The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-13

those tbunder-bolts Of war which were TO
drive them and their craft with precipitate
haste to the hidden Businesses from whence
they came, and teach them lesson of re-
spect for mechanical genius.
When incompetency In our military
leadership had well-nigh ruined our cause,
when in consequence of this our defenders
were dying by thousands, of disease, ID
swamps and hospitals, their ardor damp
ened by inactivity, with no military chief
tain who could lead them on to a success
sion of victories, which their valor proper
" directed, would have ensured when
murmurngs of dissatisfaction and distrust
were heard on every hand when division
and discord among us was about to take
the place of united effort, and ensure our
final defeat whence came that military
genius whose untiring energy, whose I'M
bending will and untlinching persistency
led our boys to a succession of victories
"on that line" which his profound sagacity
and military skill had marked OUT Was
he not from the common people, the tam
ner, Ulysses S. Grant?
The rank and file of our patriot army
and navy, who served us so faithfully and
so well, were drawn from all classes but
| a large majority of them were from the
| industrial class. And may we not be
proud of our representation there? Was
ever an army made up of better material
J. Was there ever one more intelligent, more
| susceptible OF thorough discipline, more
patient and orderly, under trials and re-
verses? Did ever an army before so per-
| tectly comprehend the principles for which
| they fought, and the issues which were
staked in the contest? Were ever bullets
sent against an enemy with less of muir
derous hate and more of Christian princi-
pie behind them? Were ever sabre-strokes
dealt more reluctantly, yet more effectu-
ally, than those by the sons of our farm
ers and mechanics in the ranks?
We have lost. by that contest, an army
of heroes, but we have saved our country.
We cannot recall them. The grass grows
green over their graves. No drum
reveille can wake them from the bivouac
of death. For them no bugle notes shall
sound the charge again. They fell on
bloody fields, while fighting for civil liber-
ty, for the overthrow of caste, and the
elevation of labor and the laborer. They
went from hospitals, by wounds received
or diseases induced while IN their country s
cause. They expired in rebel prisons,
where they had suffered tortures more
fearful and long continued than were ever
inflicted by American savages. No Spartan
secutors. No human powers of endurance
could avert the fearful death by starvation,
to which fends in human form had
doomed them. Noprayers and cntreaties
could induce their tormentors to remove
the causes of loathsome disease which pre-.
vailed among them, or furnish the needed
remedies when developed. We mourn
their sad fate, bnt shall we heed the lesson
which 1t should teach us?
African slavery in the south caused the
ruling classes there to despise labor and
the laborer. This led to ignorance and
degradation in the laboring classes, and te
pride and moral depravity in the educated
arts ocracy. The degraded masses became
the helpless tools of the unprincipled arts
tocracy, thus combining the mental power
of civilization with the cruelty of the saw
} age, and hence the intensified barbarism Of
which have spoken, and its horrid conse
quences.
The only remedy for all this would have
been the abolition of slavery, in the early
increased responsibility of labor, and thu
elevation of the laborer this would havt
: led to improved educational facilities
these to intelligence, virtue and integrity
in all classes, the degree of which in al
countries must determine the degree o
civilization, social happiness and politica
freedom to which people will attain.
The true ideal of perfection, in the OF
e ganization of society,", is found IN tina
e state where all its members start in lif
: upon an equal footing, with no distinction
t save that caused by the unavoidable varia
\ ton in natural ability and inherite
t wealth where every pursuit which tn
G legitimate needs Of society demand,
i equally honorable where the members o
every calling have equal opportunities pre-
, vided them in youth, for self-improvemeni
t and for preparation for. the successful
e prosecution of the business in life whic
l they may select; where caste is unknown
a and where the social standing of every IL
s dividual is dependent upon his own excl
Y ton and his own attainment, in mental an
Q moral worth.
a do not say that we, or any future ger
! Grafton, will ever witness the perfect real
e zatlon of such an ideal, but hold that I
d be the goal to which true Christian civil
6 zation tends, and for which we shout
J. strive.
l. If you would create caste in society
e build up your colleges, and degrade yor
y common schools and academies. Educat
n the few, while you neglect the educatio
d Of the masses. But all of these should n
1t ceive our fostering care, and an increase
e number of Normal schools and also schoo
g for practical education in the sciences en-
It ployed in industrial pursuits, should /
added to the list. As have shown, ii
(, creation of new capital and the pecuniar
r prosperity of Vermont, and with this I'll
}, success of every other interest depend
e upon the intelligent skill and industry {
II our Glass; yet we have not one scho
where practical knowledge and its apple,
l. ton to any of the departments industr
g pursued among us is taught. Can "
d longer afford to overlook this obvious d,
) feet in our educational system? Can Il
d professional classes afford it? Can IL
n state afford it?
+ If we have not all the educational or 81
It cial advantages which could be desired
l. it is our own fault. 1t is not with us as wit
Il the laboring classes of Europe. We al
not ruled by selfish, moneyed aristocrac.
G They are what their rulers make then
u We are what we make ourselves. Wit
our free government, the will of the m
II jority should become the law of the stat
3 and as the producing classes in Vernon
are vastly in the majority, with us rests Il
u responsibility of determining what our il
II situations and laws shall be. In our quie
q agricultural state we have no coDflictr
Q public interests to breed contention
3 no pride of caste to sustain l
l. large cities and few great monopolies,
4 corrupt our political integrity, and demar
. unjust special legislation we are rath
% one great brotherhood, with such unit
y of interests, that each is dependent upo
q others for success, and all alike interests
IL in the promotion of the public good.
s. The members of the different callings
10 tr,,A Ind an1Nf e 49,
~ pertaining to their business, which demar
a. their attention and they organize then
selves into associations for the purpose
8, advancing those interests. If these resu
N only in mutual benefit while they do n
nc lead to encroachments unOn the rights