The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-11

The eaablihnens at stanty began to PROPER. PEE
tiozzi every day more clearly undernood his fyteu
he every day made trials In order to dcoser the
beR means Of making the inRru9on Of the poor fub
fsrvient TO their real wants and true intere(ls.
He iaw in many parts of Switzerland where he had
lived. that the population far great He Jaw
that this forced population depended on foreign eta
bhments fof the real rsfources Of the country and
the cultivation Of the lard that means of fubGf
enee were in the hands OF manufacturers, who fur
niihed them with materials for fpnning end weaving
The fri unfavorabe ercumftance he forela "a ari-
ling from this kind of nduQry. was. that millions of
individuals might on an emergency fiud themfeNes
without employment or any nsof getting fueh as
they were capable Of sr-"-s ~
He wihed them TO create other refnurces he with
ed to devslope among them germs Of activity,
aud AT the fame time point the ooea Is which
this activity might be mott ufsfuIly diretsed. He
lought, in Sword, tomakc them, iuicient for them
ielves, and tore,ider them independent of events.
This was his mott ardent del'rs, the ohjea of his
Iabors, the rooge motive for his jealous devotion
When the invalion Of the AuQrians into the Letter
Cartons OF Switzerland, once more overthrow his
work. Forced to abandon Stanty, overwhelmed
with chagrin, exhaued by fatgues he had the addi-
tonal ve1ation Of finding himfrlf the objeS Of the
nlof pointed raiery His Remuneration of this eta.
blilhment was attributed inconaney, and the inn
portability OF putting into pra aiee the sions Of two
c~aitcd huSRNstiOu-WnercdS IL was the neCeuary
coniequence the mott iinpefious circumstances In
this extremity he found afyum at the baths Of
Ctournielc fcme leagues from Bernie. Some friends
were Till left him. who did him Juice and tried to
ierve him. One amongf them psrfuaded him to 90
to Berthoud, fnall town near Berne, where he
might iueeeed in placing hmfelf at the head of
naali fehoo detigncd for psor children The govern
nent continued TO take Tome intoref in his fate and
aligned him a penfion of 40 louis s-..e s>,...r
At this pesiotlthe Chateau of Rertho,d nj 49,,
aligned to Mr.. Pitcher, who intended to form a fe-
pinaryyfor fchool matters. Mr.. F. was youg man
OF great pronile; he, however died about this time
and his proea died with him, -,
Meanwhile Peaalozzi's little fchool had excited the
attention OF the government who had no, forgotten
ms iueceis at Stanfy. In conleiuenee, allotted TO
hun the aforementioned Chateau. Soon after Peaa-
lozz who till then had had no alift.n, was 70 happy
as to attach to him KruG, Toaler, and Bufs; with
this alitanee he enabled to commence the reafa
ton Of his plan--he opened boarding fchool-.-he
made trial of the feninary for ichool niaHers--he
went it Farther and took Certain number of poor
children. ftr -f'r >
The government determined Is favour him Gill far
the1. II railed his penlion to 100 louis gave him
the executive right of printing his elementary DO oks
which was extended to rem years after his DEATH gave
him the hope of introducing them into the primary
iehsols, aud allowed faarJ Of .senty-fve louis to
two of his alIiaan,s.-.' - .4t,t ,- :
Strong in protection thus avowed, Penalozzi no
longer regarded his Establishment as an individual
Undertaking, aud preferred hazard every thing
IN order promptly give il exteron, which nigh,
fulfil the views of government. -
The events of the months Of Septsnber and Oao--.
Der, 1902, again arrefed hin, in his new career The
deputies from the Can,ens to the Diet in 1908. had
not received any n9ruions relative to the infttu,e
of Berthoud -
Peffaiozz in renouneing the advantages, which had
been promifed by the Helyetic government, ana the
hope oi ieeing his undertaking become national one
IS forced by circumstances to take new meafrre bet-
Ter iuitsd 10 his retourees.--Hayngy with him many
teachers the ir order worthy Of his full confidence
hethought it bef TO divide an efabamen. much too
lsrgei and to sranport part Of il to the Canton de
Yaud. So that the inRtute of Berthoud is d;yid.I
INTO two branchr,, Dufshee, village near
bern--the sthef at Yyerdsn, beautiful town in the
Canton de Yaud. .s free s>- ...ts< >
Such are the principal ia he have judged proper to
collect iHiight have gone more into detail and fpo-
ken ofthe obilacles Peaalozz had to furmouut of
the perfeeution he endured. : could have drawu,he
principal traits of the character Of this extraordinary
man, Icoud have bewn him living, breathing only for
the happineis of the human race--facricing eyery
.hing, forgetting his NOT urgent wants. to enlure the
fuceefs of hi, labors. coull have hewu him after
the diaouton of the Helvetc government, in hi, in
itute at Berthoud, in the midi Of one hundred and
ten pupils, mea of whom were orphans or children
abandoned by their parents whom he had collected
sad of the re who paid but little, all paying irreyu-
larly hrugglng againf rnifery, yet foreeeng every
thing, But the time will come, when pen more
able than mine will make up for my omifiions, and
dojuaieet to the genius and heart Of Peaalozzi.
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