Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-11-15

Iappan. Toll on, amid the petty peevisbna..' ists'er
ms; s.,ng 70 uuuo their errois, and TO retrievo
,neir mlsakesi toll on through wet and dry ,bree
yours. VIVA u" earth than
AID precisely here is New Englaud's hope ro.poo,
ing the children Of her foroign-torn citizens
IN our schools, may be IN some measure accoro,ile'
what has been neglected 10 many OF onr t,p1.u,
OuI onlluisn may be taught the significance an ~
ert1ness OF the law. True, the most summarv ao,Lt
OF dealing with children that have been brn, h,u
aud scoded all their days is to continue and nts
.ns same pr9cessi is to arm Yourself with strap an1
rattan, 10 add 70 your vocabulary all the epitbsts -
sarcasm and abuse in your power, and sull ner.s, ~
the attempt to exercise poor human natu,e ,,n ~
same me adopted by discpinarians at home HorasS
says that nature will come back though exneieJ s
with forks he might have said all the more hecans
expelled with fork. For, this is the kind of e.o,cis,
which nature does the most resist You cannot reach
moral results, by purely physca means The reotmsn
OF treatment You sdop, will only intensity tho ,ssr
iare which there 10 in the ohids bosom arainst Ia -
a. merely outward restraint You cannot cast out
Beclzebub by Bcelzebub. You bring yourself down
TO the lower platform Of the criminal code In ,ncb
a government "a our own, what we most need Amons
the people, the sense and appreciation Of law "A an
Invisible power and inf fence. As with the Divine
government, 80 with the most perfect human n
10 not constantly asserting itself Il is not conrant
assuming terrible aspects, and laundering with IA
dafk enEinery Of penalties There his dark back
ground TO all law, whether human or Divine; but
Tor the truest and highest style Of obedience IL 4 moi
adequate It is not conducive to IT, Children that
have been kept from dis0bedieuue At home and At
tohOol, merely from the fear OF physical punishment
may be Kept from breaking laws by holdine up before
them the prospect OFFS term at the reform school or in
me state prison But you thus institute warfare
between the child and law. lie never learns TO love
law AZ rule OF right In the ideal sense he never be.
comes NJ for citizenship These future citizens must
have moral education they never can be qualified for
ther duties TO the State. And failing 10 this hone
u must be furnished them in the public school Anl
infinitely above all acquisitions Ia Arithmetic Geuq-
raphy or Grammar, is the coming TO feel that lsw Is
holy thng and that 10 wsge warfare with it, with
rs minister's is not only unsafe, but is dshonor 20
themselves and injury TO the public veal Of which
they themselves are soon 10 become part
The next institution indicated as a source OF New
England Civilization is the Church. And OF oour e.
this term is employed here in the most general
manner II means, that aggregate association, which
represents, II does not always include the spiritual
kingdom OF God among men; which accepts His law,
~ Of present abiding force and His ordinances the
true fundamentally Tor making man what he should
be- whether ia his relations 10 me Maker 90 his
brother man OF this association. OF this kingdom.
the bible is the hand book and exposition. Say what
men Will think what they dare not say, in The last
analysis, the Bible, aud the influences which have
proceeded from IL, have shaped New England Ciyilza
ton That single day Of rest iu each week, a green
island amid melancholy waste OF waert; that respite
from the toils 4 this world, the sound OF Sabbath
bells, the proclamation Of the truth; all no man can
calculate vhst stability and serenity these influences
have given to New England life. France tied Republic
not only wthouta Bible aud without sabbath bur tramp
ling the Bible and the sabbath and the immortality
the soul under fooi denyilg and repudiauug HEM aud
subsd uung an artificial AID innde division of time,
Tor that which had been Csao shed by JenoyAh. What
was he resulti need not remind you but, you say.
France was not prepared 'or Republic" With
Bible snt sabbaih kepubir would have beeu far
more feasible for France, than without them With
New I'm land Sabbath, republic might have been pos
slble, even IN auce.
God ha. never 0sen without witness ga the instita
u-ns n New hugltnd, and amid III is variety. his
'he basis u that New England char
acier which hai given Or such power desunies
Of the nation This is the basis. 100, OF that love 0r
hum,n equality which has become and must always
remain the pfedlu nsnt idea u ha great people. says
an acute French ph losupLef and divrti "Ihe tfnu-
ment OF human equality ~ Always ia exact proportion
win The iu mt " Code presence; btceuse
ga Is for man respect fr and BIZ basis can be-
NO otuef tbai God INefY sAnctuafB, therefore ia
these Ncs hneaud valleys. or s'audi Ike sentinel
u.nu her hiltops has protest o. srs The tF hrs
" a. I'd iu human flesh and blood and Il those vhS
hove h'qurn'ed Ga te sauutuGres, have tomriimts
been sn~er 10 dscFer this shan your Garrison and your
thdtA ~ nip. suli e. the c.rdt be- given where IL
belousH For believe 1t was he religious sentiment
Of Sew England hat originated AID found expression in
President l. ncoln's Proclamation. IL thf rel gious
sentiment 81 he country dtIived not nom 'Li6erators
ana fHaef chdenfs, though conveyed through thtn.
Gnd quicksnet BY hem. that carried US safely through
the recent war; aud Wht.n haa aity given itself
zion in sneh Swollen 40 Of janiy aganst the .ey
Of The Haa shom ne bullet Of assassin end not 10 e
ballots Of the people put iaio me esdeuiial chair ~
Washington.
IL has been said by Count Gasuafin, aud with great
sce art force that the Clfisan virtues that appear
~ the families Il nhdcs 20 be ascrhed, not 70
inhdelity but 10 the Influence cfttaf Christian ci'i1A
ton, 10 which these "a lies had their grow b. whose
life. living atmosp hsre they have lrcaihsd II usn
de- lea the uah Of the Christian religion, and Is yet
evidently moulded by its suiut Christianity AID not ia
fidelity deserves the credit AMI in The advance
Chsuan civilization, may be- put forward as stand
ara beareis, ay become the representatives. Of Chi
ian idea who ~ other re,psctt thin the thoughts and
talk the dialect Of pagans. Which shall havt thr credit
oi heir hIisiiaA Ideas fasinism or thIisuanyf A
ies yeas ago, some W these very men, whom nos
cauonz u 4olucal ssiushp, went about the country
uncuwching chlichts. prpnouucug mailed caous upon
ministers aud church-mcf-hefs and cxecrang The Bible
aud TIE sar cfuafy And YET, al their boafted hun aui
~, ana lu lnNHH 10 INC Au hs
or q Christianity. "Ali things whatsoever yo would
mt ny should do 70 you' do ye even s. to tu'm.
And ihat Their yess have riuwphed, Is wing that
liie poeer which they received from God and nog
rom man
The only remairing institution mentioned aeove. 40
tn ufee II New England tviittion, Is the state,
word intend 20 comprehend that system by which
our rulers are elected, AID laws made aud enforced
Such political system a. that wli n prevails in this
county, is powerful educator Of the plopla Here 81
course come IN the mighty ensuefy Of the press dis
GUESSING all tofie' that relate to the public welfare,
cofding criminal acts. he decisions Of does the
opniots Of eminent men; in word, causing The Wtoo
cyi and political life Of the people 10 become
iog PAM, ANA, upou which each citizen may ooa
often a, he takes up the daily neFs The State, Of
ufse is the resultant Of the civilization Of the people.
The primary electors the men who make, and the
Who execute tte laws the men who determine ldicial
questions, the off ing and the representatives. q
this civilization. And these embOdmeLts Of civil
izAtion UPON that cisiza ION itseL when Cows
ernor Andrew u ssaebusetts delay the sxecuoa %
the Maiden murderer he confronted the civilization Of
tha state Of which be was the chief Exec tive Every
tLliu- VINO anew ~ eIliuet uleluhstl
his reasons for thus stepping In between the criminal
and the penalty Of the law the Of the judge
aye discussed anes, the whole theory Of capital punh
ment.
All The great questions Of public policy which have
been before the nation durn the last four years
have put the people . school; have taught them 70
scrunize men and mtasures TO anahze the hfs prnc-
res Of government. The organic .uon Of that pOr
ton Of the nation lately in rebeon Will have cost the
people and their rulers much thought will have edu-
Gated them as much as it's original formation We are
coming to have clearer IDEAS Of the genius Of our ns
tuuOns OF the nearing OF the word citizen, and q the
pTerogatves Of cuztnship The grand hrst principles
Of the Declaration Of Independence which, unfortunate
ly for his memory otherwise fesplendant one g
gifted public men once sgmaiIfd as gathering gem
trahty after these long yeHrs, begins 70 take tue place
IN he hTmamtnt Of the nations thought begins 10
shine from the smoke Of the battle hel4 with hea
ysn, uste just there Of The nrs magnitude,
which thousands of years bringing their sersnersys
70 bear upon the eyes Of men. And What the nation
does in keneIa each state does in particular There
are local interests constantly demanding examination
there local questions constantly demanding d. Nus
sion which keep the ublic mind alw the eet
which shlTI the perceptions, and mooiy conhTm
the moral bias Of the people.
Thus impefieotly have attempted to pass under no.
tie, Of the sources OF New England civilizations
some Of the historical, the physical and moral fooes
thai have Us far determined the dstr cuye character
OF New knRande nationality less real, because
II has only ina, mary national hnits 1t is elvilza-
ton q which New kngander may well be proud. IL ~
int igent II is moral It is religious il Is heroic Ana
suSey It Is Of the offices u rush organisation as
that which have the honor. this evening, TO address,
10 Id up before eyes Of the livns he CIVILIZATION
OF the patt Anab its aud TO record rs
results -es " aken sufficient enthusiasm TO uanHmN
II unlmuH cd u imur0Ved far AS X may o. liu~