Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-09-16
proposed is, that women shall be aloweds

ONE. but they seem unwilling to sure,
Ter their present actual sovereignty ft
future doubtful equality.
The fundamental idea of the founder
of our government was that the best me
should do their part of the work; but.
only the worst participate. may not earl
lecadence be justly unprecedented? Ca
the strength and purity of republican in
situations look in the direction of dcnS,l
crowded cities for support and pres,rv;i
ton? Vermont whose rural population
Is diminishing year by year, is deeply in
tereSted III the proper solution of thes,
questions. The voice of cities. after all
is the accepted index of the public senti
ment of their respective states. We hca
of Rome. but never of alv.
The remedy is, so fur us we are con
cerned, for farmers to make aoric,ltur,
more attractive and more profitable. b,
profounder study and more scientific prtc
tee. by more faith and more good works
and by such public policy rs statesmen
may prope: ly sanction. tending to shield i
from neglect and secure to its golden har
vests golden rewards.
Our hills and valleys will be beautiful
forcver-some of them grand-but they
cannot be productive and beautiful with
out skill and work. | am indebted to one
OF n'Ir western ministers for the following
incident
y Nermonter had by tough hard WORK
and some skill made Il billy farm produc.
tive, and then sold it to an easy, slow-roinc
man from another state. Within a few
years thereafter he met his customer. who
bitterly complained of h s bargain, and
who wound up by eXclaiming. - think
there is a c1tss on that place; | cannot ac-
count for it III any other way" Il have
no dolbt you are right" the Vernonter
responded, - there is Il cu>s on it, and ii
since YOU went there
A fine crop, like a fair mai zen, must be
won by Il labor of love-
Knowing that nature never dill b tray
The heart that loved her
Neither a fool or a law man should
stay in Vermont hoping to thrive, and. So
far IL | know, they do not. 1t is well
known that in the aggregate amount OF
agricultural products there are few states.
IN proportion to area and population
which equal our own: but we OUGHT t.
challenge the very highest competitors.
and like the young prince of oldcn time
refuse to play with any but kings. BY
such manly ambition we NAV keep and
even increase our agricultural population
Let us make it for the interest and the
honor of the natiye-born to stick by the
soil
FOR GOOD PRODUCTS, GOOD MONEY.
/ he farmer who sells pure bloodcd stock.
who must wash his wool us W hitc rs snow
who wlnnows every particle of chad from
his grain, is entitled to pure, clean, chatf-
less money. 10 the general government
belongs the right to coin money and rer1l-
late the value thereof. and state banks
have been supplanted by national banks
We complain of this only in one respect.
and say that, if the genera, government
undcrtabcS TO coin and rcgultte the value
OF money, it is its duty to provide good
money. and prevent the issue of any other.
Clipped coin. It's Il legal tender. would be
more dishonest than deprecated paper
he states never chartered banks with The
privilege of issuing deprecated paper and
calling 1t money. he necessity Tor such |
u false standard long ago passed away. |
anu While ITS continuance is petniciur> to |
all healthy business it is exceptionally up-
pr'>>lVt TO aTrculturaliSt>, whose tlrms |
ut no time could have been sold for iutl lt,,i
prices. and the value of whose products
mas borne no Just propo riion to their in
creased cost. Some persons, possibly.
may have protited by making eighty or
ninety Gems pass for Il dollar. but the far
nrr has not and never will Nor will the.
nan who works for wages find it possible.
when paid i'll such currency, to support 4
.tlnily and have ANYTHING left over 1T thu.
md OF the year. Why should not Amcri
ans have is good and us clean money az
-ngh>hmen or Frenchmcn? They work
Is hard, fight IL well. furnish as good
PRODUCTS. pay almost is heavy taxes. and
ave been taught by the gospel from their
'outh up to hate flthy lucre
An Inflated currency is worse than in /
"mputlble, useless bulk: it is Il cumbrous {
REGULATING >htre, and. whenever and how |
Wen disposed Of returns no equivalent. a
he fox which crrpt through the hole in q
ne wall. and greediv inflated himself with t
ne tempting fruit> of the garden, found I
e hll to remain there and by much o1- 2
- tasting bring down his bulk to its orir- Ii
i;d size before he could crawl out at tin, D
'me hole. SO our inflated brethren in
ie END must contract and crawl ont p
rough the same hole they went in at )
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA. {.
Farmers are deeply interested in the -
opposed treaty with Great Britain. by i
inch certain products and manufactures ~
e to be admitted free Of duty to and from
e Canadian ID minion | do not propose l'l
re to discuss the merits of this propo>i ["
III III all Its length and breadth, aS offered u
the Canadian Mlnlster-and us vet ac- =
ptcd by nobody except Queen Victoria ~
II us IL deserves our most deliberate Scru- Il
~, SHALL venture to comment upon 4 !t'
" OF It's prominent features 1t i, urr.1 J''
II by lis acceptance we may escape from ~
payment, under the treaty Of lN14. of d"
INDEFINITE sum. amounting to many IN
III on> annually, as the difference in the
lut OF fisheries within IL marine lr,ru,. III;
the coasts OF the respective countries ni'
ascertain and fix the amount of this Nc
ference. if there b" any. II commission m.
already been agreed upon, which j. i'l'
Ttly to assemble ut Halifax. tn
ror the cod-tisheries the privilerr of SIS
IT coasts within three miles is hardly m;
,ded, as the deep sea fisheries are sln- >"i
'ed to be much better For mackerrl re
hould be borne in mind that our COASTS DIR
ere they appear much the earliest. are.
tc rs valuable us provincial coasts. and fac
caught and ground up for eel
i'r provincial use, rs well rs our own ha'
exclusively obtained within 1hrrn leo
IS from our colsts, from New Jersey Cir,
he f;trthest coast of Maine, the Iitf,.r- amy
t seems to be III our favor. however tia
ol>tently 1t may be denied. Takip~ thu
Sc facts INTO consideration, and the ,J, 81 |,
on;tl one that they have our market cr t
Their fish, OF more value alone than ,II win
privileges of their coasts, it i, imnne. sur,
e that any impartial commission ton
nld award to the Canadian Dominion gre
large sum It's the excess in yalI,e ia sho
ln-shore fisheries, and certainly moi are
e than they have themselves estimated {,
Wien they had no free market here. f,, .1 :,
products of the sea. or any other ont,
lltTes granted in return Form nf ,
~. this estimate can be accurately :. ~.
II llned. r.