Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-04-01

wanis-but the measure OF other men
disbursements. Difference in the length OF
purse by no means produces always pro-
porlonate difference in the ouigOes. i"
remedy The Inconvenience so surely to fol-
low,-even where the darker feelings OF
envr and sullen i'll will may not be ndul-
ged,-a passion for wealth inordIna'ely
cherished Man is in haste to grow rich
He hears of sudden aud brilliant acquisitions
OF property, and covets like fortunes tor
himself. Small gains no longer content
him. Frugality, or a wise and prudent
thrift, he unhapply despises. He embarks
capital, pawns credit, and in luckIess
hour launches forth on the sen Of spCcuIa-
ton. III is put to hazard. lie is alloat on
treacherous element where for one
chance Of making prosperous venture, he
is exposed to fearful odds. llighblow IN,
hope and confidence, he sports awhile like
wun,on boys in summer soas;' but soon The
sky darkens-a tempest lowets--the deep
hcaves and swells-the port is far distant
his canvass futters 10 the rising breeze
he skins awhile along HE curling waves
but fcrcer blast comes rushing on sud-
denly it falls. ond whelms his bark. his
hopes, his all q"
mo man in his senses can seriously be.
lieve that all distinctions Of privileges aud
possessions can be melted down in enc
promlscuous mass, TO continue SO under
any compulsory state Of civilized society.
The plan OF community ofgoods has been
| tried over and over again, and resulted IN
! disastrous failure. If IN name or form,
the system has ever maintained its ground
beyond the hour of is unpromlslng birth
it has only been iu some petty societies
the regulation OF which could not for a
moment exist among the complicated reIO
lions of populous states. The experiment
was made, under the best auspices o
which it was susceptible 10 the infancy o
our own Commonwealth. Lands in fee
were withheld from oil the original settler!
Every thing was then common. The avail
Of hus1andrv and the products OF the fish
cries were thrown into a general stock
from which supplies Of food and other nc
cessatlcs were again issued like rations il
a garrison. The consequence was, tia
as the idle were sure to be fed--lf breat
there was--from the public storehouse
they were little anxious to contribute the
share Of toll and exertlon to meet the com
mon exlGencles; and the industrious were
ovortasked for the purpose Of iurnshn!
the requisite sutiiciency. Some improve
ment was made when, three years after tn,
settlement at Plymouth, acre lots were as
signed to colonists in usuiruct and more
when four years later, these lots were eX
tended to sections oftwentv acres. Tn
absolute property therein continued TO b.
some time longer withheld-'shut out by rig
orous rntcrdct; nor was it TIL every con
trivance was resort d to, short Of the on,
inevitable though long deprecated issue
that the whole policy was abandoned
Real estate was then created full ItIe
to possessions were granted LANDS dlslrl
bu,ed IN clear severalty ;-trade was throw
to the fair rivalry Of all land every man
gain, were guaranteed for his sole, eXcIu
slve behoof aud disposal. And what fol
lowed? Spurs were at once put to enter
prize. Business no longer languShed.-
Useful occupations multiplied and flourish
ed. The hum of cheerful industry rcsoun
ded on all sides. The tide of wealth bega
TO set into the little, coleny--at first fed b
scanty sweIed By ampler streams, TIL
nils. lhenroed at length It's broad and 81
very current through the smiling landscape
TRANSMITTING, like a second Pactolus, II
very sands into gold"