The New York herald., 1869-01-20
nal revision Of the registry laws Is earnestly sus-

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honor and interest require the complete fuinimenf
authority Is TO exercise rMd economy In the ad-
ministraton Of its own affalrs exacting OF public
distribution or the burden OF taxation 70 make
| 1t fall equally upon ALL Wealth should be reached
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its equivalent All classes have their rights and re-
RIPARIAN MATTERS.
Tne rights and power OF the State, especially as TO
shore property, judiciously exercised, NAV largely
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this desirable result the greatest care should
be had that no corporate or private interest should
be unnecessarily and therefore unwsey disturbed.
The plan of reference to q commission composed Of
our best citizens seems to me to be most likely TO
where adjustment OF rights or privileges ia de-
DENANDs ON LEGISLATION.
The increasing legislation OF the State is largely
due to the facility with which corporate privileges
are obtained by those who scarcely conduce to our
material interests Citizens Of other States seek
Legislative aid for convenience or economy Corpora
tons whose capital or labor Is wholly employed else
where occupy our Legislature and courts, TO the
detriment and cost OF our own citizens. The sys-
tenn In practise elsewhere OF requiring specific tax
TO be paid the state upon the passage of charter
and an annual though small assessment upon the
profits dividends arising from the chartered privi
legc would circumscribe legislation to needs and
corporatonsnow render such assistance TO the state
and the imposition should be made general as 1t
may be made equitable. The legitimate demands
OF population In the State and consequent necessi
ties will be many The community that invites labor
and capital within its borders by liberal legislation
adds to Its own stability and enrches its citizens.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. rss
NO restricted policy In the matter OF public I'M
provements Will, In my Judgment, meet with the
wants and expectations Of our people. Observing
with scrupul0us care all the legal and equitable OBJ
legations OF the STATE toward existing grants, II
should nevertheless be made manifest by q broad.
liberal and enduring policy that corporations. like
through adequate facilities given to their patrons
and not In class legislation restricted competition.
However well adapted the protective system may
demands OF our time will be best met by fair c0mpe-
tition, guarded as this may and should be by such
restrictions only as experience has proven right and
necessary.
The cause OF education is interviewer to such an
extent with every material interest Of the State that
most careful legislation should be bestowed upon il.
Our acres are cultivated and crops secured with
mind, mastering matter, has evoked in countless
useful forms the implements OF industry. The me-
chanlc arts nowhere more fostered than in New Jer
sey, owe their wonderful development the trained
mind. Genius conccives, but practical intelligence
executes. Ilocrty in all its most cherished forms
has no more crnel though unconscious, Toe than igno
rance No protection to free institutions VIII ever
be found more adequate than education Consd-
cred then, with reference to noble purpose or selfish
pie among its friends and supporters.
AGRrCULTUrE.
that species OF prosperity in the State springng |
from or dependent upon agricultural pursuits that
yidlous solicit your especial attention to those de-
mands arising from or tending toward the develop
ment OF our agricultural resources AS the art pro-
nounced .the most healthful, the most useful and
the most noble employment OF man, occupying
more capital talent, PERSONS than all other pursuits
combined, the development OF which gives to gov
ernment one OF its most permanent, because in
terested, supports 1t viii ever repay patient and
careful Legislation Offering to agriculture, enter
a Arm al 10 1ar1f
ieast with any OF the older States by reason OF our
climate, SOIL fertilizers and proximity to great
dent ways to promote inteIligently con
Quoted enterprises pointing to agricultural ad- |
vancement. Society will be benefited the uncer-
tainties Of professional or mercantile life under
stood and agricultural and mechanical pursuits are
protected, ennobled and rendered successful.
New Jersey stands sixteenth among the States as
to population. yet ranks afth or sixth among them
IN the value of its manufactured products single
collection district yields the largest revenue to the
general government save one. IN the United States
feel assured you Will fully appreciate the propriety
duced manufacturing enterprise and capital to seek
our protection Employment Is 0Iven to q large and
our state, and those employed being both producers
and consumers within the state their citizenship has
an especial value
The militia system OF the State will require your
attention to some extent The conceded superiority
OF the New Jersey troops In many contest during
largely rom greater or less KnowIedee Or riitarv
law and life. This knowledge should be transmitted
as part OF the inheritance OF people meaning to be
the families OF those VINO inperlIed their lives for
the defence Of the Union. We owe to the men who
field a lasting obligation. and to such OF them as
have been manned or broken In health, and to the
children OF such as lost their lives and are Jet OF In
sufficient age TO provide for themselves, we should
through existing hospitals and homes, afford them
adequate shelter and support in their exigencles.
milton Of such claims from the State. Government
cannot afford to be unjust to Its defenders.
FORTS OF ENTRY.
Unless reasons exist other than those heretofore
urged against the measure our seaboard cities
should be made ports OF entry and the benefits ars-
State and citizens. An immense foreign tonnage
already seeks superior facilities and accommOda
tions, and 1t Is not hazardlng too much to say that
with the great and increasing railroad terminal ar
rangements within our borders, especially In Hud-
son county, the tonnage OF exports and imports will
finally rival that OF any State In the Union. All the
expenses incident to the transaction OF such large
and valuable commercial business fall upon the mu-
cpal ana other authorities who necessarily protect
Dement'S as may arise from the establishment Of ports
Of entry be directly had BY our ewn people.
SHORTER SESSIONS
An evil, known and acknowledged by all expe.
renced n legislation WIN sincerely trust receive
SoGl ~ nsros n rv ns ys
ordinary circumstances for the transaction OF legs-
lativc business In recent years the earlier por-
no important business the later periods being un-
duly pressed thereby, and the total time consumed
being far beyond the demands OF any real necessity.
The burdens OF cost and many evils and inconve-
nicnces arising from this custom too manifest to
need recapltulation at my hands. without suggest.
ing any method by which the evil may be refaedled
VIII cordially cooperate with your honorable
bodies ia such action a. your wisdom and experience
may Indicate.
FEDERAL RELATIONS.
Undoubtedly q large majority OF our people be-
lieve that the prompt admission OF representatives
In nrQ Ia GtQfp Ia N
ment OF the bond Of union between them necessary
as a guard against the cncroachment OF power and
essential TO the preservation OF a system by which
life, liberty aud property are protected-the very
ohectsof government. The exclusion OF single
state from the councils OF the nation gives to the
heresy OF secession a reality which the triumph OF
the Confederate arms could scarcely have made
more substantial. fChcers Practically the evils OF
successful rebellion are entailed by the cost OF
guarding armies, tho impovcrishng Of vast territo-
ries by Withholding security TO labor and capital
that would else be prompt to enrich them. and
finally by the constant danger to adhering States
attendant upon the exercise OF questionable power. A
government that has demonstrated Its power IN