The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-10-18

H#HHe. aud ~ uf e mnst pleasant memo.
fies Then IS something io th naiure ~
iad haman mlud taat tends a si IA
memara mast agd efle8a-i those scef.rs
500 sejeui a0uud which Ue0}e HBa
loves 10 iiHa ieatiuX ia Farseffai ne...
81 81 f81.i 81 familiar memaft tb1-e more
unpleasant fe5aus 81 ibe experienced "a
eaIl8 wears THUS klbJt Providence.
iu giving O. clear backward vision 81 onf
+ brighter Use aHj all The limo sllar.ne us
forward with the pleasures pf hope 90.
l9r}s q Us, 80 Tie whole, 4 iar grcaior
amount of happiness in lt time. thau
d close and severe calculation ~ pleasure
8nd pain would Show iu q balance sheet
truck FROM IalIte profits aud lpSzgs
said thar ID autumn more than sd ans
other timt J Wss accustomed Is tliuk oi
nav old home Goa 10 me, there, a. else
Rherr g has alwal been The most pleas
ann 80 the seasons ! remember how
Wits the keenpst East, ] used 20 climb the
mountains iu my vain but earnest search
for lhc game i3l was generally too nine
bic Tor my exc aud band, bat ! was not
deprived 81 thg advantage 81 he1lth and
strength such pursuit gave Wc. dlj not
entirely lose iBe es.hctic culture afforded
by communion with the grand works Of
nature, there So hyishly bestowed The
forest ii L. eoHeou- October robes was
ever 70 nae o. studs and a delight. have
climbed iis lutliesg and ruggcdc,i heights
and gaxed 80 tlie distance III the range, Of
him. that disappeared ia the horizon aud
wondered how far beyond was tie bound
of creation can recall bat with pleas
ure. my actlre aud perserering efforts Ia
the direction of happiness; with the great
est ease shutting ont from mind and
memory. the many severe disappoint-
ments That attended me and mN frequent
aud painful shortcomings.
That ueh retrospective is most profit
able do not say. As the years thiekcn
that separate me from these scenes, ! feel
not loss disposed to call them up to meme
Dry, bat, | seem uo nearer 20 rcyisiting
their places This may not always be.
The situation here remains unchanged.
The fate OF the place, Ia a business point
OF view, is believed to hang trembling IN
the poiso, awaiting the action of those
who shall say whether or not the railroad
in progress of construction, shall boldly
push through intervening Obstacles
through the wide spaces 10 the South
west Of us, or fall back, in its pretensions,
60 a little feeder for the Trunk road, Lead
ing from 81. Louis IN the direction Of the
Gulf Opposite interests are battling for
ascendeney, while the people here, seem
all too willing to leave the contest to be
gained or lost by those from abroad;
while the capital that can be controlled
here, could readily be used as reserve,
that 1t the opportune moment, might be
flung into the doubtful scale and send the
locomotives and cars Of the "Cape Girar-
deau and State Line Railroad" whirling
on to the Pacific Ocean. With adyan-
tages of position here, coniessedly equal
ed by few places III the west, the conser-
yatiye habits Of the people are such that
they would see themselves outstripped in
the race Of Empire by their entcrprising
rivals thereby escaping an invasion OF
f" Yankees that the experience of the last
few years has taught them TO fear, rather
than despisc.
We have, in our little city, population
of more than two thousand Germans be-
sides not few from La Belle France.
II may be presumed that European poll
tics arc lively. ! think il safe to say that
Cape Girardeau most checrfully bears her
share of the excise duty afforded by the
traffic in beer
Our State politics excite almost no in
terest. While, for obvious reasons, it is
impossible to get up much enthusiasm
under such q situation as the existing
one, there is especial reason why, in such
population as ours, the great interest
should be diverted from here 20 Father
land.
Quite large sum in money has been
raised for the widows and orphans of
German soldiers. The tri-coor of United
Germany, by the side of our National
banner is here flung to the breeze, and
the hearts and hopes of a large number of
our people are with the great army,
whose tread now shakes the soil of France
II is not in the nature Of human beings,
to stand aloof in such contest as that
which now wages in Europe, and not let
the sympathizcrs take sides. There is a
pugnacious disposition i'm us all that
drives us into an array for on against one
OF the contcnding parties. And under
the circumstances that have brought the
German armies to the gates of the most
splendid Capital on the globe, It would
seem that the cause of american senti-
ment would not be doubtful We cannot
forget who were our friends and who en-
emies in our recent struggle for national
existence, and we are almost unconscious
~ drawn into outward expression Of our
sense Of that justice that has tanned the
arrogance of France and given ample oc-
cupation to the armies that have for so
many years menaced the peace of Europe
Yet Of bloodshcd, we have had enough
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terrible slaughter. But no other way has
vet been devised as final resort for in
ternational understanding, and when
other methods fail, the last arguments
Of Rings close debate. When a higher
civilization shall have developed other
and better WAYS 10 convince men OF their
needle guns and milraileuses, when
peace on earth and good will to mem
shall be substituted for Chassepois and
revolving cannon: there may be hope 70
see people meeting people Of every land
and every difference between nations
settled By appeal TO the sense Of justice
that exists IL the representatives of each
aud every country under the shining SUI,
assembled in grand /giicerclH of conted-
Grated nations Not then the United
States Of America or even Europe but the
nitcd States of the Earth, living un-
der a constitution framed by the assem-
bled wisdom Of every nationality, " 10
form more perfect Jnion.h
On looking around fud I am not The
sole representative Of Manchester, nor
even Of Burr sehinarv, living 1t this
point My native town aud my alma
mater have sent out another, a recent
arrival which avails 10 restore the ball
ancea disturbed by the prepouderauce Of
the inequality Of sexes, leaving the ar
mugemeni firer at home that reduces the
minority Of females there and making
still .fGifee our own population here
let the hope be INDUCED that her early
uausplantiug 20 this found soil result ia
The highest degree layorably @ the prac-