Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1845-08-14

HulhtuilOu III thC oiuiihC D'd'Oj ~" t"S
people become 80 thoroughly disguised
with it that they cast it away with utter
contempt. Rely upon it Mr. Eastman,tha'
so monsrous dogma, which even its We
ry originators have scornfully repudated,
will never gain favor in enlightened Yer
mont. You are moon-stluck, if you be-
lieve it,"
Stale stuff, this, very stale. The peo-
pie care very little about this bug-a-boo Of
"New Hampshire Locofocoism" by which
the Waterman endeavors to draw their at
tenton from the horrid features Of the pet
Of the Vermont arisiocracy, the central
Railroad charter. The democrats of YER
mont have no objection to railroads, as a
party. The members Of that party, in the
Legislature of ls43, would have voted for
the charter, to a man, if it had been under
the control of the Legislature and other
wise as it should have been. Let the edit
or of the Waterman converse with intelll.
gent New Hampshire wings on the subject
of this central railroad charter-with Prof
Haddnck, and such men, if he desires
to be satisfied, that even the wings of that
State consider this charter disgrace to
ana State. The wings of New Hampshire
never advocated any such abominable doc
trine as this charter embraces. 1t is q
wonder to any intelligent wing in any
State, how such a charter could have been
passed, and an openly expressed opinion
that no such charter could have been pass
ed at this day, by a Legislature i'll any
State in the Union except poor, down-trod
den Vermont.
The fright of way" has nothing to dc
with this matter and not whig, rabid al
he might have been, in New Hampshire
ever dreamed ofthe infamous doctrine o
ercmpting railroad stock from taratiOn.-
This is the issue, in this case, and tht
Watchman must stand up to 1t. The peo
pie of New Hampshire never became dis
gusted with the advocacy by the democra
cy of that State Of the doctrine that rail
road stock should not be exempt from taxa
Hon!-for this doctrine was never 5roach
ed by any body-no wing thought of suci
monstrosity as railroad charter will
its stock exempt from taxation! The con
troversy, then, in this case, does no
touch, in the smallest degree, upon thu
late contest in New Hampshire! 1t is sim
| ply, and plainly on the question Of exempt
ing railroad stock from taxation and ploc
ing charters beyond the control Of futm'
Legislatures. "The denying the right o
way by which an evil disposed maj
could thwart an enterprise like this" ha
nothing to do with the question and is on
ly dragged in, by the heels, 10 draw atten
| ton from the issue.
We declare that railroad stock shall no
be exempt from ta1ation-that one portion
Of the state shall not be taxed for the ben
eft of the other-that real estate shall no
pay taxes while The cash capital is invest
ed in central railroad stock free from lax
alton The "Or1ginatorS" of the convers,
cfthis proposition, are the achigs Of Yer
mont, and not the Locolocos of New
Hampshire. 'If this doctrine can gam ia
vor in enlightened Vermont"-if railroad
stock is to be exempt from taxation ant
one portion OF the State is TO bea
burdens of the other, then we msunder
stand the character Of the people, fedora
as they are; and if to advocate the doctrin,
that "the blessings OF Government like thu
dews Of heaven, should fall equally, upor
the rich and the poor, "-lf to advocate the
doctrine that it is unjust to exempt one mill
ion of the cash property Of the State, near
ly one half of the grand list, from taxation
at the same time that that capital is protect
ed by and drawing interest in the state, b,
an evidence Of lunacy, then we are "moon
struck and we venture the opinion tina
if the young gentleman of the Watchmal
had nothing about his head more trouble
some to himself and more offensive to hi
associates than such ideas, he would fee
altogether more comfortable this warn
weather.
W ! -Ga
What wing can tell why it is that
tax on the grand list of the State of New
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