Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-27

on the mind of the world. Tile higher culture Is
still power in the land. Hut IN public AFFAIRS III
official station ami service IN the matters winch
shape national politics the best scholarship ol the
| country is conspiCuously absent. Who nominate
the men whom the people at large elect 10 office
Lei the caucuscs and The primaries answer. From
town officers To the highest positions IN the nation
| we nominate men whose only idea OF olilre Is re
| ward for political service AMI division OF tlr
spols. The course OF The great political parties Is
| shared hy men who mould IN popular language the
| uppermost sentiment Of the hour. whatever II may
| he Legislatures arc made up OF men distinguish
ed for ANYTHING else than culture ana learning
Statistics show that III official station the scholar
shin Of the country Is signay wanting. Oi the 3'2
| REPRESENTATIVES, IN Congress hui l3I are men OF
liberal culture AMI Of actual college graduates the
/ number is only lhl. And ihlet-ioniths oi these
| graduated from institutions IN dignity and charac-
| Ter hardly above the New England academy. u
| would he no compliment 10 pay 10 the seli-tanght
Senator fIom this part ul Vermont 10 allrn ilat Ia
keenness Of mind. IN breadth 81 SiIieSInlnship, III
| fnlnrss nf culture IN reach ni influence he out
weighs all that these s''-'Illrl colleges IN Their pro-
| iessorS AMI graduates represent. \ western man
said thai he had jnu acres OI corn and $40 oil wheat
while in one corner al his farm he WAS running
/ "A university. The large majority 81 the college
| bred Congressman q. from JuSt su'h an
| institution as that fOt the - United states
senators hui nineteen can hn4At 81 a collegiate ed-
cation. The great state ni New York has only SIN
college educated men out OF Congressional dele
cation ot 81: rrmsN lNanh ten uni ui %: Iowa one
! cut OF the whole. Let Us turn IL New England
New England which a century anu a hall before the
1 nation WAS born lald tue foundation al nS cNlc
poliiy ~ well rs its individual lr upna the corner
stones of r,lEclii"n ana religion hnd which urtir-
ed It's colleges beside II churches pi Ne" ing
lands iorty representatives "dN sixteen are hheI-
ally educated. aud old Vermont which love suwrl
has none. New England har "hh hNt "l rs t"tNe
Senators To stand Tor it, FAITH IN culture ami uell-
| gencr.
III thr lllShlN l'dIhl "l pun" dHdI- sh"lil sup
is moi al all asserting itsrli a It ought 10. IL was
! Rot once. can recall with prije and gratitude
that IN preReroiInndiN ddA Inc Efsl notes oil l'-
| crty were sounded by men OF my own profession.
According Ia the famous Robert Treat Paine, iona
than Mayhcw was the iather ni ciNic ami religious
IatTTN
| Twenty-Five Years before Lexington from his pulpit
| IN the Nest church ms Young ui.ihe preached
sermon which a historian mas called tine morning
] gun OF the Revolution. Andlherc stood win NM
| them aud through the great years that followed.
| those eNangels OF American liberty DTS. 'haunceS.
Lilngdon, Sllles, Behlip Nouh ann othcTs' men OF
consunnlalc scholarship. And what an army oi
scholars iell INTO line, continuing AL me riches OF
their culture all the resources ui their disciplined
thought and their accumulated wisdom 10 The build
! ing up Of ncw nIiioll-the Adanlses, Olis Ames,
Pane. Carroll. the llNingsnncs. jefferson. Maii-
son llahilll"h anu most "i nlhclsethnIii- an 81
them, who proved the ah.liiy 81 scholarship 10y lead
ing Inc nation. inlflt-.iN "i Tue ." sshers OF me
ptclaiainn were lhtidllN tiutdltu men anu lhe
,%nin'h''I "as ,ie'n '"l,p 1a, ~,
scholars: II was Dl me 4uA.i,,s ttiai srnolatsnip
neeeIS 'nll tntSe nrh s''nrh 'nr ,onntts iIoii
dnhr.nN AM rum "h" ia'u 'I'' i'"'i"''i"iis VI "
sIt.i, iallnii. ,,.,. ,. ., &C.,, IL
contrast WIN lhiS inc ait.thN dli ptNi"ulu us
TASTE ior politics tllat no" prevail among scholars.
change al thai IL lime Gy Which Inc manaSement Of
political affairs WAS transferred from plcsts and
warriors 10 men of liberal education They advanced
ENGLAND 10 me zenith OF us greatness the last i've
in literature aud learning, and Beaconsiirid and
/ Gladstone ar al The head ul the literary world.
| Mhat American statesman could have written
Gla.lsioneS rsSaS On "Ephh'i1 Of movement IN
IN public AFFAIRS and The splendid learning he bring,
10 lhtlT discussion. Nhd NIai NAV ne Sald OF THESE
men Is true only in less degree OF The great body of
Nautical Irn,l,rs iu Eurnne me vnyprninU holy in
England IS mo- only Intelligent hui scholarly. Why Is
/ Il moi 50 here and why II different from
other days: There are various answers. The taste
| of the scholar IL for Qurt hfr. lie loves leisure
and rrpuse. lie dwcls IN the pa>i more than in the
/ present. lie has a better acquaintance with the
gods OF olympus than with Senators and has more
respect for the former, lie NtyN4 politics only
| mdinerenty hut with aversion. II is 10 him not a
] noble science hut 4 mere Mrauglr between unscru
| puuuS men and parties Historic changes have
| tended 10 remove scholars from public Office The
| ignorant. semi hlrharous immigrant hardly touches
our soil before he springs M an American citizen
with vote equal TO that OF the deepest scholar and
| the profoun,l,.st philnSnphrr The, scholar there