Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-11

sors worrying aud bullying and lighting each
other l, is not the head saying to the
foot, :" have no need of thee" nor the
" vessel Of honor" turning with disdain
from the vessel Of dishonor." There is
no such inequality Of position. If one pre-
senis to the eye piles of brick and stone,
with markets ard merchandise, the other
spreads out fields Of green, and quiet and
tasteful homes and the land waves its gol-
den harvesis in graceful obeisance to the
traveller from the city, as if i, would bid
him welcome TO the spot where the susie
nance of the world is grown, aud to the
families TO whom he owes much Of his own
prosperity.
No, they are not head and tail, nor lord
nor peasant; they are rather the two arms
of the lever by which the world is moved.
They are the two noble steeds, unlike in
regard to color, form, &C., which ill out Of
the fog and darkness the chariot of day.
while neither, alone, would give motion 10
its ponderous wheels.
Without the city there is no market. -
Without the country there can be no city.
Cities do not grow at hap-hazard. They
will not extend their busy streets and marts
at the command of meus fancy or caprice.
Nor, on the other hand, can the country
flourish without the cities. Where are our
rich farmers Invariably where they have
access to large markets. Exceptions are
such only IN appearance. The ancestor
from whom the wealth was first inherite !, if
a farmer, acquired his profits where he
could sell readily the products of his land
Who constitute the tbrongs IN the streets
of cities Many of them are strangers
from the country. Who occupy the stores
and counting-rooms of the city The for
mer companions aud schoomales of those
strangers, # not their brothers and sisters,
who chose to try their fortunes IN a new
and more venturesome pursuit.
Does the agricultural State of Vermont
wish to raise large sums with which 10 en-
dow her colleges, where do her agents go
Among her own sons IN Boston and New
York. Does agricultural New Hampshire
wish to get up a splendid social feast, where
the natives OF the State can assemble and
renew old acquaintance, and revive old
associations, and honor dear memories .
What more fitting place could have been
found than that selected III the city of Bos-
ton
Would her only seaport" which has
sometimes been thought to look down with
an air lIttIe too lordly upon the interior
portions Of that State, assure themselves oil
a glorious Fourth" tl.at shall not ever be
forgoilenl Who could better have made
assurance sure than her sons IN Boston aud
New York for The day Just approaching p
They will not fail. When were they known
TO fail
We once kept the tally for the President
of that old 4" arIstocratic" institution, The
Old Massachusetts Bank" himself coun-
try minister's son. as he counted over ibe
Boston boys among the (then) sixty Boston
members of the State Legislature, and the
ph0ie sum total was less than a dozen. The
rest were from the country, and yet there
is sometimes jealousy betweeen city anC
country II this is reasonable, then 1
house may properly be divided against it
seli--lalher against son, brothers and Sis
tiers, mothers and daughters, cousins and
uncles, and even belroihed lovers against
each other. Such a contest is essentially
a family ieud.
In the olden times, and even in many
cities now scattered over the Eastern Hem.
isphere, the flocks and herds which, during
the day. are led out into the broad fields Of
the rural districts. at night are collected a.
round or within the walls of the city for
protection. This is an apt illustration OF
the relative position OF the country aud the
city. When these shepherds aud herds.
men are ready 10 conspre together to de-
slroy that which protects them and their
flocks-to kindle blaze under the walls
and roofs which afford them comfort and
shelter, then may Jealousies spring up aud
be famed into bitter quarrels aud angry
hghtings, and all contend manfuly for the
common destruction OF all classes.