The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-05-22
For the Voice of Freedom.
The Montpelier Route.
A GLANCE AT "No. W."

atcnman OF the 10 n instant containing
a long, low, black, suspicion shocking
schooner" Of map, and "No vi" of a
series OF highly imaginative articles on
the exciting topic OF the projected Rail
Road from Bellows Fails to Burlington.
don't know when have been more be-
wldered than | was on first running
through the statements of this No VI. II
the five preceding Nos. are cousins ger
man 10 il, they are as fine specimen of
arilhmelcal deusion as a man can ever
expect TO see in New England. We had
supposed that we on this side OIL the noun
tain we're something that we would con-
pare not very unfavorablv, in respect of
our numbers aud resources, with any equal
amount OF territory on the Eastern side
But the Wa'chman has well nigh figured
this conceit out Of US. BY his arithmetic
we certainly are slim a(1l;r-on paper :;
and ii is apparent that we require a Rail
Road 10 bring US up into decent compeli>
ton with Montpelier and its tributary
towns and counties, without one.
But, Mr. Editor, seriously, could any in
teIIigent business man on the eastern side,
(Gov. Paine, or Mr. Reed, for ins,ance)
be induced to take No. VI of Walton's
SERIES Of R,il Road noceis to Boston and
hazard his reputation by maintaining that
1t presents an approximation 10 fairness
in statement think not sir. There is
not well informed man in Boston who
would not laugh in his face; and an i'll in
formed one, by casting his eye over the
map of Vermont, would join In The fun.
What ! "a difference Of 1870 in popu-
IaIion, and more than THIRTY MIL
LIONS Of dollars in tile other items, in
favor Of the Montpelier route over The
Rutland Route, from Bellows Falls 10
Burlington, or Montrea Why, Mr.
Editor, what sort of en- ~ Dorado Of
county will the Boston folks think they
are coming into? They are probably
aware that the route through Rutland and
Addison Counties does not traverse a
country that is wholly poUcrty stricken
and barren OF resources but what will
they think of the Washington and Orange
route with its hundred thousand popula>
ton more than ours, and tens OF millions
OF dollars superiority over US in respect
OF those elements which determine the
proflableness o.! Rail Roads Viii! the
pockets of their Boston capitalists be again
perverseIy shut TO the claims Of the Mont
peIIer route, when the '.open sesame p Of
NO. W. reaches them! II they nre, it
must be because the proprieors of those
pockes are not entirely satisfied that fig
ures ntrer lie
But LEI US look into this matter little
more closely and see how these stipend
Gus results are achieved. The Watch
man says The data for these statements
are thrown open 10 friend end foe; sih
them 10 your hearts content Well, this
is magnanImous certain y; and as am
not a foe' 10 The Montpelier route, | will
take the occasion to fiI,rate these state
ments' through the sieve of a 'friend.'-
The residuum may possibly serve the
Waterman, when properly ampli6ed, for
No. VII.
In the first place, however, one word 10
our BUrling! Ton friends. | wish to call
their attention to the fact that Montpelier
Is manifrstIy turning her cold shoulder
on them. Boston and Montreal is the bur.
den ofthe song of No. vi at least. Con
a question o! so great Importance, COM
mences No. vi, Ito Vermont (que: Mont.
pelel?) 10 Boston, to Canada 81.
Again: "aIbeit we expect the ngBos,
ton and Montreal road to take The central
route through Montpelier &c." And then
let the Burlington people get the last
Watchman, and cast their eye over tina,
very gloomy and omuous map, and what
%iIlthey see' Why, this grea, Boston &
Montreal road(:hrough Moatpelier) |
wheels majesIicaIIy to The right, away off
in Richmond, or WiIislon, and sercneIv |
smiling towards Burlington with its iron
thumb on the tip Of its iron nose, sails Off
among the dim stars that embeIlish the TOP