The New York herald., 1875-12-02
VIRGINIA.

NoRtr MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR XEMPER TO THE
rEo1s1AruRE-HE STRONGLY URGES FRIEND
Illness TO THE NORTH AND DIFFERENTIATION
Ar ptl11ApELPHIA-TH sTATE DEBT
RICHMOND, Dec ], 1875
The LEGISLATURE met h annual session to-day. The
coyernoris Message was read. Il yoluminous
document. covering nearly forty printed pages he
Ewes me gross receipts % the Treasury fer the fiscal
wear ending September 3o 1875 at s. 647, 7e0 dis
brrsements SSH s94; balance hand SIS 292;
raid interest on State bonds during the
year tl4lI345. The annual interest on
slate debt other accounts is s2035 o3o, showing
aencl Of over 5000 900 provided for Within the
ast fiscal year a larger portion Of current accFuns
revenues applied TO the payment Of interest Than
on any previous year
The Governor submits numerous recommendations
looking 10 an increase the revenue and 70 retrench-
meni and reform In relation 10 the payment o. The
public debt he reiterates me language used in his m
angura, in which he says, obligations 70 public
creditors binding the good faith ofthe Com
monwealth, should be fulfilled TO the utmost o. her
ability
ghe Message further says
one most alarming tendency ofhe times already threaten
ing and endangeng free institutions u - $50 es % a - NM my
icpa The governments over me people o. ne
s7oo Our n0 Republican system has subjected
" great departure ron tee sgPe ass,sn hs & =, ~
stered that costing annually more than any one Of sey
ents in Europe which maintain thrones and aristocreces
and standing armies Inc sgsessss = ststs 81 600 m s
The Interest on these and the national deot amoan-
ihs production and labor Of .he country md large porten
Of y goes as ogr animal tribute % foreign cred.oTs 80
lican system becoming; 50 large proportion Of
is being support that Is cast aking hem
wood and drawers water Unless great
American government and bring back 70 rs original re-
proAeh before the civilized world
THE CENTENNIAL
Governor Kemper speaks of the preparations Tor the
approaching Centennial Exhibition as follows
The state Board OF Centennial Commissioners en-
deayong perform the task assigned them Of having the
proaehing Exhbition Il Phisdepha,. and they ask
She moderate appropriation necessary foT that purpose
the state TO represented the Centennial time
should be lost in making he appoprasio1 Tor not many
exhibition Of resources space has been set apart and
laiure signify whether shall be used not by either
granting or refusing the small aPpTopr,aiiOn asked
Southern standpoint based these actsln 1851 at
was made by the National Executive upon Virginia tor
men 9s s Soa pscD.. 1.aSr
tsnsa and sveFed Sy three q
an appalling asurpaton Of power revolution Of the
gOvsrnmeni The people q Virginia with spon.
the southern States but Joined them and met invasion With
hands they capitalization dictated
BY the They Yielded q brave men 70 the verdict
faithful citizens of reunited common country they
as the arbrament which ended the question peacea
bic secession for ever and made the Union constitution
the people south being released from the
country its altered conditions But
sudden a, momen. when all was qSetn;de and md hopeful
policy begun by Mr., Lincoln was reversed The white
ehised and It's intelligence and virtue were put
SSssr ne m e s1d IT'S , ss
brilliant heroic struggle FOR Independence branded
could granted and on their paroles
s new oah 81 Mere mot 70 DC trusted ,hss
provinces under armed rule. Even to-day the code
greater powers over the southern people
than any monarch in Europe holds over MS subjects The
the existence Of State, at moment either
federal efhcial, in virtue Of those laws
~nS naEns ~ 70 S s @ @ @ n ne
and they that long the sections stand in the
are in force which treat the one inferior IN right 70
S Or % one pon0n Il me aana a. S
unite II the common reloicngs o. nAiionai festival
In Judgment although the facts just reced are histor
cal truths il is Illogical and wholly ndeensble Who
the name Of reconstructon Not the people OF the United
all the soldiers who fairly fought the South those authors
pery or action In short Span Of wears their sprt viii
have pershed with them and passed into oblivion forever
But the common country will endure with the Southern
States perpetual members % its body. The
want of renune reconciliation and peace in their hearts
lhey desire they both the only possible
and States such reconciliation viii inevitably be
summated sooner later. shall help TO hasten
Il or defer il The rule Of hatred and terror is Of
necessity shorved We cannot afford 70 consult the
Sna resentment descend TO the notice of railing
bound wisely and calmly 70 discharge gesi trust when
relates not only 20 the present but 2 all future time
highest interest As well a. our highest auty thar 5y
magnanimous bearing under wrong shall
and evoke Cancellation where does not exist and that
shall join all Of good win in the work OF restoring and
Rerpelaqsstains peace ana h,d common prosPe1ty 4
conduce TO the welfare Disdaining the bad
guidance Of passion u act @ our own washington would
called to endure Let prove 70 the world that
standing the black niiary repression let
Us be foremost in dsnteresed efforts bring the govern
back to the constitution and 70 the liberties
even q those who have Joined in expressing as
hhtion Of our resources De appropriated at The
occasion b ht for acqaanng the world with The vast and
A failure 70 occupy the space reserved would result
sense And VIII i not Sc becoming i Us q honor a.
Phsdephswhat We have ever and consistently honorsd
eewherethe principles of liberty conceived and pomul-
gated BY our fathers on that spot hundred years ago
Philadelphia than the Commonwealth whose sons gave
70 that city the grandss' of its historic glories
right % stand in the front OF this ceutennal celebra-
The of liberty glory The com
en @rs ~ = 5o Pfs aep II ss ss ever
virgins statesmen Who we're the men Of the eighteenth
fhe foundations Of constitutional liberty gave 10 the
world the best form Of devised by
dom of mani Does any other state present roll Of
<ior names George Warrington father Of his country;
Thomas Jefferson, author Of the Declaration Of Indepen
James Madison, father Of the tuition George
law, and John Marshall. its foremost expouuder;
Richard Henry Lee the Cicero OF America-and Patrick
Henry who with James Otis Of Massachusc 6rst struck
the keynote Of liberty whose echoes shook
called republic into being which In single
has rvaled all the nations Of the world Let not
Virginia stand aloof from this gathering Of her sister
States the spot which birth 70 free government
snd where her uustrous sons, hundred
grand part rearing the pillars Of American liberty. Let
her stand there hand In hand with her sister states around
fhe haowed spot and uniting With them give her potent
AID IN laying deep and strong the foundations Of