Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-11-26
= survey the conditions of our origin

| Washington was lllau9udteu may ~ -
vided into three periods. We are now en-
teTinp upon the fourth. 1t is remarkable
that each of these periods begun win
threat against the Republic as created py
the fathers. The nation has come safely
ont of each of these trials, has elnphallc'
ally asserted its faith i'll American IlDerly
ms Understood by its founders, ana sta1lqs
today tbe only Government in the world
which has been substantially unchanged
in one hundred years ..
The first period was one of construction
and hero-worship. Washington III ms
farewell address left a legacy Tor tht
guidance and instruction OF his country
It's first duty was to create system Dy
which the revenues of the Government
should ALWAYS be equal to its expenses
IFS next duty was to establish system OF
weights and measures, and standafu OF
value in harmony with the commercial
nations of the world While recently thli
standard has been the subject OF Vlolenl
partisan controversy, the leaders OF the
great parties. radical and conservative
into which the young republic divided,
Washington and Madison, Hamilton ana
4 Jefferson, met together To ADJUST tne
1 question. which was one OF INQUIRY OF
! knowledge and of scientific calculation,
/ and not of politics nor OF partlsallsnlI
Ii was the period for the adjustment OF
/ our relations with foreign countries, ana
they were arranged upon the broad truth
f that the United States would be sensitive,
energetic and defiant upon every attempt,
not only ON itself but on other parts OF the
+ Western hemisphere which would III any
wav peril the rights of the United States.
! our fathers believed they should AVOID Eil-
ropean entanglements. AT the same tlme,
4 the jaw treaty with Great Britain has lalu
4 down the principles upon which with skill,
\ dignity and patriotism. Secretary Olney,
has ended the Venezuelan dispute. IL
3 IL. 81 hon
I patriotism. The Fourth of July was a
/ real celebration. The eloquent descrlp-
+ ton of what il should be, which Danlel
4 Webster put into the mouth OF John
/ Adams, was realized in every hamlet and
at every crossroads in the land. 1t was
ushered in with the booming OF cannon;
The day passed with professions and
uIatioIS. aud il was Fung out with the
changing of The church bells and with fire
works aud Nominations As they sue
eessively passed off the stage, Washington
Hamilton. jefferson, Madison, the Adamses
JAY and others assumed heroic proper
tons.
They lived in the peoples eye, not as
demigods Ito arouse slayish homage and
superstiti0us fear. but as patriots so pure
i'm their devotion TO liberty and indepen-
dence that they were examples, not only
for their eOuntIymen, but Tor struggling
people all over the world and IN all times.
The second pe-iol began with tAe nulll-
Il alton of the Fedtral revenue laws by
south Carolina, ] was a rude awakening
10 the possibility Of the dis Tuition OF tn.
aion 1t was a shock to the continent, OF
American nationality The hero worship
the tim- gave tremendous authority TO
living l. I'D rs who possess q the p ople's
iuve NJ man in the crude conditions
which then existed more cousp Gu jusly met
his relur mrHt than Andrew Jackson.
The whole nation heard his threat, By
he L ernal, the Federal Union must and
hall BE- preserved" and WAS instantly
with him ii in the trOubadUur period OF
our race TIE philosopher might truly say,
" Let me wlite the songs OF a people aud l
care not vino makes their laws in our
history it has not been the lyric but the
rase which has proved a potential power.
This utterauce of Andrew Jackson became
part OF every political and patriotic ora
ii d. 1t was suppltm nted later as the
question became an acAdem one in con-
as, BY Webster's sonorous declaration,
'Uaion and liberty, one and insepaTable,
now aud forever" This was printed in
tbe school books and acclaimed flom the
n ttluTm Of every academy and school Ill /
i he country. II was Embedded in the b.ain /
and blood Of every American. L. broke the
crust II ma'erialsn and lighted the flies OF
patriotism when the 6.s. gun was fired
upon Fort Sumter. As tie second period /
was closing the Four h Of Jaly had become .
a farce in tn. cities, often frOwned up n AZ
vulgar, and in the country the orator was
laug he'd down as spOuter." The genera
tion which came upn the stage between
1850 aud 1860 knew little or nothing of the
Revolutionary War, us principles or lis act
uTs. Slavery, more an an Investment AID
business than as a sentiment, held the re
public by the throat and constantly threat
tned its dissolution for further protection
nr further aggre. sions. 0ut-half OF the
cJuLiry was enriched b. the product which
The slaves brought fr.m the soil, and the
other hall was enriched 10y supplying from
a manufacturing region the wants OF
purely agricultural community. The purse
IS the mulhtr of towards. Northern sent
neht at thai time is happily illustrated by
story which Que OF your distinguished
United States senators, Senator Collamer,
ised 30 love to tell II said, being az home
Turing the recess Of Congress, an old farmer
N his way ID market hailed him aud said
20 him, Judge, slavery is a sin, and so
ong as il exists So are all sinners. We
must get rid OF this curse somehow. We
iun's want TO dissolve he Union TO get rid
i il; why not buy these slaves and free
hemp 9 Well, said The ulge, THAT is a
very good id Now let US see how it will
s ork. Ii will cost us three thousand mil
ions Of dollars. This will be distributed
Imong the states to be raised by taxation;
he tax on Vermont will be 50 many hun.
lEeu lnOusanuS, ine TAX on Essex county
will be so many thousands. / think. neigh
,Or, I'll try and put hat through" In the
afternoon the Old farmer came along late
1d stopping at the senator's office said
: Judge, / reckon that just at presen, as ,
hings are a little hard with us, would
lot bother about those niggers " As be ,
ween truth and falsehood, as between lib
Ity and slavery, compromises inevitably
uIne 10 an end, aud bctNeen them il is the q
Va tie 10 the death. Thus this period,
which had forgotten the Revolution, W hich '
lad become sordid and surrendered ever T
Ling TO profit, in its rdde reckoning sacri. /
ed millions Of lives aud billions OF treas
re TO maintain the Union upon the founda-
ions where the Revolutionary Fathers hed :
laced il. {
We then entered upon third psriod. IL
! as the period OF reconstruction, OF in
cniion, and OF extraordinary accumulation
i rational and individual wealth. BY leans .
nd bounds the nation advanced along the
ath of progress. Iaventive genius slim {
ated prosperity and prosperity stimulated c
h ventige genius. Enormous fortunes were ,
lassed by farsighted and daring men, see
1g the opportunities in new conditions and
he development of new territories As the
.fces OF the water and the air, as the I'M 3
AIMED powers Of nature were brought into
lie ervice OF man, they added intellectually s
. production and gave unlimited opport1- [
Il, TO inventors aud organizers. One i'm {
roYement succeeded another so rapidlv 4
hat whole populations had to learn new
rades and Invested capital became WORTH