Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-27

MONTPELIER, Oct. 81, 1876

Thompson of England spoke in the
State House, and probably some hum
dreds who listened to him would have
attended the colonization meeting II 1t
had been held on different evening
AS we were not present, and could find
no one that was present, we are able
to give very little account Of the exer.
cises. We understood that the meeting
was very thinly attended, owing proba-
bly, to the cause above mentioned, and
also to the fact that the night was
stormy. The principal speaker was Mr..
II. w. Johnson, colored gentleman,
who as we understood, has resided sew.
eral years in Liberia. A gentleman who
heard Mr.. Johnson is reported to have de-
clared that his argument in favor ofAfri-
can colonization is unanswerable. While
he believes the war will be the means Of
abolishing slavery in the United States,
he still thinks the condition of the color.
ed race will always be an undesirable
one. The prejudice against color in this
country is so great, he thought that the
colored race would never be able to rise
superior to the degradation consequent
! upon this prejudice He admitted that
there was far less of this feeling in New
| England than In states farther SOUTH
| Eyen/in the state of New York, he
said the social position of tie colored
man is far below what it is }iere. But in
Liberia they escape all this prejudice
They forget about their co lor. The way
to honor and preferment lies open to all
! who arc deserving and there is nothing
| to deaden the aspiratir ms of the SOUL
He showed that the colonization scheme
was practicable and successful. He is
is said to have beeyI quite eloquent, and
faultless in style and language. He ap-
peared to be somewhat embarrassed at
first which was, supposed to be owing
to the thinne'ys of the audience he was
addressing.
This, we believe closes the lio. of pub.
lie meetings which nav thps raf been
held in the capita 90 ne state It used
IA Larry in Massachusetts to
80 80 " lat were called legislative tenn
me General Court taarRG Whether teAHs sessions g
Z of the kind is to come off in Montpelier
this fall or not we are unable to say, but
!. we are pretty sure such meetings would
! not be inappropriate. From the vigor-
t Gus beginning that was made few
!, months ago we were induced to hope
, that the drunkenness for which this place
!. is proverbial had received a check, but
d we fear it has happened according to
|, the well known proverb. The agitation
!, of elements consequent upon the late
> raid brought to the surface not few
), drunken sellers, petty officers, lawyers
b and members, who harrangued, de-
nounced, threatened and boasted in the
: most approved manner. aa
: We beg leave to say word with re.
: gard to mail arrangements, expressing
! and telegraphing. 1t is an old saying,
1 'What can't be cured must be endured" !"
/; The State House has become a fixed
I fact In Montpelier, and it is not worth
while to be all the time grumbling be-
cause it is not somewhere else. But there
/; are some things not quite SO immovable
Il as the granite building, that might be
} subjected to the curing process. By tho
I present arrangement, it is impossible
! for instance for any communication sent
i, by mail to the Rutland Herald to ap-
pear till about the second or third day
after it is sent. The sayings and doings
= at the capital can be published in the
It Boston papers at least one day sooner
: than in some of the daily papers of our
own state. Furthermore the mail for
), the north and west closes ine1orably at
n half past three P. NJ, more than three
: quarters of an hour before the train
4 leaves, A person comes two minutes
!, too late to get his letter in and he nat.
(, urally goes to the mail car, and he finds
they have no mail car short of the juno
tion which is mile and half distant.
9 If he is sey desirous of sending his doc
u ument he perhaps tries TO gc' into the
3 good graces OF the express agent to for
{ ward it to the Junction; but the natu-
7 raj and moral inability Of that function
/ ary is such that he cannot do thing,
q and the missive being thus doomed to
lie over another day becomes stale and
J worthless. This express agent is also
l. telegraph operator, and judging from
o the non-arrival of sundry packages and
{ dispatches at their places Of destination.
, we are led to conclude that he consults
his own convenience as well as that Of
u the public in forwarding and telgraphing.
u We know of some polite, obliging and
/ enterprising agents from whom the gen.
u tleman in question might obtain some
+ valuable information. Yours, &c.