The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-01-14
Governors Message. .,,s
Eello,o ONizens oftle Senate

-11 AT the commencement Of your regular
session year ago, transmitted to you
inobedience to the Constitution, a full
exposition uf the general condition Of the
State. together with such recommenda-
tions in respect to legislation, as the pub
lie good seemed 10 me to require i7.
In that communication | endeavored to
set in clear light the industrial pro-
gress, the material resources and the fl
nancial strength Of our great common.
wealth. Its-ems not inappropriate, now,
before proceeding to more special state.
ments and particular suggestions, to sub
nit to you some general views of our So
cial condition. as affected by other ele-
ments than those to which | then invited
your attention. taD74 ~ .-i# i7 ''
'peventy years ago what is now
Ohio wasan unbroken wilderness. Seven
ty years ago the work Of American civil.
cation within her limits was just begun
by the settlements at Marietta and Gin
cnnati. Fifty four years ago she be-
came State of tho American Union.
Her subsequent social progress has been
sublime triumph. To-day powerful
commonwealth, numbering nearly two
millions and half Of people. exists upon
her soil. with unsurpassed energies, res
sources. agencies Of development, and
means ofhappiness. From the emncnce
already reached we survey, with conf
dent reliance upon the favor Of Divine
Providence and the inspiration Of Free In
stiiutions, the loftier lights yet to be at
tanned. roft,,t. @...p p'-s l.ss ...,i.
Prominent among the elements which
determine social condition, is the numer.
ical advance or decline ofpopulation.--
The rate and character Of this movement,
in the absence OF census, must BE-
gathered from the number of marriages
Of births; oi deaths; Of Immigrants /; OF
emigrants. and Of new habitations. For
ascertaining the enumber of these with rea-
sonable certainty, sufficient means are
supplied by State and Federal legislation.
According to the estimates Of the Com
missioner Of Statistics, the marriages in
Ohio during SO were "a 900; the deaths
AZ 600. tbe birlbs 90 o0o. the NATURAL
;za,inns + o0o. the ne W strurtnres IN oGO
The increase by births, according to this
estimate. is 35, 900 annually and tie year
md o,ber Sla,.s ;s est;mats1 to evcaed
the yearly emivra,ior hv On Oo0. u;vira
an o',oren.te INCREASE of * noo .nnuaH
H. Ia m, in .;,,Lt roars Tho ~,
structures T allowing s;r ners ns for zach
indicate neorly tba same rate Of nrooross
Tbe nonula,;on of Ohio II I95n was
/ ea6 sae and is now If the estimate
nc, ~ ferr.d 70 he correc, o 400 400
The G,remnst coocern of an ;n,sllirent
and nrosnarous neonle i pnh,;c Instruc
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~ mno,ive nowsr of ~ odyanoenont
md ths msal p lnre # is edncat;on ;s nraOt;'
callv II ! r,e.s,,rs ofn,oJnc,;nn aud nr al
snhs, ort;aI n,rronr,ss r. Oh;o tho Con
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sen, hjv IL .ac,,re lhnrn,,,,,b and oa;c;ont
svs,sm of rnmma s.hno,s thran,thon,
tIe State TIa .Lnnor of the e, st aet n
f,1 & p,a nf of tho dutu thue apioinnd ho.
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