The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-05-18


we shouldreturn 10 our normal standard.
9th. The present ne; profits of bus
mess will not warrant u higher rate.
10Th. That the government advanced
its rates in consequence of the risk incur
red, having rendered il just and expedent,
and | will add, that all legitimate bust
ness transactions, are based upon the prin~
ciple, that he who loans his money, shall
be amply secured against loss, No one is
morally bound TO hazard his capital in
other peoples business, save that of his
government, and the question of risks,
docs not properly belong to the discussion
OF the rates to be adopted in ordinary
business.
The above, are the outlines of the prin-
ciples which | have thus far advocated
and hold TO be correct. Are not these
positions, Mr.. Editor, pertinent to the
subject? Has there been the slightest
progress made towards their refutation
DO not they carry with them the convics
ton Of their, truth and justice To you,
and an impartial public, submit the
question.
Let us now inquire what arguments
have the opposition presented invite
the public to scrutinize closely, the seven
articles which they have published upon
the suhject. Do they not prove conclu-
sively,l how weak, how ridiculous, how
futile, the attempt, to establish false prin-
ciples, even when undertaken by men of
superior culture and refinement. To the
chief principle advanced in their first ar
ticle have already alluded in this review,
and may not be a proper judge of the
merits of the next three performances.
There was such perfect shower ofwo-ds,
missiles, unfortunately discharged, both
at the subject, and your correspondents
head, that it really confused me, and my
recollection of their arguments, is vague
and indistinct. There was one however,
coucaed in such elegant and refined lang
uage, and SO very torcible in ITSELF it
attracted my attention even in my con-
fused state of mind. 1t was presented
by one signing himself 81. c." who evi.
IDENTIFY meant to convey the impression, that
the high or low position which the initials
OF ones name occupy in the alphabet, has
something 10 do with the moral and ir-
telectual position of their possesor, and
through him upon the subject he discus
ses. But is he not aware, that the very
highest letter stands for the longest cared
animal known to naturalsts. That any
intermediate letters, may stand for per.
son who sometimes unconsciously person.
ates the characteristic stupidity of that
animal, even when discussing grave sub
jects.
The next argument in importance,
though not in chronological order, were
those presented by your correspondent
"S. the Actor'-the one who appear
ed for the sake of variety and effect, in
the disguise off money borrower, and
who thought he put ON and maintained
throughout the force, gravity of coun-
tenance worthy of an old stager, yet he
made a sad mistake, he spoke his old
piece? Yet his acting was superb, and
that is the main point. How statue
like and composed, when he told us,
MARK 1.-THE worth of money is great
er or less in proportion tothe demands
made upon il! !" AS if he didnot know
that the supply had anything to do
with the matter. And again with what
valor he boards she Lion, when he says,
"just in proportion rs a country is pros
porous and enterprising will rates of
money advance" Thereby virtually
/ defying John Bull himself, and telling
him he isn't anything or anybody.
| That if he had not been 80 mean and
small az to have fixed his legal rate at
such a contemptibly low point "a five
per cent, if he had only allowed the
taking of thirty to ninety per cent and
in some instances eleven per cent a
month, IA we do in Middlebury, he
might have been worth something,
might have made his mark in the
world! How theatrical " that part
of the performance where he touching
ly alludes to the pitiful moan, raised by
brother money lender out West, and
when he iguratively calls that individ-
ual the State of Ohio" the effect was
was really sublime. If it had not been
for the slight mistake to which l have
referred, his performance would have
been decided success. But now 1t
strongly reminds me Of the
story of a down east Yankee, who I'M
dertook to exhibit an accomplice whom
he fitted up for the occasion, as gen.
uine live "Guyasticus," very fierce
animal which he had recently discov-
cred and captured in the wilds of Maine,
and who according to his own account
of the matter, would have made it Il
very paying enterprise, had it not been
for two mistakes. The first was, he got
his curtain too high, and in the second
place the claws and other fixing in
which he had enveloped the feet of his
| friend to make them look like the feet
ofa veritable monster, somehow got loose
from one of them, and as expressed in
/ his rough down east language, eXhi-
bited his " cussed great foot to the audi
ence" and exposed the cheat before the
show had fairly begun. And when
your correspondent the Actor" next
appears in the stage dress of one part,
while he speaks another, | would adj