The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-10-04
BOSTON. SEPT 10.
Asy!um j0r the Dea{ Q "a ?rmi

We have twice before rtQ"ss, 4
attention of the benevolent 70 rs s.ss
esting visit now making 10 ms my, 81
M CierC, pupilfrom the deal ., au,u
Academy of the Able Sicard in Psr..
aocomperitd by Messrs. Gallaudc - e
Cogsw eli and have given hi&tc'y o.
these gentlemen, and oftheir obieC;s n.
their mission of cneGcence VIZ arr
happy 10 announces their ,ul ssCU, Pc
gress end that : rcat numbers .oi Uuf
citizens AXE an active interest ~ patrus
iziNg them.
NJ. ttlerc embraces every occasion to
CRAFTY all " no &c sire to wiihess the
benefits he himself has derived from the
Deaf and Dumb institution i-and Oh his
capacity 10 instruct others. To thu
enc, he has visited numerous private
families, and has attended two Meet
ings al The .dtheneuns and Weyr Ccur.-
House. At the first meeting oAIv f."
gsntlemt rwere p-l sent; wte en- N Clcrc
gave an Address written before tn,
company, which was read w Mr.. Gal
laudet. Our limits will nut admit al
cur publishing this address entire, but
he following interesting paragraphs
cannot be omitted - CeHt.
rs GENTLEMEN,
The Able Sicard, my respectable
and beloved master, was the mos, dis
tinguished among jhe disciples OF the
Able de l'Epee, whom he succeeded.
The latter had left some things 10 be
designed, the Able Sicard has supplied
them bur if there had not been the
Able de rEpce, there would not have
been the Able SIcard thus glory, hon
our and eternal gratitude are due 10
those two friends of humanity.
CT vas abou, twelve years old, when
I arrived at the Able Sicard's school.
was endowed with considerable intel
iigence, but nevertheless had no idea
/ Of intellectual things. had, it is true,
mind, but it did not think I; had a
heart, but ii did not feel.
my mother, affected at my missor-
tune, had endeavored 10 show me- the
heavens, and to make me know God,
Imagining that understood her but
her attempts were vain-l could COM
prebend nothing believed that God
was a tall, big and strong man, and that
Jesus Christ, having come to kill us,
had been killed by US, and placed Oh
cross as one of our triumphs
/ believed many other droll and RE
dicuIous things; but as one cannot re-
collect what passed in his infancy,l can
not describe hem. am sure that the
deaf and dumb, who are in your counr
Try, think as | once did. You must be
SO kind as TO aid US to undeceive them.
We shall cultivate their minds asd form
their hearts, but as the mind and the
heart cannot live without the body, you
viii have the goodness TO charge your
selves, with your other countrymen,
with the support of their bodies. In
Europe, each nation, however small.
has an institution for the deaf and dumb
and most of these institutions are at
the expense of the government. Win
America remain the only nation which
IS insensible to the cry of humanity {! !
nope not--but that you will ousy your
selves with the same zeal as your
neighbors, the good inhabitants OF Con
nec,icut. If the deaf and dumt become
happy, it will be your JOY to sec that it
is tho effect of your pure generosity,
and they will preserve the remembrance
Of it 1s long as they live.
/ IN. Gallaudet and DIR. Cogswell
will give you more ample details (if de-
siredJ on this subject ; and as to my
self, am ready TO answer all that you
would wish to know concerning the
deaf and dumb"
M Clerc answered a number Of ques.
tons proposed TO hin in writing, with
wonderful facility and intelligence; but
which we have not room for
|. At the meeting in the Court house, a
large number Of ladies were assembled
when Nj. Clerc wrote in their pres
ence the following
ADDRESS
" LADIES,
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