Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-01-07
CLEVELAND TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY I, 1863
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

Eettol-citlzens Of the Senate, dhd Of The HOHss
Of Representatives.
Our deVout thanks are due to Almighty
God for the signal blessings conferred on our
country.
While an unparalleled rebellion of a part
Of the national confederacy Is Waging war
against the Government, and marshRlling
immense armies to aid its attempts to destroy
the Union, the Government under the bless
lngs Of Providence, has preserved the Oapi-
tai Of the Nation; maintained It's authority
over large majority of the States prescrib-
ed the limits within which the insurrection Is
confined; established Its supremacy over
Delaware, Maryland, Western Virginia, Ken
tucky, and Missouri-Whose social SYM
| pathies were TO no small extent with the
| insurgent States-reclaimed, by memoFa.
| bic naval victories, important ports in those
States, and by the wisdom and Vigor Of its
measures, removed every doubt of its power
to speedily suppress the rebellion, restore its
constitutional authority over every State of
the Union, and permanently maintain the
high po5ition Of the Nation among the lead
| ing States of the world. The threatening
crisis through which the Government is pass
ing mustltske its place in history as exhibiting,
/
and power of free institutions, while the fail
ure Of the rebellion to accomplish the purpose
Of destroying popular government will, un-
der the guidance of ProVidence, be instrumen-
tal in Vindicating its superiority over all
other governmental forms, and powerfully
contribute to its Introduction among lefs IA
vorfd nations.
LooKing nearer home, and examining the
condition OF this State, we have equal reason
for gratitude to the Dispenser of all good.
! The seasons of the past year have been genially
tempered for the health of man, and the earth
has abundantly rewarded his labOrs. The
peaceful avOcations of the people have been
little disturbed by the public disorders. Ag-
riculture, commerce, manufactures, and the
useful arts are in q state of encouraging activ-
| ity and development; our schools are pros
porous; or charitable institutions have sue
| cessfully performed their works Of mercy; the
| lights OF religion AMI knowledge have in
creased, and the patriotism of the people,
| spriuging from their intelligence and virtue,
! has become intensified by the perils which
/ baset the nation. The animosities which
| have hitherto characterized the political par
ties dividing the people, causing each to sus-
| Dect the patriotism of the other, and impair
| ing the ability of either doing good, have
| yielded to a spirit of Cancellation and moder-
| alton, uniting them all in the noble purpose
/ OF defending the naticn from the assaults of
| its enemies at home, and if need be, from
abroad. It is to be hoped that this auspie-
/ ious result of our public calsmities, will
prove the harbinger Of a speedy restoration
of harmony and good will among the people
| Of all sections of the country.
The present year is the sixtieth from the
adoption of the Ohio Constitution by the
| Convention of 1902. 1t is therefore period
at which it will be interesting to review the
progress of the State; especially since no
fairer example of a State grown under free
| institutions, can probably be found. To do
this in manner easily understood, shall
arrange the subject under the general heads
Of growth in population; in agricultural pre-
duction; in industry dependent on the arts
in commerce; in aecumulating wealth, and
| in social institutions.
The general aggregate OF these facts, at
separate periods, viii present the movement
| in grow h, without the complication OF NUM-
erous details.
The growth of population in Ohio is most
remarkable. In 1902, when the Constitution
was formed, Ohio had $4,000 people. In
! 1900 the census gave her AZ, 900. From 1902
| to 1920 1t received an addition of B36, 900
persous From 1920 to ls4O, the addition
was 93s, ,0OO From 1910 to 1860, it vss
! $4,000. While the increase still continues
| immensely great, the ratio of increase has
| diminished, fact which i5 always apparent
| when the basis of population is much enlarg-
| ed Taking in view the surface of land, as
we'll as the number of persons, no State haV-
| ing as great a density of habitation has in
creased so rapidly, except Massachusetts,
where growth is almost entirely that ofman-
ufacturinR towns. Ohio is mainly an agri-
cultural State. Hence its rapid growth,
since it obtained a million of people, is the
more remarkable. This fact has become of
great importance, since the existence Of the
present war. We have been called upon TO
| furnish what, even in the old military States
of Europe, would be deemed very large pro-
portion of soldiers. The armies of Europe
do not exceed one-fftieth of the people,
while the ahle-bodied men of Ohio mustered
into the United States Army have reached
fully one-thirtieth. If we may imagine the
war to have occurred at a former period, We
have the means OF contrasting our ability to
meet such demand, by contrasting ct GER
tain periods, the men over twenty-one years
of age. Thus, compare the periods of 1912
rthe war with Great BRITTANY the period Of
/ 1892 (South Carolina nullifcation), and the
present. The able-bodied men over twenty
one years Of age were
/ In