Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-03-07
lOurs, Respectfully,
Boston, 1874. c. t. JACKSON

Indirect loss Of Property by WGs-War
not only demands for its support vast sums of
money, but dries up The main sources of ma
toms wealth. Its victims are mostly men in
the vigor Of life. 1t cripples almost every spe-
cies Of business. Ii cuts the sinews of enter
prise in every department of gainlul industry
Fields lie untitled factories stand still; the
shop and the counting are deserted; YES
sells rot at the whaTves; every kind of trade is
interrupted OF deranged; immense masses of
capital are Withdrawn from use; the entire en-
ergies OF nation are turned into the channel
of war, and its resources whelmed in this
mighty vortex of ruin.
The chief qualify required IN a Soldier
II is health of body-physical strength, that
enables man to endure the hardship of the tent
ed field. 1t is the good condition OF the animal
that enables HIM to fight We need mere ma
chimes for the ranks Of the army. To obey is
the only duty. Forward is the command
Sufficient intellect TO load and fire musket is
all that is wanted; the number killed is the test
of merit A wel-trained horse is often more
valuable than a score OF men with soulsl
The chief Sufferers from War.-Know you
not that glory and military honor spring direct
ly from the misery and degradation of the peo-
plel Whose bodies are these which ill the
ditch' The laboIers'. Whose comforts are
| reduced by heavy taxation! The laborers'.-
w no give up ltlctt country TlynlSs
The laborers. What creates an carisiocracy!
What tends to an unequal distribution of
wealth. Military spirit.-.4droeate Of Peace.
| There is a whole volume OF good sense in the
following article which we extract from the
Portsmouth IN. H.) Journals:
"The Wing Party.-No careful observer Of
passing events can fail 10 perceive that the
Wings are destined 10 come into power. The
Democratic organization is geared TO principles
and purposes which must and will break down.
The party have become too generally aduera-
ted much longer TO retain the reins of power.
While the democratic party has for long time
been growing weaker by receiving from us into
their ranks and councils all such men as would
barter principles for spois, the Wings have
been growing stronger by accessions OF the
best of the Democrats driven off by the cor
rUptions Of their party.
Under these circumstances, and under all cir
cumstances, it is the duty of the Wings 10 ad-
here TO their principles and their candidates.
Even while in the minority we are not without
power and responsibility. Such party as the
Wings, commands the respect of the rejecting
portion Of their opponents. But truth and pu-
rity are more essential elements of power than
mere numbers. The Wing party has been so
severely tried as To prove that il is based on
principles, and upon principles which will pre-
vail. The one term principle which is promi-
nent in the Wing creed, has been acceded to
by the President elect. The success Of this
one feature Of the Wing policy is worth more
TO the country than all the efforts Of the Wings
have cost.
The Wing party has got rid of those incum-
brances which have an instructive dread of mi
norities. Punished as it has been by trials and
desertions, strong as IT is in sound principles,
talent, worth, numbers and influences, ii has
only 10 adhere 10 its measures and men, and
both tviH ultimately prevail.
Soundness Of Juind.-A lawyer who was
once teslilyiDg in one of the courts, in relation
TO mans sanity, said, Il have no doubt OF the
old gentleman being perfectly sane at the time
referred TO. recollect that he refused 10 paw
me my costs, or at least he made ME strike sew
eral items off my BILL