Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-01-15


Notwithstanding. gentlemen, the graii-
Tying evidences of our great social prosper
Iiy, an uuquestioned credit, a plsthoric
treasury, aud "A future Of the fairest prom
Use, our Immediate financial situation is
full IS embarrassment.
The lending "tject If those who Trimmed
the present State Constitution, aud uf sue
ceeding Legislatures, WAS, by a system If
strict economy aud special application Of
the revenue, the relief # the State from the
difficulties In which she had been involved
by previous wild aud improvident legisla-
uon. The result has been restoration of
credit, diminution Of debt. a VASTLY
I increased population, and wonderful
progress in all the essentials IF cnwer and
Influence. Yet that same prudential policv.
which aided the movements If the feeble
child, now cramps the energies Of the
growing giant. With our elevation anc,
advance come wants Of enrresprrdIng
magnitude and importance, demands press
ing on all sides, far beyond our immediate
ability to meet.
a reference 10 the report Of the Treasurer
VIII sInw that the sum received into the
State Treasury during the last two wears
exceeds $4,000 OF this, the reteuue
fund for paying the general expenses If
government, ard subject, also, t. all ap>
preparations of general or special nature,
amounted 10 less than 500 900. IudIs-
pensabie Improvements IN the process uf
cOnstruetioh, important institutions re-
curing Constant support must all be fed
from this source; while ulnng>ide accum-
ulates an enormous fund. devoted t. special
objects, the chief OF which i the extiu>
ruishment Of debt, which we are COM
PEELED TO force into presentation for pay
meut.
There Is no ground for estimating any
J increase IL the revenue fund during the
cunning two years. while the calls f,r and
all urgent. aud most of them reasonable,
Will Tar exceed the fund from which they
must be drawn. l hope gentlemen, that
you VIII he able To- devise some equitable
solution 1T this difficulty. Much Of il no
doubt, originates in the defective nature If
our revenue laws, and more terhaps, IT,
the incomplete execution of those laws by
the country officials. Let me recommend
to YOUR consideration the suggestion con-
tanned III the Auditors report upon thu
subject. Could partial relunding Of our
debt be practicable, in such manner A.
To save ourselves the differences GROWN y
cut 81 such Transaction, it would all u
much in the management of our resyur-
. ces
The Development Of the agricultural
resources OF the State demands the resrert
tui consideration OF the Legislature. We
are, aud must NJ remain, essentially Ar,
agricultural people Wonderful as the
PRODUCTIONS, of our >uil nave hithrrtn beer
mere glance at the vast, uuhruken urai-
n OF ur State Il suihciruttO d, niuustr,ite
INA, we have scarcely mure than begun l..
produce. \ equal c.ntigunus area. s..
well adapted t. producing the prime he
ces>i.es "I human lite, can bc fund I,.-
yuud cur buIdcrs. A. the represeutatiy.
Oi this great indus lriHl interest. founded
Oh similar associations in the vnri ~ ,tu,,
ties, Is the Slate Agricultural Suc;ety
now just entering upu" the u1r;h year Di
Its existence. The annual exhibitions the
hIennIal publication of Its Transaction. n.
museum, library aud correspondence, are
so many channels Tor the diffusion of use
iui knowledge To the farmer and mechanic
Tue iIue eeVnQmy OF legislation having ia
ITS OrgcSr The fostering Of this aud similar
enterprises, will not admit of question.
During the last summer, the alarming
prevalence, III several of the eastern States
oil Peurn p .eumnuia, " Cattle disease
and urgent apr eals addressed me bv lead
ing agrIculturalIsts, induced me to appoint
a commissioner to inquire into tie same
and report such precautionary measure. ~
might be available ia protecting the State
from Its vIslJaUIvns. therefore author-
Ized DIR. Mcfarland Of Morgan county 10
investigate the subject. and Communicate
to me such Information as he could acquire
from personal examination in the injected
localities, aud from such other sources us
were within his reach. The results of thai
examination were made public In nv prac
lamauun OF odd June, lo6O: and recnm-
mend an appropriation sufficient To defrav
the expenses attending said commission
The Geogieal Survey of the State, insti
tuted some nine years since, has beer
steadily aud it appears faithfully executed
The report of the State Geuligist give,
evidence of competency, labor aud arcura
cy. Certificates Of gentlemen, eminent il
science, indicate that valuable addition
has been herein made to geological knogI-
edge, and testify to the method and care
} with which the commission has been con
Quoted. The publication of this report
IN form commensurate with the impur-
+ taHcc attached to u 10y those competent :,
Judge, would throw much valuable lirht
upon the mineral resources of the State
demonstrating the va>tness of our hidden
wealth, aud by interchange with similar
publications, add largely 10 the facilities Of
cur State library
a personal Inspection, during the past
season, ct the Peniteutiary, now erecting
at Joliet, enables me tn speak in emphati,
cummendatIUn Of the quality of the work
already done, and to express NV confidence
in the judici"us and humane supervisor
L. aNn q 81.
Confined. A large appropriation will b,
demanded to complete this prison, which
when finished, can hardly lie surpassed II
the country, either in the perfection nf IL.
, design or the substantial manner of IL,
: construction. And here let mo suggest
not in reference Ia this, but to all appro-
priaiiuns you may see fit to urder, that car,
be taken, where large amounts If money
are TO be issued during an extended period
OF time, that the appropriations be 20 re-
strIeted as to prevent the accumulation o
, too large number Of warrants against m
! unprepared treasury. To the amt ndment.
: III the criminal law. urged 10y the superin
G tendent OF the peniteutIary, your careful
attention will be directed
The caudItInn If our charitable institu
tu'iph-, So far as their rep,rts have reach
~ uie, reSuzss our highest expectations
Those IL our uuiuItuuate ie NV citizens
he ple>s, or partially -. from =. depr,asi,l
0 Of sight Vt speech. or hearing. ur afil rJe
by that still more gTievou~ ca,amas, lu-
ar arrangement OF intellect, orniar,d 10.
utmost consideration ard sympathy; wh. 81
| am happy to say, has been freely rem.
! dered IN the past. not only by nunilic.u
8 appropriations Of mnney and judiciuu. sp-
: plicatInn of the same. hut aisp Shown n
a the selection Of Competent and couscien
tious officials. The report in detail, fr..u
those Institutions will convey t. YOU a bet
/, ter idea of their situation than can reuds
III this general communicative. That @
: the Blind Asylnm shows that appropriu