The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-03


more respectable than industrial callings,
and why so many of our young men should
leave agricultural pursuits to engage in,
them.
Professional men are servants, and live
by serving others. flour legal rights arc
encroached upon, we call upon the lawyer
and he does our bidding, and we feed and
clothe him for his service and why
should we, the employers, assume
humble position in his presence, unless it
be because of his superior personal worth.
There surely is nothing in the relation
which exists between us that should lead
us to establishment in his presence
If we are sick, we call the doctor, and
he, too, comes al our bidding and we pay
him for it. Why should his calling be
deemed more honorable than that Of his
employers? The farmer is far more in.
dependent than he,
IF our consciences trouble us, we call
the minister, and he is expected to take
charge of and nurse that too often myth.
ical appendage of man, with soft words
and soothing speeches, when the lancet
and probe should be used instead. And
some consciences which are placed in his
care, are so puny and feeble, that they
fail to prompt their possessors to pay him
for his services, and for this reason he is
pecuniarily the least independent Of all.
Let us treat the honest lawyer who
serves US, as our brother, and regard him
socially as our equal. We need his ser.
vices, and VIC should give him just that
place among us to which his personal
worth entities him, and nothing higher.
The DOCTOR too, should be weighed 10 the
same balance in which we weigh our own
brethren, giving him only the honor due
him as man and citizen. And above
all, let us reward the true christian
minister; not because of his office,
but because Of his worth as judged by
his life and works. He, who with
honesty and without hypocrisy. with
sincerity and without narrow.minded
bigotry
"Allures to brighter worlds and leads the way
is surely entitled to our love and honor,
aud should receive from US mt orlv this.
but his pecuniary reward.
SOCIAL IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUSTRIAL
CLASSES.
Socially, too, much depends upon the
virtue and integrity of the large class to
which we belong. That old maxim,
"ldleness is the parent of vice." is no
more true than its opposite, Industry is
the parent of steady habits" The man
who, in his work. k.shop or on his farm dill.
gently applies himself to some industrial
pursuit, is less exposed to temptation
than one whose occupation, or want Of
occupation, leads him to mingle indiscri.
minately with the masses
And especially to the rural class must
we look for steady, virtuous habits, and
upon them we must depend, fn the future
as in the past, for the new blood with
which to renovate and counteract the cor.
ruption Of our cities. To fill those places
Of trust in business circles, where honesty
and integrity are indispensable qualiica.
tions. May Vermont never fail to fur.
nish her supply of men of this character,
who, though not ordained as ministers, or
set apart as missionaries, may still do o
great missionary work, by their example
of infexible integrity and honor. Yer
mont has always borne noble reputation
in this particular
l recently met young man from San
Francisco, a Vermonter by birth, who re.
lated to me an incident, the sentiment Of
which is of peculiar interest to every lover
of our State. He was connected with
one OF the most extensive firms on the
Pacific coast. He said to me, "Vermoni
character stands high in the business cir.
oles of California )" that not lonh since
his company required a man of intelli
gence and integrity to fill very import.
ant position that he heard one of the
members of the firm say to the president
who was a shrewd, discerning business
man, that he had received application
from two young men, one native o.
Vermont, and the other of New York, o.
apparently equal promise, and who cam'
equally well recommended, and thu
query was, which should bo selected
The unhesitating reply of the head of tht
firm was, "Take the Vermonter o
course" What higher tribute could thi
man have' paid Vermont
POLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUS
TRIAL CLASSES.
There is one point to which have no
alluded, and which, perhaps, places upol
us greater responsibilities than any other
that is, our political influence. If ther,
is one fact which profane history has es
tablished more clearly than any other, i
is that the stability and success Of a re
pulican form of government is dependen
: upon the intelligence and virtue of it
citizens. The industrial classes must
from the nature of things, constitute
majority in the body polite and deter
: mine, if they do not shape, the course o
D, the political parties which control th
' government. The institutions of counir
: are what the people make them. Eeuca
:, tion makes the people what they are. Th
y y civilization of Europe makes Europe wha
. it is. The civilization of New Englan
= makes us what we are The condition
. which ensure political slavery are an edu
, Gated and unprincipled aristocIacy an
: ignorant masses; those conditions whic
: promote political freedom are general in
u telligence and virtue, diffused throughou
=. all classes. We have a striking illustra
= . tion Of this in our own political history
u In our northern states, where the churc
= and the school.house may be seen fror
= every hillside where general intell
:, gence and good degree ofvirtue prevail
:, our political institutions have thus IA
y " been so conducted rs to promote the ger
y " eral welfare. and secure to us a degree {
- " political liberty which has had no parable
, in the history of the world
70 At the south, with the same peperi