Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-01-14

~ lnc COT nlct tnnt may Az ouI time etW
uudsr II. ! suggest aha>it ~ chan9sq
30 az to vest the eppcinsmk. poEer in tbe
Governor. with the advice and consent on
the Senate. Tho edicer should be subject
tetcmovni BY The Govcrpor. upon charges
pfefested 0gaipst tih hfAthe Commission
era. II ppon Investigation, these charges
are foond to be lust mud reasonable fs1k1
claimed the Cphip isii9pers ere tci some sz, Y,
teal fespohsible FOR tbis sgeu', and should
l9vun yoicefR designating hin, They L
lave no mora responsibility f6rshIs nonetal
nits. a fsclns 4 10 fisancce, than abe Gov
eiysor.so or a majority o. the Senate, who
must ypnss enpohi Ills appointment 1.-The 7
mode hcrel pspposed gives rnnclf better
distributions Of responsibility, and safet !
check, Ytban tie present enactment; and its /
influence npon our State character and
credit will, 10 my Judgment. bepof o ben,h'
eiel charpster. saj eo eo5-ses q aag1
as y gAoRIcvLruRAL LAND aaANr. /
sBy,enactment last winter you accepted the
giant Of land for agricultural education, made
by Cohgress, approved July ID, 1862 :, Of
which early notified the lnternal Department
at Washipg,on. The whole correspondence
relating TO this subject is appended from
which II wal be seen that the quantity OF good
hardin The State, subject to entry aud oppro-
pr,ssiou Under this grant was so small (ony
40sacfes) that had no discretion but TO elect
toreceiye the amount in land scrip. Accord
inFly, on thehJth Of September the Commis-
si6ner forwarded TO me three thousand end
niue hupdred and thirty seven certificates of
scrp FOR zone quarter section each, equal to
six.hundred and thirty thousatd acres, being
iDfuii for the claim Of the State under the
Law. These certificates were deposited in the
State Treasury, and the fund. is subject to
ssch9 further legislative action as you. may
deem proper.a ~ "a .gag H tasssa 81
No more important subject will claim your
consideration than the proper disposition TO
bee made OF this grant Mingled with the
coupsels. Of earnest and honest friends of edu-
cation, you will, no doubt, fod the pressure
oElocai interest the claims OF existing institu.
tppa }pr additional endowment; and possibly
seple Botientireiy disinterested 10 their charac-
ter. Among these it is no part OF my duty,
and have no inclination to discriminate. The
CQfbmissioDer of Common Schools has some
wfnt 'elaborately discussed the subject in bis
asBs7hl report. Without endorsing his.views.
IaBay be permitted to say that the clear and
fcfrhlemanper in which they are presented
rsy wen commend them TO your consideration.
He Is evidently embarrassed by the question
oflocal Influences; and in endeavoripg to con-
ciIiste them, fails into the error, as think, Of
so dividing up the income fund as to incapaci,
tate either branch for performing what will be
required OF il, or the whole frem achieving the
ssefulpess that might, by concentrated effort
be accomplished This is no less to be avoid
ed; ID my jaagnen than the scheme so earn
estly pressed by educational enthusiasts, o
Building up agraDd institution whose prOfes
sorsbips shall tempt tue greatest scientific
minds OF the countty-whose contribution to
tte grandeur or The State shall compensate for
its utter want OF utty--whose education shall
illustrate and expound the abstruse theories -o
science, attainable by few, but sealed book
to the many--whose lectures and publications
however apprecable by the highly educated
n,iad, will be totally unintegbe TO the hon
est tiller of tie SOL, who desires TO learn. il
the simplest and most practicable manner, how
two blades Of grass can be made TO grow
where only one was produ ced before.
The ffst thing to-be dctermined is what il
the object or purpose OF this grant 7 A care
full examination oftbe 4 ct Of Congress- /
seems to NE, very clearly solves this inquiry
The language of The law is, that the funs
'shal be invisi0bty appropriated TO ihe endow
ment. support and maintenancs Of at least one
college, where the leading object shall be, with,
ont excluding other scientific and classical
studies and including military tactics, to teach
such branches Of learning rs are related 10 as-
ricnltnre aud The mechanic arts" ' a' "
hIt.is evident that the intention Of tie enact
meDt is TO i1stit1te a new and district species
Of. edaeaiioD; one not heretofore favored. or
specially encouraged, by State or natonal aid.
1t is also evident that The purpose to be ac
complished is, the application of that instiIu-
ton. 10 The ADVANCEMENT Of the agricultural
and mechanic interests OF the country. The
great principle is recognized that all wealth
f.x.~ IL, l. 4 A. It,
anism necessary to produce 1t and that what
ever facilitates and Increases the prodaction.
adds alike to individual aud national wealth
and greatness. Applying Ibis priuc' pie to the
law. it is manlest- --,-s7. ~, o.
Firss-That this ion is, intended 10
be sur generis--of its own kind ,-and that,
although "scieuti6c and classical studies are
not excluded, they are subordinated 10 such
branches OF learning as are related to agricul-
ture and the mechanic arts" In other words
it's the instruction of the industrial classes.
within themselves, aEd iu that phich pertias
70 their o,cn cailings, in order that they may
make practical aud manual application of il
incidentally Tor their own benefit, bat act tually
for the increase Of national production an(
wealth. Ata ---
Second--The instruction is to be plain ar,
practical, not tbeoretic and al; ;s.calsy scieut.f
10 its character. And this, because, from ih
very nature Of its purpose. it is designated t
reach the greatest practical number with th
rudimepts of knowledge, instead of eoL6uin
tito, the few, in the long aud tedious process
Of collegiate and scientific education. Fo
il 10 more important 10 the Industrial interest.
and consequently to the country, that ore hur
dred- men should receive Instruction by plai
and simple teaching, which they can PRACTICAL
apply in their respective branches of labo
tbsB that one man should be educated TO th
highest point OF scientific attainments
1aird-It is maRfestly intended that th
instruction SO afforded, shall be reflected upo
the great Industrial interests il is designated /
promote, and that its recipients, instead of b,
coming detached from laboring pursuits, wi
return 70 them. to make practical applicable
Of theiearnihg they have acquired, and thu
szpapttead improve the producing capacit
and wealth Of the eountry. We must not b
lured from the practical by the theoretic nc
muat we be deceived by the spec.ous decIar,
tion of eslhssiasts that this liberal donaiio
Is for the general education Of the agrcultnr
aud mechanic classes. The avenues of gsner
edueslios are. open 10 them at the prese
time, through a large Dur1ber OF public al