Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1846-03-19

way appertaining to the overseers of Har-
ward College; provided, that nothing here
In shall be construed to prevent the Legls-
lature of this Commonwealth from making
such alterations in the government of the
said University as shall be conducive to its
advantage and the interest of the republic
OF letters, in as full manner as might have
been done by the Legislature of the late
province of the Massachusetts Bay. Chap
ter 9Th, section 2d-The encouragement OF
literature, a0isdom and knoaoZedge, as we'll
as Uirtue, di6used generally among the peo-
pie being necessary for the preservation OF
their rights and liberties, and as these de-
pend on spreading the opportunities and
advantages of education in the various parts
of the country, and among the different or
derS of the people, it shall be the duty OF
the Legislature, and magistrates, in all flu
ture periods of this Commonwealth, to che
IRISH the interests of literature and the sci
ences, and all seminaries of them; especi-
ally the University at Cambridge, public
schools, and grammar schools in the town :;
to encourage private societies and public IN
situations by REGARDS and inanlunities for the
promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences,
commerce, trades, manufactures, and na-
tura1 history of the country; to counte-
nance and inculcate the principles of hui
manity and general benevolence, public and
private charity, industry and frugality, no.
nesty and punctuality in their dealings, SIM
cerity and good humor, and all social affec-
tons and generous sentiments among the
people,"
These clauses constitute the hear,-the
seat Of life, of the social system of Mas
sachusetts. They are not only founded in
truth, but are omnipotenL in Specification
What is the clear and comprehensive i'm
port of these expressions, "been initiated
into those arts and sciences which qualified
them for public employment, both in church
and state ;" ''and whereas the encourage
ment ST arts and sciences, and all good lite
nature, tends to the Honor of God, the ad-
vantage of the Christian religion, and the
other United States of America." They
actually lay the axe at the root Of the tree
of evil, and if energetcally executed woulC
speedily eradicate it throughout the earth
But can there be found clause in any In
strument more significant than the SECOND
section. 1t expresses every cardinal virtue
which can adorn the character Of man
"wisdom, knowledge, virtue, d6used gen
orally among the body of the people, right
liberties, education, literature, sciences, Sc
minaries, of them, University at Cambridge
Cor at St. Johns CoIlege,) public schools
and grammar schools. private societies, pub
lie institutions, by reward and immunities
for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sci
ences, commerce, trade, manufactures, AM
natural history of the country, principles
of humanity, general benevolence, public
and private charity, industry and frugality
honesty and punctuality in their dealings
sincerity, good humor, and all social af1ec
tons and generous sentiments among tn
people," are words enough, if energeticall,
executed, to cover the earth with virtue AM
glory; and every one acting under thes
clauses, as legislators, by virtue of the ob
legation of an oath, would be bound to ex
ecute them to their fullest extent. Govern
ment is intelligence, intelligence is govern
ment. 1t is recognized as cardinal or Sc
minal principle of Christianity, that knoaD
ledge IS light, Ignorance is darkness. Me-
can see in the light of day, but in darkness
of night they stumble and fall, and cannc
tell what is or what is not doing. Such
the nature of free government, and bring
!, us at once to definition Of government, be
cause it is one and the same with education
knowledge or intelligence. 1t has been sai(
and is received doctrine, that language take
! its origin from the resemblance between tn
sound and the sense and it will be observ
4 ed, that in the use of words the organs {
speech in the act of utterance move toward
1.-THE object named. In this manner it wi
be found that the word government mean
the controlling action of mind. 1t will b
found, upon an examination, that all tn
words in the English language terminating
with the syllable ment, have reference +
the action of the mind. Such is the wor
government, and such it was intended II
be when used to express that species of or
+ oanization into which men enter and cal
Government And it is on the ground, tina
in proportion as you give the supremacy t'
intelligence, will there be certainly safety
purity, permanency and usefulness in mate
rial action. Thus twas the omnipotence o
mind or intelligence that formed the worle
and preserves it, and just as the creative
intelligence of omnipotence made and 60
yerns the material world, SO ought the Gre
alive intelligence of omnipotence III the
popular power to govern the social world
Our Government takes its character from