New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-13

victors belong the spoils, vhether tney cpns"A VI
lands. dollars or the lives and bodies OF men
Wonderful Financial Property - A ErcefleHf
Example 10 Illinois. MlssissiPPi, Michigan DC
I The finances Of MASSACHUSETTS are in good con-
dition. The receipts during ls47' including s-ot'
of balance on hand, on the ist day Of that year
amount to s5os 800; the expenditures 70 s47s,'9o
/ leaving balance in Treasury eoo's35
I In this State. and in Pennsylvania and Ohio,
balances of over h,a million, in some cases, and
very near that amount in others are KEPT on hano.
and the pubic are told IN January how hnahcie'
ustters stood on the 10th Of Sept IN NeTfork'
! although It would be easy to present the returns
% the end Of the year, IS they do in hent1cky
and asssechuse.ts. There is corps Of officials
up At Albany, equal 10 our caslom-Hoose estao
| Hshnent a. il .tood twenty years since
The State owes ouly sl,147,3Oo being tor its
stock il the Western Railroad which Is very
yslaable snd productive Investment Its snare''
taken st 100 are now worth lOi. The State mas
become security for certain Corporations out II also
took care 10 prevent even the possibility oil puoH'
loss
uha,s Western Railroad Sinking Fund OF $780,
400 q School Fund of s345, 200 and some others.
In Maine, il owns 800 600 acres OF land the reve
me frorn which ia to be given in aid Of the Public
Schools.
There is no State tax imposed upon the people
because there is no need OF IT.
Let the prudent financial management public and
private. in Massachusetts, and Connecticut the re-
.nl, Of popular Government with an educated con
stitucncy actuated by correct principles be COM
pared with repudistion and bankruptcy IN Mi'sis'
ippi. Michigan, Illinois, &c, where the advantages
of public instruction and representative govern
ment are less known and appreciated. Yet Illinois
is the richest State in the Union as far as natural
wealth and resources are concerned.
The State Prison at ChGrlesto~n-
Thi. institution is under excellent management
II more than defrays its expenses. the oihcers
salaries included; and in nearly three years, up to
October last ONLY one DEATH occurred among $50
prisoners Only s35 were expended last year Tor
medicines to 376 prisoners, not one Of whom died
or became insane There is library OF 500
volumes and we hope it will soon be q1adrupled.
The more frequently place the children OF crime
ia the company Of the wise and good, through a
choice library the less chance there is for their re-
lapse into evil courses
In his report the Warden says,
There has been no teah, no escape, outbreak. no
resistance OF authority but few violations AZ the re-
guisons and Discipline Ct PRISON, during the year
Order Industry, good and kind feelings. have been the
rule, ana III condu; OF any Kind, only the exceptions
Let the discipline OF this prison be compared
with that Of those at Auburn aud on Blackwell
Island while under the sn:idemocratic rule OF Loco
Focoism as dsgueueoy ped IN the last Report oil
the Prison Society Of this City. VIII not the
startling contrast bring blush to the cheek of the
careless and the guilty
la Auburn the most cruel punishuents were in
licted many stripes human beings were beaten
to death or closely confined and fed with rotten VIC
tlals till pestilence was generated Of which they
/ became the victims. In Massachusetts not a man
/ las been logged for years, there has been no
deaths no cruelty no insanity, no discomfort. I'M
prisonment las been but forced attendance at
( public school where bad men were cared for, in
s,fuc,ed and made better and wiser.
The Lunatic Asylum is under like excellent
management with the State Prison and the results
are very gratifying. Gov Briggs asks,
what citizen Of Massachusetts, lock upon this ex-
ceicut uion hch has been the means Of restoring
aue. AID order 10 50 many distracted minds ana troubled
I
unhappy and desolsie families and not feel patriotic
pr De- IL REMEMBERING that MS evn State 50 early an 50
literally disbursei lie acs in providing an as iun and
remedy for the miserable
Common SchOors-EdHcdtion
That parent (saf the Governor) ho refuses T. send
his children 10 the school established and opened IN MS
neghbJrhood. does 10 those children cruel in Jsce ana
commits fragrant wrong upon the community and STAT.
lie NAV be allowed make his home the dark abode
~ gn0rsnce snj stupidity - those children ntfusted =
his by Providence but surely he mas 40 fsht when
49, tt. HrN
ard women to corrupt, by their example or t.tufb
us peace by their crimes IL IS alike the interest Of the
individual and Of me public, that every chtd within The
limits Of the Commonwealth should receive tre priceless
blessing Of = Common School education
Our District schools ihs intellectual att moral
nurseries OF the State II cultivated with and XII,
that and kin viii be rewarded by maturity Of rich
ard precious fruit, II neglected an len 70 make Their
way up Ia tho midst q brsrs and thorns, and, without
Protection exposed 70 The yicsstuies OF the seasons
stated aud ~ ssFate growth VIII render them Incapable
OF bearing fruit al a or, II any appears VII BE- worth
less.
Our three state Normal Schools s-e IN successful ope
ration. They sending into different parts Of the
State wcqualinef teachers. These schools @ilh their
natural a1xi-fles teachers institutes. held under the
patronage of the Lcs te and under the direction Of the
Board OF Education, inspiring the youog and
OF the Sisic Who engaged, about TO be
engaged In the responsible and honorable business OF
teaching. With desire for improvement. and ambition
10 excel worthy Of ihe great work upon which they hs'e
entered.
W hht u H'bto MhtsttAuscAtr presents
to the Union Compare her refusal to submit to
pay foreign tribute in &c with her generous pro
test against making feeble foreign state our trib
utary, our Ireland in s7. Shall We establish new
States 10 be, like her without debt or slaves bat
containing liberty loving, high-minded race, edo
Gated, united intelligent, courageous, Persevering,
illustrious in their annals and just to ALL fall be-
hind even European despotism. by extending to
reluctant peoples, at the price Of the best blood in
America the institutions OF Texas, Arkansas, South
Carolina and Mississippi The evil and the good
are before US, as a nation and may Heaven incline
our Government to the right path so thst the Union
may cease to be the iiucsry Of serdom 10 any race
Publisher Nii.eries.
W. find the following in the EreniHg Post, and
presume it is original there's leaf from daily