Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-10-10

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Show me community of Farmers VIII
are independent, contented aud prosper
GUS, and | will show you living anon
and growing with and supported by them
and equally prosperous body OF Mechan
les, Smiths, Merchants and Professiona
men. they all support and sustain eaci
other. aud the common good nof the Who'll
is the chief aim of each. Does an alum
daut harvest fill the barns and grancrie
of the farmer? the mechanic aud the Pro
fessional man reap corresponding beDe
tit--a war-iu Europe orat- home fallun
in grain ctop IN the west---ihe foupdlp:
of an Empire in 9lexiedA-the solution 0
n problem Of finance in Congress-th'
zperpetratiohAof awrong anywhere, affects
aud iaterests US all our late civil wal
perhapshs signally proved the interlac
ings andzinterdepea laucies Of society az
every event that has eyer occurred il
Americani history uSp long as the va
,rinu' political questions that proceeded
and eventually produced it, were under
discussions the peopIe, though thorough y
alive to t5,e gitality,qf the principles in.
%olved, preserved trade in i's accustomed
channels--the arts offindustry. were as
heartily fostered and the sun of prosperi-
ty as dazztipgly shone as before any con
troversyleommenUed: But. when that IA
tai shot was fred at Sumter and the toe
siu Of aiirm was sounded. how soon and
how scnsihly every, indiNidual in the land
was to1ched---7taxesl increased 1.-The ncces-
,sarcs oflife grew iscarre-the market for
tOreigw trdde wasp partially closed--prlces
went ablony % ldsj3apd tArifs went dorm
on goods. workshops and farms and counting
rooms were empued, Industry neglected and for
saken, ana a GENERAL pan of gloom hung oVerthe
land Rnw frtDi this great centast the laboring
classes entered aS onT greatest element OF strength
They in common WITH the whole people discuss
ed and Adopted schemes 81 finance eHtablt he'd
and denioa rghtss9ipropelyFg adjusted and hanr-
monize1 ting duties anu privileges OF ncunals -
and in Short, ctitirized ahi revised the whole
Political o. ednomy of a great nation land so.
wisely shssfelg, N deyotedlN ard so ,patioticai-
ly did they do this that, thanks be 10 God the
Hydra BEARDED Jlie1steRof Secession was buried
Now in mo Other land on the earth would the
working classes have been COMPETENT, or
PERMIffikB totHie So important part in the
dscuSsiuUs and settlemsntql those great ques-
tons, and in this contest which so thGtoughy
aroused and taxed the whole intellect and states.
man ship Of then ltioir,y dthe GENERAL iNTELLl-
GENCEof the, masses aided by a patriotic del O.
ton to duty and au ,inleXibe adherence to the
right, were a safe and certain assurance OF nlti-
mate success ;aud to that same general lntelli
JCnCe and faithful guardianship, may be trust
ingiy contded the solution of those now difficult
ana PerpleXIng problems Of statesInan,hip. which
affect bhe reconstruction OF the Rebel states and
the aGjus ment OF their complex relations with
the Federal head. #''.#h ..H ra. .t5HI
In an athis instructive contest the laboring
classes have in q most especial manner, become
men of reflection and of thought, have taken
wider and deeper views Of life acquired larger
and more comprehensive ideas Of their own force
and Importance As an integral element insbciety
ana De2n inBued with prOtouider love of cOltn |
Try aud national pride, t0ntending against an
az i.liHlal aliatocracy, striving TO degrade Ia |
Dor, they saw in its overthrow the emancipation
Of their telow.workcrsaI and the general elevation
and cnnservltion OF the41ghts Of labor though /
out ,lle world. . "'
victory the property destroyed the treasures
depleted the sources OF wealth dried up and all
the activities 0! the national lite bleeding, let
them never forret-nay len them long patrio,ic-
aly 1eihetnber the nolyedead that have fallen In
tn: strife :,let Art, inscribe its most enduring
tablets of love on their monumental nile let
OaStrv employ its fon,lests rhetoric and Poetry
chahttsiotuies cho,u4es to their deeds and their
martyTlon, and let their green.cad resting pla
ce' be A. consecrated ground in their and the na
tion's remembrance. ~H. ....gf....r. ..s,. ..
Itisin education, then, and The general diNfu-
sim OF kuOwIedgg, That the iahorine CLASSES are
to hecone Practical and !selfrelh,nt thinkers aud
wofktrs on The battle grounds Of lie land to
this end, every system Of practical instruction is
to gs iPstelea your hg,ic1linrai College bat
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