The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-01-14

high and responsible duties Of the mar
and the citizen.
This deficiency can only be supplied b,
State Normal Schools for the education
Of teachers. To them we must look
The future is full Of hope Much has al
ready been done TO provide for their es-
adjustment and support. In connection
with honoroble individual effort, nor,
legislative encouragement may be requir-
cd. 1t should be given cheerfully and
promptly. No subject Of greater ntercs
can claim your attention; 10 one appe al,
with more reason aud truth, to duty ant
patriotism.
Teachers Institutes, as auxiliary to Nor
NAL Schools, through their agency, sus-
tained by the noble and seif-deuying cf-
forts of tho teachers themselves. nuct
good has been accomplished in educating
and training teachers, and in dignifyine
profession too long unuervalued by
those most deeply interested in their use
ful lsbors.
Iu the great work of popular education,
there should be no retroerade movement
40 Pennsylvania; 10 yielding to the i'm
potent clamor of ignorance, sel6shness. or
prejuiice, in their attempts to stay it,
progress. These, one and all, nav de-
Dounce and condemn, bat virtue, pstriot-
ism, truth, bid you onward Let the sys.
TEN be maintaiaed in its unity and use
fulness; let it be improvad and PEI fected
ats details; but let no act of yours impair
It's strength, or mar the beauty and har-
mouy OF its proportions.
Based ss our institutions are on the
will of the peoplc--dcpendeDt for preser
vatian on their virtue and intelligence
knowledge with us should occupy the high
position TO which it is so pre-eminently
entitled. knowledge, founded upon the
pure principles of eternal truth, 70 the
crowuiug glory of the citizen-ihe safe
guard aud defence of the State. Eiuca-
tion, fall and free to all, is the boon We
ask for the children of the CommonHealtb
it is the duty, paramount to all Others,
the State owes to her citizeus The aid
Of tue CoDmo8Eca!th should be literally
bestowed. De subject, ia all its rcla-
tiops, is warmly cox moulded to the gencr.
Gus care and patronage of the Legisla-
tsrc.
Legislation, whilst properly encours-
giug the development of the material
wealth of the Stale, should recognise tie
still higher obligation to iDprogc the so.
sial, intellectual, and moral condition OF
the people. The ameliora;ion Of human
suffering, the reform alton OF the errins.
and the correction of youthful viciousness,
srs objects that deserve the sttention of
fhe phiisnthropist aud Statesman. To
secure these results, the educ.tiou.l, char
itrble, and reformatory institutions of the
Commonwealth should be fostered and
encouraged by liberal legislation.
The reports Of the State Lunstic Hos
pital, at Harrisburg, aud the Western
Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. at
Pittsbush, wil! be laid before you, and
will exhibit in detail their operations fer
the past year.
These Institutions, in their objects and
results, merit, ana should receive our
warmest appreciation. The condition Of
no class OF suffering humanity appeals
with more thrilling power to our sympa-
thles than that of the Insane. Ignotaut
OF the frightful malady that op1resse,
them, sbrouded in the fearful gloom ofI I
mental darkness, and shut out FROM the /
social joys of home sud friends, the aid 6
OF the benevolent and the benefgctions of I
The Commonwealth should be literally
and cheeaful!y given to then. q
The House of Refuge ia Philadelpbia I
lnd the Western House Of Refuge near a
Pittsburgh, again ak to share the bounty c
Of the Commonwealth The.e schools |
for the erring, neglected aid outca,t chill. ,
dren and youth Of the Sts;e-these homes :
where kindness rules and love subdues the e
rieious and incorrigible, should not be de- il
lied their request q
The 'Blind " and the Deaf nd Dumb"
Asylums at Philadelphia, and the Penn.
'ylvania Trsning School for Idiotic and /,
Feeble-minded Children, present their cl
ANIMAL claim for your sympathy and aid II
he darkened eye. the silent tongue. and {;
he weakened intellect, in sorrow and sad o.
less, appeal to the representatives of the d
'eople for his boon. 1t cannot be refused. !.
Ny views III relation TO ''local," "spe- ST
ial, and Omnibus legislation" have S
cen so frequently expressed ir the com a,
nunications to the Legislature, that their p
epetition Is now unnecessary. Such leg to
station, often so subversive of private fu
ghts, SO detrimental to the public iuter tb
st, aud generally so nischevous 10 its NJ
onsequeoces, should not be encouraged CO
T permitted. -
The report of the Adjutsnt General M
i'll be laid before Jou. To its valuable al
I'D important suggestions | invite YOUR We
,reful consideration 70
| must again call the attention of the ia
legislature to the subject Of revising the liz
ilitia laws Of the State They are so or
udc and imperfect, in many Of their en- co
tmeptSi that it is difficult to discover ~,
object intended, or comprehend the mc
ty eDjoined. The powers aud duties tiy
the respective officers connected with In
military organization of the Common ab
,,le al. Il