Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-07-13

/ larger capital, and still more attention are
! required to make business of This. Blu
they can raise potatoes, cascades, pump.
kins, &c. This will at least be going
back to the state of nature; for as each
would raise his own roots, and all cult.
vate the same, there would be no room
ior exchange, and commerce must die a,
It's root. But can alan live on these dry.
iarinaceous roots alone2 Must be not be
clothed, and housed. and nurtured when
SICK Where are these extracts 10 come
from2 Not from foreigners because we
nave nothing to give them in exchange.
Those who know nothing of the mat
ter, may indulge in speculation. They
may hurl the imputations of laziness, and
want of enterprise; and they may direct
Us, for example, to the forester Of newly
settled tracts in America. They may teil
US how the axe resounds under the Iusty
hand, and the trees fall, and the wilder
ness melts away before the face of the
American pioneer, ard how soon the
heavy wagon is seen groaning under the
load of ripened sheaves and fu.l.eared
grain, rolling to the market. All this is
well enough, as. examples; and all this
we will do, if the same facilities are af-
forded to us. .
In America, wherever ia the depth of
the forest a few hardy and enterprising
spirits pitch their tents, there is almost ia.
SANITY to be seen little mercantile estab.
lishment. furnished with everything me-
cessary to comfort, and auxiliary to man
ual occupation. In proportion to the.
avalls OF the coming. harvest, each laborer
is furnished in advance with the conven-
fences Of life Clothing, tools, and even
provisions. should he need them, are civ
en- on credit, to be paid for when he gath
erss in his harvest, and his attention is not
distracted, nor his time misspent upon a
variety of objects; and thus he is enabled
to be eating his fruits while he is yet SOW
ing the seed. Were it not for these facil-
tiles. they could not farm any more than
we; and afford them to US, and we will
farm as well as they. -. :s>s--s S. sns
In America, capital follows in the wake
of population. 1t seeks employment.
Here, there is none to tollow-none to be
employed. There government in its va.
nous improvements gives employment 10
thousands of laborers and mechanics, who
in their turn encourage the agricultunst
and husbandman. Here the government
employs 1--WE may almost saw none there,
all can find lucrative employment. Here,
the days ofIabor-such as in its remuner.
alton supplies motive TO energy, aud en-
couragement to hope-are few and far be.
tween. There, men are paid for their
labor, in what has an intrinsic value, and
will command its equivalent anywhere.
Here, they are paid in cloth and tobacco,
which will command----pota,oes and
cassados. Ifthis is not distinction with
difference, then we despair of ever find
ing one. - &a Eez.- 50 e=s azeess ess@~9szzz< 8
What, then, do we Nant2 Encourage
ment for men who are willing to earn an
honest subsistence by their labor, and fa-
cilities to till the earth and it behooves
us to be looking for some source that can
supply these desiderata. .s
Some are so short-sighted as to suppose
the operations of missionary bodies can
supply them. While we admit freely.
that they have done good, and are calcu-
lated TO do more good, we as freely and
openly declare they can do evil. With a
few exceptions, missionary employment
| has rather injured the colony. Thebuild-
ing of the saw-mill was of advantage, be-
cause it gave employment to number of
| operatives; and were it not for evils
| which it might hereafter be made to pour
out, it should be encouraged. But can
any one suppose that the employment Of
the covey of half-made missionaries, SOU at.
| ting about in the bush, is of real utility to
the colony To say nothing Of the spirit
of seryility and dependence, and indis pos
ision to labor, which young men land they
are all nearly such) must contract, what
do they produce2 Inthe course Of a year,
they may, BY constant and iterated incul-
cation, teach a little naked native to say
his bla or menmems, or convince him
that a circular line on paper enclosing a
few nninteligible marks, represents the
i globe. All these teachers are consumers !;
what do they produce We are far from
condemning effort 10 enlighten the minds
of our people, or the natives; We rejoice
in the march of intellect, and the spread
of knowledge. But the best thing can be
abused and the best system advanced at an
improper rate. Having said this much,
we must be permitted to say further, that
/ there is no place on earth where the pop
ulation bears so small proportion TO, the
number of teachers, nor is it to be found
anywhere in a community so poor as this.
| in which there are so great number OF
grown up scholars. But the cause most
probably is laid open, in what we have al
ready alleged nameIy,the want of profit
able employment; and making the best
of a bad subject, this may be regarded an
extenualion Of evil for allowing so many