Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-10-16

regard to banks but also the present con
dition Of each one of those important insti
tutions. The country is at present bcndin.
under financial storm unsurpassed in
many years. Nothing can more certainly
prevent this crisis from becoming appalling
than firm conviction in the public mine
that the banking institutions, with whict
the wealth and credit of the community are
so Intimately connected, are perfectly sound
and reliable. Every possible precautior
should be taken that the confidence so long
bestowed by the public upon the Banks o
Vermont, should at tins trying period, be
both deserved and sustained. No surer
means can be adopted to preserve this con
fdence, If it is. as | am convinced, well
merited, than a more than usual thorough
ness in the examination and reports of their
respective conditions. II any imperiection
exists in the general laws regulating
banking, or III their enforcement and opera
tio1 in regard to particular Banks, the de-
feet ought to be promptly remedied and
widespread disaster will be thus happily
avoided.
Whatever you can consistently do to ell
evate the profession of Agriculture and pro
| mote that commanding interest Of our
State, which is the source of human sub
sistence and therefore lies at the foundation
of all other branches Of the public economy,
will, trust, receive your cordial approval.
The Report of the Superintendent of the
| State Prison will be laid before you, and
will L presume receive the attention which
the Importance of that public institution to
the wel-being of the State requires The
true aim of prison discipline is not, con
ceive merely to punish the offender, or by
| IN nnt tn Al him, fr,tn tbn
mission OF crime, but also by all consistent
reformatory means to prepare him for Il r.
entrance into society. | deem it worthy OF
, inquiry by the legislature, whether Il
greater amount of moral instruction than
| the prisoners receive under existing rcgula-
| tions, would not tend to advance the great
ends of all human punishment, the reform
alton of offenders and the preventatlon of
crime. In this connection, feel that
should be remiss in the performance OF my
duty, did not urge upon you the pressing
| necessity for some separate and peculiar
provision for the pun shment Of juvenile Of
tenders. Institutions for this purpose have
been established in many of the States OF
the Union, and from my investigations | am
convinced they receive the cordial support
of the communities where their influence
has been properly tested. believe the con
viction has become general in Vermont also,
that this subject demands legislative action.
Prosecuting officers judges and jurors are
frequently heard to express their perp,eXi-
ty how to deal with young offenders, the
law directing them to one cou5se. while their
sense Of right and all the best feelings OF
their natures prompt another. At present
child, when detected in crime, is either
discharged from motives Of pity, by which
ovo~rt;on fron, punishment he may he en-
colraged to continued course of guilt or
he is incarcerated in the jail or penitentiary
where the idleness Of the one and the In
fanny and dcpraved associates of both, rapid
| ly ripen him into the hardened and aban-
doned villain. Surely one or more public
institutions under the supervision of the
State, the future destiny OF which, Will In
some measure be affected by the character
OF each one Of the rising generation, some
wisely devised house OF combined correct
ion and instruction, adapted to lead him
back to the paths Of virtue and usefulness,
seems alike the dictate Of wisdom and hu-
manity. 1t is quite probable, that owing
to the fortunate lack of destituti1n and
crime among our people, in comparison
| with the more thickly populated portions
Of the United States, institutions of
this kind can not be advantageously sustain
/ ed in every County. In this case, fewer
| Houses of Correction would be re-
| quired, and larger extent OF
! tfrr'igrv mirht he pcr1mmOdated hv each
tnan 10 cum lo"e.ueu VIM. J r,.,Iar
cou"'F vi olH""i@''lon1'
suggest LOT the cohsilerall9n VI t"' HI'
lature the proPrlety ol au!upr'@'as I'0f
morai instruction III our J',Ss unL' ,a'
uirectioh ot the keepers: a ie.il". VI
sPecl ioF humanity Is PA'het " V"' '"ou NV w
.p"i any one WIZ pe''S i,' ilnTH' ~"
10" ana degradeu shou'u pe 'c' Inv q"
outcasl from .he huula,i i'.l'ii, "'',.9u' '''
enorc 10 improve "nu elefa'o n,ln, , - H.
my ior the unfortunate lies u.'P =" &
hearts oil the people Vi 'erinont' H"" ~
nave never suncIeu IL u o' "lI'"''" ~
vain.
NO branch 81 my oihcial duty mas uccn
more agreeable 10 me 'hah tlat oi ili,i'tri LI;a
ing 10 the ihulgeht ueai' uuuio u'ti '''r, Nv,
chlldreh OIL the state, tiie cha'lty m'lo, oui
laws nave so pouh'iiuIiy eA'ehu'u ~ v.oa'
'is; unioiVuna'o oen 1, "a this rosnoct
p'U'''ioho .h y, tt; out ahiiiran baro roci;yct
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,,as;o a,,I,,' Co.. nnayonI Dnmb
,mtn,rn,d rnn nd tho perEins Insti
t,t,nn r'r +bo RIinJ at Rostnn Mass
rLaea 1I.,oi n',h;,otoJ ~ thoron,l
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