Nebraska advertiser., 1865-01-19

oio Dol preQlct too much tor Nebraska
when ] said to you, in my last annual
message in abiding to these and to the
ether railroads which were proposed to
be built through our Territory, that ::
with these magnificent works success
fully prosecuted to complexion. competing
US directly with the great cities of the
Atlantic aud Paclfc-wIth The. advant-
ages of the Homestesd,-a virgin aud
fertile soil,-of e~xhaustless salt springs,
with a climate as solubriOus as exists
ia. The world, none can hesitate to pre-.
die, for Nebraska gigantic strides in the
attainment of wealth and power"
At a former session of the Legisla-
ture, l called the attention of members
TO the prevailing evil, toe common every
where, Of deferriDg, ill the closing
hours of the session, The passage Of most
of the acts or bills of the session. This
practice is sometimes fraught with mnch
mischief, and often with great wrong TO
the people. Ii is made The duty of the
Governor TO examine every bill which
shall have passed the Council and House
OF Representatives" and he is required
either so sign or return it with bis OBJ
iections." You will, l have no doubt 6e
astoni8hed when l tell you that out of
about one hundred acis aud joint r%esOlu-
lions passed at the last session, mere
than one half of them were presented
and signed on The last day of the SEES
sion; and yet that session was no excep-
lion in this particular 70 The general rule.
Let lhIs Legislature, l entreat you, SET
a new example in this particular, and let
your work not only be well d'pe, but
done promptly.
During your last session, a joint reso-
luton was passed, asking, Congress to
pass an act to enable the people of Ne
braska to form a Constitution prepara-
tory to an early admission into the Union
as one of the Independent States. Con-
gress passed the act, but ii was dOue
near the close of the session, and there
was scarcely time enough allowed be-
tween The date Of the reception of the
bill in the Territory and the election of
;he members of tie Convention. for the
people to learn Of its passage-ceriainly
not enough TO enable them TO consider,
thorou ghly and dispassionstely the prin-
Giples of the bill or the terms on which
it was proposed TO admit the Territory
into the family Of States. Under these
circumstances, a large majority of The
people decided that The members of The
Convention should adjourn without form
ing or submitting any Constitution what
ever. This decision Of the people, under
the circumstances, was just what might
have been andclpo ted. 1t however, is
no proof that when convinced that libe-
raj terms are proposed by the general
Government they would not readily con-
lei to take their place in the great fam
lily of States. One of the great and
leading Objects Of forming Territorial
Governments, is 10 take the first step to-
wards making . State. This is doubt
less the object and aim Of all Territories.
The strongest argument used against
the admission into the Union. by those
who opposed il, is perhaps, the last one
that should be resorJed 10 by the friends
of our Government. l aliude to the ar
gumsnt tha. we ought not to tax ourselves
for anything which the general Govern
ment is willing or is bound 10 pay. In
other words, that so long as .he general
Government is willing to pay the ex-
penses of the Territory, so long should
the people refuse to change their form of
ready 10 admit hat our Government Las
quite as much as il can well do 10 main
tain itself against Its wicke ed enemies
who are trying TO overthrow il; ard il
seems TO me hat all loyal and Union
loving people should be willing 10 assist
bearing their proper bordens ; at least,
that they should no: longer insist on
drawing from the general Government
that which we might provide for our
selves. +, Your own knowledge of the
wishes Of the peopl e. being fresh, from
their midst-will enable you to decide
whether or not the people would desire
any further action at present on this
1 shall therefore leave the whole
with. you, believing that you viii
decide the matter in accordance with
their wishes.
After This brief review Of he conGi-
ton of public affairs, it may not be deem
ed improper, | trust, fer me to rake a
brief personal allusion. This nav be. 5
and probably is, The last annual Message O
l shall ever prssent for your c~cnsidera. z
lion. The period for which ] was select. s
edtO FL! the office of Chief Executive Of il
the Territory, is RAPIDLY drawing - =