Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-14
Lecture Last Evening.

of Worcester, Mass, beng the speaker.
Mr.. Manning was in excellent voice, and
spoke with that grace and eloquence
which shows the finished orator and
scholar The lecture itself was bril-
liant production, and was an earnest plea
for "Self Culture" Mr.. Manning was
introduced to the audience by Mr.. I. Z.
Potter. 1t being the first lecture delivered
in this beautiful hall, he said it might
not be inappropriate to say few words
in reference to it. Art, said the speaker,
is an educator, ciyilizer, refiner. 1t
SEXES the volatile, the ovanescent, of
beauty, transfxes it, preserves i, makes
it impcrishable. 1t is the same whether
in sculpture, painting, or architecture
Every person who beholds the Apollo
Belvidere, the Madonna, the Capitol ut
at Washington or Montpelier, is elevated,
refined Nature sets the example in
towering SUBMITS, and waving outlines
of her hills and mountains; her placid
shore embroidered lakes; her winding,
silvery rivers; her gorgeous dawns and
sunsets; her moonlit nights But no
where is art so comprehensive, and there
fore effective, rs in buildings, and public
halls, and opera houses. Because here IS
combined architecture, which is frozen
music, sculpture, painting, all. How the
nation is realizing their value in rearing
its memorial buildings and halls at Bow
dom and Harvard and others TO the fallen
brave. May the number increase. How
fortunate is Rutland in this! May her
individual enterprise be rewarded by knit
ting closer these tics Of friendship, the
bonds of citizenship. His memory IS
transmitted to an appreciatiye and bcne-
fitted future.
1T the conclusion Of this beautiful
tribute to the hall, lie spoke Of Hugh
Miller, how he laborcd in the stone quar-
ry, and how he carved his own way from
the rough quarries Of his native Scotland
to the highest pinnacle of science. lie
sprang from rags to hraIdclqth h. sraeed
the broAdcloth, and not the broadel1th
him. Thus showing what the Power OF
Culture" had done for him. Elihu Bur
rift, the learned blacksmith, while 1t the
bellows and the anvil. made himself the
master of many different languages.
These were learned at odd moments, and
aow he stands thu first liugui-t in our
country Henry Clay was another OK
AMPLE shining picture for many years.
He could not trayel, he~6nly made tours /;
for one State committee would pass him
in turn over to another All this popu-
larity. eloquent and graceful oratory. was
the cxertion of hard study in ain I'D log
cabin in the swamps Of Virginia. Many
other eminent men were cited by the
speaker, and then the question was asked,
What made them So F.. II WAS culture.
Many anecdotes were happily iutermin-
glcd. relative and applicable to the sub
iect. Tilling j. toiliug, whether il be the
soil or the mind. There l. NJ royal road
to learning; but it reqirras persistent and
continued toll. Man, said he, grows from
within outward Mind uncultiyatel runs
t. waste. Culture is the days-man be-
tween the past and the present. Discover
les and inventions would ceaso with Gull
ture, we should rctro-r4dc in fearful
manner Ignorance, said the speaker, j.
a miasmatic poison, sowing seeds OF distru-t
and vice, and man takes the hues Of the
things he feeds upon. An ignorant man.
as the Chief Justice Of New Hampshire
once said, is filled full Of emptiness,
jealousics, and all its accompanying train.
Ignorance affects all classes, which he
happily illustrated by anecdotes. Iguor-
ancc is an enemy OF the governmeutintelli-
gence its only salvation. In proportion 10
the intelligence in "A country SO is its GOV
ernmcnt Just and liberal. Lord Brpugham
when ho first Advocated tie system Of
common schools was overwhelmed with
reproaches and opprobrium knowledge
inevitably becomes king, as sure as the
day follows the night.
~ -r-y..,.,. ,aid. IL may. perhaps, be
found that ignorance was the cause OF the
rebellion, and he carried the idea that re
construction j. impossible without the
Gordian knot of education. Brain, aud
cultured men ana women make State,
and not extent Of territory or thichy
populated districts. Ignorance ostrunges
one section OF country against another.
Tennessee, the most enlightened of tho
southern states a few years age, had So
900 persons in her borders who could
neither read or write; a few years ago
there was not common school south Of
Mason and Dixon's line; and thus l0o00,-
600 of people became the dupe OF few
designing and inscriptions men, and tie
country was drawn into a gigantic war.
The remedy for such a state Of things Is
education first, let politics come second.
And now, in orr endeav6rs to rebuild our
national fabric, let us commence right
not having ignorance for the foundation
stone. Genius, said the speaker, is the
power of prolonged attention. An I'M
scrupuleus mind cannot control its forces
Discrimination comes noXt to attention
for without discrimination We should be
overwhelmed in general confusion
Long discipline will train the mind SC
| that it will unlock the stores of history
The study of mathematics strengthens
| the faculties, and faculties are the round:
of the ladder by which we reach high
public places. Perseverance and persist
emily pegging away at himself, was the
great secret of Abraham Lincoln; his wa.
an uphill struggle, but he manfully
breasted them all. Struggling with trial.
| and misfortunes, trains and strengthen.
our nerves: defeat teaches higher lesson!
than victories The hardy mariner il
trained, through the battling with rough
seas and bowling winds, for the keer