Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-01-08

ments that will be used in reply to this.
Oh, the cost Of printing the extra 700 will
be but triAe after the type are set up and
then you have two extra copies, one to send
to friend or may be to some doubtful vo
ters , " when, forsooth. the Message will be
/ spread all over the State in the public prints
before they could receive them. And SO we
go on from one step to another. introducing
the - little foxes - that ultimately "spoil
our vines
Again, the mileage question ought to un-
dergo thorough revision. 1t is outrageous
Tor the State to pay members from Orleans
and Essex counties, to 60 round by way OF
| White River Junction, "a distance OF from
100 to 100 miles,) when they can get to the
Capital by going distance of from 90 to 80
miles. am aware it would be difficult, and
perhaps impossible to do equal justice to all,
but there can be, and should be, q long step
taken towards it, and the people saved
handsome pile of money. There may be men
who, perhaps, have taken advantage of the
times, and secured their money in Govern
ment Bonds, who claim protection from the
government, but are not willing to help sup
port it according to their ability, that will
regard such rigid economy as penurious; but
the hard working class-those who bow their
necks to excessive taxation and pay on all
they have and more to boot, will know how
to appreciate it. When Mr.. Greeley at
tempted reform on the mileage question IN
Congress, one Of our Senator's reported here
that - Greeley made himself perfect puppy
at Washington - So economy in the states
man is very unpopular and must be taken at
discount. But we hold that the statesman
who feeds from the public crib should eat as
sparingly as he would from his own private
garner.
But instead of this, there seems to be
general tendency to extravaganza in all de-
partments of life. Even religion is not ex-
empt from its whitening blight. The
splendid cathedrals being erected in Mont
pelier in the interests of religion, seem to us
to be wide of the mark. How unlike the
80 manger" in which the humble Nazarene
had his origin We do not forget the prog
ress of society in the development of the arts
and sciences We accept all their aids in
the development and perfection of human
character, mentally, morally, religiously,-
even the pleasures of beauty and the elegan-
ces of a refined taste are not to be discarded
but after all there is a point beyond which
luxury becomes enervating, and tends to the
downfall and dissolution of society. So true
is this that it has been question among
political writers 80 to which of the two
extremes of society is pregnant with the
greatest share of moral evils-that of gross
barbarism. or that of an exuberant and
vitiated polish When pride > which
:. eoeth before destruction and the blan-
dishments of wealth beckon on we should
saw, :. thus far and no farther
W" ~~-ld 80 oil the practicabilities of
life such as permanence, convenience, beauty
and taste, have been combined without the
of so much wealth ? Suppose
we appropriate $50, 900 of this wealth to
the poor widows and orphans to our arm
less and lcgless soldiers would mt it accord
better with the precepts of the great teacher
who said, - Go sell all thou hast and give to
the moor Wouldn't the AH-Hearing Ear
IilN lOOA-
who :. hears the ravens when they cry" be
better pleased with such an outlay? We
make these aggressive remarks without any
skeptical or sectarian bias, and commend
them to the consideration of our good friends
in Montpelier, with the sacred injunction.
=. Be not high minded but fear condescend
to men of low estate"
In conclusion, if the Legislature at its next
session shall pass the bill before referred to,
and resolve at the commencement not TO sit
over four weeks, and dispense with many of
the very doubtful necessities at the State
House. | think we shall be saved the snug
little sum of SIS 900. hope Interrogator
will stir up the people to g bond the towns y
to this effect b. r.