Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-05-14

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portance of ventilation, vaccination, sew
erage, and registration. And then in
speaking of the benevolent Institutions Of
the State of Michigan. be proceeds to say:
"The various eleemosynary institutions
of our State. existing. prospective and de-
mauded, should be objects of our associate
and personal attention as members of the
community to whom are especially revealed
the necessities OF the unfortunate. The
sightless eye, unconscious ear, silent
tongue, and stolid brain are oftener in our
presence than other mems: Faltering age
and infrmity have learned to accept our
careful consideration. The maniac's raw
ing calls louder for our sympathy, the de-
mented moan sounds oftenest in our ears,
and 'the poor we have always with US
In the case Of each of these classes. the
people generally wait for urgent appeals
from some of OUR number before any seps
are takSn, and they will listen as attentive
ly as their cupidity will allow. to the sui a.
BILE councils Of the profession, in provid-
ing the means Of sustaining he body and
developing the mind. With grateful ac-
knowledgements in behalf of the needy for
tie libsrality which has been partially de-
veloped, let us continue to plead earnestly
for sarly and perfect completion Of the sev.
eral asylums and schools in progress. and
for the addition of all that are Necessary.
"In behalf of the inmates of our several
County Almshouses and of those who re-
quire Temporary aid, we implore your kind
commiseraIion. You have Witnessed The
abuses which they often suffer at the hands
of s;ingy nrundungas politicians. who ex-
pect to win the favor of the tax payers. by
starving the dependent TO the las. point Of
vitality. and il sick or decripid employing
the cheapest self styled or will do doctor
at traitf which compels him in self pro-
lection to smother, even the feeble trace of
ability or conscience he may p"ssess.
"Povery is not always associated with
criminalliiy. Incidence or improyldence,
and ono should not cease to demonstrate
against the systems, by which petty ty-
ranls insult community, whilst 'superin-
tending their moral 'bellers' doling out
heart crushing neglect ins end Of pubic
charity.
"a Physician who would not act The
good Sama itan would be unworthy # lie
name, IN any age of medical his ory. But
1t 10 no charity TO make a business con iact
with wealthy Public, which will cripple
eur private welfare or personal benevolelce.
He is not worthy of fellowship OF apology
who will not do f eely. or demand respec.-
able living compensation for doing rightly.
When Supervisors and 'Superinlendens
of Poor wish US 10 mingle with the parti-
zans of narrow systems, natural born doc
tors and supelanuaied 'fosies, in bids for
pecunIary acknowledgements. lei US keep
our hands clear of The matter. rather Than
to insult science or abase phianihrophy BY
accepting halt pay for half performance.
"Nor does our dulies lie in silence hid
ing the injuries and iniquity which are
heaped upon the helpless. Reasoning and
expostula ion nlay not be innocently with
held, from false notions of mUdssiy. The
existing laws of the State, by which the
Board of Super, isors' are screened from
paying bills for medical attendance and
witness fees. except as their caprice may
dic.a:e, are disgrace to our Safe consti-
tuition and should be corrected.
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| "Fmaly. Gentlemen! whether we min
lister in the bedizened chambers IF city,
or under the bark roof of the wilderness,
to he lapesried surfeer or the brawny
laundress, our moments of leisure from
the mechanical duties of our art belong
not to tie sporting field or saloon. The
mazes of fashion and the excitement Of hill
arity should not diver: OUT best energies
from benevolence. in Its most simple and
its most complex operations. Wien our
associate labors and our amicable greetings
are brought to a necessary close. may
each. invigoraed by this zeal inspiring
rest. haste with alacrity upon the higLway
of another year TO secure the exalted pur-
pose of our being, heaping up wealth
"Where cankerng rust can never dim the crown,
Nor prowling thief rouse virtues pous Irown,
Nor moth, nor age assail through an eternal span,
Tn angelic treasures of the yirtuoGs man.