Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-01-15

become fond Of il. The desire e
learn increases. Il The foundation
be laid in youth, every ons OF eithel
sex, as g general rule, and 10 any or
dinary condition, may become pos
sessed Of a common English educa
tian, may - intsllieent snd intelieetuai.-
There is leisure suf5oient from the employ
meat Of al II the 6ispo5itiou ezist. The Gen
eral Assembly might dc much 70 improve oui
common schools and TO promote the cause o
edueatioa, by providing for suitable libraries IL
every school district, such as would be adaptes
10 the capacities and tastes Of youth.
IN Massachusetts every school is furnishes
By the State with WehstsE's Dictionary, n.
the standard work of orthography aud pronun
citation. 1he same is recommended by com
rnittee Of the New York Legislature for the
Empire State.
1t is admitted to be the most valuable worn
Of the kind extant BY the learned men both
here and in Europe; and its general use IN
our schools would break down all provincial
isms, soto speak, and produce uniformity and
elegance in the use Of our language, Words
would then be used by every one in the same
sense, in which they are defined BY that able
photographer.
Much might also be done by the General
Assembly to encourage Literary taste, BY small
aid, from time to time, for the purchase Of
books, periodicals and newspapers for perma-
nent literary associations, lycecms and clubs,
in cur cities and towns. It would certainly
have tendency to prevent dissipation BY the
desertion Of places tending to immoralities.
and cause young men TO store their minds with
useful knowledge and elevate themselves in
their own self-dignity and self respect.
Again. would say, let the masses be edu-
Gated. Send information and the means Of
instruction among all ciasses Of our people un-
able to provide it, and your jails will become
tenentless, and ycur peniten tiary greatly di-
minish IN its occupants. The songs of riot
and debancherY will be seldom heard in your
streets. and your Executive will escape the
constant annoyance Of parents, wives and
children, for some ignorant and disgraced. but
still cherished object, who has forfeited bis lib
erty to satisfy the claims of justice.
My predecessor, in his last aHnHai message,
Gmong other things, recommended thorough
revision Of the school laws. He remarks
"The law which now processes to regulate this
system has been IN force for many years. 1t
has undergone many alterations; is printed in
many different volumes of the Statutes, and is
thus made difficult to be found, and still more
dificult to be understood by the great majority
Of persons whose duty il processes to point
out-n
fully concur with him in opinion, and the
entire subject is earnestly and respectfully re-
commended to the early and deliberate consid-
GRAFTON of the General Assembly, with the foil
conviction that the people Of Ohio will cheer
fully submit TO any reasonable burthens that
may be imposed, in aid of the school fund, and
which shall be faithfully applied to the purposes
Of common schools. believing as they Justly do,
that it would relieve them from other burthens,
In measure, which are now levied to secure
the faithful and prom Jt administration of pena
laws.
Another subject Of very great consideration
and regard in every humane and sensitive com
munity, Is that Of suitable accommodation for |
the insane, blind, deaf and dumb. The Con- |
stitution declares that institutions for these |
unfortunate classes in socisty shall always be /
sostered and supported by the State. or the
management OF these institutions, the past
year, there is no complaint. Tkey have been
eonducted with ability. integrity and skill
For full particulars, must refer you to the
several reports which have caused TO be laid
before you, and recommend them to your con
sideration, and The institutions to your liberal
support. Neither is believed, by any means,
to be adequate for the accommodation Of all
that common justice requires should become
1tsinmates. Accommodations for the insane
are wofuiy deficient! 1t is certain that but a
small portion of those equally entitled, can BEL
received into the Lunatic Asylum for want of X
room. For this cause, al1ne, numerous appli-
cations, and not unfrequently attended with
distressing circumstance, are rejected.
1t Is believed by those who have paid atten-
ton to the subject, that insanity has increased
over previously existing periods, within the
last few yssrS; the reason for this increase does
not appear to be well aseertained, but when il
is shown, 6y the most in.ontraFertible statisti
cal tables, that so large proportion Of those
who are received at an early stage of the dis Z;
ease, at the Asylums, provided with suitable :
accommodations, and treated with kindness !
and care, entirely restored, every feeling of
humanity, and, certainly, obligations of duty [
70 tins unfortunate class Of our people. should +,
prompt uS to early action in their behalf-they
should be supported at the expense of the State,
and it is worthy, at least, of serious inquiry,
whether any one should be turned cut, as incu- s
rable, fer crnhnement in private dungeons, or j
the annoyance offriends. There may be hope ,
while there is life. This is proved by the re-
ports of every institution for the insane, Of
bong and respectable standing, throughout the {
entire Union. But if cure or improvement is
wholly out Of the question, the maniac is, new
ertheless, human being, and the community I
Is under moral duty, as far as practicable, to 7
relieve the evils of his condition. Ii
Experience, it is said. has shown, that large /;
numbers Of the insane should not be confined .
together. not even upon the same location, |
that il Is neither economical, nor the tenden-
ties beneficial TO the patients. 1t is believed,
BY those of intimate Acquaintance with Luna 9
tie Asylums, that they should be located in I
pleasant situations, with extensive. fields or
grounds attached, susceptible Of being adorned, Z
sultivated. rendered pleasant 10 the eve, and I
to divert the diseased mind from the r
nalaiy with which it is beset
Dungeons, jails and private cabins, are by
70 means, the locations suited to the recovery
" dTsoEderen intellect. and, while they are re-
ougnant to our feelings, their tendency to | c
gloom and sadness Is rather to confirm than re- !,
move the disease.
1t is supposed from ihe best information u
which conld he obtained, that there can he but e
little less than thirteen hundred insane per- q
Ions in Ohio utterly tsz7prouided for. n
1t is submitted to the General Assembly, ]
whether steps should not Immediately be taken u
or the erection nf two additional Asylums, in p
'ther sections Of the State, and to be so con- il
tructed that they may be enlarged, from time n
o time, as necessity may require. know of I
10 appropriation more to be justified by every :.
ceiling of humanity, and Of Obligation to our II
ellow-mea. N
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,, ever n
oremost in acts of charity and benevolence to :,
ne uniortunate, has within the last year, crea- !