St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-16
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE

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We are not won't to be envious, but can
not help feeling little "wish I were you"
toward the big dailies which give the Gov
ernor's Message without mutilation: :: :
True it is concise and and vigorous, but
thc,e is so much ground to cover and our
fatherly old Governor is so careful not to
overlook any interest Of his darling Mimi
esota, that VIC must cen try our hand at
selecting. &,1t ~. =,
Governor Ramsey goes, at once, into the
secession question, and says:
All purely local objects Of legislation sink
into insigniGcance beneath the shadow of
this stupendous national calamity The
peril which menaces the fabric of the Fed
cral Government, involves the institutions
and the destiny of every State.
The Constitution, Under which the
youngest and poorest is the peer Of the old
est and wealthicst member of the confed-
eracy, imposes equal obligations upon hll
While our brave regiments rank among
the foremost of the country's defenders in
the field, it should be the care of those
entrusted with the direction of affairs at
home to curtail every unnecessary expec-
diture; to improve every resource and
husband every element of strength which
will enable us to give the most effcctual
support our limited means vii permit to
to the national cause.
He next urges the Legislature to hurry
up the business, SO as to have short Ses-
sion and save expense.
PROSPEROUS CONDITION OF THE STATE.
We have cause to felcitate ourselves
that, in spite cf the still visible effects Of
the financial prostration Of 1857, and the
enormous pressure of the war upon the re-
sources of the nation, the State of Mime
sofa has continued her onward progress in
population, wealth. agriculture and in
nearly every department Of industry and
social improvement. It is scarcely less
Indicative of the elastic energy of our peo-
pie, than it is honorable to their loyalty,
that having made the first tender of arm
ed aid 70 the General Government, upon
the fall Of Sumpter, in April last, our
State was among the first which furnished
their full quota of the half million men
called by the General Government to the
national defence.
Notwithstanding the force we have sent
beyond our borders, in military array, our
population, by the best data has increaced
from l72,OOO in June, lst 1860, to over
100000 souls. Our farmers, in three
years. have nearly doubled the dominion
of the plough and the reaper. In. place
of importing part Of our own food, our
exports Of grain have swollen, in the same
short period, to three or four millions
bushels. In the mean time, the expenses
of the State Government have been raduc-
ed mere than enc half; the State tax has
been lessened twenty per cent, while the
taxable property has largely increased; the
county aud township organisations have
been placed upon far moro economical
and efficient basis the interests of public
instruction have been organized and stim-
ulated by an effective supervision; the
public credit hos been maintained the
people have been educated by the stern
discipline Of necessity to habits of indus
try and economy our State has become,
or is rapidly becoming known abroad as
the synonym Of health, and plenty, and
the foundations are being securely laid in
our civil and social economy, for career
of solid and enduring prosperity when
trade and business shall have resumed
their customary channels.
FINANCIAL CONDITION..
The report of the Treasurer gives an
encouraging view Of the finances of the
State. This report, it will be seen, COW
ers period OF but eleven months, from
Jan. l to Dec. l, owing to change made
in the fiscal year by the last Legislature
The receipts from all sources for the
year 1861 were as follows >. .,.... =.
Taxes collected from Jan. 1,
1861, to Dec |, 1861, 800, 1856 83
Received from Treasurer of the
United States on account
of five per cent. fund of sale
| Of public lands, s,4ea 81
Received from Treasurer of the
United States in payment of
expenses ofSunrise expedi-
ton, I'LL II
Received from Treasurer of the
United Stats in paymentof = -:
~. board Of United States pris- -.. ,:..
! oners in penitentiary, rs ~. 258 81
Refunded by Mimi: & Pacific R. -, ..lI:,.
r. Co., -.,' - 66S 09
Refunded BY banks, '/4>i'2 > ..'. 81 40
Balance in Treasury Jan. +. 1861, 675 78
! :, year 1861, "&. 49,. $loe, 1852 50
| Total disbursements, 1O1, ,732 96