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Noy1rFLlrH. Nov. 3. l-6s-

NoNTrFurR. Nov. 3. l-6--
DEAR FREE PRrss Both Houses were without
a quorum Yesterday. but nearly all the members
have been in their seats to-day. and have made
s5rle progress. Several bills have been intro
dacei. but none or them call i.r an extended no
tcc.
The House has passed the bill 10 Incorporate
tie Wn1osL Rock Spring Hotel Company ln
which L. $ Drew, L. g. B. Cannon, /. u PIat'
Geo. F. Elmuni-. +. c. Kennedy. T. i. Wales,
J.. " Peck and some others are named rs cor
poritors.
The morning session Of the House today was
mainly devoted to a discussion of the merits OF
Senate bill, entitled AN act for the advance
peut Of the science of Medicine and Surgery, -
which provides that in ease any person he execu-
ia H. his State. the Sheriff officiating may de
liver The bod, % 5--L person 90 any regularly
ar.Anized medical scLO0l making Application Tor
ihr same, provided no relative Of such person
snail amply for the body within twenty-four
I.lrs after the execution. The debate was par
,;,ipated in by Nessrs. Proctor, Miner, Circuit,
Zones Of Benson, Converse, and Others, and was
cutie interesting II was finally passed m con-
.urrence 10y a small majority.
Very little was accomplished this afternoon
aside from the election Of Judges OF the supreme
Court. By reference to the official report Of the
proceelines, it will he seen that the attempt TO
/. placc Judge Wilson was wholly failure His
.lIo..cat- na.ie little eaor! IN the Joint Assem-
Div TO ueutrai4e the sentiment which appeared
Internationally in his favor and were appa-
reutly Disconnected by the presentation Of peti-
tons numerously signed by members Of the bar
in Franklin and Lamoille Counties, asking for
the retention Of Judge Wilson on the Bench.
Whether or not Judge Wilson is a good judge,was
not particularly referred to by any Of his oppo-
nents in the Joint Assembly.
The annual directory Of the Legislature, RE
parei by the secretary Of state, has just been
distributed among the members II Is an impro-
yenent on those OF previous years, and contains
some new statistical matter.
Yours,
Or AsrnN Al
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Compulsory Education and the Half
Day System.

The intimate connection between ignorance and
crime, and the propriety # adopting State Sys-
TEN Of Compulsory Education, are only too well
illustrated by this fict,-that Of %, $40 persons
arrested in Liverpool, Eng. in 1866, only 259
could read or write well while of 40 children
dealt with under the Juvenile offenders act, not
one could do SO.
" The right to hang says Macauley, " in
wolves the right to EDUCATE" Vermont insists
on the first right why should she not exercise
the second? If the present Legislature will give
Us a law that will actually secure the attendance
at school Of all the children in the State it viii
accomplish more for the well-being Of the COM
monwealth than any ten Assemblies that have
preceded it. The law passed year ago seems
10 have effected nothing 1t is found to be in
practice very difficult to enforce. And it does
not require Attendance for sufficient length of
time. For ourselves we are decidedly in favor
Of the Halliday System. 1t has been tried with
the best results in Chicago it is finding very
general acceptance in England it has received
very high official communication in France and
We have just seen the statement that the German
Schools have abolished all afternoon classes The
result Is said to be that the pupils show an eager
ness aud yigor in the morning hours which has
never been known before.
Some weeks since We gave some account of the
experiment in Chicago They were forced to
make trial Of it in a certain portion Of the city,
because Of insufficient school accommodations.
The eyerage daily attendance was IS per cent,
and ihi, in a school of low grade The number
Of promotions in grade was equally remarkable
beng one and a half Q.l6) to each pupil
while in the rest Of the city, where the sessions
las'el six hours, the same grade Of schools
averaged only lis promotions to the scholar.
Here is strong practical argument for short
sessions. Much more seems 10 have been accom-
pilshel in the single session than in the double
session. This is contrary to received notions on
this subject, to be sure but there are practical
instructors among Us who maintain that much
more work can be got from pupils, much greater
advancement secured, in halliday sessions, than
Is now obtained by the universal six-hour sys-
ten. l, is worth while certainly to give this
matter careful examination.
There would no doubt be gain TO the children
in physical health from an adoption Of the change
suggested. Six hours dailyIconfnement in rooms
i'll ventilated, too small, too warm sometimes and
sometimes too cold the body much of the time
bent forward in such a manner as to compress
the chest and hinder the play of the vital organs
below the unnatural degree Of stiffness that
must be kept in a room where from thirty to
sixty have to study and recite together all
this seems capable of improvement The best.
the natural, methods of school management must
differ in some respects from this. We cannot err
in attributing many shattered constitutions and
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G. 3. BENEDICT. EDITOR.
Which par,r. Won the victory /.


The Springfield Republican makes haste, upon
the first announcement Of Gen. Grants election,
to declare that it Is Lot a triumph Of the re-
publican party as an organizations" AMI that,
no more does it give that party, as an organi-
zation, a new lease Of power" These bright
ideas are elaborated in a column leader.
We 10 not suppose that the article really ex-
presses the sincere convictions Of the editors Of
that paper. 1t only means that the Republican
is y5ry fully aware that it has many democrats
among its subscribers. whom it desires to please;
and the republicans being sufficiently delishtei
with the victory, if it can say something to make
its democratic friends feel good also, or assuage
in some degree their chagrin, all right It Is all
right, ifthere are no principles involved IN tins
business; II presidential elections are only the
carrying Of some personal points. But tn" ar
,i-.e i eagerly copied by the New York nora
AMI other democratic journals, as a Yindicaton
OF their opposition to the Republican party, and
a republican concession Of the most vital points
at issue
"e respectfully protest against the assumption
that the Republican represents the party in any
sush surrender Of the victory in the very hour
triumph.
T. Is true that the election of Gen. Grant was
secured with the ala Of many votes Of Democrats,
whose patriotism w4s superior 90 their lose OF
party bu- General Grant was the clear expo
neat Of Republican PRINCIPLES. Without def
nitc placing Of himself upon them. he could not
have been the elniiiate of tae Republican party
nar have been elected e nominated Those prin-
c.pl.- need not Doc Io-,4ted. They are definite
enough. aad wei enough known; and as the Vie
Tory ct the party which is based on those prin-
cipic-, the election Of Grant a triumph Of the
Republican party a- au organization or it i
uo-hn- Of ANY value.
What the Republican means by saying that
It ioe- not give the party a new lease Of power,
W. confess We DO not understand. If il means
that Gen. Grant is likely to turn bis back on the
party which has elevated him TO the highest Office
In she gift Of the nation, as Andrew Johnson has
done, So take no stock ia any such idea Grant
J.. true A. steel lie knows well what were the
i-sle- on which he was elected He Will call
around him men who represent those principle.
lie will carry out tine pledges ofprotection TO
the loyal men Of the South, protection to free
labor. ami free suffrage. and free speech of
eo.uomy. retreEchmant, strict honesty and
good faith in ou- rational finances, which were
made ia his name 40 through the canvass, and
with malice toward none and charity to all, and
with little regard, 600, We fancy, TO the opinions
u such trimmer- as the Rspu5Hcan, be and the
purity # the Union Al his back viii 60 on to full
fu' is mission ia the future.
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GIN. GRANT returned to Washington Saturday
night, in his customary unosteutatious way. The
members Of his staff didn't even know that lie
was coming, and none Of them were at the depo,
To receive him. The city politicians had arrauE-
ed 70, grand reception hut he telegraphei
them, ~ wonii much prefer returning quietly
to my home, without demonstration. apIre-
ciate their motives and will take the all r. the
deed, and followed his telegram 50 quickly ana
quietly that there was 10 chance for any demons
tration.
At Galena, the General was fairly coruerel on
Tuesday night by the Republicans, who cele-
brated the victory by torohlight parade. illu-
limitations, fireworks, and a serenade 20 General
Grant, who. IN seply to repeated calls, made the
Longest speech as yet reported from bin. He
said
Friends and Ftl'J,r-ct,i-cas Of Geiel1 IL
thank You for this additional marx Of your kind
ness. Sufficient, I suppose, has now been heard
Of the result Of the late election TO show upon
whom it has fallen to administer the affairs #
the nation for the next four years | suppose IL
is DO egotism il me TO say that the choice has
fallen on me. The responsibilities Of the position
feed, bui accept them without fear, if | can
have the sane support which has been given to
me thus far. I tasut so4 anl al others who
have fought together in this coates.-l contest
in which you are all interested PERSONAL, as
much rs. and perhaps more, than I an. now
take occasion to bid you good-by, as | leave here
tomorrow for Washington, and shall probably
see but few Of you again for some years to come,
although it would give me great pleasure to
make an annual pilgrimage 20 place where !
hsye enjoyed myself so much as I have here dur
ing the ra., csE months.
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,iop ,beref,r. and be liable to fine Of not less
tbap a In case the town clerk shall neglect
nnv mart of the duty required of him by TINS ACT,
viz TO see that the registers are properly hiied
and returned agreeably 10 law, and prosecu'
commenced against all delinquent district oeIHs'
he shall be liable to fine of not less than ~
70 he recov ered in an action to be brought oy tne
Secretary Of State. 1t is very necessary 'nal
thi. bill should become law; a. the loose man
nor in which the town and district clerks have
,erforned these duties in the past, has caused
much useless trouble to the Secretary OF state
and seriously delayed the publication OF the re-
ports Of registration.
The Joint committee on retrenchment ana reform
have not thus far made much progress IN their
Investigations relating to the expenditures OF the
various departments in and about the STATE
Uopse 1t seems little singular that while the
Legslatureindulges in frequent adJournmenis al
( a great expense to the State, and many OF ITS
/ members make practice of leaving the capital
/ 10 attend to business elsewhere, and drawing pay
during their absence, they should now betray so
much solicitude concerning the expenditures oil
other departments Of the State Government. But
generally those persons who never fail to see
/ verv distinctly the mote in their neighbor eye,
I are unable to discover any in their own FROM
/ an impartial observation of the manner IN when
~. ,-,i;o,,. d,artr,ent. in the State House have
nv i-,,.s f The mast four years am very
ueCn ooi''le'i' ~. ,,,. I'm nor yor,ble com
wei. sA''si'' ',i,', IN If now with the
p'rison III q pe.I.,l tLo 1e,i.lotive branch
aggregate i eA leli,'.'''
oil Ine eiii--i' r,lo cor. abroad bill Is
INC 81 IN, H., tho roiIra,J committee.
now u oe,n MN ~ g W. Vaven onnears as
~ y -AS'n' i-9l. .,;.;,,,o~s and Hon Daniel
G 5i. 40 H.. ',' IlIn X Steyrart and c. c.
100 n g.. tLo o,,,,o.itio,, which comes
1870 ~. -, H., RdsII,ir,tor and Rutland
/ plln1' li'''! - -
ram o'i ~ T. ,,-,, beino
Inc su'J.,' % iii''i -, b,,s;
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The Boston Trarellcr says pointely aad
well No rarty can 60 through such a series
Of defeats As the democrats have experienced in
eight years without becoming exhausted. All
American parties have ceased to exist that have
had to accept a succession Of defeats. The fed
eral:s- survived their frs defeat (n 1900 only
about dozen yelrs, and during those years
tiey s.liom made a good figure. The national
repuH can party died after It's second defeat, IN
ls;.2; and its successor, the wing party, went
out o. OK isieuce as soon IS it was badly beaten,
in 1872 The defeats q the democracy are
worse than were those that iefel the Whigs, and
about as bad rs those under which the federalist-
disappeared. The inference, Is, that the dem
ocratic party must 60 down among the dead.
Should il manage to survive the last visitation
To- which it has been subjected, it must be as a
consequence Of total change in It's ideas and its
work. 1t must give up all those absurd NO
tons to which it has chung through good fortune
and through misfortune, and become party Of
this modern world. It must abandon the doc
trine that " this is a white mans government -
ard accept the position that it is the govern
ment Of country in which all men are polite
ally and legally equal, without distinction Of
creed. or color, or name, or race. It must, too,
give I'd It's childish belief in State rights, and
admit that this Republic is a great consolidated
nation, and not a set Of ricketty provinces,
and itself the most rieketty Of all commu-
mites. Accepting the changes that have &C.
CURED, and bearing itself loyalty, the democratic
party may continue to exist for some years, and
make a very respectable and useful opposition.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-13

N.aTiH44Lh- Sos. d, i0H0-
pak Fasr pnf-- Both branches of the Lee
.;-.s-Iir. have resolved d. adjourn their rssnec-
fiy. U.u-a- ,i.s Ii. Un Frily Of next week AZ
S.-s'..k
The committee q. l.a WAS REFERRED tl. sub
is.- af the annexation It part or Burlington %
Colchester. hs'I % rcatrleteI session ye-.erly
and list evening. fr thc introduction ot test-
monv 10 the case. Several citizens Of Wiuo0-k'
y.a-. examined OLD. ls-.v If whose testi-
.....-.v .gi. d. Show heavy taxation without cor
re.r5r. ling benefit t5 ,be inh4b.mut. - the part
~ Fin city If darlington -u question IS desire
ar. the rart of man, ot -aeh iuhsbtaut- TO- be
set OIL L. Colchester. and au opinion on their
uqrt th,t that part Of the city had remained
stationary. ia consequence of its being In
clulcl within the city limits. On the part Of
the city it vas shown iy the testimony # a
number Of it- citizens, including the past and
Ore, NJ Mayors. Street Commissioners, Collec-
tor. Assessors aud bu~ing~- men, thli th jlsi-
ness COMPOSITIONS were intimate between Burning
ton and Ninoo,N. The latter village owing its
existence largely TO Burlington capital invested
there that many 0f It's residents are employed
and DO bus ness in Burlington that there is a
great deal Of trading done In Burlington by the
Winooski people that WiuoosH has had the b.
uedt Of the City Fire Departments and police
that street lamps. ordered some xix months ago,
have Just been established by the city in Win
oosE village that the grand list Of the SO ap-
plicauts for annexation 20 Colchester amounts q
72e3 and some cents That from 500 TO 500
had been expended every year hv the city OF l.,
roads 81. tin tra7. IN 4uesuoF, ana that the past
year such expenditures have amounted 20 5000
in consequence Of special repairs that the
growth Of houses and u1uulatiOu on that tract
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and instruments Of physicians and atto-7.-
leaving The sum unlimited.
Favored by Mr. Clark, ~ adopted
Third reading ordered, tas II, nays :.
HOUSE
Bills Introduced and Referred-By NJ
Weed of Shelburne, by request, TO incorra.'.
the Mutual Society Of st. Joseph Of Burlin--
to committee on eorporations
Pefiti0Hs.-By Mr.. southwick Of Mil
town. Of citizens Of Middletown. PRAYING f-.
charter Of the Fairhayen and Lake shore
road to committee on railroads.
Bv Mr.. Kennedy Of Colchester. Of ci,izs-.
Colchester, for the annexation Of a portion
the city of Burlington to the town Of Colche..
to committee on town lines.
From committee on corporations, in f.v.-
;. 81. to Incorporate the Isle La Motto VI
nd Lime Co.
Bills read the third time.-H 126, to ann.
an act to encourage the breeding of fish: OIL.
to lie on the table, on motion Of Mr.. Bfizil-
Hydepark.
II. 1913, to incorporate the Bennington l..
field Valley Railroad Co.; passed.
Ii. los, TO amend sec II, chap. 49,. -...-
statutes, relating to offences aglus. -.-.
policy. Passed
Mr.. Brigham Of Hydeparb, calleI 90 p ...
to encourage the breeding Of fish, mi n. E.
was passed.
Mr.. Pingry Of Keathersfe'd, callel p
10 make provision for the support Of
the question being on the amend
by Mr.. Piugry TO strike out so much s.. .
lied the payment Of 7 $40 per cent f--r-
The proposed amendment was then -
m0usly disagreed to, and the biz ,rl-..
third reading.
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AIRY marble upon paying two cents ton toll
thereon, with provisions for hearing before com
missioners, &c, g., in case Of grievance or
noa compliance with the provisions of the act.
The report came up yesterday in the House,
and a speech was made by Mr.. Park of Bennng-
ton, of some length, but no action was taken.
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erratie candidates. when it set up as the expo
nents Of those principles. And we are sorry 10
see any paper which claims to be Kepuoilcah'
attempting to fritter away the significance oil the
great result, by setting forth any other we" 0i
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-13

Jude Edwards Pierrepont, the War Democrat
Of New York city, who contributed so, 900 to
the Grant and Colfax campaign fund, writes to
the Springfield Repujlicau, in high approval o,
its article maintaining that the recent election
was not a triumph Of the Republican party, ''as
a distinctive organization So John Miner
Bolts and the cther loyal Iorler State -iavehoil-
ers. who took tie de Of the Government in the
war. would have been delighted with deelara-
ton that ths result of tie war was no triumph
of freedom over slavery; ont it tras. of cour-e
many War Democrats supported Grant, as they
did Lincoln, and we respect them accordingly
They supported Grant, because it hal become
clear that the disloya, element was still the COLI
trolling one in tie Democratic party, and De
cause the safety Of the Government and the
maintenance Of National honor required the sue
cess of the Republican party Is it nothing TO
the credit Of the Republican party, that its can
didates and principles attract the support Of all
patriotic men? Ne party in our country springs
at once to fall power and control 1t succeeds
"as a distinctive organization, by taking
ground which draws to it men Of other parties
So the Republican party succeeded before, and
so it has sueceelcd now Mr.. Pierrepont says
the majority Of thinking Democrats were dis
rustei with the Tammauy Convention. But
that Convention. in is folly it, disloyalty, its
dishonesty, its choice Of candidates was the fair
representative of the Democratic party Of the
Nation, as the Chicago Convention was Of the
Republican party If the election Of the
Republican candidates was no success Of the Re
publican party, as distinctive organization. then
II WAS no defeat Of the Democratic party, as a
distinctive organization.
There has been considerable doubt and confu-
sion at the South as to which side conquered in
the war. We trust there is TO he no widespread
doubt at the North as to which party has tri-
umpbed at the polls
The victory Of the Republican party is Of
course not an endorsement Of all the projects
that have been preached by Republicans in Con-
gress and elsewhere. 1t is the triumph Of the
party, as an organization, exactly with the plat
form Of principles, endorsing loyal Reconstruc-
ton and impartial suffrage for the South. pro-
lection for all Loyal citizens, and payment Of the
National DEBT in gold) on which it placed itself,
and with the sound, true, firm. not impulsive Or
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NENATE


BIZ, Pesssi-H. 1ia. relating TO the Water
Department Of the City &C Burlington.
II s., Incorporating the Society q ST. John
the Baptist
BIZ, Hiro5r-al ant Rrsrrct-By Ny
Dewey. TO enatl, Gowns in Washington, Orange
au.! Windsor toustre= FL ail I'm construction If
Montpelier and White River Railroad; 70 cou-
mittec on railroads
BY M siap-ou. amending see. 8 Of chlp. -.
gen -jat. "uf money Of account and interest 4;
ta committee on printing
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Tie prosecutions Of the press in Italy are
much more frequent than formerly, and rumors
are consequently afoat that restrictive legislation
with respect to the press is medidated by the
government, Italy Ike Spain has much before
her ere she takes Ter place among enlightened
nations. OF the two. Spain and Italy, few viii
hesitate to give the preference to the former.
The Spaniard has his faults, but they are not
the disgusting and contemplate ones which de-
grade the Italian One swallow does not make
summer. ner one Garibaldi great nation
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HOUSE


.gJrs.-Eg5m committee on railroads, IN
favor Of II. l23, to Incorporate tie Bennington
and Wilmington Railroad Co., with amendment
changing die lame u tie ro.t 60 Harrington
and pccrfell ViI'c; Railroad Co, and charging
one COB tae commissioners To receive subscriptions
to- capital stock. which were agreed 90; third
reading ordered
From committee On judiciary, in favor Of T.
l7g. IN addition to secs. 56 and ~, chap q
gen. stat. relating to laying out AID td'coutinu-
ing highways and bridge oiih amendments,
which were agre i -.
Mr.. I,auc3oE, If Worcester, moved that the
jfl be dismissed, which was disagreed to.
The third reading Of the bin was then ordered
From committee on Judiciary, in favor u H..
l5S, to amend sec. IL chan. "a gen. statutes,
relating to offences against public policy, with
amendment, wlica was agreed 20; third reading
ordereJ
Special Oriers.-The joint re-ou,i,,. ,,f"yll-
ing for a photographic survey 4F6 yAaauelctur-
iDg statistics of the State
Mr. Park O.: he.-4.iu son ,nuye,i TO amend. SO
"a, 20 rroyi.sl iOf t.,e printing Of one thousand
C12ie. Of she statistics when compiled by the
Secretary of State.
Mr.. Hoyt Of Wistfell, moved to amend SO as
to have printed 5000, which was accepted 10y
Mr.. Park, and adopted.
The resolution was then adopted
II. 81, in addition to chap 70 9 =, relating 70
divorce and alimony, We c:,ised.up by Mr.. Min
er Of Manchester the amendment proposed by
the senate Vas then agreed TO.
Mr.. Pingree II Weathersheld, callet up 5. T.,
relating TO chattel mortgages, the quc1tsoR be-
ing on the amendment propose. Sy Mr.. Fisher,
that no mortgage Of gcF-ouai property shall be
valid without .as consent Of the wife Ia writ
nc
he amendment proposed by AZ Nagree was
then agreed to,-ayes 90, nays 81
The passage Of the III was then unanirsegsl,
refused.