Litchfield enquirer., 1830-04-15

hs practical usefulness, that he may return to hs 6rm with enlightened and ndus.rOus eUter- prise. Instead Or what he has been accustomed to fear, disqualification and dissas,e for practical and labOrious employment, he will 6nd hum on his return enlightened and efficient support uO his declining years
 ". is Catcwta,ed Co call tv4h greater uauO.ut O t0Ienss and sntt,p,Sse.
 Here the young men, situated as they will be, under the constant eye O their instructors and the various emplOymen'S, physical, mental. and moral in which they will daily engage, will deveopc their peculiar 'aenis-and the of their future usefulness will be discOtered without the expensive experiments which often prove Rbortive. Most Of lIe ohectous which are raised against he benevolent designs of our Education Societies are grounded upon the Ga- of individual Benefciaries in answering the ex. pectatOOs of their Bcncactors. In most eases these failures will be prevented by this trnI without any ex. pense.
 It is confidently believed that the due mixture of physical and mental efforts which we contemplate, is essential to the greates, efficiency It has often been remarked in reference to the requirement of our Ma. tional Independence, that great occasions form characters to mee, the demand" When WASHING.
  When our armies or our councils demanded spirits oil heroiEm Of elrquence, of wisdom, the majesty ot the cause, it were, created them But they were men of.physical well mental energy--they had been accustomed to direct the plough to m the ham. mer, to wield the axe, to some equally active em- ploymeni whlch nerved the battle, the misl to dare and achieve. The classical scholar need not be told that Greece and Rome formed their heroes, orators, and statesmen upon this principle IL is up the principle that we calculate ,he superior advantages of due mixture of mental and physical effort In training young men to the moet extensive usefulness. A race of young men,. sWch in mary pccs the dawn of Independence fouHd laboring upon hills and valIes are ,,or needed to spread the blessings of science liberty and religion through region of counr, greater than ,ha, which achieved our independence-a race of men trained in health, to hardihood and enterprise, prepared pioneers and founders of the industrious habits and virtuous in.titutions of free and enlightened people. We look in vain the presen, cois,ered and enerva.ing system to supply religious and literary teachers, for half civilized population through extent territory which would swallow up many of the kingdoms of Europe. If we cannot find practical men, men of health and nerve enough to bear the deprva,ions of a aud error which encOmpass its population, the causc is hopeless-and the little States Eastern shores may wrap themselves up in the mansle of fear, and wait the torrent of ignorance and infdeliy and des po,ism which will sweep away their al,Ars, their lber- ties and their name.
 V. system o sdwcasicn i 'Uhich the physical ent' al and moral acGes duly called i.O Gctow is the best calculated to promote sound morality. 2
 It is general maxim that regular and rational em. ployment strengthens the moral principle, and affords one of the best securities against the seductions Of vice. IT you would guard youth from ruin, beware of leading him in the ruad of indoence the thresh old of crime. His mind will only rest satisfied with habits, when his physical, mental. and moral powers have such employment his conscience ap- proves He will soon take deligh. in that sys. tenn of labor winch proposes some object to be Ob tained than in all the senseess and often vicious laxa.ons too common in our literary institutions. These hours Of dleness, and often of crime, cannot be prevented but by substituting something which will render them unnecessary. By the contemplated sys- tenn, youth are placed in the best state of moral and paterna dscipline constantly with their teachers and guarded by the nature of their associations and em poyments from the temptations and vicious habits and associates which too often attend other places of learning. .....
 VI. 1hissystem ismon sssy conductive to health, and is Mo ordinary degree. .. r.
 The amount of suffering from chronic, dyspepsic aud nervous dseases and the premature deaths from close application study upon the popular plan of ednca- ,ion, would be incredible to one who had paid but little attention the subject. The inquiry is often made, e,-"W many more pious and faithful ministers brough, early grave than formerly f'- This isquiry may be easily answered. The slow con- sumng evil is generally originated during their pre- para,ory studies. This constantly fed by the intense application which is necessary uner system of Ia. bors many times greater than that Of former ages with less opportunity to engage in regular active employ ment. cohs,,uton enfeebed by intense application during the preparatory studies withost regular sys- tenn of exercise can i sustain the afaous sedentary labOrs which sminencs in his profession requres.- Bat hy preserving proper equilibrium and keeping up the tone of physical action by regular manual abor as much study may be accomplished i" his preparatory course, and he enter upon his profession with firm and healthy constitution.
 The benefits to young men designed for either of the learned prOessoDs, for the more active em- ploymen.s of fife which anticipate from this system of elementary preparation. and which experience an- thorises us to expect, are many and great.
 Impressed ~h the importance and Psaciisabiliiy of .~..n ,~..aa h.ul ra~0uaanen nd