Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-08-04

face of the globe aud whose waters
shall soon turn the mills which shall
manufacture the Great Staples into
fabrics of commercial use and value
independent of foreign mills and
foreign capital. AS we pass on we
catch occasional glimpses of the
somhre hills which have long been
boarding their wealth of minerals for
the coming tide of mining industry,
and whose now quiet precincts will
ere many years reflect the lurid glare
Of the smelling furnaces and re-echo
the blast of the miner. We come to
the seaports, whose wharves show the
great and varied producing capacity
of the State, and are filled with most
valuable staples of commerce. Turn
ing northward, we meet railroads and
otaer evidences Of progress making
their way downward and soon 20 pass
scross the State. They are bringing
with them facilities for extensive
manufacturing which will utilize the
vast resources Of the country, and the
broad prairies whose surface has only
been pressed by the tread of the deer
and the buffalo, soon will feel the
rush of the iron horse. while the hills
re echo the blow of the forge hammer
and the hum of the loom and spindle
shall be borne upon the air Texas,
with its great resources, immense do
main of the most fertile land in one
body in the Union, extending through
so many different degrees of climate,
making it capable of the most varied
productions it, immense natural
pastures, rendering it capable of pro-
ducng all domestic animals cheaper
than any country in the world its
climate admitting the production of the
products OF both torid and temperate
zones its undeyeloped resources of
great mineral weaIth-all offer great
inducements to the emigrant, and
must eventually make it one of the
brightest stars in our National Con.
stellation. The ding-dong which has
been kept up about its hostile and
desperate people, i bad state OF socie-
ty, and the hostility with which
Northern men were looked upon but
reflects the dishonest qualities of its
carpet-bag authors, who are RESPONSE
BILE Git such a term may be used in
connection with this scourge Of the
southern states and the auth rs of all
the fairy tales of Ku Klux and fire
eaters) for the disaffec,.d condition of
the people before they succeeded IN
getting the men whose fortunes and
interests were linked with the welfare
Of the state in place of the horde of
thieves and plunderers, the sweepings
of jails and prisons the scum of the
political world who for time dis
graced its Legislative halls and brought
its financial credit and social statues
to the verge of ruin. 1t is true socie-
ty has more liberal turn Of mind
here-each one to his own turn of
mind In the towns the church bells
ring, and those who are so disposed
wend their way to church, while 9th.
ers take their Sabbath repose amidst
more festive scenes, where toddies
and straights are drank, amid such a
din and clash of glasses as would
make the disciples of the Maine Liquor
law turn pale with horror. But there
is no more whlskey drank here than
in New York, in proportion to the
population. The state and people &C
cept the situation and welcome the
honest emigrant from all sections
and life and property are not at the
disposition of the first pirate who
comes that way. according to fashion,
able tales of the vultures, who did
their best to overtnrn the state while
carpet bagging was at the height of
its splendor. The people here are
generally IN sympathy with the demo-
cratic party, believing it to be their
only source of relief from the frauds
and iniustlces they endured at the
hands Of the Radical party. under
whose rule adventures from all parts,
aided by such men within its borders
as were willing to assist IN it's ruin for
share in the plumber, were called a
Legislature and allowed to rob the peo-
pie at will, on condition of maintain.
ing the party in power by negro votes
and fraudulent elections. The same
may be truly said of the whole south,
whose prosperity has been ruined by
over taxation to enrich carpet baggers