Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-10-05

A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF YER.
MONT


scan about Geological Survey bot, S,r. /
hop,J there are few 10 ihs State who will los
Il. ,ych an idea sof mo'nru, ~ thor. has ns yc; /
pow no good fca'on offered which 10 my op'uion /
al 10 induce The legislature 10 grau on spPto-
.a.lou ior thai purpose. The following ATE The
aasons winch have seen Offered
Fus--l, !. said that our prescn, Governor and
,sf Ex-Governor have bo,h recommended ~ Their
.nnual Messages spch . survey, md arged on
be Legislature 10 make an appropriation Tor that
purpose
Now. SIR. do not think tina, is Of itself any
,,a.on Why such survey should b. made, and
n niep,Ddtni Legislature would not regard II
5 ,he lrasi, unless they Offered some good fca.
,as for It which contend they have not done
AL cannot DO. They have, It is true, said that
n uhef States have had such survey, bot tina,
,-rieud IL the very reason Why Vernon, should
n IA have one, for | csnno, learn that they have
ssorerci any thing which would rc,nunera,e
s,m ior lhcir trouble and expense II is believed
BOT very lule, # any benefits has BEEN derived
.am such surveys Now unless It can be made
b appear that other States have derived essential
sf,iiis from such a survey il will he a strong
" cogenl reason wby Vermont should no, take
a.h leap in the dark ] regard the recon.
a,nIalIon Of the Governor, no more, at any rate,
lbsn the opinion OF any other mon ofsqual qualIh-
csons Who are these Governors, Why. mcn
G; coed common sense, I suppose; bu, have we
cot thousands Of othef m,n ~ the State Of equal
| aigcnl snd ability who regard such surveys as an
| lie, foolish, visionary PROJECT Wa. it good
/ e son why congress should raise standing army
q Two hundred thousand m,n, IN time 81 peace.
Because our cx-ptsitcui urged Il upon them 10 do
80 : Are there not many things recommended by
Governors and Presidents, that would operate We
I a.. L. a AL
ackson's removal Of the deposits and placing them
Al the pet banks operate Why, 1t was total
nlare, and who rs so corrup, that he will not &C
sHowledgc III Then, Sir say no more about
be Governors Recommending a survey. But
GOV. PANE made the following just remarks, in
ss first Message to the Legislature. When
gaking Of internal Improvements, be says, they
are perverted very clearly when they end in a
,-osm,ion Of public credit; when there is any un-
,elalny as 10 the adequacy oil IFS income 10 bede-
pfved from them they should be engaged in with
he creates, caution" To the foregoing doctrine
! most heartily subscribe.
Nov. Sir, who does not see that the doctrine ad
unced BY Gov. Paine strikes a, the very root OIL
. Geological Survey. and that gives it its death
blow ioreverf Sir, ] am Of the opinion that we
had better payof our State deb, which was created
bly, he building of the extravaganl & foolish Stat,
1000 together with about 500, 900 which the State
as run under by the management of the State
Pnson--making debt Of nearly sl70000-be
brc we launch into any more visionary projects
II VIC should make thorough survey we Should
obibly then be in debt nearly $500, 900, anc
.rmers and mechanics would have to labor tug
oll and sweat, 10 meet these taxes at so cent
per day, and from % 10 80 cents pound TO
sool and cents for cheese and all to CRAFTY thu
Tanliy Of a few individuals, unless we shoult
adopt the course that several Of onr sister State
nave and disgrace ourselves by reputation, an,
all to make great sound. Why, Vermont ha
ball beautiful State House. and now is talking
about Geological Survey and some person
P'oi,ssing little science in Geology, obtained b,
reading few dry books, will get some fat Office
tni make speculation on, of The State by ridin!
zabou IN fine carriages, with their ruliie shirts an
tam boots and reports must be printed, and ther
v#"li be another good job for the printer.
IL DO not know what wages surveyor woul
have, but have been Informed by respec,atl
mln who helped survey route for a rail road !
neighborng State, that, the principal surveyo
had $1,000 a day. There were two assistant
|nss OG day each, and two others IA, & so cac
amounting to s3l 90 per day and the principa
Surveyor some tiuIes was not seen on the route "a
Two OF three days, and was not there but sma
iNlk OF tue ufiic.
But Sir, Governor Paine in one Of bis Me
ages rcccomended a Botanical Survey; also ne,
would follow Neurological Survey, for 9th,
SAFES at least some Of them, have had all these
Aereore Vernon, must have them, and the lor
only Knows where 1t will end Alassachusei
has made the several surveys. which j, is said co
safe more than s2O000U which ii is unde
1DoI 10 b. a total loss TO the State nearly s.
sod has been grooming under the dec, create
hef,by, In order TO make the thing 20 of wei
i Is eouiendtd that the farmer, and all classes
mechanics will receive essential benefit by such
survey Now this is all chimerical and the r
ieh vail bc that The farmer instead Of being ben
in'd will suffer loss and rue the day that We
m)a' embarked 10 such piece Of eonsummaie ic
But is said tha, the farmer will be told how
NIX hrs soil 10 make II more productive, that
sandy Soi needs clay with II, and clay needs san
md that sandy soil is the bes, for rye No
VIA, farmer does not know that But the mi
ng Of the soil has been tried and the result is tn
costs in many instances double what the laI
|ooid bring after having been mixed IL the {,
'nef - To be greatly benefited, by such surve
Why don't such men Mr. Mech and Mr.. ia
rs have their firms sufveycdi They are sbun
an,ly able bni the reason rs evident They pro
ably think II would turn out like the old woman
partridge, which took more butter 10 cook il lhi
G was womb and thai they know iar more by e
ieflence than any Of the proiessed Geologist