Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-09-26
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1867.
IAe Observations of n Southern
Man in Vermont.


Star, published at Griffin, Georgia, has
been visiting at Pawlet in this county,
the p'ate Of his nativity, from whence
he writes letter to his paper under
date of SEPT. 8th in which is given some
observation relative 10 the opinions OF
the people OF Vermont that are calcu'
lated in theirtendrncy to create In the
minds of the people of the South an er-
roneOus impression. At least the ex-
pressions of opinion as given by him are
not these that are eniertsiped by the
large majority Of the community from
whence his epistle is Issued or by the
citizens of Vermont. After an exordium
upon the bracipg air apd mountsin
scenery Of our State, In speaking OF the
people he says, "They work hard, live
economically, and serve the Lord-upon
Radical principles, IL is true-but per-
hsps with more charity than prevails
among more cultivated and corrupter
societies. He also remarks am salts
fed that If these people really under
stood the situation, they would be our
friends" Our friend from Georgia has
been very limited in his observations, If
they have been confined 10 those per-
sons in Vermont who do not understand
the situation, for they are few, No PEG.
plein this country more intell!gently I'M
derstand the precise situation Of political
affairs at home and at the South than do
the PEOPLE of Vermont He makes an as.
sumption not creditabe to i native Yer
monter, when it is asserted that they re-
Ceive their political creeds from any set
Of men, and that they utterly repHdiate
instruction from any other source than
from political circles. He knows that
the freemen of Vermont are emineutly
reading people, and are independent in
their opinions upon all questions as any
community on the earth. He would
fain have the people Of the South believe
that the inhabitants Of his native com.
monwealth are led away by a blind zeal,
looking only through jaundiced specta-
c,es, and that there is no way by which
they can be enlightened, yet he believes
them honest. 1t is to be regretted that
any son Of Vermont, although be may
differ from them, can miugle with them
even for a short period and indite such
a SANDER upon their intelligence and
honesty. Those who advocate equality
Of suffrage and justice to the black man
are charged with being fanatics and
knaves."
1t is also alleged that the people OF
Vermont are alarmed at the expenses Of
the government and oppressed by the
present and prospective taxation Of the
country, for there are no bondholders in
this rural section. The people OF Yer
mont, our Southern friend should IN
derstand, have been and now are in Is.
vOr of an economical administration OF
the affairs Of the Government, and feel
oppressed by taxation, and there are
thousands of boudtolders among the
hamlets and farm houses Of the zen
Mountains yet they feel this burden no
more than other sections Of the
North, and are willing to be yet more
heavily burdened rather than the ideas
Of this letter writer shall prevail, or the
false views which the opponents Of the
government or its head shall prevail in
resisting the reconstruction OF the gov
eminent, or that one jOt Of the political
rights Of the colored man that have been
guaranteed to him shall be imperiled
or lost, and until human freedom right
and justice shall prevail among all
classes. They are prepared to feed the
elephant they have bought in the pur-
chase Of the freedom of the slave,
and no son Of Vermont, wherever he may
have emigrated to, can teach them any
lessons upon this point. 1t IS to be re-
GREETED that the press of Vermont are
compelled to hurl back such insinus-
tions, but justice demands it when false
impressions of our character and
opinions are sought to be conveyed into
the minds of those who are our open and
declared enemies. At the risk Ofmaking
this article too long, we give below the
main portion OF his letter. 1t opens
with a description of the corruptions of
The metropolis and says:
But l turn with disgust from the sicken-
ing corruptions of this putrid city, to
the purer morals and matchless atmos-
phere OF the Green Mountains, where,
for few days, l am striving to Danish
from my mind the cares and perplexities
OF business, and to renew my lease of
life by inhaliDg this braciDg air and
drinking in the numberless beauties of
mountain scenery. Travellers and poets
have exhausted panegyric in describing
the beauty of European scenery and the
purity of Italian skies, and yet very
much doubt whether the world furnish
ss more captivating landscapes than
are here to be seen in the richest profu-
sion-while | am confident that no.
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