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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-12-28
CO NJ Nj U MIC At IONS.
For the Voice of Freedom.
COMMON SCHOOLS.

Mr.. EDITOR I'm your remarks upon
my iormer article, you deem ii necessary
for me, in order 10 BE understood, to tell
what | think our common schools were
designed to secure, and wherein they will
fail Of accomplishing The work if suitably
improved 1t would be utter folly for any
one to attempt to show that certain
thing could not be done, if the means
employed were adequate 10 secure the
end in view. Therefore | shall not at
tempt to show that schools will not secure
the OH ct designed if suitable improve
ments are made that is, If the means
used, are equal 10 the end 10 be secured.
| suppose that the chief object contem-
plated in establishing district schools was
the benefit Of chiIdren-ihat they were
designed 10 secure the best development
OF tn cir Intellectual faculties. From the
physiological and phrenoloe ical condition
Of children am fully convinced that they
never will do it, To cou6ne children
within the walls of a school-house and
compel them to sit hou: after hour upon
hard bench, doing over some book in
which they do not nor cannot feel in-
terested, is in my opinion calculated to
deaden rather than deuetop their intel
lectual powers. No child ever likei a
book unless it was some kind of picture
book, but they are all fond Of knowledge
all like to have every thing explained,
and arc ever inquiring, what is this,
and what is that what is it for, and
achy is it so" Instead of sending them
to school to spoil their intellects, and
telling them that " children should be
seen, not heard,' let their numerous
and never-ending questions be an
swered Let parents be with them
much, and accompany them in their
rambles, through. fields, groves and
meadows, and unfold to their inquiring
minds the various phenomena Of nature.
"rhen will the mind, made stroug and free
BY its communion with the things
OF nature, grasp the mystery
OF learning, and on tireless wings
Fly Ger the fields Of science fair
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-12-28
Brandon, Dec. 1913.
For the Voice of Freedom.
PRINCIPLES OF PEACE. No. 1,
F. ]. FARR.


PRINCIPLES OF PEACE. Mol,
Mr.. Editor: Pleased with your motto.
The inviolability Of individual rights is
the only security OF public liberty" pro.
pose 20 write on he subject fPeace asereS
of short numbers for your valuable paper,
the sentiment of which shall corrobordte
he same principle. Should the profer
be accepted, propose 10 advocate the
cause of peace as it stands opposed to in
lernaional war, in the following man
ner -
LIST. Define War according to the law
Of nations; then proceed to show that war
is Inconsistent with the law OF God; incon-
sstent with the Gospel of Christ; incon-
sis,ent with the principles of civil gov
erumenl; with civil liberty; with relig-
lous liberty; and inconsistent with the
independence of civil States. propose,
dloU, W cAutlllllC SUiHo ldCtS llUul Tue ulS-
Tory ofthe Jewish and Christian Church
es, for the purpose of forestalling objec-
tons which may be supposed to arise in
honest minds; and showing that the pop
uar sentiment on war among christ
ians, has really no support from scripture;
but on the contrary is religious, moral,
CIVIL and political wrong. shall show,
also. that the Gospel is the appointed ap.
propriate, aud efficient remedy for this
wrong: and then proceed to inquire and
make .sue gestions, how,aud by what means
his remedy may be applied, and the i'm
portance Of its application.
The above plan may furnish occasion
for reflections on war ss absurd, useless,
and destructive 10 all that is valuable TO
man.
This may be regarded as my introduct.
DRY number. Yours, &c. B.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-12-28

Professor lneraham, in his last new
work, {" The Young Genius" thus char
acterizes this town as the {" vast cordwain.
cry of the Union"
The very pleasant and thriving town
OF Lynn is the paradise of shoemakers
LIS young men early transferred from
the cradle 10 the last, cut teeth and ealh-
er at the same time; and its pretty, maid.
ems learn TO bind shoes with the induction
of their a, b, abs Lovers exchange
hearts over kd-slipper, and swear etern.
al fidelity over a lapstone. If they would
get married they ask old DR.. Waxend,
the parso1, if he will stitch them loeeth-
er, aud they will pay him in hides and
shoe-mendng. Whipping their children
they call tanning and The rod that they
use is called a 'cowhide.' The little
boys swear by hides and leather and
play at games which they call high and
low quarters, and heel and toe A child
newly born is 'lapslone,' and the ages
of their children is known by the snum-
ber' of the shoes they wear. Bows are
called rights. and girls LET'S and an
old maid is an odd slipper and bachel-
or an odd boot The street doors to
their dwellings are insleps.' and a man
in an overcoat is 'foxed' The fields
about the town are patches and a fellow
halt-seas over Is 'half soled.' They
never see an oak tree but they directly
calculate the number of pegs il will make,
and when they behold bees at work they
reflect that the only end of wax is a wax
end. They look on all cattle and sheep
as only leather growing, and believe hogs
were on y made 10 produce bristles. is
lap-stones would pave Broadway, and its
lasts, if piled together, would make a
monument higher than that on Bunker's
Hill.
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will go, heart and hand, for the suppress.
ion of the abominabIe trahick.
The propriety of reserving rum as q
medicine, was also discussed and con.
demned upon the ground of its influence
Public opinion needs much change upon
this point. Nothing short of absolute tee
totalism will ever accomplish the desired
object.
Iclose by humbly requesting the peo-
pie of Brandon, and the community in
general to copy the example herein CIV
en-, aud resolve with the friends above re-
lerred to, to do something towards dry ing
up the last fountain Of intemperance in
the land; | mean the last rum-seIIing es-
adjustment, the last grog shop. Will
you do it.? Or will you continue 10 grant
the license, dishonoring thereby, your
God, and brutalizing your suffering fellow
man?
r. M. PHILLIPS.
Brandon, Dec. 10, 1913.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-12-28
THE VOICE OF FREEDOM,
JEDEDIAH HoLCOMB, Editor.
81 o sg e 8 * ca
o 6 i n a |.
THE DYING YEAR,

Another year is fastening to its grave,
And wlntry winds its moulnu requiem sigh,
For it has changed the beautiful and brave,
And stole the light of many pleasant eye;
All cold and low its countless victims lie
Some, meath the frozen turf and driTed snow,
Some, meath the sunlight of the Southern sky,
Where teal -nursed flowers above them bloom and
grow,
And some on coral BEDS where dark, cold waters
flow.
Why hush the song thou lovedst so well to hear,
WHY crush the flower thy warm breath walked to
bloom
Why kindle hopes and lay them on their bier,
And puy with hearts and leave them in the
tomb
Why charm with Spring and shroud with Winter
gloom
Emtil's sunny wales and hills and sleeping wave,
Where mighty ships up from the waters loom
But find no star to guide the strong and brave,
Then sink unkneled into their walery gravel
Yet speed thy stayless fight, departing year,
I'll not lament thee, though my heavng breast
Hath fewer ties to earth and though the tear
rremb!es and falls for those bnt late caressed,
Now on the snowy mountain laid TO Test-
And though 10 unknown halls thy nser hand
Hath borne earth's richest gems TO deck the
breast
And shining brow Of some bright spirit band
That fill with beauty tho celestial land.
III not lament thee, though thy trophies won,
Make all earlhs hills the cities of the dead
The hUiRg dead are waking! and the sun
Hears he first footsteps of an army s tread,
Morching at night DER Erin's stainless bed
Eauhs arm is far too feeble to hold down
A struggIi ling nation, by champion led
Up freedoms rocky heights, that rise and frown
In bold defiance on kingly crown.
Speed on! A bright day for earth-the chain
Clanks Ieebler still upon the midnight air, ,
And louder freedoms cry along the plain.
Where knecl aud bleed the innocent and fair,
And stars, the glorious shine brighter there,
] O guide the captive TO freer sky;
And loI DIS start trembling from their dreams, and
bare
The bright steel TO the death-the year shall die
Feetom-t the nert is IN ine with words and banners
high!
Dec. l9I3
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J. HoLCoMB & D. S. MURRAY, PUBLISHERS.

Perchance where soul hath never scared,
And, revelling IN the vasness there,
Lay open regions unexplored;
While they, whose youthful souls are bound
TO stupid books for thought, must plod
Theft way, along the selfsame ground
Their sires and ancient grandsires trod'"
| have thus briefly given my views
upon the design of primary schools, and
have endeavored to tell wherein and
why they will fail of accomplishing the
work designed, and also limited at the
way, that if followed will supersede
them and secure what they have failed
to do. would refer those who desire
to follow out this subject, and know the
heighth and depth, length and breadth of
the human mind, and the best means of
cultiVating it, to work written and
published by o. S. Fowler, editor of
the American chronological Journal.
The work alluded to is entitled, Pbysi-
OIogy and PArenology applied 10 Ecluea-
ton and self-cuItiratiom, | here close,
hoping that Others having ADLER minds
and reader pens, will examine the sub
ject in its various bearings and lay the
result before the public.
F. ]. FARR.
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Things In Philadelphia.
Philadelpkia, Dec. IL, p.

Il bVUuetpHtU, Ltc. l |, L. III.
Important Seizure Of Counterfeit Ap-
para!aS,-DIring The past week, Record
er Vaux received some important inform.
alton that house in The upper part of
the city contained large quantity of
counterfeit apparatus, which was soon to
be brought into use, unless Immediately
secured. The Recorder called 10 his aid
pulice officer Hoaner, and repaired TO
the house in question, where, after dill
gent search, they found suspended from
the rafters by cords, hanging between the
brick outer wall and the pIaslering of the
second story room, two boxes, three feet
in length and four in width, which con-
tanned AZ steel transfer rollers, capable of
making, without combination, l27 plates
for the printing of spurious notes; the
greater portion were new, and some had
been used. TIE estimated value of the
whole was $4,000. -Four plates, steel
and copper, ready for use So pieces, sep.
arated, TO be used combined for making
plates, besides portions of a new transfer
press. About $4,000 of counterfeit notes
were also found, with some other matters
of importance. The entire apparatus be-
longed TO notorious gang of three per-
sons, one of whom is now in the Eastern
Pententiary, one dead, and the third at
large. Recorder Vaux merits the thanks
of the community for his prompt action
in this natter COrrespondenee N. York
Tribune.
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This makes the column quite complete,
Do you not think Ills very neat'
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THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.

The rext contest bids fair to be one of exc,u-
slye principle False issues will not be present
ed. At least our humble efforts will be contri.
ou'ed Tor the establishment Of true doctrines
That tares may be sown among the wheat, J..
more than problemaucol-from the course of n
lew presses, we fear, is little less than certain
But still the leading questions will be honest
ones, and the great motive truth.
In passing, We cannot but denounce the nm.
timely conduct Of The Globe. Wer. our inst
anger towards that journal greater than il !.
stu our Indignation would predominant 1t has
certain Influence, as it has a certain par,y.-
justice towards the party whose tfforts have
gwen 1t name and stability. r, quires II se,pns
10 u, regard, strong and predominant for The
interests OF that party-a fOrgelfa'ness of self
IN ue'ouon TO the truth, which alone can aid ,b,.
party. The individuals who read thai iop,naI
expect from It's conductor the discussion AMI
d'ssemlnatIonoi principles, which, adding much
10 The honor OF our party, will ,sist no little in
its firm establishment
Does the Globe meet thi, just expectation
Is II true to It's readers and It's party 2 Does il
GEEK to be Its recent course i. an answer
Instead OF battling with undated yioor n a;,.,
the prepos'erQus doctrines of the antagonist of
our common party, it would seem, indirectly. At
least, to favor his preien.ions. by seeking -
Paraiyze The cNertions of some of his mos, 20
doobtable opponents. II smoolhs hi, n,,b L.
victory, by sowing the purient seed. Of d,sson
sion among allies, whose aspirations sbouId
have the same tendency as their profession.
whose interests are common, and future de.tny
Alike copformant,
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a SrRAserE--Green Irwin, Esq, who has been
On an expedition to the Rocky Mountains, writes to
u'e editor OF the Arkansas lntelligencer as follows
took an animal OF the Lion Panther specie
u IS stranger 10 Button Goldsmith and TO Us all
IS almost Of bright scarlet color larger than
panther, and the most ferocious animal suppose
that ever fell into the hands Of the human species
IL was caught IN a wolf trap"
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THE UENLH or NEw ORLEAss The Rciu ..
Of the 18th instant says, that The yellow fever
Orleans has nearly assumed the form Of an crl!,.
and Is Of a much more malignlnt type than 30 D.
timc during the early part Of the season . OIL.
changes for the worse arc attributed 10 the cx'r .
binary heat Of the weather
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VAN BuREN MEETiNG The friend. Of Nj
Buren held meeting yesterday evening m Oh, .H
About 100 persons were IN attendance aud CIu.
bell 7. White, Esq was appointed President :
mas n Carr, ESD proposed a series Of resolution. .
favor Of nominating A.r. Van Bure1 a. e c,ui. b.
for the next Presidency. General Barker Of l''a
10, addressed the meeting at considerable lcugI
support Of the resolutions which were adopted
Y Journal Of Commerce
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DEEiDFu ScESE. Recently n puslli.u
took place near Stafford, Eng, between two.
men named Beach and Gibson which ended
death Of the latter The fathers Of the two e. .
batnnts were present
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TnE CBURcnMAN WARNED, edited by DIR.
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SOUVENIRS FOR lsl3-The Gin, CIu.n.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WARNED agar.
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The Globe, fo1 purposes best kaown TO lis

The Globe, ioI. purposes besl. known TO lis
astute conductor, is laboring 10 lead the public
mind aside from the great and momenl ous ques
tons which, in little more than, year, il will
be called upon TO decide. y bile we stand
sentinel to detect the approaches Of common
foe, and TO give seasonabe alarm of his sus,
pected Vaccinations the Globe is either per
ver-ely ignorant of the imminent danger, or
even accessory to It's approach II either STUN
bers on lis posi- in blind security, or from ireache-
| rous purpose.
We see and denounce the corruptng nhu-
ences of the banking principles threatened in
the success of Mr.. Clay. We have experience
ed their evils, and know the country still suffers
| from their once establi ,hmenl. The Globe has
reversed its telescope, and sees these evils at a
distance, or most minute. The E.rdhados of
the modern banking system we decry as daoge-
rous. The Globe is tender and holds its breath
lis seized with parsimonious mania, or hus-
bands It's invectives for its political friends.
To Mr.. Clay we have never denied the pos
session of talents. They are prominent as
his errors, and equally incontestable. His OPT
MONS, we think erroneous-most particularly as
they relate 10 financial projets-therelore we
hesitate not, we never have hesitated, TO abjure
and denounce them. A cataract has o'ergrown
the eyes of the Globe--lhey want c0uching. A
moral blindness is more unfortunate than
the merely physical, for il requires more despe-
rate experiments to cure it--and the patient sell
dom, even after successful operation, RECEIVERS
clear vision. st4t
For example we are calling the attention Of
the country to the a2itatng questions that sur
round our relations with Great Britain. The
Globe is endeavoring 10 weaken lis party by at
,acking some of lis most prominent members
We are preaching and practising the nimilable
axiom, for our domestic purposes, .'to bear and
forbear." The Globe will allow no salvation,
unless IL administers extreme uncfion. We at.
tack the enemy-lhe Globe attacks u.s. r9t
We trust however that journal will yet be
c mpeiied TO forego lis uncalculating hostility
to the not inconsiderable portion of the party
who are strong in their support Of the Presi-
dent-that it yet will find it necessary to Join
with u.s. shoulder to shoulder, against no insig-
nfcant adversary-will support US in the es.
Enlistment of the principles of our party
"No Bank-no ultra Tarfi-no Extravagant
Legislaton--no Consolidated Government
Public Economy-Public Faith and National
Honor, preserved at home, and enforced abroad.n
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me mackerel fishery, says the bingham Gazette
mas 'hus lar proved poor business Som. vessel,
'rr''e 10 port with hardly fish enough to pay the e.,
penses Of the trip,
Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-04-11
IN THE LIFE OF A MI
SICIAN

One Of our southern papers, writing in praise Of
Anthony Philip Heinrich, foreign musician,
iransplanicd to our American soil, rtsi6s the ol.
lowing remarkable incidents occurring in his
eyontiul life.
From passage in a German work. We lourn
that Mr. Heinrich was originally rich Bohsmi.
an banker, with branches IN Prague, Vsnns,
Trieste, and Naplss and that he resided a, his
mansion IN seho'niinden where trusting 10 tho
financial operations ofueaohsfons sgeots and ab.
sorbed in musical reveries ne reiinquished sordd
acquisitions 70 reTel IA the wealth Of harmonious
sounds
Meeting With peeuniafy rrshnune, he came To
the UniDd States, and vas FOR some time IN tho
West, where i V ,sid that he once v,ni into
The ,olas.es of,Le woods Of Ken,ueky with 10
Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-04-11
VOL. As...NUMDRR Is.

glanccs and sentiments are inerehangcd Eight
days after this exhibition, a second meeting takes
place; in which the affair is more pon,edly dis
eussod and by The all Of oiIieous relatives and
female go.bclwccns all the prcminnrics are set
tied on which the company return home coupled
and mated. Similar customs at marriages pre-.
vail among all the Scalvonic tribes But is
extraordinary that, in gorgeous Pdcrsburgh, where
a numerous portion ofthc public never fails to rid.
iculc the practice, such singularity should main.
tain its ground to the pres,n, day It is only Of
late years that the custom has gradually declined
and it. on Whn-Monday, many pretty girls and
young men meet in the summer garden, and mnny
n match is begun there, sill the whole proceeding
is no, so formal, stif, and old fashioned MS il was
ten years ago-tkohls Russia aud tho Russians
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r o r ULAN TAI z 8 .
SSY.
AThLE OF OLD LONDON BRIDGE.
BY n MITCHELL.

The Thames. three centuries ago, had charac-
teris,cs essentially dheren, from those tina, disin
gulsh it in the present day. Gone are the palaces
and gardens which, from Whnefrlars to WesImin-
s,er adorned its banks, The six-oared, canopied
barge has given place to the smoky steamboat :
the wa.erman's occupation, by the erection OF so
many barges, like Othello's "is gone the spir-
Il Of Romance has fairly vanished from the now
impure gaseous, and tortured stream ina "ord
every thing has sGceumbed 10 the march Of tTlum'
phani utility,
Things were no, always 50. As sill, on the
waters tia, wash the marble palaces Of sea-bofn
Venice music nightly sounds and love bresihos his
sgh; 50 in the good Old times that shall never conc
agan did the gallant, gliding over The unpoiluIel
Stream, goo hs mistress Lave designations were
made ,here The high and The noble did no, con
siisr il derogatory 10 their dignity to touch lh'
guitar; and wonan's silver voice was heard mn
king We, more smooth the unveTed and transporter
bosom oflhe -Gen'le Father Th1mcs'