The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-10-26

have annually received would commend to
your favorable regard. our higher seminarics
of learning. These are The nurseries of our
professional men, and they consequently exert
as great an influence on society as our common
schools. lift is important that our farmers and
mechanics should be well qualified for useful,
ness and responsibility in their callings, il is
equally essential that our clergyrsen. our states.
| men, our physicians and our school masters
should be so ia theirs.
| 1t is hard too, that the poor as well as tie
rich should not be able 10 reach and drink at
the higher fountains of knowledge, and 10 ho
object can the bounty of tn" legislature be more
properly directed, than 10 placing the higher
branches Of learning within the reach Of those
who have not themselves tine means Of obtaining
them without some assistance.
would not wish 10 be understood 10 these re-
Marks as Intending to recommend any undue
profuson in the expenditure of public money. On
the contrary, should be the last TO advise con-
sent to such course ofIegislation. 1t is my duty
TO dmect your attention to measures Of public in
terest, but you the proper judges of the fitness,
expediency and practicabllity OF those measures
Economy, not less than intellectual cultivation,
is essential 10 a we'll regulated community; and
it would i'll become US, while endeavoring TO in-
prove cur fellow men BY education, To corrupt
them by an example o! extravaganza.
Nothing in my opinion will more c. induce Ia
The advancement of the wealth and prosperity Of
our people than geological survey Of the State.
The time has arrived when our inteI ests seem in-
peratiVeiy to require that such survey should nc
longer be pos.poRed. The earth has been .nf6~
GENTLY cleared OF its forests to admit Of the mes
cessary examination, and the expense attending
it, will be trtiing compared with the benefits To
be expected from il. Similar surveys have been
10 in Of ha sfafe wi hav nod
new and highly productive sources Of wealth.
Very encourag ing indications have already been
discovered of the existence OF valuable ores and
minerals in different parts of the State. Agri1
culture will derive great advantages from the
light which science cannot fail 10 throw upon the
native character and varieties Of our sol. Should
useful ores be discovered, it will open new field
| for industry, and by increasing the number ofco
sumers of agricultural produces, add new I'M
! pulse TO the enterprise Of the farmer. Should YOU
/ agree with me as to the expediency Of providing
! for such an undertaking. would suggest that It
should embrace examination into the botany
! of the state. Tie success Of the enterprise must
of course depend, in great measure, upon the
| qualifications Of those who may be selected to
carry il into execution.
Under the census of 1910 new appointment
of the members of the House Of Representatives
Of the Congress Of the United States must ne
cessarily lie made. Ii will therefore become your
duty. either to direct the election by general tick
ct, at the annual freemens meeting in 1912 of az
many members as NAV under sucn sppurioument
be assigned TO Vermont, or to postpone the cleo
ton IN a day beyond the next session of the leg
islature, thereby giving to that body the opporu-
nifty to make the necessary provi, ions on the sub
ject.
Communications have been received BY the
| Executive, from the constituted authorities of
Hel MaJesty's Province Of Canada, relating 10 the
re, ent outrage upon northern frontier, IN the
forcibIe seizure, and abduction beyond the limit,
thereof, of citizen of this State. shall lake All
early opportunity, by special message TO lay these
documents before You.
Congress, during The last session. among other
measures for the benefit and relief ofthe country,
provided for the distribution Of the proceeds Of
the public lands among the States. Vermont will
be annually entitled under this law, to large
sum of money, and it will be necessary that yutI
should make provision for its receipt and safe
disposal. How it shall be ultimately applied So
as to afford the greatest benefit TO our consliu-
ents will be matter Of grave deliberations after
it shall have been received.
Vermont has not followed the example..of ms
ny of heI sister states in embarkrg in expensive
works Of internal improvements Recent events
have abundantiy proved the wisdom and p-u-
dence of this course. Vast benefits 10 The com
munty are doubtless TO be derived from such un-
derakings. They are perverted very clearly.
when they end in prostratrn Of public credit.
When there is any uncertainty rs 10 the adequa
cy nfincome TO be derived from them, they should
be engaged in with the greatest caution. Still
their advantages should never be lost sight Of,
They a:e especially important 10 country stdas
ted like ours, remote from market, aud where the
, nature Eof our produce does not admit OF expen4
sive transportation. In proportion, TOO, as Other
parts of The country enjoy greater facilities Of
is the value of our lands and their produce d.
minished. 1t is not to be feared that the vigil
ami sagaciiy Of our people will overlook consd-
eratiOns like these; and at no distant period we
NAV expect that public attention will be actively
directed towards subject Of so much interest.
When the enterprise of other states shall have
brought, they soon will bring, THEN rail roads
TO ou' borders, The means, am satisfied will not
be wanting, Of c. ntinuIng them through our own
state. Foreign and domestic capital. and indi-
vidual enterprise, will unite tn accomplish the OBJ
ject, and the state, by outstanding its resources
with reference TO such an event. may undoubed-
" hasten lis arrival.
There are other subjects Of legislation, which
are not less interesting and important TO the in
hab'Iants Of this state, but over which you can
nave no immediate control | refer 10 tho~e
powers which have been delegated to the govern
Inent of the Union, for national purposes, and IT,
be exercised for the general benefit. But al,hou1h
drIeosled they ought not 10 be lost sight of By
the legislatures of the states. On the contrary,
so vastly important is their exercise to our pros
perity, that it is our imperative duty to sati>fy
ourselves that they are not permitted To lie doi-
mani in the hands Of those TO whom they have
been delegated, and that they are exercised in
such a manner as will promate the public well
fare. This duty is the more incumbent on us,
because it is also our right, If it Should appear
that The powers oil the geneI4l government have
been insufhciently or unwisely granted, TO apply
remedy by uniting with the other States ir an
amendment ofthe federal constitution.