Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-05-22

thousand dollars, worse than thrown ava,
yearly, by its direct agency! Then there i
tue time consumed in preparation, and tn,
growing claims on the purse of the SUDDEN
ior support, during the same time, which
VIII not undertake 10 estimate. Nor need
Nor VIII make vain effort to exhibit The
llnpoverlsblng, grinding influence ON THE
lace OF the poor subject of such banefu
process, who is obliged to put in requisitiop
tne most rigid exertion and economy &c
screen himself from the crocodile Jaws Of
bankruptcy, and ruin; while temptation 10
Inc commission of some horrible crime. to
eVade The just demands of his creditor
VINO 1i Is, perhaps, as needy as himself
naunls his feverish Imagination. by. day.
ana an overwhelming rush of mortifying
considerations torments his soul in the dark
night-watches.
Thus far, .asto the cause Of such expense.
Now for glance at the occasion. See
that multitude on,the green, yonder The
town, as we may say, is all alive. What a
mass of mind and all candidates for heav-
en- or hell Pause and consider. Look in
TO the bar-room-the grocery-the exhibi-
tion room. Peep into the arena of auction
sales'-the haunts of gambling, and-slalI
go on /? Take broad survey of the vast
assemblage of s.loafers,' and blacklegs. ,
and tIpplers,. and robbers, slewd fellows of
The baser Sort gentlemen of property and
standing,' high and low, rich and poor
! precious and vile ;'-in short, human be-
lngs OF all characters and conditions in
| life, spending their money for that which
is not bread, and their labor for that which
satIsfeth not
Let US come a little nearer Suppose at
each annual Commencement in the United
States the number of this class TO be only
1000; and that they squander only fifty
cents apiece-(both meagre calculations
and we meet the enormous sum of NINETY
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, which should
have been appropriated to domestic comfort
and lmprovement-the distribution of bibles
among our home heathen-the spread OF
truth, and light, and salvation, and liberty.
temporal and spiritual, among the debased
and down-trodden myriads Of Adams DOS
ierity; in a word, for the honor of God and
the blessing of mankind, -dealt out with
lavish hand, for the. qualification Of the 5as-
est passions, in the shape Of pomp, and pa
rade, and applause, and music, and high
living, and toys, and rum I! Add to. this.
the consideration that these. 1000 specta-
tors,(0 instead Of e.rpending, might have
earned. on an average, at least fifty cents
eapiece, and we are confronted with the
startling aggregate yearly, OF ONE HUMID
RED AND EIGHTY-THREE THOU
SAND DOLLARS, ererted to the detri-
naent Of The causeof God and human zeal.
and TO the extension and up building OF
the empire of heH!!!!!!!t!
Herein is speculation let the wise pom
der. Multiply this sum by years, and see
how 1t will swell. Let US follow, in our
imagination, The multifarious streams of the
influence of these proceedings through all
their wlndings and turnings, ill they empty
themselves into the great ocean of faturity,
the consummation of all things, and then
consider our ways and be wise You see
Il
my remarks are confined TO small class Of
schools having said nothing about medic.
al and law schools, the numerous acade-
mics, commonplace exhibitions, &c. &C.
to which they may apply according to cir
cumstances. The losses by gambling
robbery, &c. &C., | leave also entirely tc
conjecture. It is possible may have exag-
gerated in. my calculations; but if so, |
have gone beyond my design. / am will
ing, at any rate, TO hazard the result of an
! investigation Indeed, it is my opinion
4 that il the returns from each of the institu
tons referred to, were fully made out and
exhibited, it would be necessary TO call in
the aid of more arithmetic than have in
lrodueed, to tell the amount.
Again: They are destructive to The
cause of religion and morals. The above
4 observations in regard TO pecuniary expens
les, carried out, are so intimately connected
with, and comprehend SO much Of wha
might be said on this view Of the subject
that an extended dissertation here would b,
superHuous. Let US at once, then, ente
the Students room; who has been 70
\ weeks, perhaps months, ransacking th,