Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-03
The Farmers Picnic.

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| Tbere are tvo c,assas ~ farross -,hoso Oh
farm To make monev and those ybo "a nm 70 srona
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| ond order When nm osLed ~ m, farr ,avs
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| In all Westchester county I snppose there ia No
\ better farm than nina 4, richnass ,rdord~oin,no
| and stocking. and mono that on tho ,vhole has
more that il deiobtful In II Rpt IN ,,e 4, ia ono
| Of the mysteries of nature I'm farming how tho
| bills grow That IL a matter that ia mast NV com
| prehension II vas asked ,vba,hor L,o,,
| enough about farming IN sn,,ort ,nyse,f INV
| answer would be that / would be In tho moor.
house within five wears ~ I demanded on nv farm
| for support This il probablv due In had bab,,s
contracted in a CITY. in conseouence of which
need more to live ON than most people II I sbou,d
tell all know about farming IL would take abou.
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ought to know, but don't, ii would take A month
I do not then appear as an instructor. and NV
subject will be on another theme than agriculture
There Is nothing In which we are more interested
than in the general condition of the country. and
this will briefly discuss, avoiding ANYTHING that
divides men in politics. There is A large sphere
common to both parties and to all, and TO this
will confiue myself. 1t is now more than one
hundred years since our government was estab.
| lished-and a hundred wears are longer now than
| thousand were in ages gone The world moves
faster and the events Of century are compressed
into FIVE or ten-years period-and in the time to
come things will move still faster One hundred
years have seen the trial of the experiment OF the
| power OF masses Of men to govern themselves and
make the community happy. Has the expert
nent been a success? What is the attitude
| throughout the world Of the different govern
| ments7 What has absolute monarchy to boast of
Look at Russia-is there anything in the hap
piness, intelligence and power of its people to
make us ashamed Of our own experiment Its
very vastness tends to crush it, Its peasantry Is
an element Of weakness. Austria is recuperating.
| Germany is not an absolute monarchy, and can
not be so reckoned. In France a republican form
Of government prevails, and In Italy constitu-
tiona government. The government OF Great
Britain is as republican ~ our own, and not the
less so that It's ruler is called queen and ours
president, only the names are different. What
has there been in the history OF our country that
justifes our belief in self-government 1t is no
wonder that on close criticism many people are
disposed to doubt its success. The great question
OF the constitution, the laws, the judiciary, the
fnances--what special adoption have the people
Of the United States to settle them 1t is only
one out of a hundred that studies these questions,
and the other ninety-nne don't care for them.
You would not think forty millions of people the
best tribunal to settle these questions. The
country is filling up with immigrants from all
| parts Of the world and some even from Ireland.
We have eight millions OF immigrants and their
children, from every nationaty-and four mil
lions OF slaves to pepper the mass The latter, to
| be sure, have the right of suffrage but many Of
them don't 1t, for reasons known to themselves
| But 1t may be said we are not an absolute dem
| ocracy. We vote for representatives But is the
| wisdom Of the people in this matter such as to
ensure us that 1t is the best way Our representa-
tives ought to be picked men, skilled in public az
fairs, intelligent, upright, having single eye to the
public good In great emergencies we choose such
! man hut mot otberwisa And our m n yis,rat 40 .