Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-06-01
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day Of her industrial activity, now near at
| hand Indeed. the light is already break
ing on her mlltops and she is stirring her
| self for the morning. She ALREADY has
| three Republican members on this floor
who are staunch believers in the doctrine Of
| protection as taught 10y that great Ken
tuckian, Henry Clay, aud the returns are
still coming in Applause Another thing
shown 10y this table is that the per capita
wealth is SEQ in Vermont aud only S2l3 in
| Kentucky.
Thus far do these comparative figures
show for Vermont superior results aud
superior quality and quality is often a far
better test Of merit than quantity These
| igures, however, only relate to the materi-
al side Of things
But attention might be called 10 other
fields in which Vermont would not suffer in
comparison with Kentucky. Take, for in
stance, the other end Of the capitol, where
the little state Of Vermont, IN the persons
Of her senators, 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 hsto
ry, and who, full Of years aud full Of hon
ors can look 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 judi
cial body, presided over by the first lawyer
Of this country, whose great ability, great
learning, 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 a scale Of 100
Aur .,.,,N al.
does Kentucky claim Here again the test
is one Of quality, not quantity.
Mention might also he made Of another
great Vermont lawyer, whose great name
so recently brought him dangerously close
to the highest Judicial honor in the land
And the only hope Of Vermont is that the
one selected may bring to that high seat
the learning and culture and judicial sense
which so distinguishes the gifted Vermont
er, whose only fault is that he is Demo
crat 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 !
would give the gentleman from Kentucky
the name of Ethan Allen, whose statue
Vermont has placed in Memorial hall, and
who, with handful of Nermonters. to the
surprise of military men the world over as
to how it could have been done, as well as
to the garrison, captured from the British,
IN no, Fort Ticonderoga demanding its
surrender in the darkness of night 10y the
light of burning taper "in the name of
the Great Jehovah and the Continental
Congress"
Here again it was quality and not quan
tity. | would also give him the name of
Stannard who, with his brigade of Green
Mountain boys, in the very nick of time
fell upon the flank of Pickett's charging
column at Gettysburg and turned the tide
of that great and decisive battle in the late
terrible struggle for the preservation of
the Union, over the blessings of which all
tongues are now eloquent. Applause
Let me also here call attention to another
fact. namely that in that bloody contest
for the supremacy Of the old flag, Vermont
laid upon the altar Of her country a larger
sacrifice than any other state, of those
killed in action, which is the supreme test
of devotion in that supreme moment when
battles are lost or won. In other words
the per cent Of her troops killed in action
was greater than that of any other state
The per cent between Vermont and Ken
tucky is as follows Vermont had one killed
for every BPS men in the service
Kentucky had one killed for every "a men
in the service. But this estimate includes
colored troops. If white troops alone are
taken Hentucky's per cent would he one
for every 81, which leaves Vermont four
and one third points ahead. Mr.. Chair
man, | do not care to pursue this compari-
son further, and will leave with my friend
the gentleman from Kentucky, who is a
good Judge of facts and figures to say
whether he thinks Vermont is after ALL