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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-06-10

the people by giving expansion TO their
minds md developing within them the
love of the beautiful, but by practically
exhibiting good works in oinamenting
public grounds and highways with
shade trees What nobler monument
can be hcwn from wood or stone. and
reared to the memory Of true great
ness, than the now lofty oak, maple or
elm, that has grown to such vast d.
mansions and stood the rack Of ages 4?
What more fitting memorial can testify
to the magnanimity Of the fathers OF
past generations, whose kindly hand
first planted the acorn or dropped the
seed whence grew these towering
teachers?
Every village and hamlet should
have its society organized especially
for the purpose OF rural improvement,
60 beauty and adom public parks,
commons and highways, or such other
work MS the outward good or comeli-
ness of the place may demand. There
is nothing that gives character and a
good name To IL town, village on neigh
borhood more than "a look of neat
moss and oydcr, and an exhibition O
an elevated rural taste in All that goe:
to comprise such town, village o.
neighborhood. Dwellings, and out
buildings exhibiting an appearance o
ncatnoss and repair; streets cleanly
in good condition and well ofnamentej
with thrifty and well selected shade
trees; fences lastly and thoroughly
built, and painted or wllitewashed; al
combined to give elegance and BEAUTY
to the place and show to the passer
by that q people of thrift and refine
ment inhabit it dlcdonioR.
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From the Home Journal
PICTURES IN THE GOALS.


sitting bv the pleasant freside,
In The dark and dub December,
Making pictures in the ashes
OF slowly dying ember
To- from ont the ashes rising.
yonchcd as by the sunset CLEANS,
Ia thc village Of my childhood,
That ever see in dreams.
There between the rows Of maple.
Is the broad and grass-grown street;
There behind the shadOwing branches.
stands the house plain and neat;
There beneath the vine covered porches,
A~e forms that never morn viii come.
For chose hearts have ceased their boating
And those lips arc cold and dumb.
But upon Lesunny hill-side,
Where the village church docs stand,
Tho shadow ~ the spirc is pointing,
A. hugrr Of a guided hand
Wandering ever m the graveyard
From morning red till set ~ sun,
Pointing nhcrc Wc 700. shall Slumher,
Whcnour Htilo hio is done.
Yonlor is the dim, Blue mountain;
There upon ihcplain below,
Stands the farmhouse, with It's windows,
Blazing in tho sunset glow.
A mist now rising from the valley.
Shut- the blue stream from Iay sight,
But Iknnw upnn it, surface,
Float the water-hlics white
Youder are the clover meadows.
Where tho twinkling dir Is seem
There my happy little schoohnates,
Playing on the village green;
Forever children-still love them
Tears are filling fast my cvcs
The burning emhor now has fallen,
NY village IN the ashes lies.
O. in vain we're ever striving
After things beyond our reach,
Little needing all the lessons
Iifes most ample things NAV teach;
Little thinking what rare pleasures
Simple JOYS may bring our souls
Even fading, diving cmhers--
Even pictures IN the Goals.
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THE One GREAT IDEA IN THE BIBLE.-
As in Beethovens matchless sonnets
there runs one idea, worked out through
all the change of measure and Of key,
now almost hidden, now pointed at in
wild minor sweetness, now breakin out
In rich natural melody, whispered in
the treble, murmured in the bass. DIM
ly suggested in the prelude, but grow
ing clearer as the work proceeds wind
ing back till it ends in the key nwhich
it began, and closes in triumphant har-
mony, SO throughout the whole Bible
there runs one great idea, mans ruin
by sin, and his redemption by erase;
in word, Jesus Christ tie Saviour.
This runs through the Old Testament,
that prelude to the New, dimly prom
ised at the fail, and more clearly to-
Abraham; typified in the ceremonies
of the law; all the events Of sacred his
tory paving the way for his coming;
his descent proved in the gencalogies
of Ruth and CHRONICLES; spoken of as
Shiloh by Jacob, as the star of Balaam,
as the Prophet by Moses, the son of
David Of the Psalms, the Redeemer
looked for by Job, the beloved Of the
Song of Songs 1910 s a
We find in the sublime strains Of tn g
lofty Isaiah, in the writings of the ten
der jeremiah in the mysteries of
the contcmplativo Ezekiel, in the Wis
ions of the beloved Daniel; the great
idea growing clearer and clearer as
the time drew onl Then the full
harmony broke out in the songs Of the
angels, Glory to God in the highest,
on earth pence. good viii toward nenl"
And eyangehsts and apostles taking up
the theme, the strain closed III the
same key in which it began; the devil
who troubled the first paradise, forever
excluded from the second, man restored
to the favor Of God, and Jesus
Christ the key note of the wholet
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Rural TASTE What is more beau
tiful than wei developed shade tree.
1t may occupy place by our dwelling,
by the way-side, or in the pasture OF
field. 1t possesses the same noble pic
turesqe appearance. There is moth
ing that adds so much TO the beauty OF
the well-aranged country farmhouse,
giving it spirit of real rural loYeli-
ness-as a surrounding of stately trees
They may be the elegant maple on
the tall and noble elm, occasionally in
terspersed with some evergreen fir and
pine, the effect is Mt once pleasing and
ennobling in its tendency. The stately
mansion of the rich, no less than the
lowly cottage of the poor, is ornament
ed by their widespread and shadowy
branches And we are led to ask, why
is it that we see so little interest man
ifested in this direction? Is il that
we have no taste for the beautiful and
picturesque in nature? Is it that
we feel no interest in regard to the
beauty and loveliness Of our houses
and homes? That cannot be. There
may be a want of rural taste, lack in
the proper appreciation of rural beauty
as seen by the truly cultivated eye il
these sylvan APPENDICES to our coun-
try homes, among our farmers, which
is apparently too much the case. II
remains for us then, TO cultivate oul
minds in this particular, to improve
our tastes in rural affairs, not only in
regard TO our residences proper, but
to their surroundings, and in every
place and position where improvement
can be made.
Villages and neighbors--even will
ling haJfdozen can accomplish much by
uniting their heads, hands and hearts
not only in elevating the character o.
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MoRNING Ant is a common and
favolite opinion with many people that
the morning air is the purest and most
bracing; but the very opposite is the
fact. The mir is full of dampness, fog,
miasm, at about sunrise, which the sun,
however, soon dissipates. Before en-
gaging in anything like exercise or
work in the early morning out of doors,
it is conducive to health TO take a
warm cup of coffee, il breakfast is not
10 be had Hedicm Journal.
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A SoUyENIn. Tile famous oak tree,
under which Gems Grant and Pember-
ton met and agreed upon terms for the
surrender Of Nicksburg, on the Sd OF
July last, has been cut 10 pieces by sol
diers who wished to obtain souvenirs
Of the memorable event. Not satisfied
with appropiating trunk and branches
they have buirowed into the earth and
seized every root which could be Sc
cured, as relics. Persons who have Ia
their possession even small piece o.
this wood prize it highly.
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as1- A chap down in New Haven
had courted a girl, giving her a num-
Der OF presents To- keep her admiration
al right; but differences arose, and Il
squabble was the result Offended
lover calls ON his Mary Ann, and re-
quest that dress pattern given her
last week. She passes over the de-
handed dry. goods III take that pho
tograph album, ii you' please y She ex-
tracted the pictures and return the
volume, "Give me back that ring :"
No sooner said than done. snow I
just want you to take but those teeth
paid thirty dollars fof. and give them
to lns in about four seconds + This
was to much Of gum game and
the female beat hasty retreat
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ECONOMY IS TIE EEMEpY.

If these evils have arisen through
the expenditures of women, the remedy
is largely in their hands They can
make economy fashionable, as they
have already made charity They can
show By precept and example, that to
haunt these costly imported fabrics in
public is in deplorably bad taste, that
the woman who does so is either reck-
lessly disloyal, or lamentably ignorant
or hopelessly vulgar. Butterflies, it is
true, are not given to reflection. They
viii tlutter their gay pinions i'll The sun
shine, though it CLEANS from the edge
of dark cloud whose gathering tenn
pest shall drench them into ruin. But
the fair and frivolous are largely imi-
tatiye Of the thoughtful and refined.
The women who give tone to society
have tact and culture; they are quick
to see and generous to feel and dex-
trous to adapt. They can make their
slight sisters ashamed of their untime-
ly gauds, unbeiitting the peril in whose
shadow the nation lies The article
from which we have quoted above re-
commends the formation of ladies'
loyal league, which shall pledge it's
members to sacrifice the seX's delicate
dover, even the love of the beautiful,
for the country's good. Who will not
bless the fair fingers that lay the ca
melia of fashion upon the loyal shrine ?
The Transcript says
Probably there are twenty thousand
women i'll our large cities who could,
by the effect of their example, and by
an organized combination III favor of
an economical reform i'll respect to
dress, bring down the price of gold
twenty per cent within three months
Surely there are good women and true,
numerous enough, and bold enough to
defy all the sneers Of interested or apa-
thetic parties; women who Drawing all
ridicule and misconstIuction, are will
ing to pledge themselves to maintain,
while this war lasts, u decent economy
in their attire; TO discourage the inn
portation of those expensive foreign
fabrics for dress and furniture, the use
of which sends gold out of the country
with no corresponding benefit to the
people.
And the many thousands of noble
women who have always been mere
spectators of fashionable display, these,
too, can aid immensely in the bench
cent work. They can withhold from
persistent peacocks the admiration for
which their Dllines are sDreaI
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AN APPEAL TO LOYAL WO-
MEN.


We agree most heartily with the de-
clnration of one Of our best exchanges
that there are many women who are
hourly trembling for the safety of sons
and brothers in the army, and yet
hourly doing very much to prolong the
war and bring it to a disastrous result
The mournful inconsistency happens
in this way. While the war lasts our
commerce is INSTRUCTED, and our pro-
ducing power largely expended, not in
agriculture and manufactures. but in
military activities. We have not, rs
formerly, large surplus Of raw mate
rails TO exchange for the choice pro-
ducts OF foreign taste and skill The
grain that once fed the artizan abroad
now feeds the soldier at home. The
cotton that once supplied English
looms and paid for English broadcloths
is now scantily raised and difficult of
access If we buy luxuries us before,
we must pay the inevitable balance in
domestic gold, and gold is Mt premi-
um of seventy per cent. Gold is the
lifo-blood of the nation, and we not
only wiring it on. in drops but pour it
out in streams to win the means of ex-
tRvagance and display Success in war
is usually with the longest purse Tn
Gle SANS purse reaches from California
to New York, but what ayails its length
so long rs the eagles pour continuous
~ from the gap at the eastern end
This extravaganza is largely referri-
BE to women. Furniture and equip-
age, if not purchased by her, are chos-
en- with reference to her taste And
most of the magnifcence in dress and
living which is bringing the country to
the verge Of bankruptcy, is her person.
al work. She does not know it: she
has not meant it; but it is time that
she should learn that when she buys II
needless foreign toy, she pays for it.
not from her own abundance but from
herc0mtry' peril. She is taking from
the nation III it's hour Of need that
which it can spare least of all She is
bleeding the sick man, already perish
ing for want fnomishment and tonics
The Boston Transcript i'll a recent and
timely article, shows clearly that to the
mistimed luxuries of the wealthy is due
the alarming costliness of the nccessa-
ries of life. 1t says:--
TO cater to this unreasonable appe-
tite for show-to enable the frivolous,
the inconsiderate and the self-seeliing
to go clad III silks and .ermines-our
foreign importations are stimulated to
an unhealthy and unparalleled extent,
and millions in gold are needlessly sent
out of the country, at time when all
the sinews of war are wanted to help
our success in the field, and to fortify
the government against that financial
embarrassment which always eventual
ly brings in It's train political and mil
itary debility and decentralization. The
present immediate consequence is an
enormous rise in all the necessaries of
life, distressing to'the poor, and visit
ing with alarm and anxiety thousands
of households"
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tic slavery, backed by immense capital and
political power, knitted it, lethar1ic web
closely and firmly around statesmen and
parties, and soon forged letters for holding
the mass Of the people in governmental
slavery. The minority commanded, and
few to arms to destroy the Government
when the mass of the people refused to
taxing the energies of our people, and draw
ing so extensively on the resources of the
country, is the legitimate offspring Of the
attempt OF reckless, insolent and deprav-
ed slaveholding oligarchy to mold this Gov
eminent into a political counterpart Of that
narparic domestic despotism which asserts
the right OF property in man. ''The state
Q. entire subsection Of one person to the
VIII OF another" struck hands with siLe
right to govern resides in a very sr,au mi.
nority; the duty to obey is Inherent in the
great mass OF mankind, Domestic slave
~ and politica. slavery were Joined in UNI
holy wedlock III the temple Of the Republic.
and their internal progeny are now irving
to demolish the grand ediiice IN which their
lncestuous parents plighted their criminal
vows. The entire combination, from the
minntess neiarlous particle.to its aggregate
ed atrocity, is all anti-republican, despotic
whole, the sworn enemy eff all that is good
the bane Of all that is just.
Mr.. Chairman, we can cast our eyes mn.
on no page OF this nation history whereon
it is not written, slavery is incom patible
with q free Government We have tried
to close our eyes against this constantly re-
peated and self-evident truth. We have
tried to reason it away, to practice arts to
carry us around 1t, or under it, or over it.
We have failed TO accomplish the desired
result. As immutable as the Laws Of God
stands tas declaration, Slavery is incom.
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ure.i We will eatablish it by DESTROYING in
the manner and form prescribed by our
Constitution, that which stands in. our way.
--slavery. o-es i,4astg -ssa5 = y L. -.
Another object to be accomplished by the
adoption Of the Constitution was to ssinsure
domestic tranquility" This was the voice
of the people. How stands the account be-
tween the Republic and slavery concern.
ing this grand purpose Of the people p
When, since slavery assumed political pro-
portions has it subserved the great end of
domestic tranquility? It has been power
full, but what are the fruits of its bower?
The long line of political, legislative. Judi.
cial history OF this nation presents not d
page which Is not disfgured by some blot
upon it by the aggressive, intoIerant. ex.
acting, and despOtic spirit of slavery. From
schOot-bOok to .statute.book, from hearth
stone opinions to decisions of the Supreme
Court OF the United States. from political
hastings to the sacred desk, from town
meetings to Congress, no bright spot an
pears without a biemish from the hands OF
the restless, meddling, disturbing uerius
of slavery. Everywhere its footprints an
pear, always tending toward disturbance
OF our domestic tranquility. We had no
national repose, for constant pro-slaverv
agitation Kept continual fever in the na.
tlonat system, consuming its energies and
its life. This was the condition of the ma
ton in the so-called times of peace
and before the good. guns of Sumter an-
swered the war summons of slavery. Since
tnat time our domestic tranquility ALWAYS
disturbed, has been envelOped in the dark.
dense, impenetrable cloud of war thrown
over it and around it by the spirit which
fired the first shot against the flag of the
Union, and commenced the present deplor-
able trial by battle. Instead of insuring
domestic tranquility slavery has been an
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dained and established the Cunstituti
that It Is seeking the destruction " theu
ion, Is opposed to the establishments OF a
tice, has disturbed our domestic tram
ity, makes war upon Us instead of pr
Ing for the common defense, promotes -
spread desOlatiOn and ruin instean or
vancing the general welfare, and seG .
withhold from us and our posteritys9p
blessings of liberty. I have ende1ve1(1e
show that 1t has disregarded tkSeoa
ton and trampled upon the nd 90
rights Of the citizen. But the a3se , =
nearly self.evident that it Is diific6lt w..
que It. The antagonism is 80 marked, cd
the incon,patibility 50 glar,ngly sppars
Lnas tney cvershadow proof and afSpm1.
Inc conscience OF the nation IS 50 sSnsii1
~ active concerning the questions TO vi
l nave spoken, that 1t arrives at conclua
WITH tue rapidity by which thought n
ures distance. Argument cannot trase !.
fast. At best it is but the ba1pace- ts,hN
the grand army Of ideas and aSpiraf:1
which Is now leading this ,iatioh to-
higher and purer civilization that fbrm9ns
silver-lining Of the dark war cloud W.
over-hangs the Republic. ifal II
Mr.. Chairman, the position, which q
nation maintains to-day in relation TO
true character of slavery is more pen"
than that which the founders of the 81
eminent occupied. They believed that
very was so directly opposite to justicA Z
distinctly arrayed against divine Law
utterly depraved and desperately VIE
that its own aggregation Of enorm:'s
would speedily accomplish its dissolon
We recognize their faith as most corr
except in its conclusion. We see thai
death can only be accomplished by an
cutioner. Slavery will not kill ITSELF
decree of death has been enrolled. ~
death warrant was sealed by the fist!s
which struck Fort Sumter, But cone
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m1noment, Whatsoever We would that
men should 90 unto you, do We even 50 70
them, Gan ever@be allowed free exercise
Wnere slavery curses men and de3es Cod.
NO rellglous denomination can flourish Or
even be tolerated where slavery rules with.
out guaranteeing the choicest Jewels Of it's
latin into the keeping Of that infdel ROVER
which wtthholds the Bible from the moor.
kenyon, consisting in the performances
q All known duties to God and our fellow
men," never has been and never win be
a.toWeo !ree exercise in any community
men. The Constitution NAV declare .ha
right, but slavery ever will, as it ever has.
trample upon the Constitution and nretenf
the 0yment of the right. ~ -
now much better has free discussion
Jared at the hands of the black censor who
GUARDS the interests of slavery against the
expression Of the thoughts Of freenlen 2, on
Mnat road Or this Republic cursed by sla-
very nave Men been free to declare their
approval Ct the divine doctrines OF the Dec
!aration Of Independence? Where, except
IN the free States of this Union. have ffIe
nation g toi,ing millions been permitted to
assert their great protective doctrine. .sTha
!aporer is worthy Of his hire?n What mem.
per Q. our great free labor force, North or
South. could stand UP In the presence ftha
dcspotism which owns men and co,nbat nc Nc
atrocious assertion that SLAVERY ID tha
natural and norma. condition Of the Labor
ing man, whether white or black" with
me noole declaration that Labor being the
sure foundation of the nations nros neritv
should be performed by freenen. for tbey
alone have an interest in the preseryat;on
OF free government" with any assurance
that his life would not be exac.ed as tho
price OF his temerityy In all this broad
land not one could be found. The press
mas oeen padlocked, and mems lips have
been sealed. Constitutional defense Of free
discussion by speech or press has been a
rope OF sand south Of the line which marked
the limit of dignified free labor in this conn.
try. South Of that line an organized clio.
ment OF death was surely sappinx the foun.
cations ct our Tree institutions, reversing