Litchfield enquirer., 1829-05-14

| inc enennrhtement of domestic manufactu- 1 lures, the meehanic arts and agriculture, that have received the cOuntenance ana approha- tion of the successive administrations ofthe national rO<egn,nent, and the expediency of
 maintaining the general policy which they have introduced.
 The Stafe oG Ts0ulsiana has proposed to the several Statts in the Uni0n, that the Consti- tuition of the United States be SD amended, that the President and Vice President "shall hold their offices for the term of six years,
 and that the President shall be ineligible at- | terwards."
 The resolution proposing the amendment has been transmitted to me by the Executive
 of that State t6 be submitted to your cOnsid-
 eIatinn, and is herewith communicated.
 Amendments 10 the constitution Ofthe con-
 federacy should be originated, only when pal pably necessary to prevent alarming and DOT. tpntous evils, and examined with all possible circnmspeCtiOn, in the full conviction that ire. f qurnt motifCatiOns of that compact will di-
 minish the sacrtdness imparted tO it by the
 impress ufs,he exalted minds which framed tt,
 and endanger its contruling authority. The
 amendment proposed. however, would have a
 strong claimto favor fit were admitted that its adoption would. secure harmony in the na-
 lional cnInsels, s prevent alI opposition to the
 executiye ,SrisinR from perss,naa considerations Tn compliance with the request oi the Gov.
 ernur of the State of Georgia, aybeforc yoH
 the report and resolutions adopted by it's Le- gislature expressing its concurrence 1" with the Legislature of South Carolina in the res
 olntiOns adopted, at their December Session in i 8a7, in relation to the powers of the Gen. eral Government and State rights"
 We cannot too frequently, nor with too much
 solicit,.de recur to the condition of our prima- " schools. Their paramount importance to
 the well being ofthe generations that shall fol.
 lew us in long succession, must be admitted
 and should make them the favored and spec
 cial 0biects of legislative guardianship.
 In rcncwedly and earnestly inviting the at. .tention cf the General Assembly to these schools, am influenced alike by full con- victiOn of their intimate cOnnexion with the character and happiness of posterity, and the apprehension that an omission to extend to them constant and vigilant care, may dimin.
 ish their utility aud gradually undermine the
 high intellectual and mOfal standing which
 the.peOple of this State have long maintained,
 and should not place in jeopardy. On States
 as cn individuals, knowledge confers influence
 and power. Our territory being crcumscri-
 bed. the devclopement of genius andimprove-
 ment of mental energy are the more i:npOr-
 tant, us they afford additional facilities in the
 prosecution of the mechanic arts, in devising profitable and usefaiemploy ments.and in fur
 thering agricultural pursuits,aa we'll as in ele.
 vating the general character of society, thus ! presenting to our rising population powerful
 and perhaps contfoling Inducements to rc' main on their native seil &3A N live suffer our schools to decline whil8Rd joining States are advnpringin the great ant
 noble works of difFnsing education, our past SUI
 periorisy which they have simulated will shu sstRe,ts present. 1ahGmiliating c0ntfast. 1T, trHnsniit the systetns whose outlines Origina ted in the wisdom of our ancestors to tho
 multitudes who will successiyely come to the l participation ofits advantages, not merely un' \ impaaifed, hut invigorated, and rendered ca. l pable of greater and more extended useful.
 ness, is duty as undeniahle in its obligation l( as 1t oughtto be delightful in It's performance :l A full and satisfactory exhibition of the It.
 erary, moral, and political results which oul } common schools may produce, can never b. :. realized until teachers well and extensively ih - structed in literature and science shall be gen 5 eraily employed. Such teachers may be in t strlrnents of great good, by leading all ou Y yUutu tU utSucE uCYuU1WOuto Nt"u usU uv" 7 attainahla iir the district schools. Talent - that might otherwise remain dormant n,a. 2 thus be elicited aud excited to useful action {. The path to, usefulness and distinction is ope - to all the citizens of a republic. It's, there : fnre, m object of no ordinary interest t ; place within the reach ofcvery ffiendless an, 1. depressed child of poverty, nut only the rudi X menis oflearning hut the means of surInOunt l ing the obstacles tO his advancement in SO !, ciety, which misf0rtunes or the nisc0nduc N of others may have intePposed, and the Op [ p0rtunity of participating in the rich blessing and rewards that flow from the industrio,r q & persevering cultivation of fintelltctual pow ers. The elevation of the talents and qualiR ), cations of teachers of common schools is st N directly calculated to raise the standard of in ,l stFuctiOn and education among the great bo ! dy ofthe people, that in other states a.l opin j iun has been entertained that tt is advisabl, <, to institute special nleans to accomplish it.-- ,l A seminary for that purpose. in this state however, is entirely unnecessary.
 'l Persons offering themselves t0 be employ 1 ed in- the iapovtant basiness ct educating \ youth ought to be sttictly examined. and re \ quired to exhibit greater attainments in learn N ing, than have. heretOIOfe, been commonly \ demanded, as well as satisfactory evidence o
 sohriety and correct morals. By specifying the branches of learning and science Of whicl II teacher shall have knowledge, some good \ t is pr. stunned might be effected, and the in tr0duction of further improvements facilitated q The employment. in its nature one of dig Fl nity must risn in n,lhlir rs9in1atiOn. with ths