Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-04-11
From the Providence Journal.

INSANE ASTHMA committee Of the
association, incorpogated for the estab.
lishment of the Rhode Island Asylum
for the Insane, have made an appeal TO
the citizens of this State for a subscrip-
ton OF forty thousand dollars. This sum
is required to comply with the condition
upon which the large donations already
offered to the institution can be made
available for its establishment. As the
: community have already been informed,
<hesc donations consist of the large be-
quest of thirty thousand dollars, given in
his last will by the Hon. Nicholas Brown,
and the munilicent gil of forty thousand
dollars offered by our fellow citizen, Cy-
rus Butler, Esq who wishes, before his
long career Of successful enterprise shall
close, to see a portion of his fortune so
invested that his usefulness may not
cease with bis life.
The condition under which Mr.. But
Ter offers his liberal donation is reasona-
BILE. He desires to interest the commu-
nifty generally in this great undertaking,
for success can best be insured by a
large number Of patrons aud irlepds. II
aAo judiciously determines the surest
means of ascertaining how extensive and
decided is the appreciation which the
people Of this State give to the enter
prise.
Will the response to the request be
prompt and effectual 7 We shall not
doubt if we remember that there are,
according to the census Of 1910, at least
GIG insane persons in this State, and
that considering the result Of medical
treatment in Insane Asylums, we cannot
escape the fearful conclusion, that two
thirds Of these unhappy persons continue
insane because their more favored neigh
bors have neglected them because ,re
hare neglected them. Shall this neglect
continue
To raise SO large subscription, unu-
sua efforts must be made. But this is
probably the only important loca benevo-
lence, in which the whole community is
interested, that can come before us for
many years, as our institutions for educa-
ton are good, and our blind and deaf
and dumb arc so few in number that they
must always resort TO other States for in
struction.
Who must, who ought to aid in filling
this subscription Every citizen is in
,erested, every citizen who has ability,
must aid Assurances have been re-
cevcd from friends in other parts of the
State that they are ready but tho in
habitants of this city must remember that
with them rests the ability and the duty
Of furnishing more than three lourths Of
the amount required. Some Of our more
wealthy citizens have indicated their in
tenlions to subscribe literally but it is
not the few, it is the many, who must
unite, il this work is to go forward as it
ought. Ii the rich give nobIy Of their
abundance, those who have compe-
tence must initiate their example.
The terms of the subscri pton are, that
it be completed by the FIRST of October
next, and the money paid within six
months after that is, before the first day
Of April, l845.
Let every one determine n his own
mind what he ought to do; so that, #
called on by the committee or their
agents, he can answer at once or, what
is better, let him forward at once to the
committee his subscription, not deeming
that if il be small it is not wanted, f0r The
cnse is fa1. 0IheruiSe