The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-10-17

PcISeVcT6, Cuu Dc COHlpuTGU WIN tnOS0
which are connected with the result Of
the mental and molal trainings Of her
children2
The carrying out, and perfecting, of
an adequate system of educational i'm
provement will, of course, involve ulti-
mately, considerable expenditure; but
as the necessity for it shall arise, will
the gradually unfolding Benefits of the
system make the contributions to sustain
it, easy, and their burden light. The
expenditure on the part Of the State,
necessary to commence the system,
through the agency of State Superin-
tenden, and county Superintendent,
need not be great-not much greater,
in the language of the report of the
committee 10 which have referred,
then 'the people of Vermont have paid
annually for killing foxes"
Vermont has an envia5le name abroad.
{ Let her maintain it. Let her emulate The
efforts of New York, Connecticut and
Massachusetts. She ought, indeed, lo go
beyond them. No Stale in the Union has
such material 10 work upon, none that
Can be wrought into more beautiful and
durable monuments ofpuhlic benefcenee
and li5erality.
In respect to The ultimate expenditure
that may be needed for the purchase Of dis
trict school Libraries, and chemical and
philosophical apparatus and globes, for
making provision in the the colleges and
academies, or in separate institutions, Tor
the teaching Of instructors, aud for aid in
the repairs and construction OF school
houses we may hope that we shall, al
no distant day, possess ample means, in
our distrbu:ory share Of the proceeds OF
The sales of the public lands. 1t would be
an appropriation worthy the noble inhe.-
i,ance of freedom which, with large por>
ZION of those lands, was bequealhed to US
by our revolutionary fathers. 1t was. in
deed, benevolent and fitting arrangement,
il the order of Providence, that the same
severance from the parent country which
gave US independence, gave US, also,
great domain. capable of dispensing so
widely the blessings of education, aud oil
rendering this nation Il model of virtue,
intelligence, AMI good government for the
world.
have dwelt longer on the subject oil
education than may, perhaps, be deemed
appropriate for an executive message; but
its very great importance must BIZ my a.
POLICY. Ii is, in my judgement, of more
importance than any other subject that can
possibly engage the atteLtion OF the L"gl$-
Iature.
A considera i'm of the means of devel-
opiug the mind of the Safe naturally sug-
ges,s the idea of developing the riches oil
lis minerals and its soils. My predcces.
sors have fftqlenily recommended geolo-
gical survey oil the State, in which fully
concur; and invite 10 the subject your
special areulion. If we would develop
mind. aud apply it 10 lis great purposes we
study and anaIIze it, that we may under
stand is capacities aud powers. Thus
should W. do with the soil we inhablt.
Here we are, in is daily cultivation,
drawing from it our support; and shall we
remain ignorant of It's properties, It's de-
fects and the means Of supplying them,
only as ,ardy experience shall sc'ose them
TO US? We want sclenllic, through, u
Universal examination OF The various soils
ofthe state, involving complete ana ysls
and classification Of the whole, and such
an exploration as shall reach, it possible,
! all the fertilzlng substances which can BE-
made available for the ameIloralion OF our
soils, and the stimulating them 10 their
highest practicable power OF production.
There are localities where the discovery
OF a bed of limestone would be more vaIu.
able than mine of G)Id. The same
may be said OF mari, gypsum, peat and
other substances ppropra'e, either slngly
or Inconfblnalion, 10 supply deficient ee-
ments in unproduclive soils.
1t is hardly necessary to speak of the
probable devsIopmen! of mineral resour'
ces, OF which we have an earnest IN our
iron, copperas copper, manganese. aud
other mineral treasures.
1t is needless TO say that such results
will not be brought out except, under ex-
aminauons effected by Legislative authors
~, and at public expense. Such examIn-
ATOMS have been made mlde by other
States; and the results are before the world.
meau the immediate results; for the
great practical results are yet to come
forth in mingled mass otbenelils, spread
ing themselves over the surface OF our
country. while there is s)ll to yield lis
fruits TO the labors of man.
By enqneries made two years ago,
learned, mat, at that time, geological sur
veys had been authorized i'll every Stale
in the Union, excepting Vermont, Alas
f bama, Mississippi, Lou islaun, Arkansas
aud Illinois Tbs lone position OF Yer
mout ia this Classification, is somewhat
striking. 1t is for you to sly whether we
f shall remain in this position any longer.