Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-07-19

his employers? The farmer Is tar more
independent than he.
If our eonsciences 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 pecuniariiy the least Independent
of all.
let Is treat the honest lawyer who
serves US, as our brother, and regard
him socially as our equal We need his
services, and We should give him just
that place among rs to which his per-
sonal worth entities him, and nothing
higher. The doctor, too, should be
weighed in the same balance in which
We weigh our own brethren, giving him
only the honor due him as a 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-mind-
ed higOtry
failures to brighter worlds and leads the way
is surely entitled to our love and honor,
and should receive from US not only this,
but his pecuniary reward.
SOCIAL IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUSTRIAL
Socially. too. much depends upon the
virtue and integrity of the large class
to which we belong. That old maxim.
''Idleness is the parent of vice" is no
more true than its opposite, Industry
is the parent of steady habits" The
man who. In his workshop. or on his
farm, diligently applies himself to some
industrial pursuit. is less exposed to
temptation than one whose occupation,
or want of occupation, leads him to min
gle indiseriminately with the masses
And especially to the rural class must
We look for steady, virtuous habits, and
upon them We must depend in the fu-
ture, as in the past, for that new blood
with which>to renoYate and counteract
the corruption of our cities To I'LL
I those places of trust In business circles,
where honesty and integrity are indis-
pensable qualifications. May Vermont
never fail to furnish her supply of men
of this character, who, though not or
dained as ministers, or set apart as mis-
siOnzries, may still do great missiona-
~ work, by their examples of infexible
integrity and honor Vermont has al.
ways borne noble reputation in this
4 particular. 4
/ 1 recently met a young man from San
Francisco, VermOnter by birth, who
related 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, ''Ver.
mont character stands high in the busi-
ness circles Of California !" that not long
since. his company required man %
intelligence and integrity to fill very
important position that be heard one
Of the members of the firm say to The
president, who was q shrewd. discerning
business man, that be had received ap.
plicatiOns from two young men, one :
native of Vermont. and the other of New
York, Of apparently equal promise, and
who came equally wei recommended
and the query was which should be Sc
lected The unhesitating reply of the
head Of the firm was, '.Take the Yer
monter of course" What higher trib
ute could this man have paid Vermont
POLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE IsDUs-
TRIAL GLASSES.
There Is one point 10 which ] haE.
not alluded, and which. perhaps. place
upon Us greater responsibilities thai
any other; that Is. our political infu
enee. If there is one fact which pro
fame history has established more clear
ly than any other, It Is that the stabih
ty and success Of q republican form o
government is dependent upon the intel
ligenee and virtue Of its citizens. Th'
industrial classes must, from the natun
Of things. constitute majority in tn
body polite. and determine. If they d
not shape, the course Of the pOlitica
parties which control the government
The institutions Of country are Ehs
the people make them. Education make
the people what they are. The eivilizs
ton Of Europe makes Europe what il ia
The civilization Of New England make
Us what We are. The conditions Ehiel
ensure political slavery are an educate
and unprincipied aristoersey and iglor
ant masses; those conditions which pro
mote political freedom are general intel
Igenee and virtue. dif1sed thrpaghou
all classes We have striking illus
trstion Of this IN our own political bis
tory. In our northern states. where tb