Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-08-24

b.. 8sy, Of our fathers WeI sc no, such
-,a.es u pfivAiion. oi desnuilon. q fonHujc
4 a,lomiGsblc perseverance, for we 1--we ~ the
"a al abuuisnce We have latl. occasion tor
ode and pcrs,vtronec FOR our wants arc
4 rs anl quickly supplied The occasion Is
rr4or 20 call out thai stretch Of mental effort or
i ra-al creuion. which we're common SIXTY
r,s ago Al tbs rste Of improvement or ra,h.
4 Of Termination she NEXT generation wll be.
me- r7cr,inaie, II not slolhfal and vicious
In or supsrahgndan, bcnevoi,nee and care for
i future. we shall place posseray IN the position
he wealthy pfoligal, who lives bu, 10 squandcr
Il b. hard ,arn,nrs Of an in5ulgtn, parent Ia that
&C the kindness Of the father would have boeA
much bsier consulted by leaving the son cast
holly cast upon his resources ], may be SO IN
,rarl 10 The Interests Of pOsierhy.
llov ,s H. iba; wiih oil the lights OF experience
ed education added to all the facilities furnished
a. ii,ir hsod by tho ripened and ma,urcd ins,hu
aa Of hat country, the succeeding generations Of
nfn wi MOI be M a condition to educate them
ci,es 70 any desirable exient7 The history Of
&, pas casts its light on the future and disspates
l sohcrudc on the subject IL with all the ad
ran,agcs Of their institutions, poseri,y cannot
gsber the harvest, which their fathers have sow
q hey will have become degenerate sons indeed
Is i then 10 be desired that the present genera
t,a Of men be taxed TO accumulate fund, winch
lll il escape all the dangers TO which il will
t,Nposed. and TO dcceud 10 posteri,y, would be n
11b,io utiIi,yf 10 deciding the probable infu
cnce Of such fund on The interests OF education
c,pericnce comes 10 our aid Ii is admitted, W,
tblnk bevoud controversy that in Connecticut
where schools are supported by means Of fund
sad wabom such a contribution by the people a,
viii induce them TO make the mos, oftheir money
instruction has been much less efficient than wher,
ho whole expense has been met by tax. This
precisely what was to be expected. Tha, which
costs MS nothing we value at nothing That which
j common and always at hand, is like the idle
winds, which no man regards.
To the youth, who has always lived within tn
sound Of the college going bell, rural scenes bav
\ charm no, to be found in the halls OF learning
while the rustic boy whose secluded condition
hls permitted all the circumstances of college llf
B % retain their original impressive novelty, eve
The toll and privations which lie between him ant
I he acquisition Of collegiate honors, have charm
\ ifresstably TO attract him onward to the attain
& men, of the object of his high aspirations
q destitute Of patronage, he is Of necessity cast OF
& hs own resources, and he generally will fin
them Sufficient, while he who depends on other:
u even should be not be disappointed. will exhibi
he imbccility OF the parasitic plant and will al
Il ways fall within the trunk which supports it II
his respect, what struc of individuals, is true G
tie community composed of individuals Bot
should be so far cast on their own resources, as nc
to depend ultimately or principally on extraneou
support Ia this view of the subject we canno
4 consider the proposed accumulation of the schoo
fund 10 siO0oO0o even could it be placed in pc
son Of security beyond the fear of accident L
be either necessary or desirable.
AUDITOR.