New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-05
GOy. H1LES INAUGURAL.

III, State o. Vermont il are 10 Gecept tie state
mort of Gov. Hall has succeejed IN sowing the qnes-
Ton of getting On with the smallest possible amount oi
e,ecr,.v. authority. In fact. but 'or tie sake Of
srnear,nces there does not seem % be any great
-easor sby the office Of Governor should be retained
a,a1. The State Governmer; e described by Cow
ernor Hall a. smpha;ically peoples GoVerEmeh''
more purely Democratic in is character than any oheF
r. America, and probably IN tie word. AL the power
not directly exercised by the people themselves
whether appointments 20 Office orin me e,ni'n'
uert q laws, spyertains 20 the Legislature. Upon
;hese enacmens the Governor does not possess even
qualified negative The extent OF his aatnorl'y isVo
n,erpose objections AID demand reconsider a'ion
bare majority OF ;he Legislature retaining, however
the power 70 disregard his objections and 10 enact
laws without his concurrence. The extent Of MS anthor
y Is merely ,ha. OF giving advice, which the Legs
a:ure al liberty 10 follow or disregard a. pesseS
Tn. Vermont Treasury presents a, this momen: an
urfavorable balance quite unusual The cash on hand
SEPT. 1853, was s3O,si3 -, which, with sdo,95 20
of uncoected .a,es made up the sum Of 81 lV2 ",
where's the liabilities OF the Treasury amounted 10
tl43.sO4 ". This unavorabe balance was ccea-
stoned by the destruction 9: the State House, TIE sum
fstl.I9. % having been expended in ccLsru.sins
new one.
pr.pcipa object Of S;s,e interest at the present
tine seems 70 lie me militia system Tbs sta'e, hse
o,hers has in addition 10 .ne enrolled militia -ho are
never called upon for dr, muster or i:spect.on uni
formed militia, consisting OF yoiun:eers to the extent
o. ole or at most, two companies icr eaeh enroNed
regiment required 10 serve or eight year, subec to
drill review and Inspection ant entitled, each member
Of i who has rer.o, ned three days military tr;y, 10
IT So nod
militia after ang1ishiDg ior while, appear is'ey 10
have taken q sudden stsr and he Governor seems to
anticipate sn application 10 :he Legislature for ~
creased gra.nities and encoursgements.
The banks Q: the State are represented il sound
condition, though the oeptal OF some o. them has
been reduced by losses below the chartered amount.
Msny ol them also seem 10 have violated the pro
visions Of thei charters and some further .eg station
appears TO be wanted to keep them n order.
The attachment system in vogue IN the o,ner New
England States prevails also IN Vermont, by means of
which the creditor who frs: pounces down upon bis
debtor e enabled 10 sprorty over the other
creditors. the Governor not satisfied Of toe beneh
cia operation Of this system. WLstever msy have
been its recommendations in past times, It operates
now, as the Governor thinks, unfayorably TO the bUs
nes- interests Of the community-hsrshy upon the
honest debtor, by offering premium to such creditor
as shall first attach and deprive rim of the possession
of his property and perhaps his business, and I'M
Justly the body OF the creditors, by allowing the mo+t
greedy and unreenting OF the number to Obtain his
whole debt from al insOvent to the exclusion OF oil tie
others Il also furnishes the dishonest debtor with
convenient mode of defraudng his creditors, by cover
ing up mis- property by means Of fictitious attach
raent. On these grounds the Governor recommends
the passage OF law provide for the equal distrbu-
ton OF the proceeds OF property attached among all the
attaching credlWs.
The Message closes with some observations upon
Federal affair es to which the Governor :akes,
wa to be expected from Governor Of Vermont, yely
decided Republican ground.