The Nevada journal., 1853-01-14
san Frnirrisco Agency
Per Wells, Fargo 8 Co.'S Express.
Governors Message.
Fellsw Ciisens Of tie
Senate and Assembly:

Senate and Assembly:
The duty again deyolyes upon me to
communicate with the Peoples Repre-
sentatives on the condition Of the State,
and recommend such measures as may
deem expedicnt.
Permit me, then, to welcome you to
the scene Of your legislative labors, and
to express the hope that all the meas
ures matured by you may not only be
promotiye Of the interests but meet the
warm approval Of our common constitu-
ents, who have con6ded to you the most
important trusts which can be delegated
to public agents. need hardly assure
you Of my sincere desire to cooperate
with you in all your efforts to exalt the
character, establish the credit and ad-
vance the genera, interests Of the State.
You have assembled at an interes ting
period in the history of our public fairs.
Our Interests have acquired a more per-
mansnt and sslid character che people
have generally yielded willing obedi-
once to the laws; our commerce is rap
idly diversifying and expanding; the
sources Of our wealth have been i'm
mensely augmented: agriculture and
the mechanic arts are more generally
engaging the attention of our people !;
institutions Of learaing are springiag up
in our midst and, in fact, all the arts Of
peace are beginning to progress and
flourish throughout the State. We have
entered upon our career of freedom and
civilization with prospects the most fiat
tering. uninterrupted and surprising
as has boen the progress Of these sister
States from which we are divided d-not
by feeling, but by geographical position
astonishing as have been the achieve
ments Of science. and astounding the po-
iiticai events which have distinguished
the past history Of our country, the set
tlemspt and partial development of the
resources Of California by the American
people. is by no means the least amongst
the great achievements which have been
censummated. The Importance Of events
is estimated by their influence upon the
destinies of mankind that of the settle
ment and development. of Calf ,rnia, to
which have above alluded, pos ,esses
peculiar interest, since it evidently has
tens the period when u more considera-
BILE portion Of this ccn.inent-inelnding,
perhaps some of the proximatc islands
OF the seas may be in subje,tion to the
enterprising and enlightened policy Of
the Government Of the United States.
The settlement of California has devel-
Nped in the public mind a streng bias
favorable to other peaceful acquisitions,
and has proved, that, while in accor-
dance with the uniform policy of the
Government, we bave ever been ready
to welcome the emigrant foreigners to
our soil who can, consistently with the
Constitution and Laws OF the United
States, become citizens by naturaliza-
tion, they are, at the same time, dispos
ed to make the soil itself, peacefully. a
portion of the Republic. Despotisms for
chilly subdue and subject foreign terri
tory in violation of the laws Of nations,
while it is the policy Of our Government
when it can be done consistently with
the rights ofothers, and by due obser-
vance of the laws governing national in
tercourse.
Pursuing the path of peaceful prog
ress, We have advanced in all the ele-
mcnts Of national greatness, and enjoyed
adegree of individual prosperity under
the operations of our civil institutions,
anexampled in the history Of govern
ments.
Amongst the most important duties
which will devolve ON you at your pres.
ent session, is that of regulating the f.
nances Of the State, and fixing them up
on basis at once permanent and sure !;
which shall, at the same time, serve to
secure us against the emkarrassments Of
an oyerdrawa Treasury, as we'll as a.
gainst the burdens Of oppressive taxa
tion. 1t cannot be disguised that for the
past three years, we have not dc voted
that advised and well-informed alton
tioA to this subject which its great inn
portanse demands. Year after year,
since the organization Of the State, we
have been steadily contracting heavy
liabilities, until at length the burden is
enerously felt, and the endorsements
thus occasioned begin to seriously affect
our standing and credit, and retara eur
progress. That measarcs must n ~ be
adopted immediate, if practicable, s,n
their effect, and radical in their nature,
would seem to admit Of no question. We