Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-17

Tho first lecture IN the wintrr's library
course was delivered last evening, a, the
tJSn hall, by Rev. Or. Cow, before an audi
euco Of some 300 people. The subjyc; of his
lecture WAS The Purils of the Republic" In
tho beginning the lecturer pointed out that
human activity or labor growing ont Of human
desires was tho soil out OF which all the social
aud political institutions Of men spring and
grow Out Of this soil, under the operation
Of natural laws, has grown our present labor
system the tendency Of which is in various
ways to destroy the moral manhood Of the
people. The great social aud political Ques-
ton Of every age must be the question OF Ia
Dor not what shall be the exact compensa.
ton Of labor in wages, but how shall labor
be 80 Us d rs TO preserve and develop the
moral manhood Of the laborer-this is the
great aud underlying question. The speaker
divided mankind into three classes: first, those
who use the labor Of other men; second
those whose labor j. used by others; third
those who use only their own labor and whose
labor is not used by others. The las, men
toned class, be said. are as rulo tho best and
happesi. aud the community or nation which
has had the largest number OF such citizens
has been the strongest aud most yirtu0us. In
our day and country the tendency Is TO large
ly increase the other two classes, especially
the hborcrs, as they are commonly called
81" 80 'o',Nvn0y ~, o'
-H!' a'"-' % mans 's 70 i9".' INC lhtelii-
OF the laborcr, to throw the control of affairs,
socially and politically, moro and more into
the hands Of q monied ars.ocrlcy, to cxaggs-
rate class distinctions TO foster ,Xtravagaucs,
Intensity the self,hn.ss Of all classes, pro
mote class legislation, and disseminate cor.
ruption throughout the body polite. This
labor svstetu has grou,,, ma ,,atrr,Il,. tb-o,,gb
tba accumulation ~ csnita1 ,i, ir,',,;o,, os
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spite the evils which attend il il must bc al
loved that under tic nressnt l,bor sy.+a,,,
~ -. P'''"' 'A''' >! .'1nI
'h' VoHu''ou vi IN "!ch uA' improved in
many important res o. cts and that no man
has ,aiued so much IA ia. man Of honest
t,u oh, ,.,.,,.s az, ,.-,....s,,, ,,..,-:.l ~
''l VINO Owns no property out''u' OF MS own
person ami Ills franchise AS "A FREQ citizen.
Only in pati.pt study Of tb.so .v1, t., .t,.
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'o''' '' ''' " 'o''' H'"' III N""' can
their remedy be found and only as men Of
all classes are kindly earnest in their nursuit
of tb. r.r,.lv a,,I j. ..r,.Ii.,tic,, ~. go
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can inc cNi' pe cured. food men must IN
deed always stand together for truth aud
RELATIONSHIPS but o,I,' ,,s ,,,oJ mo, ~, H.,
80 ~ 49, az wv
"''''' H"u no, a. M y % V't'9 opposing hn-
other class. Many Of the evils which threat
en- Us, the speaker believed. can be cured bv
,,;.Iot;,, I,,t ,,,, hi. -..,,,l. ~
iFBa'''"u Ou' our culel remsuy, after all,
lies III the cultivation OF intelligence and NOR
al strength AMONG the pooule
OBITUARY.
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OF November n gracious life cap,e 70 re-cos,l ,i.,
calmly, ranlessIv and in trnstfpI reli,rc, o Irir
WIN, .,,,e 10 A., I.r.,s ,rf,.. Al, ~. - -
~ -, - '' '''"' udnIeu inc 'eu-
les 1"u Sa,t OIL If'uu ana physician Myra, wife
For those who rcmain-tbe fadly bereavcl bpsb,r5
the lifelong friends and those to whom even sbo-t
acquaintance cndcared hcr-arc tears and sorrow and
10 one OF those who were fortunateiu her friendship
- 80 i-'44'''''N Az sfu@A "uISa OF sympathy TO