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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

The elections of S,lreme Court judges
and certain State % fees. by the Legislature,
to X Ilacc finally, after several postpone
ments. Tuesday. Jal-e~ Pierpoint, Bar
rett, Wheeler. Ecyre, Redfald and Ro-s,
were reelected ~ unanimous acclama-
ton. For the sixth assistant justice. tile
choice fell to Hon. II. II. Powers, though by
a closer vote than we had anticipated oar
townsnan. DR.. II. Il. Atwater. was unani-
mously chosen Commissioner of Insane.
Messrs. Hari-horn and Wilson,of the present
board of Directors Of the state Prison,
We're dropped. and the board viii consist
of Hon. Charles f. lIoushton. reelected,
E.G. Pettigrew, of Ludlow and NJ. D. Gilman,
of Montpelier. GOV. Dillingham; was re-
elected Trustee Of the Reform School. but
James NJ Sladc.of Miidlebury, was dropped
and Charles Rogers, Jr, Of Wheelock put in
his place and Hon. Victor Atwood, of St.
Adams. takes the place Of Hon. John /.
Mason, who declined a reelection. For
Trustees Of the Z. Y. NJ. ~ ;. &C, Sena-
tor Morrill, was reelected, Waldo Brigham,
Esq. will take the place Of Rev Horace
Ierrick, who is about to leave the State and
Hon. f. p. Walton was chosen in place Of
Hon. 5. II. Stevens, of Enosburgh. Judge
Myron W. Bailey, the present incumbent,
was unanimously elected Railroad Commits
sioner, and John F. Bailey of Windsor was
elected Superintendent of States Prison
without opposition. twill benoticed thata
fair share Of these honors were conceded by
pretty general consent to Democrats and
we know of no reason why the results
should not be accepted rs generally satislac-
tlry
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

There are circumstances under which
improvement is disadvantage, and times
when the fact that there may be too much
Of good thing. becomes painfully aprag-
eat. and when the maxim "let well er.o,. 4,
ai'ne' is the true one to follow &c, raj,
property owners near Pro- meet Pa. + +,
Brooklyn, y, Y, are real linr this Stree.
have been opened there and .. imrrr ,e,oer,.r
made, the expense Of which has to be borne
Tue '''u adjoining, and which have
~ T. ~ ntirely We hear of lots that
o',' - for less than 800, having taxes
r. up against them of more than ten
w. ., tina: amount Bat the most singular
case Is that ola man, Of whose lot of GO feet
deep al bat 10 feet and five inches was used
up, taken for the street and on the scrap
left the axes are over 81 500. 1t Is per-
haps needless to say, that payment Is con-
tested: and the matter is in court, not,
however, on the point Of excessive taxation,
but on the point whether the park com
missionerS had any right to make improve
menS there. In the meantime desirable
city property for sale, on reasonable terms,
in that vicinity, the advertisements say.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

The New York Herald, in commenting
upon the election, says; "All extreme
sudden, fantastic legislation must be re-
pressed. Any wanton attempt to degrade
the President Illegally would aid him. The
Southern States must be kept in peaceful
relations with the Union The defeat of
Grant must not be regarded as synonymous
with the revival of rebellion. We must
have no dishonest tampering with the fnan.
ces. No secession and no reputation must
be the watch-word of the now triumpbant
Democracy"
This, says Harper's Weekly, is the ex-
preston OF the instructive apprehension
with which Democratic victory is regarded
1t is not felt to be the success of legiti-
mate opposition party, with a policy upon
which the country has pronounced. but of a
miscellaneous organization from which every
kind OF danger to the public welfare must
be expected. There is not one enemy of the
settled policy of the country who is not re-
Joiced at the result of the elections. There
is not one thoughtful man who has been so
dissatisfied and angry with the Republican
party as to have wished and even voted for
its defeat, who is not secretly uneasy at the
prospect Of possible national restoration
OF the Democratic party, with all its conse-
quences.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

The constitution Of the State of Vermont
as printed in the general statutes, and Other
official publications for over eighty years
declares that 1.-THE Governor, and in hi,
absence the Lieut. Governor, lin the orig
inal constitution it was the Governor and
Council ''shall have power to grant pardons
and remit fines, in all cases whatsoever,
except in treason and murder, in which
they shall have power to grant reprieyes,
but not to pardon until after the end of the
next session of the assembly" This seems
tc say, distinctly, that the Governor shall
not have power to pardon traitors and
murderers until after The md Of the neat
SESSION Of assembly; and by implication it
would seem to follow, that he may pardon
murderers after session has interviewed.
The question as to what the constitution
really means, in this matter, came up in con-
versation between several gentlemen, in the
State library at Montpelier, the other day.
Mr.. Abel, Of West Haven, was of the opin-
ion that the constitution did not intend to
give the power of pardon to the Governor, at
any time. in cases Of treason and murder.
and be found in volume Of Vermont re-
ports an opinion of Judge Williams to that
effect. The point was speedily settled, by
the production, by the State Librarian. Of
the first printed copy of the Constitution
(printed at Hartford, Conn. in l779) in
which comma plainly appears after the
word pardon, in the sentence quoted.
This makes llclear. The words "but not to
Iardon" are plainly larenthotical, and the
meaning i as plain as if it read he shall
have power to grant reprieves Out not to
pardon) until after the end of the next
session; or he shall have power to grant
reprieyes until after the end of the next
session; but not to pardon. When the
constitution was next printed, year or
two later, the comma was omitted, doubt
less by "A careless proof-reader; and from then
till now our constitution has never been cor
rectly printed
This is not the first ease in which a care
les, omission Or substitution Of a comma has
made an importent difference with the mean
Ing and construction of law. The act Of
$50, providing for the abolishlng Of school
districts, as required each townin the
State to take action in the next March meet
ing on the question, whether or no it would
substitute the town system for the district
system The Legislature inten led that each
town should have the subject up in town
meeting. and take definite action upon it
but a laundering en-r5-sing clerk put
in comma. where none belonged, and
the act As passed left it optional with the
Selectmen, to put an article in tie warn
ing in reference to the sch Dol systems. or
not. And il point Of fact not dozen towns
in tie State acted ON the question. 50 an
act Of Congress, intended to exempt fruit
plants from duty, was IN: De. by the ~abs,i-
luton Of a comma for an hyphen, TO exempt
fruit, plants, ETC., from duty. and the
'han-e cost tie go,e .ument hundreds Of
thousands OF j'..ar- in duties refunded on
argos Of f.uit.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

Shortly before the election, the New York
Tribune sent correspondent to the scenes of
some Of therecent White League and KuKlux
outrages in the Sou shern States His task
was evidently distinc tly laid out for him. lie
was to contradict the stories of outrages that
had been sent North illustrating the relations
of the races, and lie did it. lie found nothing
but kindness to the bl acks on the part of the
whites-no terrorism, no shootings, little or
no trouble. These tatements had their
effect. And now, elect ion being over, We
begin to get some truth, even from this
source. One of this &C respondents later
letters says:
The ballot has been the cause of nearly
all the troubles that have arisen between
the two races. The ayowed object Of the
huhlnx organizations was to make the
negroes vote as the members OF that order
wished them to or stay frolu the polls and
during the present campain the men who
have had the most to say abOut "ORtrsges';
are very particular to add that they are
'polical' III their nature. 10 IL not pre-
tended to-day that any right which the
federal government has conferred upon the
negro Is in danger except his righI TO vote.
Ills life and his property are as safe. ichea
no political campaign IS an progress, as those
of the white man.
The italics are ours. Here is very dis
tinct admission of the object of the KuKlux
and that the black mans life
and property are moi as safe, when politi-
cal campaign is in progress, as those of the
white man. But why should they not be-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

Mr. Norton's license bill met failure,
even more disastrous than had been expected,
on Saturday afternoon. 1t was brought up
in thin house, in which it would stand the
best chance, and was dismissed by vote OF
over two to one. An attempt was made to
reconsider it; bat the House did not care
to waste any more time over it. So ends
one more effort to substitute license for
prohibition in Vermont.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

The Quebec Board of Trade has been dis
cussin- the subject of navigation of the ST.
Lawrence in the winter, and adopted reso-
luton recognizing the feasibility of the plan
proposed and urging an application to the
government for such assistance as may be
needed to carry out the work.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20
HOUSE.


PshuoES. reaonStrGnceS, a. - by Mr
! Parkhurst OF Athens, petition asking toi
a new county to select committee on that
subject.
/ By Mr.. Jones of Nhitingham, q rem0n
I STRANGE against the formation Of a new
| county to select committee on that SUB
Ject-
EspoTS-trom general committee IN iaVor
oil II. 52n, TO incorporate the NaIter y.
Grcen Independent Hose Go. OF the city OF
Burlington read thlrd time and passed.
rom general committee IN favor Oh IL.
80, to incorporate the Union Mutual fIre
insurance Co.; read third time and passed.
Npef'aL order-H POI, to abolish the
| Bonrd OF Education and to increase the
duties OF the secretary OF State,was taken
up, the question being on the adoption
OF the amendment as a proposed by the ma
Jority Of the committee on education.
Mr.. Perrin Of Berlin, moved that the bill
be ordered to lie Tor the present
Mr.. Martin OF Londonderry; ana MT
Bartholomew oil Benson opposed the mo-
Ton to ile'as It IS necessary that some iegls-
l1e'on siou.u uI peiieo'ou oetN Soon' II We
are to adopt either the majority or minority
reports I V OF eomm m tee, I'D
- ia Vh;aIas- -. -.
IIsht A IN lN. hicht'tr report we auoot,
We snall orlng 'ne Who a matte. Ter under our
own control lie preferred the majority
report: as tuat would RI! Us OF the BOARD Of
:, euu lc,; anu aIso relieNe tne ota1e Oh
sna .p' VINO ma M long enough helu sway
over the STATE. lie was opposed to delay,
ana . @ahteu tne subject ulviued 50 mat
Notc Gan oe taken upon tne ntS5 section OF
5he oiL 70 70 zee whether ,hlS house Is In
ia,9I "r auoiisri u INC ooaII OF eIucatioh.
Mr. DAVIS :, OF reading ia. ,,ald ne had become
P1eIty amman hIeI win ln.s SUBJECT IN the
nearing Pe.Gre inc COMMITTEES i, lie thought
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

New Hampshire, has given nothing to build
up and foster its University, or its Agricul-
tural College.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

Those who think ''the bottom has dropped
out Of the Republican party, may get con
ISOLATION from the reflection that the Democ-
,acv ALWAYS was "a bottomless pit
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

j. Is probable that seven of the amend
ments TO the constitution Of New York voted
on IN The late election we're defeated. Tie
amendments aimed against bribery at cleo
tons: those designed To check the mourning
Of Indebtedness by the State or lDcal govern
Iaen,s IN behalf If railroad and other cor
pcration-: aai those providing for the pun
ishment rs criminal oIense of the giving
or taking Of brides by members Of the Legs
lai.rr or others holding Office nndcr the laws
o. itc State. are supposed to be rejected,
aaI riyir failure shows very distinctly the
character 81 the Democratic majority which
voted them down.
Upon The question referred to L 5. Attor-
ne,- General Williams, from the War De-
putment, whether under existing laws the
ri.i, Of property in the arms Issued for
armin- the Militia Of the United States is
vested la he State authorities, with power
t, dispose # them, by sale or otherwise,
without accounting to the United States,
the o;t.iai opinion Is that the States do not,
hy the existing laws, have the right of prop
erty in the arms issued for arming the Mill
tia, and thar they derive no authority under
those laws 10 sci. or dispose of such arms at
their pleasure
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

The nub Of the report of the House COM
mittee GA elections, in thu famous Cornwall
contested election easel that the committee
dec'n that they cannot 90 behind the record
of coart Of naturalization. They are salts
fed, tiey ~ay, that five voters, (enough to
change the result, who voted for the sitting
member, wore aliens, not entitled to be
naturlized, but they obtained naturaliza-
ton papers (lrm the City Court of Yer
renne,) and the committee hold the record
t. bs conclusive
The committee hold that voter may be
properly required to disclose for whom he
voted, in ease of contest of an election. They
say " The secrecy of the ballot i, a pri,i-
lcse conferred, only when the right to vote
Is not put in question
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

AFTEEEOOs.
The committee on mileage and deben-
lures made report aS to mileage which
was read by the clerk and adopted as the
mileage of the Members of the House. The
report is substantially the same a. was
allowed for session ui lo72. except 50 far
as lines of travel have been shortened by the
opening of the Montpelier and Wells River
railroad
The speaker laid before the House the re-
po.t of the special committee to consider
the claim of the iroquo Indians as follows:
10 The House Of REPRESENTATIVES
The special committee 10 whom was re-
ferrej the petition OF the delegates OF tho
lroquois Indians have fully considered the
same and respectfully report:
That the claim made covers all the land
on the west side OF the Green Mountains
lying noriherly OF Il straight line from
Tieonderoga to the great falls of Otter
Greek tnow called sutherland Falls) from
thence to be continued to the top of the
Green Mountains thence along the top of
said mountains to Canada line, containing
2,2i0. 900 acres of land. for which is de-
manded the sum of $50. 600.
This claim is not a new one, the first
claim having been presented to Governor
TichenOr in l59s, and 1t was by him referred
to the Legislature. and committee was
appointed to examine into the claim and
the same was referred back to Governor
Tichenor, and in 1899 he reported that the
claim of the Indians to the lands in ques-
ton had been extinguished.
Again in 1872, like petition was pre-
sented. A similar memorial was presented |
in 1926, to Governor Butler and by him re-
ferred to the Legislature and committee
gas appointed who reported that the petit
TONERS had no claim on this State.
The subject was Up again in 1854 and
1855, and at no time has favorable report
On the petition been made.
Your committee further find that the land
claimed by the petitioners was ceded By
France to Great Britain in l762, and that
the tribes Of indians, whom your petitioners
claim to represent, about that time moved
INTO the limits of the Dominion of Canada,
II have since resided there, and there was
"a before the committee that they
o eviaen.. = "- bssl in possession Of
ave ever occupl.- - 1868 TO the
the territory claimed Irv.-. '~
resent time, though the petitioners 49,
lat party OF their trite came to said ter y
tory On hunting excursion in 1893, or h
eresbouts.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-20

Hous. 5iiLs refcrred-H. $50. an act au-
thorizlng the compilation Of laws relating
to the grand list to committee on land
taxes
Reports n c'DnHses-Fr0m the general
committee. against II. 362. an act to IN
corporate the Washington Hotel Company;
third reading refused.
InfalSted tusmcsS-S l3i, an act to IN
corporate the Factory Point Savings Bank.
wa, taken from the table, read the third
time and passed.
Joint resolution authorizing the purchase
Of steel cngravings OF the first and present
State Houses. was taken from the table and
nIlntiln rcln-ai
The Van Buren press., 1874-01-27
The Best Bank.

We have been repeatedly assured that
farming don't pay. and the boys have be
lisysd tie assertion and gone 10 clsrking,
or teaching, or trading-"busisess "
they call it.. But recently the books have
been opcned--the books in which the sc-
counts Of all the occupations are kept.
and, being footed, we see what really
pays and what is improbable. Bankers,
supposed to be sort OF nobility, have
smashed; many Of their clerks have
proved to be great raseals; railroad obi.
cations have goae to protest; factories
have stopped TO liquidate, and crowds OF
the richest and grandest of mortals,
shutiling millions of dollars, often in q
day, have shrunk down TO be quite COM
mon. How is it with the farmeri Has
the panic touched him? Does hs lie
awake thinking Of the hard timesf Not
much. 1t is true that if he owes more
than he is able to pay, or II he has
bought more land than he can work, hs
is in trouble, and now something must
be SACRIFICED ,but this dilsm,na wss ha"nd
to appear panic or no panic. Mostfarn
ers are out OF debt or they owe so little
they can see their way clear, and the sun
rises and sets as afore,ime the cows give
milk, the butter comes, hens lay eggs.
hogs fatlen, and the country grist mill
runs just as Though Jay Cooke had never
smashed and his satellites with him. The
truth is farming is an institution founded
on such solid financial basis THAI 1t can
never break The farm 10 not only .
bank. it is mint. making its own money.
which is worth just as much for the use
of mankind as it was 1000 years ago.
and as it will he worth 1000 years from
to-day and although this money is not
exactly the same as greenbacks and
specie, it is better, for 1t underies ell
others, and goes before them, and makes
all other things that arc worth much un-
der the stars possible. And yet We have
been Tearing oil along that this institu.
ton of the farm does not pay. Let q
man travel this world all over" like
Rosin the Bow; try everything, be every
hing, he will come at last to see ,hat the
surcst thing is farm well stocked aud
TILED, and that there is no warmer place
on earth than by the farmers kitchen
fire. Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1874-01-27
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What the South Needs.

The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer, in
sensible article upon the South, says:
The "good times" are far in the fu-
ture, and not dependent on the crop that
is made, but the crops 70 be maae. There
will never be good times here while
Northern hay is selling on our streets,
as one sees it now, aad Northern meat
and bread bought on credit 10 make cote
ton for foreign factories. . Good times
will not come while men contimie 10 II
suit Heaven by cultivating one hundred
acres OF land wretchedly, when they have
only The labor and mature to make twep-
ty profitable. The good times !" viii
never come till the race Of bosses die otits
add men work and lead on their own
farms So long as foolish fashion and.
absurd purchases place liens on cotton,
the good times viii never come nor
while oilers oil om villages. looking out
for easy jobs, when the want OF this AZ
ricultura couatry is intelligent labor.
Too much land poorly titled, too little
consideration of debt, in the hope Of big
crop, too little downright, hard common
sense, to induce us to think we are about
to enter on an arena OF "good times.
But the good times will come II hard,
continued labor he persisted in for num-
Der of years When We sell more than
We purchase; when our lands are we'll
fenced, well stocked, well t He'd and well
bounded by roads when there are fewer
idlers and more producers when South
ern people eat Southern feod and wear
goods Of Southern ports; then We will
have good times, and they will come
to stay, and the fall Of "a few cents ia cot
ton will not threaten our farmers with
famine or the country with poverty.
The Van Buren press., 1874-01-27

The PLUcKrD FLowsR.-A gentleman's s
gardener had a darling clild, in whom
his affections seemed to be conferred. The
Lord laid his hands upon the babe--it
sickened and died The father was dis
consulate. and murmurel at the dealings
Of Providence. The gardener had in one
of his flower beds tavorite rose. 1t
was the fairest flower lie had ever seen
on the tree, and he daily marked its
growing beauty, intending, when full
blown, to send it to his masters mansion.
One morning it was gone; some one had
plucked it, Mortified at what he thought
was the improper conduct or one of the
servants, he endeavored 70 find out the
cuiprIt. He Was, however, much sur
prised to find that his master, on walk
ing through the garden, had been attract
ed by the beauty Of the rose, and pluck
ing it, he carried it 10 one of the beauti-
full rooms in the bail. The gardener s
anger was changed into pleasure. He
felt reconcied when he heard that his
master had thought the flower worthy OF
special notice.
"Ah, Richard - said the gentleman,
"you can gladly give up the rose, be-
cause thought it worthy of a place in
my house. And you will replne because
your Heavenly Father has thought wise
To remove your child from world Of
sin, to be with himself ia heaven -