New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-05
vrSNtGE or THE GOVERNOR or
hFNTYCkI.

We ind in the Message OF Gov Morchcad of Ken
.s,kv ius, >eu, to the Legislature, few paragraph
worth, a. r,>yrd In rcicpnce to Public Education
b. sSys;
In rrginc the Importance of elementary or com
r,,v scbC<l education DO not wish by any means To
numStc That il j. al that the good OF the country
The honor " necessities Of the state demand AhShei
Grade III learning is necessary 70 meet the wants al
socitiy aud for fair development Of the genus ol
our people. As you cultivate the intellect You All IN
The general diffusion Of kuowedge and manly senti-
merit refined taste and elevated thought have self
fu,iVr influence wherever found. 4 higher order %
tlucaon Necessary to sustain and improve The com
mon scbccl system. APopulor demand for education
lie rsi and necessary step for suCcesS-has already
h.cu crrsttNl. That demand should he supplied by
furnishing able and qualified teachers in the report
Ct the lcsrncd and distinguished superintendent who
,if mo-c than al other, TO mature aud lmpalt vitality
70 cug present system this view was suggested and
10 ny mind concu>Vely established ~ an essential
ir-rVaeui IN the successful operation Of on Common
school>. Dr. Breckenridge proposed that the state
sbould rccrCauZe PENNSYLVANIA University. make II
TIRE head OF the CommoI-School system and erect 1t
into school for the special purpose of educating
feachers-but with the collateral design of atOrdlns
Instruction TO any who might apply for it, For the
details q; u plan beg leave tonve your attention
a. his report for the wear 1850. submit the whole
subject 90 your better Judgment promising my hearty
r,,oIeru,ioO 70 whatever may advance the cause OF
sducaton give stability tn or increase the usefulness
~ our CommOn-Scho0i system.
On the subject Of our Federal Relations" Gov.
Morehesd speaks follows:
Il SIN unwilling to close this communication without
railing yorr attention 10 the present condition OF Our
federal relations. Kentucky, being a border Slave
STATE has had more cause to complain of the agta-
lions OF fanatcsm aud Of The practical encr0achmelts
upon her rights than perhaps any other state OF the
confederacy vet she has manifested no other spirit
than that OF Cancellation and calm fOrbealance ana IN
ibo-e angry sectional conflicts which have cOnvulsed
the nation che has stood almost arbiter between
the North and the South, and Whenevcrthe Union was
supposed 20 he in danger She has not hestatedto
Weld her opinions and her interests as II s0cr-
nee upOn the altar OF patriotism. With such
feelings deeply imbedded in the popular heart, she
Ia. witnessed with pain and modification the
alarming stides that are making 10y a GREAT and
growing sectional party I'm the North 10 Obltcrate
The cont ut Oual guaranty OF her rights ana 10 weaken
II rot the ties 10y which are bound together
IN common brotherhood. She has lamented and
mOurned that Wild and reckless spirit which ha.
hurried the descendants of the heroes OF Bunker III
and Lexington dissertation oithc Federal CONSTITUTE
ton, by an attempted notification OF supreme law
II the laid, made III pursuance oi IT. provlslo- she
has -eeu with d-maY and CONSERVATION tls spirit O
d-cord enter into the sanctuary ofour national liberties
She still ,oDs thee MON the best, If not the only
security for her peace and happiness aud faithful
and honest support oil the Constitution a. the ohiy
guaranty OF liberty.
'Therr are certain great and fundamental principles
which are mouopolized by no party which rise above
al party clam and which II would be PROCLAMATION TO
StnTeIdfr 20 party u-c. These principles Hc at the
foundation Of our Government and guarantee perfect
equality Of right 10 each and every State OF this Con-
sderacy 1t was the only condition upon whlchthe
Union could have been formed, and il the only one
upon which il can be preserved. IL l. the lundanth-
ta basi- not ONLY of the general welfare, but in all hut
man probability, of liberty itself. The most emphatic
word Of the Father of hi Country, and the most mn
FASHIONED defamation OF the orator a. TO
the Vauc Of the Union, cnunciatc but the
calmfs truth. It, dissolution would be like
tho brcakng-up Of a gallant ship on pros
porous voyage, in order that the crew might hnd
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greater safety on its loose dismemoered ana 'caSreo
fragments. The real enemies of the Union are those
who persist ia sectional agtatioll-thoSe who ar
banded together to bring the action of common Fed
eral Government for all the Statc- into an attitude oi
hostility TO the property of patthcy are the prac
iical disunionists They forget or disregard all the
ron,proIpiscs which impart vitality tO the Consttu-
ton. The dark and rampant spirit OF AGohtonlsm
and FreeSOilism regardless ankle OF the aoihonition~
Of patrosm aud the dictates o justice, i Threatening
in rs mad career to destroy tue very foundation Of the
Union.
1.-THE Federal Government, in its original org0niza-
ton conformed itself most wisely TO the then condition
of the people and the property il intended to pro-
tect. Slavery then existed in most of the States The
Constitution did not pretend to make any change
whatever in the relation of master and slave. me
property in slaves, such It was, procused, anu tue
ronstitution recognized il without Limitation, and
extended to the owner its unqualified protection. 1t
created no property, but recognized whatever was
propertv in the States such, and LETT 1t IN the c"'
lion in which it was found W When II speaks OF prop
Cfty, whatever was Htut ~ ". ""s
what was intended. II did not undertake TO denne
what was or was not property 80.
1.-The Federal Government being one OF limited
powers cannot impart to or take from anything It's
attribute of property Ii it cannot establish slavery
IN Territory il cannot destroy H. Whatever is prop
erty in any one of the States il carried into territory
cannO, lose its character of property Oy inc aoon %
the General Government.
~ am deeply and profoundly Impressed With the
conviction that the only safety to The mon Is the nr
establishment of the doctrine that the Federal Gov
eminent should abstain Internationally from al hostile
action rpon the subject Of Slavery. II j Govern
ment for the sayehOldng States well r. the Tree
and II has no right TO throw even lis moral influence
AGAINST the tenure of property recognized as such by
any Of Il, constituent pars. II would I've gross pros
,ittiop of lis Dowcrs and departure from the objects
Of its orran Zation 20 do 81. As common Govern
men, for all the States it was intended by It's
trainers that should discriminate between IN. properly
Of one State or one section and another. L1uSn'y Is
the law OF It's existence. dcprecate rs mueh a. any
one can the formation Of sectional or geogiaPh"a
parties The ties Of sympathy and interest Wnch Uuu
Us together a. one people become weaker ana "esheI
with the growth OF uniriendly feelings arising rom
the existence of such parties, until finally we Sran
become aliens and strangers TO each other. Inc
existence of mere geographical parties tie rst great
step 10 dsunion. To prevent that | was Wiling 10
unite with party whose principles were sufficiently
broad and Comprehensive aud patriotic TO entire
Itself 70 the name Of American. The great ana lead
ing and fundamental article of the political creed Oh
this organization was undying devotion to the union o
the States and every other principle II hela was Du'
spbsiday 10 this. The perpetuity OF this mighty ke-
public with all s countless blessings through genera
lions which are 10 follow was it's end and aim. Inc