The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-01-19

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system, aud its blessed opportunities made avafi-
able 70 all, regardless Of rank, or condition, or
persuasion. Il should aid the poor, advances
me rich, and make The ignarant wise.
Ieonfidpntly anticipate for ii, a day of great
er perfection and wider inAuence No better
object can engage the attention oil government,
or consume its means, than The education Of the
people in the most comprehensive sense of the
term embracing the use Of letters, the cultva-
ton OF the moral faculties, and the diffusion Of
christian truth. In this we have the surest
guarantee for the perpetaity Of our republican
government, and for the enjoyment Of civil
liberty and religious freedom. Sueh an educa-
tion NAV be safely claimed as the most potent
means Of preventing crime-of increasing lndI-
vdoal happiness and national dignity-of pro-
noting christianity and civilization--of rxtir-
patng moral and political eyiIs---ol elevatlng,
diguifqing and adorniug our social condition.
Cur various charitable and refoFmaory nsti-
tutions-so creditabIe to the State, and which,
in their practical operations, nave done SO
much for the relief OF suffering humanity Twill
claim the continued care and bounty OF the
Commonwealth.
The State Lunatic Hospital at Harrisburg,
under lis present efficient control and manage
ment, meets the just anticipations Of It's wise
and benevolent advocates. lis humane and be-
nignant agency in amploFaiing the condition
Of the unfortunate class for whose relief it vas
designed, can be Judged by no ordinary stand
ard. The benefits OF such an institution rise
above all mere pecuniary estimates. It's pnr-
poses address themselves to the best and no.
bsst feelings Of our nature, and can only be-
rated at the price Of human hope and human
reason.
A somewhat dssimlar, though not less meri-
torious Institution has recently been established
n Philadelphia, for the mental training Of the
Idiotlc and ths Imbeci!e. The astonishing re-
suits it has ALREADY achieved in developing and
nvigoTating the weak and clonded intellect,
should secure lorit public confidence and pa
troHage It tcommends itself 10 the bounty aud
care fthe State.
The institutions for the education Of the
Deaf and Dumb. and Blind, sill also need, as
they Justly merit, the usual annuity from the
State. They are in fouFishug condition, and
continue 10 bestow numberless blessings upon
the unfortunate beings committed TO their
charr-.
As scheme for correcting and retaining
wavward and offending youth, the House oi
Refuge stands pre-etninrut and is every where
gaining public confidence. lis general iHg,l-
ence upon tais class Of errIng creatures, is far
more eiiecual aHd tumaalZ!ug than that oil the
ordinary modes Of punishment. II takes charge
of those whose offences are often the result oi
circumstances rather than criminal intent who
fall BY the influence Of bad example, OF wicked
association, Of idle habits or animal necessities
or who sin brcauSe Of the utter want OF moral
and mental perception: who DO wrong, rather
than right because they have not the power to
distinguish between theal. For spca unioru-
pate beings, the House Of Refuge possesses the
aGgabtagrs OF restraint ard correction With
moral and intellectual training, as we'll as nt
instruction in the usual pursuits Of life, without
the disgrace and chilling influence of prison
confinement The results, therefore, often are.
that its inmates 60 back 10 society, cured OF all
moral detection. aad competent 10 fill The place
of correct and nsrtal members of community.
During the past sEumer, the magnificent strnc-
iure erected under the supervision OF certain beney-
oent gentlemen Of phadelp phia, as a new House OF
Refuge, was completed and thToUn open for public
inspection. Ihr capacity order. and arrangements,
IN every partcular, ol this admirable building, are
fully equal 10 The design Of lis founderS. II IS an
ioror To them and e' ornament to the beautiful city
in whci Il Is situated; and good effects 10
tpfe, under the systematic and wise discipline
which so emnoBtly distinguished its past manage
ment, VIII not be readily over-rated.
] a. western House o.! RUlIge, situate the banks
OF the OHIO river, short distance below Plttsbnrg,
| am gratihed 70 say, IS also completed and ready
Tor inmates. Though less imposing, to size and
capacity than lis stately compeer OF the east, il pos
seSses all the order, economy of space, ard perfect
adaptation to the purposes designed. that character
ize the costly Structure at Philadelphia and ii
is also believed to be quite adequate, size, to
present wants, while ii is built with express refer
TO future additions, should they become neces
sary.
Neither Of these buildings have, I presume been
erected without involving their projectors in Pecuni-
ary Liability and perhaps loss. The entire State has
deep interest in such truiy weTrouous institutions
and whatever relief can be gwen to them by the Le-
g!sature, consistently with the condition of the rea
suFy public engagements, should be eheeriuy
extended.
The interests of Agriculture are arGently com
mended to your Extensive and energetic efotts
havp been recently made to Disseminate correct in
formation concerHing this great pursuit and in this
way confer upon he farmer the advantages of a
scientific as well as greatly refined practical un-
derstandng Of the noble pursuit in which he IS en-
gagged.
The utility of a College, devoted to he science o
Agriculture, with model farm Observation-Disclosures
the principles of scientific cultivation OF the soil
and manual labor in that pursuit, would be joined tc
the usual academcal studles-has been strongly
pressed upon my attention. Its believed that such
all Institution be successfully organized, under
the aupces OF the State and County Agricultural so
cieties.
The practice adopted and maintained by the last
General Assembly, in reference 10 omnibus bills and
special lesIslation Improvement Of such value
10 commend itself as settled rule and conf
IDENTIFY Iust this salutary precedent may not be dis
regarded.
Obscurity, confusion and rnaccuracy in the con-
sfucion Of our laws, inroads upon private rights,
and ungnarded corporate privileges, litigation and
confusion il the Interpretation and admlnis ol
statutes, have been the fruits of loose and un-
guarded system OF legislation The evil has been
one of he greatest ma Goffttfla and the rp,nad,