Weekly flag of the Union. (Jackson, Miss.) 185?-18??, 1856-01-16

fed to state that the University i IN = HlCsl
fourishing condition. The nu >pcr q su'
dents Is about two hundred. Th professors
for ability and learning, are cqd ked or bu,
few in any similar institution in "a DnItec
States, and the admirable discipli OF the
learned and excellent President unsur-
passed The Board Of Trustees be in
session in few days at the Car !, when
their report Will be submitted to Execu.
tive, and made the subject of a sp al CON-
munication to the Lenislat,lre. conn ed with
all the interests of the Universit which
commend to YOUR most favorable psidera-
ton in every regard.
The proposition for the establishr ht by the
State Of q Female College. for III thorough
and accomplished education of the daughters
of the State, has been brought pr fninently
and Interestingly before the public, Al q to the
notice Of the Executive, by Miss ReNeau. a
young lady of accomplishment, intelligence,
and talent, educated in this State, reAident
of Grenada, engaged in the business Of finale
instruction, and devoted to the intellectual ad.
yancemont of her sex. / recommend the
subject to the favorable consideration Of the
Legislature.
The S pf common school iaone which
has bssn % M the 81 3ect ol u scial ~ }
latioa in our State. that in its present condi.
ton | have not been able, upon the rnattiresi
reflection, to PRESENT for the consideration Of
the Legislature any well-digested plan for its
future success or improvement The growing
wealth and increasing population of our State,
and the injunction of the Constitution, that
" schools and the means of education shall
forever be encouraged in this State, induces
me to suggest to the Legislature the propriety
Of providing BY law for the, appointment of q
State Superintendent of Public Instruction,
whose dirty it shall be, to. traverse the State
and collect all information on this subject, and
devise and report plan for general system
of common schools, adapted to the wants, the
interests and the necessities of the State. This
| consider essential to the proper commence
ment and future success of any system that
may be adopted The mind Of the State,
and the soil of the State, should be cultivated
and developed. There is no increase of
wealth without production--no increase of
knowledge without the. cultivation of mind.
For the preservation of the public health,
and to guard, if possible, against the terrors
and dangers Of the peStience which has re-
Gently commenced its alarming visitations to
our State, recommend to the Legislature to
provide by law for the appointment of suit
able person, learned in the science of medicine,
and the nature and causes of disease, to act
singly or in conjunction with. others, ap-
pointed by other States, to inquire into the
causes which produce this affecting scourge,
and the means by which it may be prevented,
if possible, from coming within our limits
For the greater security of the public
buildings against fire, and the health of the
City of jackson, where the public officers are
required to reside, owing to the great scarcity
of water in the dry months of the summer
and fall l recommend the boring by the
State of an artesian well, on some of the
public grounds near the Capitol or Executive
Mansion, suitable for that purpose
| transmit herewith resolutions from the
States of Connnecticut, Rhode Island, Maine,
Massachusetts,, Michigan, and Pennsylvania,
some on the slavery, and some on other ques-
tons. To those from the State of Maine,
ask the especial attention of the Legislature
They are embodied concisely in the instruc-
tons of the Maine Legislature to their Sena-
tors and Representatives, to use all practicable
means to secure their passage in Congress-,
and are Uellevcdro be the -senSlm5nc cHerfsiet
by the large majority of the members in thai
body, from the Northern States, which at pre-
sent prevents the organization of the HOUSE
of Representatives, on account of their hos
tility to the South on the slavery question.
First-An act repeating all laws of the
United States authorizing slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Second-An act repeating the statute Of
1850, known as the Fugitive Slave Law"
'Third-Anaet forever prohibiting slavery
or involuntary servitude. except for crime
within the territories of the United States y
Lastly-That their Senators In Congress
be instructed, and Representatives requested
at all times hereafter, most strenuously to op.
pose, in every justifable way, the admission
of any new State into the Union, except upon
the condition to be embraced in the act of adj
mission, that slavery or Involuntary seryitude,
excepting that for crime, of which the accused
shall have been duly proved guilty, shall be
forever prohibited therein"
They denounce also the repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise, BY which they say slavery
was forever prohibited in the territory north
of the parallel Of 36 deg. 80 min., as an I'M
justifable violation Of solemn compact, and .
fragrant breach of faith and direct that a
copy of these resolves shall be forwarded to
the Governor Of each State, to be laid before
the Legislature thereof. ~ bal.
Objectionable as these resolutions are,
have had no hesitation as to the course to be
pursued with them They were the sovereign
voice of the State, expressed through her
Legislature, and whether faction or fanaticism
had temporarily the control, were for the time
being to be considered as her sovereign will.
1t is hoped they were not the voice, truly re-
presented, Of her people, and it is believed
that better sentiment has control Of her
counsels now. But it was my duty to present
them to the Legislature, and let the sovereign
voice of Maine be met by the sovereign voice
of Mississippi. 's
" Upon the questions embraced in these re-
solutions, Mississippi has taken her position.
Not hastily, but calmly-delberately. It is
embodied in her action in convention in 1851.
When, after the most grave consideration Of
the subject, she declared in reference to what
were termed the 9 Measares.sf, Gowprenlise, =
and in connection with them the rejection By
Congress Of the proposition to exclude slavery
from the Territories, and to abolish it in the
District Of Columbia, that while she did not
entirely approve. she would abide by them as
q permanent adjustment of a sectional con-
troyersy. She at the same time declared
that she held the Union secondary to the rights
aud principles It was designed to perpetuate,