Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-08-18
From The Uoodsiock Mercury.
THE STATE SCHOOL FUND.

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This subject comments itself 10 the candid
consideration of every member Of community
IL the i,In! be continued, il will absorb millions
Of the peoples money, and 10 Justify this expen-
dure valid and sufficient reason should be up.
parent. The people should know for what cause
they are taxed thai they may decide on the pro-
prley or necessity OF the Tux. Oslensibly this
fund is 10 he raiseI to educate future generations
1t will in truth be if continued, play thing in the
hands Of designing politicians; aud il rnuy be
sed as n great corruption fund TO buy up all thai
i vendable in The political shanbles; und if this
use is not made of it, it will be owing more to the
integrity OF citizens, than to any guards, which
il is IN The power OF the law to throw around It.
During The last session OF tho legislature, Mr..
Dillingham; of The Senate, while debating bill
drawn, to give away Tor particular object, more
ihnn 100000 of The fund, openly declared in
substance his belief, that not dollar Of the fund
would ever reach the OBJECT contemplated in the
act that il would all he dssipaled or diverted, and
yet added he, neither of the political parties dare
arrest the fund, for fear of the effect his party
that is neither Of the parties had The moral
age 10 do right IL is hoped that the Hon. Sena-
tor had authority TO confess for any, but him.
self or at most for himself and party. This was
a frank admission, and that the Senator'S views in
regard the ultimate event OF the inud We're just,
there can be no doubt, and still for Tie want of
courage in the Representatives OF The people, they
sill to be taxed TO swell the fund, the profess
ed object of which is never 10 be- accomplished.
Aud how is Ibis to he done? BY talking Of edu-
ealing poserIIy; by saying one Thing aud mean
ing another by taking Of the pour children, ms
though the poor children were designed TO be
benefited by This fund.- which is never expected
to reach posterlry Why the very money to swell
this fund.- is taken from the children, TO he cast.
not 10 the dogs, but upon the oil time, 10
lie sunk, or dis>ipaed before it can reach its
proposed destination. IN truth, the project OF
benehtng the cause OF education by the iund,
counlerucls its own preensuns.
II is, and always will he true, that the suresl
guarantee for The future generations, is To educae
tie present, to the greatest practicable extent but
this fund takes the money from that object, and
places il where il will probably never benefit the
children Of any generation. Apply il 10 the Gu Ise
of education now, II viii be udvanagonsly and
safely invested The re-creatons, consequent up
on Intellectual and moral culture, ARE as certainly
the result oi IL universal law Of The hainan mind,
MS reproduction is the result OF animal and vege-
table organization aud far more prolific in the for
ner, than IN the Inter case. "'l'he herb yielding
seed utter IT'S kind" continues the species but in
this case aud that of animals, the ratio Of repro
duclion is limited by law, which 1t cannot pass
while the re-creatons of mind are bounded only
by the number OF minds coming ia contest with
mind. In the former case the increase is only
limited but slowly progressive in the latter, the
re- creations OF the mind are generated with the
qulCkncoS oi'EouSH'J throughout tiO "uoic IdUSo
of mind coming IN contact with mind. Keper
discovered the great law OF motion, that the plan
els describe equal areas in equal times. Till then
this truth was unknown aud the result was the
cause OF solitary and proraced study; but no
sooner was this truth promulgated, than every as
lronomer appropriated ii as Il part Of his inleec-
tual wealth, and the universe of men was raised
to a new elevation, 10 contemplate, throughout
more extended horizon, the works of the great
Creator. This is the result Of the re.crea,ive pow
er OF thought, and such IL will ever he in all The
discoveries in science and the arts aud 10 some ex
tent in morals.
Bat what are these in the accumulation offunds
or wealth TO produce intellectual advancement, or
even 10 re-creale or perpeluate itself? Money in
itself is inert as the ore in the mine, whence II
was extracted. II is intellect alone, which clothes
il with power and influence The value Of mon
ey is in lis use, as medium OF commerce. Ii
will furnish facilities for human culture but why
accumulate il 10 be buried in napkin, or in the
eurth with the talent of the slohlui servant
The funds collected as the fruits of public and