Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-10-05

lnuuce me - sanction any considerable eXtenS
of such capital in the State, ! am firm believe
! in the policy Of dispensing with the of pape
/ money so far as that can b. done without givin.
too sudden shock to the business relations Of tn
people. Such policy. am confident is best cal
cuiated to promote the success of the manufacturer
the miner tha agrcu turist. and above all. TO Sc
cure to the laborcr a just reward for his toll.
loose oni IN guarded system of granting cor
poTate privileges obtained favor under the alni-
nlstration of my predecessor. Corporations were
created To engage IN mere ordinary business enter.
prises, clothed with extraordinary powers, anC
upon the principle Of limited liability of the
corporatOTs thus giving the ptalist undue adj
vantages | deemed this system unwise and I'M
just. could see no reason why those who sought
t. enjoy ii the profits of ordinary enterprise,
clothed with the convenience of a corporate seal.
in competition with individuals, should not bear
the entire responsibilities and pay their debts to
the last fartiiing individuals required to do
The use Of the veto power succeeded in ar
resting this system and the principle Of individual
Gai'lity IN corporations If this kind is now the
settled p Icy Of the St,te and shall be maintain
ed SO long as have the power to do 50.
a number of general laws have been adopted to
super-e! the necessity for special legislation, and
much good has been accomplished, hut there IS
seijl, on this point, great work to peri nm.
The offensive system Of omnibus legislation. hy
which good an bad measures are piled together
under the same common title, and which has coat
tbe c monwealth 50 many millions of prod'ga
expenditure in times past. was during the last
session. for the first time, completely br ken
down and TIE laws of 1884 have been presented
to the people each separate. resting on its own
merits If / be reelected the whole power Of the
Executive department sLal lie welded to main
tain this wholesome system.
Tie poicv Of municipal subscriptions to public
works, sancti ned by my prcfece so.s, never did.
6 yru will remember. neet tie c2tire approval
of my iudemeIt. ] felt required. at early day,
TO admo'iSh the reorle and their reT resentatives
against this insidiOus mode Of creating debt Tut
rs these measures were generally presented in the
shape Of a local question. affecting the interests
Of particular localities. did not feel required to
interposc my judgment against that of the paopla
Immediately interested and their representatives.
Time and experience have convinced me that this
was an unwise delicacy. If reelected Govenor,
I shall uahesitatina'y employ the veto power
against al and every such schemes.
had not supposed prior to the commencement
Of this canvass, that it woui2 b. necessary for
ne T. declare to any citizen my views III reference
to our common school system. | had cherished
the belief that my career rs a citizen, Senator,
and as Governor had gwen amp evidence OF my
strong attachment to this most sacred of our in
As in boyhGo3 was the recipient OF
the blessings Of that system, 50 ii manhood shall
maintain il u the fullest extent ] have resist
Q Ay the veto power, rs the public records show.
all attempts at innovation upon the system
Those engraftea Un 1t iy cur political opponents.
wael in pOW@T-the endowment feature and the
se ectaritn feature--h;.ye leon stricken from the
system. Nor could ever san II II division #
tse iu4d for any purpose. Whatever means he
raj cd for cdGcaticral purposes hy the government
sl suII be exDan5a iIla the sch u organization.
t would seem quite unnecessary aud impoitic to
II ct money from tie people, IN a publc way,
70 be expended IHGer private direction There Is
.suplr room frT the Of private means for the
promotion "i e1uct.oa, without Interfering with
the general system.
1t shall be my pride and pleasure at all times
to endeavor to perfect. extent AMI strengthen our
CO nm, school system. Indeed, | anticipate
with pleasure tie day wien the Golfers # tie
3 ate viii lie allie t. lear the expense Of far
more enlarged and literal system of eaucaticn
one which shall teach the higher branches Of
science and literature, as we'll as the rud!ments
Of u common education.
No higher or nobler duty could occupy TIE
energies Of q government. Educa ion, III al its
phases. is the great helTmect Of civilization and
Christianity. 1t is the most potent means ofpre-
venting crime, the greatest beverage IN eievatlnS
society Isis the tls d the largest degree oi
happin, ss an the highest grade of ma
ii nal digu t.. Transcen iantly important III all
countries, and among every people; but nowhere
IN re peculiarly than IN America. Here puolc
will directs the policy Of the government; here
indeed the very foundation OF the government
rests or the sovereign th' ughts Il tie masses,
How important then it Eeyomes the1t that will
shoul;, cnanate from a Lig!.'y cuiJivated iudg-
ment. This Is tie very pa..allun OF iii e,ties,
1t IS the sheet-'ln nor Of our republican insStu-
tCns. l 1elitve that so long as tie people are
made Intel iget by education and elevated IN the
scale OF II ora it, by its influences, 50 long VIII our
civil and rclgi Us berries be safe against internal
strife or external @ rassioH. 1t Is the prepara-
ton for the exerc e o. the elective franchise,
+t.-, i = /. a salF
by means of whca the voice Of the h"mbeit ci,
tizeu is equal 10 that OF the most prominent and
wealthy-tnr1ugf which all enjoy equal dignity
and power as citiZens.-What statesman can oc
iDdftrent to such a system this w hoover
could be, de- erves not the name of an American
l could not greet such man as true Penn
sylvanian-
On tie great moral question Of prohibition, the
making and selling of Intoxicating liquors, except
for particular purposes. have but Fttle TO say IN
addition to the contents oi my letter t. the Tenn
perance Convention Of June last. In that COM
municatian. expressed the opinion that the Le-
asiatu7e was D ssessed of CONSTITUTE nsl power to
c,ntroi and regulate the subject but at the same
time remarked that, in the exercise Of that power,
a law might be passed, when IN ITS detalls,
would be obviously unconstitutional and unjust.
I said then as repeat now, that | sincerely de-
precate the vice Of intemperance, and | am pre-
parei to sanction any proper measure to mitigate
as far possible, to extirpate the wee bur can
not be REGARDED as pledged to sanction a propos-
ed law, the details Of which have not seen The
of my o1th under the institution for
bids this The Executive department of the 60
vernrnent is a coordinate and concurrent branch
of the Iaw-maaing power. Vested, as | have
been with its functions. for the time beng, l.
should do Won injustice and dishonor myself. as
as an officer, were | to surrea lor those functions
to any other branch Of the Government, or asso-
ciated power, for any reason whatever They