The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-18

the members who seemingly are equals,
than III the paiticies o. a rope Ut sand
Such unity is virtual disuniiy 1t does
not lead u whole people to encourage
their own, neither ~ matters OF knoal-
edge, nor ia social considerations. not in
buying aud selling between employer and
cmplo, &c, nor even in 50 sacred domain
as the religious aud chnrchy How can
such peol lc nouri,hl How grow veal
thy How be especially aud positively
moralr How bccomc christiauly relig-
ious As well expect wheat II grow from
thistes aud barley from cookie.
But, Oh the contrary, were the opposite
course to be pursued, were We to cncour-
age our own, emFloy .ur own artisans in
preference to uthers,"veu il II cost trifie
more, to patiouize cur own merchants and
manufacturers, our own schools and liter
arg advantages, cultivate to some extent,
far enough to make it lclt, an acquain-
lance with our ncighhnts get down to
their inevitable circumstances, bind to-
gcther the extremes OF society 50 as to
make them meet for the mutual good OF
both classes see to it that when We make
our feasts. "the poor and the mnimed, and
the lame and the blind" are invited while
il would not suit such as are crusted over
and eaten through with earthly pride and
arrogance, would, by its generous, thrifty
and varied results, commend 1t to every
person whose real manhood remained in
him. and would tend so far aud with such
an avidity to lead all TO study aud be iu-
tcrcstcd in promoting the interests OF all,
and especially those interests which are
ennobling and beneficial. that such exccra-
BILE vices and practices as the use as
beverage, of Intoxicating drinks, and es-
pecialy Of their illegal and immoral sale,
would by the united voice, and almost by
the mere united passive sentiment, ift there
could be any such thing with such peo.
pie in such case as passive sentiment
would be banished, or rather prohibited
from entering its borders
And all this aud even more, would be
the outflow ard income of merely living
as moral beings OF common race ought
to live; Of the mere practice oil common
sense Of conforming ourselves to the
universal constitution Of things; Of doing
unto others as We would that men should
do to US. If We say to all this, however,
that it is utopian, o wholly chimcrlcal
and impossible dream Of an editor, who
for want of something more practical to
give us, gave loose rcins to his fancy,
such a remark, if it be general, will, we
fear, only 90 to show how far we are
from fulfilling the conditions Of truly
thriving village. For while we write in
the interests Of morals and OF virtue we
especially do so in the interests Of world
" thrift, of money making, and OF the
general growth Of our community. We
want as much as any one can, to see
Middlebury put upon firm basis DINA
tcrial prosperity as well as in the way oil
mental culture and moral growth. And
for that matter our directions will apply
to Bristol, and Vcrgcnnes, and any other
place in which cur paper clrculates. we
want to see all ranks of our community,
all our schools, our college, aud all lltcra'
ry institutions, all organizations OF every
legitimate and healthy character, all our
business men and artisans, in short, all
classes in all the varied spheres in which
they move, so merged in one common
united movement, that all shall consult
the wants and interests Of all. In word
shall encourage their own and thus that
The whole moral activity and life OF the
individual. contribute essentially to the
honor and prosperity of the community
to which he belongs.