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The banks but at greater speed withAhe less resis
lance from the water and without ininrF Indeed
the great dssiilraisg The case Of canai navigation
By steam, that Of 3ppying = il such manner as L
propel boat rapidly without encounterinx resis
lance and producing an injury propdrtioned % ID.
speed, may Be considered Is happily attained. And
with this vital point fairly The side Of the exper
ment, here * oiher mechanical difficulty TO con
tend with which Is not wholly subordinate and which
experiences and trial cannot be safely relied on as suf
fcient to overcome II fully successful As il prom
ses to be, il be used with equal eonvenience for
lcanal or lock and dan navigation, and will thereby
allow the most perfect fresdom 10 be exercised ia
prosecuting Tbs remainder 81 this improvement by
one or the other Of these modes exclusively ox by
blending them together and that 10 any extent Just
as the nature Of The roate or As considerations Of
convenience and economy may suggest. Whatever
the inal availability Of this experiment may be- It is
at least Of decided and deserved expectation and
has come forth n a moment Of great embarrassment
70 present new means AID TO inspire with new hopes
Of extricatioa and relief.
IL By lis msans, By any other means at our CON-
mand we can nish 10 the Ohio the Limp that IS be-
gun-can finish to the southwest the branch that
should long since have been executed there, and can
add 10 these the works which our northwestern peo-
pie require we viii have conferred upon the state
power ana beneit which the contingencies of the
future only can successfully exhibit Il may be true
that every highway in the northwest serves % pour
our owl wealth into the metropolis Of another Slate
but this is neither to be helped nor regretted for not
only do our own citizens profit By the connection but
we as Commonwealth, haye an ultimate national
interest in Baltimore, only less than hal which we
have in Richmond and Norfolk. Il is-pur interest To-
have stationed at the head Of the Chesapeake.
strong and under every vicisstode, Ireadiy power
bound to Us b poaon, BY feeling, and 81 ali The ties
Of business relationships With power there so al
lied 70 us By sympathy and interest, and with com
nercial highway resting at one end upon Hampton
roads, and reaching with the other through its divided
branches to the waters Of the gulf it IS amongst i'm
probable things that the command Of the Chesapeake
The maritime key Of the Commonwealthyw twill ever
be wre tied from Us BY foreign orr by hostile hands,
has"g brought @ The aoee Il the last legislature The
neaded u 10 coEsierationi did mol ishoIi
be sdhless TO one oiiny eieares an honorable alies
DID no preseat hagan. and again the care
the thought and the legislation 10 Nhsclf II is eninlhl
Neghts thus subject confessed, and e. cry ose feels
to he aud kHowsit 70 be, with The safe. Jss and engh
tened action Of popular government aud with all the purs
suits Of rational aud civilized man, and conseeraed 100 rs
has long been, by an Invipate prbsison Of oil our
permanent laws, q nevertheless sadly neglected ia our
uc co1nsels. aud year after IhTsk aside IL il
had no admitted ri ice amongst real and ffactica h,gs
Il would # the very provision which was made Tor
iis support yea ago by dong solnethpgi had thereby
intercepted Tie larger AMI mpte benefcieni provision
whieh 4 necessary q support and to Doursh arght.
satisfied - 4 would appear that something had been
daae the high~r aid boder eut, Of hng and
unl nohiag should remain be loie, Has long been
preteTnted and successive Legislatures have handed
down the existing PIN aad Of thefFw under pain.
i AMI accommodating proofs 0f their runpus insuceney.
Nhea Il Is considered thai this panof caunon education
has been near thirty years in exisIenceat its whole
machinery a-become perfectly familiar those who adj
Hnisei IT, aad whose duties Of administration enor
ced by penaies-a its defects have been correcS
ed perceived that material have
been introduced, and that every efficiency OF heh is
capable as been given 10 By is controlling head whose
system vigilance and htcity, which make him honor
4, the government have been long aud labori0u-y
devoted 10 the perfection VI Ills +gfeme hen this is
considered AMI u y consiiered a4o chat there is
every twelve ~ our grown up yfe popaatioa who
aeher read wre that w Of fifty one tlousan I'D poor
chdsea Tor whom THIS scheAe ls designed, Only twenty
eight ihousin have been ught thing 9t M and thai
these have been taught m average PERIOD Of hut sixty
ys dirnI he past yefe when these things
dered, VIII be sid a the uli il shciory That
il demonstrates cdadion 10 this branch bf public inter-
est and 10 the mefns a 10 il with which
the LEGISLATURE And the country ought 10 lie conieed Il
sixty days t9oh 10 hall Of The " ngenl' children
lof The siae the gsnd result which system
is able " accomplish alter many esrsof perseyerng
eflrsfo enlarge and perfect ns capacities, is little
morethan costly and ustve nulli'y WHICH ought ID be
abolished and apnIhet AMI better established in Us
Lpiase. Sup5osing entirely m9roha Be HAT the Leesa-
ure plTtakiHg 10 all res9ecs n the hopes and Interests
II the pubic, win regad duty ohtHue s. stem
wheh operaiesin sdeh iile stbsersioi Of oh they
are earnestly Invoke Ito once aspn The work Of
preparing better, Of preparing il WITH the Ultimate
AM comprehensive pIrplse Of ndin gaR iuiimens q
cheap 4 not Tree edeea ion e every chpd in the state
With the hops Ot aing llem this snhlec' respect
tse totlorfi NJ sst IN Ioi m a
our JOINT siock interpretations The principle of these
.ncorPosaans ms alrsa " been lopfed, ex-
tent 20 the esib shnent Of district schools and The
IS no reason whatsoever. eher sscaalive or pracira
why 4 may not he inst as well applied the support
schools generally as 10 he support of any otter purpose
OF public concern No other purpose brings palic aad
private lnieres into asou union with each other
.hahnai primary edira ION, could better justify,
maj grOun union of their snpporI. Ga Ill
binary cases Of Joint stock associations are the
psraers Of the State anlto them tie larger and
ofeoulse the controlling power is assigned!
10 thscase 4 i sugg 6ed III counties should lake the
place Of individuals aud that The will these counties in
AZ me material points oi.e Partaer.hp relation should
De declared by the persona resd M te who tax
payers 70 the revenue fire lie. Let these persons
term'ne by general vote. wh.ther they agree TO any
loint stock co-opera2n with the Stale for such purpose
aud after agreeing lei their right o proong er 10
discontinue the arfageuie AT er pleasure. Let The
State its part and in Tie ii 81 place ete,Anns upon the
which is willing upon ts an n oDr m, ate an
sy for common education; lei it tx the actionaI
share o. goihs Or any other which it is wiling give
and alo the whole 10 the eountes respectively, accbr
d'pg 10 thetr whsle population. When ibis done, lei
the county tax payers ofte revenue deci uaer
anihorliy law Tor that purD5se whether LEY will unile
with the & e upon the and r the obi .rs proposed
and wi, agree 70 raise hy seperde tax aon themselves
their share OF the funds required Shoad III or any Of
ne counties agree 10 DO authority should be given for
tue eeiion by general vote, or Tor the nDp iImeat in
some other tnrm Of several persoas who with APP
pointed on behalf q the stle. should constitute local
directory, with iu power to Iake charge Of lie mini
lands and g carry into effect under is super Of
some general board superintendent The whole pIan
aid object for which these funds were intended 70 The
eouRtes WIN decline This plan Of evaporation the onola
d the literary laai now allotted them should be conf
wi these general elements Il Il beieyea ,lai system
u2onihs subsct can be formed ifhh win he moi
than the and
forme Ter Internal cheeks which will ee tasy protect
aga ret harsaes abuse and want Of local alaplion-
by assoc ans the people III the several COON les as IL liz
proposed to do responshlv and intimately " IN the pov-
eminent in support aud imiai,rati m rn schools
not only will the general sihlecl Of n he kent alive
~ ne proper and ouniain head hu the &C u educon Of
every resting lon er uon The foo ne Of parental
duly alone will ca lie claned AMI contende far ne
legal right; Shout the legislature regard The plan sug
grsse WORTHY any attempt on H. part 10 elaborate Il.
into system, principal eadon Or il IS the ease
with which cln be rerIed INTO one I'll free enca
ION: and i y hoped whaieker he ga : n WHICH
may he thou t bes 10 begii Iaf no hi II les wise pa
roic and perfect fhaa Tins will be ihdns M af for ms final
and crownng result. Lei yaur ;, stem OF Or mary e,e.
sA, -h supported BY the funds aud d erie by The
vigilance Of al lie Tree % ail and II will M found AZ lsi
not only u be tle cheapest and the best i the sres Of
any n extfnguish lat SPIN II exclusive the ed
TN "i psi = cefln 10 tnspire, aud 10 flourish
nonssi our people, from Their earliest youth all the mpa
hies OF mutual interest and Dependence. let he free
and the poorest aud desplae child in The Sase will
have wry 10 your laws which moth ne can wrest IRON
his hsnds, and never viii your fall po him Tor
vice be 80 egIImdts-never demand thai he shall
submit himself inf YOUR sake pains and dangers and
ieaih sell. uIih 20 perfect right as when You hare
singbl him his Of heplessness and minister
ell 70 bis want and hate pit from his mind OF
the heaviest ard beres steuons whiea oEphanage and
poverty briHg. "
Ia on wiIh tis general subject Teaammend 10
he and the ,siefiag iesaliIy of the Legislature
1t "a.