Journal of the Missouri State Convention
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Excerpt from Journal of the Missouri State Convention: Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861 The Convention met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the President, Mr. Wilson. The roll was called, when the following additional members answered to their names, viz: Messrs. Allen, Gamble, Gantt, Hall of R., Henderson, Irwin, Jamison, Maupin, McFerran, Vanbuskirk, and Mr. President. There being a quorum present, the proceedings of yesterday were read and approved. The President laid before the Convention the following communication from the Governor, which was read, and on motion of Mr. Birch, was laid on the table and 200 copies ordered to be printed for the use of the Convention. To the Convention of the State of Missouri: In the exercise of the power which you have conferred upon me, I have called the body to assemble at this time, to consider and adopt such measures as the welfare of the State may require. Although there is no constitutional requirement that I should communicate to you my views of the condition of the State, or recommend any measures for your adoption, yet there seems to be a propriety in my stating the reasons for calling you together at this time. You need not be informed by me that, throughout the length and breadth of the State, there is now existing a civil war that threatens the destruction of all government, and strikes at the very foundations of society. You are acquainted already with the situation of affairs in our State. The obligations which rest upon the chief executive to preserve order and peace in the community, to enforce the laws, and to suppress, by force, all combinations against the State, require that more efficient measures for the organization of the military power of the State should be adopted than now exist. The act of 1859, which you revived at your last session, and made the law for the organization of volunteer forces, is found, upon trial, to be a most inefficient law in the present times, which require promptitude and energy. It is therefore assigned as one of the principal reasons for calling the Convention, that you should adopt a military law more simple and more efficient than that now existing. You are aware further, that the treasury of the State is empty. The Treasurer reported to me on the 24th of September last, that there was in the treasury $21,422.73, which was subject to a deduction for coupons paid by the Bank of the State on the old debt, the amount of which coupons he had not ascertained. The whole of the sum thus reported in the treasury is, in all probability, already absorbed by the payment of the salaries of civil officers. At this time the Sheriffs in very many of the counties are resigning their offices, in order to avoid the duty of collecting the taxes, which is supposed to be impracticable. Under these circumstances, it is apparently impossible to provide means by existing laws for the payment of the ordinary expenses of the government, and it is manifestly impossible to provide, by any system of taxation, for the extraordinary expenses of a military force. That you might devise some scheme for raising the money, which is indispensably necessary to support troops, and to defray ordinary expenses, was another reason for calling you together. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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