Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-12-04
Governors Message,
(CONCLUDBD.) J


ty claimed for onr progressive and growing
country, AZ the Immunity with which the
cause OF eIicatinn IL overywhCrc embraced
bY all descriptions Ut Qua pelplc. IhoIet0Yc,
any incentive to the support ufeducation may
we'll be spnrel. Bat, it is important that its
true ends should hc often presented to tho
public eve: for. rs FREQ Government is the
great glory of the human race, the education
ot the people is the appropriate means of
raising mouSind to tho proper rank of FREQ
mcn-5ut to educate the people implies
svstcm that comprohcnds the whole society
There was, in the darkest times, II learned
few--hor was it their fault that they made
arrangements on the basis of exclusion-for
To force liberal systems of legislation upon
the ignorant is n total misapplcation of pow
cT leading 10 nothing but confusion and an |
nrchy. L. was reserved for our times 20 rive
the world the example Of n people 50 docie
nS to admit OF general education, and so ca |
pablo of progress rs to unite in the march of
improvement. Bat education cannot be gen |
cral unless it be IA various as the wants of
society. and calculated TO developc all the fac
ulties of the human mind. Some minds are
adapted to tho pursuit of science or spccula-
tive truth-othors are fitted for activity in the
walks of business; some have leisure to in
veStigatc the causes of things--Jthcrs have
things-nthers have opportunities of apply
ing the discoveries ofscience to the practical
purposes of life. 1t has boon too much the
practice to limit the demands Of education to
what are calicl tho learned professions. The
great lyauce' that have been made by use
tul and ingenious Industry, require Il very
ample knnwlc lSc on the part of persons who
engage in the pursuits OF agriculture, arts or
commerce.
Tho South Carolina College is a school
adapted to the wants of professional men,
ami those who make a business Of study. TD
those who, by circumstances or by choiceure
lei - cmbracc the callngs Of u practical
chrrhtior, lby Military Academies open Il
dor 10 an excelcnt clucation. particularly
adapted to their situation, while to the
Thoughtful and studious youth. whose minds
are djrcctci'to the noble task of promoting
and defending The cause Of religion, the cs-
tabishmcnts foundcl by dcnomnntional so
cictics offer pcauliar advantages. 1t is not
to be supposed that all who finish their cdu-
cation MT the South Carolina College or Mt the
Charleston COllcG will turn out professional
men; nor that the Citadel Academy will be
exclusively employed in beinging out engin-
GERS and artzans; nor the dcnominational in
stitutions in educating young men for the
ministry; but their combined operation, if
harmonious, will be to dihIusc a lrgc and
high and bcnofcem. cultivation of the public
mind, and to spread n degree of light and
knowledge beyond anything that could be
effected by single institution. Let not any
jealousy on any of these establishments, nor
believe that they could be, with advantage,
merged into one another or that any one of
them could be spared without detrimcnt to
the public. Nor ought the expense which is
eatailed on the State by the patronage of a
high degree of education to be regarded with
feelings ofrepuguance. There could not be
more mortifying confession of nferority
than for to admit that we are incapable
of sustaining College for the diffusion Of
the most liberal studies.
recommend that the Trustees of the Col
lcgc he authorized to appropriate the iron
railing which forniery enclosed the State
House, to the purpose of enclosing the Col
lcgc Chapel, which needs some such protcc-
ton.
The Report of tho Board fVistors of the
Military Academies, and of the Commission
crs of the Asylum for Deaf Mutcs and the
Blind, will be submitted as soon as prepared
The Governor is er-o6fcio, member of both
these Boards. About to resign this grateful
duty to my successor, take great pleasure
in testifyng how ably impartially and faith
fully, the affairs Of both have been conduc-
ted Honorable alike to the mind and heart
OF the State, these institutions arc destined
te exercise sensible influence, morally and
intellectually, upon the industrial employ
ments Of thepeope.
Located in healthy part of Spartanburg
district, upon State lands which the Com
missioners will be allowed to regulate, the
Cedar Spring Asylum will eventually become
the centre of u thriving population Of villa
gers, made up of its cleres, among whom may
be found some Of the best and most ingenious
artizans in the country
The value of the Citadel Academy is al
ready sufficiently known, to be appreciated
by you all | cannot close, however with
out earnestly recommending that an appro
priation be made for constructing more eff
cient and thorough drains for the premises
and for the covering and completion of the
Fast wing, according to the plan which
shall be adopted by the Board of Visitors
THE LUNATIo AsYLUM.-I have visit
cd with much qualification The order and
system which poryadc the establishment arc
very satisfactory. Larger grounds are
needed for the planting of trees and shrubs,
and for the free aud varied movements of
domesticated animals, in all which the in
sane become, by degrees, deeply interested
The street between the two buildings West
and Fast. isstiH open. The Regents should
be instructed to close this without delay
Besides economizing space, it will afford
more varied exercise and greater security
to tho patient, at less cost for surveillance
10 theinstitution. The suggestions made
hviEc reportof the Superintendent are wor-