The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-06-23

tion to each place, as to each plant the
task Of its capacity. If this policy be
limited we see particular results If it
be general we sec general improve
mcnt, and the land seeming more and
more garden.likc. The desire of gain,
in one locality, tempered with prudence,
assigns to each field the suitable crop,
having prepared for it and cherishes it,
and meets its desire in an annually i'm
proving result. The desire to introduce
hn improvement, at another point, di
rccts enterprise into one department, and
extends it at the cost Of those from
which the policy of the cultivator was
diverted The local spirit Of improve
ment is seen in that which is preferred.
or it prevails upon and advances the
whole and if generally difluscd and ac-
tive, wide and sure result obtains, for
which no administration is to be thank
ed, but which is the product IF the good
sense and just attention of individuals
moved by wholesome principle.
The same thing occurs in other inter
ests. The school system shows it, from
the policy of cducatingth young The
maintenance of political doctrine Of
any kind in State is another instance
as that has been of the tariff sentiment
in New England. A policy perpetually
prevails to secure equal rights to our
towns or to ourselves individually. A
certain policy Of morality is contempla
ted by certain Institutions, which pro-
ducc and will naturally perfect it
Other institutions exist whose Office i.
the stimulus of industry and skill
whose sentiment of policy may rcacl
and stimulate every farm and work shoT
and dwelling The economical press op
crates to diffuse such spirit, and tn,
political press in the impulses of it.
better nature turns aside with mark
of evident delight and fingers to do so
The genius of country is its capaci
ty to act, it's policy the principle govern
ing this capacity direc ting it wha,
and how to accomplish 1t should /,
quick and selfconscions in order to b,
well aimed and effectual. 1t should b,
concentrated The American charac
teristic is that of diffusiveness, our curs
to be pcltcd, as it were with plenty, rath
err than to be stintcd TO the digestion
of what We need Our policy shoul,
cut off superfuous and Indifferent object:
: which amuse and divert the mind an,
beguile attention, and apply itself t
what it desires and can affect, that whicl
if affected will best affect our good
The moral and physical circumstance
of living first concern us These W
can form and modify. ard turn to tn
widest good of those whom we frs
would benefit Let our policy TAX
charge of these in all their relations
Education is one of their highest minis
tries, religion dcscends to their hun
blest, and plants beside their foundation.
the means of rising to higher vie,
of objects Improved methods of cul
ture, also, concern Intelligence aswell a
,, profits, produce from the latter the mean
of progress in both A choiccr quait
of stock concerns the Judgment, H.
= taste and the pocket The pursuit {
improvement as a POLICY will realize il
natural effects. The County which feel
such principle most, will be the favour
u lite boast Of our patriotism, if not tn
. favorite conquest of our politics. Nj
: chanical skill may rest upon supplyin
the mere wants of community, aud b
but half itself in art and less than ha
in profit. But with the policy of in
provement, at hand to all that call for i
and throw not their eyes with the fool
G to the ends Of the earth, come cultur
v success, advancement both in the mean
9 and the cnjoyments o. living