Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-02-05

was noble rcsolHtion Boz cue was another o..
solution which chou d have come Gr.t, and thsi
Is, to see that every child IN The United States con
read the Bible when TIC gets It,. How mary thou.
sands or rncls end of bibles and tel gious pubca.
lions arc given every year To tho,c who 'ahn"i
fcod1 Some can pronounce the easier wotds ,per-
hnps ; or even on the words and what then Mere
mechanical pronunciation ct words Is no, tcad'rg.
TO hcaiud ms Iille better thsu so much whist.
ling.
Take the connection Of common fchoc- With
the Temperance Society. Mon will seek hapP
ness IT IL ms nature the ordinance Of his Ma
kc. Bu, r bis mind has 40 higher grasp thou iu
tic Indulgence oi his mere sensual appetite, vhctc
can lie 20 He musl &c 10 Tic uppltug shop.
Give han moral au3 intel ccuul pleasures aud yon
open TO him ether and new resources. Therefore
hold thal the Temperance Pledge, which Is often arg
ed with little consideration, ehould always be oc-
compauicG with moral and mental light. OOhCr
wise, operative the pledge may be- appetite W'il
sooner or later prove too strong Cor o.. II Is 10
common schools that this GIT Is shcd
Look once more, u, the connection Of common
schools with social order and prosperity. The cd
ucatcd man and tie educated lady have other sonr-
ccs of enjoyment and other subjects of cpnvcrsa-
ton than their neighbours character; but leave tie
mind empty, and frivolous gos lping md tea table
chat viii be The amusement Of their leisure hours.
There is nothing wc hold dear to our hearts but o.
is connected mere or less directly with our schools
You may Pile ali your Till tops with magnificent
architecture, but let the PLAIN brick school house
20 down aud very soon all your columns and your
domes viii tumble with it into ruin. WhaJ is the
true foundation of this magnificent temple Of free
dom in which we are assembled Il is tie com
mon school. If we would have the one stand
frn, we must build the other deep and surc.~ To
NEGLECT common schools Is Us bad to destroy /;
nay. il is even worse for mo-nlormation is worse
;han no nformation-just as hanger is preferable
to poisoned food.
need not touch on the connection Of schools
with the press--it is too obvious for Illustration.
The press is mach louded as the palladium Of lib
erty and so, under proper circumstances, II is,
but, unless the People have intelligence to detect
lis errors and are ,ruous enough to check It's cor
rup,on, the press il public curse.
Observe further, the connection between iguo
rance and crime and the relation Of both 10 the
prevalence of good schools in community. II
nav be laid down as q sound gcnr'l maXim ha! on
uneducatcd mind is oduc0led vice Sian ~ the
proper subject Of cducatiou-he must be educated
There fcems to be divine olchymy in education
which turns al bascr metals INTO gold. Wien th,
first rays Of ;ae morning fell on the Statue O.
, Memnon, 1t uttered music 80 It is only when The
rays Of education fall upon the mind that II de
= courses heavenly harmony before, oil vas the
thick darkness of barbarism.
DR.. johnson was once asked, "Nbols the mos
. unhappy mani" lie answered, the man ihat can
I not read on n rainy day. A man cannot fulfil tn
obec, Of his being unless his mind Is opened b.
cultivation uneducnted, the more mind he has tie
more miserable lie viii be, and It Is easy, ulmos
c inevitable, for him to slcc into CRIME.
S was once travelling through magnificent pafl
C and observed sticking up on the trees, hero an
there, a printed notice sguiying that "al dog
I entering those ground. would be shot, MY lfien
C who vas with ne remarked, "Unless dogs con rea
n they are pretty badly of here So the Create
o has written bis laws on the face Of these urchln
heavens aud over oil the surface Of this gree
. earth bot, unless men can read them, they az
; pretty badly of--worse OF, 10 inci, Than the dogs
e Americans have no masters. Il Is cheaper Tor a
. ny community to educate the infant mind than {
! support the aged crimjno Sad that man 81 splcr
n did inlc,lccl--a mun who could condoDte the ~is
y dom Of ~hole volumes into scntencc--l inca
0 Edmpnd Burke The cheapest defence Of nation
s is education" If you viii give your pence TO CON
r mon schools, It wlll save your pounds from boin
u laid ou' ou BrdcWclis and Ials. Nsythusc efuC
j. tures will become useless aud you may writc o,c
70 their doors, 40 let"
But presume there IL not individual her
Is present who Is not prepared 10 admit thai the com
- mon schools Of this country need TO be improved
j. and that they are 90 too low n condition for q Ian
Of free institutions like oursW hat are the caurc
u oG this unhappy state Of things7 ~i.I notice
@ few Of them.
And one Of ;hc first is 10 be found 10 tie e.
% that the prominent member, Of socieir, men
wealth aud character and influence, do uot s'n
70 their children TO our common echoos D. an ~
rs hence these Institutions are leii holly in hc hand
q, of a different order Of persons persons 100 Rener
b. al who are cum!uay careless and Indifferent 4
= Tie whose subject Of educslion II Is this deseTI
b. ton Of people who thus lDft select tba ,el
u cher 10 c0unieusuce Bnd 10 reward him. III
iead.og men 90 society seem 10 abandon the con
e mon school as necessary evil, an outlet FIR d.
Il pebble treasury. Ilelca % d. generally those wiI
20 are esteemed BY s9ch men the refuse d society
% whose children 60 there. The men Of high stand
'l iug have too much business 10 spare an h11r q
% look after tcbOos, J1sl as n ihe security b1ih 4
m their persons and their property DID mol lie 10 li
10 Intelligence and UuUe Il those srour8 Thea
III. 81. .fH. COD I'D.