The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-17
VIEWS FROM VERMONT.
Some Things Which Attract the Atten-
ton of an Observer in That State.

ZION OF an observer III 1ndU ODdJ0.
CAsTLEToN, VT. Oct. 5.-As l looked this
morning upon the frozen earth and saw the
air full of fakes of snow, my mind in
stinctively turned toward the 'sunny
south" with the rays OF the sun warming
the earth and air. Then l thought even
though the frost sent "a shiver through tn Q
frame of Vermonter here, the citiZens of
Jacksonville, Fla, would welcome to their
homes this frost. There are some pleasant
things about Vermont winter, as there is
the toothache; when they are over, then
comes summer and pleasure Yet Vermont
hills furnish such scenery, with pure air and
water and fine drives, that it makes pleas
ant home for citizens of the sunny south"
during the heated term.
Vermonters are truly a peculiar people.
An idea finds lOdgment in their brains and
it must ever remain, though they know it
is wrong. Vermont believes in Sherman's
bloody shirt, believes northern man is not
safe in Savannah, yet they know Yer
monter is as safe in Georgia as Georgian
is in Vermont. The republicans of Yer
mont ever look for evil from home; never
at home. Still | know Of q town in this
Rutland county that has $50 democratic
voters, vet at the last election only seventy
five of them dared VOTE because they knew
If they voted as they wished, they would
lose their situations. This Is why the re-
publcans have such majority in this state.
Could every freeman in the state go to the
polls and vote as he chooses, unawed by
capital, before another decade Yer
mont would be O democratic state
Before the war the writer was a
strong abolitionist and voted with that
party. When the south laid down her
arms, asked TO return to her fathers house,
there were but two things to be done: Pro
claim general armistice or prosecute all
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Davis and all the leaders. The former
course was adopted; then they
commenced hurting epithets, making
false accusations, attempting to tread
noble men of the south into
the earth by placing the ballot in the hands
of the blacks of the south, who knew no
more what it was than do the sheep upon
our hills; then / was obliged to leave the
grand Old party and join my destinies with
the democrats.
At this day the south treats the blacks
with much more consideration than do
Vermonters. We have III this town
over $50 blacks; lazier, more
worthless, improvident set of beings
never saw in my life. They have done only
one thing in this state-learn poultry to
roost hight Work they will not; yet they
live and havea being There is nothing II
ordinary Vermonter hates worse than a
black man, who usually has good supply
of poultry aud garden vegetables in their
hut, though they raise no poultry and have
no garden. / am glad, though, the bitter
feeling of the north toward the south is
wearing away. That the republicans have
come out for free trade, by wishing TO re-
duce this war tariff; what will New England
manufacturers now say and do. That cry
was caught up too quick. There is even in
Vermont a reaction going on. At our last
election democrats knew that effort would
avail nothing. Republicans even skinned
the cemeteries for votes, took idiots to the
polls, but their large majority was because
OF democratic inaction- IS.