Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-12-07

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such primary importance 10 the safety aud
prosperity % i,he Stale. would amply com
p+nsaie Tor the liberal and munifircnI *
penditures which she has hiiheriu incur
red, in maintaining II only. am more
especially encouraged TO hope for your
corporation in promoting this view, from
The favorable manner in which, il was re-
ceivei Inv your predecessors-from The al
mos, universal appreciation Of our fellow
citizens-and from the very satisfactory
success of the short and limited expert
meni. which il was Within my official dis
creiion to institute.
Requiring no additional appropriation
supplied rs our arscnals Eow are. with
officers whose qualifications, both moral
and scientific, for instruction or command,
are unsurpassed, If equalled. in any SINH
larinslilu,ion in the Union-afnrlins n
standard Of education, a, they may, i'm
m%easurably beyond our free schools, and
inferior only 10 our col!cge-annnally diff
rusins light aud Intelligence to more Than
fifty of our youthful cItize"s-and all this
without a single de'rnclns circumstance,
either in The safely or The preservation of
the public arms. or in The amount or 6hcli-
~ of the services rendered 10 the State,
cannot conceive any possible objection to
the change which it is now proposed TO
introduce. The experience OF other
States. under crea, disadvantages. and OF
q very considerable expense has not only
conduccd to the continuance Of their tos
icring patronage Of similar Institutions. but
to The gratifying conviction. that they are
among the most useful md instructive OF
all their semlnaries OF learning.
II would be enough. to determine the
advantages Of The alterations proposed,
land which have been partially commen-
ced.) To contrast the usefulness Of more
han Eiy Of our most promising youns
citizens; educated in the service OF The
State, with the ennohlins consciousness
Of having paid for that education by their
services; going abroad under the first feel
ing of a proud and manly independence,
to occupy their high places in society;
imbucd with a S,ulc patriotism, as The
nurseii1ss Of her rs'itu,i"ns; combining
the enterprise and decision Of a military
character, with The Requirements Of Their
scholastic opportunities; dispensing know
ledge and intelligence through all the 70
cations Of life which they are destined TO
fill; and perhaps most uscful!y. aud APP
propriatcly diiIusius them, rs tue insirue'
tors of succeeding generations: With this
view of the ELECTS aud influence of these
institutions upon the morals and happi-
ness, as well "a upon the safety oil The
State, we have but TO contrast The lndIs-
criiniuate enlistment Of many Of the most
prohigate. licen,ious, and abandoned oil
society men without local attachments
the indolcni. incorporate, and depraved
-outcasts from society. and sometime:
fugitivcs from justice, whose crimes impc,
to this las, resource for employment, whose
passions prompt 10 the first occasion Of
ireachery or JUS standardization. aud whose
ci1arasis1-hasEazar ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
by The res,rai MS OF discipline, can icy
be reclaimed. or fitted for the duties and
obligations Of useful citizens.
should bc unjust, however. were | not
to add. that there are many honorable and
distinguished exceptions TO this general dc.
pravity Of character and Of morals. But
were the benefits derived by the State,
from the former aud the proposed mode ol
performing the police duties Of her arson
ala, precisely equal in other respects, ~i,r
can hesitate as 10 the wisdom and propri-
ETY. OF adding The advantages Of a liberal
aud moral education. TO Inc military ser
vices which she requires, when both may
be accomplished q. The same erpens! |!
The education Of our INDECENT poor lie in.
deed an object commensurat with The
annual expenditure of iliny-si. thousand
dollars. would it not NC unwisc 10 omit
this opportunity Of adding twi'hnut bunlcu
TO tho people, or draft on the Treasury
and with The most gratifying assurance O!
much more L.:cfuI results,) twcnty-iour
thousand more, l" promote the objects o
that beucfaciioE!
The discretion now vested in the ES'
c%cutivc Ivy law. is deemed sufficient Ia eG,
f~ectuaie the arrangements IN whlcl ! have
alluded. Bu, Other legislative provisions
dI' Htt'SSd'N " ~ 't'''"'' ''N''' "Nl'''
the luctua,ins contingencies arising oul
Of Executive discretion, aud perhaps &c
tmpart that strength, r~ernanenry, aud
dignity. whlr! State confidence and pa
tronnse always confer.
The Interesting reports Of The Cninman'
danis in charge Of those posts, with the
views of the AIJuIan' General, arc here
with submitted. and will be found. ] trust,
To furnish TINT foil and saii-fsctory imtnr.
nation. which The enlightened experience
aud observation of such saSacious md
comPclen, officers may be supposed ID
supply.
The unpfofrabI.. use Of the annual mp.
preparations of rhc State TO establish q sys
| ten of public instruction. constitutes an
olner slrons Iuducemcnt In prosecute an
experiment., which Promises; by Us i5ult-
to form one exception. 1T least. 10 the h'Th'
| cr,u entire and M i~iicatr'l failure OF nj
her efforts. tn educate her lniigcnr youth
Ii The success of these insrititl"us should
form The basis of future and important i'm
provements. which may be jnd%Ici'usly rI
tended to our free %,conis; II they SHOULD
supply better teachers from their Alumni
IL they should suggest higher standards an'