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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAI WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1883.
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WKDNHSDAY, NOVEMHElt M, 1883.
Tem t.w per jcr, Hrtcllr In alTnce or ll.SO if
not rM wlthln three month.
Tnu powor behlnd tbo victory in Hrook
ya is a olub of nbout a thousand young
republicans, honorable, progreasive, doter
nilnod mon. Two yoara ago this organiza
tion brought out Mayor Low, and it haa
twioe oontribnted to hia election againat
one of Ihe most powerful and unaorupu
lous politlcal rings in tho country. Tliey
havo shown tbe powor of legltimato, hon
ost and eonsiblo mothocls in tho hand ot
alort, earnest citizens in roforming politica,
as against tbo nohiovomonta of profes
sional politicians. They bavo appealed to
reason and havo supported thcirappeal by
a direct, porsonal, unpaid propagandism
amcng tho votors of tbo city, and on elec
tion day by work in protecting the polls
and in other proper and neccssary ways.
Their exampla mlght profitably be fol
lowed by the young men in other commu
nities. Tho young men of Vermont, ener
getic, progressivo, proud of thoir Btate
and ambitioua for better things for her,
might, if they would assort their powor,
do Bomething to break up tho " cut and
dried " cnstom of disposing of tho ofiicea
of the state, a oustom which breeds weak
ness and results in retrogrcssion when
there should be strength and progress.
A connESi'ONDENT, whose communica
tion ia published in another column,
takes np the auggestion made by Tiik
Watciiman aeveral weeks ago, that there
should be a new agricultural and mechau
ics fair association formed here, compris
ing within its limita the oentral portion
of the state. With a favorable sito for
fair grounds and au energetio and judi
cious management, such an association
should succeed. It would not be neces
sary nor, perbaps, would it be advisable
to begin on a great scale, but a beginning
once made should be tho formation of an
exhibition organization whose annual
meetinga ultimately shall not be outdone
by any similar association in the state.
Agricultural and political horse trota have
become unpopular among tho thorough
going farmera. Gamblers havo used them
for disreputablo purposea and politicians
havo employed the shining hours of an
afternoon at these gatherings to make hay
for the next canvasa. Our correspondent
speaks for a kind of fair which shall aerve
the real purpose of a competitive indua
tial exhibition, benefit to the farmers, ar-
tiaans and tradesmen of the territory
from which it derivea its support. There
should be no obstacle in tho way of tho
union of the peoplo of Washington and
contiguous counties in such an enterprise,
and there should be no lack of an onthu
siastic interest in such a project. The
propoaition should be agitated and dis-
cussed, and, at the proper time, some de
cisive action taken. Let other correspond-
ents speak their minds on this subject,
xne coiumns 01 xnn watchman are
open to their communications.
The republicans won a substantial vic
tory in New York. To thoae who had
ob3erved the course of events in that
state the result was not a matter of sur
prise. The surpriso was ratber that the
full republican stato ticket was not
chosen. Briefly stated, an adverse major
ity of nearly 200,000 haa been overcome.
Tbe legislature has been recovered by de-
cisive majorities in both branches and by,
no means the least feature in the triumph,
Seth Low haa been re-elected mayor of
Brooklyn against tbe determined opposi
tion of the democracy. As a checkmate
to Iloadlv, Governor Cleveland made
haste, after the election in Ohio, to inter
pret the expected democratio victory in
New York, aa foreahadowing hia nomina
tion to the preaidency by hia party. The
interpretation was a little previous. Mr,
Cleveland can hardly expeot to go beforo
the democratio national convention on the
strength of the " triumph " in New York
on the 0th inst. However the cbances of
any democratio candidate may be ellected
by the late electiona, the reault, especially
in New York, seema to point concluaively
to the nomination of Senator Edmunda by
the republicana. It is generally conceded
that New York will bo the "pivotal
state " again. It ia apparent that the re
publicans have a good fighting chance
there, and if they improve it, they will
win. The candidato must be a man who
will commaud the confidence of the great
busineaa, tbe material intereste, which cen
ter in New York. The votes of buBiness
men will decide the contest, and their
preference will be given to the man whose
name and record is a guaranty for secur
ity and the best attainable government.
That man is George F. Edmunda.
A mketinq of tho national republican
committee haa been called in Washington
Deceinber 12, to cboose a successor to its
late cbairman, the late Governor Jowel)
and to fix the time and place for holding
tho next convention. The committee
ita meeting in January adopted a resolution
which seema to have been the guidon of
tho republicana in the electiona of last
week. The following is the resolution
Itetolved, That tho call for the next republl
can national convention ehall be bo brond nnc
lllinr.il nato Invltetheco-operatlon. without lm
poslne any tests of fealty, of nll citizens wlio
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aTr in iavor Ul eiuvmiuK tiuu ui;uiij'iiiK niuuri'
can labor. nrotectlng and extendlng home In
riimtrln. elvlne froo and ponular educatlon to
the masea of tlie people, eecurlng ftee suffmge
and tho boneat countlng of the ballotB,-and
offectiully protectlog all IiumRn rlgtitaln every
gectlon of our common country, und who aie
wllllng to support tne nornintea oi tne con
ventlon.
Aa the Boston Advertiser saya: "Tho
lessons of tho electiona could eoarcely bo
better interpreted thau in this resolution
and it ia well it can bo said that tho rep
lesontatlves of tho party did not wait to
seo what tho oountry would do in thesa
autnmn olections beforo putting tho stato
ment of republican purposcs on thia hlgh
plano. The sumraons to tho convention
wlll, thereforo, bo suoh aa to attraot the
sytnpathetlo attontion of men who bo-
lievo that tho republioan party 1s at loast
faoing to the front, and, in the main, bent
on being progressivo." ino jiavemser
prosents tho claims of Boston to the honor
of receiving tho next national convention
within ita gates. It pertinently saya, and
all New Eugland will riso to aecond ita
suggeation, that " New Eogland has beon
supporting tho republican candidatea ovor
ainco republican conventiona wero flrst
held. After nearly thirty years, is it not
time to allow Now Eogland to entertaln a
convention ?"
Tho KoTcmber Electiona.
The general reault of tho November
electiona ia substantially the samo as
given last week. In Massaohusetta Rob
inson's plurality over Butler is a little
more than 10,000. In New York General
Carr, tho republican candidate for socre
tary of state, bas a majority of over 10,000,
according to the Albany Evening Journal,
and the democratio candidatea for the
remaining state ofBoea treaaurer, sur
veyor, etc. havo majorities ranging from
10,000 to 14,000. In the legialature tho
sonato stands nineteen republicana and
thirteen democrats ; tbo assembly seventy
three republicans and fifty-five democrats.
The republican mBjority in Pennaylvania
ia reported at over 21,000. The Connect
icut legislature has a republican majority
of sixty-five on joint ballot, against a
similar majority of twenty-nine last year.
A year ago, in that state, Governor Wal-
ler, democrat, waa elected governor by
nearly twenty-five hundred majority, on a
total voto of over 115,000. Thia year the
sheriff voto shows a republican majority
of over 5,500 in a total vote of 93,000.
Thia ia a very satlsfactory and auggestive
change for the republicans. NewJeraey
elects Abbett, democratio, by over 0,500
majority. Mississippi aa a matter of
course is democratio. Maryland is demo
cratio by 12,000 majority. In her legisla
ture the senate has fourteen democrats
and twelve republicans, the house of del
egates sixty-threo democrats and twenty
eight republicana. Nebraska ia republl
can by 10,000, and Minnesota by not less
than 20,000 majority. Virginia has estab
lished the f act that the hoped for break in
the aolid South will not be made. The inde
pendent movement there, headed by Ma-
hone, was a protest against Bourboniam,
In ita political mffthods it may not have
aeen exactly an ideal movement. It was,
however, oppoaed to a political aystem
that was certainly very far from the ideal
which lovera of trne liberty wish to aee
established in this land of freedom. Its
metbods might not have been justiflable
in law-abiding communities, but they may
not have been nnwisely adapted to the
character of the warfare it had to wage.
Mahone bas made a gallant fight against
Boarbonism. In a measurably fair field,
he had carried the state with him till the
late election. Last week Bourboniam tri
umphed, it is claimed, by the old familiar
agency, resorted to by the South when
other means fail. The shot gun has done
its perf ect work. The bloody murder at
Danville and the evidencea of intimida-
tion in other parta of the state explain
Mahone's defeat. Tho methods which
have now prevailed in Virginia have been
more generally associated with the meth
ods of the extreme southem statea. Their
appearance in Virginia ia not reaaauring,
The Old Dominlon has hitherto tolerated
a reasonably free expression of opinion
an d a fair degreo ot liberty at the ballot box.
The nnmeaaured dennnciation of Mahone
by the northern republican preaa and the
consciousnesa that hia defeat would be
hailed with joy by an element of the repub
lican party North haa undoubtedly given
encouragement to tho importation and ex
ercise of the brntal measurea which in two
successive presidential elections have
solidifled tho South. The Mahone party
is better tban Bourboniam, just as a con
stitutional monarchy ia better than an ab
solute monarchy. The conduct of the
ultra prohibitionists in voting against and
defeating republican candidatea has been
sharply criticised by republicans who have
indirectly helped to defeat Mahone, but
the temperance enthusiast easily justifies
hia couduot by the same logio as hia crit
ics employ to excuse their own political
action. The solid South is a flxed fact
again, and aa such will " bob up eerenely
in tho comlng national canvasa.
Coustructivo Statcsmnnslilp.
Vermont presents a fino field for an ex
ecutive with a geniua for reconatruction
The state stands in neod of a material
resuscitation. Some f uture census should
show that she has made a substantial
gain in population and resources and is
permanently in line among the progressive
statea. By negleoting to supply counter in
ducements to her peoplo to stay at home,
the state has indirectly contributed to the
powerful stimulus the West haa given to
emigratien. In busineaa mattera enter
prising men meet encroaching competi
tion with counter expedlenta. The United
Statea found itself unable to competi
with Europe in industiial pursuita
Statesmansbip bridged with the tariff the
chasm betwoen domestio and foreign in
dustry. New York built tho Erie canal
to bring to her ohief city the com
merce of the great lakes und rivera which
mlght otherwise have been divertod down
the Mississippi. Massachusetts tunneled
the Hoosio mountains to save her com
merco Irom destructlou by rivals more
f avorably situated. Other statea havo un
dertaken great enterprises to develop their
resources, or to proteot themselvea from
tho enoroaohment of rivals. Vermont haa
upinely submlttod to spoliation of her
population to build up other communities
which havo turned and tauntcd her with
her lack of entorpriso. Tho past twenty
yoars in pattionlar havo been marked
with wondorful efforta on tho part of tho
Natlon, tho statea and munioipalities to
devolop their reaourcoa and incroase their
proaperity. Men of praotical and com-
prehenoivo stateamanship have been plao
ed at the head of affalrs. They have been
men with a oapaolty for coustrnotlve
statesmanahip rathor than for that nega
tivo kind of statccraft which sponda its
enorgiea in political chloanory or which,
in cabinota and executive chambera, dla
ports itsolf in rogulation frock coat and
frilled ahirt front. Tho stato is not un
like a great corporation. Tho governor
should bo tho head of its busineaa man
agemont. llo shonld have knowledgo,
experience and capacity that should in
spire confidenco and should enable him
to shapo tho pollcy of tho state, so that
every industry, so that eduoation and all
things that conduco to the moral and ma
terial prosperity of tho stato should be
nndertaken with deliberation and good
judgment, and purBued with energy and
persistonco. Political usago in Vermont
haa been all against any suoh conception
of tho qualifications or tho functiona of a
chief magiatrato. Tbo ofiico appeara to
be regarded rather aa the toy of poli
ticians, a sort of gllded baublo to be
passed round among tho elect. The gov
ernor is a figuro head where ho should be
a living reality, the vigilant guardian of
the body politic, sworn and commisBioned
by all legal and constitutional means to ad
vance its bighest interests.
The state's injurious political customs
havo unquestionably interfered with her
prosperity, and the ineqnality in tho divl
sion of her political partlos has been with
equal certainty the opportunity of medi
ocre men. It is time these enervatinc
political customa wero chauged. Tiie
preponderance of political power can
hardly be helped, but the party in power
can reform ita hurtful customa. The
queation of a successor to Gov. Barstow
has been raised in the publio prints. If
the discussion which the early broaching
of this subject croates takes tbe direction
of an honest and nnbiased inquiry after the
man who shall best supply the need Ver
mont has of a live governor. creat good
may come to the state; but if the
forcingof the question is aimply to foro-
atall publio opinion in favor of some self
constituted candidate or the candidate of
some ring, the people should step in and
institute a now departure. In this con-
nection lt may not be out of place to look
the field over a little and see what mate
rial the state has for governors. Rotation,
when the governor chances to be a good
one, has been destructive to Vermont'a
prosperity. It is the curse of the legisla
ture, and it is filling the state with ex
governors in the prime of life. Governor
Barstow is having a term at school in the
chief execntive offiee. He has observeci
and learned much that should increase
his efficiency for another term. The cor
rect thing would be to re-elect him. But
if the senseless geographial rule ia to be
enforced, it behoovea the people of tho
whole state to east about for a good man
to succeed him ; to weigh the qualifica
tions of citizens who have given evidence
of such stateamanship as the emergenoy
demands, and, actuated by a singla desire
to secure the best attainable government
to summon him to the position with an
inspiring unanimity and fervor. Fore
most among the capable men on the east
side is Frederick Billings of Woodstock.
Hia name ia entirely worthy of very aeri-
oua consideration. Experience, succesa,
capacity, energy, reaources, liborality,
broad and generoua views of things and
shining talents are hia. " E. & O. E.,"
the mystio oharacters which human in-
firmity sometimes places at tho foot of
commercial invoices, would not be needed
on his bill of qualifications. If, however,
tho state cannot be induced to do bo gra-
cious a thing as to make Mr. Billings gov
ernor, there is J. M. Tyler, or B. D. Iiar
ris of Brattleboro, either of wbom has a
reputation for abiiities such as the state
might advantageously call to its service.
In many bnt diverse waya each haa ably
discharged important trusts or mauaged
business enterprises successfully. Eich
is a man of high intelligonce and liberal
eduoation, both such as the schools im
part and such aa ia acquired in the broader
university of tbe world. Hon. Geo. Nichola
of Northfield haa had a large experience
in the affairs of the state. He has been
popularly crodlted with having held an
option on the governorship for the last
ten years or longer. However this may
be, an ambltion to round out in the exec
utive chamber a long and honorable
career in the oflioo of secretary of state is
pardonable and creditable. It is barely
possible, however, that the genial secre
tary hasgood-naturedly yielded to the am
bition of otbers till the atatuto of limita
tiona has barrod tho enforcement of hia
option. Somewhat by force of precedent,
aomewhat by virtue of that good uature
which haa provailed in the bestowal of tho
governorship, and possibly aomewhat as a
counterplot, Lieutenaut-Governor Pingree
is put forward as a probable candidate.
A brave soldier, an estimable gentleman
aud a good lawyer, still Colouel Pingree
seems to be a negative kind of a states-
man. No great harm would befall the
stato and probably no diatinguishable
progressivo stride would mark his admin-
istration. The status quo of conventional
and respectabla inertia in state affairs
would doubtless bo maintained. So far as
abiiities, fltnesa, publio eervicea, are con
cerned, tho qualifioationa of these an
nounoed candidatea aro probably equaled,
if not surpassed, by thoae of many otbers
who might bo named. It would not be difll
oult to writo up a llat of namos of mon in
Washington oounty alone, men of dem-
onatratod capacity for suoh overyday,
matter-of-faot stateamanship aa ia needed
to be infused into Vermont'a affairs, who
would make moat oxcellont governora. If
a long and honorable careor, faithful and
brllliant service in diflioult posltions, with
high and deoided qualifications, aro
grounds for promotion, ex-Trcasuror John
A. Pago should be govornor, on the first
occasion tho inflexiblo geographical re
atriotlon prosenta. Tho patriotio servicea
of General P. P. Pitkin in the late war
woro second to thoae of no other Vermont
cflbor. In the nuartormaator'a department
he developed a relontleaa vigor and
promptitude, a oapnoity for organization
and adminlatration, that playod no unim
portant part in the oporations of tho army
of tho Potomao. In prlvato affairs and
civic posltions ho has dlsplayed a fortile
brain, a level head, a qulck and compre-
nensive gTasp, a liberal and progressivo
apirit, with ready and efficlent executive
powers. Tho stato could go further for a
governor, and fare very much worae.
Othera might be mentioned who, like Dr.
W. A. Jonetf of Waitsfield, aro men hav
ing the braina,experience and horse aense
that, in the equlpment of an efBcient ex
ecutive for his duties, would not come
amiss. Their tonnage is heavier and their
sailing qualitiea better than thoae of somo
of tho more showy craf t which aro spread-
ing their canvas to tho political breezes.
Wo havo suggested tnese low names
among a scoro or more of others which
are outsldo of the traveled political high-
ways, morely to show that the selection of
a candidate for governor ia not entirely a
case of " Hobson's choico," with tho peo
ple. There ia plenty of undeveloped ma
terial in the state that will make excellent
governors. There ia no need of haste in
choosing. It ia of moro conaequence to
decide wisely than to decide qulckly.
Notea and Comments.
New York Sun: "Massachusetts
will have to get some now rule for count
ing up hor elections. It used to be that
' Aa goes IIull so goes the Common
wealth ;' but this timo IIull went for
Butler, and how the stato did go for
him, too P'
Worcester Spt : " But, aftor all, no
body could have beateu Butler except
Butler himself. When he entered upon
his offico in January last, he had his po
litical future in his own hands. If he
had conduoted himself with ordinary pro
priety, avoiding insolent and aggressive
behavior toward hia aseociatea in the gov
ernment and all oauses of needless irrita
tion, if he had not wantonly arrayed
against himself the pride of our people in
their state, its institutions and its good
name, not all the efforta of hia opponenta
could have prevented h'u re-election. But
to do thia be would need to be other than
Benjamin F. Butler."
New York Sun : " The eventa of Tuea-
day hava removed all doubt, if kny existed
before, in the minds of intelllgent people,
that the election of 1881 will be a holiday
festival for the democracy. In that strug
gle, they will not be able to havo every
thing according to their own fancy and
their own pleasure ; aud for this reason,
while they may like Thomaa A. Hen'
dricks and Joe Micdonald, or admire
the Tall Syoamore of the Waba9h, they
will act more wisely if they leave such
predilections in the background, and in
quire what the necessities of the whole
country demand, and what they can do to
satiafy the exactions of publio opinion."
The Sun's voice is atill for Holman.
TnK North American Review for the
past seaaon has discussed with ability and
intelligence tbe current topics of the day,
This publication is invaluable to thoae
who would havo full informatlon on pub
lic, Bocial, financial and scientific mattera
and a clear understanding of the intrica
cies of the related problema which are
coming up for solution. The November
number treats of Limited Suffrage in
Rhode Island ; The Government and the
Telegraph by Dr. Marvin Green ; John
Browu of Osawatamie, Solar Physica,
Modern Experiencea, Conversation with a
Solitary, Part 3, Suggestions in regard to
the Publio Service, by Green B. Raum
and four replies to Dr. Hammond's Esti-
mato of Woman.
Springfield Refuulican : " Good-by,
Benl You were suoh a rollicking old
sinner, you wero so entertaining in your
deviltry, we shall bo kind o' lonesome
without you. We count on a few first
clasa monkey-ahinea from you in the next
two montbs. You have given the staid
old commonwealth tho greatest circus sho
ever saw. You have done a preoious lot
of miscbiuf. But now you arefialshed
and done for, we can't feel savage as you
maKo your exit. 'Un waa yo tas a
thought 'and meu' 1 ' Be a good boy,
leave politica and play with your yacht
and your millions. Wo shall have better
governors hoaven forbid that we havo
worse but wo never shall have such
coraical one. Fiirewell, Benjamin I "
New Youk Tridune : " Yo3terdays
work makea republican success possible
in tbe next presidential oontest. If New
York, Massaohusetts and Pennsylvania
had all followed Ohio in going domocratio
this f all, few would havo been
hoieful
helininir
enough to believo that so overwhelming
a current could have been turned back in
a single year. Now everbody oan see that
fighting ground ia lef t ; that the repub
licana can fairly hopa by good oonduot
and good fortune to oarry every atate they
had in 1880 ; and that, aa againBt a party
bo prone to blundor as the demoornta,
their prospeot foroarryiog enough. of them
is more than fair. In New York the
enormous demooratio majority is out
down to nothing, or next to it, and the
lcgislaturo is wroatod from domocratio
oontrol. In Massaohusetta Butler is not
only defeated, but destroyed. Pennayl
vania is shown to be safely republican.
A year ago, Now York, Massaohusetta and
Pennsylvania wero all ovorwhelmingly
democratio."
New York Herald : " All sonslble
managers ot tho tlemoorauo party, not
in New York only, but over tho whole
Union, aro bu9y to-day taklng accounts of
stock and drawing balanco ahoets in order
to ascortain just how much thoir capltal
is impaired by Tuesday's disasters and to
devlso ways and moans for the next busi
ness season. With the excoption of our
nelghbors of the World nowspapor, who
appeared to thlnk yesterday that thoao
disasters could bo written out of exis-
tonce, we obaorvo no attempt to ignore
their very seriona charaoter. In tho last
presidential election the electoral vote of
New York was docisive. Without it
Genoral Hancock was dofeated, with it he
would havo been elected. This state is
likely to hold the samo decisive posltion
next year. As to tho effect of
what happened on Tuesday upon the for
tunea of the domocratio party in thia
stato, it ia a case for tho instant and earn
est deliberation of tho democratio national
committee."
The New York Sun is inolined to
shoulder on to Governor Cleveland tho de
feat of tho democracy in the Euipire Stato
aud the dostruction of that party's presi
dential boom which waa to be launchod
with a grand flourish of trumpets after
the vlctoriea in November. The Sun enu
merates aeveral instancej, amoog them
the nomination for secretary of state and
for aeveral legialative ofHcers, in which it
insinuates that defeat is traceable either
to the govornor's reaentments or to his in
terference. The all-enlighting luminary
moraliz?a aa followa : " But there ia a cou
solation in afflictioua. It ia bettor, per
baps, as it is. Great victoriea are some-
times followed by fatal folliea. The ad'
monitions of advarsity tend to wisdom
One lesson enforcod by this election is
that familiar principle that it is not judi
cioua to put an untried andinexperienced
private soldier in command of an army."
Should the democracy ever become suffi
ciently frank and honest to attribute its
persistent defeats to the real canse, and
set vigoroualy to work to ahow by deeds
as well aa worda that tho party has indeed
been 1 born again,' tho poaaibilitiea of
its being again entrusted with the admin
latration oi the government would begin
to improve.
New York Times: "The democrata
are probably the moat eeriouslv disap
pointed at being brought to book in thia
tashion. They haa lmagined that tho
people, having called them to power, had
become partisan democrats, and were
ready to follow wherevor the organization
pointed tne way. lhis was especially
true in this state. The journala of the
dernooracy, led Dy the JNew Xork Sun,
fully expected to seize tne national gov
ernment on the ground that the republl
cans bad been declared unfit for it- They
scornod to givo tbe slightest evidence that
the democrats were ht. Thev kept np
day after day the ldiotio and monoto-
nous cry.'Turn the Rtscals Outl' aa if
the dauger of letting otber and worae raa-
cala in was one wbicn tne people would
never consider. They dinned into the
eara of the publio another phrase ridicu
lous in likedegree, Tho Republican Party
MustGoPaa if the people would never
pause for an instant to think whether the
democratio party would be any better if
it Bhonld be allowed to 'come.' And
meanwhile, the democratio politiciana did
all they could to prove that it would be a
great deal worae. It would seom mcredi
ble, u it were not a notorious fact, that a
party given a brief trial of prosperity by
the votes of opponenta disgusted with ma-
chine politica .and spoils nuating would
Btraightway give itself over to the grossest
abnses of machine politics and the most
violent and vulgar cbase aiter tbe spous.
Yet tbis ia precisely what tbe democrats
did, and what they will probably not
have another chance of doing in many a
long day. '
A Farmer's Letter.
Middlksbx, October 29, 1883.
Jfr. Edltor :l was much pleased at your
eenslble und tlmely artlcle on the subject of an
" Iaduatrlal Fair at Montpelier." Let us have
one by all means. Nu place in Vermoat is or
can be better located or have more clrcum
stances ln favor of a guccetsfal lnduxtrlal exht
bition. than MontDeller will have ln Seotembe
or October. 1884. Its central D09ition and eanv
means of access wlll accommodate at least one-
half the towns of the state, andthen theattrac-
tions of the Btate houae with ita wue and vlrtu
ous general assembly, Its llbrary, cablnet and
hlstorlcil collecttons would call out vlsltors
from all Darts. We have the aerlcultural nrod
ucts equal to any part of New England, and
the aklll of onr mechanlca, artiats, and artisans
ls of a hleh order. If wo lack anvtlilng ln this
matter, lt litmon competentand wllllngmen to
itart, organlzH and put the thing ln motion. And
I hardly thlnk we lack ln that particular. We
have the men and women too, only they need
stlrilnc ud a little and encouraglDgin this good
work. Mr James lt. L'tngdon olTered tho use
of hU meadow (between Montpelier nnd the
Junctlon) to the WaBhlugton County Agricultu
ral Soclety at leaBt twlce on very favorable
termx ; ana lt h a gpionuia piace lor a lair,
beautifully located and of eaiy access from the
cars and tbe town. With the management in
proper hands I preaume a new soclety could ob
taln this ground on rqually liberal terms. The
only objcctlon to tliU ground ls that a trottlng
courxe ot the approved pattern cannot be got
outof it. Well, maybe we could get alnng
without the trottlng. The edltor of the Xtw
England Farmer, who haa attended fairs all
over the couutry and Is wlthal n candtd and
senatble man, ln an artlcle on " cattlo slions,"
paya: " We are flrmly oonvinced that an agri
cultural fair can be run, and run 6iiccPSHfully,
In which there gliall be no trottlng ruatcbea,
nor bloycle racea, no balloon avcenslona nor
slde ohowg, uo mllltary parade or flreman's
muater, and where polltlc.il oratora, faklra,
gamblera and other quai'ka ahould be rlgldly
ocluded from the ground. Such a fair could
be made of unllmlted beneft to the agrlculture
of its locallty. and Ita Inlluence for good would
lncreaee with every year of Its exlatence."
Now, brother farmera and mechanic of cen-
them that llilnk so, aay aye. and If there are
enougb, then let ua take hold and ilo itAye
ULI UKIHKS.
CATAltlin Without aaiumlng to writo out a
theais of thia uulvoraal allment, facta warrant
our aaylng that lt seema to ua there never waa
a seaaon wbeu It waa bj prevalent aa tbe pres
ent. The above Ia prellminary to tho following,
viz,: That Moaara. Ilood & Co ot Lowell be
lievo that tho best way to treat catanh, and
the only way to get permanent rellet 1b through
theblood. A constitutional dlsease roquirta a
conatltutional remedy, llood'a Saraap.krilla Ia
a blood-purifler and conatltutional medlclne
that can be relled upon, aud haa cured numer
ous caiea of catarrh In Ita varloua forma. We
thluk thia clalm a reaaonable one, and gladly
glve it room in our colurnns.
Liitlior's nirtliday.
The fonr hnndredth blrthdny of Martln Lu
thor waa fltly commomorated ln Montpelier by
a union service ln Ilethany chnrch Sunday
evonlng. Ai rlmllar ezorclacs were donbtless
held ln many places we glvo below a full re
port of theso servicea, with abstracta of the
remarks.
After the slnelng of tho Te Deum by a select
cholr, Itev. J, II. Illncka read the forty-Mxth
IValm and prayer was offored by Her. D. E.
Mlllor. The duet, Lovo Dlvlne, was then very
finely renderod by Mr. F W. Dncroft and
Mrx. W. A. Brlgga, after which Kcv. J Edward
Wrlght spoke of the llf e of Luthor. We condense
tbe followlnir from liln alreadv condenfcd ac-
ount: ltwas ln the fulnossof time that Lutner
began bla cireer. The ileld was well preparcd
lor nla work. I'.urone was awakpnlni? Irom
the slumber of the mlddlo agea, Intelligence
was spreaairjg, thought was qulcuenlDg, tne
mlnd of man was asnertlDg lta God-elven
rmlits aealnatecclestaatlcAl dnmlnntlnn: Wlck-
lllTe had llved. and Jerome of Fraeue and
Iluan had dted not In valn. Amonc the bent of
the fold of the church thore waa great reac
tlon from tho vlces and unholy ambltlons of
tne go-caiiea reilglonsj" tho tbunders ot
Savonarola's donunclatloni of the naeanlam
and.worldllness of tbe church were yet reoound-
mg in naiy: ine recontiy tnvonted prlntmg
preas was taklng advantage of tho general ln
troductlon of llnen paper to multlply ltn lssues.
It was the ago of Columbns and his dlfcovery
of America, of Ignatlns Loyola, and bla reforma- '
tion oi tne cnurcn, oi iwpuaei and Mlchael
Angelo, and the trlumphs of the wondroui
geniua in palntlng and archltectnre. Into this
seethlng, all-allve world came the baby
l.utDer, isovember lu, 14J, ln the obacnre
Eialeben, not far from Lelpaic, Germany. His
anceators were of the pnosant claas, humble,
hatd-working ralnerg. But through the ambl
tion of hia parenta, and the Uberallty of oth-
T 1. n. 1 1 Un 1..... r .1 . I n.A n
ip. iiu.um nnu uia uaucn. ui kuvuid nuu m
university coureo. In his poverty durlng hia
school days, he Bometlmea secured his food by
lnclne irom door to door. ihoueh dPHtlned
to the legtl profesalon, he was shocked Intode
votlng himtelf to aa exclnslvely rellgloua llf o
by the trasic death of a dear Iriend. and en
tered a convont at tlie ago of twonty-two.
Ilere he waa coniplcuoug for the rlgor ot bla '
aelf-dlectpline. With a eoul 111 at caee, he
sought pence through tho scvcrest penances,
out ln valn. wnen urBtacopy oi the wbolo
Ulble came Into bis txjsBemlon. he eazerlv
aearched It for Inatructlon. The worda, "The
ut iUill llve by faith. demly Imnrepaed
him, and ultimately, aa unfolded by his wlse
and plous counaellor, Stnupltz, they helped
him into a reatful btate of mlnd. He waa ap-
puinted professor of phllosophy In the newly
founded university of Wlttenbcrg, and nt the
age of twenty-nine was made Doctor of Divln
Ity. Shortly beforo this his heart was dla
tressed by the contraat which bo marked be
tween pretenso and practlee when on a vlalt to
Kome. uuer, tnrougti nia experience at tne
confesslonal. he bfcime aronaed to the demor-
allzlng effects ot thn aale of papal Indulgencea,
wuicu uaa como to De regarded as practlcally
Ucenaes to sln, and he boldiy set forth his con-
vlctlons on the snbiect: Btill. however. as a
chtld ot the church, loyal to the pope. Bnt
when there came irom ltotno no dlsavowai or
correctlon ot these ahusrs, but, inatead, dlplo-
mauc mmenvertag. tnen oraers to recani.
and at length excommunlcatlon, he arose ln
the mlght of conscious rectltude, and with a
lofty Bcorn, nnd a boldness almoae nnparalleled,
urned tne l'ope s uuti Deiore one oi tne city
gates. TI1I9 was In 1520. AU Germany waa
arouaed, great nurabera sidlng with the excom-
municuea uut unaaumea mnaK, r.re long m
was summoned to glve account of himself tl
foro the emneror and all tbe ereat Drlnces
the land at tho Dletof Worma. In nerll of hl?
life all the time. bn vet Dresented himself, re-
fued to recant, dtsdained to diasemble, aad
waa therennon nronounced an outlaw. whom
none should harbor under tho heaviest penrtt1
tles. The frlendshlp of the Elector of Saxocly1
afforded him a Bbelter ln the cast'e of Wart-
burg. Ilere he bfgan that translation of the
Ulble luto the vernacuiar 01 tne common peo
ple, which has proved one of the most durable
monumenta to 111s memory. uuiea irom nis
retreat at Wartburg by troublea in Wittenberg,
he there plunged again Into controvercy, ro
gadlo3 of hia personal aafety. Now lt be
came neceaaary for him to paBs from the role
of a radlcal reformer to that of a conaervatlve;
and to attempt to repreaa the fanatical exceas
of many who mialnterpreted hia teaching. His
last y eara were yeara of Herculean rtrtiggle and
bltter dtsappnmtment, 01 tnarp controverstes
and uncharltable alienatlona. ot sore trlala and
gloomy forebodlng", which lound some mitiga-
tion aoout tne ueartn-stone witn wtre ac
children. In devout communines wlih
be ivenlv tather. and ln the soarines ot
soul heavenwatd on the wlnzs of soclal Bong
ou?
-nlnrr
He died iebruary 18, 151b, Urmly reatllrmlDg
tbe laltb whtch he had taugnt, and truatiuuy
crylng, " Father, Into tby hands I commend
my splilt."
Mr. Wrlght was followed by Mr. Hincks who
conidored Luther's work as a protestor against
the abuses ot tbe religlous communion from
wblch ho came ont. Tho name Proteatant was
derlved from thn prntnat off ered at the Diet ot
Splres, Aprll 15, 1520 by flvo prlnces and the
representatives of fourteen free citlea ngalnst
tbe imperial decree which restrlcted tbe right
to preach the Word of God and to wort hlp ac
cording to the dlctates of the conpclence. This
proteat was the larger echo ot Luther's voice.
Luther's work waa conatructlve. aa well aa de
structive, elae It would not bavo endured. He
bullt upon the foundatlon of the apostlea and
prophets, Jeaua Chrlat himself being the chief
corner gtono. Ue had, however, to first tear
down that wblch had been wrongly bullt be
fore he could build np. His whole c ireer was
a protest againat the abusen ot tbe P.ipcy, but
hia moto ptrtlcular work of proteat fell wlthln
the flrst three years ot hia life before the pub
11c. October 31, 1517, he began by oppoilng to
the Bhameful trafllu Jn Indulgencei hia nlnijfy
five theaes ln which be denled the control ot
the Pope over purgatory and the necfBsity of
any other condition for forgiveness of f las ex
cept repentunce and faith ln Cbrlst. Thefierce
opposltion that so fundainental a trnth of the
gopel met with from Kome opened his eyes to
tbe extent of the departure of the Roman
hierarchy from the teachings ot the Scrlpt
ures. Iu 1520 in hts Address to the Chrls
tlan Noblllty of the Germaa natlon and ln
his Babylontan Captivity of the Church be
atruck at the heart of the papal gystem,
by expOBlng the baseleaa pretensiona of
any gystem of prlesthood In the Chrlatlan
church. Having been excommunlcated by
Kome he made hia culmlnating proteat ngalnst
Its authorlty by publlcly burnlng the bull of
the Fope. l'roteatantlsm ln ita fully developed
form ls repudlatlon of the clalms of a prlest
hood with all the consequences that have been
developed from euch a clatm. AVd of tbla re-
f udiation Luthor ia the repreHentatlve man.
a a larger senae he representa the protest of
spirltuality against formal rellgion, of rt-llglous
freedom against loriislilp over tho cunaclunce,
of personal liberty againat deapotlam, of educa
tlon againat Ignorance, of the civlllzttlon wblch
wo see llluatrated in the nineteenth century
againat that which prevailed ln the dark agea,
ot the Word of God ngalnst the word ot man,
ot the klngdom ot God againat the klngdom of
darkness. He bad lu hia own experience that
faith which can remove mountalm, and there
f ire hU voice was powerfnl to thrust fn m Ita
place the welght of Buperstltion and of deapotlsm
wblch P.ipal Chrlatlanlty had lald upon medle
val soclety.
After the singlng of ono of Luther's hymns
by tho cholr, Ittv. 1". D, Mnson rpoko ot Lutber
as a moral hero: Iu prcaentlng Luther in the
character of a moral hero we do not cl.iim fo$r
him perfectlon; we do not even assert that hia
moral heroUm waa perfect; we do not say that
he always manifested a ChrUtian spltlt; we do
not coutend that he made great advancrg be
vond the teachinfra of hl-4 nredeceflnrri ! wa dn
not thlnk that he had clearer conception of
all the issues ot the Ketormatlon Carlstadt or
Zwlugle; we do not believe he waa a better
sc-holar than Kraamus or Melanchon; weonly
aay that lu hia cireer he oxhlblted elrments of
moral heroism which aro grandlv Interentlng
and Inspirlug, He was tbo soul ot the Kelorma
tion. Standiug alone with thia faith In God
he waa ateirortohla foea; he encouraged the
timld and reatralned the fanatical, and ln a
word, he waa tho guidlng hand of the Hi-fornia-tlou.
Somo ot tho elomeuts nt hia lieroism
were hU strong couvlctlons, hia fldellty to them,
hia fearleBaueas In avowiDg thvm, bla nilllng-ne.-s
to make any BacriBce for tbo cause ol
Cbrlst and his faith In mornl inlluencea. It we
look for tho sources of his berolsm, we shall
find that he Inherlted a sterllug character from
hia parenta; was, for the age, well tralned ln
hU early yoara and flnally arrlved at a su
preme faith In God. He became a monk from
a sense of duty. Althougk he found uo relief
from fastlngs and vlglls, ho iieraeverod and be
ctmo a t)rlest. When he reached the flrm
ground of juatlflcatlou by faith be waa uo less
confclentloua ln defendlng the truth. When
at ono time called to retract by tho 1'opo, nnd
ho writea that by ono word "rovoco," h
mlght maka himself acceptable, ho says,
"goouor than reuounco that doctrlne whlcu
has made me a Chrlatlan, will I dle, bo burned,
