The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-01-15

unjust, though bic confinement may bs
justified upon grounds that are consistAnt
with proper regard for the safety Of the
public and the real interests Of The un.
happy victim.
wAccepting what conceived to be the
most enlightened - we'll - the most hu-
mane view Of the subject, recommend TO
the general assembly the establishment Of
an asylum or retreat for inebriates, TO
which all persons conscious Of their un.
happy condition may voluntarily resort
upon consenting TO such conditions and
regulations for the government Of their
conduct % may be prescribed under the
authority of law, and to which oil habit.
ual drunkards and persons who become
dangerous when intoxicated may be COM
mitted, and II need be, confined until
cured.
Tho safety Of individuals and Of society,
10 involved in the success Of the measure
proposed.
Under the criminal laws, oil persons who
break the peace or threaten to injuPe the
persons or property Of another may be com.
mitted to jail or required to give bail. In.
toxicated persons, from their condition,
ton is crime, a. / think il IL improperly
supposed to be, society has q right to dc.
mand that preventive means be employed
for its protection; n . disease, a. suppose
II to be, the victim Of social errors and
vicious legislation, ought to be provided
with retreat, and II possible cure.
REVISION OF the LAWS.
In 1850 commission was appointed In
pursuance of an act providing therefor, to
revise the general statutes of the state. At
the subsequent session, q portion of the
work was reported to the general assembly
md nj Go ga Q a. - q
visers has come to my attention. in view of
the difficulties they had to encounter, II has
been well performed and shows that Il has
been entrusted to faithful and skillful
hands. There having been no revision or
codification Of the general statutes since
there having occurred during the time, two
several revisions Of the constitution or the
states, it requires no extenive argument TO
show the necessity Of completing this work
of revision ut an early day, that the law may
Citizens BE supplied ssI p"SS: O sos AMID and
in proper and Ineligible form.
II obedience to the law Is expectek, II
seems as IL ample provision shonld be made
by the law making power to bring its pro-
visions to the knowledge Of those for whose
government it Is intended, and that, too, in
methodical and Ineligible form, addressed
to the common understanding. 1t Is there.
for TO be hoped that this subject may re-
ceive at your hands that early and favorable
attention which the public Interest would
seem to demand.
THE JUDICIARY.
II will be the duty Of the general assembly
at its present session to divide the State
anew into judicial circuits, as directed by
the 18th section Of the 9Th article of the
constitution. The duty to be performed Is
one Of much delicacy, and will no doubt
be accomplished in the just and impartial
spirit contemplated by the constitution.
RRPOkTs OF STATE OFFICERS.
The reports OF the secretary OF state, the
auditor, the treasurer and superintendent OF
public Instruction will be laid before the
general assembly. / cannot permit myself
to separate from these officers without testi-
Tying to the iaithfulness with which all Of
them have discharged their duties to the
State.
The reports present clear statement Of
the condition OF the business In their
respective offices, and contain much informa-
ton OF great valuo to the people of the
state.
The state of Illinois is now substantially
free from debt, and the time Is not distant
when 1t Will occupy the proud position
amongst the states Of having discharged all
Its obligations and Of imposing no burdens
upon It's citizens except such a. may be re.
quired to carry on its government.
NEW STATE HOUSE:
new state house, as will appear by their re-
port, have made considerable progress In
| the work, and have discharged their duties
with nueiity W the state. L cann0t doubt
but that appropriations will be made and the
building pushed forward to completion.
| There are other subjects that viii demand
the attention Of the general assembly, and
that might with propriety be mentioned, but
| as the distinguished citizen who will sue.
coed me has large experience In the affairs
Of the state, cannot doubt but that they
have already secured his attention, and that
his views and recommendation viii be sub
mitted to you at an early day.
CONCLUSION.
will not close this communication and nv
official connection with the government
without expressing something Of my graft
ferred upon me with the chief magistracy
Of the State. No one 10 more conscious than
am, that In the necessarily active share I
have taken In the varied affairs OF this great
commonwealth, ! have in the judgment Of
all my important official acts, been governed
by my own, convection OF duty, only anxious
that the tree people of the State, to whose
candid judgment alone / am responsible,
should fully understand my conduct and its
reasons and motives, and then decide to an.
prove or relieve themselves Of the conse.
quences OF what they may regard Is my
mistakes, by selecting q citizen as my sue.
cessor who will avoid any error they NAV
think have committed.
During my administration of the govern.
ment OF the States 1 have steadily acted
upon political principles that have always
cherished AZ being essential to the well being
ofmy countrymen. have never faltered in
the assertion Of the rights Of all men 70
liberty. Habitually distrustful of power,
l have insisted upon subjecfing all claims OF
q right to govern the people or TO exercise
any authority over them to the test of the
constitution, and have never willingly SUBJ
mitted to any pretentiOn of any person claim
Ing power to act under the authority of the
government of the United States, unless the
power claimed was found to have been ex.
pressly granted or was necessarily implied
IN some grant or power contained IN the
Federal Constitution. And when the au-
thority sought to be exercised has been
claimed under state, have earnestly
sought TO know that II was not comprehend.
ed within AZ. Y. power the people Of the state
have by their constitution reserved to them
selves or forbidden to be exercised by
others. have at all times regarded it az
amongst my most solemn duty to obey the
constitution of the United States and 10 Aid
In defending the government created by
that instrument In the exercise of all It's
just powers, nor have felt that my duty to
support the constitution of The United States
originated In my official oath to do 20.
My duties to the government Ofthe United
States began with my birth, ind have never
terable purpose to discharge those duties
has the support Of my judgment and my af-
fections. and have felt under the most sol.
emn OF earthly obligations to obey and de.
fend andsuppOrt the constitution and laws
OF the state OF Illinois, and TO enforce the