New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-21

I in various works Of internal improveuan,,
and in banks owned by the State, together
with the balance in the Treasury belonging
to the Sinking Fund are estimated at s7.75I ST n
The Common School system is reported TO be in a
fOurifbing condition. The average number Of chill.
dren in attendance probably exceeds 100 OOO and the
amount received the last year from the School Fund
wac $329 93 81. The Banks Of the State. the Gov
erDor thinks, are well managed; and he deems II a
matter Of just pride that in the revulaon Of
1857 none Of them suspended specie payments
and that they charged for Eastern exchange
only from 10 per cent when those of adjacent Staes
were asking from 3tol per cent. He would deplore
the granting Of any more bank charters and
would certainly withhold from them his official sane
ton. He suggests the appointment of Supervisors by
the Legislature which shall bring these institutions
more within the control Of the people, and check the
tendency Of such institutions to become instruments
of oppression. OF the charitable institutions Of the
STATE for the Deaf and Dumb, the Blind, and the In
sane, he gives most encouraging account, and be
recommends that in addition 10 those another should be
established for Idiots Fifteen 10 twenty per cent of
the idiots of the institute he assers are the fruits of
marriages between cousins and such marriages. there
fore, be reoo mmends, should be nterdicted by lazy
After referring to matters Of purely local interest
the message cosed with discussion OF the Slavery
question. Slavery, Governor MagofRn thinks, is
neither moral, social, political evil. 1t
permitted by Godin The beginning recognized right
10y Christ and his Apostles, and passed over uncon-
demned by DR.. Adam Clark, and other commen-
tatois. The admission Of some of the patriots of
the South in the earlier days Of tho Republic, that
il evil was a great mistake. The
system especially is q blessing to the African, who,
from crooked, miserable, naked starved, lshaped,
chatteriDg, hafreasonng sort of link between the
I" babooD and the white man" has been transformed
into ga neyformed, straight, intelligent moral even
"contented" slave, "an active, intelligent, happy
agent in doing good and eff left to the manage
"meDt of his master probably happier than he"
This statement it If not easy reconcile with an
anee elsewhere in the Message, 80 discreditable
to the humanity of the people of Kentucky that
they are opposed TO the reopening of the
African slave-trade," and the assertion that the
annual loss along her FreeSo border from the escape
of these slaves so much happier even than their
ters s not less than 100000. However, Kentucky,
the Governor declares, is true TO the Union though
measures he thinks should be taken to meet the
crisis in national affairs brought about by the
monstrous doctrines of the Republican party" whose
purpose is to change the Constitution and abolish
Slavery. The precautionary measures he recommends
are, heavier tax upon peddlers, repeal of the law
permitting free negroes TO into the State and
reorganization Of the militia system. And he closes
his message with this benediction:
May we do nothing TO weaken, but everything to
strengthen the ligaments that bind together
tion and may God still continue to protect us equals,
friends as brethren and patriots in the Republic
lie, deeply devoted to it's continuance; and may
and our pOsterty, the worthy descendants of the
gallant heroes Of the Revolution, both and in the
future stand by the cOmpac. of the Constitution formed
by their wisdom and conseerated by their blood as the
only hope of freemen."