The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-05-31

in the doctrine Of protection as taught
by that great Kentuckian, Henry Clay,
and the returns are still coming in
Applause. Another thing shown by
this table Is that the per capita wealth
Is Ss7O in Vermont and only $2l3 in
Kentucky.
Thus tar do these comparative figures
show for Vermont superior results AMI
superior quality, and quality is often a
TAR better test of merit than quantity.
Ihese figures, however, only relate to
the material side of things.
But attention might be called to other
fields, in which Vermont would not suf
fer in comparison with Kentucky. Take,
Tor instance, the other end of the capitol,
where the little state of Vermont, in the
persons Of her Seators, is at the head of
the two great committees of the Senate,
| The one: finance, presided over by the
distinguished author of the Morrill,
tariff, by which his name has become
imperishably set in history, and who.
full Of years and full of honOrs, can ookl
back through the third of a century of
honorable service at this capitol, the last
" years of which, under the tariff of
his name, presents the very brightest
chapter in all our history. The other.
The judiciary, first in importance in that
Judicial body, presided over by the first
lawyer of this country, whose great
ability, great learinR, and great good
sense easily make him the admitted
chief, the nOblest Roman of them all.
so much for Vermont in the United
states Senate. In scale of 100 Yer
mont claims 100 points. How many
does Kentucky claim? Here again the
test is one of quality, not quantity.
Mention might also be made of an
other great Vermont lawyer, whose
great name so recently brought him
dangerously close to the highest judi.
cal honors in the land. And the only
hope of Vermont is that the one Sc
lected may bring to that high seat the
learning and culture and judicial sense
which so distinguishes the gifted Yer
monter, whose only fault is that he is a
Democrat. But the motto of Vermont
is to do even bad job well, and so she
turns out first-class Democrats, and the
minister at the court of st. James is
first of his class. Applause, If not
going back too far, l would give the
gentleman from Kentucky the name OF
Ethan Allen, whose statue Vermont has
placed in Memorial Hail. and who, with
4 handful of Vermonters, to the sur
PRISE of military men the world over as
10 how it could have been done, as well
IS to the garrison, captured from the
British, in 1715, Fort Ticonderoga, de-
its surrender in the darkness
Of night by the light of burning taper
In the of the grelt Jehovah and the
Congress.
Here again it was quality and not
quantity. l would also give him the
name of Stannard, who, with his brig
lde of Green Mountain boys, in the very
nick of time, fell upon the flank of
oickett's charging column at Gettys-
1urg and turned the tide OF that great
md decisive battle in the late great
truggle for the preservation OF the
Union, over the blessings of which all
ongues are now eloquent. Applause.
let me also here call attention to an
'ther fact, namely, that in that bloody
contest for the supremacy of the old
lag, Vermont laid upon the altar of her
country a larger sacrifice than any
,ther state of those killed in action.
which is the supreme test of devotion in
hat supreme moment when battles are
ost or won. In other words, the per
,ent. of her troops killed in action was
greater than that of any other state.
The per cent between Vermont and
kentucky is as follows: Vermont had
me killed for every 3223 men IN the ser.
rice; Kentucky had one killed for every
a men in the service. But this estimate
includes colored troops. II white troops
Ilone are taken Kentucky's per cent.
would be one for 81, which leaves Yer
mont four and one half points ahead,
Mr.. Chairman, do not care to pursue
his comparison further, and will leave
With my friend. the gentleman from
who is good Judge of facts
md figures, to say whether he thinks
Vermont is, after all, much behind Ken
ucky Applause