Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-04
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BosToS, Jan. 3.-Tbe message OF Governor
Andrews to the Legislature to day is of unusual
length 1t gives general history of facts and
figures, showing the part Massachusetts has thus
far taken against tbe Southern rebellion. The
war expenses foot up nearly $685. 900. To off
set this the State has been reimbursed by Govern
ment 1000, and by other sums, making the
aggregate 81 100000 .aae .anT
The troops sent into the field, both for three
months and three years, with the exception Of one
battery, have been fully armed and equipped by
by the State.
The Governor recommends the State to assume
the collection of the direct national tax Of Ss2i,-
5sl, being its proportion of the S2O, 0OO, 900
thorzed by Congress.
The State has contributed five regiments of in
fantry, one battery of artillery and one battalion
of rifles Of her militia to the three month SER
vice. and to the three year service she has sent as
volunteers twenty-four regiments Of infantry, one
! of cavalry, FIVE batteries of artillery. two com
panies of sharp shooters and an infantry battalion
of five companies Pisa
Six companies more are attached to two regi-
ments from New York.
The Governor urges the repeal of the constitu-
tonal discrimination between citizens of alien and
those of foreign birth.
The recommendation made by the General
! Government with reference To coast defense is
| fully Endorsed A communication from General
! Legislature
! Military education in our common schools is
| recommended.
The whole number OF enrolled militia is Isl, =
1876. The whole number who have gone into the
volunteer service of the United States is reported
| by the Adjutant General at % ,279. About H.
/ 600 more are estimated to be in the naval ser
vice as sailors and marines, leaving 1911 900 nj
home besides those men incapable of ordinary du-
! ties.
| The Governor closes bis message as follows:
The great rebellion must be put down and it,
promoters crushed beneath the ruins of their own
1 ambition
The greatest crime of history must receive a
doom so swift and sure that the enemies OF pop
ular Government shall stand ia while they
/ contemplate the elastic energy and concentTatiye
power of Democratic institutions--of free peo-
| pie tfhs I.F ItfIEf q t.
| The monstrous character OF the crime has ne
] yer yet been adequately conceived, nor has Ian
/ guage vet been able to describe it. Groundless
and causeless in its origin. IL began and grew M
! and continues under the lead aud direction of
men who had received all the favOrs and enjoyed
| all the blessings OF our Government, and who
were bound by official oaths 70 maintain it z
1 Reckless of consequence aud determined to
ruin where they could not rule, they conspired
against the welfare of nearly thirty million peo-
pie and their countless posterity. They plunged
them with uncomfortable madness into every dan
/ ger, suffering and sorrow which follow The
! American citizen can recognize social duty in
( tervening between himself and his country
He may urge reform but he has mo right to de-
! sroy. Entrusted with the precious inheritance Of
liberty ami endowed with the gift OF participation
| i'm a popular Government, the Constitution makes
I him at once the beneficiary and the defender of
the interests aud institutions which he can not in
nocently endanger, aud when he becomes a traitor
to his country he commits equal treason against
mankind eerD IS ~ - - q
Involved in this controversy for lfe for free
dom, and for honor, let Massachusetts, in follow
ing the flag. and keeping STEP to the music Of the
Union, fail 70 prove TO all the Characters
ties Of her people She is to-day. As she was Of
| old, when she it that nnfurled that flag.
HencefOrth there will be no one % consider how
10 re constrct the Union, excluding New England
from the sisterhood of States Wherever a foe.
treasure blood was the cal, they heard the
people Of New England respond by opening the
lap of their industry. and by the march of their
braves, and new, when the beauty Of her Israel
has been slain in our high places. aud when
Lee, Revere, lockwood and Bowman lie in a
felon's cell, and hundreds Of her sons wear out
their hearts in sad captivity, victims Of the valor
and devotion to our Union. one irrepressble i'm
pulse moves our people, and inspires our soldiers
| in the field; one prayer TO see the day when an
army of loyal Americans shall hammer at the
doors of their prison house, With both hands
pledged TO the solemn task OF war. and with mel
Their hand averted 20 uphold theinshtution which
is the cause Of all this war and that they shall
not turn back. AMI their swords return not empty
until The grand deliversnce shall be accom-
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