Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-10-19

rs belonging 10 the State, and made purchases
IS OF miiitdry equI ments. OF W ich transac
Is tions he VIII make report to the l. L,oIslaturp
ii In the early part Of the present V ar, much
3 alarm was created in Mas, ,chusatts and
other parts OF New Ensllnd. IN cone,onenc-.
. e the appearances Of the cattle d,s.,sa
n pL4ro pneumOn'a and 1t being u we'll ,t.es
ted fact that the dis ase IS both O., ~; a.
: and infectious, aha in most cases fatal tor.
were justly entertained that it might spr. nd
, into other parts, and become general through
out the country. Tne legislature OF Massi
: chusetts, at its 81 eclal session, convened f,r
the purp -, enIcted laws providing for the
isolation of herds supp jsed to have been ex
/ pOsed to the c0ntagIOn {, and prohibiting tie
expOrtstI IN OF imp brtatlOn OF cattle. except
under certain restrictions and provisions. :
The subj CT has also enlisted the attention OF
the Legislatures Of Connecticut and New
Hampshire
1t Is not known that any Cas- S Of the dis
ease We occurred in this State and it ms
been checked, il not entire eiadicited; in
Massachusetts. where 1t first appeared. II
may DC doubted whether any special lesisa-
ton IS ezpedIent at the present time. touch
my this subject, except 1t be to provide for
sanitary regulations by the selectmen Of
towus, when authorized by vote OF their re-
spectiye towns.
lt Is a matter Of congratulaton that in
every part Of the State is seen the evid ,nce
oi thrift and prosperity IL is observable
| among all classes Of our citlz ms, and IN all
our industrial interests bu, the remark is
especially applicable to the department OF
Agriculture
From an abstract Of tho seventh United
/ Station l.pstrs - ka -,
were IN this State, TWO million SIX hundred
! and one thOu-and four hundred and nine
| acres Of improved land "a quantity exceed
! Ing that oi any other New England State /;
and that our agricultural products for that
year exceeded ID Quantity those Of any OF
the same States, in thcartclcs of live stock,
| butter, cheese. wool. wheat. oats. potatoes.
hay, and a variety of other crops. The
Va ue Of live stock. as shown by that census,
was twelve million SIX hundred iorty-three
Thousand tw1 hundred twenty Iht djlllrs.
and the aggregate Of farming productions
for that year, shows valuation, including |
live stock, Of about twenty-five millions If |
dollars, being nearly equal T. eighty dollars /
iOr each individual vi our population.
The well-kuOwn Industry Ut our cItlzenS, |
engaged in agris .ltural pursuits. and tue ca
pabIlItles OF our sUi have been made avail
able tor Increasing the amount Ut these pros /
ducts, under the stimulus n auZLu, u'ed !
prlc 3, cons queut upon the opening o! rail- /
way cJmmunIcaiiJl with the markets. IL |
may therefore be assumed that this depart
ment Of industry has not only maintained It's /
relative importance, but that 1t has, during 4
the intervening years sine, the above date, /
experienced a constant and healthiui growth /
and increase still it Is conc c,ived that It Is
capable Of lar greater d. Vrlopmlnt, and
much more abundant increase.
Vermont Is es, ntlally an Ayr cJltural
State. The great body OF its C. tizsns are En-
gIged in Agricultural pursuits. T.e salu-
brlousnc>s OF the cilmate-the richness OF it
soil, and the variety ot it, physical structure
adapt 1t - the cultivation ui the most e>s t.
tiIl and pr tttbie crops, and the successful !
prosecution of cattle and sheep husb4ndry .
Othe- important interests ext>C, and are sue |
cessiulIy prosecuted but 1t Is u this. essen
TALLY, That we are to look the most mark
ed and healthy growth OF tie State in wealth
and prosperity.
II the exercise OF that fostering care which
it becomes the legislature ever To II ,intan
over the industrial Inte e,ts of the ) Sate,
invite your attention to the
question Of providing for an y AIricultur.I
Bureau, OF BJ.rj Oi Agriculture having
tor It's ohj,c ct the collection Of statistical ana
other Information relating to Agriculture, to
be EN- hr4ccd in annual reports, for dIstGbC-
ton throughout the State. l. Is not de-ira-
bic that such department. should be made
ex xpenSive to the State. Little need be
CURED except to provide for the salary OF its
corr spending Secretary and the publication
Of its reports.
Our manufacturing interests, though not T.
extensive, are prosperous and increasing
but next IN Importance to our agricultural I
pursuits, as a sJuTce of wealth and material
Development, may be reckOned our quarr,s
Ji marble, slate and sIapSt0ur. THESE quar- :
'Ies, lnexhaustible IN quantity and uns r
passed IN quality, remained unavailable, ex- 4
,ept to u limit, u extent, until developed ana :,
brought into cUntiguity with the markets by
ur railways. They are now being exten- a
lvely worked, by responsible and enter pri- !.
ing companies, which find q ready and an =,
Increasing market for their productions IN =
ariOus parts of the United Stat, g. =
On the subject of Nationa Politics, tn =
,eople OF Vermont have ever held high and %
position. II
Venerating the Constitution as a palla-
ium of our civil rights and yielding always :,
IMPLICIT obedience to all laws which do not :
OHlAONtAt no AttN y VIZ hSf~A / IN
ubmit TO encroachments upon its high pre- :,
agatives, nor yield assent to those modern ~
heories which distUrt its meaning, and con-
royert the opinions of the fathers Of the Re- ?,
ublIc-ts e4Ily expounders. 81
Warmly attached 10 the Union OF the "
tates, and pledged by every principle of HI
atriotism, TO preserve inviolste the sacred -,
ond they can never be compromised with W
chemes for its dissolution, but will resist .y
he hand that dare5 to calculate its value, Y
nd will invoke, if necessary, the national co
I'm for its preservation.
National 10 their views Of political econO-
nv, and in 9 mpathy with the tree produc- ..
i've labor of the country, they advocate, ul
a a catholic principle, the protection OF ap
I.nercan ind stry. by reasonable dlscrlmin" u
tions in the tariS Of duties on imported ar th
cIes. and of judiciOns appropriations Tor se' &
40 i'm movement OF our harbOr5 and navga- th
le rivers. -
" most in their demand fOr an economical pl,
rnend;ture in the administration of the Ma qu
nnal Government and jealous OF an undue OF
,nt-,llz I'll IN Of power in the hands Of the
ational Executive,-they deprecate the in
tease and constantly increasing extravagance .-
the general government, and view with u,
alOus concern the evidence of executive =;
slversatiOn IN the dIsbulsemen OF the pub Lo
c money. be
Firm and unyieldiug in their views Of hu- "a
Ian freedom. they nevertheless accord to an
ther States the constitutional right to regu-
l,s their own domestic instit itlons, ana
isclalm any participation with those VINO
,ould inyaildate that right. on
Believing and maintaining that slavery TOT
an exist only by virtue of law, they repu- ou
iats Nth 6rInuess tho claim that property er
buman beings must be recognized and no
rntl lcted. as such. beyond the limits OF the is
tatcs which have lesalizad it. m;
Adhering to the principles established by Oh
La anaetments and res lutiOns of Congress,
nd tho decisions of the United States Courts,
urinc more than half century OF our errly
protest against the authority ~,
{ an extra judicial opinion, oonuoverting a. a.
hose principl's' promulgated by majority 1B
{ the present Judges of the Supreme Court. ~ ~
IL vere but q common remark 20 speak of o
he growing greatness OF our country. It