The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-01-09
For the Voice of Freedom

Ava Au''o'' "a JOul Hoo PaSoCu away
since you extended an invitation to the
lovers of human improvement, to present
their views 10 the world, through The col
umns of your paper, upon the all import
ant subject of education, Tor the benefit oil
the rising, and future generations. And
what has been the response2 Has the
lover Of liberty enforced the truth that The
independence of a nation depends upon the
intelligence oil the individuals that CONS
pose it! Has the lover Of purity aud hoIi.
ness advocated the still more important
ruth, that the m)ral faculties should be
cultivated in connection with the inielec
tua? In short, has any one advanced
aught, that will tend to facilitate the right
developments oflhe human body and brain;
thereby laying the foundation upon which
to reart the noble superstructure, the crown,
ing part of man, the mind And must
these interrogalories be answered in the
negative? Why this death.like silence,
upon subject so momentous! Patriots,
phllanhropsis, lovers of your race;where
are ye2 Have ye been entangled in the
thorns and bram5les of political s!ri(e!-
What benefit is 10 be realized at present or
in the future, from the time, money, and
talent, that have been expended the con-
ventions that have been held-lhe haran.
cues that have been made-the costly
banners that have been fabricated and dis
played-the newspapers that have been
published the falsehoods that have been
conjured up-lhe defaming Of honest men
and private character--the insinuating,
the interchangeable equivocatng-th the
shufling-he fnesse--the maice--the
unkindness engendered between those who
would have otherwise remained friends
in fine, the whole, everything connected
with the politics of this country the past
year. What is the result? Why, moth
ing more or less, than that another slave
holder is 10 occupy the Presidential chair
for the next four years; and the same
would have been the case, had all the time
money and talent, expended, been appro.
priated 10 some other object.
Who can estimate the amount of good
that might have resulted; the increased
happiness that might have been enjoyed
in The present, and the untold blessings
that would have flowed down the long
stream Of time through all coming gener.
atoms, had the same effort been put forth
to lead the people to a right understand
ing Of the relations which they sustain,
and the duties they QUE to the rising gen
Grafton; and especially of parents to child>
rem. that there has been 10 elect slave
holding president The importance OF
The latter object when compared with the
former, is as the glimmering taper to
the MONDAY sun. II sinks iuto utter insig
nincance. What | ask is the election Of
a president, when compared with the edu>
cation of the race2 care not who the ru
lers are, or how well the financial inter-
ests Of nation are managed; nothing short
of an understanding Of the nature of mind,
and due development of all its powers,
in each individual, will secure the happi>
ness of the whole PEG pie.
When we contemplate the fact ,ha. ev.
cry generation exers an influence upon
the succeeding one, which will be i'm.
parted TO the next in an increased ratio,
and that will continue TO expand, through