The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-10-17
j. GREGORY SMITH.
ExEcuTIvE CBAMBgB,
Montpelier, Oct. ] 2th, 1868.
Gov. DiIlingham's Message,
Gsnatmsa ef tie Sesais,

Gov. DiIlingham's Message.
/ Gentlemen 81 ne Ssaais,
i and Ileuss q RePr1eaiaiirss.
/ After the anxiety aud agitation u four years
u bloody war. waged by the Union for the pres
4 eryation Of Naliopa existence. We are permitted
4 again TO meet. in the calm Of peace, 10 discharge
/ those duties imposed upon Us by the Constitution
and de handed by the best interest q the people
We represent.
1 During the past year Il has pleased Almighty
i Gid to grant as great and signal mercles for
/ this let Us join IN rendering Him our humblest
+ thanksgiyings while We sincerely implore His aid
aud guidance 10 the discharge ofali our oficiai
and personal daties.
! FINANCES
/ From the Treasurers report, herewith sub
mitte1 10 you, il appears that the balance Of cash
s42l,o96 Sc
Tha. the receipts into the Treasury
4 from all other sources during the
to Sept. 5, 1860, we're 1856, III 95
---- -
Making in all the sum Of 1908 269 81
That during the year there has been
/ paid out and disbursed, the sum
Of 1896 72 so
Leaving in the Treasury Sept. 5.
1865. l2,497 OF
The funded liabili les Of the State,
Sept. 5, 1865, amounted to ,65O,0 %
consisting ofOutstanding state bonds.
The present current liabilities Of
the State, are 207, 675 90
The current resources, including
1865. are 2S.4ll 60
Making an excess OF current liabils Of 1874 l63 10
The estimated expenses for The cur
rent year are, for interest on
ionds and loans. JOS, 1850 90
For all other State expenses, 10000 90
Making to be provided for, $467 9lS 80
The grand lis; of the State is about one million
Of dollars. aud tax Of Fifty cents on the dollar
will probably raise money sufficient TO cover the
current liabilities Of the year.
We are not TO forget, however, that We baYe o
large funded debt, which will be burthensome to
meet if none oi il is provided for before it falls
due. The close of the war, and The return OF our
soldiers, has rery greatly diminished our current
expenses, and at the same liue our agricultural,
and all the Other industrial interests Of the State
were never in more prosperous aud healthy
condition and ferl confident that any amount
VI tdANtluu htlDt nttfu Dy DtSl VI
State, will be met cheerfully by the people,
aud is payment will not be felt as burthen-
some.
The treasurer estimates that State tax Of six
y-fge cents, on the grand list OF This year would
raise $50, 90 above the current expendi.
lures, TO be applied IN purchasing in outstanding
State bonds aud that, for the next six years,
tax Of forty cents ON the dollar OF the grand list
yearly, will raise sum sufficient 10 meet the
current expenses of The state. and leave yearly
surplus of y so ,000, 10 be used in buying the
State bonds rs they come into market Should
this be done to that extent in 1871 but 500
900 Of our funded debt will remain unpaid
sum that can easily be provided for as the bonds
fall due.
Our State bonds are now selling at discount
OF four or five per cent, and should gold continue
to command premium, as il viii be likely 10
do for considerable time yet 10 come. this, with
the fact that the General Government and most
Of the Sta es, are paying higher rate Of interest
than is paid on our Bouds will probably depress
their market value 10 still lower point Ii the
State is ip funds to 60 into market az purchas-
err with others, il viii be able 10 make positive
gain on its purchases, beside stopping the accru-
ing interest.
Connected with this subject Of raising money
by taxation, we are 10 remember that all our
property, no matte: by what name called, except
such as is expressly exempted by positive law,
should bear lis equal proportion in the burthens
Of taxation. If our laws produce that result now
then all is well on that score but if they fail to
accomplish that end, your scrutiny should lead
you to their proper amendment,
SALARIES AND REEs.
By our present law, the States Attornies Of |
the several counties are salaried compensation,
in this mode, is made more to depend upon the |
population of the several counties than on the |
labor done and service rendered 10 the State |
aud submit to your judgement whether this
mode has not natural tendency to diminish |
watchfulness over the public interests by those
officers rs far as my own personal observation
extends, ! am inclined 10 believe that crime now,
is not SO thoroughly fereited out. aud the orimi-
nal so certainly brought to trial, conviction aud
punishment, ms when these officers we're paid for
what they did, and for nothing more. Iflhis be
the fact, Out present Law is defective and un-
wise. a
ssa JuyESIs eFTExDKRs.
Permit me- gentlemen, to call your Attentions
to that class Of the rising generation denoininat-
ed Juvenile offenders. This class embraces child
ren Of both sexes. and their number is very sens
IDLY on the increase. To reform such, while they
are undergoing restraint, as a punishment,
should be cur unceasing endeaEsF. Very few
crimes committed by this class are punished BY
confinement In the state prison, and though CON
hnement there is somewhat reformatory, vet the
stigma Of having been In state prison Is almost
forever inefAeeabe. Far the greater uamber Of
Juvenile offenders are Of necessity, punished by
confinement Ia the county Jails. where they are
most generally associated with old and hardened
who Al once devote themselves 10 teach
ing these ebiidTsA the aFt and mysteries ofcrime;
20 that, when discharged, instead Of being re-
formed, they are more likely 10 5e thoroughly
Would il not be Cor the true interest
q the state 10 establish home, Or house Of ref
age, where this class could he eoBhned, under
such regulations IS would be likely 10 minister
both instruction and TO reform In connection
with just and msieifai punishment.
COMMON SCHOOLS
The report of the Secretary Of The Board Of Ed
Heaiion shows. upon the whole. an encouraging
state q car common schools The Ell .iepey and
saceess Of thess schools, Wkich are the nurseries
81 eur coming meu sad women. ean5ot De ever
II seems ihs, teaching il these schools Is grad
ually passing frgal male 10 female hands, vii
an sppareas proportional Improvement 10 abe
schoDss Ihls "a Gathering to tie female teachers,
but speeks poorly i0F the etaeF class. fear that
tie oslier class q male teachers lesYe the State
for other localifies, uhere their services command
= bsfieT rsuiUneraiioa. Having jhe less ecnpe-
teaa and acc emp4shs teachers to polish oar kon2
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