Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-01-15

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| is substantial und elegant structure and Will
be safe depository for the public arms--an
ornament to the city, and credit to the Com
| monwealth.
/ One Of my predecessors. in his annual COM
munication to the Legislature, Immediately af-
ter the close Of the late war with Mexico, re-
commended the erection OF monument 10 The
memory of those citizen soldiers, from Penn
| sylvania, who died in the service of their coun-
| try in that war Il is due to them, that some
! public acknowledgement Of their patriotic SER
vices should be made by the State. Concur
| ring 10 the sentiments expressed in tie co:nmu
| nicatioa TO which reference has been made,
| would also invite your attention to the poprl-
ety Of erecting, in the public grounds Of the
Capitol, suitable monument to their memory
and thus honor those who by their undaunl-
ed bravery and inyineibie valor, honored our
noble Commonwealth.
The publication of the Geological Report cf
the State, under the superintendent Of Prof.
! Rogers, is rapidly approaching completiou.--
/ The engrayings aud illustrations are nearly
| completed, and the FIRST volume now in press,
which he expects will be ready for delivery
snou after the meeting of the Legislature, aud
the second aud last voiume before lis adjourn
ment or Immediately thereafter. Tho style aud
general execution Of the work will be equal, If
rot SUPERIOR 10 that Of any siinilar publication
/ by our sister states. L will fplly sustain the
reputation of the distinguished Geoloeist, BY
whom the surveys were made, and who has de-
voted SO much care and attention to it's pn5li-
cation. The large geological map OF the State,
/ which will accompany The volumes, will not be
I finished before the close Of the year. Ggeat
/ care has been takea to make it perfect in all
| It's details The whole work will be valua-
! be addition 10 geographical, as well as geolo-
gical, science, and wi be alike useful to the
! citizens Of the Conimonwcalth, and honorable
to its author
| The resolutions proposing amendments to the
/ Constitution OF the Commonwealth, were pub
lshed as directed BY that INSTRUMENT In ac,
eordanee with the provisions of the Act of II b
Of May, 1857, the proposed amendments were
submitted 10 the people for their ratification or
rejection, on the second Tuesday Of October
last The rcturus CT said election have been
received, ard will be delivered To the Speaker
of the Senate, II, directed by law, when the
fact of Their adoption by large r,tjority, will
be officially ascerrained aud announced
The fonrth section Of the first article Of the
amended Constitution, requires the Legislature,
at their first session after the adoption of this
amendment, to divide the city Of philadelphia
into Senatorial and Representative districts, in
the manner provided IN that section. This du-
" devolyes upon you. and should b. performed
with fidelity and due regard to tine interest and
rights ofthe people of that city.
Relieved from the .inputatiou Of sel6shncss,
cannot forbear presenting for Jour consideration
a subject that should claim your earliest .tteas
Seat Of the Government, for the use Of the
Governor OF the Commonwealth. The want Of
i public mansion has been seriously felt by all
who have been caiied 10 occupy that official sia-
ton. Whilst almost all oar sister States have
provided residences for he accommodation Of
their Chief Magistrates, Pennsylvania, for rea-
s0iis not creaIla5le 10 her as the eKeystone
Stale" has refused 10 incur The expense ne
eesSary for the erection Of such a building. The
failure to provide, III this manner, for his ac-
commodation, subjects the Governor to much
iaconyeuience, ofsentines vcxations aud annoy
ing. A suiaole house cannot always be OBJ
tanned here, and in that event he is coapelea
TO be shus up in the fooms Of hotel, or creg.i
e
dwelling, alike unified to: domestic comfurt.or
the exhibition cf the amenities aud courtesies
or social lite. Il should he remembered that
the Governor Of the Commonwealth is regarded
as the representative OF the people, socially, as
we'll a. politically, aud therefore he should be
enabled, by every proper appliance, 10 repre-
seut truly taeir social virtues and ckaraater.-
This he caauot do, to the extent desired, On the
very ncagre salary he receives; and do not
hesitate to affirm that no one occupying tbis
Office can, without drawing largely on MS prl-
vate income, exercise the hespitaities or main.
tain the dignity properly associated with the
position. have avoided all useless expendi-
lures, aud yet the salary received, has been
wholly insufficient to detray the expenses ne
cessarily incurred. This should rot be permit
ted. Every consideration OF public pohcy,eyc-
ry honorable impulse Of proper State pride. re-
quire that the Chief Executive Officer Of the
Commonwealth should b. provided with a suita-
BILE residence, at the Seat Of Government, and
with salary adequate to the expenditure in.
cideut to his high official position.
La my last annual communication to the Gen.
eral Assembly, my sentiments were fully ex-
pressed in reference 10 reform in the naturali-
cation laws, and the admission of applicants TO
the right OF eitizenship-to the preservation OF
the purity of elections, by che prevention aud
punishment offrauduleni aud Illegal voting, ,and
the enactment Of judicious registry Iaw--to
freedom as the great centre truth OF American
republicanism--the grea. law of Ameriean na-
,ionality--to the rights of the States, as lndo-
pendent Scyereignties, aud the power and duty
Of the General Government to prevent the cx-
tension of the institution of slavery to the free
territories Of the Union--to the wrongs of Kan
sas, as exhibited in the violation of the doctrine
of popular sovereignty by the General Govern
nent, in its attempts, by the military power of
the country and otherwise, to defeat the will
of the majority in that territory: wrongs still
existing and aggravated by recent outrages on