Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-14

! given Oy the leIIltolJ nav
tberebr placed above the reach Of legislative
;nterference, we may congratulate ourselves
that the future in this respect is safe.
You are required to provide for organizing
and disciplining the militia Of the State, the
| announcement of Volunteer Corps, and the
safe keeping of the public arms.
The struggle in which the mother Govern-
ment is now so nobly contending, the vast
expenditures she is making to maintain an
uimpaired nationality, the possibility (remote
| trust) Of disturbance within our state
bounds, will admonish and stimulate you to
make provision for the preservation OF peace
and good order, such as the abundant mate
rial at hand affords. Our isolation, and the
difficulty of obtaining speedy assistance IN
the event of trouble-our proximity to lndl-
an tribes not always friendly-are cogent
reasons for giving this subjectyour deliberate
! consideration.
Our people will organize and discipline
themselves, If a convenient plan is made and
the necessary arms furnished. There must
he system, or there will be lack of efficiency.
Expenditures in this behalf will be cheerfully
approved BY the people, knowing, as they do,
tbat the most effectual mode of avoiding
disturbance is ample means for its suppress
sion.
The fundamental law Of the State imposes
upou YOU the duty Of providing for an uni
| form system of Common Schools, and the
founding OF State University by the bounty
| of the Federal Government, and the author.
ity invested in the Legislative Departments
to lew Il special tax for educational purposes,
there exists the Nucleus for placing the &C
uuirement Of practical education within the
reach of every child Of the State. Inc ad-
vantages accruing to the body polite, arising
from an educated, wcll-informed, thinking
population must be obvious TO those INTO
whose hands our people have conhded the
law-making powers.
Universal education is no longer an expert
ment Of doubtful policy. Its general dlftu-
sion has been found promotive of piety, good
order, and becoming regard for the conStl-
tuted authorities. 1t induces the citizen to
respect himself, and thus command the re-
spect of others. Under that liberal and en-
! lirhtened system of government, which per-
yades all our institutions, and which guaran-
tees TO every citizen, however humble his sta
ton in life, a voice in the management and
detection of State affairs. Too much import
ance can not be attached to a judicious inau-
DURATION of that system whichis to have such
peritv and reputation of the State. con-
| lure YOU, therefore, to give your early and
earnest attention to this subject, and by the
wisdom OF your enactments relating thereto,
| to Law broad and deep the foundations OF that
superstructure on which shall rest the future
| moral, social and political well-being OF our
| people. Although the General Government
| has made princely donations Of lands, which
| ours has appropriated to educational pur-
poses, the experience Of other States to which
! the same liberality has been extended, should
teach US that the children Of the present gen.
| Grafton are not likely to receive the full ben
| eft thereof, without further congressional
| legislation. The uniform construction OF
these grants BY the Department at Washing
| ton, has been that the State cannot convey
| title TO any specific tracts until the public
| lands shall have been conveyed, and the Sc
| lectons made BY the State recognized by
| Federal authority. This will be the work OF
many years, with such meagre appropriations
as will probably be made for that object. 1t
is not only highly important for the purposes
for which we have dedicated these lands, but
for the general prosperity of the State, that
our citizens should early become the owners
Of the soil which they cultivate, and on which
they spend large sums in the erection OF
houses, mills. places of business and manu-
factories. Nothing tends more TO the pros
perity and stability of people than secure
titles to real estate. 1t seems to me that
Congress would cheerfully provide that the
State authorities may select and survey, IN
conformity with the regulations for making
United States surveys, the lands which are to
become the property OF the State, subject to
the approval of such Surveyor as
shall have jurisdiction in this Department.
But I am not welded to any particular mode
for the accomplishment of the desired object,
and only ask the early and careful attention
of the Legislature thereto.
Humanity requires that some general plan
be devised for the care Of such persons as,
from disease, poverty or natural inhrmitieS,
may have claims upon the sympathy and
aid Of society,"" To this end county institu-
tons NAV be organized, which it is hoped
may be on u sufficiently comprehensive scale
to avoid the necessity Of forwarding immedi-
ately such aSylums for the comfort of the in
sane, blind, and deaf and dumb, as would be
a credit and honor to our people.
In n short time our rich treasure fields will
have so expanded the wealth of the State, and
so largely augmented its assessment rolls,
that our benevolent institutions can then be
established on a bases creditable to the State,
and become enduring monuments to the hu-
mainly and liberality Of its citizens. Last
Winter some alarm was created, by PROPOSE
ton discussed in Congress to tax the pro-
ceeds of the mines. The title to these is I'M
questionably held by the General Govern
ment, and our people rest their claims thereto
on possession alone, but the Federal Govern
ment has so long acquiesed in the truce re-
lied upon not only in Nevada, but in all the
Pacific States, and by its interference,
invited and induced its citizens TO embark in
the hazardous pursuits Of mining, that vast
amounts of labor and capital have been laid
out and expended upon the implied assurance
that there would be no departure from what
seemed to have becOme the fixed and settled
policy of the country. Upon this tacit under
standing existing over period fifteen years,
the miner and capitalist have been stimulated
to assume the risks Of an uncertain calling.
The adventurer permitted to enjoy the undl-
vided fruits of his toll, encouraged by that
fostering care so generally extended to the
citizens of the Republic, has predicated his
plans and calculations upon all acquirance
INDUCED in BY the Government, so long as to
well nigh make it rule Of property. Nature
has layishly distributed the precious metals
through the length and breadth of our State.
The rapid increase of the population Of Ne
vada, the evidences everywhere existing Of
the enterprise and prosperity OF our people,
furnish ample proof of the abundant wealth
which has induced settlement here, and yet
our State is in its infancy, not alone in years
but in all the elements which make up the
framework of great and powerful people.
Our search for minerals and our development
of mines, has been confined to small and
limited districts compared with our vast
Jurisdiction. Upon prospects too cheering
and certain of realization, no cloud should
lower. Enterprise and adventure should be
encouraged to continue the search for trea-
sure uurestrained and unincumbered. That
such will be the continued policy of the Gov,
eminent, 1 have no doubt, besides we shall
soon be represented in each branch Of the
National Councils, by gentlemen whose aoll-
ity and knowledge of this subject will enable
them to explain our condition and necessities
in this respect. 1t is to be regretted that
there is no regulation provided for the col,
lection of facts in regard to the products ;ot
the mines. recommend that it be made the
duty Of the County Assessor Of each county
to gather statistical information on this sub
iect, and transmit statements thereof to some
one Of the State Departments to be laid before