Butte record., 1855-01-20
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The adoption of these reforms would
contribute much to the welfare and pros
perity of tue State. We notice that a
bill has been introduced for the purpose
of eiTecting these reforms, and hope it
may meet with the approval Of the leg
islatnre.
The message recommends rttrench-
ment in The expenses of the Legislature,
and also. that fees in Office, b. reduced
flom their present high rates. 1t also
recommends that the swamp and over
flowed lands donated 10 the State in IS
30, be disposed of i'll limited quantities
to actual settlers, at price not exceed
one dollar per acre, and that the fund
thus realized be set apart as Il "Recla
nation fund.-" TO be used in draining
and securing against overflow, the lands
thus donated
Judicious legislation for the protection
Of actual ttlers on the public domain,
is earnestly recommended as it is tho't
that more perfect security in the home
stead is required to insure the complete
development of the agricultural resources
of the State, and secure the prosperity
and happiness of her citizens.
The sy ITEM of CommoheSchools meets
the hearty appreciation of the Execu-
tive. He says:
''The education of the youth of this State is
with me a subject of much solicitude, and is
regarded as the only sure foundation on which
is to be reared and upheld the fabric of our
free institutions The intelligence and vir-
tue of the PEOPLE, nearly allied as they are,
may, be justly esteemed the mainstay of our
republican government, and the perennial
spring whence issues the streams Of enduring
prosperity and happiness.
The Governor inyokes the Legislature
to adopt measures to secure for the State
the Leidsdolff amp other estates believed
to have eschcated to the State Of Cali
forn.a, amounting in value to more than
S2,5OO, ,000. He believes that these
estates rightfu'ly to the children of Cal
lfjrnia, and asks the legislature to take
the necessa' y steps TO secure them
Considerable space is devoted to the
subject Of the mines, showit Q the uum-
ber Of companies engaged in mining op-
erations, the amount Of gold exported
daring the past two years. The Gov
is satisi from actual observation, and
the experience of the past, ''that fifty
years hence, when most Of those now
prominent Oh the stage of action, shall
have passed away, it will be said that
mining operations in California have
bat fairly commenced"
Upon the subj ct of Pacific Ralrod
the Governor says:
| The gigantic project of connecting the Pa
ei6c with the Atlantic Ocean by means of r.
| Railroad over the continent is properly appre-
ciated by the people of this, the youngest of
the sovereign States, and it is perhaps, need
less to add, that their aid will be cheefully
extended to the accomplishment of the work
in every form consistent with their own and
their own and the constitution of the United
States
The wants and necessities of California en-
inently and peculiarly demand the speedy
completion of this great work, which. when
fully consummated, will not incalculabiy ad-
vance all her substantial interests and add
immensely to her wealth and prosperity, but
will connect in interest as they are now united
in feeling, the people of the extreme sections
Of this great confederacy.
Regarded as national undertaking, and as
the great work of the nineteenth century, it
is eminently worthy of the enterprise, power
and wealth of this young Republic, as a means
not only of commanding the commerce of the
world and the richss of the Indies-of deAel-
oping the vast resources now hidden in the
desert, and opening to the industry and skill
of ou- rapidly increasing population, the in
terror of continent, but as binding together
with hooks of steel and iron bands, the now
widely separated portions of the Union.
That it is the province of the General Gov
ernment in some form, to act upon this mo-
mentous question, is most true, but in view of
its immense aud universally conceded import
ance to the Pacific country, cannot refrain
from suggesting to you the propriety of again
memoriallziug Congress on the subject, and
giving expression to the wishes and views of
the people of this State.
The attention of the general govern
nent is invited to the project Of estab.