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B Y H. B. TEN EYCK GLEN’S FALLS, WARREN Co C O V . K » I « O R ’ S 8 t& A G E . en- O THE SENATE AND ASSBMBUY'- Bhvow C i t i z e n * . — You it e d with the legislative authority of pie o f this Stale, at an auspi- • period in their affairs. What- ia assenJial to the foil enjoy ment find political riglitay is placed\« itli- leirreaclr bylhe free/principles ol government. Xn the delights of; a \Providence with them, they are itted at this time to' enjoy in a |ih- measure, theblesiinga which con- ure to individual comfort and public ify. T o oiir adininisiratiqii ?of government, to she wisrloni of legislation, and-especially to the fa- hie regard* ofilie Sovereign R dies ation*, ought we, In Ijifmble grati- to Him, to ascibe our hapjry con- mil widrirf a few days, wherever we cted our vievva throughout thi* risliing, cdiwnomveaHh, we saw gratifiing evidence* of unextopled speriiy, but we have now to lauidni t a portion of our constit ueiilt have n recently v iriM by a severe calaro. A conflagration, and rerely excee- fed in the past age* ofthe world, has lonsumed many millions of property, & id in ruins an efttensive district of oqr [ommercal metropolis- 'Destructive. _ thi* calamity has been to the fortunes f individuals, arid extensive a* its in* uence n ay be uport-the generiil pros* e« ity of that State, let us not yield to he desponding beliefthattve qhnll noi oon recover from its effects. Though te suffercra have i<Sdt thrir .property, ley have not lost every thing. Their terpming spirits and irrepressible en* gies a till remap), their business’ rela- ns are suspender!, but not dissolved; eir character os honorable nierchnnte, td thcmasgacity f r business, fortu Alrly arepD^essionsbeyond flit} reach the devouring elements. W ith these ■sessions, aided by the advantages hich it is reasonabie’o expect will be erally offered to tfienr, they will aorm *u0ie their vmntfid pursuit* under vorable auspicles, aod in a slioit me, il is hcJieyed, repair their losv Notw ithstanding the disaster which a s befallen tht'porti.in o .f j o u r citasUW- n t s ,y o u enter on your legislalive du e s when the general condition o f the tvte i» usually prosperous; bul these tie* are n ot, Jr. t n y opinion, iherehy ndcred less responsible or less ditb- ilt l o b e performed. A high plate ul asperity is not g e n e r a lly less fruitirl an a a season i f adversity* in devel menU w h ich dcserves tbe attention the Legislature- Many defect* in isting law* and institutions are then ia c lo ied , which it require# tlic prc- und wisdom to correct. S u c h a cun neture a* tiie present seem s to be a eeuliarly appropriate lim e for review- g tlie coulee o f p a s t' legislation* nnd aking needful reforms; for looking rw s r d , and preparitjg our tyvtcnm r the future, e x igencies of t h e state- elirved, as yon are from t h e labor o f Warding again*! external dangers, or pressing civil cotnmotIons, your mind* e left free tb mat k the progress and n-ider the tendency o l ou r present fabiishment; to ch e c k the operation evil principles hefbte they have pro- ced their bitter fiuits. and to’ g iv e a ht direction and efficient acliptr to m ciples o f an -opposite character.' > I t i* to be feared that the cons'inr- ntrl provisions relative lo our judi* iy system , w ill not permit it to b e so andednsto m e e t the public wants, he vast increase o f burihi-s* in our her court* bad drm oniti toed their adequacv, under (this present organi tion, ^ discharge the- onerous duties evolved oh them; and somei-hiug must ierefove b e done for the public relief— \ thi* relief ca»mol be o b tained by the od ficanon o f the existing court*, or enl <rgetnent oftothe system on ihe ese u t basis; then your attention should directed towards procuring a\ d- enduiHiit o f the corrstjlurioi!. Ttie ai port a nee of providing lor the speedy ‘ 'mintstraiion o f t h e luWs, and the u f nt demands for a system every wav nipelent to thi* object, tvill I trust ore Sor,re decided aciion on this sub1, ta t the presenteession o f the.Legi-.’ ***? “ r “ *. . \ ‘ T \ n r government like ours, w jih ema- 8 Irom the people, w h e re tlie enlire inisiration in all it* taikm * bran in conduct for their b e n e f it . and -ct to their/ constant supervision octroi, and w h e r e the safety and the perpetuity of aTMts political irsfito' tion* depend upon their virtue and in* intelligence,* ho other subject can be equal in importance to that of pubic instruction,, and none should so earn* *'• ly engage the alter.'ion of the Le.i-lu’ fure. Isnorancq, with all the moral evil* of which it i» the prolific sour.**, brings with it also numerous poli'ical evils, daiigerruis to the iv«-|f,ire of the slate. It should be the anxious care of the legislature to eradicate these e.uls hy removing the enures of them. Ti-i' can be done effectuallv only by dilfusiog iusirudiun generally among the people. Although much rcniaiu* here to be done in tliis respect, the past efforts of legislation upon the subject*merit high commendation. Much has been alrea- dy accomplished for tiie '•aune of po* pillar education. A large fund , ha* been dedicated to this object, and our coinmQii BltoouSys'.em i* eslablshed on rjight principles. But this i* one ol those subject* for which all cannot be done that ia i qu.red, wUhout a powerful co-operation on the part, of the people m their indivdual capacity. The prm. virling of funds for education, is an T»h di*pen*abte. mean* far attaining the end; but it is not education. The wisest system that can be devised cannot be executed, withol human agency.—The il-fflculty in the case arises, I fear fiptu the- fact that the benefit of general edu* cationcau only be filly .apprecintedjby those who are ed<icated ihemselve *.—■■ Tho-e parents who ore sp imfortu'tate as not to bq properly educated, and those whose condition requite*\ them to employ their time and theireffjrts to gain the men* suhsistance, do not .in many instances, sufficiently value the importance of education; Yet if i* lor their children, ia common with all oth* ers, that the oomniou school system i* designed; and untd its blessings are made to, reach lhem,it will not be uhnl it ought to be. If parents generally were, sensible pf the inestimable ad van. tages they were procuring fur the! children by educating them, I am sure ■he efforts und contributions which- are required 10 give full efilr.iency .to our present system, would not bn withheld If I have rightly apprehended the iudtc* luttoiitof (lulilio opinion on rlii» *ubfec: a more suspicious season is spprpacb* ing*- At tids lime, a much largor number of ittijlvjdaU than heretofore, are exer ting tueir enrgeta and con'ribiiting their ineairs to impress the public mind wills t he importance- of - making our- system of popufar initruction efft-cfive to rliflsu ing i<* benefit* to all the ihddren in the State. I anticipated mnch goad from the prev&ilence of the sentiment that the efforts o f individuals must co* opperale ft ills the public nujhorities to ensure success to any system ,o f gener adncatlpn. The Tress, that powerful enzine in moving and controlling (public opinion, isal this time, and much more so than formally directed 10 this subject, end il will unrioubieilty Rave a salutary inllu eucc in ndvaucing the cause of popular instruction, - The difficulty o f supplying the dis trict schoois with competent teachers, has presented the system. A beginning has been made wirli a view to the remo val o f this obstacle- A seperate, d« o f Common schools, from all ^Ihe (owns and wards in the slate. The numbers of school districts thefe'n is few ®thep%rin*)ql objects, five .thtrii sand six hundred and fifty six d liars and ten cent. The ollicers o f the Alt' n n S t M I A . ’S l l A A I I A B i H I a ' ten ihotisnnd one htincj|/d rind 32. buru prison estinj te the slie'riflV and the number o f chi dr 11 Gvt-. huri Tees, \vhi£h by Ihat law nretobe p.dJ dred and. 43, thousand\ an 1 85, of, from ihe earningsof ti>e c uivicts, wfinm five hundred nnd forty I'ars, one j m ote than seveii-thnnsand d thousand four hundred arid one have j 1 hev are app-eh^nsive that this nddr received sehools. instruction in comtnon, tionnl char»ie**apon, npd the djminu __ The public moneys destri- [ t on o f (he ineoine, which will result hate to these schools amount to ih' e fom that law, will mak« an appro Hundred and twelve thon-and ope|priution Irom Ihu trensury to some hundred and eighty on*- dollars and necessary to d-fray its expenses, twenty rents ’ includinsf the one Credible as this B!&*c,ue->t Is 10 hundred thousand dollor- J^.tv^a ltiiose who linve managed this in/li- hundred thousand (V n m t h o libsrujmq (hi* forlorn cl a** qf , Olir fellrnv hqiDgs have ii|ion ‘’the Iiegislqture for-’iHuMljS’ ia«ce, nnd ihe g*eat pubjip ^|nC iai sdvamajteii wfiicb -tvoqld^ result , related it of; you dollor-— “ - - , tbe Common ; tution, the prisbn o f Moult1 PJensant ninety two cents Trom local itmasjof th** convicts in this • stablishmenL helong to the partjonlar towns.— imluding ten thousand dollars for The residue was r aised by taxation J work done for the State, for which on t^e p/.perly oflhe seyernfMowiiBj pay.i.ent has not been required, a- nnd cjties, A further sum o f aboukj m unt to 85 thousand one hundred 9c foiir hundred nnd twenty thousand sixty four dollars .and forty two cts., dollars wtv* also paid hy tho inhabit-\j nnd the expenjo o f general support ants o f the , several district*.. The .have been only 56000 three hnn 'red aggreprate nmburit o f 'hoso sum s/and sixty-one dollars and six coots. *eve» hundred and thirty-two thou-'U should be rcidlocted that ihis pris- eand o n e hunired nnd e ighty-one ,0n defrays the expense of supporting dollar!* and twenty cen’e, (except a (thefimrrtteconvicts. Afterdediicttug liew thousand dollars expeneded in,the sum paid for this object, and fur .... .w theoity of N e w York upon the[buidine materials, which together it- from auction ,and salt duties after July ’ r teochersLnount to five dioustihd live Irud’ cd next w d f he paid inhr tbe Irejmnry of from a well regulated Jiuljucltoii ihlskind. To these view.i rf fqr with an urgent request that you. not suffer thi* aession lo paqs wilhout *ati'fy ing a claim sopporied by ' so mnay and such power ful considersfjooj, Ii isnow ten years sijVce dircpn* tiniieoce of the State (Sx. The Gen- - oral Fund 'sce«»miil»*e.>l, wiih a considf evablc income from oilier vonrce*, beside paying two hundred and uioeijfonr thou- >»nil one hundred pud eleven dojlor* and sixty nine cent* for tbe support of the la ti oral canids and many, large appro/ i rialjyns for other ohjecfa lias niHtain* cd the ordinary expeque o f tlm govern11 ment far beyond the period anticipated when the next Stale lax^wa* discontin ue* rl. This fund is now pot only eihaus* led but the S ate at the end pf the last fiscal year, wt-srndebled , Jto the oilier funds for the eurrt-ht expences of th# irenstiry tour hundred and rix thousand »nd sixty eight dollors' and ninety seven cents. In consequence o f the rcccot amend- rnenl of the ConBtitrilion, tlio income school houses.) .wns paid lor l prison for the past year are 23 thou isuoport of the luttcral canals, tb# ra- snnd two hu-.dt d and seventy ~c!ol raeinisof tlve iires-imii vHi.i.Hi,* nninin. wages. Tire whole amount* of ex-’and ninety rix dollnrs on ! twcnty-Ojihe Smte-to the uaeoffhe General Fund p-ndituroa on ncc unt o f oomnion cents, the surplus earnings of this.If this fund wero releived frpin the scoolt* in thn State, for the year 1894, ‘ ‘ was \at least one millioa three ^liun- snnd tw o hu-.dt d and seventy dred'houand dollars , lars and sevr-n cents. Our nondrmifH and seminaries ofi When the pld contract shall hnve learning nre ohjoots o f g-enl publio expired, the new direction which the interest, tutd wort’-y o f Iho- fostering jn\y o fthe last Legislature give# care ofguvernmenf, particularly so in regard to their agency in supply ing to somre extent, the demon*! of cornmon school tonci>era. There are ninny o f high ohnrncternnd of ex ton • siveiisw-ful se*, that a re not under the supervision of the Regents o f the Univrsity, and consequ nlty receive no aid from the liter 1 litre fund. I have n o t the means o f ascert-inig their number or their -particular con ditionV There are six' jr-ouht acid emies subject to the viaitntjo.D o flhe Regent* Inst year. Tiic Xvt'ole nnra ber ofstudents receiving instruction in them at- this date o f thvao reports. wns flv- tnoirinntl two hundred and and ninety-six; tha amount of utition paid b y tiiem in 1S34. \vn< seventy-3 rhoimand (bur hundred and wve-.ty 2 dollar**, and the real and per-onal property o-*nod by the*e ai-ademles, inc'iiding philosophical hppnrtuB nnd libraries, amounted fo live hundred and seventy one thousand fou bun drtni and seventy dullnrs. Tliere are seventy colleges in this State, including the two medical in' atiuton*. Hamilton ,and Gengjvn eoilpg-s have had to alfnggle with difficulty for w ant of a. mor« liberal endowment. T h e p’nnoftho univer ally o f the city o f New York, is, in many respects, similar to 'bat of the most exttMirtivnu'rivers ty on the con* tinent of Kurope, and contnliis nr- riangemente for impnrtiug lns»ruc- tion on many trtlier subjects thnn those u.mully embrn-ed in the ordi nary colleginto course- This in- st’iicti'Ui Is In its inCtncy, and m iny part* o f il* plan are not yet put i>i <*£* edition, rt is however reiisona'du to ilopelfiilt it WII in d i“ lime fulfil to csejptsef the prfeifeoin year in the opinion o f Ihe Compiculler would bs adrquata to the ordinary expaece* qff ihe govern?.. mmt. Tlie umonul rrquifr.fl for thosa eahals inercSsed 4a,it WlH b# by. the. C'tenaugo canals will. I hop# he provi ded by some, system of (inane# applica ble to internal imprqvemerili geiiprallyi Uui if ii should not be I tiunl tlm ability o f tho treosury to meel the demands will not be supplied by the generally and justly condemned policy of borrowing money for that purpose without at lit# Home time providing n revenue sufficient -rithnntely to pay bolh-ibe interest fnd principal. .. The productive capital of- the Corn-. 'non School Fund is one milliqn eight hundred s'eventy five thousnqV! one hon- «lred and ninety one dollors and seventy one cents. Its income during ihe last fiscal year ivas one liundird and thirty? four thousand dutloM. „ * This income ekceqit* ’ihe estimated amount about twenty aix thousand dollar am) is considerable larger ihan h will bo in future years. It will not however fall in any year much short uf one hun- ired and ten thousand dollars. The distribution to tho common gtdionl# may therefore be permeucntly raised to one hundred and; ten tbou*and dollars annu- oartinent for ihe inrtruc-tipn nfrmnnion. thc3 expectai*.ns of its founders- .-••Im-il I n B n t i A n j H a a n k - . l n h 1 i j l . u l i •** _ _ _ ® — . . . school tcacliers has been e-iabl!alie«l iu one of the principle academic* in each of die eitr’u Senutt* Di*'riuts of the st+u- and pub ic funds have beeu. appro priated tow a r ls the supuort of the labor ofthe convicts, wil iiuddnbt' edly cause a cen rider able reduction iu the amount-, o f their earnings The ollicers o fthe prison havo as by his law they are required to do glv en thei- ii tention to the subject of ntroducing’the mnnefucturo of #ik, but n ot much has yet beon done to1 wards effecting it. The expense at* ten lifig the introduction o f this kind of manufacture, will be ho great that I (ear i'. cannot be done in a manner to ensure Its success without an up propritt on for thi* objec* fr-'tn the tro >¥ury. In r-Ialioo to tho Auburn prison, such an onpropriadon would be rndeppettslbie, Tlio oliiitHrs of feuin prisons have (uirsuaut to (he late law, hngim to cultivate the itiulbujry and hwc ah-endy sbo«it fifteen hundred trees zr»wing on tlie State property adjacent 10 the prison. W ith H ie ecception of the varioloid which prevailed among the pri’Otiers ut Mount-Pleafinl for a «hort time last spring, tlie inmate* of botli prisons »»nve enjoyed mure -than an usual degree of health, and have c nnlucted .lhein- selves in an ordinary manner. I am fully pursuaded dint if belter means were pruvi led for pu»i*t*l'ig petty offenders in a proper manner, the number of crimes which are jminshvble hy tuhor and confinement in the S'n'c Prison, would be greatly diminished! aHd with a view to object ohjecl, I have repeatedly called iho ntrentinn oflhe L'-gi*lariire io die cmrd-tion of our county jail, liuferring you 10 the remnk* in tup former mrpi sltge on fhis'subjttct, 1 again present it a*worihy o( your favorable consieia- tinn. ’ * In the courso of the prescnl yiisr, tlie laws making tno-t of ihe oiipr»priaUO'i*j{0 participate in them >0 far as they o f to the two insiiiuriona «or i-i-t*ucvsriifi f/jrd capabilities and offer idvantage* the.deaf an.J dumb, will expire. Tlie)Cainriot jhj„lttce tnfif41fft*sibeconiesl* ted in tlte g.j. j |,aVc j-fpeatcdly expressed my expire in anjio^j desire to have the State progress in the career which has he«n s o honors* btenhd advanfagcou.Srto ia* jtbavedes- ir mil 110 be wnhin ihe view* of *h«!cribt!d ihe character Of sttOb works as, b# executed by a inirrieni miv . e „ . .. , , ihe State and d irnctedthe sttenlioli of ofSi'ptomber. last, it was forty f i v e '^ r f \ 1.1'1.1* c'l,z*:n*. «r t® suffer thv*e.yt>llr immediate predecessor* lo the par s ■ a! *■ , * . • vniiiBbiH inKlriintifinst it-a rrrfnut m ._i _________ »_ i_. less tlia-i on thnt nay in ally, as soon * s an oppolntiiieirt can b# tnmle under thecenom recuntly lakrn. Thu Literature Fund i* two hundred and sixty five thousand three hundred *nrf forty doilars and rigtity seven cent# end produced on income I m E year of fifteen thnu-and seven hundred and fhir- gicatty tiimuii-itieii s;^ JollarM nnd twenty five cents, effect i I ih desirable' . T,I(! ba„k P lI„d Qt ,be doic of t'o l m n b a both in a tfon« m H u p penite rtiaries p r e s e n t v e r y ln« o able and- Union college are Very flourisuiiig condi .conMiiue to resul's. The the fiscal year was four hundred and seven thousand anil ninety nine cents and ih# payment due on the first instint will add to it one hundred and thirty thousand dollar*. The great importance of Internal im provements is conceded by ill; and the claims uf the several pari* of the ^dtate UV«* •»*»*» v> ft* * cherneler p f tlir aiylurn looit ri'v of-New-York, will a i 't be tire cnimol bo o therw ise than highly 'prf*tirt. is very little la'g«r ti.an that ^ • , * ir beneficial to the common schools. oflhe inrtyear. The mrmher in the:i ' , , ' m \ r l S1 I ------------- r ---------- mav becoufi en ty auticioated. Klo dit IMeasant primin hn«H«en *ery^ 5 F , J 11 ,r,ljaiv 'c P\b m y opium 11 should 'Ihe laws o fthe Irtst sesshnrof .the m lC|, reduced, On th<% thirtieth duy 1 •r0,,',2’e boai 'bi’ unluriunnte class m;ihpStot« and /tirei-fr.d LiC^is ature Btitho tbe. 0 £*Si*HttirnbGr*# Innf j( fiirty five • , ( nniB oi'cach school divttici to impose 0!1 thntdayin (lie prevhm*1 i*> rfniit of ex's*!flc0|sr .mdenakinns which idem lo w a very light tax upon tbemsdrves fdr; y e a r , and the number received in;\ ,,ue’ .* bey have both fu'filted pub-ic lno9( carnestlr degired by, our const it u Ihe pnrpCse o f providing a district 1 ^ 5 |ron1 t I ,e co m il; . » (hat nre ro ,‘.x l,exta!l''n:, T l ,e New-York Inslu- en I „. For a fo il expusiririVi of m y views library, is a measure Well calculated qi);r,d i0 « «d th«-ir convicf* to this ,s ,n al1 t e 'l‘eo,s o..e or tbebret in on 0|j c f these pmtitsj take tlie liberty to nidthe cause o f public mslrct-on jpr.isoll. nlso forty five Ie*« th in a ro^ ' c ';’ nneo[ ! k> bert m tho o im - !o rt>ror you ta mjr preriouscommnnica. I' have not the means o f k n owing Reill lrom the xame counties rv rb* ■’ ------- ' \ “ what extent the district have acted under It, but I sin erely hop® _ they are genera I disposed to ovail^f^cr^ijeT T a rt. wa one thousand. ti.einselyes of its wh. Jesorne provis- lfo u r hundred and filly one. iiins. and to commence estnbh imetits . I'hc and nrof try, I bare The b|iproachin? ev-nts to «’bi«h ,}o n to tiie Legiilalure. 1 alluded, rciidcr ii nrcenary for without , I liave nol been in 18*4. T h e whole number of 1 \arfc a,1,“,ea» reaurr 11 iwceimry_ tor without apprehension* and Urill enter* 'h 't-convicts in both prcons, on the first y,lll t0 8 ive vour attention tuttiis luhjecLjai,, tfioin ihat infernal im|iroyertienti ... .h. ol cannot be long-prosemtcd on an exten- 8ive Scale unless sustained .... , l’he earnings and profits of the from which it is reasonable to prison rliirin^ the last fi’Crtl pect beneficial results. Aluioiigh year, exceed the expense for gener- this ma ter is loft af thifpplbiiof the u j support and ordinary repairs 7000 sever.il dis ricts. yist the u-efulness ’(breK |1<m(|red and eighty ci'r t dol- ofsnch lii.raries is sn(fici«*ntly obvLrj^rg aucfihirty 8 cents. Of this «irn ous to iti luce a b elief that that jthe tfaine have been expended on build- law will have nearly the sipe, effect jn„j, cud for mn- hinory, in payment as if it had been made obligftttyy on! o f (res to sheriffs for transporting- thenq to use the powers it confers. convicts under the act in relat on to ^ Reports have been received forUbc State Prison passed at the last th# year 1834, by the superintendent session, Tor expenditures on a rtl the pri-seilt ses-itnoii. Die poltey ounsoli.la'eing iliem, and matemg a finule iti’tiiiiiun, bilequaie tothe want* ot the whole -tale, in re’p-crivcly sub miil'-d to your conHideraijO\. Wiih tho fullest convict Ion that it i< lbe duty of Hi# government to give to theinsaiiP, and I'specially to the insanf poor, for whom as yet cmnparjiively li'fle hae been done, then benefit of « proper in/iturion, I must earnestly r-all you attention to the subject. Iti my Annual Message of 1834,1 presented n»y viev#* of the strong claims winch by a wiS# system of finance. No new work can be executed without using the pablio creJii and however tilgh tlio (credit Is at Ihis time it cannot be liberally iis*d sqi). bnst opbelil withoui [some financial «•- ran’i-nient that will ioapire conflrlencs »i hoine and abroad.! If we look i t , the works underraken in the Stale sided 'lie commencement of the Bria Snd, Crtamplain canals, ut at those In otbir' State# t< furnishing the mentis o f *n #sft lighieued judgemart we. augbt aot W
