Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-23
Sensible Utterances.

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FeVoto CUizens My first knowledge OF the
beautiful and historic valley OF the Shenandoah
was obtained in the rough school of the great
civil war and with the aid OF very competent in
strucors engaged on opposite sides of that terrible
conflict 1t is a great satisfaction to revisit the
valley and to refresh my recollection Of its superb
scenery and places nude famous by the war.
now meet It's people nnder circumstances lar more
auspiclous than any oil uswhether we were soldiers
or citlzens during the contest, could then have
deemed possible within tue period OF our lives
for the hrst tllne I'D many years we see inc Ameri
can people IN the midst oil interesting ana I'M
portant elections, with their attention chieiiy en-
gagged ABOUT questions relating TO the material
ana business interests oil the country ana IN re-
g"ru 10 "hich' Ill an the states, the people are
beginning 10 u'Ne sues WITHOUT Huch reference
10 sectional OF coior iines, Whatever evidences
Oh bitterness may DC eNhiolted IN any other pa't
OIL the county, we kho" that mere the genetal
WISH Is tIat Tue sectional controversies, "hieh
nave 80 long disturbed our american society,"
may De permanently settled ana tn"t In purSu-
ahce Oh the constitution ana laws peace ana union
may De restored ana forever hrhly established
p"ri"s 'ne h's' ''on'" ''Si'eu AGRICULTURAL i"Is
IN several oil the northwestern states In address
ing the people on those occasions II seemed 10 me
hot hnPioper W c'''i 'ne'r "''en'on 10 tie conul
..oh Vi '''o ""'uo''' ""a''s VI 0"e government
in's was uono WIN uo"o'e pu'Pose' II was
"S "oPo ''i'' ~ "o"'u s'o encouragement anu
eonnuenee W 'nose VINO were 'ooN'"s "nA'ous'E
o"' "oPo'ui'y 'o' oe''e' ''lnes' "opeu "iso TUE
iac's anu nsu'eS presented wou'u a'u III 'he 'o'm
''ion vi 'o'.eo' op''iions vi 'he suoJ'c's WHICH
no" ''i''"'y 'n'eres' 'ne PeoPio WI" 'ne sam
gener''' PURPOSE now uesire 10 spteau before
you very orie"y '"e views vi so''e vi '"e ,"'nerS
o' our country Pa'rio'S "nose NAMES anu cD"r-
acterS ana SERVICES are very ia'nli'ar ana very
GEAR 10 'he whole country III th's part oi VIZ
gin'a especlaly, Win winch solhe ol theh were
iueht'neu anu among Tue descendants Oh those
VINO were associateh WIN theul, the opinions Oh
men VINO MADE virginia SO famous VIII, am sure,
perceived win more than ordinary CONSIDERATION
On the subject OF money and on the question
oil what Is SOUND, SAFE stable currency, letus hear
and heed the advice OF the fathers, Washington,
IN letter to Thomas Stone dated Mount vernon,
February 10th, 1857, said: do not scruple to de-
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would nave peen given decidedly against paper
emission upon the general priaclple oil Its utility
as representative and the necessity OF 1t as a
medium contend 1t is by the substance, not
with the shadows OF things, we are to be bene-
hted. The wisdom OF man, in my humble opin-
Ion, cannot at this time, devise plan by which
tile credit oil paper money would be long sup
ported, consequently depreciation keeps pace with
the quantity OF emission and the articles for
winch 1t Is exchanged rise IN greater ratio than
the sinking value OF money. Wherein, then, is
the farmer, the planter the artisan benefited?
Debts may be paid because, as have observed,
he gives the shadow in lieu OF the substance, and