The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-15

posing the vote would be a unit in favor
Of the measure, but to my surprise two
thirds Of her delegation voted nay those
two numbers are supposed to reflect The
popular will and voice, Of two thirds Of
her people. l suppose the ostensible
"Lion in the way" was unconstitutional.
ity. Well; did not Congress make an
appropriation to defray expenses incident
TO our exhibit at Vienna 2 Have they
not voted to assist in Arctic explora.
tions Did they not vote to relieve the
people that were unfortunately despoiled
OF their goods among the deltas Of the
Mississippi? Did they not contribute to
suffering Ireland and have they not
voted more than once, little indirectly
perhaps, to assist private railway corpor.
tions, etc ? Perhaps these measures emu.
merated were technically unconstitution-
al, and perhaps this appropriation might
have been technically SO but no more SO
than those alluded to. Fearing to estab.
lisb or create precedent A precedent
Of this kind would never affect this, nor
the succeeding generation few if any
now living 10 these Unitod States, will
ever hail another Centennial morn pos.
sibly few now in prattling infancy, may
greet the rising sun of such day, out if
so. they will either be tottering on the
crumblipg banks of the tomb, or
leaning on the crutch of dscrepit age.
New England has hitherto been and it
is hoped may ever be, the brightest gal.
axy that studs the political armament Of
these United States bat if l recollect
correctly, she cast FIVE votes against ss.
sisting in this great emergency; and Yer.
mont cast two fifths of them. | have no
data to refer to, but think the "Old Bay
State" voted unanimously for the appro
priation. In Webster's great intellectu.
al efforts in the U. 8. Senate. when pit.
ted against the gifted Hayno of South
Carolina,i in an impassioned and impromp.
tu manner he said, "there is Massachu. q.
setts; there she stands look at her,
And there she proudly stands to-day,
with an inspiration that still fingers about
the plains Of Concord and Lexington, and
is yet enshrined within the sacred walls
Of Fanueil Hall, and even now encirces
that silent but majestic orator that point,
heavenward from the heights of Bunker
Hill She did we'll to vote as she did
I only wish Vermont had done as well,
as matter of record.
The Key Stone state has more than
quadrupled her apportionment of material
aid. Staid New jersey has stepped to
the fore front, She remembers her ford
at Trenton, and her battlefield of Mon.
mouth. She has stretched her hands
across the Delaware, and emptied her
cornucopia into the lap Of patriotism
The fussy city on Manhattan Island, tho
headquarters of gasconading in this coun.
try, has done, l suppose, what she thought
shs could. The veteran Ex-Governor
Bigler Of this Commonwealth spent near.
ly the whole Of the last summer 10 that
town, appealing to their sense Of interest
patriotism, honor and duty in the prem.
ses; and in the end obtained subsorip.
tions amounting in the neighborhood OF
the sum Of two hundred thousand dollars.
"Brag is said to be good dog, out per.
haps they considered ''hold fast'-to the
pocket especially-might ght be still better
Although | would not willingly criticisC
my native state, yet sometimes fear the
dust Of the Aliens and the Starks will
jostle in their narrow house, at the ap.
parent dilatoriness of the denizens of the
Green Mountain state in putting shoul-
der to the wheel, and helping to rais
this lgreat Centennial and monumental
shaft in honor of and in dedication to the
great cause Of constitutional liberty.
The first snow fall in Philadelphia this
season occurred on the Sd inst, to the
depth of about six inches; the sleigher,
have ruined it already ou all the princi
pal thoroughfares. z. W. G.