The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-06-26
]. F. MCCLELLAN, Printer.
From the Boston Posi-.
Vermont Railroad,
To TIE EDITOR OF THE BosroN Pos

mont Central road offers a rare oppouu.
nily for safe, permanent aud Profitable
investment of capital" ask permiss-
ion 10 examine, very briefly, such oflhese
considerations as are aIledged TO be Gin
porant advantages, peculiar TO the Cen
ira roue;" those which are admitted 10
be common 10 both the Central and Rut>
land route need be topics neither of dis.
cussion nor controversy at present.
In the first place, then, W. quotes Sec
ZION 7 Of the charter MS establishing ian
important advantage peculiar to The Cen
lra route" as follows -
"The stock, property and effects OF said
company shall be exempt from all taxes
levied by or under authority Of this
State"
There are two observations 10 be made
touching this important advantage"
Flrst--lt is diff ult 10 perceive how it
furnishes an inducement for Boston capital
lists to subscribe for stock In the Central
road. unless it be that they may observe
how much less tuvored they are than the
Vermont holders Of the same stock. The
stockholders in this road, in Massachusetts,,
will be taxed, by the laws of their Safe,
on all the stock they may own, while their
Vermont copar;ners can pocket the ia! div
dends which form So pleasant an object
in the foreground of their picture, wlh-
out any diminution by The vulgar process
of taxation. And, as w. AYERS that "the
popular branch of The Legislature of Yer
mont decided OF the last session that this is
a vested right which is not 10 be disurbtd,'
the Boston Capitalists may have the COM
forlable assurance, as w. argues, that this
touching contrast between their privileges
and those Of their astu!e Vermont friends
of the Central route, will be "permaueuk
and proftabie."
Another view OF This "imporani advan.
tage" is this: The charter of the Rutland
road is undoubtedly silent respecting this
matter OF taxation, aud ii is, therefore,
proper inference that the legislature of
Vermont may tax It's stockholders. Bur,
Mr. Editor no man knows better than
your correspondent w., Mot IL nerer has
been the practice nor The policy of Yer,
mont 10 taT forei gn stock-and so long as
it remains an object 10 invite The invest,
menl Of foreign funds in public works in
that State, it aerer wiW be Mer practice
on tier policy TO 10 so. In This view of
the case, (Which w. would never under
take TO coulrovert in Vermont how stands
this "important advanlage,' as respects
The Rutland road2 Simply thus The
stock holders in that road residing in Yer
mont may be taxed in Vermont, and those
residing in Massachusetts may be taxed in
Massachusetts. That Massachusetts stock
would ever be taxed in Vermont is as chi.
mercal an expectation as is that of finding
las Charlestown paper n0tO SEEMS to
think that somebody supposes that there
may be tound) among the sandstone and
granite of Eastern Vermont, The iron, The
manganese, and the marble, which SO
abound in Western.
The second observation 7 wish 10 make
is one which must have occurred 10 W
while he was misspending his time over
this "lmpor'ant advantage" and which he
knows TO be perfectly true, 1t is this If
The Legislature Of Vermont has given to
the Central road any advantage over the
Rutland road, (which most emphalicaIIy
deny) ii Is q matter that aciU 0Ssarpdia be
remedled @t The approaching session in
October Meet w. knows too we'll 1chat
quarter Of the State controls its ie9iaa-
Ton, 10 doubt me for 40 instant And this
will be done, no! by divesting "rights"
which "the popular branch of the legis
Iature of Vermont has DECIDED" "a
novel decision" this. Mr. Editor y are
mot to be disturbed" but by conftrrlng
such "righls" on the Rutland corporation
as shall bring about a perfect equality
and this is all have 10 say about his i'm.
portant advan'age'
The second consideration stated bv
w, is at"the Central route Possesses an
advantage over its rival in the business
and passengers to be brought over the
road and 10 Boston," and that the Rutland
may be %apped'' from Whitehall. The
first OF these assertions has been so often
aud so fully refuted, that it seems to be
trllng with the Intelligence of your read,
erS 10 undertake it again. The people of
Boston who are acquainted with the BUSH
ness and resources Of Western Vermont,
and who know lis numerical superiority
in population, and regret that they seem
10 be so few, must regard it with amaze
ment. Nothing but the most stringent
railroad emergency could, Pam persuaded
induce w. to venture upon It. What he
business and passengers to be brought
over the Central road exceed those 10 b.
brought over The Rutland road TO Boston!
Let US see. AT Burlington, the starting
point for Boston, i! must be conceded, as
it is conceded, the two roads have equal
advantages, the shorter distance on the
Rutland road compensating for the lighter
grade of the Central, as has been repeated
ly Admitted by Mr. FELTON,, The item of
."busincss and passengers" from Burling>
ton, therefore, may be used as an argus