Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-04-03
kansas Farmers.

We ought not to be SURPRISED ~ "ty
..;rg we hear from Kansas. From the
noesaUe of the Kansas-Nebraska' OH, II
hos been the theatre OF wonaerrul
events. In any other territory state OF
oorntrv under the sun, the events there
,rorenirinc would have been not only
n,onderfnl but surprising. 1t has been
aor,owbat extraordinary that everything,
40 far as we could see results, has been
seductive of good in the end. The
rossaoe of the Kansas-Nebraska, bill,
[rootbe occasion of the formation OF the
Republican party The immediate and
..t+inued results of that measure are
,,ar- known and read of all men. The
.oonos Of violence and bloodshed, result
.ar therefrom, afforded the occasion OF
aroat duel of small wit on the part OF
Observation-Disclosures, as well as ac-
two determined work on the part OF the
naonle. The admission of Kansas as
frso state. followed. We not argue that
tno county has been benefited by these
acts every intelligent person-exccpt
here and there fossil politician OF the
ar;oinal Petroleum V. Nasty order
olnits and believes that the results flow
;og from these acts have been beneficial
n1,;nr the rebellion, Kansas still occu-
niol nosition of peculiar prominence.
Notwithstanding the events that were
tr,nsniring elsewhere, all eyes were,
,,aro or less. turned in this direction.
This was natural The throes under
ynirh She had her birth had not yet
MISSED from the public mind. Whether
:, ,,.os , fact or not-and we believe it
+ohn a fact-it was generally under
.tood that the rebellion originated more
from fine Kansas struggle than from any
ottor cause. The John Brown raid and
o,,crcauses. of course, had their effect,
Inf in our Judgment, the contest in Kan
... forthe supremacy, between the advo-
.,,.s for freedom. onthe one side, and
.1,,..r.. ON the other. " fired the heart "
,f.nr South. and nerved the North for
tbr final conflict. If we arc right in our
.,u,ry and facts, that struggle, not
,rnn.tauding the oceans Of blood and
t,o almost countless millions of treasure
aynondrd. has been Of immense and un-
measurable advantage to the country
During thu same period the eX-
pIoir@ Of the ''jayhawkers, the raids to
and from Missouri, the burning OF
houses. sacking of cities, and general
border warfare constantly attracted the
attention of the country. Her Senate
riol representatives have not particularly
served TO withdraw her from general
observation It is not necessary to re-
fer nj length to these, her representa-
five men. The mere catalogue will suf-
fee There was James II. Lane, who
ended life of daring and lawless deeds,
hy suicide; Edmund G. Ross, whose ae-
ton and vote on the impeachment OF
Andrew Johnson subjected him to more
than, suspicion: Samuel c. Pomeroy and
Alexander Caldwell, whose very names
arc suggestive Of bribery and cOrrup-
ton. These names and these events
ought to have satisfied Kansas. She
has had glory enough of that kind to last
her during a generation, at least, If not
forever After all this we surely should
not be astonished at anything she, as a
State. or any Of her citizens might do.
Bnt il seems the cup was not quite tuIL
She. or rather her farmers, have sur
prised the country. If this is not so,
the telegraph has done it for them. The
telegraph. Saturday morning, grayely
informs MS that sat the Kansas state
Farmers Convention held here, Thurs
,lay. # permanent organization was eff
ferted. and plans were discussed for
placing 4armers on the same footing
with "other classes Of citizens. Pray
tell us are not the farmers on the same
footing with other classes # citizens,
unless they are on a better footing ?
They are. unless differently situated in
the West than in Vermont. Who, but
the farmers, are our most Independent
and respected citizens? Who are our
money lenders and bank directors? The
majority are farmers. Take the stats
tics of the Legislature OF Vermont the
large majority are farmers. 1t is not
only so in Vermont, but throughout the
north and west The very statistics of
the occupation of the members of the
Kansas Legislature shows that the same
thing is true there. So il is in Congress.
As far as town and county affairs are
concerned, four-ffths have always been
selected from the farming community.
The farmers we know are honest and
true to their convictions. Here is the
only point we see to the complaint of
the Kansas farmers, Perhaps they want
their share of the libels in Kansas sena-
torial elections. If so, we can under
stand why they are not on the "same
footing with other classes of citizens,
and we trust they will not attain to their
desire. We know that other farmers
the farmers of Vermont in particular
are not with them. AS we said at the
outset, however, we ought not to be sur
prised at anything we hear from Kansas.
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