Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-10-26

~ he NhfOhf Nraf We Powers OF NEtsAffOn snd GOV
ernmea, sad the first snd most gratifying ts'' We
have 70 perform IN their name and their represent
sure-, 10 acknowledge the eSniiaued favor, Prov
idence. The earth has yielded its snnssl increase,
health happiness and prosperity smile upon land,
We si ENJOY the blessings VI free government, and
peace ~ 81 vet within borders 80 Ear ss regards
the present condition Of our state. at period hs.e
We been called upon ior unieigned expression
, Of gratitude IN the C,vet Of al good.
The legislative provisions which vou will be called
upon 10 make is' the people Of ths State viii be- like
their wants. few aud simple The wisdom OF your
predecessors will furnish YOU with the safes, guide,
and 1t has probably leh lew alterations TO be devised
Ia our domestic policy sill is your duty diligen,
ly 10 CONSIDER any improvement which may be sug-
gesied, aid To leave nothing undone which may pro-
mote the general welfare.
Education IS .ubjec, which cannot fa to com
mInd your earnest attention. II is true that no com
muniiy can boast Of more ioy and universally diff.
used instruction than ours, and II might therefore APP
pear useless TO urge this topic upon your considera
tion. Bot must continually bear in mind that it
not the result OF accident that the people of this State
with so fsr exceptions, all read and WRITE and
have - the benefit of at eas, good English cd
ucad1 They their happy and enviabe condi-
ton, ~ th respect entirely TO the unceasng solicit
tuds and wise legislation Of our forefathers. While
wilderness,
themselves mos, felt the want OF education were mos,
careful that their children should not grow up in ig-
norance, aud the efforts they made to establish and
support common schools and seminares for the HIGHER
branches of learning forever command our graft
tude and admiration Common Schools, have always
been within the immediate reach OF every child in the
State, and has been the honorable ambition of every
parent to deny his children necessary opportunity
Tor attending them. Nor has this been the limit of
their ambition Many generous father, while follow
Ing the plough himself has sen, his children from home
that they might, by having better means Of education
qualify themselves for extensive usefulness.
1t is true that all this could not be accomplished by
legislation alone But wise and wholesome laws have
LAID the foundation of this they have of all other
useful social institutions.
II legislation presents the means and points to the
benefits OF education there is reason to apprehend
that they will not DO gladly accepted. The example
and sncour agemen which it is in our power to afford,
are all that is necessary only support ard pre-
serve oat preseh, system, but greatly to extend and I'M
prove it. If eur fathers have bestowed on US better
education than they had the means of enjoying shall
we fall behind them in benevolent efforts Let us
rather emulate their example, and make our endsavors
surpass abilities they did
while, then, would recommend TO you that scruti
ny ana vigilance respecting our common school sys-
TEN, which are so constantly necessary and pecuna
ry provision as liberal they have annually received
would commend to your favorable regard, our higher
semnanes of learning. These arc the nurseries of
our professional men, and they consequently exert as
great an influence on society our common schools
II 1t is important that our farmers and mechanics
should he well qualified for usefulness and re,pec,a-
oy IN their callings, it is equally essential that our
cergymen, our statesmen, our physicians and our
school masters should be so in theirs
1t Is hard too that the poor well as the rich should
not be able to reach and drink the higher fountains
OF knowledge, and TO objec, the bounty of the
legislature be more properly directed than to plac-
ing the higher branches Of learning within the reach of
ihosc who have not themselves the means Of obtaining
them without some assistance
would not wish to be understood in these remarks
as '"ehu'ng 10 recommend any undue profuson in the
expenditure pubic money. On the contrary should
be the last to advise such course of To-
gisation 1t is my duty to direct your attention to
measures oil public interest, but you are the proper
judges OF the fitness, expedsncy and practicab,y of
those measures. Economy, not less than ntellectu,
cultivation is essential to we'll regulated communi
y and it would i'll become US, while end.avoring to
improve our follow men by education, to corup, them
by an example Of sIravagance
Nothing IN my opinion will more conducc 10 the
Advancement Of the wealth and prosperity Of our peo-
PEE 'han geological survey Of the State The time
has arrived when our interests seem imperatiyely to
require that such survey should no longer be DOS,
poned The earth has been sufficiently cleared of il,
forests to admit Of the necessary examination and the
expense attending II, will be uhing, compared with
the Dement'S to be expected from it, Similar survey.
have already been made in many Of the States which
have opened new and highly productive sources of
wealth. Very encouraging indications have already
been discovered Of the existence OF valuable ores and
mnerAS IN different, parts Of he State Agriculture
VIII deuve great advantages from the light which ,ci-
ence cannot fail to throw upon tho native character
and varieties OF our soil Should useful ore, be di.
covered II will open field for industry and by
increasing The number Of consumers OF agricultural
produois, add new impulse the enterprise Of the
ia'mer Should you agree with me as to the expsdien-
oy OF providing for such undertaking. | would sur.
gest that II should embrace an examination into th.
oo'aay OF the State. The success OF the enterpriss
must Of course depend, great measure, upon the
qualifications Of those who may be selected TO carr, it
into execution.
Under the census Of 1910 new spportionment Of
the members Of the House Of Representatives of the
Congress OF the United States must necsss.rily be
made 1t VII. therefore bscome your duty, either 10
arect Tho eisctlon. by general ticket at the annual