The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-01-17

anu deposit tilom IN tl1c same tomb
= with the patriotic men who sacrificed
: their lives in battling for "the right
. against the wrong.n Yet il is proposed
| that the loyal States construct cemeter-
= les for their heroic dead, and then
) dcsecrate them by the burial therein of
those who prosecuted against the cOun-
trya warfare which for its diaboical
terocity is without parallel in the
history Of civilization, and even to
erect monuments to their memory.
Carry out this purpose and what in
duccmcnt can be hereafter offered to
the loyal citizen to fight against treason
when he feels assured that should he
fall In battle the traitors grave will
be honored equally with his own.
The cause Of the Union was Il holy
one, while that which opposed it must
have been its converse. To one side
alone the glory belongs. This was not
a war of nations, but of treason against
loyalty. 1t was contest of rebels who
would have drained the life's blood of
the government which had nurtured
and protected them, against its pat
riotic sons who fought to save it from
destruction. 1t was a war carried on
by the defenders and promoters of op-
preston against the friends and lovers
of liberty and their country's integrity.
While there is no reasonable obiec-
ton to giving decent scpulture even to
the rebel dead, those who consider them
deserving of honorable testimonials
may bestow them. 1t is our duty to
render honor only to whom we believe
honor Is due.
| MONUMENT TO DECEASED SOLDIERS OF
THE MEXICAN WAR.
The commissioners appointed under
an act of the Legislature, approved
April -, lSjS, "tO contract for, and SUI
perintCnd the erection of II monument
to the memory of citizens of Pcnnsyl-
vania who were slain or lost their lives
in the late war with Mexico" have con-
tractcd for the erection of Il monument,
i'll prominent portion of the Capitol
grounds, and the work Is progressing rs
rapidly as circumstances will permit
The appropriation of $4,000 to which
the commissioners are limited, is made
quate for the object contemplated. The
lowest bid for the contract was s. POO
| join the commissioners, therefore, in
requesting an additional appropriation
of three thousand dollars, to be used, or
SO much thereof as may be necessary, to
complete the undertaking.
. Your patriotism will doubtless give
favorable response to this request, and
the enlightened people of the Common
|
feelings, will sanction such expenditure
for the erection of this honorable me-
, mentO. A State that has been prodigal
of her millions in the employment of
her physical resources and in the per-
: formance of every noble and disintercst-
, ed act which philanthropy could sug-
/ gest,cannot forget her gallant sons whose
r suHErings and sacrifices for their country
r have never been fully appreciated, and
1 whose remains rcpose among strangers,
' in a foreign land, without "A stone, how
6 ever rude, to indicate their last resting
+. places, or distinguish their graves fro IN
o those of their fallen enemies.
e BURIAL OF DECEASED SOLDIERS IN TIE
g HARRISBURG CEMETERY.
i 4 communication from the board OF
n managers of the Harrisburg cemetery il
:, herewith transmitted, to which youl
=, attention is invited, The subject o
y which il treats, relative to the burial o
i deceased soldiers during the late war, il
y. worthy Of legislative consideration.
,e CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
The Pennsylvania Institute for tn,
Deaf and Dumb, the Institution for tn,
Instruction OF the Blind, the Training
:, School for Feeble-Minded Children, tn,
4 Northern Home for Friendless Children
a the Houses of Refuge, several Soldiers
= Homes, and other similar charities
- which have received aid from the State
20 are, according to the reports of the prin
~ cipals and superintendent, all in thei
Il different spheres, accomplishing mucl
- good for the unfortunate classes TO
70 whose benefit they were established.
i Detailed accounts of the affairs of thu
= Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital
: at Harrisburg, and of the Western Penn
~ sylvania Hospital, at Pittsburg, will b,
> found in the reports of the trustees ant
= superntendents. Both these institu
y tions, as well as others in the State 70
:, the care of the insane, are crowded. Th
- intirmarieS for the hospital at Harris
~ burg, for whichappropriation was mad
Il last year, with a large number of addi
~ tional wards, have been erected, an(
o. will be ready for occupation during th
~ winter. a liberal appropriation for th
~ Western Hospital was devoted to tn
erection of buildings, on the Ohio river
seven miles below pittsburg, known n
)r the DiXmont Hospital for the insane
j. The great increase of population rem
" ders necessary the establishment q
a, other institutions of this kind. 1t
e estimated that the ratio of the insane i
Y, one to every thousand persons, and ol
o. assuming the population Of the State t
be about three millions five hundre
', thousilhd, we nave ooout ,,i lhree thousan
a iiVe nutureH 20, insane. me hospitals
\; n tiio 9iate aiioro 3Gcoillii9uatio lof q ON
~ iWo @ iinoi'Saliu gu iioce mere are iiitee
,d n"d ,o nf th"n ~ or JN ,n,U tt'
Is, the county prisons and alm,houses.
III REVISION OF THE CIVIL CODE.
- Pursuant to the first section of Il Join
: solution of the Legislature, approve
,d ON the 10th OF April last, Hon. Davi
w Derrickson, W, Maclay Hall, esq, an
's. Wayne Nj Weigh, esd, We're appointe
70 to revise, collate, and digest all sue
al public acts and statutes Of the civil coo
w of this state, as are general and porm
W. W. nent in their nature" These gentl
~ men have commenced the work assigl