The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-08-08

mousse formerly known as the "Eagl
Hotel has just converted the sam
into TEMPERANCE HOUSE, and raise
a Temperance Sign. This augurs wei
for the cause Mr.. Alden has beef
long known TO the travelling public as
s~perb landlord, and consequently need
no fiatteripg compliments at our hands
Those who have heretofore enjoyed thu
kind Inequalities Of his house, have no
failed to recognise in Mrs. A land
lady unsurpassed in Vermont. We be
speak for the house the patronage o
the public, and especially the friends O
Temperance. Let it not be said tina,
such House cannot be sustained in
Woodstock. The friends ofTemperance
in the vicinity should fortA2oitA give Mr.
Alden a benefit which shall ia some
measure remunerate him for the pecu-
mary sacrifice which it is supposed he
makes We hope never TO see the en-
sign which has Just been raised upon
that House struck, until virtue intel
ligence and morality are no longer
known among the people.-Mercury.
From The Windkam Co. Democrat
Mr. Editor:-Permit me, through the
columns Of your paper, to call the atten-
ton of your readers to the subject of
common school education; a subject in
which all parties and all sects have
deep interest, and in promoting which
all may heartily unite. | am glad to
learn that your village has been awake
to this subject, and that you have ia
operation an efficient system of popular
education. May yeur example be fol-
lowed by every village in vermont; may
the spirit you have manifested be ex-
tended, till every child in the land shall
have access to the means of substan.
tial education, moral and intellectual.
Of all the subjects which now interest
the public mind, there is none deserving
of g more serious and profound attention.
We find party arrayed against party
in political contests; sect against sect in
theolog cal strife; and men every where
devoted to the acquisition of wealth
Every species of delusion and error and
fraud is practlced upon society, and thou
sands are led astray. Quacks in every
profession, every department of science
and literature and art, thrust themselves
forward, aud receive patronage and en-
On the most momentous
subjects vogue and superficial and er-
roneous notions prevail; and through
mere ignorance the most fatal mistake
in business, in legislation and benevolent
association are frequently committed. We
are apt to boast ofthe intelligence which
prevails in our country, Is which, COM
pared with that Of many other lands is
certainly creditable;) and this spirit of
self exatation often blinds US to our
great defects. We ought not to be-
satisfied with the intelligence, of those
who, "by the grace of God,' receive
their laws from rulers whom they do
not choose, or from kings and emperors
whom they must obey, willingly or I'M
willingly, Here every freeman is a
legislator, and every voter should be
qualified to make wise laws and to ad-
minister them justly and faithfully. Here
no Pope or Priest is the interpreter of
the Bible, or the dictator of ones faith;
every one must search the scriptures
for himself, and from his own opinions
of truth and duty.-And certainly no
small degree at Information is requisite
to do this in manner at all satisfactory. |
Among US men enter upon the various
professions and pursuits Of life at very
early age, and hence the necessity of
thorough Discipline in childhood and youth
Consider the subject in whatever aspect
you will, the importance Of thorough,
universal, moral and intellectual cult ure
orces itself upon the mind, and demands
he attention oil every rejecting and
thoughtful citizen And what greater
service can we render our country or our
ace than to improve our systems Of
common school education?
Yours truly, CITIZEN.