Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-04

rsl education Ia sue1 az i1 itution. The
ssiabhshmsnt q s qlsls sPrsi4sorshlP, in
orderto carry 8 part Of tas Whole Of the
endowment toian existing ilstitution, can
s,aEceiT b. held to Do agflfllmsnt Of an
instrH clearly oppressed. That an
ezistin tuti0n1may Be adopted for this
purpos possible; but in such adoption
its char af must be entirely changed.
It must become 9 collage within the mean-
ing of this Law, where 81 other classes OF
education become subordinate TO lnstrues~
ton In agriculture and the mechanic arts.
These are generalNeWB and suggestions
occurring 70 me upon careful examins-
ton Of the law Of Congress. ! do not feel
called upon to enforce them By further Ar
gument. / desire the prosperity and use
fulness OF our present institutions Of learn
ing; but if their endoEmants are not suf-
iicient let than be legitimately increased.
1.-THE Legislature has imposed buTthens
upon them for free education Of any spc5r
cial class, let that be Otherwise eompensas
ted but let no doubtful powers be eZer-
cised, and no special trust be EFested from
Its purpose. EJEITEF
My attention Is called to the phraseolo-
| gy Of the act, that its provisions shall be
carried into effect ain such manner as the
Legislatures Of the S@stes shall respective
ly provide" which, it is claimed, relieves
the Legislative body from any, of the re-
strietiOns to which 1 have alluded, virtu-
ally making it free donation, to be used
st discretion. I do not concur in this con-
struction- Thsre is, Of course, q reason
sble discretion conferred by the language;
but there is 8 general pFineIple, which sll
must acknowledge, that In the sdministra-
| tiOn of trust, where the intendment is
clear, it should be regarded IS sacred by
legislative body, as it is made binding By
law upon an indivuaL We may differ as
to the construction and intentions Of the.
law. My own opinion does not, Of course
conclude, and need not influence yours
but to whatever conclusion you may AZ
/ rive, trust you win not, under the pres
/ sure or in the eoncilistiOn Of local inht
ences, so weaken or impair the fund as
render it comparatively valueless. IT
object Of the appropriation, as unde
stand it, is 3 good one, and may be mae
3 means Of largely increasing the prospe q
tv Of the State. Too much should not Ibe
+sttempted with it in the beginning. Ats
application should be made grsually, az
fOrding opportunity for experience TO de-
monstrate and correct any errors in the
working of it. If applied to sseparate
Institution IS think it should be, ! re-
spectfully suggest that its management be
entrusted to men of intelligence and in
tegrity, practically associated with the in
terests it is designed to benefit.
In regard TO the scrip suggestion was
made, some time since, by the Governor Of
Massachusetts, that as many Of the States
in interest as practicable should agree up
on plan, and designate 8 common agent
to manage the disposition of it, in order to
prevent undue competition and reduction
Of values. was fsvorably impressed with
bis views, but had no authority to act in
the matter, so responded. / Communicate
the suggestion to you for such action as
you may deem advisable.
/ IMMIGRATION.
have not made any appointment Of
agents, or adopted any measures under
the act Of March 3lst, 1854, to encourage
immigration. l early became satisfied
that an agent in the city Of New York
could not accomplish enough 70 Justify the
expense; for, from the statistics I proeur-
ed, it WIS proven that almost the entire
/
to that city with their destinations fixed,
but were furnished with tickets through to
the determined points. This had been
mainly accomplished BY agents of other
States, operating in Germany The eI-
penss Of establishing such agencies abroad
/ apprehended would exceed your antici-
pations; for TO be valuable, they must be
fxed and permanent. A mere tour Of OBJ
servation, or Of transient information and
influence, would accomplish little good.
Congress has made s movement in this
directien. The act, like all other expert
ments, was defective in many particulars;
and will undoubtedly be revised and im-
proved during the present session. 1t SEEM
ed to me advisable therefore that a little
more time should be taken, and if q sys-
tenn of State agencies should be approved,
that it be more fully examined, and care
fally prepared, and put in operation. We
labor under the disadvantage Of not being
able 10 present the inducement Of large
bodies Of public lands, at low rates, to this
class of emigrants; but, on the other haLd,
the financial, commercial and industrial
interests of the State are 50 settled and
flourishiDg as to invite industry, with the
strongest assurances ofample remuneration.
If other States maintain agencies abroad,
they will most certainly largely excel as
ia the facilities afforded TO emigrants, as
well as the influences that viii, to mate
risl extent, control their destination in
this country. 1t is for you TO determine
whether the interests of the State require
Us to enter into this competition. We
must do It fully, and upon largo and per-
I rsnT1ae TrrnAN hd
wasted.
1 apprehend you did not fully compre-
hend LAST winter, the exact position Of your
present system. The act of April l4th,
1853, created 8 commissioner, without sal
sry; and with an appropriation Of five
hundred dollars to cover expenses. That
appropriation is yet undrswn; but in an
interview with the commissioner, soon af-
ter your adjournment, / Rseertained that
he has claims for expenses in books, msps
publications, and other matter, includine
/ believe, s trip to Germany, to laTys
sum. l requested the commissioned h
furnish me with 3 statement Of those ac-
counts; but he has failed to do so. Nv
recollection is that they then exceedsd
three thousand dollars. The commission
er was then under the impression that
your appropriation of 1864 vas designed
solely to cover this class of expenditures
and to authorize trip TO Germany b
himself instead of sending disconne9
agent. have not, at this time, received
his annual report; but 1 have requested
him to accompany it with 3 statement Of
all claims against the State for expensesl
With all the facts presented, you will be
able to determine upon the expediency of
revising or modifying the whole system
sAEDUsKY, DAYTON AND CINCINNATI
Road.
Under your resolution of March
1864, appointed Joseph R. Swan,
special agent to investigate the con
Of the Sandnsky, Dayton and Cinci
Railroad. He discharged the duty as
ed him, and reported to the Commiss
/ of the Sinking Fund that, in his iudg'