Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
THE LATE SENATOR HILL.

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THE LATE SENATOR HILL.
In Senator Edmund's remarks on |
the death of Senator Hill of Georgia, |
the following occurs:
''The notion of fidelity to ones
own State, whether her course be |
thought wise and right or not, is al
most natural instinct and whether
it be defensible on broad grounds or
not, who does not sympathize with
it? Even in this body, whose men,
bers are Senators of the United
States, and are not in a constitution
al sense any more representatives of
the particular States that elected
them than of all the other States and
the people, it is extremely difficult to
free ourselves from the feeling that
we are the representatives of partic-
ular States merely and that we are
bound to defend and promote the
interests of their inhabitants without
responsibility for the effect of what
we do upon the people of other
States. Is it not clear that the fun
damental unity of all the States, as
well as the security of the rights of
each, will be much more secure and
the National Government much bet
ter administered, if we remember that
our obligations and our solicitudes
should be bounded by no arrange
ments of political geography? So
thinking, l look with large interest
and sympathy upon the scenes and
events in which the late Senator from
Georgia bore so conspicuous a part
and upon the affection and confidence
that the great mass of the people of
that State felt toward him. And,
differing widely from him in respect
of very many of his acts aud opinions,
l felt deeply for him, for his family
and for his people in the calamity
that came upon him. And how much
more tender our sympathy and admit
ration grew when we saw him bear
ing the greatest of human suffering
with the calmness of manly fortitude
and the supreme happiness of Chris
tian faith, and when we saw that all
the evils of this weary life were pow
erless to affect his soul, that rose
over pain to victory
"Such events as we now comment
crate, interesting and solemn as they
are and must re to each one of us,
are the most common and the most
certain of all. The life of man, did
it end with this earthly career, would
be the most miserable of phantasms !;
but to those who see with the eye of
faith beyond the narrow border of
our mortal life the yoke is easy and
the burden light On this great
stage of government the actors ap-
pear and act their parts and disap-
pear to come again no more, but the
grand drama goes on without inter-
ruption. When the greatest and
apparently the most important adj
ministrations of government sudden
ly depart there always comes forward
from the body of an intelligent peo-
pie some one to fill the vacant place
and who is equal to the emergency
of the time. While, then, we are
touched with the suddenness of these
separations, let us take comfort in
the knowledge that our ~country's
institutions flourish in larger anC
larger security, and that all our PEG
pie feel more and more the depth and
strength of mutual interest, sympa
thy and goodwill"
The distillers have some $1,000,
600 gallons of whiskey i'll bond whicI
must be withdrawn within three years
and S75, 100000 paid in taxes. Th
distillers want the time extended
and the longer the extension tn
greater the chance of legislation t.
reduce the tax, which is now 80 cent
per gallon, OF abolish it altogether
Although the liquor interest has
powerful lobby at Washington t
carry through this scheme, the hous
appears to be in no mood to be pro
pititaed by it. Money and solicita
ton will do good deal, however
and it will not be surprising if til
whiskey interest carries the day a
t last. just now. however, the hous
is sober and firm.
: Advices from Bishop Peck indicate tina
he will be unable to preside at the Vel
mont Methodist conference appointed t
take place at st. Adams, April is, an