The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-01-18

the provisions Ol tho statute.
Tho pardoning power has u two fold Oh
ject: the one to afford a remedy foe an in.
Justice that, from the nature of tho tcsti-
mony, or other circumstances, may hlvo
econ committed in the conviction; the other
to encourage repentance aud promote roror.
nation Ii has bech termed Ian attribute
of mcrcy;' but il must he considered that
mercy alone TO the hardened, tho depraved
and the unrCpcntaut criminal, must ever
be extended at the expense of the cummun.
i'y that is entitled to protection against
him. Tho offender must be brought TO re-
ali1c that detection and conviction certoiu.
y follow crime; aud that transgrcssiou
-aSainst human, MS against Divine law,
must be atoucd 10y repentance. It,, diSre-
garding these considerations pardon be-
comes easy, or yielding to opportunities
certainly of punishment is impaired, and
the lnducoment TO otoucmont destroyed.
The line | admit, is u difficult Que; aud |
therefore it is that the duty assumes a
grave and responsible character. Tho
wjsest man may err in it--he can only !
strive to perform it honestly and justly
AGRICULTURAL LAND GRANT.
By enactment last wihtor you accepted |
tho grant of land for agricultural education |
made by act of Congress, approved July |
,, 1862; of which early notified tho inter |
ior Department at Washington. Tho whole |
correspondence relating to this subject is |
appended; from which il will be seen that |
tho quantity Of good laud III tho state sub. |
icct to entry and appropriation ndor this |
grant was SO small (ouly 80 aores) that had |
no discretion hut to elect to receive the
amount in land scrip. Accordingly on the
| 9th of September tho commissioner for.
wardcd to me three thousand nino hundred
/ o,l ilitfN.eaNat, .ptsttHpotps ,I s,,,.,,, I0,
"one.qnarter section" each, equal to six
hundred and thirty thousand acres; being
in full for the claim of the State under the
! law. These certificates were deposited in
the State Treasury, and the fund is sub
jcct to such further Legislative action Us
you may deem proper.
No moro important subject will claim
your consideration than the proper dspo.
siton to be made Of this grant. Mii r cl
with the counscls OF earnest and honest
friends of education, you will, no doubt
find tho pressure OF local interests, the
claims of existing institutions Tor addition
al cndowments; and possibly some not en-
tirely disintcrcstcd in their character.
tea Among these it is no part Of my du.
tv, and have certainly no inclination, to
discriminate The Commissioner OF Com.
mon Schools has somewhat claborately dis.
cussed the subject in his annual report.
Without endorsing his views, may be
permitted to say that the clear and loroi-
ble manner in which they are presented
may we'll commend them TO your eXamina.
ton. He is evidently embarrassed by the
question of cal Influences; aud in endcav.
oring to conciliato thcm falls into the or
ror. as think, OF so dividing up the income
of the fund as to incapaciate either branch
for performing what will be required Of It,
or the whole from achieN ing the useful
ness that might by concentrated effort, be
accomplished, This is no less to be 6Avoid
cd, in my Judgment, than tho scheme So
earnestly pressed by educational enthusi-
asts, of building up u grand institution
whose professorship shall tempt the great
est scientific minds of the country whose
contribution to the grandeur Of tho State
shall compensate for lis utter want of
utility-whose education shall illustrate
and expand the abstruso theories of science.
attainable by tho few, but 4 sealed book to
the many--whoe lectures and publications.
however appIeoiable by the highly educat-
ed mind, will be totally unintclligihIe to
the honest tillei of the soil who desires to
learn, in the simplest and most practicable
manner, how two blades Of grass can be
made to grow where only one was pro-
duced before.
The first thing to be determined ia,
what is the object or purpose of this grant
! careful examination Of the act of Con
gress ii seems to me, very clearly solves
this inquiry. The language of the law is,
that the fund "shal be inyiolably appro
pratcd TO the endowment, support and
maintenance of at least one college, where
the leading object shall be, without cxclud-
ing other scientific and classical studies,
and including military tactics, to teach
such branches OF learning VA are related to
agricultural and the mechanic arts"
1t is evident that the intention Of the en-
actment ia to institute II new and distinct
species of cduc.tion, ono not heretofore
favored, or specially encouraged, by State
or national aid. 1t is also evident that tho
purpose TO be accomplished is, the appli-
cation Of that instruction to the advance
menl of the agricultural and mechanic in
terests OF the country. The great princi
! plo is recognized that all wealth comes
from the earth, and the labor and mcchan.
ism requisite to produce il; and that what
ever facilitates and increases the prodnc-
| ton, adds alike to individual and national
wealth and greatness.
IMMIGRATION.
/ have not nude any appointment of
agents, or adopted any measures under the
act of March 3lst 1864 to incOuraGe mmi-
grafton. | early became satisfied that an
agent in the city Of New York could not
accomplish enough to justify the expense
| for from the statistics J procured, il was
! proven that almost the cutiro body of Ger
man cmgrants not only camc TO that city
! with their destinations fixed, but were fur
! nshed with tickets through to the deter
mined points. This had been mainly 'ac-
eomplished by agents of other States, OPP
Grating in Germany. The expense Of es-
tablishing such agencies abroad ! apprc-
hended would exceed y0ur anticlpations;
( for to be valuable, they must be- fixed and
permanent A mere tour Of observation.
OF of transient information and Influence
would accomplish little good.
Congress has made a movement Ia this
direction. The act, like all other expert.
menls was defective in many particulars;
aud will undoubtedly he revised ai,d i'm
proved during the present session. i.
seemed TO me advisable u.eretgro that
little more time should bc taken, and if
system of State agencies should be gpproy.
ed, that it be more fully examined, and
carefully prepared, and pat in operation.
We lahor'Hnder the disadvautaSc OF not be-
ing able to present the mrluecaent Of large
bodies ofpublic lands, at low rates, TO this |
class of enli,;rdits; but. On the other hand, |
The financial, commercial and industrial III /