th from
agriculture alone. Without calling in question the great and
immediate benefit to accrue to agriculture from the geological
survey, it is yet true that the tendency of its exhibition of our
vast mineral wealth is to encourage the employment of labor and
capital in mining and manufacturing enterprises. Let the work be
continued and sustained by ample appropriations.

It is necessary that the General Assembly, at its present session,
should adopt the requisite legislation to carry into effect the
following requirement of the constitution: Sec. 3, article 16, of
the constitution, provides that "at the general election to be held
in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and in each
twentieth year thereafter, the question, 'Shall there be a
convention to revise, alter, or amend the constitution?' shall be
submitted to the electors of the State, and in case a majority of
all the electors voting at such election shall decide in favor of
such a convention, the General Assembly, at its next session, shall
provide by law for the election of delegates and the assembling of
such convention."

In conclusion, I feel warranted in congratulating you on the
favorable judgment of your constituents upon your action on the
important subjects which were considered at your last session, and
in expressing a confident hope that what remains to be done will,
under Providence, be so wisely ordered that the true interests of
all the people of the State will be greatly and permanently
advanced.

Without comments of our own, we will simply give the opinions of
Democratic journals concerning this message.

The Cincinnati _Enquirer_, of January 4, 1871, said:

"The message of Governor Hayes is a plain, straightforward, and
sensible document, and in every respect is creditable to him."

The Columbus _Crisis_ said:

"The annual message of Governor R. B. Hayes, printed in this issue,
is a very fair and plain statement of the condition of the affairs
of the State, and is especially commendable for its brevity and
practical purport."

The Steubenville _Gazette_ characterized this message as--

"An excellent and appropriate document--short and
comprehensive--and, as it should be, devoted wholly to State
affairs."

The Cincinnati _Commoner, ultra_ Democra