, 1861-01-15

The Governor urges some legislation TO put |
the militia On q more efficient footing, and !
make them more available by the E1ecntircto
sustain the civil arm of the Government and
to aid In tho execution Of the LAWS. He saya
further: " The signs Of the times indicate that
there may arise contingency In the condition
Of the Government, where It will become nee
essary to respond to q call Of the National
Government for men and means to maintain
the integrity Of the Union, and to thwart
the designs Of men engaged in an organized
treason. While no unnecessary expense should
be incurred, yet it is the part of wisdom, both
for individuals nud States, in revolutionary
times, be prepared to defend ocr institutions
to the last extremity"
RAILROAD FARM MORTGAGES.
On this most important subject, the Gov
ernor holds the following language:
"a largo md respectable class Of our citi-
zcns have BECOME involved in serious difficult
tics, which, in Ill casss, either have led, or Will
lead, to great losses, and il many cases to alb
solute ruin There is class of securities,
called Railroad Farm Mortgages, which are
hanging over some Of the best farms and are
embarrassing great many Of the best men in
mortgages is estimated 1t about i've millions
Of dollars. They cover lands ynlucd at least at
fifteen millions Of dollars. Between five aud
SIX thousand men are involved in these pecu-
liar liabilities. They were executed upon the
pretence that they were to be used as collate-
raj security for loans Of money made the rail-
road companies. They were conceived In
f2nd, executed In ffaud, and sold or transfer
red in frand, by the directors, or agents, Of
some Of these companies. While some Of the
directors and agents were innocent Of these
deceptions upon the farmers, the men who
controlled these financial operations were dis
honest, and sought not public benefit, or to
aid public enterprises, but their own assran-
dizement. It furnished short and easy meth
cd Of getting money without earning it, and
provided ample means, ut the expense Of labor
ing citizens, Of living without labor. Anancient
nation bad no law for Furnishing 4 nan who
murdered his mother. The reason was TINT 1t
had never been conceived that any man could
commit such 4 crime In the history Of tue
financial speculations Of this country, 50 bold,
open, lmblushfng tfauds, taking in large body
and. Is, no law to punish them because such
rascality could not have been anticipated.
It becomes matter Of State importance.
The state cannot afford to lose the Llbor, and
energy, and enterprise Of five thousand OF its
best citizens, nor can the State afford to suffer
fifteen millions Of dollars Of the earnings of
these men to feed the hungry NAV Of giiyan-
tic swind1e.. Every legitimate means, warrant
cd by law and good faith, should be used for
their relief. The railroad companies ought 10
be able to relieve these mortsaggoEs.
"As measure Of relief, d new disposition
Of a portion Of the Grant Of Lands, made by
Congress- to the State, in trust for railroad nlli-
poses, and turned over by the State to The La
Crusse and Milwaukee Railroad Company,
might be made, with the consent OF Congress.
In case all that portion Of tho Grant not sold
to the st. Crot1 &; Lake Superior Railroad
Company, is not to be given to new Compa-
ny, to carry out the designs Of Congress, and
under conditions which shall beyond contin-
gency save the farm nortgasors, suggest for
Your consideration, memorial to Congress-
asking that the act making the graut 70 the
State be go changed US to give the State abso-
1ute control ofth same, SO far us rights OF
private parties or companies have not become
legally, permanently liked. That relief granted
BY Congress-which could unquestionab}y be
obtained if an energetic effort should be made
for the purpose-tIe lands could be sold ut
some price, the minimum Of which should bc
liked by Inv, and the proceeds used to relieve
the mortgslgoss, directly, or to MD the comIEa-
nles, or their representatives, In relieving
these farmers ofsuch unconscionatle burdcns.h
VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS.
The attention Of the Legislature is directed
to Exchanges and the recent financial dcrlnse-
mcnts, aud the bringing our currency rs near
rs possible to specie standard Is advised.
In view Of the probable difficulties which
may cmbroi1 the States of the Union, but more
especially with purpose Of developing new
agricultural products, and rendering our citi-
zcns more nearly independent by reason Of
their home productions, a recommendation
is made Of special premiums, amounting to
perhaps $500, on the growth of Chinese su-
ear Cane, and the manufacture therefrom Of
sugar and syrup, as also on the cultivation and
manufacture Of fax, SO as to make 1t substi-
tutc for cotton. The encouragement Of do
mestic manufactures, for which in raw mate
rial and power the State affords such facilities,
Is warmly urged, and the policy Of excmptins
from taxation manufacturing establishments
under proper restrictions, commended. rc-
duction OF the rate Of interest is advocated
An amendment Of the Constitution Increasing
the number Of judges ofthc Supreme Court
to four, is said to be demanded in justice to
the judges and the business before the Court.
Another amendment of the Constitution, 20 Ms
to pay the Governors higher salary, is called
for, or else one providing that no one but
man Of wealth hall be eligible, the present
salnry requiring the most rigid economy in tho
official incumbent; to give him Il bare liveli
hood, renders tho position most humi1iatin.,
when occasions require the commonest cour.
tcsies to be extended to distinguished strln-
gers from abroad.
Observation-Disclosures.
Nearly onethird Of the message is devoted
to the state Of the Union, the principal points
Of which you have already received by tclc-
graph. It concludes with the following
etraight-out, uucqulyoeal words:
"Secessfon is revolution; revolution is war !;
war against the Government Of the United
| States is treason.
ut Is time, now, to know whether VIC l:aye
| any government, and, If so, whether it las any
strength. Is our written Constitution more
| than Il shcrt Of parchment? The na.ion must
| be lost or preserved by its own strength. It's
| strength is in the patriotism Of the people. 1t
| is time now that politicians become patriots,
| that men show their love Of country Ly every
| sacrifice but that Of principle, and ty unw:s-
vering devotion to its interests and integrity.
| "Thc hopes Of civilization and Christianity
| are suspended now upon the answer tn this
| question Of dissolution. The capacity for, :s
well as the right Of, se!f-ovcrntncnt is to pass
its ordeal, and speculation to become certain
ty. Otlicr systems have been tried and have
failed, and all along, the skeletons Of nations
| have been EtrcWn, is warnings md landmarks
| upon the grcat highway of historic govern
| mcat. Wisconsin il true. and her people stead
flst. She'wiil not destroy the Union, nor con-
| sent that it shalt be done. Devised by great,
and wise, and good rlcn, in days Of sorc trial,
| It must stand. Like some hold mountain, ut
/ whose ba:e the great seas break their angry
| floods, and around whose summit the thuutlcrs
| Of thousand hBrricancs have ratified. strong,
| unmovcd, inlmoyablc-so tnay our Union ht,
while treason surgcs at its base, aud passions
rage around it, nnnloveG, i1nnloyable-therc
| let 1t stand forever"
THE METEOR or IEl1DAk MORN.
ING.
Its Appearance at Various P1oces.
THE APPEARANCE IN KANE COUNTY.