The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-08-26

\ trv6dees inherent sAstts ufsA sdillef.
cnt natures. The vulgar man, now
exempt from the old restraints, is
,ransfo: med into confident, tyran-
nical swaggeret; more refined per.
son is paric struck lest he make awk-
ward mistakes. In the Old World,
authority regulates mos: things. The
state prescribes the religious creed,
and tho political faith an aristocra-
cv sets the fashion. dictates with uu~
questioned authority every law Of 20
lite intercourse, dosn even 10 tie
manner of holding the knife and fork;
! ptrental authority determines mans
profession. drills him into habits Of
action AMI thought. a learned class
exists. which exercise sway in liter
AIRY matters If which we have here
little idea. Shall We wonder !f tie
infant, deprived all at once of his 60.
cart, his leading strings, and lis baby
Jumper, feeling Himself incapable Of
standing alone, clutches anxiously at
anything which he fancics may yield
n momentary support AS the sheep
when they break out of thc'" accus-
toned pasture, follow hcrdlcssly what
ever sheep may happch to take the
lead, so do men who have beer for
: ages hcmmcd in Oh every side 10y au.
thority, when they break through
those limits, and essay to range freely
over the universe. though,lcssly fCl,
low whomsocvcr c7en seems to know
the best course. And besides this
= general consideration. there Is thc
particular one, that pubic opinion
> here touches peoples pockets to de-
: gree unknown elsewhere. IN n coun
' try village, near New York. last sum
: lncr. We had occasion to visit one OF
: the rival shoe stores. On the coun.
t ter was observed two newspapers
= the Protestant ChurchmGn and The
: Sunday Dispatch. We made some
Z ocular remark to the shoemaker uroI
-. the catholicity Of his taste in newala'
} Icis, and in the course Of our convcr
: satiou that followed. lie acknowlcd rcj
d. rather boastful)y than otherwise, ,ha
. he kept the ChWchma~ upon th'
counter as lure TO the Episcopalian
u of the village. 1t gave ms shop
J. p,ous reputation at an expenditure O
p two dollars a year. The Dispatch
Il on the contrary, he took for his owl
IS pleasure. and usually kept ont O
y siglt. This smart business man con
G fcssod. also, that he sent lis chiidrc'
C to Sunday scIool with an "yc 10 it
&c effect Oh trade. From APPEARANCES
T. We judged that incsc manmnvrcs pan
20 extremely well. Another fact -
\ Two European cxilcs-onc maa {
t. learning, tic other not--wcrc anpll
n cantS for a vacant rro!cssorship in
= college. within f9c hundred miles {
n New York. The learned man va
= also an honest one, and frankly cor
= fcsscd that the doctriral rttu'aritie
p Of which the college is the bulwarl
Ie were to lin matters Of indifference. =
j. lie read the failure Of his atplicatio
RS in the darkcncd countenance of tf
re high official to whom lie so fiankl y a
n. dressed himself. The other arplicaI
'e was smarter man. and had, beside
is a smart lady adviser. Ia,cco.iant
Of rith her advice ,he artenaed the his
= oi}icizis own church. planted himse
re directly in front of The pulpit, and
h to use our iHlormant's expressive lal
lie guage he went through all the motion
d. He 'c.ammcd' sectarian theology, +:
a so and the result was that he o
ID tanned employment in the college
Il. These are facts, and they sugces, v
he rious inferences which we have II
30 SPACE 10 remark upon. Consider 4
nj so. that half the citizens Of thc Ca
he ted S,a,ea arc either holders or c
sr, I.ec,an,s Of Qfte; or arc personal
to interested in the acquisition 'f offi'
to by another. Rotation in Office h
i" done auch to toadgisn this na,iO
his Mark.-nci,bcr the retention nor Il
Lg acquisition Of PLACE deperis upon &
I'd ness or f.i,if1t discharge Of duty.-
on Office is obtained and keltby nursii
Of yorr reputation, by being Of use
be higher expectants, by concealins u
eh gopnlar opinions, etc. all Of viii
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