Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-02-14
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at some Of the questions the fact Of his existence |
is forcing our g ycrnmcnt ~ consider, and guess /
what bis destiny s 10 he in the final solution Of
the problem this Republic is now trying to solve. /
Well, am inclined to think that when there
was nothing bat the bright blue sky of Vermont
above Inc, nothing but its pure sweet air around
me- none but It's brave loyal hearts It's 1.-the, net
i've, comcly forms beside me- nothing but green
Hills or smiling valleys, or grassy upland, OF |
white cleaning homes before me, whichever way
/ turned, was out aud ont what is known in Po-
litical Economy as a Scniimonnlist. When all
the people, men aud women, met were possessed
Of fair degree Of intelligence when saw IL
they voted at all, the women would be sure to vote
up virtue, tenn oranco, education, and vote down
vice, rum, ignorance, | was a scnt.mcntalist on
the question Of the ballot Give 10 to everybody,
aud everybody would bc yirtuous, wise and happy
in short order A city ward room converted me
from TINT rosc.colored idea and go now while
may not be inclined 10 limit the ballot 70 one sex,
am most strongly inclined TO limit 20 90 those
who are intelligent enough 90 read write and
spell Che phrase ANEalCNS CuHENsuir correctly.
when an the poverty knew anything about
was confined 10 two OF three old people whose
families had all died, two or three old worthless
over whom half dozen town. were battling to
determine which .bouldn't have tbo honor f7l of
supporting them, was O sentimontalist On The
question Of charity. There was no need of any
body being poor The richer should divide their
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the poor lazy devils OF the e'5 o. a- Robert OoIl-
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cheat, steal, do anything and everything Tor 1--we
ing except TO work Tor 10, converted nue. on the
question OF churity Aud 30 held thi, to- lc the
better way, whiierelieying with succor speedy
and abundant, helpless children, the needy siciu
the lorlom and frienlcs- aged, all such " little
ones, let those who aIo too ignorant 90 get
money and will NOS learn, who are too imprJylent
10 keep ii when t is earned, who.eot drink aud
squnnder it away, those who are so lazy and mean
they will not work, why let them reap what they
sow-sar,ation audmgs. So, too when Of a sun
lit summer afternoon, was lyingat case upon the
scaljld straw, on the shady side of the OLD
barn, head resting upon ono hand, the other
busy tracing the pages Of the Prairie Flower
or " Leather Stocking there, with the sound Of
my fathers voice calling me away 90 ihc hay field,
and with the words Of my mother 100 answer say
I ing, " Father fear you wor., tie boy too hard
| for his strength and years guess be is sleeping
somewhere don wake him you know ho was up
before four o. clock this morning, and helms had "a
fearful ioreuoons work OF it spreading bay ior
/ the four moving with Che sound Of these kind
/ ly voices falling upon my carr with the cave -wai-
I low chaitering without and che barn swallow
twit,cring Within with pussy ut my side pulns'
aud dame hen grooming some song OF tendon to hei
slospy chickens ! was an ardent scnumouahsi
on the Indian question. lie was noble ieil'"
perhaps not very well acquainted With some OF
the chief doctrines OF the Sermon on The Mount
not so careful as he might be about IBIS personal
appearance he might be- a little cleaner and
little fuller dressed but in spite 1I all that n1'
bic fellow and "ithal deeply abused ie'o" 100
The mean pale face bad stolen his land, or what
was worse had given h'm rum Tor II was AWAY
spelling for light with him to get hm out Oh
the way entirely, and tnd an excuse i'r butcher
/ ing his uncomplaining squaw ana harmless hitc
| papooscs. la return ior all this abuse hcopei
upon him, the mean pale face should surround
him with plenty should keep Che plains well
stocked with baualoes, should gently restrain ev-
cry trader from cheating nm or selling h'm BAD
whiskey u he wanted his iAnn' should pay him
enough Tor II SO ihat he could retire from 'ne
hunting and hsmng business ana lave at hl- ease
IN oTo"ns'one front a. he chose IN snort Things
sh'u'u De 80 uAeo '''"' '''''e''o OF D''"s FORCED
l9 't on tac pore where tle hurricane hl.w1
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of toast before anthracite bi. copper hu5d toes"
| Now. do not presume to saw that all these YEAR
since the aforementioned .lnlit summer afternoon
Il have held firmly To MI these ideas; but [ will
say that was never thoroughly converted from
what is known as the sentimental theory of deal
ing with the Indian until, on the route overland,
found myself in the company of those men and
women whose homes border Indaplapd an,
talked with those who built own and run