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' r. A'eAAAhNhIN, dIlN lIlE
Elizabeth Hands, and that the
number OF our militia, 70 orgain-
lzed, is nearly Sixty-leven thau-
iand- the greater part Of whom
are armed and equipped agree
ably TO law.


Since your former fehion, the
Agents tor building the State
Prlion have completed that fer
vice and in compliance with
the act paaed the I5thlait June,
the officers Of the Inltitution,
have been appointed and regu-
lations have been made for the
government of the conyiG5s .
copy Of them will be laid be-
fore you. Warrants have aEo
been directed to the SherifTs Of
the counties where criminals.
who had been fentenccd to hard
labor, were impriioned, requir-
ing them to remove fuch con-
vi6ts to the State Prilon, and
thirty-four have been removed
accordingly. You will perceive
the neceflity of attending to
this fubje6t during the preGent
Seflion, as the act expires on the
first day Of June, and the Cen
eral Conrt Of the next year will
not be able TO make the necefa- |
ry arrangements concerning it
before thar time.


The contribution makes it the
duty of the Legislature, frequent
ly to atiemble for the redrefs of
grievances----for correcting, !
strengthening and confirming
the laws, and for making new
laws as the common good may
require Thefe several objects,
| have no doubt, will receive
your attention. If any Of the
exiting laws are found 10 be op-
preilive or injurious in their eff
e6ts, they will be altered or re-
pealed ; if any fail to anfwer
the intended purpoGe. YOU will
correct and amend them and
if uieful regulations are not OBJ
lerved, or the delign Of the Le-
giAature which eltablilhed them
is eIuded, you will adopt fuch
mealures as fhall tend to give
them itrength and Efficacy
and you will alfo enact iuch ad-
ditionaI laws, as the general in
terelt Of the fate, or the accom-
mediation Of particular corporate
bodies or individuals may re-
quire.


1t is pofible, however, that a
government ike ours, where
the acts and reGolves Of the Le-
pi1ature are fometimes pafed |
with great facility and expedi-
ton, the laws may be too num-
erous and be extended TO cafes |
too minute and particular. The !
unneceaary interference Of gov
ernment with the private con-
Germs Of the people, will always |
be a fource Of miGchief; their
understanding il competent TO
the direction Of their own af-
fairs. auI when left TO itleli |
will generally lead them to mea-
fures the mott beneficial, both to
themfelves and the public.


Frequent alterations Of the |
law are likewile attended with |
inconvenience, as they fome-
times produce efe6tswhich were
not foreieen, and occaion great
er evils than they were deGgned |
70 remedy. They tend to wa |
ken the government by dimin-
ihing the confidence Of the Peo-