Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-11-01

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The Report of the Directors of the
State Prison informs us Of the excellent
management of the superintendent of the
institution. 1t appears from the Report
of the superintendent, that agreeable to an
act OF the Legislature, approved Oct. 80,
1860, appropriating 100000 for the
rebuilding of the east shop of the institu-
ton, substantial brick building, one
hundred by thirty four feet, two stories,
with slate roof, has been erected, at cost
of $2,473,S4.
Our free institutions are based upon
the virtue and integrity Of the people.
They cannot stand upon any other found
alton. Hence the education of our youth
is entitled to rank among the first objects
of legislative attention. The plan of
placing our educational system under the
special agency of board of education,
appears to be wise and the operations Of
the system thus organized seem to have
been sufficiently successful to warrant an
undisturbcd continuance The zeal and
ability with which the secretary of the
board has discharged his laborious duties,
are honorable to him, and worthy of our
respect and appreciation. ' .'''' E1
In ordinary times | should, in such
communication as this, discuss somewhat
at length the promotion Of agriculture
the commanding interest of Vermont, and
the favorite pursuit of my life. But the
peculiar state of public affairs now induces
me to forbear entering upon the subject.
The same reason causes the omission Of
several other topics of general interest
The freemen quite generally united re-
Gently in political action expressive of
t their conviction that party predictions
must, in this hour of our country's peril,
be offered a sacrifice upon the altar of our
f country cause. We may hail their ac-
ton as the harbiuger Of that practical
union of patriotic men throughout the
| loyal States, which will ensure the ulti-
mate triumph Of our government in this
= war
Failing of an honest hearty, united
: political action, the people Of the Free
States would fall ignobIy below the gran
c deur of the issues now upon them, and
Q prove themselves unequal to the defence
S and preservation of free Institutions Sue
: ceding in such action, they guarantee the
success Of our country's cause; and we of
this generation shall have the honor Of
G proving mans capacity for self-govern-
ment. We shall prove that free institu-
tiohs, so far from being failure, possess
that inherent moral power, and can at all
f times command that physical and material
e force requisite for their stability and per-
). petuity.
e The causes of the war now upon us are
: SO well understood by the people of our
: State, that it would be superfuous here
n to reherse them. They also comprehend
t the magnitude of the issues involved in
/ the war. They see in the struggle a con-
, test for national existence--for that con-
e stitutional liberty and its attendant bless
: ngs bequeathed to us by our fathers, and
! which we are bound by every principle to
S transmit, unimpaired, to those who come
: after us. They are willing to expend
: their blood and treasure if need be, to
fullest exteut of their means, to aid the
: National Government in crushing this
: causeless rebellion ro rv tllra..
: If this war, brought on by those who
t are striving to introduce in this fair land
! the reign Of chaos and elder night, where
a all has heretofore been 50 bright and bene-
) ficent, shall ultimately recoil upon them
r selves blotting out theinstitution Of slav-
G cry, of which they are the apologists and
: defenders, such an effect may be accepted
c as natural result Of their madness and
t guilt, ta'h aioa a1 sha
: Senators and Representatives 81 71se
] Life at the present time is to us indeed
: a sacred and important trust. Response
I bilities Of the gravest character fall upon
b. the American citizen in the hour Of the
r Republics peril. Doubtless we arc to bc
Q sifted and purified by the trials through