Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-08-27


az study which only seologist can >
preciate,
cur former tropical condition is "a
some accounted Tor by the supposit !,
THAT 10 was before the earth's inter,
hr,s had subsidized enough To give so leo
'ecting a thickness 20 its external cru
| Aud yet as BIOLOGISTS tell us that TIN
Ind mmjtakahle evidence that our p
tleu 81 u ha, been repeatedly submergti
and Ma- AL ocean ior several long peril l.
prior 10 .thrSc tropical timos, one would
suppose it might have had some remark
ably good opportunities for cooling off.
! Illustrative and pertinent 10 our speoi-
mems in natural history and everything
descriptive Of different periods, whether
animal, vegetable, or mineral, and also all
statistical accounts, meteorological. agri-
cultural, cpilcmical, or otherwise.
Likewise discoveries and useful inyen-
uon,, whether Of mines, fossils, labor saw
ing implements, or mineral springs The
latter being a highly popular discovery
at the present time,
Among other materials for history, We
should also preserve the literary produc-
tions Of the State, the periodicals, tho
principal newspapers, the debates Of our
! Legislature and political gatherings, and,
perhaps, all their other proceedings, al
though fear that if full collection
! should be made Of all our log-rolling, Sc
oret caucusing aud other political wire
working. We might need historian who
/ would give very favorable construction
= to this part Of his compilation, or else our
, characters for honesty and straight for
2 ward devotion 10 the good of the country,
in preference 10 our own interest and in
| diydual advancement, might suffer very
unfavorablt comparison with those of FOR
; mcr days.
! And here question suggests itself, as
: to how far this kindly and perhaps, COM
! mcndable spirit should Justify Us in devil
I ating from the exact truth while record
: ing the characters of prominent men, or
/ giving accounts of the great measures and
4 enterprises in which they have acted, Ia
bored and triumphed, and TO which some
e of them have devoted their lives.
T Man is "A truly complicated machine.
!. His mind and character no less so than
? his body. In the whole, the good and
II bad qualities are so blended and made up
n into 81 infinite variety of combinations,
that ii is difficult to give separate view
II OF the good alone, without destroying the
h. truth and accuracy of the picture. Diff
n fercnt men have different proportions of
4. excellence. as We see them, but none are
Of pure bullion; and if we attempt to repre-
a sent them by painting the gold in bright
IL colors, while we cover up the quartz and
Is other alloy in an invisible shade, we do
ID not give true representation OF them.
d. The most valuable trait in history, how
~ ever, is truth and accuracy, and therefore
n | would caution writers to beware how
C. they NAV be warped from it by too tender
. a consideration for the pride of friends
a and the sensitiveness of survivors. If we
- allow eulogy to take the place of history,
~ we NAV become an excellent mutual ad-
-. miration society, but by no means true
~ and faithful 20 our legitimate objects and
80 name. If We are alarmed at this asser-
III, ton, The evil that men do lives after
do them; the good Is often inferred with
~ their bones" let Us see that the good Is
Ok well set out but this may not justify us
bv in wholly eouccaiing the evil.
,nr Ii this shall he 20 understood, 1t may
=, have a wholesome influence III lettering
49, leading men and powerful corporations
I'd and as,ocis tions from perverting thelr
,,g, power, to wrong and hurtful uses, tc
w.. which ioiblc II j. barely possible that somt
,en of them have been too prone
nd Next TO the gathering and preserving
.,,1, Of historical materials, the arrangement o
them. in convenient form for reference, l
nv perhaps most important. catalogu
-, should ho made containing a list and dies
al. eriptim OF ,ll the books and papers, classi
IN, lied and arranged under appropriate heads
tLe 50 that any period of our history, or an
~ subject connected with it, can be easil
~ examined For this purpose, and TO
.0.her purposes. tn" printing OF our col
leetions j. ui course desirable, and, VIM
-. upon this subject, it becomes my painfn
~ duty 10 say that our Society has beef
-. somewhat negligent, and that 1t has be
-, come almost y farce to request copies o
~. parcrs for the press with 50 little prospec
III. ii their ever being printed.
- They are valuable, however, to preserN
IN our archives. although only III manu-
=! script. aud i, is to ba hoped that we ma,
begin Ia put thcm in print at no distan
day,
oSr Brfar, ,,,. end this hrici stroll over on
'cI field ~ III tariy,l research, We must max
'"' Irt--ius tFu>iuu Ia some more receh
events ,hat stand ont more nearly to on
',n view. and IA more bnld relief, and OF whlcl
no tlr var worn hAttlc-ilags Of our Stat
~" lr,olS ,aav wrli remind rs. ne par
III that our own State has token, III IN
.lnrou, struggle for freedom, 1er orde
a. and law. hrs Tally sustained her prevloh
, Is character IT. was "A cause that she ma
yet always been warmed Ia, and her hear
cci md soul were in it. The cause OF free
'or- dom has ever been the dearest cause t
50 the hr;frts Of Green Mountain Boys. The
have ovrr hcen ready Ia respond th