The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-29

And the trail of the serpent is over them
all. 1t has always been proud boast of
Vermonlers that the state was the Switzcr-
land of America not only in the grandeur
of her mountain scenery, the beautiful un-
dulation of hill and vale, with the simmer
ing brooklct or river running down the
mountain side or finding its course through
its valleys but, also, in the perfect free
dom her citizens enjoyed, their general in
tclligencc and worth, the perfect integrity
of her officials and the humane, honest
manner in which her public institutions
were managed. There were reasons, too,
why we should lay this ilattering junction.
to our souls. Nature had done for US all
that it was possible that nature could do
1t has always been a popular bclief-it
would seem now to have been popular
superStiti0n-that freedom, humanity, pur-
ity and integrity were to be found in
mountainous states and rural communities.
Vermont is small state. so small that we
can call almost every resident thereof
neiglbor. There are no large cities and
but few large towns The aggregate of
the population is to be found on farms and
clustered together in small villages or still
smaller hamlcts. Our citizens are, in the
main, intelligent, and we all know the
mass of them to be honest Every town,
no matter how small, has quasi govern
ment of its own, and its representative and
voice in general legislation. There may
seem injustice in allowing town like Bal
tmore with only cighty-thrcc inhabitants,
to have the same voice and vote in the
legislature as Rutland, with a population
against corruption and fraud. With ali of
its inequality, it has been considered as one
of our safeguards, and is similar, in princ-
pie, to the law which allows the payer of
tax of ten cents the same vote as the one
who pays a thousand dollars. 1t did not
seem possible that among such people
oppression and wrong could exist 1t did
not seem that public bcneliciarics could lie
maltreatcd and neglected, but human ma
ture proves to be the same everywhere
the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Disclosures are hcing made. day b., day,
which show that we are standing rs /,
volcano yastcr. more dangerous and pro-
ductivc of dircr results than can hy any
possibility come or he feared from that UNI
dercurrent Of the population Of the City OF
Nau Work Tho (ftn,n,ttpf, Of D.,;u
bad enough but it was composed OF that
low, miserable class, the very seams anf
outlaws Of society, whose excuses WORKED
the necessary reaction to produce the cure
and against whose Vaccinations precau
lions can be taken and their defeat worked
The thieves, murdcrers, robbers and out
laws of New York, who stay cannot b,
called liying-in the hidden haunts O
crime 9nd vice, who hang around the low
est groggcrcS in some dark, dismal, secret
ed place, who remain underground, onl,
emerging therclrom to prey upon society O
engage In a riot, these we can protect oul
selves from. When, however the gan
creme enters into the very heart of society
destroys the virtue of our trusted servants
and eats out the very vitals of public an
private integrity and virtue, then, indeed
wc are lost unless we shake off our supint
ness and besiir oursclf. The volcano
which threatens to engnph us, by its nut
terings, gives warning Of the danger, an
we can save ourself if we will The dis
closures with reference to the insan
asylum were bad enough, showing the mos
outrageous and nhuman treatment of thos
whom God had afflicted, and were, Their
fore, as well as for humanity's sake. eI
titled to the kindliest of attention, the mos
humane care, and the enjoyment of ligh
air and all other comforts which we desir
for ourself, so far as it might be consister
with their safe keeping and we'll beins
Humanity, kindness, light, warmth, air an
pleasure never could interfere with eithe
but they were all denied. Moreover, an
worse than all else, persons known to !
sane, it is alleged, and, in some instance