The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-04-03

whose heart the vestal flame Of friend
ship brightly glows. While they remain
separated by time and distance, the ties
Of 'cDIn0nce' and consequently natural
ly become slender aud brittle. So, like
wise, do the bonds of union and confed.
eracy that bind together sister States,
become weak and fragile. This mos
assufedly would not be the case if the
active and intelligent N. Highlander pos
sessed correct views of the a14mts and ad-
oantages Of these sister States, and knew
how mutually the prosperity and glory Of
these, are connected with the eastern
States in their onward march to treeiOm
and to fame.
Would they have their vision directed
to an inviting field for industrious, en-
terprislng, and aspiring men
Such a heId is the West, for various
reasons: some Of which | will specify
1.-THE COUNTRY IS NEW.
Hence its facilities for intellectual, civ
il and moral culture, are imted By him
ORANGES commonly incident to such a
country. Here, then, fair field opens
for the active labors Of the teacher, cscii-
aa@ and practical m0raiist. While the
eastern can select from the multitude Of
adopts in science, philosophy and ltera-
ture, teachers and preachers as men of
their choice, the aeesteyn people frequent.
y Gull their ministers from the rugged
woodland and their teachers f ON the
arabic feIds. They deeply lament their
want of those who have enjoyed the adj
vantages Of a systematic education and
the rising greatness Of their infant CO un
try renders them soicitous to aid and
support such men, wherever found.
Young men are wanted, who may grow
up with the growth, and mature with the
strength Of the suspicious west. The
sturdy oaks Of venerable age" may rear
their heads aloit and spread wide their
towering branches, while the saplings of
later years are destined, "beneath their
umbrage, saplings to remain" The
young men who will come and give last
ing impressions TO, as we'll as receive
them from, the country, will stand con-
spicuous in that short period in which
this promising land is destined to become
the theatre Of national distinction, opu-
ience and grandeur.
1.-THE FIELD is ALMOST BoUNpLEss.
Hence those youth in whose bosoms
flourish the germs of industry and real
merit can find honorable employment
and cordial commentator in almost any
sphere Of fruitful enterprise.
III THE CITIZENS PROMOTE, RATHER
THAN SUPPRESS THE LAUDABLY
AMBITIOUS.
People are infinitely more solictous
to encourage and support worthy young
men, in these, than in the eastern States.
Those States are filled with aspiring and
designing demagogues, who zealously
watch the 'turbid wake Of every moving
pool They are ,also excessively crowd
ed q speak comparatively with men OF
genuine moral and intellectual worth,
who are not promoted but reduced to sta.
tons, of which they are too worthy
| Here it is the reverse. There is in the
east no favorable opportunity for the de-
velopment Of those treasures that may
be latent in the storehousc of some youth.
lul mind. In this respect The disparity
between the East and West is peculiarly
manifest. The ono suppresses and con-
ceaIs, while the other unveils and ELECTS
the going JorM ofthe inner man. Here
the curtain of parental obscurity and ig.
norance is Withdrawn, and the shining
livery of cerulean spIendor beckons the
man onward and upward. Many of the
respectable citizens Of these States, were
once themselves poor and obscure and,
by that anxious solictude which parents
feel for the welfare Of their children, were
compelled to remove TO far off western
wild. Hence their readiness to encour,
age the industrious, honest poor.
To be continued.
| L. L., W,