The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-15

absence of some definite plan for meeting Its
expenses, did not justify the attempt to put
the system in operation. l have, Tor these
reasons, deferred any action upon the subject
until the re-assembling of the Legislature
when the whole matter could be brought to Its
consideration and proper disposition made
of it. To this end invoke to II your calm de-
! liberation. hes.
| The State Guard law is, in my judgment,
one of the most perfect acts of the kind to be
! found in any system designed to make reilapie
| soldiers out of undisciplined militia. 1t was,
matured by military men of experience and
ability, and combines all the excellencies OF
the militia systems of our sister States, reliev-
ed of their defects, together with such lm-.
provements as the experience and observation
Of those who framed it enabled them to sug-
gest do not therefore, hesitate to commend
it as the perfection of militia systems; ana, II
ever put in successful operation in Kentucky,
l am confident it will prove as complete
protection to her against external and internal
violence as could be devised. As before re-
marked. however, it is system that VII! IN
volve heavy expenditure, and when fully IN
operation will necessitate tax OF fully one
and quarter per cent. in addition to that now
paid for revenue and educational purpose
submit it to you, however, whether it would
not be better that we should incur even this or
! a greater amount of taxation, if thereby the
repose and safety of the State are secured, than
| to be subjected, as at present, to continual
raids from and depredations by lawless and
abandoned men. In other words, whether it
would not be better to expend portion of our
means to secure the remainder, than to have
the whole destroyed, or even subjected to the
risk o destruction. - ...-.. .-..... ...- .
refer you to the reports of the Adjutant
General and Quartermaster General for full
information in regard to their respective de-
partments. 1t will be seen by the Adjutant
General report that Kentucky has signalized
her devotion to the Union by sending into the
field for its defense upwards of forty -four
thousand of her brave and gallant sons; and
she has not vet ceased to respond to the demands
upon her in the way of recruits for the mill
tary service When it is borne in mind that,
| from the operation of various causes, the pop
ulation of the State is now, as it has been from
| its inauguration, to a considerable extent
divided in reference to the rebellion, the quo
| ia she has contributed to the grand army of
! the Union may Justly be claimed as placing
her among the fore most of those of her sister
States who have signalized their devotion to
our noble Constitutional Union. Kentucky
/ has ever been true and loyal to- the Govern
4 ment of our fathers; the nation has never been
involved in difficulty or danger that she has
not promptly responded to calls upon her man
i illness and patriotism; the blood of her sons
enriches the soil of every battle field upon
which blood has been split and death defed
in defense ofour National rights and honor;
and when the history of the present wal for
the preservation ofthe Union and maintenance
I of the Constitution comes to be written, no
] prouder more enduring monument of her
patriotic devotion to the cause of constitution
al freedom will be exhibited in all the glorious
record of her past fame.
While the regular progress of the cause of
1 common school education in the State has,
| like that of every other interest, been some
| - ~ 4Io ,,4,, bo1
ton of the Commonwealth for the past year,
am gratifed to be able to say that the wisdom
of the provisions made for it years ago by
your predecessors, is being constantly made
more manifest The reportof the Superinten
dent of Public Instruction will inform you
! fully of the condition of that deeply important
and interesting State interest, and l beg to
commit it toyour consideration. @
An act was passed by Congress atits last.ses
sion, and became a law by the approval of the
President on the I'd day of July last, making
a donation of public lands to the several States
and Territories which may provide colleges
for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic
arts By this act it is proposed to donate to
Il such States as may accept its provisions with
in two years from the date of its approval by
I the President an amount Of land equal to thir-
ty thousand acres for each Senator and Repre-
sentative in Congress, apportioned according
to the census of 1885, and in the event that
there is not the quantity of lands within the
! State, subject to sale at private entry at one
! dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, land
RI scrip to the amount of such States distribu
tive share is to be issued in lieu thereof which
: scrip NAV be sold, and the proceeds Thereof
applied to the foundation of at least one col
:, lege in the State, whose leading object shal
be, without excluding other scientific anc
, classical studies, and Including military tao
tics to teach such branches of learning as are
: related to agriculture and the mechanic arts
-, in such manner as the Legislatures of tn,
9 States may respectively prescribe, in order tt
: promote the liberal and practical education o
the industrial classes in the several pursuit
and professions in life" 1t is further provi
/ ded, that each State accepting the provision
of the act shall, within five years, provide a
u least one college for the purposes indicated
. Without going into further details in regar
to this benefcent provision of the general GOV
=. ernment for the promotion of the great educf
- tional and industrial interests of the country
l will simply refer you to the act itself, an
= commend the subject to your faithful eonsit
\ GRAFTON. You understand too we'll the vita
= Importance of fostering and promoting thes
: great interests to require commendation {
= them from me. The substantial wealth {
the Commonwealth, as well as its true glory
! depends so much upon education, agriculture
= and the mechanic arts, that they should col
70 stitute especial subjects of attention at a
= times by the eplighted representatives OF th
= people, and doubt not it will be cohsohal
= with your disposition as well as your Juas
~ ment to respond With -cheertnlness an
! i promptitude to this generous iprouer OF alo
i their behalf by the common government
nation ever became truly great that did N
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