The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-10-31
POLITICAL.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
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pears also, that reduction has been made
IN the terms of admission, by reason of tn
means which additional buildings hav
furnished for the accommodation of a great
er number Of patients, without the neces
slly OF increasing the number of officers o
the Asylum.
1t is an exceedingly fitting and importan
arrangement in the institution, that iacili
ties are furnished tor the employment o
the inmates in the occupations to which
they have been accustomed-the influence
OF which, with appropriate amusement, up
on their health, and as a means ofrestora
ton TO mental soundness, is apparent.
1t appears that the income, during the
past year, has been $751; IA more than
the expenditures; leaving, as general re.
suit, after allowing for bad debts, a small
balance in favor of the institution.
The report OF the Trustees bears strong
testimony to the judicious management OF
the Superintendent; to whose exerlious the
state is evidently very greatly indebted for
the success of this valuable institution, in
accomplishing the humane purpose of its
establishment
The appeal Mt the close of the report of
the Trustees, in behalf of the insane poor
Of the state. is worthy of consideration
There is no conceivable claim upon Chris
tan charity so strong as that which comes
from those who are destitute alike Of rea-
son, and appropriate means for its reStora-
ton. That claim, it Is feared, will not be
adequately met by towns chargeable with
the support and maintenance OF such poor
the furnishing them the means of resto-
ration to mental soundncss, or even of Il
meioraling their insanity in cases where
1t is supposed to be incurable, constituting,
under existing laws, no part Of the legal
duty OF the towns. Whether, if such du-
ly was imposed on them, it would result in
securing the needed relief, or securing il
as promptly ana eIltcuaIly as i, should he,
may perhaps admit Of question. sub
nit whether further provision should not
be made by law, for securing the benefits
ofthe asylum 10 The insane poor within the
State.
The term Of one OF the Senators Of this
state in the Congress of the United States
will expire on the third of March next. Ii |
will, therefore, become your duty 10 elect
a person to represent this state in the Sen
ate Of the United States Cor six years from
and after that time.
| have received from my predecessor
'undry resolutions of other states of the ,
Union, communicated to him with request,
hat they should be laid before the legsIa.
ture Of this state. shall make them the
subject of future communication.
Thus far | have called your attention to
subjects Immediately connected with our
domestic policy, and falling, exclusively,
within the range OF our State legislation.
But we constitute part OF another gov
eminent, whose action vitality affects Us, a.
1 community, and as Il member Of the
'onledcracy, 1t is proper, therefore, that
should devote some attention in this com.
to the questions connected
with the administration of that government,
which now agilate the country and de-
nand the attention of us all.
The question Of protection to American
abor aud capital, IN their competition
with the labor and capital Of foreign coun-
ries, is one which comes home to the bu-
,iuess and interests of the whole commu-
lity. The vast variety Of the soil and eli
nate of our country, and of the genius and
ncllnatlons of its people, plainly indicates
hat diversity of employment and pursuit Is
essential to the full development of its ca
'acsties for improvement. |, was a sense
IF this, impressed by the practical work
ngs Of foreign competition, that formed
eading motive TO The adoption of the con-
The more perfect union of
which that constitution was the bond, was
in any respect, more important
han in the means which uniform regula-
ions of commerce furnished for the cOun-
craction ofthe foreign policy which sought
o establish our workshops abroad, and
make our people tributary to the cheap la
Dor aud abundant capital of othe- conn-
ries. This purpose of the constitution
was carried out in the first revenue law
passed under it, whose trainers were care.
Iul expressly to declare, in ITS memorable
preamble, that the duties It imposed, were
aid for the Encouragement aud protection
Of manufactures. Aud if there is any pol
icy which, more than any other has mark
ed our history, it is the policy, Of which
that preamble was the earnest and the
pledge. 1t is under its creative power
that manufacturing establishments have
sprung up in almost every part of the
country, sending the pulsations of vigor-
Gus health through all departments of its
industry. We have, indeed, suffered un-
der occasional partial suspensions of that
policy, but they have served to show us,
what uninterrupted prosperity under it
might not have done-its indispensable
to secure adequate encour-
agement and reward to labor, a full devel-
opement of the nations faculties for i'm
and realization of the ben
efits derivable from the compact which
made us Zone people,"
In all the vcisitudes of the protective
policy, it has never, perhaps, passed