The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-04

"a ~ Use fecO WUSNuataSse esz5 5 80 49, az
message. which urges the ooist snsnt scs
fish commissioners. Also. Ihspub'sc should
b. thankful to the GoyernaS for urging tae
prevention Of those dstrud tise seiaess- such
al pound, gilland ssake.nets, O. Sd wei OF
-s.aIl other contrlyances which destroy or
!" permanently dIminish the supply OF hsh..
The Governor, In q liberal and enlightened
man ner, fayos the rolicy OF propagation q
fab and increasing thst important food for
the people. /. wtg pa le..
The Governor takes up another suh1ect OF,
great importance to the eounsry-tfat OF
protecting sheep from dogs. He urges that
each county maintain 4 fond bS,a tax on Of,
dogs 10 pay for sheep, destroyed By, dogs 4
The message makes 90 eloquent statement
of the claims OF the Central wster.line upoa
the consideration Of the nition. And it cor,
daily, commends, the. application Of the:
James River and Kanawha Company for the
privilege to mortgage their property to cori-
time. their canal from Buchanan to Clifton
Forge. IA All es.:,..
t The message censures, very Jnstiyc ane
sharply, special legislation So an evil not con-
fined to loss oftime in the Legislature. Such
legislation violates important principles, iu-
vades legislative purity, and has proved; 9
fruitful source Of corruption.
The. Governor deYotesmuch space to the
discussion of the government for cities ans
towns. He seems to consider some conser-
yatiye checks for the protection Of minorIties
In such corporations advisable Yet, why
more necessary for them than the country we
cannot we'll understand. II any provision
OF the Constitution binders the application
Of some protection from t" communlsiic ten
denotes " and aggression emauating from
the numerical majority" In towns and cities,
the message says, sit ought to be abrogated
at once" - ''' ~ >.
The amendments of the Constitution ap-
proved by the people at the last election are
commended, and the Governor suggests
| FIVE additional amendments as proper: LIST.
That no private bills shall be passed
by the Assembly. %. That the power to
/ tax corporations shall not be surrendered,
and that no blu shall be passed for the bene-
f. of corporation except on condition
| that it will surrender its exemption. Sd.
! That free passes on railroads be prohibited
except to officers and employe, of the COM
pany. 4ih. That capital invested in manu-
| featuring be exempted for g limited time !;
and 9Th. That the offence of corrupt solicla-
ton (bribery) of legislators and public Off
GERS be defined by law and punished and
/ imprisoned. ,~
The Governor calls attestion to what be
calls the virtual denial to the Commonwealth
of the right Of eminent domain in the oys-
ter-beds by the Circuit Court of. the United
States. The case is referred to the Attorney
| General, who has taken steps to procure the
reversal of the decision in question. The
Governor has no authority to do more.
| The Governor also calls the attention of
the Legislature to his. correspondence with
the President on the SUBJECT of employing
Federal force at Petersburg to suppress
alleged disorders which never existed.
The message concludes with hopeful
view Of the political situation, expressing
the expectation, from the signs of the times,
that the Government will be brought back
to the Constitution, and that "inteligence"-
the main support of free institutions =
will rule the land, and the conviction that
"the political equality of the races is settled,
"and the social equality Of the races is set
"tled imposslbility."