The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-12-06
Of the Senate
and House of Representatives


and House Of Representatives !.
under the uniform action of our system
OF government, without strife or confusion.
new members to the General Assembly
have been chosen, to represent the latest
views of the people of this Commonwealth.
ana otherwise to provide for their happl
ness and welfare. Although this event is
OF regular recurrence, it is, nevertheless,
one full OF interest both to you and your
! constituents
In a country like this. so rapidly growing,
ana developing each day new events and
ireSh resources, the legislative mind NAV
wei be anxious lest, by the omission Of
some act-thc neglect If some duty-the
| progressive strides of the State, towards
wealth and power may, for n space be re-
tardcd a strong inclination to progress is
characteristic Of the race which YOU in
part represent and is, perhaps, the secret of
AhgIO-amrrlcan success and ascendanc, -
us spirit prevails over the continent, and is
continually hurrving us into new positions
OF theory and of government. 1t pervades,
10 Il greater or less extent, every State in
thc American Union, and is incorporated
ii'" It's laws, religion, industry and politics.
But on the other hand, all wcll.reruIated
understandings will regard, with something
like anxiety, that restless desire for change
IN fundamental principles of government,
and strong inclination 10 specific legislation,
as encouraging, to an undue extent the ten
denotes OF popular institutions to run into
extremes OF opinion and action. the end of
which is license without liberty, and law
without the assurance of order.
Whilst the State for which YOU lrgislate
can scarcely be said to have kept pace with
al hn n Lii 4
II may be claimed for it that il has more
surely attained those qualities of govern
citizcn-;naintaincd high degree of sociTI
ordcr-preserved n more even balance OF
power among the coordinate branches of
government-and been less controlled by
cupidity AMI ambition, those certain fore
runners of national degcncracy. Wcll,thcn
may you take pride in your State The
feeling is always admissible. but especially
80 when you live under Constitution and
laws conceived in justice, and administered
with purity-undcr Legislature indtpcn-
, dent in its views, and capable and rapid in
the discharge of its functions-under En-
| ecutives content with Their limited prcrog
tlves-under religion without the hcieIo-
doXlcs OF these present dayS-and under
| sound, Just and high-toned public sentiment.
cannot Therefore, recommend TO yon, gen.
tlcmcn, too strongly to watch oven with so
lictude this noble political organization and
preserve it from those changes and innova-
tons which tend to weaken, and eventually
to destroy, the happy equilibrium which ex-
lists and fervently hope tn t. far down in
the vista of time, when all memorials of US
are lost, except tho which may remain
among its archives, gracious Providence
will preserve this State Government in all
| its usefulness and beauty TO remote pos
terity, fresh and glorou, in its immortal
youth.
The year which is now nearly pist, has
been one of great calamity throughout the
world War and pestilcnsc, disasters on
the ocean, commercial anXicties and distress,
with gales and drough. ma erially shorten
ing the grain and other crops, are some OF
the melancholy incidents which have mark
ed it, Nor have the people OF this State
escaped the common msfortuncs. The
metropolis and some of the lesser towns
and portions of the country have been yisi-
ted by fatal fever. and other diseases al
most as destructive to life, which for time
have arrested all business, destro el num-
| Der Of valuable lives, and invested their COM
muniics with profound gloom. But few
| families are without some sOrrOwful event 10
call to their recollection the p:lst summer as
period of severe trial and mourning
Still we have abundant cause for gratitude
to God, for arresting the ravages Of disease,
and for restoring both the city and country
to their usual health. ....
The aggregate income Of the State IRON
agricultural sources for the present year is
likely to be materially diminished. The
yield of short cotton to the planters, not
| wthstanding a most favorable season for
gathering and preparing it for market, will
scarcely be equal to the crop Of last year,
whilst the long cotton and rc. on the sol.
board have been very much Ijured general
ly, aud in some instances endrely destroyed,
by the equinocttal storms These nuIier-
Gus circumstances taken into connection
with the stringency in the money market,
and the consequent check given to COM
merce and trade, induce a strong necessity
for economy both in disbursement OF money
from the Treasury, and in private expendi-
; lures. Fortunately, owIng TO the pFesinus
comparative freedom from debt in the SGtte,
, the losses both in business and agrc ltUre
, will only work temporary injury, wn en or
! dinary prudence cannot fail soon to reDs-
dy.
For an abstract Of the con iition of the
!, finances of the State, 4 beg TO refc1 you tc
my last Annual Message.
: The aett profits Of ,he Bank % the Stat,
!, for the present fiscal year amount 10 IN,
$ sum Of two hundred and ninety.iye thou
: sand dollars, (29b.000.) against three han
g dred and thirty thousand d,llars $4,000
|. the Eett proils Of 1893. ihus showing
;. dimination in the income OF the STATE iron
that soureeto the estsnt of thirty .hvci ih, q
sand dollars. (s35,OJJ.)
twas TO have bsen anticipated that u
, profits Of the Bankfor the present yes
q would fdl shsrt Of that Of Ihs yoar pf.
vionas Th. ere.aat afri.,Oa..,,, In A.. -.