Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-12-10

isbeIieved, however, they will be am
pie, and il from any Cause the DIVIDEND
81 three per cent. should be great,
curtailed, our citizens at the end u ths
fifteen or twenty y ears,would wiling,
pay twenty five Or even fifty cents eac'
Opay the remaining balance. In ad
dition to the benefits to be otherwise
conferred. the Improvements referred
to would greatly aid the stage trans
portation Of the mails within our state
Although it is admitted the Legisla
ture should not hastily engage III an,
plan Of general state improvement, ye
IL would seem that both duty and IN
tcrest demand preparatory measure.
for facilitating our exports and imports
by Improving our roads and navigablt
streams. To these exigencies OF the
country will shortly require the add
ton Of railways. The vast impor
tance Of such undertakings as the lat
ter should prevent our cmbarking pre-
n,aturely; but while our sister states
are acting with energy in these mat.
tiers, ought we to remain in ignorance
Of what we are capable of etfecting
May not board Of internal improve
ments be constituted, or it that be
thought Inexpedient, may it not be
made the duty of one or more Of the
state officers to collect and digest in
formation on the nature Of the obstruc-
tons in our streams, their susceptible
ity Of improvement. and the cost Of,
and advantages to be derived from ca
mails aud rail-ways2 Were there mere
1y place where a more perfect knowl-
edge OF these matters could be collect
ed and difIused, and to which public
attention could be directed, individual
enterprise, and occasional aid from the
General Government would furnish
valuable materials, and the expenses
incurred would be small compared
with the importance Of the objects 10
be obtained.
This view is based in part upon the
conviction that the great benefits flow
irg from the construction Of railways
how in progress in the adjoining states
ofOhio and Kentucky, " i'll, within the
lapse ola few years induce our Cit'zei 5
10 demand such modes of conveyance
from the hards Of their Representa-
tives. of which the most prominent will
commence at the Ohio river, and. pass
sing though the interior, terminate at
cur port Of entry on the lake. The
contemplation of such a work, should
encourage us to ask survey OF the
route b> one Of the United States Eu-
gi.ee6s, and as the helping hand Of
the General Government has on but
two occasions been extended to lndi-
ara, perhaps, iruitless as our prayers
have been, portion OF the public dc
mair or tie line may be set apart to
aid IN ITS corst, uCtiOn.
The opinions have repeatedly cx-
pressed relating to the necessity OF a
general syste N of Education, one that
will carry influence into every circle in
socie;v, have undergone no other
change than to f,sten on my mind its
ncCs -sity in the preservation of politi-
cal ard civil il stitutions. The want
Of competent persons to instruct in our
Township Schools is a cause OF com
pia,nt in many sections Of the state,
and i; Is to be regretted that in en-
plo, transient persons from other
states, combining but little Of qua!iti-
Gators or moral character, the profes-
sion is not in that rePutc that it should
be-. Teachers permanently interested
IT, the institutions Of the country, pos
sessi "A Knowledge Of the manners
and customs OF our extended population
arc mingl,ns with it, would be more
calculated to render essential sesviCei
and be better rec eived than those who
come in search Of employment. The
want OF 2ood instructors is a difficulty
existing else here, and in several
states of:Le Union to obviatc it Sem
lnaries are established solely to in
:truct ant prepare teachers, and those
institutions. it is said, derive much
benefit frc.N connecting with them the
manual labor sy stem.
The Constitution Of our State en-
joins it as duty upon the Legislature.
as .'soon as circumstances well permi:.
to provide by law for general :, stem
Of educ atio,.'' The best Of all tests is
practical re,ults; and without waiting
tor overwhelming circumstances to
force Us to measures, should there not
be some exert:on that would more eff /
ficientiy Contribute in carrying INTO ct