The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-12-11

InsjoIiIy Ol. PsisOBs ShVse ,dJIy II P'olesses
10 point out.
| That purtioa. which relates 10 forming and
altering Districts from two OF more townships,
and The po,uoH providing ioF tix'ng sIes aud
levylng luxes Tor building aud repairing
schoul- houses, and the supporting OF schools
beyond the means suplhled 10y the yrgiuus
school funds, is ObscUEe aRt OF uscerlam I'M
port, the cause Of mochseriGus complaint aud
lruuble, aud bcgets much dislike 10 the whole
sysl'm.
| would recommend TO your consideration
the propreiy ul a thorough revision 0i all The
statutes on The subject, su as to make them
pain 10 all, and ellectual 10 lhe uccomplsh>
meni Of the objects desired.
On tie 2S,h Of September, 1850, Cun-
gIess passed \ Law gaming to each Sale,
for sp cited purpose, l'ie swamp or over-
flowed iHnds within its borders, still belong
! ing to the General Government, which will
be made the subject Of a special message
The difficulties in relation to the Western
Reserve School lands, have been during the
season settled, and engrossed lists obtained
from the Department of the whole number nt
acres claimed These lands have been b,Uh
into market in pursuance of the law, and have
met with a rapid sale, making an addition to
that school fund, and niiordiug the pleasing
prospect of considerable increase 10 the
lpOpulalion, Improvement aud wealth of the
several counties in which the lands are siu-
Ialed.
The several Benevolent Institutions have
jcen conducted through The season, it is be-
llieved, in a manner generally satisfactory 10
all concerned, aud with such success as does
great credit TO the State, and confirms the
wisdom and we'll directed beneVolence Of
jIh, Legislature in their establishment.
h has FOR several years been manifest that
The Lnnalic Asylum, even at its present
size, was insufficient 10 supply the wants Of
the people of the State. The Directors and
Superintendent Of the Asylum have, in three
successive annual reports, called the altcn-
ton of the Legislature TO this subject, and
recommended that The incipient steps he ta>
ken for the erection Of one or mOre like in>
sti!utions in different paris Of the State.
The following quotation from their last re-
port will show the opinion ot those 10 whom
the oversight Of the Institution has been en-
trusted by the General Assembly:
"Fhe Directors Of The Asylum have more
Than once heretofore adverled 10 the coming
necessity Of making further provision for The
insane of The State by the erection Of two
additional Asylums, s,-one in The Northern,
and the other in the Southern part of the
State"
BY report Of the Superintendent, made
January l8, lS49, in answer to n call Of The
Senate for information on that subject, it np-
pears tha, The number of applicants for nd
y y mission then pending, which had been pOst'
poned for want of room, was one hundred
and forty five. This mum er must be far
too small 10 comprehend all there are in the
State who need The aid which it was lnten
ded by the Institution 10 bestow. This can
not be remeded without turning al large all
y the incnrables, and probably not even then
; as the number Of this class is much less than
the number of insane in the State who are
out. Then, but few Of those incurables can
: be discharged with any safety TO themselves
or the public. But WHY turn any away?-
y They can be supported there cheaper and
more comfortably for themselves and theil
y friends than they can be any where ese.-
= : The average number in The Institution dur
y ing the year ending November Is, lS40,was
three hundred and tDcnty three, while in the
previous year one hundred and loIty five ap-
: plications for admission had heJn postponed
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long shall citizen of Ohio who applies the
c State Benevolent Institution for The admis-
u sion Of husband or wife, a father or moth
er. son or a daughter, be turned away with
The heart crushing answer There is moi
room?
In the year lS49, the Legislature oI
u Massachusetts appointed committee ''lo
y consider The whole subject connected with
y insanity in the Commonwealth" That
: committee, after careful examination of the
). :. whole matter, reported the whole number Of
u the insane in that State to be fifteen hundred
and t,celpe-toal in tho five Institutions for
d this purpose in the State there is satisfactory
4 provision made for eight hundred aud ffiy-
3 three patients tina; sixty patients are pro
3 vided for al private asylnms- that no suita.
$ ble provision can be made for the insane in
the county jails--and that six huudred Of the
fifteen hundred and twelve insane persons in
that State aie nnprovided for in any ylum
; devoted 10 that purpose. Tint committee
2 having thus ascertained the destituion of the
, afflicted, with a prompitude honorable TO
, themselves and worthy Of their STATE, recon
, mended the erection of such buildings as
would provide for the wants of the people.
If The snme ratio exists here as in Massnchu-
sets, there must be over four thousand in The
State, and more than three thousand six
hundred for whom there is no provison.--
But whether the same ratio prevails here or
not, il is manifest that there are very many
who cannot receive the beneits Of our pres :
eut Asylum, spacious and we'll conducted as
il is.
There is one other feaiure Of this matter,
which. according TO the present law, seems
Ito require some attention. The law requ-
res, that before person having family can
be admitted as a State patient, that il shall
be shown tina, his properly, afler dednclihg
debts, is worth less than one thousand dollars.
II may with great proPriey be asked. why
compel any ons 10 pay for going into his
} own house7 Has not the whole property Of
the State been taxed 10 build the house, and
do moi all pay in proportion 10 their property
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