Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-12-26
VERMONT wArcHMAr STATE JOURNAL DECEMBER


Decidedly Rich.
n any vermen,er 10 ambitious 10 ~ aftbs
abussrs of Vermont in besier way shanis i
done below, let him Try. We sss ps:fsetly ut
isfied 10 let The attack and TIE defence stand u
they are:
AvirginEan's Opanisn ~ vsrnsntsrs.
Fnm he kiehnssd Whis.
Vermont, With an area about equal to Angus
ia and Rockinghsns counties, and population
equal to soous hsf that Of PhiIadelplns, With fcor
furlorn member Of Congress, and Legislature
sitting upon PER diem of nine shillinys. cannot
mis- cad The practical interests If the North
We have no fsars that people 90 economical
will ever do more than pass . few cheap acts,
by way Of decotng fugitives into their borders.
! We look upon a. mere bounty offered TO
deserters-a mere speculation Of that saute
people whom Judge Halliburton and Yankee
Hill have pretented in swallov-tailed coats,
short vests win diagonal stripes. beli-crowned
hats, and boosrarcely upia terms Of curtesy
with the cassi1et breeches which completes
their costume. The specimens which We have
seen are gener5Iy whiting white pine with a
pocket knife. This is the most expensive luxu-
~ in which thdy are knOwu to indulge. They
are also engaged in medisatipg some very cute
imposition upo1the honesty OF liberaliiy OF 9TH
ers; but it neyf gnes beyond metal clock With
wooden machinery, or Havana tobacco seed,
which comes u mullen, OF some other cautious
roeuery, which Ell her does not commit them TO
an infrac,ion Of the penal Laws, or which Is not
worth prosecuting them for. Such people have
neither the pd1itical influence nor the .berallty
to be dangerous. They merely design ~ their
legislation AGAINST the Union, TO improve their
tryde with Muntreal.
From the Albany Evening Journal
The people OF Vermont can bear this species
ef euloey from Virginian. Il is only surpris-
ling that ii should be haz,rded by the resilient Of
IA State prema'ureiy decrepit and sad n,onu-
lment al the exhausiiug and ruinous effects OF
Save labor upon ricl, soil Il IS true that the
area OF Vermont is but equal 10 that OF Two o. the
husd,ed aud twenty eight counties Of the at
cielt dominion. But we have yet to learn that
the extent Of the territory o! State, any moro
than the stature OF a man, is just criterion Ell
Their of lis physical or mental greatness. It's,
we admit, q sad picture to find Ssate as vast
ia lis dimensions as il originally rich in i's
soil, enesvaied IN lie infancy and tremuious with
old are, before it has passed the ordinary period
Of youth. But 1t is equally gratifying 10 fird a
State OF contracted dimensions, with sterile
soil and severe climate. advancing in wealth
aad greatness in spite of these formidable obsta-
cies. Virginia is the t'pe Of the one Vermont
of the other. "Wnh an area stont equrl 10
Augusta aud Rockingham" Vermont has more
energy double the enterprise, ten times the IN
dustr,, and as much virtue, patrio ism AID intel
Iig nc, as the whole Stale ot Virginia.
1t tie grearness Of State Is no, to be jud ,ed
Of by he extent OF ITS boundaries, much less Is
the character Of her legislators 10 be decided by
their per diem allowance. However II may be
looked upon by the "Ch,valry vi Virginia, ecan-
olny is not put down IN the catalogue VI Crimes
al the North. NJ, dern Vug;n.ans have mol only
tie tacnl y Of pen>ioD.Dg themselves upon The
General ouv rnn,nt, hut they generally man
age 10 get .sextra Allowances 1t s 10; starpge,
Their .ore. tina, they should measure legislative
ntress as they measure the qusnii.y OF pig-taii
lobaceo-by ais cost. They don's secu, 10 un-
defstsnI t.at h,re-i men can lesislsie as dis
cree'iy for "n'De shiings cay as for eight dol
lars.
In Virginia, the cut of a mans coat and The
shape 1T hrs hal, may have an important infiu-
ence upon his destiny. Il is not 81, however, in
Vermont. There, TIE idea is qui,e prevalent,
that man may carry as honest q heart under a
coat with "swsow tai" and have IS clear
head under ha, with '-bel Crown as If both
were OF the latest cut la some parts Of the
world nsen make themselves in others they are
made by the tailor.
IL IS esideat that our Richmond contemporary
HIS not he'd The good luck 10 tall in with the best
specimens Of Vermont Yankees Nor Is it Of
much consequences; for he does not seem 10
have appreciated the moral iaught him By those
he has seen. A vefmon.er may whtile al hume
Tor amusement. but ahen he /" whites" IN Vir-
gina. It is for purpose. lie wishes BY II 10
lnpress upon the minds of the "chivalry" that
the secret of Yankee success consists in Yankee
indnsuy;-!hat while once prolific Virginia has
grown puof under the idea that it is deroga.ory
10 a white man TO laber, sterile Vermont has
grown rich because her hardy sons always keep
busy. II Virginians ''whittled" more at home,
they wouldn't have 80 often 10 cut sick" else
where for living.
vermsu,, We believe, never pretended to
have great deal OF political influence" She
leaves that to such States as Virginia, whose
real influence III the right direction, seldom gets
beyond 'he digniiy OF pretence. Virginia has
had political influence; but that was In earlier
and better days. Ia political influence, as in
a sricuilural and commercial wealth, she is but
the shadow Of what she has been-a splendid
ruin, whose greatness you " read about" IN The
records OF things which have been.
Whatever Cause OF quarrel the press of Wiz
ginia may have with the Legislature Vermont,
they have no right to libel her people. To do
So exhibits at once ga want Of decency end a
want OF ssnse."f There are many filter subjects
OF atuses than the pltrioiic sons of the Green
Mountains vmgin,aps would find il advanta-
geous to Initiate their Industry and practice their
virtues. 1t they would, the bare bones OF their
Commonwealth would soon be again covered
with flesh. and her Iroud but impoverished
people might hope again to enjoy that honorable
independence which distinguished The great
men on whose reputation the modern Dominion
ha. bss.ss.d'ns cad subsisting for u quarter
Of century.