New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-05
INAUGURAL @ESSdGE or GOV. BUCK
INGHAM or CONNECTICUT.


the State 10 reports lie indebtedness, 70 be $i3i i4s
The receipts for the past year were 1902 l60 60. Bel
snce in the Treasury, si,S89 IS.
Cor c. rnirg edncsrion 10 SAYS:
"Tbere is gratifying evidence that the cause OF sda-
cation 10 advancing 10 the S.sts. Greater attention -
given to the comfort and health Of the children. 70 tie
Classification Of scbo'srs. to the fitness of books for
stpdy ar 10 tho qualifications of tsachsrs There
6S rchoo dstr cts and ,7S public schools employ
ing / $50 tescbers. There are SIS district Libraries,
contsipjng 80 Az volumes. Two hundred and ihy-
two districts bave established free schools voluntarily
laid tax on property and thus raised the sum Il
ga COO for their support"
TIE State Prison has paid net profit OK ~ ,667 VI
during the years. the labor of the convcts having ben
let at an advance of about 10 per cent prices for TIVE
or three years past The State Reform School hiss 81
inmates being 80 less than in 1885, aud SO less thso N
1858; but the Governor thinks this dminution cones
from policy Of The law Of 1871, requiring each townn
pay tie expenses Of sustaining the boys sends TO ths
School, and not from any decrease In the amoans o.
juvenile crime.
The Hospitals and Asyums are reported to be In N
eJceleD, condition.
The cost Of sustaining the Militia has been during The
year sl6,339 O5, reduction Of sl2,!6f - from sss
proceeding year, caused by modification OF the law
requiring an epcampmeDt of three days.
The General Railroad Commissioners rapport thas
there has been addition to the lines Of railroad dar-
Ing the past year. that the whole epgh Of road within
the Sta ia Coz miles, and the total coat SO $50 "a,
q
income hss beeo 903 49, which increass ct
500 e21 GA. The net income has bsen 81 22 7V Oh
fonr per cent tse cost sho wing an ineresso OF
sl753 SO. The Commissioners report the road' a.
having been ,nducted with increased economy, with
convenience to the public and without the loss Of tbs
life of q single passenger.
There are In the StaA 70 banks, with an Aggregate
capital Of 81 626, l67; circulation Of F7O3,s96; de-
posts amounting 70 IS 1863, 540 specie amouoting 70
1850 1885, specie funds deposited in Boston add New
York for the redemption Of their bills, g., 49,, 0J.
There are also 81 savings banks, aud ~ savings and
Sg 5 Gin % with Deposit ,h amounting
1913 Upoer the Influence of the law relating IN savings
and building sssocstious passed in 1855, oil but dve
OF heee atoms closing their business with
out anticipating loss TO depostors
Tho Message recommends tina. additional laws b
passed for the protection of property, that registry
law be passed and that voters DO required 10 show an
ability TO Iesd Great caution is recommended 10 tho
nj of the pardonina power experience having shown
that large proportion OF released convcts are unwof-
thy of the pardon they receive.
In relation to the disputed boundary between New
York and Connecticut, the Governor concurs In the
recomn endaiion of the Connecticut Com uissonerss
that proportion be made to the State Of Ner York
at each State appoint an arbitrator, that the two
appoint third neither Of whom shall be resident OF
either State, that the joint Commissioners present.
the surveys and facts connected with the susct 70
the consideration of said arbitrator and that they OF
two of ITEM, shall recommend snch q line AZ may 70
them appear just and proper to he established - mo
Concerning rights and she question OF Slavery,
after recapitusting the circumstances under which the
Constitution formed, and showing In what hghs
Slavery regarded them the Message goes on thus:
"Bat now it il openly declared that Slavery, ~ 9
sysem 10 Just erd benevolent; that it is the normal
cor don Of society founded upon the principles Of
Gods law and designed aud calculated to be bles-
sng 10 both races. We are even congratulated upon
what il claimed 10 be final settlement OF question
which gives every citizen right to take his properly,
including slaves, into the common territory, and have
it prote cted there under the Federal Constitution, ss-
yopd the power Of any human authority to annu! thas
right.
"K such power Is vested in the Federal Govern
ment whether il lie derived from the Constitution
the law Of nature, the national guardianship over
rsves and Slavery must be extended as the juris-
dietion of the Government and, If this guardianship
to be exercised for the protection OF property in
RAVES in the Territories, must define the social rea-
tions which exist between the slaves and their masters
ard msy AFRO be exercised for the objects IN States
where municipal laws fail TO give that protection or TO
define thoee relations.
Slavery thus becomes national system 10 be de-
fined and protected BY statute law, or undermined aud
destroyed by unfeudy legislation at the discretion OF
the Ne ional Congress.
"Sueh a doctrine, nourisbed until il shall bring forth
lie legitimate fuits nterferes with the domestic inst
States strikes fatal blow a. State sovereignty psrls
the interests and stability of the Union and must result
in the overthrow Of the liberties Of the people.
For the purpose Of sustaining principles so directly
Constitution and Of giving permanency 70 the system
OF human bondage, we have recently seen men ar
rested and imprisoned for holding and uttering differ
ent opinions their social and business relations broken
up and themselves PEELED from their homes. Laws
hays been enacted which drive free persons from their
kIdred and the places OF their BIRTH or coDsgn them
and their posery TO perpetual seryitude. national
code has demanded which shall protect and extend
the system. The Legislature of q confedaraed Ststa
has affirmed the right 70 secede from the Union when-
che may think II expedent 10 do So and she bss
invited other States TO meet by representative In
vention 10 concert measures for united action there
unto. Tfeasonsble sentiments have been openly pro-
claimed In the halls Of the National Congress- aad
the door Of that body 1t has been declared thai tho
election Of President repre- sentng opinions in opPo-
ston TO the policy Just referred TO IN contingency
which NAV arise under the provisions OF the on.t,s-
tioD), will Of Itself be sufficient cause for secession,
or for a DISSOLUTION Of tho Union.
SIT ia hardly necessary 10 say that the f'eemen OF
Connecticut emphstcsy rep1date such dangerous ana
revolutionary sentiments and all action so utterly IN
consistent with the f,t principles OF constitutional
liberty. They hold that Slavery exists BY the arbitrary
exercse Of the reserved and assumed rights oi NE
ates and as thus establiahed, sister safes and the
Federal (,ovsrnmen, are alike separated rs By an i'm
passable gulf from any right legally or foreiey 10 u
terteTe herewith.
"Whil. utterly eondemning all armed fsnssIcsl in
vssous of States which interfere with their sovereignty,
and dsurb their domestic peace AZ n,ertng the
inst penalty Of violated law the people OF tnis state
believe thu, Slavery 'is evil which has proyedupo.
the very yitas OF the Union, and has been preludeI
10 All the States in which il has existed; That ds
coursges arts and manufacturers places obstacles in
the way Of universal educson; establishes false est
mstes Of virtue and vice. and taints the very source
Of moral principle
"Enfsrtainipa thees opinions they feel called upon
by the magnitude OF the interests already iovoveI-n
terests which are augmening year by year a. this
ton presses toward maurty-to enter their solemn
protect sganf the assumption and exercise OF powers
by the General Government, for the protection Of
Slavery in the territories OF for psrpetuatuR