Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-16

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The open and manly expressions of tn
Executive upon the renewal OF the reel
procity treaty with the British Province
are in accord with the popular sentimen
of New England there can be no doub
and is all combined in single sentence
"No citizen Of the United States woul
be benefited by the reciprocity Its r
ncwai would work great injury 10 the ag
, riculturists OF the border States, an
would be wholly III favor Of the produe
ers of tho Provinces, while IL would im
poyoiiah the producer in Vermont. Th
lprompt expression that the revival Of Tia
treaty has not been fasorahiy considered
by the administration will be highly graf
flying TO tho farmers Of Vermont, VIII
about ono year since entered thrir .arnes
1 protest against it= renewal.
The firm stand Of protection 10 tht
adopted citizon who discharges bis duty tt
the country, and the rsjHotion OF the
4 fraudulent claims Of those who come tC
our shores simply - assume such relations
Of citizenship as @.il relsaso them from
obligations 10 the mother country ana re-
/ turn there to reside. will meet ibe ap-
prosai of all our citizens The recon-
mendafipi of protection to emlgriut pas
sengers ia one that has been long delayed
and II il hoped this subfec: will have the
| early consideration of Conyre-e. The
brief discussion of the Chinese question,
i the Cualie trade. and the raising OF
China to fra. .,la-. mission, Will com
mend itself az i'm portant aud az Ea.st,ve.
The presentation Of the great national
objects to be attained a. essential 10 the
peace. prosperity and developement of c
country form the basis of platform upon
wh.oL ~ can meet in the most perfect
harmony. ani ~ill eecpre the support Of
all who would foster aud perpetu u tte the
institutions of the government 10 lead us
forward in the great march Of progress
and civilization
The time has come when the cminently
practical view taken Of the tenure Of
office act vii bring Congress 10 deliber-
ate reconstruction of their position on that
question
The Indian policy OF the administration
as foreshadowed in the message seems to
be OF such character as to conciliate the
aboriginal inhabitants. Notwithstanding
Their ferocity. warlike propensities and
hatred II ti.e vni.es, W are inclined TO
the view taken by Mr.. Dougi 50. hat it
is by the process OF education aud civili-
zation within the government that they
must eventually be pscifiel
The general review of the condition of
the departments Of the yovernmen, sivo
prudent management and indie ites that
the President has chosen wisely in the
selection of his adviser. ead their -ubordi-
mates
There i. one question looming up before
the American people which must proba-
bly, be met and settled at an early day,
and we must confess surprise that the
President did not even alluie 10 it in any
One Of - grave u character. both N its
political and moral aspect. il would nat
uraliy be supposed would have received
some discussion, ii no fixed policy in
reference thereto had been agreed upon.
Perhaps it is deemed a question which
Congress c,n more legitimately settle
without Suggestion than the f5reshadow-
ing OF any policy by the administration.
Without doubt this vcxed questions has
received the attention Of the President
but his policy thereupon has not assumed
such definite form as 10 be- presented at
this timr, aud he may call attention to it
in e SPECIAL message hereafter.
The Message as !, whole wifi be eagerly
read and absorbed by all our people. who
will be pleased with its direct. straight
forward, determined and manly tone
Tue PRACTICAL MEN IN CONGRESS-
In Congress, as in daily life. George
Alfred Townsend writes q" The man of
business address and habits has far more
influence than the man of scholarship and
imagination. OF the latter General
Schenck has not particle; little more, if
any more, has General Butler; while
Charles Summer or Carl Schurz aa man
agers" of legislation are inferIor.to Messrs.
Kellogg, Cattell, Pomeroy, or Cameron.
Mr.. Cattell of New Jersey, is Senator OF
whom you seldom hear. He is a clear,
hearty, silent, temperate man, the Presi-
dent Of II Corn Exchange and bank, but
whatever he does not know, he knows
every business cog, crank, lever, and driv-
ing-wheel Of legislation. Throughout
Congress there are many men acquainted
with Parliamentary law, shrewd engi-
neers, the secret powers in committees,
business men, in fact, who befriend their
friends, and watch private interests, and
are attorneys for corporations. They
despise or are Indifferent to eloquence, or
to historical virtue, avoid controversy,
steer smoothly and successfully, perhaps
are generous, and are church.members.
These are the men who are exponents of
the decline Of the nation in the high quail
tiles of citizenship, Indifferent to poster.
ity, prosaic readers Of the past, people, in
short, that Senator Sprague failed to de-
scribe as lawyer, while yet the term was
Of perfect application. The great lawyers
Of Congress, like Trumbull, Williams,
Grimes and Fessenden are above the sort
Of practice that come to Congress but
Sprsgue meant that the small claim agent,
attorney like mind was the dominant
mind in legislation. So it is !! 1t is in
their committee-rooms that these inde-
fatigAble representatives of ths practical
age Of politics do the work Of their clients
In the name of the nation"
He SAVED THE TRAIN.-A wood
sawyer who WAS piling wood near the