Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-10-04
=, HYDE PARK VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1865.

distinguished wealth, men of scientific and
practical knowledge combined their pow
ers in favor of agriculture for the collec-
tion and diffusion Of information, and
for the excitement of industry and emu
lation. Annual exhibitions, like this of
to-day. took place in almost every county, |
which had a tendency to awaken the at
tentlon of the men of that day, as we'll
as of this, to pursuit more favorable to
health, wealth, virtue and peace than any
other.
At this time 1920 two-thirds of the
male population above ten years of age
were devoted to agricultural, pursuits =
much larger proportion than at the pres
ent day. And | believe it to be truth
that the greater proportion there is thus
devoted, the less there is of aristocratic
rule, vice, and unwholesome laws men
men were noted for their stable honesty,
and integrity,-such thing as Wall
st, Broker or Stock Gambler Il hould say
swindler was unknown. The men Of
that day not only reached the highest
round in the ladder of fame and opulence
but they obtained such objects by honest
means, through open, free and laudable
channels of industry, sicence and manly
labor. Is it not true that, although we
have made unprecedented strides in the
arts and sciences, agricultural improve
ments, commerce and education, that there
has been almost corresponding rarefyine
of the moral atmosphere of our several
communities. If any one doubts the cor
rectness Of this saying, let him consult
the cells of our prisons and houses of cor.
rcction ?--the records of our criminal
courts the cash accounts of our rum
holes, gambling-haunts and houses-of-ill
fame
But let US return to the past. At tht
, close of the revolution and at the time ;
, government. and federal constitution wer,
established, we find our forefathers bend
ing every energy for the formation of tn
/ life. giving interests of our common coun
} try. Agricultural and mechanical socio
J ties and exhibitions increased in number
and the many Improvements of which W
to day reap the benefits were made and car
ried into successful operation.
There was comparative harmony anC
union of purpose throughout the entir
land for many years; but by degrees sec
; tional differences, and interests began tt
disturb the public quiet. The govern
mcnt grew strong and its boundaries ex
: tended from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from the Lakes to the Gulf of Meyi
co. A portion of the states titled the sol
with free labor, while the other portion
planted. cultivated and harvested tbeil
crops with forced labor. One was section
of aristocratic rule, and ignorant masses
while the other was section of demo
cratic rule, and intelligent and educated
! masses.
The national laws which must be tn,
guide of life for both sections were frame,
! aud enacted by the same legislative body
Y The great and aspiring men of both sec
G tions constituted that body. The repre-
0 sentatves of the North asked such en-
' actments as would best secure and pro
D mote the interests of its people and iusti
t tutions, while those of the South asket
: such legislation as would establish thei
Y peculiar rights and institutions the mos
{ permanently. The demands on eithe
f side, we're antagonistic to the interests o
| the other. and soon eliminates into a wa
/ of words and gutta percha canes on tn
= one side for the establishment of arristc
cratic privileges, and on the other fo
C democratic rule. The latter sought t
# rciustate and live by the fundamento
t principles our ancestors had fought ami
t died for, under which every man whethe
y English, Irish, Ethiopian. or Chinama
IS should be protected in his rights by i'm
IS partial laws. while the former sought !
) perpetuate what they had been establish
Q ing gradually for the last forty years
: and they boldly announced that the
C were the foes of this equality of rights
: that they wished to sec privelegcd class
n lords in their places, and degraded elias
# of serfs in their hats, the rich luxurlatin
u in voluptuousness,thep poor 'olilng III ueSie
.s dation. and ignorance AMI poverty re
J. cciving none Of the proceeds Of their toll
i 1t must be apparent 70 every sooe
mind that two such antagonistic system
d and modes Of life could not exist !
" peace under the same government bu
d such were the doctrines, and feelings,
d these two sections when the fratricido
b war Of 1861, burst upon the natior
3 This war is second heroic age. aA
'e All my fellow countrymen do You n
d member the feelings that prevaded you
d loyal breasts when you received the sa
Ie tidipgs of the fall Of Fort Sumter and II
r defeat at Manassas Junction. THEY ca
d never be forgotten. The very soul
Of every true man burned with hot batret
il and his patriotic heart beat with une'
om,lea INDIGNATION. Party distinction