The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-12
YANKEE LEGISLATURES.

Several of the Legislatures OF the Yam
kee States assembled on the 4th instant,
and the message of their Governors were
read. That Of Governor Blair, of Michi
gan, says:
Since the commencement Of the war
upwards Of eighty thousand men have
been placed in the field from the State,
Of which 'thirty-iive thousand have been
raised since January, 1868. The State
has now in service thirty regiments OF
infantry, eleven Of cavalry, one Of light
artillery, one Of engineers and mcchan-
les, two independent batteries and fifteen
companies in various arms of service.
That OF the Governor of Indiana says
that State has furnished over one hun
dred and sixty thousand men to The
war.
The Governor Of Massachusetts SAYS
that State has sen. one hundred and
twenty five thousand, four hundred and
thirtyseven men to the war, making a
surplus over all calls Of seven thousand.
The Governor Of Maine, in his mes
sage, says:
The whole debt Of the State, as repre-
scented by loans, is $5,337, 900, and has
been created the past year. To provide
for the liquidation of this debt, the Go
vernon suggests the establishment of a
sinking fund by setting apart atixcd sum
annually. The loss of revenue 10 Maine
by existing State banks surrcndering
their charters by quitting the field or
transferring themselves into National
banks will not be less than eighty thou
sand dollars per annum. He recon-
mends the assumption by the United
States of all the State debt incurred for
the National defence. Referring to en-
listments, the Governor says that Maine
has contributed during the past year to
the service of the Government 1891
men, and since the commencement of the
war, one-tenth of the population of the
State, OR more than 81, 900 Of her sons,
have been in the military and naval ser
vice. After considering the great abuses
which characterize the bounty system,
the Governor opposes its continuance
and recommends new policy Fugitives
from the draft, he says, should be per
petually DISTINGUISHED The necessity OF
an organized State militia is urged. The
abrogatioa Of the Reciprocity treaty with
Great Britain is approved, it having
proved detrimental TO two of the leading
interests of the State, her lumber and
her agriculture, in which 50 large L por-
ton Of her population arc engaged.
The message Of Governor Bradford, of
Maryland, is chiefly devoted to specula
ting upon the probability of the'peoplc
being paid for the negroes which the
United States Government has taken
from them UNDER the form of law:
In regard to compensation from the
National Government, the Governor saws
while it is true that other States, once
posses scd CT slave property, have, at va
rious times, ordered establishment, and
IN doing so have provided no compensa-
ton on that account, we must bear in
mind that Maryland is the first State
that has vcntured, by an immediate pro-
cess, toput an end at oncc to the inst;
tuition. 1t is undoubtedly true that
public sentiment here, for tho past two or
three years, has strongly, and very Justly.
tended to the policy of emancipation
But | feel assured that it is not less true
that nothing but the existence of the
rebellion and the intense desire Of tho
loyal masses of our people to rend what
they consider the chief bond Of sympa-
thy between that rebellion and any part
OF our population would ever induce
them to adopt that policy in tho imme--