Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-09

icoNet WIZ Diltuy give the IthsOnr VI
this eradication. For several years !
have been thrown into relations, person
al and official, more or less intimate
with Dir. Page, and have thus been
made acquainted with his private merit
and public worth. While yet a mere
boy, by the falling health and ultimate
death OF his father, the financial labor
of the Bank OF Rutland was thrown up
on his shoulders and so fully did he
prove himself equal to the emergency,
that at remarkably early age he was
made its President and has ever since
had the responsible control of the bank,
one Of the larges. and most successfully
conducted in all the State. And so eff
fectually has he labored TO become mas
ter OF the science of banking, that it has
gratifed my State pride TO notice the
prominent position and apparently con-
trolling influence of Mr.. Page, not only
in our National Banking Association,
but in all the banking conventions and
discussions which attended the radical
changes in our financial system of the
last few years. In fact, he has become
an authority upon this whole subject, not
only in Boston and New York, but also
at Washington.
But not alone to his chosen profession
has Mr.. Page confined his labors. Ear
ly developing a remarkable aptness and
capacity for general business, there is
scarcely an important and material in
terest in that whole section of the State
from which, by common custom, our
next Governor is to come-but has re-
ceived an organizing and stimulating
impress from his mastery hand. | will
only allude to the vastly improved con-
dition, in every important respect, or
that great interest, the Rutland & Bur
lington Railroad, under the administra-
ton of Mr.. Page, as conclusive prsof of
my statement. Nor is it in respect to
these subjects alone, or chiefly that Mr..
Pages influence for good is felt. The
infinitely higher interests of education,
religion, and moral reform-every thing,
in short, that honors God and benefits
mankind-ind in him a most liberal
supporter and earnest champion.
But the GROWING act Of Mr.. Pages
service to the State-that which fur
nishes the secret of his strong hold upon
the minds and hearts of all the people
of VermOnt-remains to be brought out.
The wsrcry of the rebellion broke upon
our people like peal of thunder in
clear sky. Composed for the most part
of small farmers, of frugal habits, with
limited incomes, it seemed impossible
for our State to meet the eXigences of
the hour. MEN and MONEY was the in
eXOrable demand. The former we had,
ready to be offered" but the latter we
had not and our oldest tinanciers saw
nothing before us but financial ruin and
bankruptcy. All eyes were turned upon
Mr.. Page, the Treasurer of the State ;
nor was the appeal in vain. With a
calmness and self-relianCe, eQualled only
by the magnitude of the interest at
stake, and without noise or OstentatiOn,
he met every demand for the "Sinet0S Of t0ar,
and bore high alolt the financial banner
of our little State through all the dark
days Of the rebellion. And so well was
this done, that what seemed to most
financial possibility, was accomplished
with the greatest ease, and the credit Of
the State improved with each successive
demand. The present indebtedness Of the
State Is less than mtAt0n aud half, with It's
bonds commanding premium-while
the bonds of most of the other New Eng
land States are at discount and our
people are infinitely richer to-day, In the
consciousness of their ability to meet
any emergency, than they formerly were
in their utter Ignorance of our own re-
sources. Then, too, were those collateral
measures, involving vast labor of the
most delicate and responsible character
the allotment system, whereby our SOL
diers could safely transmit their earnings
to their families or for investment-orig-
mated and faithfully executed by MIR.
Page the extra pay of 81 per month to
all the Vermont soldiers and the State
aid to soldiers families. All these sep
arate departments were so thoroughly
organized and so admirably executed as
to form perfect and complete system of
financial administration during the war,
which challenged the wonder and admi-
ration Of all our sister States. And in
this connection | may mention the sig
nal service rendered the State by MIR.
Page, in effeCting the sale of its AgricHl-
tural College scrip, on terms SO advan-
tageous to its interests.
yield to no man in my regard for our
gallant soldiers, who by their patriotism
and valor made record for our State as
enduring as her hills-who never suffered
the hand Of a rebel to 0OIlate her fag but if
any one Of them has written brighter
page in the War Record of Vermont than
has John B. Page, then do l greatly err
in my judgment.
need not add as the browning reason
OF my high regard for Mr., Page-for it is
already well known to the people of the
State-that he is fine specimen of an
intelligent, accomplished, christian gen
tleman, of the Vermont pattern.
EAsT-SIDR.
Editsrs Rutland HAa4-SsrS "A dis
tinguished correspondent, East Side"
in Walton's Journal of the Goth ult,
upon the subject of "Our Next Cover.
nor" has very tersely and truly repre-
seated the strong popular feeling quite
apparent to any one abroad who Incl.
dentally observes the current of public
conviction upon the subject.