New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-07
GOV. PACKERS MESSAGE.

withstSndiog the troubles of the year, the finances
sIe in an excellent condition. the Treasurer
reoeipts up to Nov. 30, being $il30,778 3d. whilt
the expenditures were $3T5,S57 O6, leaving the ex
Gets of 1868 92l 90. OF the public deb: there was
paid si2l, ,i9i So. On public improve nents s3i,
036 g was expended and s9j07e OS received, lssv
mg an excess of expenditure Of s245, ,966 50. After
cr.ditipg these extraordinary expenditures AID de-
duc,Dg extraordinary receipts from the Pepusyvani,
Railroad Company ard the Guard Bank, the true bal
eIce for the fiscal year s 1903 3S2 36.
Tbe' pubic debt s $50 26S, Ill l6 TO meet which
tie State owps we-secursd bonds received from the
ssle Of tbs public works amour 1tiog to $ll,l5l,oOO
Tie Governor thinks that, with the exisrg sources OF
revenue, and the Observance Of strict economy, tlis
sum may be reduced, during the current year, at
lesst one million Of dosrs, prndeuty adding that
1.-The present would appear TO be the most spproPIi-
ate time when nation is at Pc ace, aud when health
and reasonable prosperity prevail within our own bor-
ders to greatly reduce the public debt. We nave put
to carefully husband legitimate resources, avoid
ieg exravsgant md unnecessary appropriations, and
prscticre proper economy 10 all the departments OF
Government TO render tie entire extinguishment OF
cur debt fixed fact within very brief perlOJ. 10
carefully guard the public tr, asury at this ntsrestI
epoch III our fuanc'al history is 80 manifesLly the
outy Of the public authorities that cannot for ons
moment believe that any other policy will be proposed
II there be any who, relying ON the improved condi-
on Of the fosnces Of the state, would encourage the
adoption Of new schemes for depicting the Treasury,
or would cut of TIE Of our present revenue,
and thus reduce j. let all such Efforts, coming from
whatever qUafter they may, be sternly resisted Let
PeuDsy lvaoia be asi before s1e is generous.
Gov. Packer rectes ar some length the crcuIn-
stances copu,ce with the sale of the State Canals to
tie Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company and co.,
gI.tulates ii people upon the encouraging prospect
oC4 a..
"of work has been done on the line of the ROAD during
"tbe past season, ard at this time very considerable
portions of the road graded and rapidly approach
ling completion 1t is the opinion of the President Of
"the Company that within two years the work will be
"entrely finished SO that will be running directly
from tte City OF Philadelphia TO the Harbor Of ie.
lie considers "that the public welfare will, in every
"respect, be vastly promoted by the transfer of the
management Of the public works from the Stats to
"indvidua owners. The short experience tnst We
"hsve had already proves concosvely that the Com
"nonwsath is greatly the gamer, in financial point
"of view, and il has been equally demonstrated tha,
"the people a. large hsve bean well, if not better
accommodated by the change" He recommends
the abolition o: the Board Of Canal Commissioners
He remarks that by tee disposal of the public lands
and public works, Governmental action has become
ture refuses its aid to the obbyadding that it is as
remarkable as it is propdOus that az era which has
thus relieved the State authorities Of burdens thai
consisd either of mere material interests or the csrs
"of local adminstratior-committiDg the one to the
local sovereignty of the people and the other to pr
"vate or associated enterprise-shoud slso present
for consideration and promotion Intellectual and
moral claims Of peculiar importsnce.'
The ystem Of public education is garded as " the
"frst object Of soci;ude." During the year ending
lac. June, 62s2Ol pupils were instructed in the public
scbools At a oost Of 50 i27 ,632 IL. The Governor
recommends the organisation Of Departmen. of Pob-
lie Instruction which shall have in charge the collec-
ton. arrange nent ard practical deductions from popu'
lstion and industrial Statistics from natural defects,
such as deafness and dumbness blindness and lunacyi
from crime in its various forms and developments, to-
gether with such control over ali tie literary aud sci
icuc institutions in the State shall bring their fa!
condition into vew But there must also DO Tea ,her'
S, ,hools--the want Of which is gdevous. OF 1888
teachers outside of Philadelphia, cnly 5,OS are re-
ported as qualified" while 1887 are returned as
medium" and 1873 as "usft.' The Governor
thinks the mode proposed by the act of May, 1857,
which places the tescher on the footing as re-
CARDS the State with the other professions, the best
wear this plan hiss not had fair trial. The passage
Of law guaranteeing moderate payment to eacn
school established under the act il recommended.
After few excellent remarks upon the utility oi
Agricultural colleges, and the care which is their due
from the State, tie Governor comes to the State
Banks He reco mmends careful inquiry toto the pres
ept condition of the Togs md Crawford County Baok
ard II Bank Of Shamokn, in order TO see whether
the cor nuaoos Of their charters may or may not be
iiiuliou. to the Commonwealth shich Gaze there
can be 10 dcub. Of the poSer and duty OF the Lss'sa
ture 10 repesl the acts Of iroorporstion
The positions OF the Governors lnagusral Adiref'
sganst further increase of Banks under the present
system, and again.t the issue OF small notes, ar
ritersted, ard Re again urges such chsnse 10 th'
laws as 20 Insure the redemption of bills by the pledge
Of United States or State stocks, upon plan slT la
to that in use in this State.
After referring the reports Of the several Depart
ments, and commenting the charitable and reiorma
nv liz ttuiors Of be S,ste to the care Of the Legs
lature the Governor sdverts to the question oi tn'
tariff He fsvors ncresse of protective duties, an
thinks. with the President that these should bs spech
instead of ad rdiorem.
In closing bis Message, Gov. Packer srfsys nj n'el
BY the side of Judge Douglas upon the Kansas qies
tOn. He CONDEMNS the theory that II : the a1Iy
Congress to protect Slavery IN the TernterieS, an
denies tnst any constructors favoriOg such theory ce
fsiIly be given to the Dred Scott decision. H@ sls'
condemns the theory that this couctry must eventual
| become all Free or sn Slave, and plants himsol
broadly upOn the doctrine Of Popular Sovereignty
which he calls the ''hfr BIZ oi Of ouT free institution
and the palladium OF our safety" Applying this t
the question Of State Right he deprecAtes the over
sh.eowips irhuenc, OF the Federal Government, al