Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-08-27


MAiSE AND NEhnoNr.-The loco foco nrin,s md
hesolGilon-makos Vermont are making nro-
uglous out ~ about the Q debt of that Stata
"hrh tIty say has been incurred by wing admin.
IS'raton' rus deU'itls said now amounts TO near
~ tro ftnarca ti1uSIHG doi4rs part of which was
incurred uy the e'octon OF an Insane Hospi,al-
IN tank It IS monstrous and sufficient cause for
~ hing GU The wings aud trying loco foco economy
WHAT DO oui Fairfield M say to this 2 Our Safe
debt Is near two mill ons OF dollars We havea vast
tract OF Stale lands. Vermont has none Our puh.
Nc buidln ale abo the same as those of V rnion,
Vermont mas not been governed BY Van Buren, men.
Neither have paid any thing for rail roads r canals
M1ne has about three times many banks NJ
Vermont has the most sheep, the most manufactures
Name has the most loco focos, and her State debt IS
nearly ten times as large as that of Vermont. and
very little 10 show for it.-kersbec Journal
This is mainly correct, as far as it goes :
but thu Journal has lost SIGH Of one impor-
tant fact OMr debt ,cns created under q
ioco .toc0 administration for be it remcm-
bcrrd, we have had one little touch of loco
iocolsm in IermOnt-enoueh TO remember
it by. The boiling of the Anti Masonic
caudron, it will he reccnllectrd, brought to
the political suffice, WILLIAM A. PAL
MER as Governor, LEBBEUS EDGER.
TON rs L.. Governor. AUGUSTINE
CLARK AS Treasurer, and JOHN SMITH
as Speaker of the House, pjl If whom are
bright stars in The galaxy ofIocnfocoism. It
was during this iinstrous administration of
affairs in Nermon,,i,at the State House oues-
ton came up. Proposals had been invited
by tn" State the year previous, and the
"g town OF Burlington offered to build a
suitable h"usr frcv urrNpvu,o to Tho State,
Bat the GALAXY of worthless above cited as
senhIrd their party in caucus, and there de-
cided to reject the liberal offer of Burlington.
And why, think We? at wouM ruin their
party !" Burlington WAS whig town-its
inhabitants were liberal and enlightened-it
contained some men Of wealth, had a college.
higll-school, and number of churches had
broad streets, handsome squares, pure at
mnSphcrc, and Il bright sun Lake CHAM
plain, studded with careerrng boats and freigh-
ted barks, laved its shore, and even loco
iocolsm, as 1t surveyed the prac iical opera
tons OF commerce and credit in exchanging
the produce OF one section for the manufac-
lures Of another, and supplying the multiple
ed necessities of civilization, could not but
stand rcbHkfd with having invoked the curse
OF the Almighty upon these landmarks of
prosperity While the mere politician, as
from the adjoining enhance he surveyed
a beautiful inland sea stretching north and
south beneath his t, ct, then cast his eve unon
the granite hills and green mountains on the
east, the caiSlill range AMI the empire state
on the west, and found the circle Of his viz.
ION ranging along the Quecn's dominions IN
TIC nortIl-coud not resist the conyiction
that there WAS something of rorn beyond
the limits OF his own school disiric, "Ah.
that's no atmosphere for u.s." said these wor-
thics ''lt the state house goes to Burlins-
ton, onr party prospects are ruined" Ac-
cordlngly, through the influence of the indi
vIdualS named above, it WAS decided that the
state should build house at Montpelier.
and Lt Governor EDGERTON, a loco
TOGO, mark We, was appointed TO do it. And
there stands lis handy-work-a Granite
Palace, rudci, thrust into the hill side at
Montpclirr,-an enduring monument Of the
folly and proAigacy of the only ocofoco
admin tralion that ever sc0urged Vermont,