ,nay have failcd In execution.
and In that retiremen, from the cares OF
public life, which is so desirable to me,
aud into which I enter with 10 much
eheerfolness, I shall ever watch with the
~liveliess interest and solieitude, the pro.
gress'vc developments aud prosperity OF my
native State.
JOSEPH WALKER.
Baton Rouge. Jan ~, 1889