Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-13

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immortal orations which render him al
most the equal of Demosthenes in elo-
quence and power,
One who was the impersonatiDn o, all
greatness, q perfect man, who like the
Grecian temple was formed in such SYM
metrical proportions as to defy all at
tempts ut criticism, one who was greater
than Cyrus or Burke, our own Washing
ton, in letter TO Sir John Sinclair
says, mo employment is more honora-
Die than that of agriculture" and the
successors of Washington were both
theoretical and practical farmers
Jefferson at Monticello invented the side
hill plough. Adams, Webster, Calhoun
and Clay took deep interest in practi-
cal farming.
Agriculture is not only the most noble
aud important interest, but it is also the
first in the order of time The earliest
poets sung its praises, and God himself
manifested his estimation of its import
ance when he placed our first father in
the garden to cultivate it, long before
trade and the arts were introduced
When Adam had sinned and in conse-
quence was banished from Eden, his
doom and his reprieye was to till the
soil.
This class is more dignitied and more
important than any other. To YOU, far
mers, are committed the destinies of the
country. You are Of more Importance
than the lawyers, doctors and ministers.
There are some mistaken notions which
ought to be corrected. Education is a
fine thing - but you educate your
boys, for what Why to make them
professional men, lawyers, perhaps. Now
let me tell you that lawyers scarcely ever
get rich by their profession. Unless
they have rich father, or marry rich
wife they are poor. know whereof
affirm for have tried it. Whatever /
possess, have acquitted by digging, and
not by practice.
But you want to hear something to-
day besides farming. The cause of our
country demands our attention. There
are issues to-day cast upon us more i'm
portant than ever before, which ii brave
ly met will settle our controversies for
all time. The miserable theories of Ma
poleon will be rejected the Monroe
doctrine will be vindicated, and John
Bull will discover that the American
daughter is destined to outstrip her
mother. Our precious bark is now
shivering in great peril, but the old
spikes still hold her together, ana the
channel is in sight.
What is your duty and mine, gentle
men and ladies-foT L never saw wo-
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woman the rebellion would be of short
duration. The great question is, is
our country worth preserving There
is no hating between two opinions. All
are either patriots or traitors.
Mr.. Lincoln was placed in the presi-
Dental chair surrounded with more diff
fculties than any other man ever was.
If he mas not made mistakes he is some
thing more than human. He made a
mistake in calling out $4,000 men for
three months and we all made mistake
in supposing that the rebellion was con-
fined to few leaders and could easily
be quelled. He afterwards rectifed the
mistake by calling for 100000 for three
years. And the good work is progress
ing. AS Daniel Webster said at Bunker
Hill, am not the orator of to-day
That splendid obelisk rests upon the
bones of heroes whose eloquence is more
potent than mine. The eloquence of this
hour is the ballot box OF Vermont and
Maine, the victories of Atlanta and Mo
bile, and the bugle charges in the She
nandoah Valley. The head of the rebel
lion is crushed. A little dry powder and
steady nerve and the work is done. But
some one says croaMngly, "we never
can pay our taxes" Now in the name
of heaven ! ask what is money made
for 2 Is it to keep to look at, or to ruin
our children with? No, but to do good
with. e-
Every true man will say, "God made
me his steward" Let me ask, Do you
know what a man is2 Do you remem-
Der that COP made him and breathed
into him the breath of life. Beings of
such origin ought to be. and believe
are above such petty thoughts and feel
ings. There are few, ! know, who,
when an enlisled man wants one or two
hundred dollars will fight against it to
the extent Of their poor ability. Their
noses rival the needle in sharpness,
their lips are unspeakably thin, their
chins are peaked, and their souls are so
small that God will never take the troub-
lie to save them and when they come to
be damned it won't hurt them.
In repelling the idea that the country
is unable to pay its Indebtedness, Mr..
| w. proceeded to show from undeniabls
facts and figures, that our country to-day
| is three times richer than any other
country on the globe, that she is richer
now than she was before the war broke
| out; that our debt is less than two
billions, and can never exceed three /;
and supposing it should reach that
figure we are vastly better able to pay it
than Great Britain one of the most stable
governments or earth, is to pay hers.
Comparing the peace year of 1859 with
that of 1858, the darkest Of the war, it
! was shown that in the business of the
railroads, in produce, cattle, fat hogs,
cured meats, and other items of wealth
the increase was more than two to one
in favor of the latter.
The speaker showed conclusively that
PEACE could only be attained by crush
ing the rebellion. He related several