The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-10-11


b. saFeest that the time hAs come ior
the adoption in this State. u more
sottlea aad eaeciusi policy "a this sub
icgf
FoF information relative 81 the pfae.
teal work.Hg y the plat now is opera
uoa. As obvious defects. and the rene.
~ therefor ] refer you 70 the report
~ tie Board Of Education. and com
mend the suggestion therein s. forth
rs your earnest consideration While
tle plan referred 10 has not been with.
Qua beneficial results yet i maniiestly
falls Gar short of our need The State
has MOI ID any proper sense a Normal
school IL is Cor you carefully 4 con-
slider. whether the policy, 50 cautious
ly iuauguAtcd should not now be firm
liz esiablisbc upon such permanent
basis as shall securc the desired end
Ii Is notorious, that no small proper
ton 81 the children q the State 10 not
attend any school The recognized duty
u the State 20 flrrish the meal Of cd
ucati0n 60 all her children. implies the
power 10 compe, the attendance Of all
Ign ORANGE is a prolific source OF every
form q social disorder The propriety
Of the exercise AZ this time Of your an
doubted power Cor is prevention, sub
NIT 20 your careful consideration
ATTACHMENT Law.
esteem Il my duty to call your at
tcnti0n 70 the evils Of our Jaw Of sum
mary attachment. They have long
been felt and acknowledged A per-
fectly solvent business man is liable TO
a summary attachment Of all his pro-
perty upon claim which may prove
who lly groundless or even fictitious
his credit may be thereby seriously i'm.
paired. and perhaps his business broken
up and destroyed On the other hand
IL a debtor be really insolvent, the first
attaching creditor may absorb all his
assets, leaving without satisfaction or
redress all Other creditors, frequently
comprising widows aud minors, who
cannot exercise the sharp diligence the
law requires.
Alaw which not only permits but en-
courages the application Of all the pro-
perty Of an insolyent debtor TO the pay.
ment Of one greedy creditor to the ex.
clusion Of all others, is so manifestly
unjust, that comment is unnecessary.
Entertaining these views, and believ-
ing as | do, that this law is positive
hindraucc TO business enterprise, which
should receive every encouragement, !
respectfully recommend a careful con-
sidcration Of the subject, and that the
law be essentially modified, and strip
ped Of its harsh aud unjust features.
THE JAlLs.
! invite your attention to the evils Of
our jail system They have long been
felt and deplored by those most CONVEX
SAINT with its workings. While it would
be manifestly impracticable to attempt
an immediate cure Of these evils, il is
yet a question, worthy your earnest
consideration, whether they may not
be gradually ameliorated and finally
abolished. For the most part our iails
are used an mere houses of detention
Parties charged with crime are confined
therein, only pending inquiry as to
guilt or innocence PROFESSIONALLY
the great evil of the sys TEN is in the
promiscuous Intercourse Of all the in
mates, in a common room Thus are
brought together the guilty and the
the old and the young, the
and the deprayed. The
association is wholly PERM
cious Ii makes the common Jail pub
lie school Of vice, maintained at the
public expense. An expensive instru-
for the prevention Of crime,
thus becomes a prolific source of its
Shut up in idleness,
books, without religious priyi
leges or instruction, the vicious become
more hardened, and the innocent cor
rupted The released victim of the
system, goes back 10 inilict in nameless
crimes upon society, the penalty Of its
neglect
Our jails should lie so constructed as
10 render such intercourse impossible.
suggest whether It would not be
. cIl, that tho Legislature should pre-
scribe the plan OF col structiou Of all
lais. hereafter to be erected, or recon-
structed and that their internal police
he brought more directly under Legis.
lative supervision
IHE CENSUS
Returns of the recent census, shows
4 mall increase to our population dur
ING the last decade |, is probable,
however that new superintendent Of
Representatives IN Congress. TO be
made upon the Census 81 1870, our
State viii lose one member before the
Text Congressional election In order
70 avon the expense ~ Mn extra
session ] recommend such legislation,
At the present session, ss shall provide
for the expectcd contingency
aSNuAL nEr0Rrs
The Annual Reports to which no Al.
fusion has been made, will be submitted
for your consideration have had no
opportunity ior lhelf proper eXainlGa-
hon
kssIssMtST OF TAXES
Our system ior the assessment Of
taxes is defective The amnuaf 81 per-
s0nal estate which escapes taxation, is
enormous Valuations are unequal, and
The burdens 81 ta1at on bear unequaliy
upon our ci,izans Real estate cannot
escape, bu, personal property through
the much abused privilege Of offsets for
debts, and the various shifts Of evasion,
and oopeealueut too commonly prac-
tced,s largely omitted from our annual
lists Asa consequence real estate j.
always appraised hel0s 'its true yaluo
an nonFy and NOT seldom AZ L s. than