Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-11-29
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

%, 10 L,norolIe the General Assembly of N. Carolina
GENTLEMEN Elected by the universal SURFACES OF free
Ie YOU have assembled at the time appointed by laws
Pn.t together the good and to adopt such
10 as may be demanded by the public welfare
Though YOUR session opens amid LOltlcaI emndrTaSS
nts in our federal affairs OF character calculated 10 tA
a in every patriotic mind painful apprehe ior e
maintenance Of existing political relations WIN our
Nc states vet we are surrounded here at nome with
evidences of happiness and prosperity as to impress Us
9th deep sense of many Obligations 10 the supreme
Pnp who has gracOusy dneceu our couhclis III ue PAST
mon whom must he chief reliance for safe de
veance from the evils that threaten the utuFe OF our co
u.I tho noIitica period embracing the pasttwo years.
naonIe have been sgnalIy blessed with physical health
the returns Of agriculture though 9llplsneu Dy
o1nrv during the last have been such as to al
5 reasonable reward to the laborS OF the husbandman
easpd WELD OF our mines furnishes gratifying evidence
growing importance of that interesting branch of in
Jrv the products ofmeChancal and manufacturing pur
suits have steadily increased IN amount ana improved IN
ty commerce has prospered, ana the advantages OF
J1caton have widely extended than heretofore,
limiting as ever the natural result Of social development
The moral and material progress thus materially evidenced
nav he traced for cause, directly and unerringiy the
@ system of Internal Improvements that has for the past
ton wears prosecuted under the patronage of the State
O1r public works have steadily advanced from theer be-
G poin the Atlantic Ocean into the in erior of
If industry by offering new facilities Of transportation and
oneDng up OF public wealth that have heretofore
smbeed and otherwise would have continued slumbe1
IN their natural barrenness.
Guided by the example of my predecessors will pro
e political period designated, and respectfully suggest
e adoption of such measures to the public interests
ma seem to require More detailed statements than would
he compatible with the nature of this communication will
he furnished by the heads of the several Departments in
heir regular biennial reports.
PUBLIC DEBT AND FINANCES.
The subject to which, shall first invite your attention
5eemng of primary Importance, is the condition Of the f.
rigid observance of the public faith sentiment deep
~ impressed upon the minds and hearts of the people of
North Carolina and the more sacredly cherished because
th fact in all past history that faith has received
no tarnish This well known disposition of the public
mind forbds doubt, that you will that ample pro-
vision made meet beyond every contingency, the
cung interest the public debt and for the payment
the principal upon maturity And happily for us, the dis
charge of this duty, will appear from examination
of our financial affairs will not much require additional
legislation and the imposition of increased taxes the
abaining from such and combined measures may
diminish the present receipts of the Treasury. The follow
ing abstract taken from the books Of the public Treasurer
exhibits the amount of the debt of the State the lt
October last the beginning of the present financial year,
together with the purposes for which it was contracted