Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-22
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.


Il is made my duty by
custom il not by law to deliver to you annually Msssagom
person appear before you to day to perform this duty and to
present for your consideration few OF the important sub
ecs of Legislation In limited address such propose to
myself is not possible for me to discuss all the great questions
public interest," which may and ought to engage your attention
am it snot necessary should Coming you do from
every part Of the Territory and intimately acquainted with its
wants trust to youto supply any omissions my part 1t is
equally unnecessary that should repeat what have heretofore
said the subject of internal Improvement and that of pablo
schools To deyeope The physical and intellectual Of
country is the FIRST and most important duty Of Stateman and
especially 50 in Country Ike ours Welve ID an age Of pro-
gess and the longer stand STILL and defer the work of i'm
proyemen the greater and hulatng will be the distance
between u.s. and other States and Territories where their systems
o internal improvements and public schools under the fostering
of their Legislatures and rapidly the march The
law Of your last Session providing for the establishment of com
schools, is worthy Of all praise. Though SMALL the com
mencement OF good work and enterprises the greatest voue
and magnitude often grow out of small beginnings
Near the close of the last session
Of The Legislature there acts presented for my sigma
tme Which could not approve and which therefore failed to be-
come laws,
Among these, was "an act author
izg The Governor 10 appoint Police Officers for The City Of Santa
Fe iii had Deeme aa@ Y would have incurred very heavy
expense which to be paid by the County instead of the City
Of Santa Fe Inmy last Annual Message called the attention
of the Legislature to the funded debt of the County of Santa Fe
and Of the failure inability Of the County discharge its pub
lie engagements II this act had become law the County would
have been buhened and less able to pay her debt The
immediate representatives of the County therefore, were opposed
to the measure well the County authorizes and considering
it altogether local matter was not willing force upon the
County Of Santa Fe against the will of the Representatives
buhen which she unable tobea and which borne
by other counties in the Territory amhappy be able to say
that subsequent experience has shown that there was no unusual
necessity for any such police and that the County of Santa
the able and prudent management her finances fast exrtat
ing herself from her pnblic debt
Another Act Of the Legislative
Assembly, which could not approve act making the law
Tor the protection Of slave property in this Territory applicable to
a or ale Indians Thai should be acquired from babaous
oa The aetseemed to be based upon the supposton that
male female Indians acquired from babarous Nations are
slaves which is not the within the power Of this
Legsatueo make them The Legislature can neither create
abolish slavery They only regulate where it already
exists any other species Of property If therefore, any male
or female Indians were in state Of slavery under the laws Of