The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-10-20

| lions, are yet in ne danger of being overra.
ted in our estimate of their importance.
am not apprized that any further ap-
preparation will be required in orGer TO
| complete satisfactorily the field labor of the
survey, unless, perchance, on making up the
| final report il should be found that some
facts were wanting to complete the chain of
evidence in regard to certain conclusions. so
that some flying excursions SHOULD be
deemed necessary To supply the deficiency
| If so, a small sum might be needed for the
purpose.
On the publication Of the final report such
form can be given it, and such provisions
made Tor its distribution, as may at the time
/ be deemed desirable aud expedient.
The report Of the State Superintendent of
Common Schools will Immediately he laid
before You. In regard TO that great interest
OF the State which forms the subject of this
| report, il is sufficient for me here to say,
that all the beneficial purposes and results
which it could reasonably have been expec-
ted should be accomplished at so early IA
stage of the common school enterprise, as
connected with our recently adopted system
Of supervision, ii is believed have been fully
realized. A very laudable degree of interest
for the improvement Of their schools has
been awakened among the people in many
parts ofthe State; deeper anxiety exists
among teachers TO secure a proper quali6ca-
lion for their work and the general impulse
has extended its quickening influence TO the
schools themselves, imparting TO their pur-
suits life and animation unknown and I'M
felt before. And cannot forbear earnestly
TO express my deep and firm conviction, that
| the hIO host and host nf h. IL.
manGs the continued maintenance of meas
ures calculated TO elevate the character Of
Our coLrmon schools, in view Of the vast in
fuence which these institutions must exer-
upon our unfolding and advancing destinics.
The reports OF the Trustees and Superin-
tendent Of The Vermont Asylum for the In
sane. which have been forwarded to me, ex-
hibit prosperous and flatiering condition of
that institution. Its buildings recently ercc
Ted are now completed. so that ample accom-
modatiens are provided for three hundred pa
] tents and il is giving. in the results Of ITS
operations, ample evidence that the beneGAc-
lions Of the State to it have not been unwor-
| thily bestowed.
During the year il appears that l97 have
been admitted into the Asylum, and l69
have been discharged. OF those discharged.
"a had recovered and "a were improved
There are now in the institution 99I, Of whom
! 1913 are benehciaries, sharing in the continued
munifcence Of the State.
1t cannot but be gratifying to the friends OF
humanity that The institution, free from debt,
and with accommodations so complete as il
now possesses, has entered upon a full and
unembdrasSed career of usefulness. and is
now, from week 10 week, giving back to So
ciety, 10 usefulness and 10 happiness, those
who had entered within its walls under the
darkening of mrd and SOUL the propensity 10
mischief, and perchance the ferocny, which
characterize the unhappy maniac. Or where
he cloud of darkness has settled parmauenr-
" down upon the soul of the unfortunate in
male, SO that in the bitterness of his uenta
ruin no such favorable result, as we have
supposed, can be realized, our humanity may
yet be corsOled by the reflection that ref
uge is afforded him The best adapted 70 his
condition, and the best calculated TO contrib
ute TO bis comfort and happiness. that be-
hevOlence could provide or devise.
But Vermont, aside from the interests
!" hich her domestic policy can reach and
guard, has others. growing out Of her rels-
lions TO the general government. OF high i'm
poriance. And these interests have been
deeply affected by The prominent measures
which, during the past year, have heen con
summated in the Congress Of The United
States.
Among those measures. and first IN the
train, j. that by which the institution of
slavery has heeu so distinctly reroe nized as
one OF the elements Of national policy. aud
adopted as one OF The objects Of the nations
care. BY thus proslituins the nations
power, aud applying its energies to the un-
constitutional aud unhalIowed purpose ofex-
tending the limits and increasing the polili- |
cal influence of this institutions, the govern
ment has encroached upon our own Just
rights. as well as committed an outrage up
on the moral feelings Of our citizens.
Against slavery itself. as a system wrong
in practice and wr. NJ in prime pie, Vermont
has taken the ground of rreconciabe hos
Utility; and she must and will continue to
maintain il. Educated under State consri-
tuition which breathes the spirit Of f. eedom in
every line, her people have deeply in bibeG
that spirit. In defending and maintaining
her position. she would infringe OH 10 con-
stitutional rights she would dissuade from
all lawless violence. Her adherence of
slavery will manifest itself neither in words Of
insolence, nor acts Of outrage. Ii is embod
cid in calm, thoogh stem and settled pur-
pose. earnestly to advocate the cause of hu-
man rights, and firmly and fearlessIy TO re-
sst any eDcroachment upon her own. And
this it is her fixed determination TO do by
" hstever means she can rishtfully and law
fully Command.
1t is true that the unjust measure alluded
TO has been consummated, and as one Of its
disastrous consequences already realized, we
have been involved in an unhappy war with
a neIghboriEg Republic. But il The past is
beyond retrieve. we still have duties to per-
form for The future. We have yet to Gu
gage in fresh conflicts. The measure al
ready cGnsummated, we are reluctantly
TO believe. is but one of a series Of
yet impending, designed to give to
the slave system still greater influence in the
general government, aud 10 secure the perpi-
iuity offs power. Encouraged by past sue
cess, slavery appears to be projecting
schemes for the extension Of her dominious
over yet wider space, and for an increase Of
he already dsproportionaie amount Of Po-
itical power conceded to the territory