Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-09-14
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STATE SCHOOL FUND

ne terr Of q future Empire And what dh ina
germ ihm c7ntryo. Whirh was 70 icysops and un
loli al to- prcsru anI lg,ure glory and grea'n,s.
q Nov England ahl q this republic consist -
Wa q 10 aus o. arms, or wealth Or physical pow
e. AMI enetcy' n neither II constituted IN
tern q mind, sublsci by moral and mental cul
tutc, clip from The present sock. among whose
fruit Wofo 5asI eiNl aud religious llbeay Dies.
l,uie Of power ap1 patronage, IN the depth oi
poverty and priva'lon. cast out from 81 commun
ion wah civilized sccisy, opprcSsl With famine
ani Prsiilence thrown upon y STANCE, unknown
and inhospfablc coes IN the deph Of a northern
winior, without house or heritage. or home, ia Tho
face II hostile saagss, ia the mdN of a bowling
wiidcTno So wah no shelter but the lowering sky
and 40 floor bot the frozen earth this germ Of
future greatness md glory Of this republic was
destined. under Providence, 10 survive and II did
survive and lis fruit now fills the land Plant
ing ourselves upon the rock of Plymouth ia 1910
nni looking down through the vista Of the coming
i63 years, ali the changes which have since IN.
tcrycned would have been IN prospect oil was to
b. born and suffered, accomplished and perform.
Cd, enjoyed and participated in, by those pilgrims,
their defendants and associates But through
wha, changes and conflicts were the defendants Of
the pilgrims destined, in the course Of ProvIden.
,ial even, to pass Their own sustcnance was TO
b. secured habiiaons to be erected and defended,
sgainsl the attacks Of hostile savages children to
be educated the wilderness TO be cleared roads
aud bridges 20 be constructed governments to be
established school and count houses, chuches
aud colleges 10 be built, sustained and endowed
wars with savage tribes and with the French ma
ton to be maintained and our in dependence Of the
mother country TO be achieved in shou all the
sbors and tolls, the prsaiions and sufferines,
which the history OF this republic has since recor-
dcd were then in prospect, were chccrfully encoun-
ted and successfully surmounled Aud how a.
tn,zing are the results What but Omnpo,ence
could have accomplished them. Surely a little
one'has become a thousand and small one a
strong nation
And shall we learn nothing from the pasl2 Is it
vain that this book OF experience is open before
usl All which has been accomplished is among
the possiblos, aud again may be performed 1t
was mental and moral energy which, under Prov
idcncc accomplished such sublime results. No
fun1cd wealth no ancestral parimonv; no foun.
dl,ion Of intellectual, ecclesiastical or civil ns,u
tons enriches. with accumuiatng contributions of
centuries Of their progenitors come 10 the aid Of
the destitute and fricndess pilgrims, in their la.
bors and struggles 10 found empire of christ
ianiZed freoTnen but God aud their own mental
and moral energy were their reliance, and these
were found sufficient
LIT US now suppose the Mav1ower had been
ireigbtcd with the Ro,hchilds, the Barngs the
Arkwrghs, and other Cresuses Of Europe, that
these Lords OF the mammon of unrgheousness
instead of the pilgrims had landed on the rock at
Plymouth. Behold them; their mind is upon
theirtreasures all their thoughts and energies
center in them: all their duties are in self: they
feel no warnings to benefit others or found an en-
pre OF cultivated happy freemen their wealth is
their all and shu, GU, from the rest Of the civilized
world hoy in he nft pplep
whose spring.lock has caught and incarcerated
him, with his bags Of treasure, beyond the power
of escape Let us leave them there, and let there
be inscribed on the rock of their landing THY
money perish with thee for so Indeed it would.
Instead Of the untold blessings of free, ndepend.
en, enlightened and chris,ianized community,
which now overspreads this republic the fact, that
such an event had occurred, would probably be un.
recorded in history.
Again we osk shall we never learn from the
pas, experece Of mankind What should We now
think Of the wisdom Of the pilgrims IT. in their
early history, they had solemny set apart a por.
ton Of their 'scan,v pntance,' 10 educate genera
ton OF their defendants 260 years 10 come ? thai
10 save us from paying the trinng tax, which we
now pay to support our schools, they had trenched
upon their short and scanty means Of education
and instead Of bequeathiDg 10 us intellectual anc
moral wealth. they had transmitted 10 us a fund
with directions TO educate ourseves2 Could We
entertain, for them, the respect we now do, know
ing that all their available resources were i'm
eda,ely invested in a bank of mind, where the in
crease would certainly be like geometucal pro
erosion always advancing, instead Of metalt
fund which rus, would surely corrupt, or which
thieves might be expected to steal But wha
Justice could there have been, in the pilgrims an
tIcipang the burdens which ought 10 fall on eaci
generation Of men 10 their day2 The burdens I,
b. cast upon generation to cone,in sustaining ,h
institutions Of the country, will not only be toler
able bu, dolby salutary. And why not lie, ever,
man aud every generation Of men bear their owl
burdens Such is the condition Of humanity
that without pressure, without trial, wi,hou, con
fc, the perfect man in all his proportions canno
be developed Ii is the tree always rocked by tn
bias, which alone can rcsis, the hurricane Wha
is true Of men is true Of communities of mcn w
say again, man is what necessity makes him am
n generation Of men will be what the circumstanc
and complexion Of the time. uske H. |, is no
want but wealth, which may Dissolve the bonds q
society. II y no, national penpry but naiiona
pleihery, with It's concomian,s luxury and slolh
which will induce national paralysis
Wha, may be done in the infancy OF society b.
people in their penury and poverty, maybe scel
in the history Of this State The presen, and pas
generations have been educated BY those. poor il
resources The money required was collected b.
private contribution or by drcc, tar, and this
no, from the abundance Of the rich, bu, the penu
~ OF POOR This has been done while lawn,