Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-15

growing Republic of ours, you, fellow
citizens. and farmers of Brandon, have
duties to perform which are higher and
holier than any we have yet contempla-
ted. Our fathers transmitted to us, bap-
tized in their blood, one of the wisest, the
happiest and best governments on earth,
and upon you devolves the awful response
bility of preserving it, and handing it
down to your posterity, unbroken and
untarnished. You have one of the purest
and brightest regulations on the pages OF
history to sustain.
But amid all this prosperity and re-
joicing we should be untrue to ourselves,
unjust to the brave, and unworthy the
blessing we enjoy, should we forget, or
fail to mention that noble army of heroes,
by whose sacrifices and blood they were
obtained and preserved. When treason
reared aloft her bloody banner, and the
gallant emblem of our eountry's power
and independence was insulted by trail
tors and assassins, the sons of Vermont
were the first to come forth at the call OF
their country, to vindicate her honor, and
re-establish her authority. Nobly and
CALAMITY did they uphold the honor and
glory of their native state, and twined
fresh laurels around her majestic brow.
The history of their noble deeds is writ
ten by an angels pen in the great records
of heaven; their monument is the respect,
the homage, and the admiration of man
kind
Let us never forget then that we have
a noble and patriotic ancestry to be proud
of, and corresponding duties to perform.
The great principles of Republican liber-
ty are exposed to danger in times of peace
as we'll as in war. Prosperity, not less
than trial, may gap the foundations of the
social fabric and there is at all times
less danger from foreign foe than from
party passion, individual selfshness, and
general apathy and slothfulness But the
prospects ahead are full of hope and pro-
mise. The country saved and relieved
from the power of wicked rebellion, will
now go forward with all the new impetus
which power, and brains, and nerve and
courage can impart to it.
The rapid progress which has been
made in all that pertains to agriculture,
within the past few years, is happily il
Illustrated in the vast improvements which
we have seen emiuate from month to
month, and from year to year, from the
quick brain of the inventive Yankee the
clumsy, ill-shaped, and old fashioned
tools of the farmer have given way one by
one to lighter, cheaper, and far more con-
venient ones, while the moving, thresh-
ing and reaping machines have been
ushered in to Tighten the labor of the far
mer, and render his occupation at once
more pleasant and easy. The same pro
gressive development is also seen in the
fine sheep, the noble horses and the beau
tiful cattle which you have shown Us to
day. Look also, if you please, ut Floral
Hall. The ladies have also been at work,
and to-day they bring the rich and beau
titul specimens of their skill and indus
try, and vie with each other i'll the crea-
tion and manufacture of whatever can
make us more comfortable and home
more attractive and lovely.
Let our course be onward and upward ;
the shadow on the great dial of human
destiny will not move backw ard vaSsa-
lage and serfdom will never return
There Is too wide diffusion Of the morn
ing light for bat-eyed superstition and
the light is that of the morning -not
that of the close day.
Within the past ten years has been per-
teamed the work of whole century; we
have emancipated the negro, put the bal
lot in his hand and babe him defend his
own rights and fight for his own liberty ;
aud never, my friends, until we welcome
the Engiishmau, the Iri>hman, the
Frenchman aud the Chinamau, and all
races of men as equals with US in the race
for glory ana Independence, and melting
them altogether in one common national
ity, hurI the whole mass at despotism-
will the people of the United States de-
serve triumph, or earn it, at the hands of
a just God.
,s tts 6oG &2a ard my asd6pto60 has Bo2n
set apart and honored as the asylum of
religions liberty. May its standard, rear
ed here, remain forever. Ny it rise up
, s high az heaven, till its banner shall fan
the air of both continents, and wave AZ ii
glorious ensign of peace and security to
every nation upon the face of the whole
earth.
But | am admopished, by the rapid
flight of time, that l must pass on and re-
lieve your already overtaxed patience, yet
before I close, allow me to cheer you Oh
in your noble undertaking to fight new
battles, and achieve yet more glorious vic
t4ries. By your skill, industry and per
severance, you have succeeded, many Of
you, in gaining the prizes which will soon
be awarded to you by your worthy Secre-
tary.
So far all is we'll, and the object right
and praiseworthy but woe betide our
country should the farmer ever forget that
higher and holier duty, and far more
important object demands and must re,
~ ~ oh
aud cattle are properly objects of care.
and pride and ambition; but the proper
education aud training of our sons and
daughters in all the accomplishments and
arts which shall make them useful and
bonored members of society, should be
our first and greatest care; the priceless
boon of free and independent govern
ment, handed down to US by our fathers,
and the rich and countless blessings we
now enjoy, can only be preserved and
protected by an educated, Intelligent and
patriotic people.
Let US then so educate and discipline
them that when those who now hold the
reins and direct the course of our noble
republic shall have passed away, law, mo-
rality, virtue, religion and patriotism may
find in their successors firm and steadfa~t
friends, earnest supporters and brave and
courageous champions. Go forward then,
farmers of Brandon, in your noble work
the nations are alive, and mankind every
where are waking up to the importance
of your noble calling; the sheep and
horses of Vermont, as we'll as her men and
women, are famous in every part and por-
ton of our broad land.
Cultivate generous rivalry, not only
in the products of your farms, but in
whatever can benefit mankind and bless
your country, then when the great Hus-
bandman shall come at the close of our
earthly harvest we may be enabled to
render good account of our stewardship,
and receive from him the welcome plau-
dit, "Well done good and faithful ser
want, thou hast been faithful over a few
things behold [ will make thee ruler over
many things; enter thou into the joy of
thy Lord"
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