Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-01-23
COMMUNICATIVE

Ma. EpiroH--I aking, az the present writer
does, a deep iuta,ea. Il, The cause OF Eduea,'oh,
l,ts tegs leave 10 subiliits for teuf consideration,
a few ran,arAs In reference TO o paft ei the pies.
sage Of His i:seoilrtey, the Governor, READ III tue
house Of REPRESENTATIVES, at the opening oil The
present sFssisit. ,
Ills speiieney, In this message, remarks 'fthf
,.siuse lie last srt sion I'll the Legislature, Tie
eo,nm,s.oner Of The general laad' Office has ape
proved oil The location, which have caused 70 We
made ot nineteen ihbttsAld, eiRhi hundred, anu
,t,,rty eipht netss OF land, originally granted 10
,tat, sili,a, tor the Tee Ut q College, but wt.tslt =
sai,seaus.t act Of congress seeihs to appropriate
Il, i'm, OF more Summaries Vi learning These
Isrtia afford ~ op ~ tu,ity which, pethapF, WIN
not again be tteseatasi, Ut furnishing to ti'4t os4
al our Colleges. Hiiieit you may tl.it,a the most
deserving. the taeats oil establishing itstlf OH =
peftnaHeut basia. liz dividing these means among
several inblitottails. you may afford 10 each . short
its,tt pttlty. ~ eAtsttnsa. but the estsIiish~
intent nt 4 college, really wuiths Of the name, ~
intrn4Hibhia without much titae and perseverance,
aud the ~prnient etRploytnet't vi \ Giafse ear'-
tai.
i, 1. evident, from this stggtstiat. thai his Eza
~s.stensy thinks that the awaits OF tie i%sitittrsh
,i.naH,nd, .tejt hui+eirea, and thirty eight acres
nf ta,,a, belpna,ug 10 The at-te ut LoatstaNa, AMI
VII rom lated ~ All act o. Congress. to OTIS or more
n. ,utt.srt 90 Of learning. should By applied exel1"
s,sely, to the benefit. at asE institution! aud there
4 llIlL tltItE q 3Ji ~ hNb lttsR Nv tt'tt ~ tN'R
.i.s, ,nst.tation shoti d be Tie one ltsatHd in ~
IA,ses Parish, and kn sa BY The natue OF Jettet~
s4n College.
To ,ht s,niie, here indicated by The Governor.
ia. Present wtitei has great Il slikt. AID The reA"
.t,,s tsr this feeding hs " u. with soua permission.
ny Laioie yaur reartrs,
Tu.slas.an. II il well knDwn, - necessary tn the
| stte.e.4tii resui, Of auy fort and. consequently,
tl.a4 piysl colleges will be mere i,kelY to By cva-
i,.st..l il, con. ~ nee sill, the pablis agod, han
Au i,tatiiutiBu having no competitor, lhta posi.
ti,,t, - sustained by the experience ot all ages, aud
| IL open To Sac inspection ct every Que he rivalry
La. = 10. 1. ta.u naive ai,ies Of Ohie, daad Cambridge,
t.aa t..,u ,tfnsiartitp pt invaisnlab!e henei - the
eaut4, II learnttE. In Great Britain! atd The SAINT
remark Ii apl,Ittatlu 10 the entiiaittion between
iissBri University and Yale college, ~ New Gti-
slAnl. lulgeti, The public benefit. resulting IRON
eosntetitie ia basint 81 OF ~ ~ sett, ~ 100 ob'ta
oua IL b. tleniet II ts eNenpiiiied every day We
live, and in every enterprise Ws undertake., WAY
,ltet, should leiAff Institutions We excluded from
tl.sa alin,ttlaatf Why should lstier son College,
be ii tsst i # comp ors, aud lett To m,obhpoilss
the literary pittrouage Of tho State DO We wisi
Ia mako InF %indulttst, itn[erions,ahd unaseetiitlio-
iiatins IL The ~pepttiet II al, r may thea follow
The re amt.en,iaiun efiLe governor. and place
her abase all composition.
Even at the present moment, stRrsp ~ The popu=
latiep Of LhHiataha IL. Hnd accustomed AS hei 8 III
sets are 10 satd their ~us.ilAsea abroad for ednee-
tiau. enc college IL aut sufficient for the assana-
hi o i..inn OF All ~ho may v isl, to graduate IN this
State. 1h,re are. II ia said, vt this time. about
iva hun rcd and sisty atatlshls IA the College OF
~, Ian.a Parish, stSts IN the College of Baton
Rouge. ftty ia he college Of Louisiana, aud per
hal,4, Ats In the Colleges Of Franklin anl Alex
lntlrta, making IN all, four hundred aud twenty,
tesiief Cite en- hundred o. two Thousand, who ae
seeking su education abroad Though thip ealeu-
lateu MAJ be #altect 10 some IRA ~hask, 1t shows
that exs eeiie.e Ia not sufli silent % meet the wants
e aar Kshe ny atate. The idea that the inattt,i-
ton OF st. James can comfortably accommodate,
a,d hitseatly instruct, fifteen hundred or two
t.inusaHd stnlfnts, at the same time, 10 perfectly
absurd. In y climate Ike tu,H, where eptde'nies
prevail, more o. less every year, al institution
entsregattug even . thou sand pupils, would be u
nul sanse ainesreiy to be deprecated.
Resalting tretn causes %e,direl, beyond The eon-
troll Of man. every human ,hstitatieh ia liable to
seasons pl att,ersits, The want Of 4 well quail
fed President, Incompetence y, some one OF the
faculty. thu existence Ut m%ish,,hs standings among
the Trustees, and a thou sah't other circumstances
that n,ay occur, IN amy college, may for a long
time render n literary institution far fess efficient
than i, ought 10 he. IN this view Of the subject, IL
10 prndeut ia The Legislature to provide a piurHli-
T. uf colleges, that ~hsn either ohe ia not as wig.
o. Gus ~ il VII uid he. there may be others to s,ip-
ply It's place. An arrangement OF this sort only
ea. break up that unpatriotic aud reptehensible
practice, Which now obtains, of sendihg children
from louisiana Cor t,eir education. Parents must
have acme ehniee OF places IN their own st tie, or
they will scek II elsewhere. The attempt TO send
children 20 one institution only never did. and
never can prevail.
The different view Of parents in regard 10 dis-
eiplins and AZ stc,aa If e,laeatinn, the diversity Of
their pursuits, aud predictions nil demand more
than Que college FOR III. education of their youth.
Our population, II Ia well known, IL OF n mixed
character. and no one institution can suit every
,sfpttb, IF Il Time. the Dtttratinn uf enyern-
lnea., busiaces, and voluntary intercourse, will az
some future period, break down The prejudice
now sabSis,ing ii the inhabitants Of our state; but
till then, il vii! he cruel as we'll as impraetieable
to centine, within iitn wallis OF one college, the
~ei,tiiree Of our mixed and Heterogeneous popdla-
ton.
Appropriations 70 q large amount, have bern
already made to several colleges; aud, surely, IL
thtt G isino lnsuperablc impeachment TO their pros
ptrity they should still be encouraged. Shall the
Two hundrsd Thousand dollars givea to the college
of L.oussiana. the liberal appropriations 10 Frank
lin and AleAaneris Colleges, he all iost} Are the
beautiful aud eemmodinus buildings of those in-
s,i,ut,ons be given up 20 the bate aud 70 the owisa
Auh heteefort, rendered MOI ameits 81 the
mental tmbecility Of our IegtslatuteI Louisiana,
surely, Is MT prepared TO ans@rr thcte questions
In the Affirmative. Those whD htve enl sted in
the Interests Of the several colleges in the state have
~feplngs, pr edilections, srd even merit, AS ven Ms
81 WptSHf EDFtItAI HIu u rs wv y flHsi' tiiHN
the Legislature, at one fell swaop; shanlt aunihi
late t,r Labor, pettaI 5 of der whole l.se1, 10 graz
tify an individual. VII o,n oufy boast OF being
more successful in his literary enterpr;ss than they
have been.
ih4t owing TO the prosperity and efficiency OF JET
feraon College, II ought 10 he selected for the re-
cep.ion OIL ri of he awaits OF the nj etetn shous
AND, eight hardseA, an4 thirty eigh' acres Of land,
T have no doubt. aad that other colleges IN
louisiana, ought 10 paltake of the Ike iuimGnl-
~, ] have ms itttie reason 10 question
Several of those Instructions have received large
donations al the public monny. have been IN OPP
GRAFTON Eos some time now possess extensive and
COM otteas fu,laings; have vel selected libra
ries, aud good chen cal, Philosophical, and asir9.
monte 4 apparatus ;ase favored wi.h faculties Of APP
proved qaaliht atoms, AMI are located in populous,
wealthy, AID s,lubrions Portions of the State -
These Advantages, oar Legislature should not A.
handon for slight aud temporary causes. IL viii
he d capficious and unpardonable waste Of the
public funds to desert either Of those imttntioHs,
until il is clearly seen tina, owing 10 some irene
disb'e evils, farther appropriations viii be UNA
veiiirg.
Tfiese colleges, taken in the aggregate, are well
adapted to the MIXED population of Louisi ana:
the ono pait being French and the ether American.
So numerous and SO equally divided are these por-
tons Of the community tt,t the Leg stature oush /
to provide literally fox he accommodation ofboth.
This is the oniy course that can produce in them
an ultimate a assimilation of chaIac ter to the same
statasri. fihe Governor and Legislature should
favor the French, at the expense Of the America
portion of the community. or rice uerSa, the result
will lie wore than the prestration of all our roll
tegss. Nothing but a fair and equitable distribu
ton Of the public funds, TO both French and Ame-
Eican insfita .lnns, wtll promote, 10 TIE end, the
general interest. The bare suggestion of Govern
or Roman, in reference to TIE q nyroprjstjoa offhe