Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-14

M,ssrs. Editors 81 Six better days, so far as the
weather is concerned could not have been fur
nishcd for our
ANNiyrnsAnY wrEK
even II they had been made to order, like q suit
Of clothes The attendance at the meetings has
generally been large though have seen para-
graph in some paper saying that, in that respect,
they had not OF late years been quite equal To
those Of twenty yoar ago. All have attended,
or nearly ALL have, however, been comfortably
full and some very uncomiortably So
The meetings Of the different religious denoni-
nations have been interesting, as they always
are, and the speeches at some Of them-by both
cergyme aud laymon-hayc been exceptionally
fine. The political societies which meet here dur
ing anniversary week are all "refomers tho
woman suffngsts, the labor rcformer, the peace
societies, etc
Not much seems to have been done by the labor
reformcrs, except that some meetings Of The
EIGHT HouR LrtcuE
have been held but they have been rather thinly
attended, though considerable earnestncss and
enthusiasm have been manifested by the speakers
and Others Who are identified with IT, They have
put upon the wall large pacard containing the
following motto, which proposes H. own solution
Of the labor question Machinery Is discharging
labor faster than new employnents are provided
The machinery cannot be stopped aud tnmps
must not be increased New employments will
come from new wants and new wants will follow
eight hours.
This may be true as far a. it goes, but II only
points 10 a single item in the solution Of this
mighty problem, which is now so generally g-
nored- either because it is considered Of little
consequence, OF because Of the great difficulties
attending its consideration but which will proba-
bly, command the serious attention Of the Ameh-
can people long before next centennial shall be
celebrated. The tramps and millionairos Of
America win no doubt intrude themselves upon
the qnictude Of the great middle classes In such
unwelcome fashion as shall at length compel an
earnest consideration Of the pressing wants Of the
one class, aud the unjustifable and dangerous
cuinulatious Of the other.
rnE AMERICAS rt,cr SOCIETY
held one meeting on Monday afternoon-a busi-
ness meeting suppose, or Que at least at which
it was necessary that some business should be
transacted-but there not being quorum Of the
members present, the meeting was ad journod for
one week, in the hope Of securing a better at
| tendance
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great press Of people, but being for peace the at
tendance WAS small She said, however that she
was thankful for the roodness which really does
exist in human nature, and for the growth Of the
peace movement, and the fact that several other
meetings Of the kind were being held at the same
time in other places Mr. Garrison made a short
speech and altogether the meeting was a happy
one, If not largely attended
The eighth annual meeting meetings -uf the
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be,d dprin, the fr.t balfof the week In Ws.,eyan
IIau in Bron,feld street unlike those NJ The neare
so,ieti.s were laroel, attended and uniike those
societies this comes evidently rot IN bring peare
but a sword .uppose. however. that the sword
will be only moral one-the sword Of truth a.
they claiin-.o that when the victory shall come
to them il will be bloodless and harmless. exceui
to the roiticans who have resisted the u,oy.m,nt
and Of course there will be few, Of them ,lepeye,
the time come..-if ever il doe.-vl,eu IL. ,arfaf,
| shall Give Mace 4, i,s t,iumpb And tbi. woman
movenen, seems In nossess LARGE tigbtiny esnocity
which will. doubtless in time render il trouble
some To those who would gladly clay" some
times. however It exhibit. strange antics in the
| fight when. growing rusty for want Of something
IN attar or f,r some other reason like IIndib,s.
sword IL
tai' into Itself. for lack
''i'' STU" To "s" anu H''A
This was especially true Of the meeting here of
The state association last winter when the lively
energy Of the members was turned 10 vigorous
assault upon each other There seemed 10 be two
factions, one led by the Hom MS Journal, and the
other in opposition To IL The opposition intro
/ duced some resolutions denouncing the cause
which the Jow"di had taken, in regard to certain
! questions and tried 70 get them adopted. There
ensued serimmase which was very entertaining
especially as 1t seemed To hurt nobody, and TO be
but harmless amusement ior all concerned
good deal Of energy WAS shown in the iracas
but no very marked ability, except that by Henry
! h. Blackwell, who as representative Of the Jom'
| nal, made most gallant fight In its defence
/ had little prejudice and also personal plque
| against Mr Blackwell, ON account OF his misrepre'
sentatons OF an article Of mine in the Freeman
several years ago; but when saw him &c! npon
the platform and shake his bushy locks in the
face Of the numerous foes in his own camp
and then dash in among them right and left max
ing AN able manly and straightforward defence
of himself and his paper, began TO think better
Of the man, and when he had finished, having
driven his foes to the wall and killed their resou
tons in spite OF my feeling against him, cheered
as heartily as any Of them.
The printed resolution against the JoUraW had
been introduced by Miss Land. who comes from
Plymouth county, and after it had been laid upoT
| the table, a member who had voted TO table II
seeing by the vote that his party was stroul
enough to kill it or kick it out moved tu recon
slider the vote whereby il had been tabled, rs h
said, to give Miss Land an opportunity to with
draw It, But the chairman a good-natured, be
nevolent looking old man, not exactly getting tn
movers idea, put the resolution upon its adoption
after the vote to consider, so the resolution wa
killed outright, after which the chairman, eithe
in error or sarcasm was at a loss to knoN
whoh-suggested to Miss Land that she coul
then withdraw her resolution She saw at one
the error OF the chair-or at least what she had
right to take as an euor-and she sprang To he
feet with the evident design Of exposing IT, an
said, =" Mr. Chairman, should like to know jus
! whore | staudf'-to which lefore she had time [