, 1861-04-15
. aov+ .cp'n11N,s MESSAGE IN FULL.
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f.. .GaaT1zMHF 81! the pa<tod dxad for the
ad5ournzaent ot tha.L LegislAture il rapidly up
proaahing, I fel constrained By = eensa Of
duty TO call your attention to the condition Of
scarcely necessary to aay mors than that tha
militia system Of the Stats, during long Pc
Rod distinguished By the pursuits of pence
fdl Industry exclusively has become wholly
inefficient, and tic intetferenee of: the Legfs-
latura la required to remova its defects, and
to render it useful and available to the public
Many Of our volnnteer companies do not
po4sssg the number IF: men feqnired by:our
military law, and steps Should be forthwith
taken to supply these deficiencies. There are
numerous companies, TOD, that are without the
necessary atms, and Of the arms that are ,dis-
tributed; bit few afe provided with tho mod
srn appliances to rendef them eerVieeable.
recommend, therefore, that the Legislature
make i1t,mediate provisions for the removal Of
these capital detects that arms be procured
and distributed to those Of our citizens who
may enter Into the military service Of the
State, and that steps be taken to change the
guns already distributed. By the adoption Of
such vel known Improvements as VIII render
them effective in the event Of their employ
msnt In actual s6fTies.
In this conn nectdn; / recommend the estab-
nshment Of Military Bureau at the Capital,
and that the militia Laws OF the Common
wealth be 50 m6diaed and amended as to I'M
part to the military organization Of the State
~ va1ns srd .w ~ sfM1.sa,s N~
pracaniia1a r1;c5,s AZ nava 'enoeestea .ra
vgise and nrnner af III TINES In a enyernment
like ours. Bat especial and momentou8 ~on-
nnh1fc aff,;rs nnts.ae The limits vet nf i1ca1-
en'aHIa aonasc1sSss ~ tha nenn1e md "a.
.,and;r+r +hs trs1est s++entsan r +ba Tseis-
iat,,sa e Do ps5n1rs,,,s ;n.aa+1 ~ ~ s4hi =,
whias 1n, atts!,tin,, Z ,,r;+s5 hv fhair so, w
,',1,+s; c5t}n,, sSsth extraordfnarv i1terest and
fn,nnrfanca "4-A NA@1
We cannot be insensible to the fact that
.er,nna asa1onaies- and diYistona distract tba
sezt1io 55e5ng 5e1ga .aa that n nnrtions nf t6;s
fTninn The 'nseacs. Of the country: II not the
safatv IF tfa nnvernment it6elf ia endau-
grre3 =.
Milftarv or1anfestious of a doubtful char
acter. which seem not to be demanded by a1y
existinp public exirency. haye been formed ii
certatu ~ ff,s stases. 0n whateTer nrete1ts-
A these e1traordinsrY 1o % military preparattons h
may have been4 made, no purpose that
may contemplate resistance to the enforce
meut Of the laws will meet sympathy or en-
conragement from the people Of this Come
monWeaIth.
Pennsylvania Yields to no State in her req
pect for and her willingness to protect, BY all
needful euarantees. the constitutional rights
and eonstItutiouI Independence Of her sister
States. nor in fidelity 10 that constitutional
nnionf WINNIE rneraminled benefit. hava beeu
showered alike upon herself aad them.
The most exa{ted pubUc policy and the
clearest obligations Of true patriotism, there
fore, admonishs IL; IN the existing deplorable
and dangerous crisis Of affairs, that our mill
tia system shonld receive from the Legislature
that prompt attention which public edgen-
eiea. either of the State or the nation NAV an.