, 1865-01-05

Gov. Iates' message to The Twenty fourth
General Assembly, is pr''bably the most volu-
1ninous document ever communicated to a
Legislative body. In this resprct it differs
essentially from the messages of his prede-
cessors, which have usually been models OF
cnpc'seness and common eense. We
main 1room for the entire document in
this issue OF the TR,HESE, and we commend
it TO the careful pcrusal Of our readers.
4 lnrgc portion Of the mcssagcis historical,
and another large portion is rhetorical and
didactic. 1t is merely a question of taste
whether 60 much space shonld be given, in a
State paper, to those intellectual and moral
features Of human concesnmcnt. But we
presume there will be no difference of oplni n
as to the taste which suggested the following
conclusion Of the Governors biography Of
Gen. Grnnt:
"Meis GIFT Of the Almighty Father to TIE
way to the c1nlted position he occupies through
hts own Ereat perseverance, skill and fnlonita6le
bravery md Il is incScnsably vain for any man to
great genus and deeds for the private ends Of sell
Esh aud corrupt political ambition"
Gen. Grant may we'll be amazed to find
statement inscribed upon the public and
enduring records Of hts own State TINT Ae
was not invented by any other man, but that
the credit Of his existence in this crisis is due
solely to the Almighty. The reader mag Infer
that VIC differ from Cor. Yates on some qucs-
tiups Of official decoruu brought up in his
Message, and, lest there be any misunder-
standinG on the point, VIC say that We do SO
differ It is not thu first time that VIC havo
had occasion to differ from our political
friends in the councils OF the Stateand nation,
and It will probably not be the last. Cor.
Yatcs has been nominated for the United
States Senate by The Union Caucus at SPRING
field Before he takes his scat in that body
he Will have the good sense to regret the
tone Of q portion Of his last gubernatorial
Message.
We gladly turn to those measures Of rene
raj interest to the State which the Governor
recommends to the attention of the Lccie]a-
ture- Among these we recognize many to
which w'e give our most cordial asscnt-many
which have engaged the attention OF the press
and people Of The State heretofore, and Which
will continue to engage their attention until
thcy EhuQ be Incorporated into our public
policy and laws. The Governor recommends
the repeal Of the Black LAWS, the enactment
Of a Registry Law, the creation Of State
Bureau Of Statistics, IN investigation Of Pcni-
tentiary affairs, the publication of the State
Geological Report, revision Of the laws re.
lating 10 Public Schools and a more liberal
endowment for our educational system. the
appointment Of Commission to locate the
college for the agricultural and mechanical
arts, q law to enable tho soldiers of the State
to vote and constitutional amendment for
tue same purpose if the former mode Of at~
tanning TINT object shall be held unconstitu-
tional by the Supreme Court, and also an appro-
p,iatfon 20 pay the loan raised BY private sub.
scription upon the failure Of the late Leeisla-
ture to make the required appropriation for
the expenses Of the Executive Department.
The condition Of the Statc indebtedness
ilas already been published In our columns.
The amount Of debt extinguished during the
PAST two years is 5000, ,14S.40, Of which the |
sum Of S78s. .332. .9S has been derived from the |
Central Railroad Fund. In addition to this |
amount there is about s6oo, 900 on hand, Tor |
was on the 1st instant, applicable to the pay
n1ent Of principal Of tho State debt, d.
rived from the two-ml'l tax. Receipts In the
Treasury Tor revenue purr ,ses for two years
have been f43' ,tlV.ll. The amount of yar-
rants drawn upon the Treasury for tvo vears
is &ss4 .014!37, against $s7as, ,sSos 30 recc,vad
flom all sources, nci1dins the balance m
hand Dec, /, 1862, leaving small deficit IN
the transactions Of tho two years. On the |
other hand, there is due from the General |
Government to the State s40s, aC5 .08, accord
ing to the statement Of the Treasury Depart
meut, and somewhat larger sum according
to the reckoning Of our State officers.