Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-11-23

1aon Of slight burdens u State taxation. stimulate
a oommendahe emulation Of the great triple elements
OFFS State, agriculture, commerce and manufactures.
Sir. IL is but natural that those Of who represent
the first named grand division Of our national indus
tries fret not only IN categorical order, but all
doubt will readily allow first in abs lutte relative and
logical importance, should turn our attention to the
interests VI our own special department Of labor. II
was sentiment uttered by one Of our mON trusted
and honored delegates to the National Legislature
man Of broad and comprehensive views, generous al
! most to "A fault, on question involving sectional
INTEREST," quote from memory the sentiment, though
doubtless not the exact language Of the Hon Geo r.
March in hS first speech on the floor Of Congress.
at is sometimes said that saiesmanship and patriot
ism alike demand It Of us to ignore the narrow bounds
Of own peculiar interests and merge and lose
individual selves and local interests in the common
veal, but for myself he adds, q dare not forget or
neglect the peculiar interests q my constituents,
| Of my own section and Of my State "
Sir this proposition ia 10 my mind most emphatcal-
~ true OF those mutual and ooexsg Interests Of So
oety which can only thrive when each makes up it's
| Just complement to the other
These grave questions of political economy II is true
demand for their examination, A. am well and pain
fully aware, a more comprehensive and minute ac-
quaintance With the science than 1t s my fortune 90
possess yet during the brief period oimy acquaintance
with men and things and the progress Of events, it has
90 turned out that there have been wrought into my
nature certain convictions, OF have discovered GER
tain instincts which upon such examination as / sm
able 20 make, not only do not clash but entirely har-
monte with ITS laws 1.-THE attempts Of legislators
q speak by the book to turn the industry of the So
cety, in one direction or another out Of rs natural
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bountes, and there to load il with penalues,-aie al
most invariably productive OF harm.
These things regulate themselves. in common
Phrase, which means of course, that God regulates
them by his general laws which always In the long
work to good. In these modern days ibe ruler or
governor most TO he avoided not the tyrant but the
| busy-body. Let the course of trade and the condition
OF society alone, is the test advice which be given
| to the legislator, the protector and the reformer
"Tbe limitstorsoi this let alone principle are al
mott as obvious as the principle itself The flee Of
the legislator is not by hisrWn superior wisdom to
chalk out path for society 90 in, but to remove
sl casual and unnatural mpediments from that path
which society nsuuctyely cho sos for itself IL is to
give wider scope and more iaoe action, 10 the trin.
cpe We have just been considering. rather than to
| h'dae and narrow It BY artificial limits and petty
rcstricuons.'
Sir it seems 70 me the objections sought to be raised
against THE bill are tacitly met and answered by the
principle here set forth
We can readily perceive. that by holding out extra
ordinary inducements, and Offering large bountes,
We may attract foreign capital 20 our borders and by
inducing IL To engage in manufactures snd internal
improvements, both c1cate market for our products
81 home, and provide means 10 compete with the
markets Of the world Allowing this proposition to be
true and that nearly ready for the introduce
ton Of social changes consequent on such enterprise
thst the mesgrc advantages held out y Offering ex-
/ OmptCn from the frugal and moderate expenditure
required for The support ( our government and insti
tutors would operate "A bait and secure any consd-
enable influx of foreign capital which would otherwise
be driven away rom Us, we come TO the consideration
Of the dtsrabltnCss OF that particular form of enter.
prise aud whether the ui aud legitimate deyelo meni
of our own resources would not constitute healthier
/ condition ~ growth aud progress.
With an agricultural interest largely prepoudefat-
lug, IN inland state, without any large towns, and
very Uncomfortable proportion Of h0atng population
with an unprecedented degree Of general intelligence
AID ycmpucn ~ IA laupefIsm ard crime, with here
. and there spfneiug up among our green hills and
along The quiet valleys, hy The tagscity and enterprise
OF our own citizens those beautiful little villages, the
/ homes of intelligent and virtuQus communities with
their churches and their schools Instinct With the hap
py um of successful enterprise, and the sweet solscC
OF kindred snd irencs connected with rare exceptions
with e. me embfy maIuiHcturt establishment uud-
7 ed by the capital and sustained ~ the pstrousge oil
those whose every day life If ne ST Intimately ideuti.
6ed with them the centre of constantly widening and
increasing circumference, that interest itself proper
tiCnatly advancing IN importance aud ever and anon
/ taking new mTulte from the example snd ccmpet ton
Of other kindred Institutions far and near, gradually
but surely By the force even of attrition, and still
more by the enlsigirg light of experience wearing Of
the angles Of our most intense ndyid ualism and bring
ing us all rs citizens AS patriots and AS Christians
into q genial identity. with all yitsl socia
interests. Here Howe or Fairbanks by the force o
their energy and capital, astonishing the world
by The perfection Of their just balances and throwing
the genial glow Of success ever the whole community
| well rs wearing it in their oWn faces There
Goss with moderate and unpreieu tous begin.
[ nngs, ~ the result of patient and well directed per
sona attention and sal 8cy, digging from the very
bowels of the earth, what thousands upon thousands
Of foreign capital in the hands of irresponsible agents
had failed ~ do unsnied returns OF fortune, favor
and fame.
Here, agair by an uDremitting and personal attcu
tion to the details of difficult ord heretofore unsuo
eesslu enterprise. Dow and Blyn,on, have reared
by dn Of personal skil and astduity, without any
those Rockies outays Of capital by which aventurer
sometimes seek To snatch victory even from defeat
gradually and surely though slowly, and crested d
/ laying and important business attracting sIg,
amounts Of the raw material from remote neigh
bmhoods, and converting il into fabrics which are nov
finding their way into all markets
/ mention these as few Of the many which spring
90 the memory, emphsucslly the birth snd product
our own unsdtd native genius, enterprise and capitsl
Inc q mi ID Df an nm
Ushed and eminenty successful gentleman, late hiel
In official position IN our State, Il aude TO the lat,
Treasurer )Who when inteuC gated by farmer seeking
in the market for bonds, as 20 the most JudicOus
to be made of his surplus funds, said "inyest in
joint stock company, some manufacturing interest Al
home IN properly likely 10 be ayorably affected by
them, and do good rs well make money by the
arranl ement" Circulating ospital in this way repro
ducos itself by such investment If IN the hands OF our
citizens, by the reaction which 1t creates
in the rapid advance of the fixed eSpita and real
estate.
And here il is nov cctel that by taxing this spec
les OF property, created hy the state AM in which
much Of the capital Of the state h being invested when
ever shall be well founded and valuable pay
annual dividend TO the owner, we are discriminating
gainsthe interests which are represent By il, and we
meHRced with the threat that the corporators Will at
dissolve, clote up their corporations and retire
from the markets those very stocks which yielding
these golden haIyests rather than submit to the de
mands OF the for their Just proportion of the ex-
penses OF the government hy whose statutes and under
whose protection they were created and with about the
norease OF the valuation otthe assessment of hsTea
tate situated in the neighborhood Of the corpo
rations and fayorably affected by its operations on
account Of the corresponding increase in the
OF his taxes As it faoetously remarked by
| gentleman Of my acquaintance, that his lands were
already so high thst he could not sell them.
Here and there the large landholders and wealthy
iarmeg are becoming more and more cognizant of the
! truth OF the couplet go often repeated
"Ill fares the land, to Fastening ills prey,
hen wealth acCumulates tud mel decay.h
And while they do not expect nor cesfe t. built
up aud established among large cities or nam
moth corporations with the iuseparahe conditions Of
great wealth and extreme poverty, with the odious
atOns OF degraded seryile laborpg opulation large
Of operatives OF vagTan habits, at best gno-
and irresponsible citizens poorly adapted ad-
vance the interests of any community OF bear their
share IN sustaining the rsttVps of society and gov
erumeu, often under the control of irresponsible
nonresident iuhuenots-bu they do hope, and will
most earnestly labor, and need be, make sacrifices OF
personal and peounsry advantage TO open the way for
amore general advance OF all these local interests
ditiuee larger OF the country the adysn-
tsges derived from the neghborhood Of manufactur-
ing establishments and for bringing into contact with
the healthy rural population many may be, TO be
renovated and purified and made capable OF being
simated into the body polite, to constitute in 1t
at power and advantage, while at the same
time they fail to the fundamental difference
between State With it's facilities for graz
ing and tillage husbandry with lie broad alway
destined TO support an agricultural population, and
those OF our sister states most advanced in the mechan
10 arts, where the sarth yields but poor and soanty
return for the careful cultivation Of its few arabic