Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-06-22

sesS;ngg Sound alisrsiminssing judgement,
slrTnEasss ssgeeIness Df tern per, coIciliatory
sSsaaneSs ilgweesied patience, aud mex
hanstibIe kiiAiusss. There IS a certain
sameay for the evil under which we labor,
end that ls 20 incfense the compensation.
There is 40 difficulty i'm getting pruper
keepers within ihe limits Of our own State
if we will pay for them. i, must be borne
ia mind, cha, the business is unpleasant,
and wonderful indeed would j, be If tho
small sum Of twe hundred dollars would
commaui the services Of fit pcrsons.s
The proper classification of the patients
cannot he too much Insisted on. Our Asy-
sufn exhibits every hue and shade Of char
gcler. Here meet in intimate union. the
gay and the grave. the educated and igno-
rant, the vir,uous and proRigate. In the
moral treatment, Of lhe Insane, solitude is
abolished. The Lunatic must have his
society. The patien, who pays the max
imum price Of This Institution, and thus
purchases all the accommodations which
il affords, is doomed, either TO tho society OF
his keeper, or 10 improper association.
But both are evils, and SHOULD be remedied
as speedily as possible. No considerations
eau justify the present state of things, No
care, no foresight on The part ofthe Super
intendent. can prevent the most extensive
aud lasting mischief. When The evil is
considered in reference TO The class of fe-
males from tho high ranks OF society, ma
NY Of whom are POW in this Institution, IL
is peculiarly revolving. Can tho society
of the lowest women, whose lives have
been lives of infamy, strengthen The virtu-
Gus impulses Of tho youthful girl. who has
been educated with greatest care! Rather,
will il nor operate with the most destruc-
tive energy. and soon drive from the bo-
som the scmbiance even Of that chastc aud
modest virtue. which once was so conspi-
cuous! The practice Of herding together
large numbers Of the Insane, belongs to
the old system, aud should be exploded
with II. u is obviously connected with
the idea, that the insane arc incapable Of
thought, and wholly iasensible to those
Impressions and influences which operate
with such power on other minds. We are
aware of the fact, that the evil sc, obtains
in many institutions; but it mus, be re-
membercd, that The moral system is ofre-
cent adoption, and the construction OF ma
ny buildings will not allow proper classi.
6ca,ion. But on no question concerning
fhe Insane, is the testimony moro decided.
Ip Tuke's Introduction to jacob, the mat
ter IS aisongly SO, forth, But why quote
authority! &c this Institution continues 10
be, as il was intended, an Asylum for all
classes. the obligation is imperative TO
place il in proper condition; and your
Committee, eonceiving that no considera-
lions should proven. rhc,n from expressing
steir real opinions, arc the less reluctant to
do 50 in this instance, as they believe 1.-THE
only means of removing the evil. With
The full blaze OF lish, around US, j, cannot
be believed thai it will be permitted to con-
iinue. The day has passed, at least in this
country, when the opinion Of the Ancien's
ia TO be received, thar insanity is special
curse of the Almighty; ,ha. nothing bu,
80 - ----s, crnsl punishmenis await the un-
fassuuotc Yicn. .. aud ;14' II q ?.arN -
al.emg, laei; 49, -anlr 81 rrmayp. Zee.
Ge,a,ls ot cias>ii, ''on w,li unt he II.