Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-02-05


obtain (if possible) the necessary charters
and notifications or UNION thereof ana 10
make. so far as practicable, all necessary ar
engagements with the corporations now IN
existence. TO consolidate or unite them, and
tlfat they correspond with each other, and
act separately in their several States, or uni
teddy, as they may Judge best.
ResolUcd, That a committee OF twenty
persons, five from each State Interested, be
appointed to solicit subscriptions to pay trav-
cling and other expenses, 10 procure said
Charters, and to unite the several corporations
into one, aud to effect the other preliminary
objects Of this Convention.
HARVEY CHASE, for the Committee
Which report and resolutions were adopt
ed and the following named persons consli'
suled committees, viz
Upon the LIST resolution,
Charles NJ Emerson, Esq Hartford, Ct.
Charles Stearus, Esq, Springfield, Mass.
Leonard Wilcox, Esq, Oxford, n. II. Isaac
Fletcher, Esq, Lyndon Vt. p. IT, knowlion'
ESQ, Lower Canada.
On Cd resolution.
Eliphalet Averil, Esq, Hartford, Thos.
X. Brace Esq, Hartford, Isaac n. PrIor,
ESQ. Hartford, f. c. Howe, Esq, Hartford,
James Brewster Esq, New tlaven,-CL
Justus Willard, Esq, Springfield Harvey
Chaplin, Esq, Springfield, Simon oanboFn'
Esq, Springfield, Daniel Wells, Esq Green
field, Isaac Newton, I'd, Greenfield Mass.
Hon Il. Emerson, Windsor +. ii. Fes,
sender, Bratteboro', Eben,zer Brewe', Bar
net, Huxbam Paddock, ST. Johnsbury, Ellis
Cobb, Barton,-W
John Wilson, Lancaster. Isaac Patterson,
Bath, Hon John L. Putnam, Cornish, Fred
efick Vose, WalpoIe, WIN. S. Brooks, Ches-
terfield,-N IL
Geo. r. Davis Esq Of Greenfield, from
the committee on the Sd resolution, reported,
and the report was accepted
The committee appointed to Enquire into
the importance Of the proposed road IN a ma
tiona point of view, and as portion OF one
continuous internal line of communication
through the Union" beg leave to report -
-. The brief space allowed to your commit
tee lor the making Of their report, will pre-
vent them from giving more than geneI al
view of the subject committed 10 them. a
great deal, indeed, of the evidence which has
been or will be presented 10 the meeting by
other committees, will app y to this subject
also. The territory which the proposed
road will traverse and whose inhabitants
will be directly and largely benefited by it,
issthree hundred miles in extent; it is, be
yond comparison, the most fertile district in
New England; it possesses water power
FURNISHED by the magnificent river fIon
which it is named, and by the tributaries
ofthat river,) enough, it is believed, to driv.
all the looms now in operation in the Union
it supports population equal TO one-sixteentt
ofthe entire population Of the United States
70 and il s capable Of supporting ten times tina
number, if the facilities which have beer
given by nature shall be improved and rem
dered available by the art and enterpris,
of man. The welfare Of so large popula
tion-the Development of such great resour
ces, cannot be an unworthy object OF protec
ton to government which seeks, by rea
sonable attention 10 the claims OF each Sec
ton, 10 promote the common prosperity o
the whole.
But there are special as well as genera
reasons which, in the opinion of ouI com
mittec. make this enterprise matter OF pc
sular interest to the General Government
This road will run straight from the sea
board to the frontier OF a neighboring gov
tTUlllcIl. SlOulu we COHtiuue at peiSc W III
that government a traffic and intercours
of the most profitable kind, with the subjects
of that government. will receive might,
impulse from this work, and will have
tendency 10 secure by strong additiona
bond OF mutual interest and intimacy, th
present friendly relations between the Nv,
count les. This remark will apply will
still greater force TO the effect which this an
other similar works of which this is but
continuation. will have on the relations of III
several States Of our own Union. Compos
ed as that Union is, of many sovereignties
spread over so wide an extent Of country
and embodying many contending interests
there is much reason why every well-wishe
to his country should hail the progress G
Improvements which, by breaking down III
barriers 10 sectional intercourse, diminis
the operation OF sectional animosity or preju
dice. And your committee cannot hut hop
this enterprise, though its direct object
merely 10 meet the wants of the inhabltant
of this valley, to increase their intercourse
and 10 develope their resources,-will, ne,
ertheess, receive aid from the General Go,
eminent, proportionnte TO the benefits which
/: successful, it is likely TO afford to the Ur
ion at large Convention adjourned)
IAN account of Thursdays proceeding
next week.
THE HARTFORD CONVENTION AND MR. WEE