The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-12-01

ity of law, there had alSo been put
in circulation bills reeeivable to
the amount of 1929, ,000 In addi.
tion to this, was the past due In
terest on the State debt, which had
accrued from the LIST of July, 1857.
All of these various amounts have
been paid, and the bills receivable
redeemed. At the present time
there is but small floating debt
that the State Treasury will be
compelled to meet. Owing to
these payments, the expenses of
the State Government were heavier
last year than they will be for the
present fiscal year, and the assess
ment of taxes may therefore be
considerably reduced for the com.
ing year, and the tax burden upon
the varions branches of industry
made lighter than the taxes of al.
most any other State.
LIBRARY AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The report of the State Libra.
rian and Keeper Of the State House
is appended, and will show that he
has been sedulons in the discharge
of his duties. l recommend his
suggestions to your favorable con-
sideration. There is q consider.
able amount of public property in
this city, Charleston, and other
portions of the State, which has
been for long time exempt from
taxation and productive of no rev.
enue. recommend that an inves.
LEGATION be made of the location,
extent and probable value of this
property, with a view to the sale
of such portions of it as may be
deemed advisable, so that it may
be placed on the tax list and con-
tribute its share to the public rev.
enue.
MANUFACTURES.
In view of the importance Of
attracting manufacturing capital to
the State, / respectfully submit for
your consideration the propriety
Of excmpting from taxation for
five years all capital hereafter in.
vested in them. This policy has
been adopted in the adjoining
State of Georgia, and has had the
effect, in some cases, of diverting
capital to that State, which would
otherwise have been invested with
in our own.
PARDoNs.
The number Of pardons granted
since my last message has been
unusually large, which is in part
to be attributed to the fact that
many of them were granted a few
days before the expiration Of their
sentences. These were pardoncd
to preserve their civil ri ghts, and
were recommended by the Super
intendents on account of their
good behavior. Others were par.
doned on the petitions of friends
and citizens, with the concurrence
of the Judge before whom they
were tried and others again from
the fact that their punishment was
prompted by political motives and
prejudices. In all cases of par.
dons, they were granted for rea,
sons which commended themselves
to my sense Of jnstice ard human.
ity.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
Tho report of the Secretary OF
State, herewith appended, exhibits
the transactions of that office for
the year ending October 31st,
1869. Their multiplicity will give
some idea Of the entire amount OF
work performed by the various ex.
ecntive departments during the
past year.
1t is related of the Roman En-.
.peror Severus.- once a colored
freedman in the Roman army, but
whose energy, talents and valor
had placed him at it's hea6-that
during an invasion of Britain he
was arrested in his march by an
attack Of illness, which was soon
known would terminate fatally
In his dying moments, surrounded
by his generals, who were passion
ately attached to him, he was ap.
preached by centurion OF his ar
my, who applied to him for the
password OF the day. The dying
monarch, in that supreme moment,
on the verge of eternity, gave ut.
terance to q sentiment which had
probably been the inspiration Of
his life and cynosure of his fame,
Rallying his dying energies, in re.
sponse to the application of the
centurion for the password, he ex.
claimed La6oremus Let us
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