Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-01-15

hope. Ntucn DaS aTeauy Deth uone 10 rreVldt
for their establishments and support In con-
neetion with honorable individual effort, more
| legislative encouragement may be required. 1t
should be given cheerfully aud promptly. No
| subject of greater interest can CLAIM your at
tention; no one appeals with more reason and
truth, to duty and patriotism.
Teachers institutes, as auxiliary to Normal
schools, should be aided by the State
Through their agency, sustained BY the noble
| aud self-denying efforts of the teachers them
selves, much good has been accomplished IN
educating and training teachers, aud in digni-
tying profession too long undervalued BY
those most deeply interested in their useful
labors.
In the great work of popular education
there should be 10 retrograde movement in
Pennsy ylvaDia; no yielding to the in,potent
clamor of ignorance, selfshnees or prejudice,
in their attempts to stay lis progress. These,
one ard all, may denouace and condemn, but
virtue, patriotism, truth bid you onward. Let
the system be maintained IN its unity and use
fuluess; let it be improved and perfected in
its details; but let no act Of yours impair its
strength, or mar The beauty and harmony of its
proportions.
Based as our institutions are on the will OF
the people dependent for preservation on
their virtue aud intelligence knowledge with
US should occupy the high position to which
II IS 50 pre-euIinenly eutitled. Knowledge
founded npon the pure principles OF eternal
truth, Is the crewning glory Of the citizen
the safeguard and defence Of the State. Ed
ucation, full aud free to all, il the bpon we
ask for the children of the Commonwealth
it Is the duty, paramount to all others, the
State owes to her citizens, The aid Of the
Commonwealth should be literally bestowoi.-
The subject, IN ali its relations, is warmly COM
luendea to tho generous care and patronage of
tho Legislature
Legislltion, whilst properly encouraging the
Development of the material wealth Of the
State, should recognize the still higher obliga-
tioa 10 Improve the social, ;atellectuaI aud
moral condition of the people. The ac,elio-
ration OF iEuuau suffering, tlae reformation Of
the efrIhg, aud The correction Of yqj.thfai VI
cionsness, are object. that deserve the aiten-
tloa of the phitanthropist ard statesman. To
secure these results, the cduca;ianal, chaiita-
bic and ref0rmatory Institutions Of the Conf
moawealth should be f6stered aud encouraged
BY liberal Iegislaiun
The reports OF the State Lunaiie Hospital,
al Harrisburg, and tho Western Pennsylvania
Hospital for The Insane, at Pittsbure, viii be
laid before you, and will exhibit ia detail their
operations for tie past year.
These institutions, in their objects and re-
suits, merit and should receive our warmest
appreciation. The condition of no class of suf-
fering humanity appeals with more thriiting
power &c our sympalhies, than that Of the IN
sane. Ignorant Of fhe frighlfal malady that
oppresses them, shrondsd ia the fearful gloom
cial joys o. home and friends, tie aid of the
benevolent ana the beneiaciions Of The Com
monweath should be literally and cheerfuly
given to them
The House of Refuge in Phiiadelpl,ia, and
tic Western House ef Refuge near piusburg,
again ask 10 Share tho bouaty Of the Gonmon-
wealth. These schools for -he erring, neglected
and ou.-cast children aud yeath Of the State -
these homes where kindness ruies and love
subdues the vicious and incorrigble, should
not be denied their request
The sBlnh" aud tie deaf and Dumb
Asylums at PhiIadclphl, and the Pennsylvania
Training School ter idIotlc and feeble-5aia1e3
children, present their annual claim for your
sympathy and aid. Tie darkened eye, the
silent tongue, and the weakened intellect, in
sorrow and sadness, appeal to the representa-
tives OF the people for this boon. u cannot be
refused.
Ny views ia relation to s1local," sspeoial''
and ''omnibus legislation" have been 81 fre-
quently expressed, in communications to the
Legislature. that their repetition now is unne-
eessary. Such legislation, often 50 subvorsivc
of private rights-so detrimental to the public
interest, and generally so misehevous in its
sequences-should not be encouraged or
permit cl.
The report of the Adjutant General viii be
laid before you. To its valuable and import
aut Suggestions invite your careful consid-
Grafton.
must again call the attention of the Lesis-
lature TO the subject of revising the militia laws
of the State. They are 50 crude aud imperfect,
in many of their provisions, and obscure IN
some Of their enactments, that il is difficult TO
discover the object intended, or comprehend
the duty eujoined. The powers and duties of
the respective Officers connected with the milf
tary organization Of the Commonwealth, should
he more clearly defined Greater encourage
ment should he givcr' to the formation OF vol.
unteer companies; the entire system should be
and placed 10 a position to become
alike honorable and useful TO the State.
The Select and Common Councils of the City
of Philadelphia, by an ordinance passed the 7th
day of April, 1856, and officially communca-
ted to the Legislature at their last general ses-
sien, proposed to convey to the Commonwealth
of Peansylyauia a lot Of ground, in that city,
for the purpose of erecting an Arsenal thereon.
By the act Of the 9th of May, 1857, the Gov
ernor was authorized to accept from the Mayor
Of Philadelphia, ander the seal Of the Corpora
ton, the conveyance III fee simple of the lot of
ground proposed 10 be donated to the Common
wealth, tor the purpose indicated. The con-
veyance was duty executed BY the Mayor Gu
the 26th day Of june, 1857, and delivered ..aJ