The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-09-10

,one good points ana se copy some Of
then.
Yau will doubtless claim for Vermont
ths, II 10 The beet place TO stay 10. 10 live
In ~ we'll Is be born 10. The beet place Tor
. hone. and 80 good ~ sny for oil ordin.
sry bunness, aot good for the doctors, Tor
i, s 90 boslibisl they viii have les pc
tiert,: nor for the lawyers, because The
people are 90 honest snd lsx-abiding that
they will hsye few clients. bui good Tor
the ministers ADD teachers. because We be
licye 10 schools and churches. snd espec
islly good for editors because the people
.re iaielligen, and all read tue papers.
Add you can fairly claim much more
than this For II Is my firm. conviction,
based upon very careful consideration OF
the sablsct. tina. there is today no better
state for the farmer. whether he rs worth
five hundred OF five thousand dollars OF
more, and that it'll 70 TO the business
man, the investor or laborer. Is good II
ne, bs,.er opportunity for average sue
cess than any section Of the country. The
great prize may not be frequent bnt the
stretched failures are unknown.
An opportunity to compare our state, lite
people, its resources and its opportunities
with other sections Of the country mnst
tsad Ia make IA contented with our lot.
know that agriculture is depressed and
values low. bit there is this same com
plant IRON oil sections, and ON many
with much greater force than from us.
Many who have gone from Vermont in re.
cent years TO the West aud South wish
themselves back, al d many who have not
gone Themselves, but have sent their mon
ey. wish that back. fully believe that
our state has passed its worst period of de
preston. that farm values have passed the
turn, and the demand is better and the
pressure to sell less; that fewer Of our
young men will leave aud more Of those
who have left will return. and more who
are seeking desirable homes will come
from other states and that we are on the
eve. not Of great boom. but Of a steady,
heslthySincress Of prosperity.
No state has less OF the extremes Of
wealth and poverty, and none has popu
lsiion more homogeneous 10 character. and
not one is so purely representative OF the
old New England stock. This last propo'
sition is one Of great Importance in CON,
siderins the character OF our people, aud
1t 10 so obvious to even casual observer
that it requires no proof. The reason for
it is plain. Originally settled from Mass
acbusetts. either directly or by the way Of
Connecticut, We have had much less ad,
mixture from foreign or interstate immi,
grafton than any other New England state
and The land being better has been more
generally held by the descendants OF the
first settlers. No state has pre- served the
peculiar New England institution, political
and social, SO generally as Vermont. For
instance. We have today 240 townships
with the identical old New England town
ship government. the best system OF local
self government ever devised by man Only
one township has changed since the organ
iz,,ion Of the city government, although
several are larger than many cities in 9th
err states, but have wisely, rs / think. che
ell to retain the old system OF town govern
m ent as long as practicable. Our other
city, as you know, was originally charter
ed as such, soon after the Revolution, and
was organized end named out OF compli,
ment TO our French allies md their great
Mini ster. aud as a sample to show Boston
and other newer cities how they might
manage their affairs when they got too
populous for town government.
1t is to be noted. too. to the credit oil
our state, that we have withstood the tenn,
ptations and dangers so frequently result
ing from the overwhelming concentration
Of political power in one party. We do
not require the danger OF defeat to insure
good government. We have il because the
people believe 10 1t and will have no other.
We have had honest elections and no legs
lstive scandals. We pay our debts, not
from necessity, but because we believe in
paying them. Besides the great war ex.
perses, that were common to her states,
WE paid our soldiers nearly two million dol
lars, 10 addition to their government pay
but yet the state paid of its war obiRa-
,ions, and has been out Of debt for dozen
years or more.
] believe that there is not a state toward
which the sentiment OF loyalty and affec'
tion on the part Of those bred in the state
who have sought homes elsewhere is 70
strsng and universal as it is with Vermont
ers l bave had opportunity to learn Of
this 10 meeting so many Vermonters who
have settled 10 other sections OF the coun,
try. This feeling is shown by the remark,
sbIs success OF Vermont associations ia the
different cities, aud 10 so many other ways
,hst it is certain there M ust be good ground
Tor this love for the state on the part Of
her absent soDs. They find on comparing
il with other sections that they have left q
home worth rememb ering with ELECTION.
II sny Of you are doubtful whether you
believe 10 Vermont or not, would advise
you to 60 away for . year or two. II tina.
does not settle the question. cannot pre-.
scribe for you.
Speaking for myself. ] hope to dischsr.
g. TO the best OF nv ability and when that
obligation ceases. TO return TO spend wbs
time Lsye left in the good state where
was born snd have lived and worked, and
10 which owe all the good that is IL me,
and sll the good ihs, has come to me in