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43. [Governors Message] ever conferred on any country in any age. If the enacting of such a code is ever practicable under a government constituted like ours, there can be no period more favorable to its accomplishment than the present, when we are just commencing our political course, as a new and Independent State and when so general a disposition prevails to harmonize in all measures calculated to promote the best interests of the community. Should the Legislature deem it expedient to adopt any measures preparatory to such a general revision of our Laws, I would recommend that provision be made for establishing a Board of Jurisprudence to consist of men best qualified for the duties of such a station, with instructions to digest and prepare such a code, and report the same to the Legislature. The situation of our fellow citizens, employed in agricultural pursuits, will not suffer in comparison with that of those of any other part of our country. It furnishes the most plenary evidence how advantageous this employment is to the people of our State. The encouragement, which agriculture has received not only from government but from patriotic individuals, and the consequent advances, which it has made, afford the most satisfactory evidence of the importance of a continued and a more particular attention to that interest. The propriety of encouraging our various agricultural societies at this time cannot be doubted. As the inhabitants of a good soil and healthy climate, we owe it to a bountiful providence to do all in our power to make it the residence of men alike prosperous and happy. The manufacturing business of the Country is at this time acquiring new energy. The capital now employed, though already large, will necessarily be