Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-10-02
THE HERALD,
THURSDAY. OCTOBER q, ists.
AssEMBLY-CoMAoN


msuer Of coar.- II, prcecrd'ag, are look.
ei fot~srd 70 with eeos,d. rable in,ercs -
though rcrhsps with ie-. q, the rrcscn'
umc than usual There is ha, liulc bus.
mes. Of general in'rrcs tba, can, we think,
be broush, up Tor the consideration OF our
representative. at the present time, md we
b-l,cve ,ha, shou session is generally eI
pccied The hra duty Of this body, will
be to cleo, ChieJ Mssinraie, the people
having isil'd IN On election and although
this failure kai occurred, the ron Of the
frecmen Of thi, State hs. decided emphatic.
ally who this Chief Magistrate shall be-
and consequently bu, little in,eres n fel, on
this head.
The action Of our representatives Last
year in reference to the Geological survey
bill ha. met With the entire appreciation Of
the in,rIIgen, Of all parties. and we hope
to see the liberal policy, INDICATED by the
passage OF this bill, carried on, BY the fu.
,ure legislation Of the representatives OF the
people OF TernoAi-deipife the croaking
Of the penny wise and pound foolish few,
or the more fierce opposition Of rabid loco.
focoism-which a, all times is so ready to
lnterposc its dlctalion agalns, the will Of the
people, and oppose all measures recon.
mcnI,d by the Wing pary-however
strongly they may be called for by the
wants OF the community.
The most importan, matter likely to be
brough, 10 the consideration Of the legisla.
ture nj lis present session. is in relation to
proposed change in our system Of Common
School educarion That change in the
present system should be made, and imme.
diately, all seem ready to admit, and yet,
an appsscn, apathy has for n long time
rcs,,d on The minds OF our public men gen
orally, in relation 10 this matter, which j,
as di,graccful to them, Us the effects ore
baneful to the large majority Of our citizens
| l nc UuiH u, uNu out Wouiu tOlnk tuc idCl
need no, much longer be kept back, that
Vernon, is fast losing her cnvinblc repu
tation rs il regards the means employed to
educate all her children. and although ",
may yc, boast, and Justly, OF the genera
intclli gcnce Of our people, the time is hs
approaching, il ii has not already come
when we can claim no prc-emlncnce ovcl
our sister States; and indeed unless som
action is had in reference to this imporao
subject we shall soon find ourselves far be
hind them. The march OF the world j,
onwnrd' and it will no, do for the people
OF Vcrmont-if they wish to maintain ,hci
high Standing for intelligence, virtue ant
pairiotism-to delay action in this matte
; longer The system OF common school cd
ueation in Vernon, has become farce al
= mos, as broad as the old militia system -
and the children Of the poorer classes II
life are laugh, The mysteries OF reading
wiring and eyphering, with just nbou, II
much profit, as formerly the 'aoodwood:
were instructed in the sublime art OF shou
: derins arms, posing 6reloek, or chsrginI
. bayonct, under the care Of those whom
|, long pair OF ears would much better be
come, than the huge cpaule,s which they
i. with so much dignity carried upon ,he
= shoulders
Tha, there are many school districts i
/, the Stale where excellent schools are laugh
: and the geaera benehls to the poor, unde
= the presen, law, are carried out, we hav
e no reason to disbeieve and that there ar
: some such districts we know. But ii
n equally well known lha, in large major
y ty Of the districts throughout the Stale, n
such state Of things exists. The childre
9 OF such as can afford il, are Withdrawn froi
o the public schools and sent else W here q
attention is paid to the schools, nor TO II
requirements OF the teachers and the ed
n cation Of children is ohen consequently e
al trusted TO men, who, Judcious farm
4 would no, lrua 10 break col, or yoke
> steers There Is another visible effect whic
le this system is bringing upon US, and as v
have never seen this point alluded to, v
re shall do SO briefly, even at the risk OF e
n, citing the ire Of such lnile ladies and &c
u tlemen as just begin to wear broad clio
n and buslcs and who may conceive lhrr
n selves agriercd. We refer TO the tendcn,
u whi:h the present system has to separate
= ,ariy youth the children Of equally respe'
:, able families OF the same village or disri,
N and to which the blessings Of this WORK
rs goods, have not been quite 50 equally give
ef This Is an evil 10 our mind Of grea, ma
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