The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-01-17
Gov. EisscIi's Inaugural Message.

/ To tie General Assen6ly Of the State O
! Illinois:
The relation which the people of the
State have established between you and me,
makes it my duty from time to time, to give
you information of the state Of the Govern
! ment and recommend TO your consideration
such measures as may deSm expedient.
I Tho very able and elaborate Message OF
my dis;iD sushed predecessor, delivered 10
YOU 81 the commencement OF your present
session, relieves me Of the necessity Of say
ing much that Otherwise might have been
incumbent upon me to lay before you. With
the suggestions and recommendations con-
tanned in that Message fully concur.
The general prosperity Of the State, at
the present time, should elicit our wsrmest
gratitude towards the Great Author Of all
our blessings. Good health, peace. and I'M
exampled prosperity prevail throughout our
bordcrs-and every legitimate branch Of
bushes. il prosecuted with a success hithsr-
TO scarcely dreamed Of.
Agriculture may be egarded az the found
alton Of al our prosperity. No State in the
Union, no country on the globe is more IA
vored by nature for the successful pursuit Of
agriculture than Illinois Agriculture, how
ever Ike most of our other interests, re-
qures, at present, for its successful and COM
p!ete development, the fostering care Of the
Government; and / recommend an appro-
pria'ion Of reasonab amount for the tur
pose of aiding the efforts that are being
made by the State agricultural Society
(whose efforts in this cause have been, thus
far, both enlightened and successfully to adj
vance that vital interest. The report OF that
Society, which will shortly be laid before
&c fhn 1tvht oh he for.
ference Of the State will be most productive
of good
1t is a matter Of very sincere gratfica
ton, that those institutions of charity-the
Hospital for the Insane, the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, and the School for the Blind
which have heretofore received the fostering
! care of the State, are more than eqEaling
cur warmest anticipstionS. cheerfully re-
commend the very reasonable appropriations
asked for each of them, and, as kindred to
this, I would call your attention to the sub.
ject Of establishing School for the Instruc-
ton of I6ots. Ample experience in other
States has established the gratifying fact,
that a portion at least, OF this most unfor-
tunate class Of our citiZsns, are susceptible
of improvement by suitable training, and
teaching, such as may be afforded them at
proper institutions. know of no object to
which the funds of our Treasury could be
more properly applied tan to the elevation
of this class of our citizens. 1t will crafty
me much if the Legislature, in its wisdom,
shall take the same view of this subject
which do, and vote the necessary funds
for establishing an Institution for tho In.
struction of Idiots.
1t is my duty, also, to call your attention
TO the subject Of the erection Of a new Peni-
Tertiary. Our present one is known to be
already burthened with more inmates than
can well be accommodated, for want Of room.
Another Penitentiary located somewhere in
the northern part of the State, seems to be
des red by our people and hope will find
it consistent with your serse of duty to pro-
vide for its erection.
Application will be made to you for aid in
behalf of schools for tho reform OF juvenile
delinquents. The practice of Furnishing Of
fences committed by youths Of tender age
in the same manner as il committed BY
adults, is unquestionably evil in its tenden-