Litchfield enquirer., 1835-06-18
Ft0m IA. clur,mout,(N. HlRogl,.

 ing sketch is from New Hampshire paper. We'll may that State be proud 0f such son -and well may the prediction he hAzarded, that while the land of his birth is inhabited by freemen. the name, the fame, and the serVi- ces of the New England bOy-here described twill he held in honor
 4 NeO EngIGRd BOy.-ISOrn among the hills of New England, his infancy rocked and nuI sed amid the fastnessps Of nature, behold him treading his nalite hills in youth, making his way with difficulty tO the little sch0OlhOusc (the pride of Yankee land) where his earliest aspirations are nurtured, and his mind re- c~ives those Impressions which are to stamp his character in after years. Compare him with any of the hundred pupils seated with him in that school house In what do they differ! Does he exhibit any remarkable de- NelOpment of mind that does not seem to be possessed by his play mates! Is the pupil a match for his master! Is there any ex- traOrdinary elOquence beaming from that eye-on that Ii2-in that heart or mind His daily lesson is cOnned-he goes and comes with the rest-mingles in the sports of his ompaniOns-fOilows his father to the field { with the plough. Is there any thing remark able tn this New-England boy-any surpass- ing endowment that others do not possess :?
 
 that noble forehead? Is nature hiding treas ures in his mind to be poured forth in com ing years that shall command the admiration of a whole people? In what does he differ from the hundreds around him, who loiter to the old school house in his company ?- Will he be content with spending his days on that farm ? Or will be yet become one of the leading minds of the age? Mark him well Are there not many in that school, destined to rise higher than he
 Behold again this New England boy when a few more years have passed over his head !! He IS still at school. the treasures of antiqui- ty spread before him. There is the same ea- gle eye! The seeds of knowledge that na- ture planted in his mind-that were warmed ny education in the rude school house in which we saw him, are springing up! He has tasted at the spring. but is he content
 Or must he have draught after draught T. 1 Poverty surrounds him-but will he give up l! Has he learned that lesson which tells hin to press on! Will the buds of the young tree perish and die-or will they yet expand in beauty. opening to the sun ofthe bright sum- mer day Behold him in the first institution in his native State! His mind is lost in the records of the past-his imagination follows the hero of the poet, through the realms of fancy and fingers upon his almost inspired Pages-he dwells upon the words that fell in l 'mpassioned eloquence from the lips of an cient and modern statesmen. And do not others that are in that hall go with him there Have they all formed the same idea of soul. ] stirring eloquence-have they sounded into the depths of the past, and all brought up the l same preciOus treasures? His companions pore over the volume by the midnight lamp he turns over the pages and has faihomed Itheir secret. While his mind is not bent up- on the regular routine of studies, upon what IS 1t engaged? Does the future glory of his country rise np before him like brilliant plcture-urging him on to make himself mas
 goes fOrln Inio me world! Does she hal
 him. on bidding him prepare himself for tn,
 conflict and not be found wanting? Is thes,
 not prize glittering before the eyes of hi.
 companio0s-and think you they will outstrif
 him iD the race? Is there any thing remark
 able in his appearance-iD his habits of study that would lead you to point to this student,
 and declare that his competitors will be lefl
 far behind in the race that is to come Mark him wet ...r
 1 Behold this son ef New. England once more struggling for support. His father, a plain farmer, has given him all that he had to give Ia good education! Henceforth he must educate himself! Will he do it? He has no powerful cOnnexions--he relies altogether up- 1 on his own good mind, heart. and hands !- These are the tools with which he is to be- come the architect of his own greatness, if great he is to be. Will he give up? He has a task before him-think you he will give up ln despair! Henceforth he must make his own way in the world. Thousands of New EngIand's sons have, unlike him, been blessed with wealth. and yet have failed Thousands who, fike him. sought the school house door ln their youth--whose advantages were equal or better than his-have become good citizens. Will he be more? Others have had rich inheritance in silver and gold-and yet have failed to realize the high hopes and expecta- tions of their friends. Will this man, with no richer inheritance than that of an unsulDied name, surpass them all? Mark him well!- Watch him at the bar-his mind is called up- on to compete with the strongest and mighti- est. But he fails not. He comes to the con. test, armed and ready. He has in other days ioreseen what he must do, and he is prepared. The ablest have found an equal in him. Be nold now he rises from one step to another by the strength Of his intellect, and the integrity Cf his heart! What voice is that which calms !ne snrges of the storm in the Senate Cham 6es! Whose eloqusnce, that snchains the attention of admiring thousands in the Cradle oi LibeEty-as if the Genins of the days of old were speaking from his lips !!
 Ths patriarchs Ofthe RevolutioD--the fra mere os the COnstitutiOn--speak through him