Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-01-12

NAef tAF GANAAFHaAN ulNHEAtt OF =
common education. Institutions OF this char
aeter have btsn established ia several Of our
sister States. and in every instance have pro
dueed the most. salutary results.
The reports Of the trustees snd nf the SD
pernteRdent', furnish full uformaiion Of The d
beneTolent Institutions.
The rrplirs and improvements at the Luna /
tic Asylum, which were authorized by sppro.
lpnations at the last session Of the General As |
'eniby. are nearly completed. and promise 10
add gre ally to the eonfor ofths patients. ard
IN the end 10 dininish the expenses Of the in. /
sJi'ution.
The great increase NJ pupils in the Institu-
ton has satisfied me that the time has arrived
for the erection Of a new building. with ade.
Iquste room and suitable recommendations
The site Of a new ejiGcs has been sub.
jcet Of frequent discussion 1t has bees sng-
ges,eS by many that the Institution should be
lIer'nved into the country. and the present
buildings and grounds, which are now almost
in The heart Of the city. eVenlually sold
To this proposition the present and late Su.
'penntendsnts have been strongly opposed -
Their experience in tha education ofths deaf
aud dumb gives great weight 10 their opinions
NFPNNfsstg - eoAAC VI khtul ltah On GeuCAllDHhi
grounds.
would submit to yonr consideration the pro.
priety aud iu"tice OF giving to the Board of
Trustees suitable compensation for theirser-
vices. The labor which they are required to
perform, and the responsibility imposed upon
them, are Too great to be performed gratHit-
ousy.
There is class Of persons. with equally
strong claims upon cur sympathies, who 10 not
seem to be placed within The range or beheh
eial operations OF these institutions. | allude
to the imbecIe and idiOtic, of whom there is
said TO be large number in the State
ldioey and insanity until lately, we're con-
founded, 50 far at least as any efforts we're
made for their amslioration and relief. The
proper distinctions are now observed, and each
/ class Is found amenable to different modes Of
r treatment.
' Idotcv is underst ,od to consist in an impaired
8 condition Of the powers Of the mind, and an en-
: tire want OF the reasoning faculties. Persons
thus afflicted are not responsible for their acts-
and must necessarily, therefore, become pab,
+ he or private charge.
o Possessing muscular force, some traces Of
e memory, and the powers of imitation, they are
!. capable of being trained to perform many Of
: the necessary duties OF life.
: Our common Schools, from their universal
\ diffusion, located as thev are in every neighbor-
: hood, and distributing their bealthfu influence
II TO every family, should always he regarded as
among the very first objects Of Legislative
II care. They have not inaptly, at times, been
Y styled "the peoples colleges and are certain
n iy the palladium and most eiIectual defence Of
OF our ree Institutions.
Is The New Constitution makes it imperative
o on the General Assembly, "to make ench pro-
l. visions by taxation, or otherwise, rs with the
income arising from the School Trust Fund,
N will secure a thorough aud efficient system oI
s. Common Schools throughout the State
N In accordance with this requirement Of the
{, Constitution, the last General Assembly, with
D. almost entire unanimity, passed a law recon
structhg our educational system, -clcvstng
10 its STANDARD, extending its usefulness. and
4 impar,ins to it a greater degree OF etficien-
$, cy.
/. 1t is claimed by the friends ofthe system
W thus created. that the new features engrsftsd
" upon it, are decided mprovements;--in per-
p feet accordance with the educational progress
ir Of the age, and The educational demands Of our
rapidly increasing population
" In a Republic, like ours, founded as it is on
il the virtue and intelligence of the people Al
" large, thu thorough and efficient education o
T. those whs are soon to assume the duties and
responsibilities of government in all its depart
is rnents is essential to the healihful existence o
$. the government itself and cannot be neglected
l. without danger to the vital Interests Of our free
ID institutions.
e. The newsprovisionu Of the present School
or Law involving changes radical in their charac
ter, must necessarily produce, for time, mucf
as embarrassment and Inconvenience, and in Gomr
Of instances il may be, actual oppression. Blu
e. most OF those being ofa temporary nature, anC
to incident to almost every innovation upon lonL
ce established usage they should not impel the
a. General Assembly to hAsty and incOnsiderat
of legisla ion lest the present law may be, in
of short time involved in the same comple1ity an
confusion which under the former laws pro
mt duccd 80 much embarrassment
ist The annual assessment and levy Of two mill
d. upon the gr nd duplicate OF the State for sehOC
IS, purposes Is regarded by many Of the tax pay
he ers as oppressive and unnecessary. This lev
As however, is only half mill greater than tha
tn authorized by the former law.
Prior to the passage of the present law; tb
rr State levied half mill and County Commi:
al sioners were required to levy mill for schot
raj purposes, making total school tax Of oAe mi
'p- and ahalf Under the new law, both leve
m. have been uuitcd into one, and styled Stat
ed levy,
Ia Another tax which has borne very keavil
he upon the taxpayers The past year iS the on
he authorized to be assed by Township Boards ,
in Education for the purchase of school houses
The amount that has been raised for these OF
c'. jects is very nearly sslargs as that levied b
The the State.-lt is a tax that will not be requ
not red to be repeated. hover in the next fifteen
ca twenty years.
NO In the eIlnbliihment of all schSol system
The three objects should be constantly kept in vieV
ize --brevity, simplicity and the utmost degree
ecouomv that is consistent with the proper edu