Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-01-26

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thlsr irnptsciioahls, Of stall retaining thcm fof
80 uiop Tho Wcasrn dccinne - gaining
advocates ard - wc have already said. has
gained a. active and Essloes auxiliary Ia MI.
Calhoun.
Do noi ilIrse proceedings sdmouish the Old
States of ihciT DANGER he time - rapidly
approaching fof he surrender 81 this domain
g. ibc Western States Aspfanis 10 ito Pres
ijcncy. cOuuiug Western votes, wil continue
Co ufgc b. tic coCiuno viii become popular ia
The West, 20 proportion 60 TO probabilities Of
rs 8lumaie success. and the relative strength
Of hr West, % rs power 20 decide the question
~ annually suCmcniup We believe hat
when he new States find themselves strong
enough, either with o. without Atanuc auaii-
laur, 90 control THIS domain. ihev will take n
Rcmoustrance, opposition, appeals 20 justice,
viii then bc vain aud the Atlantic states " OIL
ENJOY ihe satisfaction Of having lost by neglect,
O. Is tho miserable inirRuos OF President max
log that V hose acquisition cost torrents oitheir
best blood What then is the remedy We
answer. an immediate disposition oiihcse lands
among The States. ~ proportion TO population,
for some purpose of undoubicd public utility.
10 strict justice, they should bo divided among
the old Thirteen States, or more properly, those
north OF The Ohio. cedcd TO the Union by Viz
eipil under the name the North West Ter
iitorS. and those west OF Georgia, ceded by
thai State. under the name OF the Georgia
Western 1eutoy," should he divided among
the cold 1hdccn,' "a proportion to population;
and those coded by France aud Spain. under
the names OF Louisiana" and "Flouda,'
should be divided among all the States existing
~ the time Of their respective acquisitions.
Bot as Congress- would never consent 10 any
distribution that should exclude any Of the
States the Old Thirteen will be compelled TO
admit all the new States to participation Of
the whole, IN proportion TO population, and TO
this liberal course, no objection would be urg-
cd hy any OF the old states. Without the ex-
ettons OF these old states, these lands would
never have become national property and If
their eXeriious in the revolution were assum-
ed as the rule OF distribution, New England
would be entitled to much the largest proper
ton, and Massachusetts, 30 more than any 9TH
er state, foT New England furnished two
thirds OF the Revolutionary army, and Massa-
chuseiis more than all the southern states.
Assuming then, as a rule of distribution, the
Of all the existing states, we ad
wise them 10 adopt II Immediately; for delay
by the introduction of-new states, will dimin-
ish the proportion of each. Three territories
will soon claim admission as states, and will
make an essential difference in the disribu-
ton. Blu, supposing a law for The distribution
be enacted, what disposition, we ask, will the
states make of their respective sharesf Mr..
Johnson, member ofthe House, from Mary
land, proposed the distribution among the
states for the support OF schools. This propo-
sition ought to be approved Of by every Amer
lean citizen; for no other disposition of these
lands would render so much public bene fit
Though New England and New York be well
supplied with schools, some portions Of the
Union are dcporably deficient, in these foun-
daIions of liberty, and DO not seem disposed TO
make great cxertlons for curing tho defect .---
The possession OF an extensive fund, to be
used for supporting schools,or not at all would
stimulate them 10 exertions for procuring these
reservations Of liberty and good morals. Our
politicians and editors are continually insist
ing upon the general diffusion OF knowledge,
as tho only preservation of republican insiitu-
tons. We agree with them in this doctrine
which will never be dcsed by the intelligent
and well informed. or all governmental insti-
tutions, the republican are the most compiled
ted, aud consequently the most liable to de-
rangcmeut. The simple machine which Gen.
Jackson, IN the penlitude OF his WISDOM dis
covered m our government, can only exist IN
a despousm and every departure from this
simplicity, is an approach to liberty, as every
departure from complication is an approach to
despoiism. This being admitted, and equally
by politicians in all sections Of the Union, the
necessity of that degree Of mental cultivation
which shall difiuse among the whole people
a knowledge Of the structure and operations OF
this complicated machine, must be obvious tc
all who know how 10 think. who can trace eff
iects 20 causes and comprehend the operation
OF causes In producing effects. And yet with
all this general conviction upon the neccssi
tics OF general education, as an instrument oil
defending aud properly using rights, has any
state done as much as duty required for educa
ting the massl We boldly answer IN the neg
alive As IN Prussia, despotic Prussia, Tho
whole youth should be educated by the public
/ and as nearly alike as difference OF capaci
~ viii allow
With lis due proportion OF the rich funC
furnished by the public lands, each state nigh
establish and maintain a system of ins,ruc
ton that would make our population Ieall'
the most enlightened in the world; and ",
hope the distribution of tins fund for sucl
purpose will he made before the increasin.
preponderance Of the West shall render
impossible.