The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-01-12
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.


! FttOW- CttEcNS OF me OenQtG
and House Of Representatives
The people, with whom is the sole
sovereignty of the State, have commit
ted to you, for the fifth biennial period
under the existing Constitution, the lo.
gislative authority of the Commonwealth.
Upon this first secular day of the new
year you assume the great function thus
assigned to you, and enter upon the
performance Of your important duties.
Powers of government delegated by
the people of free States to chosen Rep
Iresentatives, whether Legislative, Judi
cial or Executive, are sacred trusts
The people who honor, by such proofs
of confidence, those whom they select
for employment in public functions,
have a clear right to expect from them
fidelity, zeal, and unremitting diligence
in the promotion of the public good
Having confded, by election, the pow
ers Of government to citizens Of their
choice, they returned TO their respective
avocations, trusting confidently that all
public interests and public rights will
be diligently promoted and faithfully
guarded, and that each individual will
be fully protected by equal laws and
impartial administration, while con-
tributing, in his sphere, to the general
good by private thrift, How weighty
the obligation whi5h such confidence
must impose on right-minded menl-
How deep and earnest the solicitude
which all true-hearted representatives
must feel, that neither by remissness,
nor by Indifference, nor by abuse, the
just expectations of a generous people
may be disappointed
No extraordinary changes in the con-
dition of the State have occurred dur
ing the past year. Private and public
affairs have gradually recovered from
tho depressing effects of financial re-
vulsion and official delinquency. Health
has invigOrated and sustained the en-
ergies Of industry. The labors Of the
field, though frustrated in several ooun-
ties as to important crops, by the Sc.
we're and unusual frost of June, have,
nevertheless, been rewarded by a har-
vest fully equal, in the State at large, to
those Of ordinary years. In mining,
manufacturing, and commercial, as well
as in agricultural pursuits, improved
and processes, augmented
capital, and increased numbers Of la
borers, have yielded proportionally in
creased returns. Institutions Of Reli- !
gion, Education, and Charity, whether
by the voluntary zeal of in
dividuals or the wise providence of the
State, have contributed, in full meas
ure, to improvement, melioration and
progress. Solid growth, substantial
and social order, distinguish
alike the condition Of the State and the
people, and demand grateful acknowl- |
edgments to the Supreme Disposer Of !
events, whose blessing alone gives real
value to the results Of human labor aud |
human wisdom.
The sixth general valuation Of real
property has taken place during the
past year, aud WILL naturally, direct
your attention TO our material resources
as thus exhibited, and their relations 20
the general condition Of the State.
The theory Of taxation, settled bv the
Constitution and sanctioned by general
requires that all property of
whatever description, shall contribute
10 necessary public expenses in exact
TO value, The exceptions to