Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-07

IudividuaI Intelligence.
J. II the great advantage of free insti.
tutions, whom aided by suitable provisions
Of education, that they give opportunity
for natural diversities to display them
,elves. No permanent eastes hang their
load weiZhts on the community. Esch
lndjvidntl, "a he enters the scenes Of ao-
tive life, instead OF being compelled to
walk iu the same path with his ancestors.
oboosas his own occupation marks out .
new cour-e for himselF-aud by special
combination, accepts the Voluntary cor.
lJuons of his existence to his own peculiar
tastes and fancies. This impulsivs pro
ie9tion Of each individual, according to his
own peculiar nature, into the engage
meuts and struggles of business and of
lifs-this solf-originating and aelf-stimu-
latjng earBestuess OF pursuit.. taking effect
up,n a whCle people, ia worthy of study.
II * sometimes spoken of with aneer
The determined assurance and ingenious
coutriVances and indefatigable persever.
snce by which individuals push their for
tuoes in the world, in particular instances.
my justly excite ridicule, contempt ard
aversion hut regarded in y general and
comprehensive aspect, as "A prevailing and
Distinctive element of national character.
such a spirit Of enterpris, ri-es into great
ness and becomes truly imposing. 1t seems
perpetual and boundless progress. It dit
fuse. prosperity. It evokes all late.
power. II silently and ty a most bau,ign-
ant process, wins for a nation nohler vic
tories and a greater dominion than the
mightits' arnjes coxld have achieved,
The roor querable spirit of individual
enterprise and intelligence, command
wealth aud il fnence. The power of char
aoter growing ont of the free development
of the speci4ity OF mind of each iuvividu
al and the feel,uv connected with it that
each one may choose his own course
open his own path aud determines his
own condition, has made our own New
ENGLAND imprennnbIe and covered her
comparatively stubborn and sterile soil
with abundance. This is the great magic
by which her sons command success and
wea III wherever they wander. When
this force Of individual character and con
sciousness of inherent power il once
brought into exercise and becomes mat
ter of habit entering the frame Of the mind,
then il an iudividu4l clothed with thir
true strength. All future obstacles. peril
and suff-ring, serve only to reveal sources
of energy, wider aud undreamed OF be-
fore.
The principal Of findividual intelliEen
ingenuity and resolution, pervading the
people Of New England, rs it does, is COW
ering our country with it' monuments
and trophies In every form in which
skull can combine with labor, in meohan-
ism, in the infinite applications of science
and processes of art, in patient researches
into nature and all d. ptrtments of men
tal activity, in solitary adventure or in
associated companies, religions, moral, po-
litio,l or notwithstanding the resouroeA
Of multitudes with the accuracy and fiji
cheney of q single intelligence and will
it ia working incalculable sffsots. II
turns baroness into fertility, straighteps
the winding and crooked paths, smooths
down everv rugged obstacle, acoelerstes
speed, reduces coat, muitiplies business,
creates wealth, draws useless rivers from
'bsir ancient beds into navigable aud Sc
,nr, aY,ifniaI channels, awakens the hum
IS amin. 81 and well-rewarde6 industry
along tbs hanks OF every descending
stream, opens v ,itb its touch the bosom of
the earth to give forth its mineral re-
sources, converts the i,>e on our northern
lakes into most welcome aftloie aho
worldwide commerce, and sinking l'T
Qnarries into the bare and desoteto moco'
tains, aud manipulates the shapelees mar-
Bile il t. forms of architectural grace snc
beauty, and spreads them in classic col
lansdes and lofty structures along the
streets of distant cities.
The fathers relied upon the power OF
their own arms. upon their own ingenu-
lty and skill and personal industry and
enurprise. They did not rely upon leg
islaton or the power of government toI
'ecnre property or happiness to their chill
dren; but they planted the seed which
was TO bear fruit, in the awakened, en-
lightened and invigorated. mental energies
" their descendants, by system of uni
y>rgsl education. We should not look to
oiioia patronage or any public resources
or aids 10 power and prosperity, but TO
the ind;via, i intelligence of the people
II this troi, - - ',srIsbed, the same results
will be worked ont n sne in'ure aS ih 'oe
past. A rightful info VIC" WIN os tfe
eIsed in every community.
and perverse legislation ana tNo"
opo!ies may do their best to emba. -.
public Interests but if Individual il "''-
gence, tkill and Industry, are adapted
circumstances as they arise, all opposing
forces will be turned to the advantage OF
the people, and the great essential ele.
ments of democratic sovereignty will be
guaranteed in the pursuit and the attain
ment of individual happiness and pros.
perity.
MExToo.-Tbe government troops OF