Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-10-17

property and the safety of great numbers
of the people are committed to the
charge Of Corporations, which exist by
the authority Of the Legislature, and are
to q great extent subject to your regula-
ton and control. While these agents of
the public convenience should receive
such favor as a wise Legislature would
bessow, they should also be subjected to
rigid police regulations to guard against
the melancholy and wholesale destruc-
ton Of human life, which has too often
marked the history and married the utility
Of this great modern invention.
Applications for the increase of the
number of Banks and the amount of
Banking Capital viii doubtless come I'M
der your consideration. The facilities
afforded by these institutions have, be-
yond doubt, been beneficial to the bu-
siness interests of the country. A safe
and efficient banking system is one of the
most important means of promoting the
pecuniary prosperity of the people,
Allow me respectfully to suggest the i'm
portance Of a candid and dispassionate
examination Of this subject, freedom
from all improper feeling and bias, and a
strict reguard to the actual wants of the
community.
In concurrence with the recommends
ton Of my immediate predecessor in each
of his annual messages, | invite your at
tention to the Militia of the State. A
well regulated Militia has been relied
upon by our wisest statesmen as one of
the firmnest securities which free gov
eminent can erect against the dangers
which may beset ii. This branch of the
public service constitutes a strong arm of
the Commonwealth, which should neither
be cut of nor suffered to become palsied
by inaction. A careful examination by
you of the condition of the Militia, and
the laws regulating this subject, is earn
estly recommended.
The trainers of our Constitution de-
signed to provide for the speedy and i'm
partial administration of justice, as one
of the fundamental interests of the State.
Its declared in oar Bill of Rights, that
every person within this State ought
to find a certain remedy, by having re-
course to the laws, for all injuries or
wrongs, which be may receive in his
person, property or character; he ought
to obtain right and justice freely, and
without being obliged to purchase it
completely, and without any denial
promptly, and without delay, conforma-
bly, to the laws" Complaint is not IN
frequently made Of the great delay and
burdensome expense incident upon ac-
lions in our courts of justice. The great
accumulation of business in some of the
counties Of the State operates not only tc
deny to parties decision of their cases
promptly, and without delay" but also
TO subject them TO heavy and severe
increase Of the costs of litigation. The
poor man IS virtually debarred from
hearing Of bis claims by his inability t.
defray the expenses of their prosecution
/ believe that serious evil is expert
enced by our citizens in this respect
which addresses Itself to the wisdom o
the Legislature for a remedy.
The state Of the public finances is al
ways a subject Of interest to the legisla
ture and the people. An annual and full
exhibit Of their condition affords our con
stituents the most complete means o
scrutinising the conduct of those to whom
the care Of the Commonwealth has bee
entrusted, and who appropriate and ex
pend her funds
This exhibit in some of the States
made by the Executive in his annual me.
sage. As, under our system, disbursin
officers do not report to the Executive.
can only direct you to the Auditors Re
port, which should exhibit the conditio
Of all our financial affairs. Our peopl
require discreet frugality on the pa
of their public servants, and they are to
web informed to be deceived in regard
the necessary Expenditures of time an
money IN conducting the affairs of 90
ernment- They require in the manag
ment Of public matters the same econou
which a wise man exercises in his ow
affairs, that true economy, which deni
all unnecessary and useless expenditure
but IS liberal and even munifcent in ev
rything that conduces to the lasting Clio,
and prosperity Of the Commonwealth.
The term Of office of one of our Sc
atoFs IN Congress viii expire on the
! day Of March next. 1t therefore devolv
: upon the Legislature to elect a Senat
70 represent this State in the Congress-
.. the T7rsfea 60.