Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-21
Address of Gov. Bullock AT the yer
mont State Fair.

Bullock, OF Massacausette' was oo ~
the ground in au open barouche belong
ING to n. Boutwell,, of Montpelier, &C.
comp .nied by several of the officers OF the
Society. preceded by the Marshal end
the St. Johnsbury Cornet Band. Taking
nosition between the elevated seats and
Judges stand, he proceeded to address the
vast assemblage in clear, audible voice.
which was distinctly heard by the thou
sand. who listened. Hon. Luke P. Pol
and of st. Johnsbury occupied the car
rage with him during the address.
Gov. Bullock had selected for his sub
ioot ..The Condition of Modern State,
s,h5;vid;no it into d consideration OF The
| Climate. Distribution of Industry, The
Tanded Estates, and introducing his
,haroo with few felicitous remarks rela-
t;ua ~ the occasion, which was in sym
ro+hv with the demands and the progress
s;ya snirit of the age. 1t was not agricul-
tnra1 alone which was represented, but all
industries were personal---very. species OF
,,snnfactures and arts, which, combined
9TH agriculture, constitute the true
ro1;cv NJ a prosperous State. The actual
aenect If Vermont can here be seen, indi-
oat;ng her real grandeur and power.
"yybat constitutes a State p asked the
s,aoker quoting from Sir William Jones,
and Giving his familiar response to the
Ionestion. But this is only description.
What gives us the men-the people with
} nnre affections, and in whose normal con-
dition are installed the love of peace and
iustice ? Would you be likely to tnd
such in Cuba or San Domingo? Would
the Pnritans and their descendants have
heon what they were and are, had their
LOT fallen in climate less rigorous than
New England? :,
westward the star of empire takes its
vay" but it follows lines of parallel, and
3 the naople born amid the hills and in the
g vallevs Of Vermont will always go where
t the temperature is robust, where the orbs
, look crisp at night, and the sun looks
good in the winter. The stern lessons OF
i the northern climate educate men to look
t for resources within themselves. Nature
t and history teach US that we require
/. Itemnerature that is not enervatlng, to de.
vaIon the greatest mental and physical
MOWERS Yours is such climate. The
G winds beat upon your mountains, and
e sweep through your valleys, and men are
= dexeIoned which make your common
g wealth as strong as your climate.
The sneaker gave fancy picture o
> Naw ENGLAND climate drawn by Rutn'
1t Choa+e when in Congress, exaggeratlnl
It the sndden changes from heat to cold, anc
: cold to heat. the burning up OF heroag'
- nv drouth this week, and the drowning
~. and sweeping way by foods the next
snow in New Hampshire to-day, maj
l. killed bv LIGHTNING in Rhode Island to
2 morrow, and so on. But the ''sixty day
> of corn weather" brings around the aunu
h al harvest. ~,
= The architectural grandeur of the hill
y of Vermont was boldly and eloquent.
1t nictured by Gov Bullock, and the eV'
y dence was before Us, that the laborer IA
"a arcornnlished his work and won his holi
doy The t0oographic4l condition of tn
~ Site was d welt upon with an erudltio'
o. ana interest that commanded profoun
at attention. The conditions of climate pc
s. culi,r to Vermont, and the physical char
"A sc+ar Of its mountains and valleys wer
A scanned with philosophical tact aud or'
(orical beauty, and if any citizen OF tn
"a SITE ssFo the manor born" had doubt
IL before that he was not great, glorious an
4. hap2v. the eloquence Of the orator MUS
t. have dispeled them.
That race of men must rise and e1
nc rard under such conditions was not onl
no LOGICAL but practical induction IN tn
he oninion of the speaker. 1t was tho vlctt
er ~ of natienca and faith. Out OF an e1
N. nande1 Industry resulting from the n
Inuirempnta of this climate has grown tins
ne combined aggregate, which has brougt
he prosperity and competence to seventeen
in of tho inhabitants of Vermont. Ihel
es- WAS M time here for tropical ettemlnac.
and the energy that tills the soil an
hrings forth it's rich harVests, arrests To
eu .+reoms- and converts them into prope
ry linp mowers for machinery, and by pr
Id ducino and manufacturing, encourag
.at and developes all other branches OF lndu
A. trv: the same power also builds scho
h0uses and churcbes-a tribute 10 "
at HIGHEST civilization and to God. Ii
4c. wonders Of the heavens and the ear
for have been illustrated. [ would be boz
10 lin the neighborhood of some grand an
. noble object of nature. 1t makes the
les homestead more attractive and endea
sd tberaTnfmbrances of childhood and yout
inc Washipgtop Irving said, 81 thank God
nm was born on the banks of the hudson
"a Had he been born couple of hundr'
ni)es further north, this outburst OF e
vas +husias,n would have amounted to a glo'
ich This ia not fancy. No man ever lived wi
S was man. that ever regretted that
70. was born under the stars of Vermont
Down to the close of the last centu
the rurauits of agriculture absorbed Il
entire attention of the people. The mus
in Of the corded wheel wooed the sweet sle
0r. of childhood. The beauty of New En-
IN
''0 wrought by its own hands. But the &c
10 ips of invention and discovery has pass
IN ita wand over New England. Inc inti
Sc, dncfion of steam has produced chang
rot never dreamed of in the earlier PERIOD.
49, With the development of new lndV
t"0 tries came q new systen. of political econ
wy nv. and the REQUISITES that constitute t
the conditions of a modern state. He W
lie originates a want is a philanthropy
NO New powers arise in response to ne
- want and the result is the production o
new machine, or some other labor-s aV1
not article of convenience to add to the hou
cur hold of civiliz ,tion. Half a century a
can Vermont could not and would not respo
,ca to such a sentiment az that. But
province Of agriculture has been expar
ed. and it's powers have been re-enfOrct
n untll III lib I'LL proven oobu''A0h ~ "a W"
DID its influence over the whole DOMAIN
uce practical life, bringing 10 the ooor
/ of every household new and better s('
and of finances
lin" The speaker was most happy In I
uce presentation OF this portion OF MS SUBJ
ces, and made many practical, common sci
tlet illustrations to enforce the argument II
ock a diversity of industry created consun
one ton of agricultural productions and stl
vase ulated the efforts OF the producer, u
yer widening the avenue to prosperity q
elsh wealth.
ally He regretted that Vermont had not
low stituted some plan of statistics of la
4 in and production that the positive resu
all might be arrived at. He urged 8