Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-01-14
New Sories---Vol. lit, No. 9.

| ument to the memory of those citizen soldiers
! from Pennsylvania, who died in the service
| OF their country in that war. 1t is due to
! thems that some public acknowledgement of
their patriotic services should be made by
the State. Concurring in the sentiments
expressed in the Communication to which
reference has been made, | would also invite
your attention to the propriety of erecting
in the public grounds of the Capitol, a snit
able monument to their memory-and thus
honor those who by their nndaunted bra
very and invincibe valor, honored our noble
Commonwealth.
The publication of the Geological Report
of the State, under the superintendence of
Prof Rogers, is rapidly approaching compile,
ton. The engravings and illustrations are
nearly completed, and the first volume now
IN press, which he expects will be ready for
delivery soon after the meeting of the Legis
lature, and the second and last volume be-
fore its adjournment or imediately thereafter.
The style and general execution of the work
will be equal, if not superior, to that of any
similar publication by our sister states. It
will fully sustain the reputation of the dis,
tinguished Geologist, by whom the surveys
were made, and who has devoted so much
crre and attention to its publication. The
geological map of the State, which will ac.
company the volumes, will not be finished
before the close of the year. Great care has
been taken to make it perfect in all its de-
tails: The whole work will be valuable
addition to geographical, as well as geologi-
cal, science, and will be alike useful to the
citizens of the Commonwealth, and honor
able to its author.
The resolutions proposing amendments to
the Constitution of the Commonwealth, were
published as directed by that instrument. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act of
18th OF May, 1857, the proposed amendments
were submitted to the people for their ratif-
cation or rejection, on the second Tuesday of
October last. The returns of said election
have been received, and will be delivered to
the Speaker of the Senate, as directed by
law, when the fact of their adoption by
large majority, will be officially ascertained
and announced.
The fourth section Of the first article of
the amended Constitution, requires the Leg
islature at their first session, after the adop-
ton of this amendment, to divide the City
of Philadelphia into Senatorial and Repre-
sentative Districts, in the manner provided
| in that section. This duty devolTes upon
you, and should be performed with fidelity
and due regard TO the interests and rights of
that city.
Relieved from the impntation of selfshness,
| cannot forbear presenting for your consid-
Grafton, subject that should claim your
earliest attention. / refer to the erec>
ton of house at the Seat Of Govern
ment for the use of the Governor of the
Commonwealth. The want of a public man.
sion has been seriously felt by all who have
been called to occupy that official station
Whilst almost all our sister states have pro-
vided residences for the accommodation of
their Chief Magistrates, Pennsylvania, for
reasons not creditable to her as the "Key-
stone State" has refused to incur the ex-
pense necessary for the erection of such a
building. The failure to provide, in this
manner for his accommodation, subjects the
Governor to much inconvenience, often
times vexatious and annoying. A suit
able house cannot always be obtained
here and in that event he is compelled to be
shut up in the rooms of hotel or crowded
with his family into some small and obscure
dwelling, alike untitled for domestic comfort,
or the exhibition of the amenities and courte-
sizes of social life. 1t should be remembered
that the Governor Of the Commonwealth is
regarged as the representative of the peo-
pie, socially, as well as politically, and
therefore he should be enabled, by everv
proper appliance, to represent truly their
social virtues and character. This he can
not do, to the extent desired, on the very
meagre salary he receives and | do not
hesitate to affirm that no one occupying this
Office can, without drawing largely on his
private income, exercise the hospitalties or
maintain the dignity properly associated with
the position. | have avoided all useless ex-
penditures, and yet the salary received, has
been wholly insufficient to defray the expen-
ses necessarily incurred. This should not
be permitted. Every consideration of public
policy, every honorable impulse of proper
State pride require that the Chief Executive
Officer of the Commonwealth should be pro-
yided with suitable residence, at the Seat
of Government, and with o salary adequate
to the expenditure incident to high official
position.
In my last ANNUAL communication to the
General Assembly, my sentiments were full
ly expressed in reference to reform in the
naturalization laws, and the admission of
applicants to the right of citizenship-to the
preservation of the purity of elections, by
the prevention and punishment of fraudu,
lent and illegal voting, and the enactment of
a judicious registry law-to freedom as the
great centre truth of American republican,
ism-the great law of American nationality
to the rights of the States, as Independent
Sovereignties, aud the power and duty of the
General Government to prevent the extension
of the Institution of slavery to the free sE
tories OF the Union-to the wrongs of Kaf
as exhibited In the violation of the doc -
of popular sovereignty by the General
ernment, in its attempts, by the mild
power of the country and otherwise, 81
feat the will of the majority in that territd
wrongs still existing and aggravated by
cent outrages on the rights and privileges\
that people, and approved BY high NaiionA
! Executive authority. To the views thel
presented, you are respectfully referred.
By the ex EXPIRATION of the constitutional terqsi !
my official connection with the governmel
4 of the Commonwealth will soon cease. rt
power, under the Constitution, vested 10 nd
by the people, will be transferred TO anotn4
/ of their own selection and with my warmed
! wishes for his success l will, relieved frosl