Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-10
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Emigration
h is not necessary 70 argue the i'm
aortauce Of adding to the wealth ard /
Of Indiana, by increasing |
to her borders from the va |
rious countries Of Europe The agri- |
cultural and mineral resources Of the |
Safe are, as yet, parativsly unde- |
valopsd. for the want Of population, Ia
Dor and capital Nearly one fourth Of
the waoIe area Of the State is q coal
field. large part Of which d said to be
If ne best quality Excellent iron ore
ia found In vast quantities in many coan-
ties. and tbrOug hout the State, excepting
a lev small localities, the soil is rich
aud fertile, capable Of producing all the
GRAZING and grasses in the greatest aoun-
dance. The State abounds IN hne tim
Der. and living streams Of water and IN
every respect presents facilities
10 an easy and profitable agricuI-
ture, while an abundance OF coal
and water power furnishes the
means for manufacturing on the larg-
eat scale and cheapest terms Large
tracts Of country are yet unsettled, aud
IN many counties ths population is yet
quite sparse, and it is not too much TO
say that the State can support in case
aud comfort a population three or four
times larger than the present. The war
has made heavy draft upon the labor
Of the State, which is nov scarce and in
great demand, and should be replenish-
| cd and increased by every legitimate
| means. ! therefore earnestly recon-
| mend the establishment of a Bureau Of
/ Emigration, upon plan similar to that
adopted by several Of the Western
States, providing for one or more agents
10 Europe, whose duty it shall be TO fur
/ nigh TO persons about TO emigrate to
| America information Of the geography,
population, wealth, and resources Of the
State, ard the prospects for health,
| comfort, wealth, and education present
ed to those who come in search of new
homes, and Of such facilities for getting
here as the State may be able to furnish.
Some Of our sister States have in this
way added largely to their population
and wealth, and while we are somewhat
tate in beginning, it will be later and
aorae for us the longer it is put off 10
accordance With this view, | have caused
TO lie prepared and published, in bott
German and English, a pamphlet set
ting forth tbs condition aud resources
OF tile State, aud presenting the induce
nieuts offered to emigrants from abroad
copies Of which are herewith submitted
/ Colonization
recommend that the second section
oil an act approved March 9Th, 1868
which authorizes the State Board Of Co
onizatioD, to appoint an agent or Coz
responding Secretary, be repealed. Sine
the passage Of the act, learn that near
IL $4,000 has been paid out in salarie
70 the Secretary appointed by the Boarc
und in that time bat one man has bee
sent 70 Liberia from the State. Thi
Office Is mere sinecure. and the dutie
which have been attached to it by las
can be readily performed by the Secr'
tary Of the State, should any arise in th
future.
Negro Testimony.
The statute excludes negroes frol
iestifying in courts Of justice, in cases i
i which white persons are parties, is, i
ny opinion, stigma upon humanii
aud intelligence Of the State The ide
, that the white race must be protecte
, against the eolored, by imposing o
I them this disability is absurd and hs
, been made the cover and protection {
) much crime and injustice. As the la
: stands, murder may be psrpetrate
3 with impunity, by white person
! in the presence only of colore
! Witnesses, aud il is well know
. that negroes are often employed b
: | white persons as the instruments {
) | crime and fraud, because Of their inabi
> ity to lestify in courts Of justice. Th
4 interests Of both races demand that thi
, disability be removed, and it the fact {
! color effects credibility, that can be n
4 terred 30 the court and jury as in othe
+ cases, and would undoubtedly receiv
= due consideration. Indiana and Ill
/ nois are the only free States whose ST.
! tute books are dishonered By the reter
4 lion Of law so repugnant to the spir
4 Of the age, and the dictates OF oommo
!. sense.
8 Enumeration and ApportionmcHt
7 Sections fourth aud fifth of the Cor
i stitution of the State are in these words
"Sec. Nv. The General AssembI
shall, at its second session after the adoT
! ton of this Constitution, and every 81
J. years thereafter, cause an enumeratio
r to be made Of all the white male inhal
g itants over the age of twenty-one year
Q See " The number of Senator
n and Representatives shall, at the ne1
r Session following each period of maxim
such enumeration, be fixed By law, an
q apportioned among the several couutie
e according to the number of white ma
l. inhabitants in each: ProUided, Thi
the FIRST and second elections of men
o bers Of the General Assembly, uudr
o the Constitution shall be according
u the superintendent last made By Ii
= General Assembly, before the adoptic
&c Of this Constitution.
+ The enumeration required, OF IL
81 white male inhabitants OF the State ov
'e twenty-one years of age, has never bet
made. An apportionment for Legisl
ID tive purposes was enacted iu 1857, al
y Justice as well as constitution
&c provisions require that new one shs
be made. Under the present law, viii
Id was very imperfect in the beginnin
r, great inequalities existed in their pr
a sentation in the Legislature, and the
ne are rapidly increasing by the increa
or aud changes in our population.
d State Treasurer's Report
The condition of the Treasury will
80 presented in the report of Mr. Bre
e State Treasurer. While have had {
y oasion to except strongly to his poll
p in several respects referred TO in Il
message, it is but Just to say that in o
bSe ers the administration of his Depa
~ ment has been entirely satisfactory
on National Direct Tar
BY the 9th section of an Act of CT
le- gress, approved August 9th, 1861,
w rect annual tax of twenty millions
bis dollars was levied upon the Uni
ms States, and apportioned among the Sc