Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-11-26
Theodore Tii,on'> IcCI"r"


citation, ON Monday evening, Tic sm.r
announced was; The True srr'asm 40
ship"
He commenced by ulludns lo a Wr'
ou, visit 10 Rutland, when he NaiAeI
about our streets, and in his own mind
comparing the town, in appearance, to
staid old New England village, but a few
year, had made changes, and our fire. had
done u, no injury, q, the energy aud
thrift OF the people, was made mgrr ap
psrrut ia the new and sui ,luta! (laeS'
that had been erected, giving il TIE HP'
pearauce Of new w,'afu city rtth,G
than that Il an old NV lngiaut town,
aul be trusted peace and prosperity may
be within all our burlcrs, lie then pro-
ceeded 90 the discussion II the .uhiec, Of
his lecture, SAYING,
This, i, great county at least, | have
heard it so-ealled. So lar is its cStcn,
from east to west, that tho sun has to
lengthen the day To shine upon it; 80 iAi
from north to south, that swallow in il,
annual journeyings, finds tive climates,
but one country; a population OF 81
100000. mostly wise in their own eyes;
railroads, whose united lengths would
span the globe and lap over at tho ~ra~
that is il you do mot include the New
York and Erie. which has never been able
TO make both ends meet; IT produces a
million bushels OF wheat for every day in
the year; whisky is supplied, two-and-a-
half gallons per day to every man, wo-
man and child through the year. II is
truly great country. None can gainsay
it. II contains millions Of men, hu, has
only one Pres,dcn, at a time. Ii will
fulfill in the end the prophecy that length
Of days are in her right hand, and in her
left, riches and honor. This country,
larger than Persia in her palmiest days,
may be as much n mockcry as that coun-
try has been.
What makes nations greatness 1t
is not conquest or the multiplication of
force-not by anything transitory, What
gives ii it, true rank 1t is not its treat
ment of the strong. but Of the weak; not
OF the rich, but Of the poor You find its
true greatness, not in the church, but in
the Jail; not in the oppressor, but the op.,
pressed; not among the highest, but
among the laborcrs. The setting Of
beacon light for every mariner on the
points Of our rock-beaten coasts is
greater achievement than tho laying of
the Atlantic cable. Every laborer who
carries the hod up the ladder is watched,
and if he falls and receives injuries, he is
taken up carried to the public hospital,
cared for, and nursed by kind
hands back TO health. This is better for
the country than the building of the Pa
,ifc Railroad. Every child in your com
monwealth has free access to the public
school, giving the poor mans child an
equal chance for education viii. u,v .ieh
mans. This is better for US than all our
wheels and factories. which manufacture
nineteen hundred millions of dollars
worth of articles u year The inebriate,
blind, mute, idiot, insane, and unfortun-
ate asylums of our land, are a blessing
far above their estimated value to us as
people, for we have in our midst $4,000
blind, LOO mutes, $1,000 idiots, $4,000
insane, and $4,000 unfortunates, which
these institutions are intended to care for
and aid. The real estate and personal
property OF the nation is 1000, 000, 600.
We judge not a nation by its outward
prosperity, but by the pulse of its heart.
The voice of public opinion inquiries,
what shall we crown King The Roman
maxim, Jor Popuii, go1 Dei-tho voice
of the people is the voice of God, he would
reverse and have it read "Let us find out
what il the voice OF God, and make that
the voice and sentiment of the people"
Our prisons were next considered.
Let US visit the jails. There are GO, 200
churches in this land, and 100000 con-
victs. Probably not half enough people
20 to church or to the Jail Ten years
ago he went TO Sing Sing and laid him
sJf down on one Of the beds III cell,
his IT,, touched one side of the cell and
bis head Ia other, and it would not do
for so tall ina. as himself to be rogue
in New York. II he"uuld have his way,
qs would have the ma who commits
crime suffer the penalty OF til, law, the
court pronounce the sentence al the
Governor grant few parlons. Former
the English syetem put 1t man in pris0I
for debt and hung as thief, lat this Ia,
passed away aud millcr methods Of pun
ishment put in force. The first effort, a
prison discipline iii this country were com
menoed in Pmladclp}as ty the Quaker.
who believed thar SONS means coaid b,
adopted for rae emclioration, cnlighteu
,nent aud retormation OF the inmates O
the crowded Jail, and that they should b
remedied II was resisted 10y the author
tlibs, anu IL hhN uniS d4tcr tIlC mos per
siatent arguments that the iailor, wer
induced to allow religious services 20 th
PRISONERS collectively, and the first scrvic
Of this kind was inauguratei 10y placin
u loaded cannon fronting toward the con
\ cation and the bible laid upon it read I
the prisoners. There was no uprisin
AdistuIt ance, and the idea was cor
the criminal could be reached
id kindness, and that b
.steu and even read 70
himself and now 1t is done every week il
our Jail and prisons. Our prisons huv
come to be the stately buildings and orr
nents Of our larger towns, and humani
ging atmosphere pervades them all, MI