The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-10-15


re influenced 10y ambition, md seek only
he attainment of individual cmolument, they I
prevent, or reud, the adoption of such sal !
ltary measures as the general welfare may /
.equire cndangcr the principles Of civil lib ,
nriy and by their excess and violence ap.
proxma'e to the very verge of civil war.
At such times the spirit Of party may truly
be considered MS the spirit Of discord fac
ton and disunion. The lesson incucatcd by
this view of the nature and effect of parties.
cannot be misunderstood Ittcaches us that
We should Investigate with camness and can
dor. cultivate spirit of Cancellation and
charity towards those who differ from us,
yielding all due respect TO the opinions Of
others, and the integrity Of their motives
unless it is plain and palpable that they pro.
coed from perverse dispc sition. But this
spirit Of charity and cancellation, does not re-
quire either individuals or states, TO aban
don their own interest, nor can they be jus
tilted in yielding any moral principle or in |
giving countcnance to any great political or
moral evil. to appease those who oppose them !
In political or christian ethics there should he |
no compromise with vice, and no cancellation
offered TO fundamental error OF gross iniquiiv.
The subject Of cducaion pointedly and
forciby presents itself to the consideration
of every friend of liberty and humanity.
At no previous period has il 50 mnch occu
pied the attention of all classes of cummuni-
~, both in this country and in Europe. The
wise and intelligent see the importance OF
giving an carly impulse TO the mind in favor
Of science virtue and religion. The wild
and absurd theories Of many Of the radical
relormcrs are frequently tho result of re.
Elections upon evil existing and apparent,
and Of mistaken and injudicious attempts to
reform them They see what should be OBJ
vious to all, that there is great neglect to
provide for the mental us well as the physlc-
al wants of the great masses Of men. ana as
an unavoidable result, Ignorance, vice, OPP
preston and wreichcdness are too prevalent.
1t is the plain DUTY of government 10 provide
| for the education of the whole body of the
people. from whom their future lcgisla ors
| and magistrates are 10 be chosen, and so 10
provide for education in the primary schools,
that all may be fitted to perform the duties
which may ordinarily be expected from them,
and may lay the foundation of higher and
more extensive a,tanments in literature. and
tie principles Of political science. This subicc;
has been so repeatedly brought 10 the notice
of the legislature, that / cannot entertain a
doubt but that they will give it due consider
alton that our schools, academies and col.
leses will receive all the patronage and en-
couragemcnt which can be extended 10 them
by an enlightened legislature and above all
that they will guard against unsteadness in
their legislation upon this subject, pcrsevere
in the system which they have adopted
make such alterations only, as experience
demonstrates to be necessary TO improve and
perfect the system. If it does not at once
produce all the benefit expected make still
further trials and Improvements, and not Il
bandon IT, unless it shall be found rcapabl,
of further amendments and unlcscrving o
further trial The report Of the able ant
efficient superintendent will probably sug
gcst further and other views on this subject
trust that it will not be thought inappro
PIRATE for me TO advert 10 the state of III,
militia. When first came into public life
the danger TO be apprehendcd from stahdin;
armies, the inn orancc Of placing our rel
, ance upon well regulated militia compose,
Of our fellow citizens, and the necessity o
such Il militia TO the security of free state
were political axions RECON- ed by all an,
were embodied in the organic laws, both .
this Stale and Of the United States On
this account may attach more consequence,
10 this subject, than is congenial to The time
in which we live. The interest of the mill
tia, after receiving great share of attention
Of former legislatures, was suddenly ahar
doned. 1t is worthy Of consideration wheIh
or, as the militia laws are now left, we hav,
not disrega' ded the laws of the United State
in suffering the organization and disc plin'
, required by those laws o be entirely neg
lcctcd. From the return of the Adiutan
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S;ue.'u y, sum- Us os:'l'"uous ana uNPen
=, ~ 'i'NS''o'' 'oi'io''''o'e 10 !h'
! NV: VI NV ny" '''u'eS' in'o Vo''l "h'es
'Ve''''V"'s' n''s'ues anu ','Nis'ohs' ana re-
Iu''I"''"' '"H' arms snou'u &c proVlueu' ant
'o' Wv "n"ua' Inspection OF 'hoso arms, a'
ete 10 .'e u oo required ny inc laws oil '''
c"i'e'' ,?'h''s' ~ rc'i"hce upon the UNI
'o'nI 'ni'''n "'ohe' ana NOT on Inc whole 90
ny u ei'iHens ehrolle, according 10 law zoe
ho' see'' 10 answer the requirement.
The necessity OF strict and rigid econo
my, in the disbursements Of the finances o
the State, is too obvious TO require patio
ul"r notice. Our resources are mostly dc
rived by direct tax on the people we mr.,
only stewards of the public funds. and nr,
notat liberty to use them for the nraiifica
ton of our friends or to promote any selfsl
views An cN,ravagant and wasiciu ox
pcndture of the public money, /, an evil tc
which all governments, OF whatever form ar,
, exposed. These remarks | am sensible ar,