Excerpt from Governor's Message and Accompanying Documents Delivered to the Legislature in Joint Convention, Thursday, January 15, 1874, Vol. 1 You have assembled under peculiar circumstances. An era of apparent prosperity without parallel in the previous history of the nation, has been succeeded by financial reverses affecting all classes of industry, and largely modifying the standard of values. The financial classes of Wisconsin are entitled to commendation for the foresight which has enabled them measurably to resist the current of disaster. The prudence and integrity of our business men in the principal cities generally, and the vast extent of our natural resources, have also contributed largely to the restoration of mutual confidence, and averted many of the evils apparent elsewhere. To a great extent, however, this condition of things is the legitimate consequence of a healthy reaction, and may be regarded as comparatively permanent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.