Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-03-06

a great central power and put ourselves in its
/ clutches.
No, Mr. Chairman, am for poceutralizng
power. Mountainous regions arc tho home.
and often the last and only home of the spirit
of liberty 1t is not, however by " ceatr1'it-
( ing Of p0ir9' that they remain so Switzor-
land has for many centuries remained honest,
whom all Europe was corrupt, and her noun
tains have remained free. while an around
them was onslavcd but IL has not been by
Capitalization 1t has been the jealous disri-
button of power among her several cantons
that has saved her Franco" beautiful
France, during the Same instructive centuries
has been exhibiting 90 the world the wonders
of Capitalization. Each tide of conquest or
of revolution has in turn become first placed
in obedience TO its great contre--thcn stag
nant-thcn utterly annihlated by the sue
ceading wave. This, too, almost i'm sight OF
the pure and permanent Alps, which stood
Chen. as is now, the monuments of what hue
man government should be- Vermont, Mr..
Chairman. has been called the Switzerland
of America and Switzerland might well be
called the Vermont of Europe. God iudica-
ted the dcstinics Of both these two countries
whom lie founded their mountains. Some of
the speaker have regretted they could not
smoothc down tho Green Mountain range
and make the centre of the Stnto loyol lile
tl.ir own homes ON its border but tbou,b
myself living ON ono of its borders. have mo-
such desire Let the mountains stand, I'm
God namc for it is in His name that they
do stand and will stand. They have thoir
functions TO perform hereafter. Let us not
defeat the objects of their creation
But among the attractions to bring us 60
Burlington. tboy presout us tte custom house ,
Tbo orst,,r bnns,fi A.. o,cr,o nr,,,.,b
/ which for f,rty vo,rs n,o doroipapf rational
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sbire Gr,nts and thc con,,ron disnpts ,yith
Ne,, Yo,l u,,ited them in interest and in ac-
4,, 'rbov ,ycro mot bo,yovcr So Hind os
,o+ r., 500 tb,t tho oroa4 natural fo,tpro of
tbo;r tcrrit,ry must IN, resnoctca Fora lopr
troc tbis grcat rapgc of mountains tbrougb
1.ir co,t,o ,ro,.,nf,d tl,,ir b,,i,,,, ,,,,,, On
tI E,.b ,.cor bo,yovcr tbc d;s,Y+cs fnr
tbo loco1it,. oF tbo povt eossio, b,cor,o too
I tiresom,. and tbov resorted To an exne3iont
Tbov did NOT call for &. rs,t,,l;-;.o" so,oe
point i'm tbeir periphcrv. Tle, knew onourh
IN know thev conld NOT Tho sop,bt what
was tben little hamlet amo,g the mountains.
but ON neither side of them. II was selected
because il was ON neither side. A division of
the ranga loft ita per,ect coographical puz-
zlo todeeido ON which sidcit should be classeJ.
How many NJ heart afoonr those wise old mon
roioiced dat the mu,ntains. for which the
State had been named. the mountains. hereto
fore curse. were 10 be honceforth blessing
These mountains into which and not over
which. our lav-makers were TO travel wcrc
to become the centre about which the afec-
tions of all might cluster They wero care
fll mot TO wound tbo prido of either side
Their Governors were alternately selected
from cacb Tho senator's 10 Conpress. beino
only two. were always taken one from each
side But in course Of time IL baDpcned that
tb, marty in no,vcr in LOOKING round among
tbeir dosorying men. cast their owes ON one
most deserving of oll the lnmonted Prentiss
But he lived in that hamlet among the noun
tains. that ancestral problem. Montpclier.-
Would If do to call hat the cast side of the
maintain. Is If cnopgb marked in its char
actor m nroscrvo and keen aliyo fine reverence
En- hat old measure of comnroroiso and
ncaco Sun,oso tbcv said NO what then
co,,I5 tbov do with thot nuzllc of town -
/ And What should tbo, do with Samncl prem
tss; 1boy ,,oro oc,,alIv ,,pet for tbe west
side Tbey yentpred amid an tboir discus-
sions of those things 10 cloct him. Yoars
oNoruords Nfr Indian, WAS a candidate Tho
same rug,Io aroso hnt fbcro baying beon a