Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-11

BY sudden ana unexpected
turn in the political wheel, not
the operation of any particular
theory, financial or otherwise
not the absolute Inauguration o.
any new theory, but absolutely
from jealousy and apprehension
among the various interests III
the country they have become
wedged in to the current OF
American progressiveness so
tightly as to bring the interests
of the country to an absolute
deadlock. These conditions are
beyond the control of statesman
ship, or financial sagacity. All
the while a large class are kept
out of employment and are grow
ing more and more destitute and
desperate the longer the deadlock
exists. In country like this i'll
which there IS such unbounded
wealth, such unmeasured means
of subsistence and comfort, it is
terrible that there also should be
such misery, starvation and des-
peration as exists where there is
plenty for all. There is indeed an
occasion for no little anxiety
respecting the future and the So
luton of the difficult problem be-
fore us.
Well, everybody knew before
the HERALD said it that such
was the condition of things, but
where is the way out of it? There
is probably no theory of finance
legislationthat can accomplish
it, but the people themselves, in
dividually, must be more open
handed; have agreater and more
benevolent care for others; state
and municipal administrations
must make some provisions so
that the idle can be employed; a
spirit ofpublic improvement must
be engendered; money must be
taken from its hiding places and
made lively and useful. The
genius of legislation must be
vigilant to guard against forci-
BILE or unjust distribution of this
wealth, for every government
must depend upon a confidence
that the people have that every
man will be secure in the posses
sion of his own; but it must be
equally Industrious in opening
ways and means whereby it's
needy and starving subjects can
maintain themselves, and so
they can by legitimate effort and
labor procure as much as is due
to them for SO much honest labor
they are willing to do for the
benefit of the country. tits worse
than idle to gather i'll groups and
angrily discuss this or that wild
theory Of political or financial
policy. Something must be done.
There is no danger from any Don
Quixotic Coxcy with his stray
Cling followers, who make the
condition of the poor in the coun-
try pretence to go on fantas-
tic pilgrimage; but there is a des-
perate feeling extending and
widening and running through
all the under currents in the land.
There is a feeling that is growing
deeper and deeper in the hearts
of the common people which the
more it is compressed the more
power it is gathering to burst
forth. A people will submit to
much tyranny from single indi-
vidual whose presence they sell
dom feel, but they are much more
keenly sensitive to what they re-
gard as oppression when the in
dividuals exercising it come in
touch with them. If this condi-
ton of things continues, just as
long as the law of explosion ex-
lists just so long will there be
danger of an eruption. Just as
long as the country continues to
be filled with little would-be-au-
tocrats, just so long willcontinue
a growing feeling of restlessness
and discomfort, and a feeling
that all men here are not equal
in point of privileges. The
remedy is more in the hands of
individuals i'll cultivating the
highest regards for the interests
of the poor, of adjusting and lev
cling themselves individually in
accordance with the desipu nj