The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-12-01
s..i>a.7.y< The Governors Message. ,...
We make. tho following extraets from tlle
Governor'e SIcsssxe>

Hovelhof6 Mcssages
ruE erArE bRbr.
The hlloNing statemunt exhibits Tho Indebted
FUNDED icbt of The State six M ions one hSntiSc, %
md oigiltysthrcc thousand three hupd,ed ant
saes s Sy sess sso Tho
Mate Wrstwomillion sovcn hundred and forty fou
ynS3asann s'1 hundred and sixty dollarsi lnteres
1859, three hundred and eighty eight thousSn,
t siS hundred and nipsty.threc dollars aud eighty
sSe fSns 5 s9s o SstssS E
Sss ySS t. II sss s s
o"S II anS iaS SsS, Chow
sand thtso hundred and folty.niSo dollars, Thu
ttaxs1lS property, nt low valuation, will ataoup1
Datins th6Pa,t Gsoai yeaf, AZ season, TOD, ] %hen
our oapitn llste, merchants, farmers, mechanics
so Of fss e aHg'ea i% tsi
onote lly illustrate tho ubi|y Of our 'e pcopy;
Sho payment by our citizens luto the Federal
.ateSsuIy, aa 1tteTilet itcyenuc, a lax amounting
paid tnto thc State ard Teero Eregss,,
Ies tho past year of over throo and half mill lon
REDUCTION OF TAXES.
iwonld htre recommend TINT you memo,ialIz
areduetIon oftho internal Revenue tax collected
TO s1ch an em1nnt MS will meet tho liabilities OF
she Genefal Government, but relieve our pcoDle
National debts. We boIicys thnt tho o. prescmt e @
generation should not DO compelled to Iny too
% much Of tho debt Of great country that iy to DO
left by them ne q rich inheritance TO posterfty.
The present tax system was new to our people,
and Hcn'n peT"rs but b expected a
state Tint the taxes have been pai as promptly as
tho.c ofany State In the Union.
power We found that the Provisional Government
controlling the state from the oiose Of tho war,
had CONTRACTED ut nnny debts for tho prompt pny
expenses oftI!e State Government, it was necess
ssery to provide. Among the liabilities wes a
debt was due to various County onlcinls sheriff,
.Esp:i the stais: s. y authority q law sless had
Che amount OF e222 900 IN addition to this was
She Inst due Interest Oh the State debt, which
Ind acorned from tho LIT of July, 1867. All Of
these various amounts have been pnd hlld the
bills geccivnblc redeemed. At tho present time
there is but small lonting debt that the State
there payments the expenses oftllo State Govern
n,ent were heny Ter lust year than they will bc for
The present n'o" year. and the assessment u taxes
may therefore be considerably reduced for the
coming ycnr, und the tax burden upon the va
rtous braI cfcs ofiEtlustry matlo lighter than tho
taxes OF almost any other State.
4nK CREATION OF A SINKING FUND
There aro IN tho Stnto Treasury a2,754 non OF
faiircnd bonds md other securities. which re.
eou,msEd bc held ard ultimately used us Il sinks
inG iund for The iqui!niion Of tho State debt us
crease In value. IN addition to this, / would
eeuggest The propri ty Of taking into co,sidera-
ton @ the very acIe plnn devised j. ' Holmes,
Ing fund by which the entire State debt may be
pad OF by the rcdrmpti ion nNlunlly of II small
amount of S!ntn securities II In believed that
ihlc plan would enable us to lay our entire debt
III few years, aud would convince nonpyed
men, ut il"n'c and ahroatl, OF Gur determination
:" G,Syds ST % The nr"mr' Of Ill o%r Sc.
sotcrclHn, no aciion oan be brought agnnst It to
enforce payment oi clni,ns agninSt ler Its cred.
Is. tho.ciore. and THO price OF Its honda. depend
Mron Its re, Ources, the lnnor aud good faii or
the State Government The credit OF the Stuto
should DO regarded ns sacred trust.
NEsUNrrloN OF sPfcIH PAYMnNT.
large part Of our debt WINS incurred before
the ra.sase Of tho Legal Tender Act. Tic edis
tors of tbs State lou ned thoir money when gold
was tho legal tender Of tic country. Tho crGdi- |
,quiyslrnt pf his lean, lotG In princirnl and im>
serest- Were this and tho other States Of tho |
Union to tako this view Of their responsibilities,
YOU IA bo Htent step toward the resumption Of |
slfoie payments. md nstist very materially tho |
61s"s sod and ':sy :"TreSey % on Fras> pnT
t.nss IL tho S.tst moneyed oontrcs Of = wi,d mud
trust TINT you viii tnke this matter under !
earnest and careful consideration, aud your ih-
yorable action 'nny BE- tho first step fn assisting
inc hhnhchl mon -four country in the solutioI
oftlie gold problem. No section ofcountry Is so
vol! prepared to both p"y IN gold and demand
ni'hed the markets oi tic world. Ii I our busincss
men could adopt the epecle bneis for all transnc>
lons. they would Mt all times be prepared for the
Governme"t determines to return to sptcic puy-
nent.
INSURANCE.
I fhnf lou In -, |
eaeh company cftrotlnR insumncn IN this State to |
deposit suihclcnt security with the tomp.rolcr-
he Rpbsy be nSss fs@ Is p@o
portion TO tho business and cnptul Of tho conlpn>
ny, making Il snitdemcan"r, with adequate
Insurance until tho coInpnny ho roprefcnts las |
made deposit fample securities to protect policy
holders against frnud or attempted frauds.
rARDoNs.
The number ofpnrdo"s granted since my last
message has Gecn unusually largo, which ia IN
part to DO attributed to the fot tlOt many ofthcm
were granted few dnys before tho expiration Of
their tentenccs. These were pardoncd to preserve
their s,y sns md were BY the
lor Others were pnrdoncd on tho petitions Of
friends aud ci,izens, With tho concurrence Of the
asAIn frtm the tnct thnt their punishment was
prompted by political motives and prejndiccs-
a SS;es OF pn,dons they were granted for roa-
pjjustIoc and humaity.
TIKI sTATE DEPARTMENT..
Tho report Of tho Secretary of State, herewith
appended. exhibits the transactions of that ufIlce
for tho year endng October 3lst, 1850. Their
multiplicity will give some ilen of tho entire
amount OF work performed BY tho various EXe>
eutIve Departments during tho paat year.
1t to related OF tho Roman Emperor Seyerus-
once colorcd freedman in tho Romnn army,
but whose enorgy. talents and rnlur hnd pnced
him at its headtiIat during nh Invasion Of lri.
Tain he was arrested IN his Innrch by nm attuck
pf Illness, which was soon known would termi.
nate fatally, In Ills dying moments, surrounded
by his generals, who were pnssionatN,y nttnchcd
to him, he was ,npproached by n accnvurion OF his
army, who applied to him for the password Of the
icy. The dying monarch, In TINT supreme mos
mtnt, on ths verge Of eternity, gave ,ittcrnncc to
'stion Of his life and cynosuro ofhis fnme Rails
y Ing his dying energies, IN rcsponso to the ap-
piicaiion Of the centurion for tho password, he
lxo1aiRed; Inboremua!-I. Let us work-and,
hli'ng backwards, expired. Gentlemen of tho
General Assembly, III view Of our duties and re-
lppnslblli,Ies to those who have entrusted their
htayelta 10 our charge, and IN tie namo and by
the heip Of th9 Almighty Ruler Of the .'nycrse
10 whose hands are ihe destinics OF nations, Lc,:
tRari,eet!y and respectfully ronew my former
'eeoR'E,eatetoiton that provision b. mnde for the