Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-09-24

q sl5lf . aAfAAltitt ~ satAA ANY, NhEfN has
! great rrogress, bat has II. a. q y hale, BIN
azasurafs Nth presres elzruhsrei
81 artrlous change have bcun wrought anoe
4 Us frsi an the lirhh
nparc your sun nrorsl condition. year
| Fful homas fan - the eomforts Il liza. aud
tssiug the multiplied ssuroas Il lawful han
y Niere you ami yosrs farr ahundantlf. II
| sumpiuausly, every aay-aith that of the
n sstticrs. housed IN cAhins, AMI f.sl up5n
sioss aul alt. or with the condition u the
y .ut 81 the oh weird, A. described hy The
At uiEhi returning. every tahst slisi.
lie 10 hun doHu, the mouanch q = shed. -
royel facilities Tor farming have given ia
Z "a facilitios for relaxation, amusement aud
Iura. Newspapers, t0uks, Lectures, concerts.
litions. and associations, are al casy II
- Our children arr well fesl. well clad,
elucatcl, and by moral ASSOCIATIONS ~
~ from the temptations Of vice and crime.
. l,,l. We have little 10 ask in the way Of
p1rsl thinEs for them, save that they shall
ontent 10 follow the peaceful pursuits II their
crs. This Is ambition enough for any par
II luxury siekening In proiusion's chair,
A nseemly pampcr his unworthy heir
ur children. (spl inters from the ain side
MIDI rugged hands shall for themselves provide.
! my part should be content that any child
1 minc should devote himself 10 the peaceful
butts Of farm life. And were il now for me
rhoosc for them, this would he my choice, for
occupation Is ~ honorable as IL is ancient.
three first men were a gardener, plowman.
d grazicr; and while we recollect that the
<pnd Of these was murderer, we will not for
that thcrcupon he tillei no more the soil,
4 turncl builder Holy Writ has stamped il
ID honor and dignity. We read. " Hate not
torious work, which the Most High has or
mol" ANY standard or estimate which ranks
Il employment lower than amsng the highest
fictitious.
But this subject has broader reach than mere
Izonal consideration. We all understand that
@<leulture is the most important of the indastri-
E 1ctiyities, that il has become trite saving
81 ID is not mere p'atitude. | rejoice that il
S 1rne, because in it | see the safety of the ma
81 for many years to come, at least till other
@Icrests shall oVertop this, which, thanks to
q wide domain, will not be speedily.
ID know that so long as the rural population
|elominates, our government will stand. The
aucing class is always the ruling class liz
b wants bread is always the servant of hin
% can feed him.. Empire always follows th,
lance Of property, whether lodged in one, OF
or many hands. This balance is always il
hands Of the landowners.
Dur nation is what it is to-day free, intelligent
tuous and patriotic, because it is country
small farms, where each man tills with hi
b hands his own fec-simple acres; drawing no
h his sustenance and his wealth, but hi,
Neutrality-suspicious. his very manhood from tn
he tills. All government is founded upoi
characterization is property If singh
Iividual owns the landed estates, (as Iii,
[ginaliy the crown,) his wealth OverbalancC
ID of the people, and we have n monarchy |
hold the balance Of the landed estates, Ties
are the ruling classes---wc have a nobility
n our government is an oligarchy. If tn
|pple are the lords of the soil, they are tn
Hers, and we have democracy
/Engraft republican form Of government upo
y country, where the balance of wealth is No
the hands Of u majority, that is, the people
nl it will not stand.
e IL is rot that form which the landowners =
q ruling class-desire. Governments are no
tAblished arbitrarily-they are the outgrowt
Xexisting conditions; they spring from necessi
and not from choice, Of if from choice. it is
hoice which is determined by interest or ncces
~. And not only is the character of the gov
<nment determined bv the owners of the soil
nt its stability and pcrmanence rests with tn
INC class.
= ARISTOTLE says: " The country way of life
.ough of coarsest spinning, is the best stuff 70
|commonwealth, because the rustic more obsti
Iately asserts his rights, and is least turbulent
lille a commonwealth made up of city life ,whcI
mbititn is every mans trade, is likely to b
1rbulent and stormy. A sturdy yeomanry
|here the plow is in the hands of the owner, ans
bere the same hands hold the sword furnshe
best clements for stable government.
Our own government has confirmed the wis
~ of this old philosopher. 1t has Furnished
example of a democracy, which restraints it
II, governs itself, and is never untrue to itself
en in its darkest day Of trial, and whose socia
q political fabric is too strong to invite tn
hck of hostile and rival nations.
have said that governments arc not mad
are the outgrowth of existing conditions.
land on this continent had not fallen int
hands of the people, We should never had
publican form of government. Had Englan
hblshed n nobility here and vested the lande
htes in their hands without power of alienation
Monarchy and not a republic would have grow
in these forests, which our fathers came her
inhabit.
There are three kinds of government y GOV
>meut Of servants, govern nent Of subjects
government of citizens. This last is the mai
government of a rural population. 1t
hardest to conquer, because all are equal, an
have u like interest in its stability TO ow
soil always makes men loyal, Property call
all the virtues of forethought, care, an
respect. Landowners, therefore, are ger
lly good citizens. History does not afford a
[mple Of such government overthrow by
narch 1t is too strong for any outside fore
4isturb.
d is the only government where all classt
1 safely be trained to arms for the defense
lii liberties. 1t may, therefore. have pei
4tual and self-supporting standing army, equi
IN Number, TO its able-bodied adult male popr
Atom.
have said that the dominant interest in Vel
mont is agriculture, but it is not the only in
poFfAnt interest.
We are especially favored bevond most Stat,
largely agricultural, with facilities for man,
Eturing, and for commerce.
Dur mountain streams give impulse to thor
I'd dashing shuttles, and ten thousand whirrin
indies. Nor are we withouta commerce. With
sea-coast, an inland State. we are not who
without q maratime interest along the line
western border. Our quarrying Interest
rich and inexhaustible; our mining interest,"
insignificant. These and other industri
vities, give increased impulse and profit
agricultural pursuits by furnishing a hon
ket for our productions, while nearly ever
hg we need is manufactured within our boz
This condition Of things is especially fol
ate for there is such relation of inter-dt
Adence between these several interests, tbs
nnlates and sustains the other. Yet ayr
Sure underlies all. 1t lies at the foundation
general welfare, for the fruits of the so
port the industry of all other classes. Nation
e existed, and risen to power without oth'
but hever without this 1t feeds all,
hes ALL Without it we should be withol
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