Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-02-10
Feb. 10, ls41.

.1s,er. 10 hew down his brethren like Tor
y. ~ rees you have only to make him wood
.vord, and let him listen TO his grand
s,her,, tales Of the revolution, and ne viii
!. tho rest. Look al the young warrior IN
.;o;aiure, as he struts around, with his
s.,ho,pd cap, and little drum, and leads on
:. b,pnered army. and mingles in all the din |
- carnage Of war And will you wonder,
r when his arm shall have been nerved by
~ n;sh, Of years, he shall tear himself
rIom lis home and kindred. and hasten away
= Florida or TO China TO revel among Death
r,o,rs and gushing blood Why was il,
,r..,,bp celebrated statesman, Wise, said "Gs
far me Tpreter the cold steel" The prin-
o;,l,s Il E,l,e honor had been instilled into
ii, Youthful mind, and years had served TO
deepen The impression. Do you wish your
children 10 become blessings to the world :?
B,ni,h The implements Of death, and every
imitation Of them, from your houses. and
aake your children look upon the warrior as
murderer. Take them out upon a sum
mrr. evening, and show them the'blue skies,
written all ever with words of love, and
spanged with its sparkling gems, and dis
course upon the Maker Of these, and when
their little hearts are full, lei them kneel and
worship Him, aud they will 60 home to
dream Of Angels instead Of battles and
blood. What can we expect of the rising
generation. left as they are, 10 be educated
| By he unholy influences around them ? Is not
the moral advancement Of children Of as
much consequence as the Intellectual But
where is The district, or the community,
which manifests as much solcilude 10 have
teacher Of high attainments in piety, as ia
learning ITO have one who, from the
warmth Of actual experience, will delight TO
be telling Of Saviol's love from day to
day P-Do we expect when all the array OF
education, and Of surrounding influences GO
10 sliaa The voice Of conscience, and TO fan
up The unholy passions Of ambition and en-
Wy mo fame, that revival will come BY
and b7, and transform our children into in
|teigent, consistent chris,ians2 They nray
become pious, but they will be dwarfs in
'rellgion. The truth is, every dwelling mus,
be converted into school-house, and every
parent into teacher, before the golden az,
pf education shall commence. | know thi
will be impracticable, as long as The great OBJ
Get of life is, TO hoard up money, 10 be the
cause Of law suits and endless feuds between
brothers Of the same fan,ily-as long as mer
shall toll all day for the body and bow i
with uninely age, and leave the mind lc
rust in its own inanity. Is il in accordance
with reason 10 build school-houses, and hire
teachers TO Instruct in The science of mum
bers, and the rules of language; while tn,
soul is out in arms against its Maker, ant
against mankind, showing its revengefu
spirit from the time the child is able to Tor
lure the butterfly on the summer Aower, Ill
he becomes man, and with curling Iipan
flashing eye, cheers on has char uion-cor
rades to the work Of wholesale butchery7
am not opposed 10 schools, but religion an
morality must go with them, or they will
places only to polish the assassin's swor
or 10 sharpen the tongue Of venom. AS
by common consent, The bible is almosi IN
versally banished from the school room,
at least does not enter at all into The stud,
Of scholars. Is it true, what some of ii
most wise and learned have told US, iii
there is more true philosophy, and soul sli
ring eloquence, aud burning pathos, and e,
chanting poetry, in this, than in all 9th
boaks7 Then by what argument is it e
cludel 7-Oher subjects discussed by Ph
loni in some future number.
The Officers Of the Society are almc
unanimously among the ayes. The Pre-
idrut, (R-v. H F. Leaviu,) we are eli
TO see, has recorded his name in he ne
alive: and so have The other ordain
Congregational ministers who voted Ton
two) Two Congregational licenial
Messrs. Joah Seely aud ]. NJ. Searn
voel ia the affirmative. All the fema
voted in he affirma'ive.-W Chronicle
The foregoing paragraph relates TO |
resolution, touching the cause Of the N
isry on the subject Of Slavery and emit
cipalion, passed at the late anniversary
the Vermont Anti Slavery Society.
When ny eye first fell upon il, lhous
OF following il with some extended co
ments have concluded, however, ba
~ 10 call attention to three things VIII
Il contains, aud leave il % the reflecr