Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-04


in the way society is at present constl-
tuted. is one that we can no more do
away with than the eruption of dis
eased body and as the one is often bene-
fetal, despite its hideous character, SO
the other helps clean the body polite of
its fostering corruption.
ssThe result CT the Revolutionary
struggle, and the principle established
by the war of 1812-though not recog.
nized for years-were each glorious. But
when we appealed to reason and logic,
and submitted the Alabama trouble to
arbitration, we gained ayictory that will
live long as bright example. We
should, as our duty to the future, de
mand that this manner of war become
general, and the old-style appeal to arms
driven out of fashion"
''The Congress of the United States
a representative body, whose devotion
to liberty and whose honesty as legislat-
ors, will always be measured by the in
telligence, the honesty, and the love of
liberty of the people who elect them.
Hon. G. w. Willard, in response, said
that it afforded him real pleasure to at
| tend and be part of a celebration like
this one 1t seems to make one feel
more and more Vermonter to see peo-
pie on such day and in such a COM
memoration. You have come together
to celebrate deeds done in that spirit of
heroic and patriotic daring, that has not
only made Vermont, New England and
the whole East what they are, but has
! indelibly stamped the West with its
character, and is now building up a ma
ton on the shores of the Pacific.
Why you should have proposed the
Congress of the United States as a
toast to-day, do not know. The Con-
tinental Congress was the one having
Jurisdiction when the deeds you cele-
brate were transporting that Con-
gress was thought worthy by your grand
old military leader, to be associated with
the name of the Great Jehovah! But
would anybody think of associating the
present Congress with such an exalted
parsonage?
Perhaps, however, the reason can be
found in the fact that the tide of Indian
warfare that swept over this part of the
country ninety years ago, and made pos
sible and necessary such valorOus deeds
os you to-day commemorate, has not yet
spent itself The red-handed Modoc
who murdered General Candy, is q
brother of that other savage who muir.
dered Caleb Houghton. The Congress
now is dealing with the Indian question,
troublesome in this century as in the
last. In the words of an old German in
Congress, representing Texas frontier
district, in answer to a Massachusetts
''peace policy representatives ''We
are now meeting the retreating waves OF
King Phillips war. We stand now
where you stood two hundred years age
in Massachusetts" The builders and
manners of Fort Vengeance" are kindred
of those who want the bloody Modocs
punished. Congress is still engaged in
an Indian war.
A word in behalf of Congress. In
the language of the sentiment, the intel
ligence and honesty of legislative body
will be measured by the intelligence and
honesty of the constituencies which elect
its members The people, speaking al
the ballOt-box, are the true rulers. Con
gress has no more power or possibility
of abridging the peoples rights than 6
king. 1t is the voice and opinion of the
people alone that is potential here. A:
a convenient illustration, take the ''Sal
airy Grab" | had the honor of voting
against that bill eight times. When il
passed not half dozen members but ex
pected to take the back pay. But the
people cried out against it, and the clam
orous popular voice, re-echoed by the
public press, told the representative:
that their action was disapproved, anC
more than fifty have returned it; al
though they are no more honest for that
action. If constituents are honest, their
representatives must, at least, oct hon
estly, whatever their private prOclivi
ties. The intelligence of the people
should prevent their being impose upon
We all read and can learn what is going
on. We can also form judgments upOr
what we read. These judgments should
be made as much for tomorrow, for the
next year, for the next election, as fol
to-day You must not allow clever
man to go on then, when you learn OF
his shortcomings. If he steals $4,000
from the Treasury, it won't do to wink
at it if he endows church or school
with $1,000. If the evil exists you have
the remedy in your own hands.
The evil of Our times is greed of gold,
greed of advantage, and greed of show.
This greed of gain is the poison coursing
through the veins of the body polite.
We have withstood many trials as a ma
ton, but the severest one will be with
this dangerous evil, which threatens to
sap the very foundations of the Repub-
lie. We have men in Congress and out,
in Wall street, in heavy corporations,
and in Credit Mobilier schemes, all cry
ing ''money," ''money"-honestly if we
can, but otherwise if we must.
If we can crush out this mad race for
wealth we are all right. 1t is happy
augury of the possibility of its accom-
plishment that people come together on
day like this to commemorate the
works of those who started us honestly
in our career of empire.
'Pittsford-in the days of the Revol-
ution, she served the country best by pro-
tecting herself; IN latter days her best
work for the world has been supporting
her own institutions"
Dr. Geo. N. Boardman, of Chicago,
responded:
We, whose home is Pittsford, have
some advantages over our neighbors, for
although Rutland and Brandon have out
Ctrinpp6 ne in Growth opI forio1 r,roe