It is rather long, but at
length it concludes with these words:--"_Government ought to give a
great deal to the people, and take little from them_." It is always the
same tactics, or, rather, the same mistake.
"Government is bound to give gratuitous instruction and education to all
the citizens."
It is bound to give "A general and appropriate professional education,
as much as possible adapted to the wants, the callings, and the
capacities of each citizen."
It is bound "To teach every citizen his duty to God, to man, and to
himself; to develop his sentiments, his tendencies, and his faculties;
to teach him, in short, the scientific part of his labour; to make him
understand his own interests, and to give him a knowledge of his
rights."
It is bound "To place within the reach of all, literature and the arts,
the patrimony of thought, the treasures of the mind, and all those
intellectual enjoyments which elevate and strengthen the soul."
It is bound "To give compensation for every accident, from fire,
inundation, &c., experienced by a citizen." (The _et caetera_ means more
than it says.)
It is bound "To attend to the relations of capital with labour, and to
become the regulator of credit."
It is bound "To afford important encouragement and efficient protection
to agriculture."
It is bound "To purchase railroads, canals, and mines; and, doubtless,
to transact affairs with that industrial capacity which characterises
it.
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