Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-23
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Gentlemen Of tie Senate
and H,lSs aJ ReDrexsptiJ;rps

Ge,aHctnell Of h'e Senate
and House Of Representatives.:
You have had conferred upon you and you
have accepted, the duty of caring for. guard
ing and promoting the Interests of the State
This duty, at all times responsible, is at pres
,nt much more than ordinarily SO, for the
reason that the Nation of which we are a part
is engaged in Civil War, most wantohly and
wickedly thrust upon It's by bad and designing
men doubt not you will address yourselves
to the discharge Of this duty calmly and ear
nestly, seeking wisdom and strength of Him
who is King of Kings and Lord Of Lords.
The Constitution requires that shall COM
municate to you the condition Of the State.
and recommend such matters as may deem
expedient, and now proceed 10 the perform
ancc of that duty.
The expenditures of the last two years for
all State purposes have been about $500 900
for each year This includes both ordinary
and extraordinary expenditures the amounts
expended for the Insane Asylum, the Penitcn-
tialy, the Blind Asylum at Ninton, the print
ing of the Revised Statutes, and other extra
ordinary objects as well as the amounts ex-
pended in carrying on the ordinary operations
OF tho State Government. The expenditure
has not in any case been permitted to exceed
the appropriation, and is materially less both
for the Penitentiary and Insane Asylum, and
servation been carefully and economically
made. In my Judgment. there is not another
State in the Union In which the protection of
the Government is extended to as large IL pop
ulation, SO widely scattered, more economical
| IN than our own. But while this is true il is
| equally true that our finances are not in a
healthy condition. The Report of the Audi
| tor of State discloscs the somewhat startling
fact, that OF the State tax of 1860 and preced-
ing years, there was at the date of his Report
the 18th day of November, 1861 delinquent
and unpaid the large sum S400 ,00O-a sum
more than sufficient to cover the entire ex-
pcnses Of our State Government for one year.
This large delinquency has occurred mainly
within the last four years, and the same Re-
port shows there were at the same date war
rants drawn ON the Treasury to the amount of
SlO3, ,645, which were unpaid for want OF
funds, most OF which are drawing interest at
| the rate of eight per cent. per annum.
From these facts the following conclusions
are inevitable lst. That during the last
four years there has been levied State tax
larger by about $500, 900 than the necessities
Of the State required 2nd. That this was
rendered necessary by the fact that only por-
tion of our people paid the tax due the State.
Sd. That the State has been compelled yearly
to pay large sums by way of interest on war
rants, which need not have been paid had the
taxes been collected promptly and the Treasu-
ry kept supplied with funds to meet all de-
mands upon it. 18th. That the State, being
compelled to purchase its supplies with war
rants. has had to pay higher prices than il il
had had the cash TO pay. 9th. That the tax
paying portion of our people have thus beer
compelled to pay not only their proper shar,
of the public burthens, but also the share o
those who did not pay their taxes, increased