APPENDIX. 
MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR ROBINSON, OF KANSAS, TO THE NEW 
LEGISLATURE. 
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : 
Haying been chosen by the people to occupy the executive chair of the 
new State of Kansas, it becomes my duty, under the constitution, to com¬ 
municate to the General Assembly the condition of the atfairs of the state, 
and recommend such measures as I shall deem expedient for their action. 
While gratitude to the people for the confidence their suffrages evinced, and 
for the honor bestowed, will induce me to enlist all my energies in their 
service, inexperience in public life, and a lack of ability and information, 
will cause me to speak with diffidence upon the various subjects to which 
your attention will be invited. 
The organization of a new government is always attended with more or 
less difficulty, and should, under the most favorable circumstances, enlist 
the learning, judgment and prudence, of the wisest men in all its depart¬ 
ments ; the most skilful workmanship is requisite, that each part of the 
complicated machinery may be adapted to its fellow, and that a harmoni¬ 
ous whole, without jar or blemish, may be the result. In Kansas, espe¬ 
cially, is this a most delicate and difficult task. Our citizens are from 
every state in the Union, and from nearly every country on the globe, and 
their institutions, religion, education, habits and tastes, are as various as 
their origin. Also in our midst are several independent nations, and on 
our borders, both west and east, are outside invaders. 
In our mutual endeavors to set in motion a state government, we have a 
common chart for our guide, the Constitution. The duties of the General 
Assembly, as designated by this instrument, are : 
To provide for the Encouragement of Education and Religion ; 
The Registration of Electors ; 
To provide for the Returns of Elections ; 
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