The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-01-14

the average expense OF each pup
will OF coursebe less, and will nc
exceed the av,rsge cost of each in
mate Of the dher Asylnms. TIL
question Of ihcpcrm ,nent establish
ment aud location Of the institution
should b. promptly decided. 1t de
cidcd atfrmativdly, provision shoul
he made for th, purchase. ,itrer o
the.property in which it is tcmporari
lily established. Or of 4ouo Other site
After careful consideration nt al
circumstances | think 1t my duty t
recommenI the first OF these alter
natives as most judicious anG mos
economical.
Deaf loutcs constitute anothe
class for who-e education public pro
vision must necessarily be made. =
To our state belongs tie homo. o
first rec Ignizing this principle, AN,
nearly thirty years have nOw elapset
since her Asylum was first open-,
to these untortunates. The nnnbpl
now in the state is estimated at ,%90
IOi these, more than one thirl hav,
received instruction in the Asylum
and probably another third are o
suitable age tor admission. O,this
latter number $50 are in actual Ell
mrnt OF its benefits, while 25O ar,
excluded. The number admitted
during the year was thirty five, ant
the same number was discharge L.
The expenses of the institution pail
by ths state during the last year
were S2l,l77 "a. The average cos
of each inmate was Sill. The im-
portance OF adding to the instruction
in this Asylum, proper training fOI
some industrial occupation, Is vel
"a th5 necessity Of some further pro-
vision tor those whom its limited Ca
pAcities exclude from admission, will
doubtless engage your serious con
sileration.
Another class, whose situation en-.
lists the warmest sympathics OF eve
ry ceiling heart, and invokes irre-
sistibly the provident bcnevolence oI
the state, is the blind. The total mum
her OF this class is estimated to be
$40. OF these, about 200 are ,oi
proper and legal nge for admission
to the Asylum. OF these abont six
ty have either already received It's
benefits, or are thought by their
friends too young to b. sent to it
leaving 40 who should be under
instruction. There were in tho Asy.
lum last year 100; there were admit.
ted or re-admitteI during the year
as' the whole number under its in
struction up 10 it5 close was lUo.
Tn. average number in Iaily attend.
ance was o.. The expenses, ex
cludiug ;S5 500 for permanent i'm.
provements, wcro 8l3 3S7 95, show
ing All average outlay tor each
INN .te of ne r SIP.
Ii thus appears that the whole
number Of persons rem lerud intirn
ani dependent by delec;iva or drs-
eascd organic ,tinn is G. .O4D; that oi
these 3 $40 are in con iitions re-.
lniring provision for thrm IN public
Or private institutions; that S4T are
actul,l in tie state Asylpu,, leav-
ing 2,I93 unprovi lei for. except su
far as they may find rcliel in cunnty
lntirmaries or private families: that
the average number constantly in
the Asvlums through the last year
was S3i, that the total cost to the
stste OF their maiut' nance during
tho year WAS Sl2S.4l0; that the cos
of each inmate tor the year Wa
1854; that to provide for those
needing, but not now receiving, th'
benefits of the Asylum, at the sam'
rate would require an annual add
tional expenditure OF SS37,722. ma
king an aggregate annual OUTLAY
OF S4G6 1872 ; and that these est
mates are, exclusive OF interest
alb ut S3G, 900, on the capital, abou
5000 900, invested in tho eIstiu!
Asylum5. AMI Of the yearly cos
of permanent improvements, whic'
was last year about Sl3, 900; aud {
the capital yet to ha invested in ne,
site, AMI structures, and OF the il
tcrast upon that.
-
! No one desires more earnestl
than |, that the General Assenbl
may iully disch rye the obligation
, assumed in the Constitution by tn
whole people, to the children OF sol
row. The duty of fulfilling them
i clear, AMI the benefits OF its perform
. ance evident. The social cunIitiu
, of no people can be what 1t shou
, be, Will. a class Of guiltless al
helples. victims OF physical or ma
. tai disorder remains unrelieyed.-
/, Nor is the duty OF relief less impe
:, stively dictated by consi lerations
). economy than by considerations
!. philanthropy. The dependent i
tirm must be sustained by society
It some form. The only choice is b
v tween modes. And how much be
v ter that mode which raisos 80 ma
% of them from depths ot helplessn,
d and wretchedness, and makes the
.s selfsupporting and even useful me-
10 bers OF the community, than Il
,e other mode which wastes resour'
at in titful and inadequate relief, drc
o. it's wretched objects in their sor
,e need, and inhicts upon society
,ir moral and social evils necessar
n. resulting from the presence Of suc
Z class neglected in it's midst.
he The statements ! have submit
ia. are designed to set clearly bel
Ix: you the nature and magnitude OF
he evil. ior which you are called nj