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' ' , ; '' ' ' ' .'' " -: ;' ' - : .77"':""" , . : , .-...... ' ' -"-' : , , ' 'V V., , ." ' U I n THJi. J, LEMAT, (Printer for the State.) Eat-rom as PaoraitT. "bt ca.ii..: rovxarci, i aofc-i., i-till-ctc-i. m rituiu iuwmii-tii lass ot oom iihi mVtIi idiii tr ova Ar--Tios " ';' ' jTHREE 0OLLAR8 A TEAIWn atc YOL80 : ' -'" i.-J. , . - t ..- j... .. . - . , -.-'- i MESSAGE at TBI IDitlOT O F-v ASYLUMS FOR THE DEAF & DUMB. BLIND A INSANE. 1 have h honar lo acknowledge t&e receipt of a resohnion of the House of Commons, Uesolvm?, " that It is the fluty ot the Ucn "eral Assembly of this State, as soon as the condition of the public ' treasury will allow, to mure appropriations .'for erecting suitable "buildings for asylums for tho deaf nd dumb, the blind and the in- sane. - ' .. . . ' " Betolved Furlhtr That Ilis Excellency the tiovernor be re- quested to givo this Houso nil the information in his possession as 'tothe probable cost of building suitable ediGces for these purposes, "and also to communicate to tho General Assembly any other iufor motion in his possession on the subject." As to the first Resolution, 1 hope I may be indulged in expressions s of the highest gratification at its adoption by the House of Commons ; and I feel well assured that it will meet the most hearty approba tion of every good citizen in tho State; and I regret deeply regret, that in replying to the second resolution, lam unable to give that information which the House desires j nt least to give s"uch informa tion as might be deemed accurate, and upon which reliance might be placed with confidence. ; . .: .., . I am not aware ol any luformntion hi this office, that will aid me n making the reply ; nd, therefore, any reply I may make will be merely a matter ot opinion, Never having visited institutions of tho kind, I am unable to say whether buildings for tha accommodation ot such persons are more expensive in their construction than others ; but I should suppose TyhW"Wrt -ner46--pttf :pIatilLMyredople4; beft4hjeo.m.mejcej. rnent of the buildmgs, fttid then jho building raisedjjecording ta the i lan i and it is aiunlly difficult to say what would be the extent of . i . . t - ; j ine buildings inat Avouia oe reguiron From the last census, it appears there are in this State Deaf and Dumb under 11 years of age - between 14 & 25, do., h over 25 do., . 83 "8'J" US Insane, supported at private charge, Do. . do."" public charge, 223 423 154 - 5S2 What number of these persons would be educated and maintuhied at pubJic expenso, I cannot jretend to say ; and, therefore, can give -iioad'eauateid If it be any aid to the House to pive the cost of other large edifices, whereby they may judge ol the probable cost of such as they may "deem necessary, 1 wouia meonou "ia 'u,kh n,,u w muc tmitdinson the west of this city, now occupied as a female semina ry cost"a little upwards of $36,000 "i this Would aecBrarnodare a l arge nnmber ol persons ; and, I doubt not, such buildings could be now built much cheaper. ' ." . . .. The Methodist Female College in Greensboro', just finished, three Stories high, of brick, and about 50 x 135 feet, with put-houses and -eiidcref-tTTh--"-H(,hg' 1 ..,uPP?Ptr?j4fj MoArhfnAdafA one hundred persons. - Jud?in?of the cost of this building, I should suppose that g;50,000 would erect such as were indispensably necessary ; and that $ 75,000 would erect buildings ample for all purposes. If this subject te referred to my successor, to procure inf rmation re. Jatlve thereto, to be laid before the next Legislature, I doubt not he will procure some valuable information, upon which reliance may The interesting exhibitions which the members of the Legislature have witnessed 3nring the present session,-show to what extent and with what facility the blind can be taught to read and be instruct ed in various learning, music ccc, and how easily the dumb can be educated and taught to communicate their ideas by writing and by signs. These exhibitions must have enlisted the feelings of every philanthropist in the cause ot their education. - . Pmmihff.nfcsent condition I our Treasury tt taay be deemed by " some inexpedien t tolake" afly StPp'S for th relief -el trieSe-classes of our popuiaiiorj juui jsr "--,","v " nient to aid them, they aro to be totally neglected? 1 hope not. There is a fund belonging to North Carolina, to which she is irlost i'niltf Hntltled. not only sufficient to erect all the buildings necessary tor the purpose, but likewise sufficient to endow them, so that the "must nmnle and nermanent provision could be made for the deaf and dumb, the blind and insane, without our citizens being taxed a dollar for their support. . The fund U which I allude, ts the fourth instalment of the surplus revenue. , From the condition of the Treasury ot the United States, it is ev ident that that instalment may be very conveniently paid to thoStates entitled to the same, in a short time, Message as relates to Asylums for the deaf and dumb, the blind and insane, bcg4ave to submit Uw following jcpoxt Your committee have felt tho difficulty and embarrassment that surrounded these subjects, growing out of the present condition of the public treasury-5-the various demands to bo made on the same. which must be complied with, and the fear of an unwillingness on the part of a large portion of tho people of the State to submit to any further taxation to begin so many experiments at the same peri od of time) to which they have paid but little attention, and 6f which they have no information in regard to their practical operations. And though your Committee have the greatest confidence in the in telligence, virtue and benevoknee of our citizens and of the wil lingness and cheerfulness on their part to relieve the distress and in crease the comfort of their fellow-men by any means in their pow er, yet they aro hot insensible to the fact that these subjects have received but little notice by our past Legislatures and that no infor mation concerning them, has been given to their respective consti tuency. That there wiH oe found in North Carolina,. & very small (i ny) portion of he,cijtzW and who will prove their Willingness, to establish asylums for this destitute and unfortunate portion of ouritizens by submitting to any rate of taxation whenever they see the benefits Itiey confer thereby, as well upon themselves, as upon the recipients of their bounty, your committee have no doubt: yet to levy now a tax swffigbii-timtHwifigMi fiirihe..sgparotL.objccjl8 ot.harity.,and to 5 to keep them in succcssful operation, your committee foar would be running ahead of public opinion, and end in tlie fuiluro to accom plish any thing for the melioration of the condition of these persons, for many years to come. Z "" " - The recent visit mado us by a number of tho blind pupils of the Va. Asylum, under the charge of their teachers, and the more recent exhibition by a deaf mute, a citizen of our own State, nnder the di rection of his teacher, has satisfied all, (of what many were before sceptical) as to practicability of giving to this class of pur popula tTort a coiTrse taught in our-best schools to . those not deprived of these senses. iThe -feasibility tfien ediicating 4hesca I . - . . . . i . . i 1. " ' ' s-f - . - i s: . uuceu to prncucai uuuiy, rassing uy me question oi amy mat we are under, (for your committee take it for granted, that none who have witnessed the benefits afforded by education to thiscla3S of our citizens will deny this drty,) by tho obi igationf hu inanity and re ligion, to extend every comfort and happiness to the afilicted pass ing by the benefits conferred upon the objects of our charity the affording of almost sight to the blind, and speech to the dumb -the imparting the k t wledge of their divino origin, before unknown to therjfetha crcatingorjayejnics 7 tlienowlidge and' realization of the hope of salvation-i-your committee would respectfully suggest some bticf views as to the importance, on the score of policy and e conomy, of establishing some system for tho education of these per- m . ffi r sons. -Your Committee find, by reference-to the ablo communication submitted by the late Executive of the, State on these subjects, dur ing the present session, from an extract taken from the last census, that there are in this State two hundred and eighty-three deaf and dumb, and 223 blind persons ; of the -number of the deaf and dumb, less than half are of that age capable of receiving an educa tion, and of the blind, a less number perhaps are of the proper age. Those who have passed the proper age may be considered, with but lew exceptiowK itr ycrV.nHTmnstaHces;xnd--i.hfore- charge upon the public, fif there LjoiI ' ben- tcn Xsjrinms for lb education of these twoelasses of persons, rieretefore established, or an appropriation set apart for their education at some other institution, we may conclude that the largest number of them would now be engaged in useful avocations, not only saving the charge to the i State of their support, but-in addition yielding some revenue to the Government : for, from information derived from institutions now in successful operation, we know that they are taught various useful trades and professions, and arrive at great proficiency in tlirm. We know too, that without education a large portion of the blind and ol the deat and dumb pass into the class of the insane : so The sum to which Aorth Carolina is entitled, is within reaction that we not only improve the condition of the blind and of the deaf year, which would a moot) t to the sum of w,7tJ; making an -ayetheargeofsustainingthe insane, by reducing their numbers. What then can be done by this present General Assembly for the aggregate ot $iwo, ou w. . ; - . a i oro ff.n nn t lia aMrtinn nf hiiilrtinm tvnirn tvill h fori I : AVi r .... ..s.ii.Mm'nnn i.a tZ. ' ik. . Jt edocation of the blind and of the deaf and dumb, has been the ear- ample: tnere lsiejisiui 5uuw,uui, u iufc-uf u iuwiaiuij . : r wh ich S36 000 an ntwlTyy will very mpl y sustniii these institutions.! nest enquiry of your committee In order to fix lipoid some sysj em Sure y this money could ncbe-inor-hutrHMielyppliedf-and I -as a commencement for-thcir-instructi would most respectfully suggest the propriety of pressing upon the attention of Congress its speedy payment. , , Rut whether, von adopt tins or soma omer course, i crnnoi uui instnictionwhichwll givetotho people of the State a more immediate acquaintance with the benefits derived to this class ot Jtheir citizens, and of the profit accruing to hone that voti will not let the present session pass without taking at jthe s,ate wdthns insure in a very few years Ihe establishment of lenst noma inhiatorv ften for their aid and relief. To these classes of our population, who are poor and friendless, yon stand in the place of parents, arid guardians: without your aid they have nothing to hope ; and shall they look to you jn vain 7 It is more than probable, that this is the Inst official" communi cation I shall ha ve the honor to make to your honorable body... To mot row severs the' political tie that now unites us. In retiring from the distinguished position 1 nowoceupy, I leave i pleading in be half of these unfortunate and helpless creatures, who are unable to plead for themselves, and -whose happiness or: misery awaits your action. . ' ' ... ; .v I conjure yon,' then, bf yonr ditties as wise legislators ; by all the feelings of humanity and of philanthropy; by the precepts of on f holy religion, to resolve never to abandon the scats which you now ocenpy, nor to behold your own beloved offspring, until; you have done yonr duty towards these afflicted children of Providence, by the adoption of some measure for the improvement and amelioration of Iheir condition. , . ... . Yery respectfully, m i . -.Your obedient servant, " : J. M. MOREIIEAD. Executive Office, r ? ' Dee. 3Ut, 1844. - REPORT ON ASYLUMS. ' J.Tho Committee to whom was referred so much of the Governor's permanent asylums for 'the blind and for the deaf and dumb, your committee are unanimously of the opinion, that a portion of the pro coeds of the Literary fund should be set apart for their instruction say the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars annually for the blind,and two thousand five hundred dollarsannually for the deaf and dumb and that each county shall pay one half of the expenses and tuition of each stodent it may send. Your committee cannot believe there are any who will object to this appropriation.' This fund has been set apart by our Legislature for the education of the poor of the State; 'And can it be said that this class of destitute citizens are ex eropt front its benefits?' Are the afflicted and unfortunate to be neg lected in thtfralio of their misfortunes ? and those - blessed - with all their sensos to be fostered in the proportion of their enjoyment of these blessinss 1 Your committee cannot entertain this idea and ill not permit themselves to doubt,, that this recommendation will meet with a unanimous concurrence. ' No have your committee felt less solicitude for some provision for the necessities of that unfortunate class of our citizens, the insane of our State. Their suflering condition calls loudly upon our sympa thy and charity to do something for their comfort and relief They too are indigent. From the communication, before referred tb, It will be seen that the number of insane supported at private charge are 423 j and the number at the public expense are 154. 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E. a .2 - The intelligence published in StunIayV .American ot the siiapDiion of diplomatic intercoure between the United State and Mexico tddilional interest to the doc ument! which accompanied the Preiideni'a Mewage, and others ainre recieved, on the uhject of our relation with Mexico. , Wa shall endeavour to DUt our feaden 1if poiiessToif of tti"tea(finj points In ihia business, r or that purpose we come at once to Mr. Calhous's letter io Mr. Shan non, our Minister at Mexico, dated Sept. 10, 1844, written upoa the knowledge of the fact that Mexico contemplated a spexdy re newal of the war against Texas, and that she designed to make it a War of extermina tion. . . ' '"; " t' , ; . This letter (a an 6libniate document. Mr. fc'Aittoii bcgliis by referring to the order of Gen. Woll, commander ff the army of invasion, and to th decree of Santa Anma, issued in June last, ss preparatory to their eomtnetieement of hostilities upon Texas, By these,' all communication with Texas is forbidden; all persons found holding inter, course with the Texan are to be punished as traitors; and it is further declared , thai "evcrv individual who may be found at the distance of one league fiom the I ft bank of ,the.iRio( Bravo will be regarded as sfarour er and KeompltcefhsurpersofliUat pari oi 1MB iaiiuiisi acuituij, i,u . m traitor to his country," and after asummaiy military trial he is to be punished itccording-ly-Mr Caluocs ulUiile to the treatment of.Ceneral. Sektmamat andf his party, who were shot at Ttiftco, as illustrative or the manner itt which this order was to be car ried out. It embraces,'! he observes, ery individual who may be found eari or s line drawn three miles east oi the itio eel Norte, without distinction of affe or Sex, fore'ifnef orxititenj- condition- or vocation. All of every descriptioni whethei . they re sist or surrender, are to be treated as traif- ors Bfil all wTto ferto be shotdowBTrtie war Jf inteWTed. tif shhf R W M 6fie of mtterl exttrpstton, . All who breathe are to be ucs troyeu Or driven out, ana 1 elas leu a oes olute waste, and so pfocliimed to the world by Mexico, ia advance ot her projectea in vasion." :"- , ' . ' ,.,'., ; Mr. Calhoun then proceeds to stale the considerations which are believed to require -he interposition of the United States: ' Thd first Question which presents Itself for consideration enjhii itatoment of jTaets is, "alislTwe stind "by 'anff'wWeWlnsneiiiet' the renewal of the war by Mexico, and it prosecution in this blood-lhusty and lcs olaling spirit! In order to answer it . fully and sstisfactoriiy.it will be necessary to in quire first into her object for lene wing the. war at tins time. ; There Catt be but ohr; and that is, to de feat the annexation of Texaa to our Union. She know firll well that the nit ction of the treaty hat but postponed the question of an nexation,4 She knows that Congress ad journed without finally disposing of it; that it is now pending before both Houses, and actively canvassed before the people throughout the wide extent of our Union; and that h will in all probability be decided in hsjatbr unless It Should be defeated .by some jjrmpnt ejtterior to eiunty. .,, We would be blind not to eee that she C poses loefTeet It by the projected invas n, either by conquering and Subjecting Texas to her ower. ory furciog her to withdraw the "proposition for annexation, and to from commercial and political con nexions with some other Power less con genial to her Teelings and favorable to her independence,' and more threatening to her and 6tir permanent welfare and safety. Of the two, the fatter i much the more prob sbls. ' he 1 ones' attemplou conquest, but signally failed, although the attempt wss made under the lead of her moat skilful snd renowned general, at the heid of a writ ap pointed army, COnsistmg' of her best discip lined snd braveSt troops, and while' Texas wes" yet la lier infancy, without a Govera ment, almost without means, and With, an inconsiderable - population. With this ex ample before her she caft scarcely hope to succeed now, under a leader ef lee skill and renown, and -when Texa ba nettled town under well esublished Government, and has so greatly increased in means and population. There are, then, two points npon which- Mr Calhocx nrires the pro priety snd necessity of our interference.' t irst, because of the lerocicus manner in which Mexico propose to wage (lie vfsi against TexaS secondly, because fhS design of Mexico is to defeat the policy of annex ation which the United Slates proffered to Texas and which, Mr. Calhoun contends. is a policy essential to our safety snd well- beings ' , " ":' '" , ' ' On thts thetetter fs eihpnatie. No measure, It is declared, has been more Steadily or longer punned by the Government of the United Stales than this Very measure of an nriktion. The facts in proof are arrayed with alt the earnritaesrof i eon ulnar ad-vocafe-such s the belief of many thai Tex was included in the session of Lou isartif that it was improperly, if not con stitutionally, surrendered by the treaty of Florida in 1819; that repeated efforts have been made to regain the territory, twice in Mr. AbAn'a administration, owe in 1"25, and in 1827, and thrice under Gen. Jack son, first ia 1827, again in 1833, snd Ginally ia 1835. " ' . - . MIn pursuance" he continncs, 'of this IonCherished and established policy, and under the conviction of the necessity of acting promptly ia order to- prevent the de feat of the measure, the present Admin!' trau'oa invited Texas to renew the propo sition for annexation which had been decim ed-.by its ,ptedeceaor- It wa accepted; and, a ha been stated, is now pending.-' Ths question recurs. Shall we stand by qoW etly and permit Mexico to defeat it, without making an effort to oppose her Shall we,' after thia long and continued effort to annex Texas, now, v. hen Ihe measure is about to be consummated, al ow Mexico to put it sside, perhsps forever! Shall the golden opportunity" be lost never again to return?- Shall we permit Texan, for having accept ted an invitation, tendered her at a eriticat moment, to join ns, and consummate a me- sure essential to. their aftd out permant peace, welfare, and satety, te be desolated; her in habitsnts to be butchered or driven out, or in order to avert so great a calamity, to be forced, against her will, into a strange alii -ai,ee, which would- terminate in producing lasting hostilities between ' her and na, to the peimanent injury and perhaps tho rulrf , 6f bothT?,, - rXJl -J' i:L the right of tin government to propose annexation and the right of Texas to receive . that proposition, a an independent State; are insisted npon strenously. Mr.' Cal , room goes so far as to contend that Texas has never stood in relation to Mexico as si rebellious denartroenf or province,' and hers ' Id ideas of 8Wt iovrelhfty come Into piy. " The tru4reUlioftb.dweeaMeiicpandTx-.r as, he aflirms. Is that of independent tnem. bets of a Federal Government, the1 weaker of which has successfully resisted the at' tempts of the stronger to conquer and sub ject hertq its -tower, 1 f Mexico laker of fence at the proposal of annexation, we are the party to answer, not Texa Hence our honour is implicated in upholding Tex as free from harm if any danger fs to be in curred by her for listening to a proffer which! we chose to make and which we had a full right to make. Entertali.ing these views, - iayi Mr. CAinoew, Mexico would mak' - a great mistake if she should snppose that lidBnl'ouUsf?g3-ilJwln -itjdjffearrt ence the renewal of the war which she hna proclaimed against Texas. .Our honour" -and Our interests are both involved.' : " ' :4 In consideration of these fact and ctr' rnmstances Mr. Shannon is instructed ta'." addtess to the Mexican Government a prof test against the renewal of the war sgn'nst Texas while the question of annexation is pending, and also against the manner; "bar barous and bloody," in which it is intended "io -be"c61riducled; and he"1 V"c6uchthi" protest In. t'strong language,!, accompaaied . . by the declaration that both the war and the manner of it will be "highly offensive , to the United Statea." ' Mr. SifAXsotf. with ifie fidelity of one of I Ioxcr's messengers, speaks a he is char", ged to the' Mexican Government, Itfs let ter To Rijoiirrthe- Secretary fbr Foreign Affair, is m strict accordance, and in ma ny parts, in the very words of Mr. CaL, hopm's letter of instructions; Ths reply, of ; Rejoin, which has arrived since the deliv ery of the' President! Message; does not sppenr in the Intelligencer of yesterday, but there is an abstract of it in that journal,- which give its suhsfince. The Mexican Secretarv is verv inditrnant at the avowal that the Unite J. States hare been for twenty years it-aiUly' pursuing Ihe dcsigtt of acf"' quiring Texas- This confession, he thinks,' makes it apparent (hat the entire revolt of Texas, (all her citizens and soldiers being drawn from the United Slate,) her derlor' t ' -rt-.i 'j-.ii A. i huh oi inucpviiuoncB, nnu nil 1110 rroi, pro, . the deliberste work ot this counuy, l this be so What reality can there be, he asks, in any of the reason of justice or humanity now urged? Jf such thing can' be avowid, why may not anlr country foment an insur rection in a neighboring one, send its peo ple thither a citizens, then stimulate it to declare itself independent., and proceed to annex it . In such a plan it may prove "that ihe United Slates may deceive itself with Its own fictions, but will be' able to' deceive oo body ei-e." , - ' ' tie goes on to say that ftfexico, notwith standing she ha been faithlessly dealt with for twenty years,' wishes no rupture with the United States. Tfih wjll bear the bad treatment she ha received; but not the seix-I ure of her province. The resp'onsibi'ity of altering (hs etisting relations', of peace, if such alteration occur will belong to the' United States, and trot to her. - This note' i dated Oct. 31 it; , ! V ': ' hit. Shannon's answer of Nov. 3d cy presses his surprise at Senor RkjoinV lan guage; considers it grossly offensive' to' the people of the United States, ss accusing them of falsehood, artifice,-intrigue dichon orable dAignsV 5cc.. H. bel.ieves. It was meant to be insulting, ark iu withdrawal. 1 To thi the Mexican Secretery rejoin on the flth. He i not astonished, he says, , that Mr. Shahnon, after so repeatedly sty- ' ting the' Mexican barbaroui, should now' ' take refuge in the pretence of a courtesy to which he seems to' think that he and hi$ Govtrnment were alone entitled. He (Mr. S. has employed without stint toward Mexico language for which it would be ev sy to' obtain, diplomatic reparation, but that it was plain that they who sent him desired not what was the proper object of diplo" macy, (peace,) but a quarrel. On his own part, he meant togivethemnorightground' for one. He i bound therefore, to persist in what he has said, and is ihstrored to re peat It. " So tands (he irintter as disclosed bv the litest advices; and with! this statement of the rase, as brief as wt could make it, we lea he subject for the present '' ""' ' ' "-- ' ult. Jmtr. 3T , Jr
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