Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-01-17

II gl1fN 10 fHTFiY hAf Nftff' 'it''t aia w
rec, shs ,ffor u an imperfect odeeaiion
Ia voaf country. then. abo'o ali ohcfs, youi
,heal s3aeailaa should teach yoa' youth she 'Po
81 kaosirigc ofthe causau,ioa aui powers Of
rhrsesl na;ufe ami ias mean, ~ sflch thcy
RAJ, ~ sppl,c5 70 the ptomssi9n Of h1man bop.
,ssr~ss Of The c1nSa0tiou a the body AMI NE
laws 81 heahh --3f ,hs constitution 81 ihc mind.
and tho mr.ns ~ vhi-h We nsy b. h's Trained
10 ths dschafga 81 or duties IN tho pfifa'c, DO
rnesssc anI .seisl circles --of the laws ~ which
wsshh !, crested sni d~ubJi,d aud If che 'nhl-
,ncs n morals sui Legislation ga ihc welfare % ne
individual AMI so:isy n yoa DO ns wait unh'
yoaf ro,eu Who weld ihs desiulos Of yoaf eonn.
ify--vbo make pcacc and wsf--vho make ani
unfn.ke b.nk.--Sho make aoi unmake urfs
affecting Industry 10 the cofo--snd who make sud
un-n.Le even yoor schools colleges aud church.
ss-i say. a. YOU Do no, wait gn'f age has gwen
them wisdom and experience, but place The helm
OF once M thcif hands snd allow them 90 act
while they are sill full Of young blood and all
the energy oeubi~nce and rashn.ss that attend
you are called nn by every consideration 10
perfect your schools 30 as 10 eommunIcsic 10 them
the dictate. Of wisdom which cannot be dispensed
18th and which will no, otherwise be attained
81 the election which took place 10 November
1880 the question Of the currency was act ually
bro1gh, 10 the polls in the state Of New York
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the oue side nnl hard specie and sublteasury
l.Ss on the other These are questions on which
Adam Smith. Ricardo NJ Culloch aud the pro
fo1aie- political economists, have differed IN opin.
ion Doe. your ola alton enable your people to
uniersani them and decide on them No Yet
your people al whether they understand them or
no, They vote the supporters Of paper into pow
or an1 pspct lourshes Ifcvil ensue, they vote
the advocates Of specie into power and paper and
credit 60 to The wall They Try the experiment
But wha, an awf0l experiment How many
thousands Of individuals and fanatics arc ruined
by the violence Of every change
In Austria ami Prussia the safe, y-valye Of the
BODY polite is loaded with the weigh, Of an es-
,sblrshed church ani 100 900 bayoncts 10 cases
Of discomfort, opinon canno, escape until II has
burst through these COMPRISING powers, and then
u will explode with terrific violence Here the
safey-yave bears no load except the sense Of each
inllviiIql mind ANY strong internal excitement,
or the application Of external provocatian causes
the propcnsitIes AMI sentiments 10 glow, and to ex-
press themselves with instantaneous energy Their
voice IS heard 10 Europe, and the iimid hold their
breath, waiting for grand explosion. Perhaps
At never comes In your country, ten times ten
thousand valves let of excited opinion so RAPIDLY
tha, the body polite cools down to its natural heat
as quickly as It's temperature was raised But CIV.
cry one Of these excIlements shakes credit deran.
Rcs tfaie, runs fortunes, attended by suffering
and leaves many pangs behind. Load, then your
salty .valves with knowledge OF nature and rehg
ion, and train your young minds TO control pas
Eon by virtue and You will find these means more
oieciurl than millions of armed soldiers to insure
you' prosperity and happiness Mr. Wyse, in his
work entitled Education Reform" says "a peri
oil of,o,al quie, resulting from long continued ac
quoscence IN old institutions leaves very differ
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which is the necessary consequence of a general
breaking up Of old principle. and forms, aud an
earnest search after new Ia the frs, instance an
education Of s,imuants becomes necessary. II is
essential 10 the healthy activity OF the body-politc
In the second, s,eatncss love Of order, mutual toll
Grafton, the sacrifice Of private resen,mens and
acilous interests To general good, should be the
great lessons Of national education" Vol n As
Such, assurvily, should be the education Of your
sons
Yours is noble destiny Providence ha. as.
signed to you the duty OF proving by experiment,
whether man BE- or be not rational and moral
beng, capable OF working out his own way 10
virtue and enjoyment, under the guidance Of Rea.
con and Scripture, unleuered by despo,ic power,
and unclaimed by law-enscted ereeds Your in
snu,ons and physical condition call all your fac
ulues into VIVID action Among these the animal
prop'nstics, AS have remarked, are not dormant
but those observers err who allow their attention
to be arrested only chiefly by the abuses Of the
proPens'lles which appear IN your people Vr.
tue consists in meeting and overcoming temptation
As you, then, by possessing freedom are tempted
above other nations, YOU will show virtue above
them all. you nobly resist every ,educing nnu
enee, and march boldly onward in the path Of rec
iauie and wisdom The subjects Of a dcspot
whose every thought and action are ruled by 9th.
e. minds have little merit IN exhibiting order and
decorum IN ihrir public conduct You will prove
The true strength Of your moral principles when
You resi'ain YOUR passions BY your own vrtuous
Iesol''sani obey jusl laws enacted by Yourselves
u % 10 All you IN this course OF action IN go far
as 'he feeble abilities Of one individual will 90.
That now attreSs to you these observations And
aga'o ask do your schools teach all tina, your
young voters should know ? all ,ha, the bes, of
your ealzsns would wish them TO know when
ih'y ACT as electors snt arhiraiors OF the pubhc
welfare II believe not II you ask how they
can Sssnproved you will be answered by as ma
ny projects and proposals for education, as II you
hal inquired for The philosophers stone
- far from education supplying this knowledge.
appears to me, that vast proportion Of your
people have not yet Obtained glimpse Of what |
hope sdeslnei 10 constitute the real greatness
ana glory Of your couu,ry I 6nd here the am
hiion Of many individuals directed towards raising
The United States 10 the rank Of the richest and
the mos powerful nation in The world They
beni their whole minds 10 the increase OF heI
commercial agricultural, naval and military gran
deur This "a no, wrong. bu, Il II not al -