Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-10-09

Of our strength in eOuquering the rebel.
lion. was that having men aud food. wo
had also within ourselves the material
with which to carry on war, to build ships.
whether Of wood or iron and arm them,
to cloihe and arm our soldiers aud 10 fur
uish them with means Of transportation
whether by land or sea. Our farmers
and manufacturers then gave US the gl6-
rious uatiopal triumph,-our whole
and unbroken country. What poref
They have been chiefly the source Of the
national revenue. Not only have those
two interests supplied the government its
principal Inateris; with which to carry on
the war, but have also supplied the NOM
ey, the very sinews Of war. More than
one-half, if not three -fourths, of the rev
enue collected to support the government
is from them. But what more? They
being thus able to supply-the govern.
ment with all the NECESSARY material for
IFS defense in great war,-for this ma
terlal its money has been paid to its own
citizcus-the profits secured by its own ID.
borers and capitalists, who in turn have
invested their earnings in the bonds Of the
government, and that too, at "a time when
England and Europe would not so much
us touch them. Had the government
spent its hundreds Of millions for ships,
machinery and guns in England, suppose
you that we should have witnessed the
spectacle of our own citizens taking Sl7,-
600, 900 Of the National bonds in q sin.
gle day, an event unparalleled in the his.
tory of nations and finance.
We trust the day has arrived when we
shall hear no more Of free trade and low
tariffs. Long enough have we sent our
gold to Europe to enrich its manufactures
and support its monarcbics. Hencefort
our people and the national veal demand
that the next SIX hundred million OF six
thousand Of gold produced in California
and the other Pacific States and Terrific.
ries, shall remain the hard money of our
own laborera, ,--our own people and gov
ernment. If few hundred importers
and cotton brokers who can amass out of
free trade ard loy, tariffs, at the national
expense, their billions, care nothing for
the general welfare; undeceived longer by
their hire!ing presses, let the people and
congress take care OF it. Rather las
they are) lctthe National gates Of Free.
dom be opened wide in the half.paid, half
fed people of Europe. We want its la.
bor--not so much its wares. The cotton,
rice, tobacco, corn and wheat fields Of the
garden South invite them to plenty and
happiness.
The vast fertile prairies Of the West
and Northwest welcome them to free
homes of 100 acres TO share an abun-
dance.
The spindles and looms Of New Eng
land the machine shops, iron foundries
:. forges, furnaces and mills Of New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and the West, With
in one hundred branches Of American in
E dustry and manufactures, row supporting
, about FIVE millions of the entire popula-
t ton, promise them rich competency
and homes Of comfort.
!, The coal and iron mines of Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio and Kentucky, the copper
: mines of Michigan and silver and gold
! fields of the ten Pacific States and terri-
+. tories, full Of precious metals, and large
. enough to contain and make rich az Cre-
4 sus population Of one hundred millions,
these offer rewards found in no other land.
+ We want people, our farms, soils, and
minerals developed, our coal fields opened
our copper and iron mined and manufact-
r ured, our precious metallic deposits gath.
cred vhiie the population requisite tor
/ thas ,oiH buy for home consumption, all
: the cotton and ,cool the nation can pro.
! duce and manufacture, and eat all the
a0heat and corn al better prices than
could be obtained for them in foreign mar.
g kets Such are the resources and wants
E of the country in which we dwell, Who
can measure or fathom its many and nigh.
. ty sources of power, wealth and happi
: ness.
- What hand can lift the veil of the fl
!. ture of our country? Prom the Atlantic
a to the Pacific, from the Canadas to Cen.
& trail America, its ever bright and iDcreas.
,s ing galaxy Of States will shed its hallow.
). odlight; its magnificent and fertile valleys
;, Its widespread and luxuriant prairies
its almost unlimited resources for success
rs full manufacturing its mighty and world
III wide commerce its rich and exhaustlcs
RS mountains of minerals; these will sustai
o . and enrich our almost fabulou
ur population. Said tho martyred Lincol
r. in his first message to Congress "Thel
are already among us those who if IL
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