REPORT.
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The following is the Report Omitted last 1 week. of the Majority of the Joint Commit

 tee on State Government:

 The joint committee, to whom was refer

 red so much of the Governors Message as relates to State Government, beg leave to report:

 That they have had under consideration the subject referred to them, as connected

 with the wishes and instructions of the peo- pie of Arkansas, recently expressed at the polls and otherwise. In the investigation ol the subject, two prominent points pre- sented themselves to your committee-the right and the expediency of immediate ad- mission into the Union, ''as a sovereign. free, and independent State" As to the

 latter, although branch of the subject upon which many of our most intelligent citizens differ, as motives of interest or pat rlotlsm, whether misguided or properly di. rected, prompt, your committee are of the opinion that, whether viewed as a matter of peeunlary loss or gain, or as one in which the natural feelings of seli-respect and ca- paoitity ot selt-government are more int- mateiy blended, the case is not materially varied. The great and continuous influx ot wealth and population, the recent unpar- alleled increase of the sales of public lands, as well as the accumulation and concentra- tion within our borders of other fit and per manent subjects of taxation, the better pros- pect ot establishing, under State Govern ment, permanent system of revenue laws, and other institutions calculated to advance the prosperity of the country, free from tie influence, direct or indirect, of those higher powers, who now frequently have no imme- diate interest in the welfare of the people, and are in no case directly responsible to them-the legitimate source of all power. connected with other important subjects, are entitled to great weight and high con. sheraton. In opposition to these, 1t may De urged that appropriations by the General 1oyernment for the convenience and i'm. proyement of our country, after we throw OH the chrysalis and assume the character and powers of State, will cease to be made. But ln the opinion of your committee, those Dountllul donations and expenditures will not be materially affected by the change Nearly all the subjects of expenditure. from the united States treasury, in Arkansas. upon examination, are found to be, in a military point of view, and otherwise. such as the constituted authorities of the Union. oy the settled rule of construction. wopld pronounce nationai-highways and navi- gable streams, connecting important points of defence to the republic; and under 9 S1ate Government, with representation in Congress, would be more likely increased than diminished. Farther, the paci6cation and quiet of people, is one of the ind;s pensable bases to tho prosperity and honni. ness of their country. The restless spir;t ol men, born free, who, for time, in order 10 s carry into effect, in becoming manner the constitutional stipulations of their i com