Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-02-17

AtA If lIII~ iHNl iiNaNNH IINiI
Republicans and Democrats. and there should be |
ui occasion for strife unless it be in selecting the
best men who. under the Constitution, are cligi- /
bic 90 the office We have noticed several gentle
men proposed who are not eligible They shall
mot Doe ont Of the Council or General Assembly, /
says the Constitution thnt IS members of the |
Senate and House of Representative are not
elgbc-aul The reason or This restriction applies
against all who hse been Ssuat rs or members
at any time within The last eycn years.
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Public Crcdit.
A vision, orullegory, forms the third number Of
the Spectator published March 3, l7IO old style,
l7ll Of the new It was beautifully drawn, and
strongly instructive In the lapse of more than
century and holf it has lost none Of its beauty or
force and as the anniversary Of il, publication
happens ON the day thot ends the administration
of johnson 10 make way for better, it will not
be amss for Grant to celebrate it By considering
the alicgory and noting its application to our own
country and time.
The author in his daily walk had caught a.
/ glimpse Of the great Hall of the Bank Of England
with its directors officers ind servants intent up-
ON their yarious duties, md his mcditations on
that scene gave him wonderful night vision,
lie IN has dream again entered the great Hall and
met q surprising sight, Instead Of the daily com
pony, be found now beautiful virgin seated on
a throne Of gold, whose name was Public Credit
The walls instead of being adorned with pictures
and maps were hung with many acts of parla-
ment written in golden letters Ipwy, General,
don forget the acts Of ow Parliament, literally
written and printed with the words Gin gold. VI
There prominently, was the Constitution, and
both the sides of the hall were covered with such
acts OF parliament as had been made for the es-
Enlistment OF public funds. Behind her throne
was a prodgious heap Of bags Of money, piled to
the ceiling, and on either hand We're pyramids Of
coin OF vast value for hers was the power Of the
Lydian king, whose touch turned all things into
gold. Upon all these the lady seemed to set great
value OF smiling as She looked upon them, and
always showing great imcosiness it she saw any
thing approach that might hurt them She APP
peored, indeed, exceedingly timorous and sensi-
tive She startled and changed color at every thing
She heard. In the twinkling of an eye, she would
wither from orid strength to a skeleton, and as
quickly revive into perfect health and yigor
There sat at her feet two secretaries who hourly
received letters from all parts Of the world, which
one or the other WAS perpetually reading to her
and according as the news she heard was good or
i'll, these rapid changes occurred
Suddenly the lady and her servants were alarm
ed the doors Of the hall flew open and gang Of
lideous pmntoms entered 'rymnnyond Anarchy
Bgotry and Atheism md for leader they had
one whom zee viii call Reputation, since. while
he had n sword in one hand for civil war, he had
a sponge IN the other, wherewith to wipe ont the
National Debt Public Credit tainted and died
away at the sight the gold vanished from the
bags, some of which however were pulled full Of
air md the pyramids of coin gave place to heaps
OF paper, and little bundles Of notched sticks
Anon another and better company entered, among
whom were Liberty, Moderation, Religion, and
with them the Genius Of Great Briton--by which
we choose to understand the honesty, integrity
lrugality and wisdom which ought to have char
acerlzed the then looked for George the First, if
they did not The effect was magical Public
Credit revived, the money bags were once more
full, the piles Of paper and notched sticks were
changed to pyramids of guiueos, and the trns-
ported dreamer became too wide awake 10 dream
lie did better thing in connecting this allegory
- Enough is us good as a feast
We have had our anarchy, our civil war, our
onslaught By opudiators but fortunately, patr-
otism, that counted no sacrifice too large, saved
us in the first, and the sterling honesty of ma
jority OF the nation has successfully resisted the
last. Without these extraordinary helps, public
credit would have died, and in her fall everybody
can now gee that the country would have been
dismembered, and all the material interests Of the
people ruined for the present, and permanently
impaired. 4 fever Of patriotism sustained public
credit and carried the enormous public debt which
f the Rebellion cost But patriotism cannot al
ways be at Fever heat. II was the danger Of the
country that created the fever, and now that the
danger is over the fever is also over. The patri-
otism Of the people is stl as genuine as ever at
any call Of imminent danger, it will flash out as
brilliantly ms ever but it is now cool The eyes
and thoughts Of the people are turned to Other
things, to their personal aud sectional interests,
to their burdens; and Of course to the new Pres
ident and Congress, with the earnest wish and
Expectation that they will both tighten their bur
dens and further their Interests There is no plea
OF something more important to put them of, and
their own necessities are too urgent to be trided
with. We have now our Liberty certainly
something, too, of Moderation and Religion, and
we wish we had more, --aud we have also our
Genus 81 Ama'ca, whose sudden advent and ol-
ovation from the ranks Of the people is almost as
wonderiulos that of The Diyiney appoptedj judges
ana kings OF Israel. In Grant the hopes Of the
nation are centred and to GIANTS friends in
Congress the people are looking for hearty sup
port IN his great task Woe to him, and them,
and to us ALL If they disappoint the country