The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-02-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.

The great Hall was densely packed
speeches were made by distinguished
soldiers, philanthropic civilians, and
delegates OF the commission just in
from ministering to the wants of the
wounded, sick and dying in camp,
field and hospital. Tender sympathy
and patriotic fervor was pictured upon
the face of every listener. George ii.
Stuart introduced Chaplain McCabe,
Just released from Libby Prison, where
he had dragged out weary months in
want, privation and suffering. Clos
ing his speech, Ire sang the Battle
Hymn of the Republic" " Nine Eyes
Have Seen the Glory of the Coming of
the Lord" to the tune of John
Brown" the audience making the Hall
ring with deafening applause.
After the next speech, Mr.. Hamlin,
rising, said he had received a note
from a gentleman, which he read, " |
want that hymn sung again; let the
audience rise and sing the chorus.-A.
Lincoln" The reading was followed
by cheer upon cheer. McCabe came
forward and said he was glad of anoth-
er opportunity to deliver a message
committed to him just as he was leav-
ling Libby, from q soldier boylwho had
worn out fourteen months amid its
rags, filth and vermin. lie asked,
"Will you see the President? If so,
said he, "Tell him l am one of the
poorest soldiers in his great army (;
that l have spent fourteen weary
months in prison; but say to him for
me, Mr.. Lincoln, don't you back
down. one inch from your position on
the exchange of prisoners. We will
bear it all, suffer all, and die rather
than iujustice shall be DONE land,
here" said McCabe, " Mr.. President,
in the presence of this vast assemblage,
in the Capitol of this great nation,
sir, bring you tonight this message
from one of the poorest soldiers in
your great army. The effect was
electric. The great audience rose to
their feet, the air was full of hats and
handkerchiefs, and the scene beggared
description. 1t was long before order
was restored, and McCabe sang as
never before, the great audience stand
ing and joining in the chorus, Glory,
Glory Iallelujah," and the tallest,
loudest, grandest, noblest of all the
singers was Abraham Lincoln. This
scene will never be forgotten by those
who witnessed it.
Great interest is manifest in the ap-
portionment under the next census.
If the basis Of representation is the
same as at present, sixty-siX new
members will be added to the House
of Representatives, eleven in the East
ern and Middle, fifteen in the Southern,
and forty in the Western States. New
York will add five to her representa-
ton, Kansas, Texas, Illinois, Iowa,
Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, and Wisconsin each four, Cali
fornia three, Indiana and Minnesota
each two, If this theory of the APP
portionment is correct, the electoral
vote in 1884 will give the Eastern and
Middle States 124, Western 173,
Southern 1873, which, even if they
stand as q solid South, will cut very
small figure, and every year will grow
less and less, compared with the
whole country.
The English papers are sorely troub-
led over the absorption of the manu-
featuring trade of or own country.
Their patent laws and the exorbitant
fees of nearly 81 900 are conditions
which prevent cheap production of
manufactured goods. In this country
the mechanic is encouraged by the
small fees to patent his inventions,
and has every incentive to increased
study and thrift in formulating his
ideas into inventions for the use of
mankind. Not so in England. There
is no royal road through intelligent
effort for the laborer from the work.
man to the proprietor, and this ban
curbs and demoralizes labor, and sinks
it into the depths of unrest and igno-
rance. 1t is not strange that our
manufacturers are finding their way to
the markets of every nation and that
England is fearing that her supremacy
in this direction is gone forever.
1t will be remembered that Monsieur
Buisson, the Inspector General of
Primary Instruction, mentioned with
praise the publications, organization
and methods of the U. S. Bureau of
Education, both in his report to his
government on the Vienna Exhibition
of 1873 and in that on the Centennial.
Last spring Mr.. Bardoux, the minister
of public instruction, requested from
the Legislative Assembly authority
and funds to organize bureau of ed
vocational information in France, de-
claring that he desired to organize it
on the model of the U. S. Bureau in
Washington. The requisite permission
was obtained. Information has now
been received that Mr.. Buisson has
been appointed to organize the bureau
in connection with the Educational
Museum in the Palais Bourbon, of
which also he is the director. This re-
suit of Mr.. Buisson's labors will be
gratifying to his American collabora-
tors.
The disease among cattle, it is
feared, will check for the present al
least, shipments of live stock. The
most earnest attention and the wisesl
means are demanded on the part Of
farmers, dealers, railroads, and law.