The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-01-12

ded for must be one in which. tn
leading object or, in other word:
the paramount purpose-shaIT be I
teach such branches of learning a
are related 10 agriculture and the me
chanic arts. This cannot be subordi
mated to any other species of genera
education in such an institution. Tn
establishment Of a mere profcssorship
~ ordcrto carry part or the who'll
0l the endowment to an existing insti
tuition, can scarcely be held TO be ful
iiIIment Of an instruction 80 clearly cx
pressed, That an existing institution
may be adopted for this purpose i
possible but in such adoption it
character must be entirely changed. =
1t must become college within III,
meaning Of the law, where all othc
cIusscs Of education become snbordi
nate to instruction in agriculture anC
the mechanic arts. .'
MORGAN RAID. UifH..
Under the provisions Of the act o.
March 30th, 1864, I appointed Alfred
NcNcigh, George ". Barker and
Henry S. Babbitt, Commissioners to
examine and report upon claims for
property destroyed in the Morgan
raid Of 1863. The sudden DEATH Of
Mr.. McFeigh in September, has EN-
barrassed the preparation of the re.
port and shall not be able TO exam.
inc it before closing this cornmunica.
ton. 1t will be early presented 10 you.
and upon examination Of it. ton will
be aGIeto determine what fuEilIer leg
islation, if any, is expedient. The
labor Of this commission necessarily
extended over more time than was con
tempIated; and an additional appropri-
alton IS therefore necessary 10 cover its
expenses. .-....-.- ,....-
80 sALARsEs OF STATE OFFICERS.
As | have several times spoken Of
the inadequacy OF compensation to diff.
ferent officers, feel a doicacy in again
abiding to the subject in gen eral terms;
but it cann2t properly be avoided. :
W hat was once question Of policy.
is now a matter Of necessity. / am
aware that the time is unpropitious /:
but it certainly cannot be possible that
the people Of a great and prosperous
State arc dcsirous, Or even willing, that
every officer of the State Government
should remain at his post in the dis
charge Of onerous and responsible du-
ties, when he is compelled to draw up.
on other means than his salary for his
actual support. 1t is a fact, uniyer
sally known and recognized, that there
is not a single State officer who can
clotho his family, and pay his board in
a respectable private house, from the
salary that is allotted to him. This
should not be SO. tits illibcralor the
part of the State, and unjust to the
officer. ...1 ".-l .....
Oursealc ofsalaries was adopted under
a very different state of things than exist
at the present time. Even then it was
said that none but the wealthy or the
very poor could afford to hold office.
We have passed the point as to the
latter for the man whose circum.
stances required him to rely on the
compensation Of the best of your Off
ces, would be compelled to abandon
bis position. There are cl6rks.in the
public offices, without,care orrespon-
.sibility, who are receiving equal, and,
in one or two cases, better salaries than
the heads of departments who employ
them. This is a stern necessity that
cannot be avoided. Without it the
public interests would suflcr. .ai
. 1t is q common argument that there
are seekers enough after the offices !:
and he who is chosen understands
what the salary is, and has 10 right to
complain. There is such thing, es.
pociaIly in times like these, as men
consqnting to assume important posi-
tions from higher considerations than
those of pcouniary character, and it
has been true, and it may bo true
again, that men will consent to take
State Offices even at apccuniary sacri
fee, in order to make of them step.
ping stones to higher and better posi-
tiOns. In the first case it is unjust to
Il" l'o'o upon ~!"'t'o.'I ~ impulses SO Sc,
EvLI 81, a S,'gI.iIrI "nu' ~ inc iast 1t
SI; n''S Go''i @ "U'F,y oen'ons'r"teu mat 'he
Pupno ln'e'e9S 10 ;ho' promoted Dy
nun tl's ~ yu1r OUNCES mere 'hot-peds
ior ,;,., tno srGMSh t!!i ''nG ~ advancement OF
I"'5'ii"l 's'l,D.tlS,i, tnero Is Isl a ClSnlty
~ "l'u , cnaraelet- auo"t '"e compensation
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