The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-02-22
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81 1Tci itahe &IuhCilSs PicilSulS illsEtFuIlSt
fcrring to. our columns, from the,
Spartanburg Garolaa Spartan, Of
the 9th s,llt., the following conmu.
nication from N 2 Yalker, ESQ :.
who is 50 well and foyofably known
in our State from his exertinnsins be.
half Of. the deaf and dumb, and we.
cordially recommend his remarks TO
thcSserious attention Of the beneyo-
lent. h. 3 ~. 3 ..ss .5 .st.Ssi
In answer to the many questions
respecting the education Of tho blind
of.this State, / would say that it is
my intention to provide for them as
soon as possible.
/ trust that the parents and
friends of such cbildrenawill not re
gard it as a5want oftproper sympa.
thy, that we have heretofore bestow.
ed as much attention OH the blind,
as we have on the deaf and dumb.
|It.has been the want Of means to
prepare, suitable rooms and obtain
competent instructors. We now
think it possible, that we Inay:re.
ceive a class Of some eight or ten in
1854. We have a plan for build.
ing before us, Which, tits believed
when Genpleted, wilEmeet the appro.
baton Of the State, a copy Of which
Evil! he transmitted TO tho Governor,
and may he seen. I presume, in the
Secretarsis Office. Three thousand,
2fvesh hundred dollars has: toen placea
atmy disposal, @bich, it isssioTYsskh,,
Willsbuild the first wing. The
cost of the building will prtbass |, II Sss 9SSs
about ol9e ut, twenty-five thousand dollars.
In looking ever thsSEsSr,iio m re eftosla.
tset 4tlis dl1lerel Ietituti4ns efssthgi
lskilid sl'otssasi y Ii
tssses eee is d q sliispp itIois
"a ,siss
n,iities, &c, on such institutions,
thereby 4perpetuatinS their useful;
ness under the care of.tho State or
otherwise. :, zss,
This institution is, at present, pr.
yate property, but is mysintention,
atpoper time, to ask the State of
South Carolina to receive IT,. and
carry out the plan. NJ
In the mean time, should any citis
zen Of this or any other State, desire
to contribute in any form or amount
to aid, at once, the building con.em.
plated. even yet while it is private
property, we arc desirous that
they should be gratifcd, and that too
in a manner, that the same may be
applied to the benefit Of the unEor-
tnnate, and not toindividual interest.
I, therefore, propose that such person
or persons desiring to settle on the
institution any amount in any form,
forward the same to the Governor,
who is Chairman Of the Board Of
Commissioners, directing in what
manner such amounts is to be applied.
which will be publicly acknowledged
in the annual report which We pro.
pose henceforward to publish. And
for the better security of such gratui.
ty thus appropriated, until, this be.
comes State Institution, I will at
all times, keep, in the care Of some
proper person, Will, by which I
will place the Institution in q condi-
ton that the State can possess it,
through her Commissioners, within
five years from and after my death
they being, in that case. negotia-
tors between the State and my heirs.
Should | live TO petition to the
State to accent the institution, then
in that case, said Commissioners OIL
the part Of the State, and by my
consent, and pledge heretofore given,
shall have the right, as may be d.
rectcd By the State, to value the
property, and thcrcfrom deduct such
amount or amounts as may have
been settled on the institution by in.
diviluals.
| have thought proper to submit
this plan to the public, not because /
intend or believe it necessary to beg
individual subscriptions for the sup.
port of this institution, the wants of
which, have been SO promptly met
thus far by the Legislature of the
State, but omcct the wishes Of any
who may feel disposed, from their
abundance, by gratuity, to lend their
|.helping hand for the more speedily
uprearing Of perpetual S.etc lnsti;
tuition for the deaf, dumb and bind
of our State, and for all whose lot
may be cast with US.
Such individual aid would without
doubt, be appreciated not only by the
I3immediate6 participants, but also, to
those perhaps unborn
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