The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-01-12
WHOLE NO l476

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/ The great incTease Of pupils in the iusl-
tuition for the deaf and dumb, requires that
additional rooms should be provided ior
them.
A personal examination Of that Institution
has salislied me, That the tine has arrived
Z Tor Ihs sreetioB OF new building. with 3D.
4equats room aud suitable Accommodations,
/ Tho aie OF new eJsfce has been cub
jeet Of frequent d.srutsIoB. Il has been
suggested By many that the institution sho'd
be removed into the country, and the pres
cot building and gsqundr. which are now
almost in the hesn Of tho city, eventually
be sold.
To this proposition, the present and late
snperiBfendenls. have been strongly oppos-
ed. Their experience IN the education Of
deaf and dumb. glyes great weight To their
Z opinions. ospecisily ~ some Of them rest on
educstioual grounds.
n ! woold sabmit tp yoar consideration The
proprieiy aud ieeiiee Of giving 60 the board
iloEtrnsfeess saiisblo compensation for their
services. The lsbof which they are feqnif-
led 10 purform, aud responsibility imposed
upon themsare too great to be performed
grniaiton~ly. -
There Is class OF peEsoBs. with equally
strong claims opnp ~nr sympslbies, who DO
no. seem 70 be embraced within the range
or beneficial operations Of fkese institutions.
| sllude TO the imbeeile and id,siie. Of whom
there is said To be large nUmssr an this
State.
Idiocy and insanity, uoiiI lately, were con-
founded Sc fnr, OF least, ss sDy efforts were
made for their smelioration end relief. The
proper distinctions are nov observed, and
each class il found amenabls 10 different
mndes OF trestmeDt.
I Idincy is understood to coneist in 90 i'm
paired condition Of the powers Of The mind.
and an entire want Of reasoning faculties
Persons afflicted are not responsible for their
sets. and must necessarily. therefore, be-
lcome public or q private charge.
Possessing muscular force. some traces of
memory, end the powers OF imitation. they
are espdble Of being trained to perform ma
ny Of the duties Of life.
Our Common Schools, from their uDiver-
zeal diffusion, located ss they are in every
lneighborhond, and distributing their heath
\ ful influence to every family, should always
be regarded as the very first objects OF Leg
isIative care. They have not inaptly. st
times, been styled "the peopls's colleges"
aud are certainly the palladium and most ef-
feciual defense Of our free Institutions.
The new constitution mbkes IT imperative
on the General assembly, "to make such
provisions by taxation, or otherwise, ss with
! the income arising frem the School Trust
Fund, wh, secure thorough and efficient
system Of Common Schools throughout The
State"
In accordance with this requirement Of
the constitution, The last General Assembly.
with almost entire uhaHimi,y, passed law
ire-consiruciing our educational system, ele-
eaiing Its standard, extending its Usefulnese,
and imPartiug TO il greater degree Of efti-
cheney.
his claimed by the friends Of the system
thus created. that the new features engrafted
upon il. are decided improvements, in per-
fleet accordance with the educational pro-
gress of the age, snd the educational de-
tmands of our rapidly increasing population.
! In Republic like ours, founded as it is
on the virtue and intelligence Of the people
at large, the thorough and effectual educa-
ton Of those who are soon to assume the du-
ties and responsibilities Of government in
all its departments, Is essential TO the heath
ful existence of government itself. and can
, UDi ut lGClCu OohECt " hO wan
interests of ouI free institutions.
The new provisions Of the present School
Law, involving changes radical in their
character, must necessarily produce, for
time, much embarrassment and inconven-
ience, and In some instances il may be, ac-
itual oppression. But mos, Of these being ofa
Temporary nature and Incident 10 almost ev-
: cry innovation upon long established usage,
! they should not impel the General Assembly
to hasty and inconsideraie Legislation. lest
, the present law may be, in short time, in
!, volved in the same perplexity and confusion
. which, under the former laws, produced SO
much embarrassment.
/ The annual assessment and levy Of two
mills upon the grand duplicate Of the Stale
for school purposes, is regarded BY many OF
: the taxpayers as oppressive and unnecessa-
r rv. This levy. however. is only halfa mill
greater than that authorized by the former
{ law.
: Prior TO the passage Of the present law,
| the State levied half mill, and County Com
Q missioners were required 10 levy mill, for
n school purposes; making toinl school tax
S of one mill and half. Under the new law,
E both levies have been united in Que, and siy-
led State leyy.
: Another tax which has borne very heavi-
e ly upon the tax payers the past yesr, 10 the
8 one authorized 10 be assessed By Township
: Boards OF Education for the purchase oI
g school house sites, aud the erection Of school
: houses. The amount that has been raised
o for these objects is very nearly as large ~
: that levied by the State. II is a tax ihatwil
not be required to be repeated. however, in
I the next ffteen or twenty years.
+ In the establishment Of oil school systems
/ ,bree objects should be constantly Kept IN
3 view brevity, simplicity, and the utmost
n degree of economy that is consistent win
It the proper education Of the youth OF the
3. State. To attain these excellencies, howev'
e er. much time and experience, and careful
ID observation OF the working Of the system
are necessarily required.
I'd The grand duplicate has been greatly IN
te creased BY the re-valun,ion of the real estate
4 A lew of two mills for the ensuing year
ce wouJd produce one-fourth more revenue thar
IS was raised during the pas, year, under tht
OF same levy. No system can operate bench
10 cialIv that hears too heavily on the people
l;lI therefore recommend that the law be q
I'd modified in ibis particular as not 70 require
lh any increase of least, OF the amount nov
assessed BY the State.
The work on the new State House hai
le been carried on during The past year will
D. commendable Industry and Dispatch Th'
l. inconvenience and expense Of procuring
g suitable halls for the accommodation of th'
Is General Assembly, together with the pre-
T. sent insecurity Of the public records OF th'