Wilmington journal., 1872-01-19

,nfne> as a gladly willing sacrifice upon this
rr1,at altar Of humanity.
AstO the location of these additional
,r,oInmodations, personally we are not
tonacious. The Board Of Directors and
rha committee agreed unanimously, as
rhcv have told you in their reports, that,
Ill things considered, they regard il as
,ruch more economical 10 increase the ca
nactv of the present building by additions
thereto. The opinion Of the Board, after
very careful study OF the whole subject,
was fully corroborated ny the views of sew
rial of the most experienced and eminent
>yDnTintcndcntS on the continent, commu-
uitatcl by letter to tho chairman. DR.. Chas.
T.. Johnson.
Besides this recommendation of the di-
r,.tors and committee there has been n
proposition laid before the Senate, and is
now in the hands of the Joint committee
a<kinc for the establishment Of branch
hospital near the city of Wilmington, TO he
chiefly in charge of DIR. J. J.. Winants of
that C.tv for the reception Of patients from
th, Eastern counties of the State Also,
understand that there has been u proposi-
non introduced in the House OF Representa-
fivns proposing to fit up some bnildiDc in
the West that has been already erected
.uI Of converting il into an ASYLUM for the
Insane.
But, Mr.. President, whichever of these
propositions may find the most favor, or
whether some other and still more feasible
project may be suggested whether east or
west, north or south, We must not. We can
not afford to lose sight of the great central
object, that outweighs every other consider
alton. That of making, at the present ses-
sion, some additional provision for the in
>lnc Of our State.
In conclusion. Mr.. President, beg par
ion for trespassing thus long upon the SEN
ate. 1t is the first time that l have ever
claimed such indulgence and it will perhaps
lie the last. Ii is my intention after the eX-
iration of our present term to retire from
public life. I expect to engage in other
pursuits more congena! to my tastes and
yrelings. Much of my life for nearly
twenty-five years has been spent among
the sick, the afflicted, the destitute, and
The dying.
During the years OF war and carnage
through which our country has passed, [
Witnessed many heart-rcndiEg scenes and
,.tttimcs had my profoundest sympathies
}nohcd tn the very core. My soul has been
,guniZcd over the dying bed Of NV own
lovely child; Of friends and kindred to me
the dearest and the best, yet do none OF
ines" trying scenes, or all together SO move
upon my natlIrc or stir the depths of my
~nlIl. Ike one uI lheSe poor frantic lunatlCS,
whose sad and vacant stare or distorted
countenance, resemble more some ghost
like phantom cIal ii the habiliments OF
wretcheduoss and misery, than n fellow
being.
Senators, i'll the name Of these uutortu-
mates, in the name Of their wretched faith
rre, i'll the name Of their hcdrt-br0ken mo-
theirs, in The name of their sOrrowing sis
trro, in the name Of their weeping wives
and worse than orphan children, in the
name OF the Voc and misery that is iasten-
rdon every household so awfully cursed, in
Tho name of hrlmanity's God, beg you,
cOniurc you TO restore and adopt this prop
"Sition. You to whom all these weeping
eyes are turned with the most ilnplorins
appeals. You who are the cynosure of al
these sad and anxious Eca1ts, ''disaproint
Them not -disappoint them nto.'