Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-27


standard of excellence, name,,y Lioer-
ty, Intelligence and Virtue for ALL--no
divine rights of kings, no aristocracies--
no monopoly of benefits. She believes
In the improvement of man as man--not
as being rich and noble.
Out of the five elements above r"'e"d
1t is proposed to select two VIII cA are
acknowledged by all candid writers to
b. absolutely essential to the highest
order of civilization, Community of in
terests and Liberty. Savages have no
common bond of union. This want Of
community is also found in the old le-
publics, highly civilized though they
were. There was no community of interest
between the patricians and plebeians of
Rome. The same was true in Egypt
aud in India. In France the rural pop.
ulation have no feeling of interest in
the government and the institutions OF
the country. Twenty six out OF the
thirty-six millions of the inhabitants
are violently opposed to the government.
In Great Britain there are many grades
Of society, but not the slightest bond of
union between them. The laboring
poor of England the starving Irishman,
and the wandering Highlander, can feel
no friendly interest in that government
which gives him nothing, but enables
the noble spend-thrifC to pay $4,000 for
pack of hounds, while they would
gladly live in the hounds kennel, and
eat the crumbs that fall from the dogs
table. Great Britain cannot stand our
test IN Germany but a very small por-
ton of the people are refined and civil
lied, and doubtless between them there
is bond of union. But one of their
own writers, Buckle, maintains that
great learning ane reach Of thought on
the part of few, has tendency to rem
der the mass of the people more igno-
rant and superstitious, The learned Ger
mans simply address themselves to their
own class. They turn their own Ian
puage into q dialect which is not used
or even understood by the common peo-
| ple-it being notorious that the con-
versational language of Germany is es-
| sentially different from the written
! The learned Germans all neglect and stu
| diously disregard the general welfare OF
the community.
Let us recross the ocean. DeTocque-
/ vile remarks that one of the novel oD-
iects which engaged his attention was
! the fact of the general equality OF con-
dition. which extended far beyond gov
eminent into society at large. All here
have common interest III sus-
tanning the laws which they themselves
had a hand in making. There is indeed
a very great diversity Of interests, but
they are all needful and mutually bene-
fetal. Society lifts no one p,,puts no
one down, but simply removes oosta-
Giles. The Young ploW-bOy dreams OF a
seat in the Senate, and knows that he
NAV one day even be President u he can
onlv oct pOteS enough. Laughter The same
characteristic is dscoverable in all our
institutions of learning. In oxford
there are distinctions according to the
accidents of birth--a high seat for no
bleman, and a low one for common
er. although the young lord may be q
dunce. and the commOner prodigy
n is not so mere. L mysell, saln ih'
sneaker. have seen two young men, TN
one the son of wealthy Senator, an'
the other that of day laborer size o
side There was. tG be sure, some oil
ference of advantage arising from Wealt
and social position, but the most SUITE
ing and overshadowing dlherence wa
that the poor BOY was altogether III
|, best scholar. 49,
The second requisite is LIBERTY, PEI
soual and civil regulated by equiCao
laws. and guaranteed by permahei
and stable government.
:, The general theory is that the ind
vidual surrenders to society portion
Il his liberties in consideration OF which
r receives the benefit of greater securi'
- and social enjoyment. The Americs
idea of a good government Is that
T. is made for man, and not man for u
t, government. The most perfect prime
ples of law and government are TO
>. found in the New Testament, and t
:, most perfect exempliticat!on of the
Il principles is found in the government
the United States.
IS The speaker entered into minute
In animation of the laws relating 10
C. descent ard distribution y. ~. "'ooo' "
America, in England and in France, a
showed conclusively that the Americ
laws which are unfriendly to enta
ed ments, which allow each sane man
have the entire control of his proper
10 while he lives, and provide for the eq
table distribution of the same among
the children after his death, are vas
r. more favorable to human improvemt
x than the laws of primogeniture in Ell
of land, or the code of Napoleon in Fran
IN Owing to the system of dividing up
lands into minute portions, it happt
eli in the latter country that there are mt
EN- than five millions and half Of persC
n who own less than fourteen acres
re land. The owners are not able to p
w. vide themselves with the necessary i
- Elements. A few will own horse a.
= plough together. Others will be a
III only to own plough in common, a
IN, make use of human power to draw
,r- The result of this state of things is tt
a the mass of men work for others instt
of for themselves-Or they are men
cants,-or worse yet, they are THE
" and robbers. Women perform all kin
VI of out door work even taking the pli
lily OF beasts of burden. The people
be- everywhere governed too much. Nj
mo- than 100000 officials are employed
ost help the people take care of themselv