Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-11

g | insane OF other States.
therefore advise that an appeal be mazda
: the Governors of the respectiva SJoteS CO.
I cerned. to pay for the care and maintenance
sald paglents, and in the event that payment
uegjIined' tnat the Superintendent be instruote
ana authorized to return the patients to the n
r eallties Wheneethey came,
West Virginia, subsequent to the war. pai
sne 9tIIe o. ohlO-tne nstitutiOu at Columbus
I'VE dollars per week for the care of her insan
curing the war. Nothing it seems to me car
DO more just than that our neighboring State
should pay for the care Of their Insane poor il
The crowded condition Of this hospital re-
quires that an additional building. upOn :
smaller and less costly scale. be at once erected
Suesuons OF economy, public convenience and
nra az ", indicate that 1t should be built in
2he OF the other grand divisions of the State
1hls Will have to be done, and soon. From il.
greater popul0usness and facilities for buildino
Is wen as salu6rlty. East Tennessee would seen
70 pc TIE better entitled to its location there
tTneteIore recommend that it be established in
| East Tennessee.
THE PESITEHTIARY.
The Penitentiary, like the Insane HOSPITAL, Is
quite over-crowded, to the injury of the disei-
pine and also of the health of the institution,
Since your late adjournment, the Commission-
ers met, removed the acting Warden, and elected
another In his stead, Application has been
aaae 70 me 70 set aside their action and rein
STATE the warden: This declined to do, upon
tne GROUNDS that it would have been an unwar-
| rantaoie assumption of power, and also in view
OF the fact that the General Assembly would
| coon again be IN session. / advise that the
whole subject be thoroughly investigated, Such
an investigation Is alike due to the State and 10
the parties who have been in dispute.
SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.
-, L have found considerable difficulty in filling
the Supreme Court Bench and the inferior
| Courts with qualified and suitable men. owing
| to the insuttciency of the salaries allowed 10
Judges Judges of Of the Supreme and Chancery, and
| circuit courts NO class of State officers do as
| much work for as little pay as thegJudees No
ofhees IN the State require more ability, atten-
ton, and hard work, or deserve equal Temuner-
stlon. must therefore, urge the General
| Assembly to fix the salary of these officers al a
| sum that Will better remunerate them, and thus
| secure an order Of talent and degree of indus
Try which shall he ereditable to the State and
useful to all parties.
max similar recommendation concerning
the salary Of the Governor The present sum
allowed him is entirely too low to sustain him
and Ss SiH anu manner appropriate to large
| ana wealthy state like Tennessee, and it is less
tnan equal services in other Offices require and
| receive. The present salary was fixed when the
prices oil all goods were much below the present
/ rates.
In making this recommendation, cannot be
deemed sell sh, as 1t cannot personally benefit
me. snail soon exchange the office hold at
present ior one to which your votes have called
| me. Besides this consideration, I would he
| estopped from receiving such increased nav By
| the state Constitution.
IMMIGRATION.
have repeatedly called your attention to
tne Importance Of promoting and inducing i'm
mlgrauon 10 our State. On this subject my con-
| ylctions have undergone no change, except
that they have become stronger. A great and
pressing want of Tennessee is an increased pro
duclng population. This alone will develop
our wonderful resources and enhance our ma
terlal wealth to degree that SURPRISES imagin-
alton: In its absence our people will suffer
PalnIuI want depressing business. retarding
| tries. ans Oh ---0
-. thus far. the great tide of foreign immigra-
tlon mas swept past US and poured itself out
upon our vast national domain in the west and
northwest; but an incOnsiderable part Of it has
Deen diverted TO our borders Yet no Other
state ohers equal inducements TO those Of Ten
nessee. our mountains are rich in various
mlnerals' our rivers are af1uent in power to
Propel machinery. our State is gird-irOned with
railroads, our forests abound with the finest Of
LUMBER, our SOL Is capable of enriching produe-
lon, climate IS genial and our scenery grand
and beautiful. Added 10 all these advantages,
with good system Of common schools. and a
hardy' industrious, loyal, liberty flowing pOpu-
latlon' central position among the States, and
easy access 10 market in all directions Teunes-
see Is certainly one Of the most attractive of
States to those who would improve II cir cOndi-
tlon BY emigration, whether from foreign coun-
| tries or from sister States.
Still, notwithstanding all these Inducements,
immigration in this direction languishes.
counterset the efforts made by other States, and
by othelines Of travel than ours. to direct immi-
grafton westward, so as to bring larger pro-
portion of il into our midst
Other States have Incorporated societies and
appropriated considerable sums Of money to
fui Their this object. They keep commissioner
OF immigration at the principal American and
European ports. If we successfully comDete
with them we must adopt their tactics and emu
late their zeal. Money and effort thus expended
will come back with manifold increase.
| recommend that the General Assembly grant
liberal charter to. responsible and energetic
men a State Immigration Society and appro-
pirate an adequate annual sum to enable such
society TO prosecute the work of immigration 10
Tennessee. with more vigOr and upon larger
| been done.
The present IS an emineutiy suspicious mo-
ment for movement Of this kind. The election
Of Grant and COlfax means peace it means that
earpet-baggers are not to be mClested in Ten
nessee; that capital, coming to Us from abroad,
whether Of brains, or hands or money, is not to
be spuTned, prescribed. prosecuted, because ii
comes from north of given line that here, as
elsewhere. we are to have peace, protection and
security.
In pursuance of this thought and to aid il in
ducing the inhaX Of capital and labor among Us.
| recommend the General Assembly TO pas "a
law eXempting from taxation. for five years. all
foreign capital invested in machinery within our
State.
THE cATrLEPLAGUE
Ny attention has been called to the rayages of
the disease known as the cattle plague, or the
Texas fever among cattle, and also to the in
adequacy Of the laws enacted by the several
States, for the repression of this and other kin
dred diseases, and the conflicting provisions Of
these laws which have been disclosed since the
prevalence of the disease.
There should be concert of laws in all the
States to arrest the spread Of disease which
threatens to destroy all our hOCks and herds,
and so deprive US Of meat altogether, or furnish
US disease among the people. To effect this
uniformity AID efficiency of laws in all the
States, it has been believed tina. the best mode
would be the assembling Of a convention of the
several States interested in the subject, who
would represent all the varied interests of the
producing and consuming States, and supply all
the information necessary for the full elucida-
ton Of the subject, and whose duty il should
to prepare a draft of a law which should insure
the most perfect protection to all parties to be
recommended to the several Legislatures for
The cattle Commissioners of New York, hsv-
| ing been reqested by the Commissioners of sew
eral of the States, and of the dominion of
Canada, to take the initiative in calling such
convention be held in the city of Springfield in
the State OF Illinois, on Tuesday, December /,
1868. at II o'clock at noon Of said day. The
object of such convention is 10 consider the pa
thology, symptOmatOlOgy and history of the
Texas cattle fever and other infections and con-
tagious diseases to which cattle and other stock
are subject, and the beat method of preventing
the spread ofsuch diseases with reference to the
interests of the producer and consumer, and
also TO consider the sanitary reqirements of the
community with reference to the freeding and
resting Of the animals in tTansitu, and to the
best methods of Strengthening and preparing
them for market. The convention will also
prepare draft of d law which shall provide for
the accomplishment Of these objects, to be sub
mitted to the Legislatures of the States repre-
sented there for adoption. Each State and
Province to represented by three Commits
siOners.
1t seems to me these precautionary measures
are wise and important, a1d recommend you
to take such early action as shall represent
Tennessee IN the proposed convention.
The CAPITOL GROUNDS.
t. al 20 L., e. III
unadOrned condition of the grounds surrOunu-
ing the State Capitol.
building of such magnificent and beautiful
proportions, certainly deserves to be surrounded
by grounds that would enhance rather than
detract from its general beauty. Yet all can
see that these grounds are in condition rather
to excite disgust than to elicit admiration.
submit that it would be a wise economy that
would appropriate few thousand dollars to
|, the proper improvement and OrnamentatiOn of
| the grounds Immediately about the Capitol
now so rude and unsighty It would furnish
| employment to those who need 1t; it would raise
| the character of our State abroad and so induce
immigration, and it would crafty the just pride
| of every good citizen, who Is interested in the
| growth and Improvement OF the State.
THE STATE GUARDS.
The militia has not been mustered into ser
| wee, and consequently no expenses TO the State
have been incurred.
have relied solely upon Major General
| George II. Thomas, who has fully met my ex-
| pectatOns. Soon after the Legislative Com
| mittee returned from Washington. General
| Thomas communicated with me- seeking to
| learn into what counties aud localities | de-
| sired him to send troops, and the probable ex-
| tent of resistance or opposition which might
| be expected. accordingly gave him the names
Of twenty-five counties in ell, 10 which he
! Promptly sent troops in sufficient numbers to
preserve peace and maintain the laws. The re-
suit IS known to you as members of the Gen
eral Assembly, and need add nothing more
TIE STATE TREASURER.
Some ten days ago. the Treasurer, John r.
Henry, Esq. on account of i'll health, resigned
his office into my hands. said rcsi gnatiOn to
take effect as soon as be could adjust a settle