The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-06-27

Gcclucu by congress then Judge Roland
should be returned. But if on the other
hand there are any practical questions
pertaining to the welfare of the state and
nation, any issues which involve finance
and productive industry, any subjects
which demand familiarity with Details
then let us send Il man whose experience
and education especially fit him TO grapple
successfully with those knotty subjects
Let us not be dazzlcd by professional
brilliancy, and disregard adaptation.
Who in his senses would select a poet
however distinguished, TO build him a
house, or an artist, however accomplished.
to straightcn the accounts Of an insolvent
bank Yet there is an equal absurlity
in claiming the propriety Of making any
one class or profession the legislators of
nation. The duties of Congress are
varied. The subjects of legislation are as
numerous as the interests Of great and
prosperous people. The legislature should
be composed Of men thoroughly acquaint-
cd with every profession, calling and
industrial pursuit. We suppose everyone
will admit this and we have only to con
slider its application in this particular
case.
There should be two considerations in
the selection Of our representatives in
Congrcss-thc good o. the whole country
and the interests Of our own particular
state; the former paramount, the latter
secondary, but both important Let us
ask ourselves this question. Which Of
the two candidates will best serve the in
t-r1sts Of both state and nation In ans
wcring this question we SHOULD rccolcct
that the Senate is already mainly com
posed Of lawyers. There is certainly
sufficient legal acumcn to point out the
constitutional bearing of every subject
under discussion, while practical business
talent and financial ability is sadly want
Ing. Hence we conclude that Mr.. Nor
riils acknowledged ability AMI inIefatig-
able labor is Of more value to the country
for the protection and Advancement of its
industrial interests and general prosperity,
than Judge poland's legal acumcn; SIM
ply, because the former is needed and the
Latter supcrtlnous
rs regards the local interests Of the
state nothing reed be sail Is it better
TO scnl two lawyers or have a greater
number OF interests represented? 1t is
simply weighing in balance; on the
one side is our pride in having an able
juri-t as orr nominal representative, while
he is of comparatively it'll. scrvicr, on
the other is the service Of a real rep
rcscntativc Of Vermont, convcrsant with
all her industrial pursuits, guarding zeal
ously all her interests and interchangeable in
his efforts to promote them. There can
be but little doubt as to the decision Of
the people in this matter. They do not
see with the jaundiccd eyes of legal ailln-
itics out will recognize merit wherever it
is to be found.
Centennial Celebration of the Fourth.
The celebration to take place in this
Town on the Fourth Of July, will be the
first Of the series Of such occasions likely
to fall in within few fthc coming years,
about tic county. Shorcham has the
commcmoration Of its first settlement in
view for the present season, the Fathers
Of that town having come in from Wor-
ccstcr County, Mass, early in 1865, -
the first cabin having continued to be oc-
cupied until burned by the Inlians in
the Revolution. The time proposed we
believe is in September. Nergenncs has
in view a centennial celebration to occur
in August, though the city itself was
incorporated in l7SS, and the position
occupied in 1866 was at that time within
the limits Of Panton. The city may just
ly assume the recognition Of an historical
epoch, common in all its present interests
to itself with Pan;on and Waltham, Ger
tainly, unfit to be forgotten..whcn its CEN
teunial return occurs, by hearts enlisted
in It's memories. The settlement of Mid
dIebury by families, in permanent occu-
patton took place l773. Chapman re-
turned then with Painter, each with a
family. benjamin Smallcy's family were
in few weeks earlier, and had the first
cabin, All were along Middlcbury River,
having the farms afterwards occupied by
them for life, except in the case of Painter
who after the Revolution became the
founder of the village.