The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-06-26


by the very "siape statistical statement
on which the frle4ds ct The latter road so
confidently rely. The tonnage Of the
Raland l!ne, exclusive of The large trade
ofihe isvWeTs who lranspor, their produc-
tons 70 froy aDI Albany IN their own
wagons, and exclusive OF The large doves
OF cattle which are constantly pa'eiag
over II for the Boston markel, is now more
Hh1n ninety thousand tons per anunm lie
PROBABLE increase. when provided wnb
Railway hct!NieS, no prudent man will
venture 10 caiculate. is mineral tonnage
aIons It's iron, Ns manganese, lis marble,
ia porcelolu clay, its graphic slate. ito
litne wit! greatly exceed the entire tou>
nags Of every description Of product Oh
The CenirnI line. Scarcely any Of this
immense mineral wealth, so con!ribu.ory
TO the prodDciivPness OF railroad stock, can
be found on the line Of HE CenrAl road
The Bunker Hin Aurora, indeed, which
Reems TO be the organ and the advocate of
he FitchburE and Central road coaIIllon,
felt Called on TO say, on Saturday, IN The
course OF long and decidedly feeble ar
ttcte, whose pre- misses are in staIe Of un>
naidral hostility with liz conclusions, that
il was sald' that somebody was OF the
opinion that manganese might yet be
found, or " had Just been (ata mighty con-
venient iunc.ureD obtained" in Eastern
Vermont; and he might have added that,
If any should be found, it would BE- a First
rate article" People don. fad poor man.
ganese 10kers there is no iron, in such ex>
lgencies as the present, Thi. same Au.
rora alec ti0ds lime in Wtliistom, and u.s.
rs this ttc, as an aTgument for the Central
Rod. Now it happehs that there is not
a lime kiln IN IViHiston. Aud where is
WIlis,on, even if a million OF ions of lime
were made there annuity ? Why,in IVES
TERN VERMONT, the town next east from
Burlington, 10 which poiLt all is line
would be transported Tor shipment, ph!eh.
erey road should be built Alas, for ,be
Aurora
Again. the agricultural productions OF
the line Of the II Illand road are greater
than those Of any equal ex,en, OF ;errilo:y
IN all New Eue land and The population
OF The county through which II p .sses "a
also larger than that o. me C1n,ra, 'oule.
Therefore, j! follows lha! the converse q
Ihe proposition Of w. is true, and The Cea>
t.al route does not possess an advantage
over lis rival 10 the Business ard passen.
gers TO be btough. owe! the road aut 10
Boston"
But The Rutland road may be tapped"
from Whitehall. Well, LEI il be tapped.
and what is the cons, qnence! Ii is
enough 10 reply tina, Rutland is ono hun
Gred miles and Whitehall secenly.fr
mites. nearer TO Boston than they are 10
Ns,o York, snd that Boston 10, nshes
better marke! than New York for mos,
Of The articles Of commerce which will
reach either Of these points. The drain
which the Whitehall Get would form on
the Rutland road, would, therefore, re.
semble that which the Ohio forms on the
Mississippi. Again. It is some forty miles
nearer from Boston TO Saratoga, on the
Rutland route, by the why OF Whitehall,
rhan i. is by the way Of Albany. Per-
haps this "imporlaul advantage" did mol
occur 10 ".
The third and las, consideration stated
by w. is that 'the charter Of the Vernon,
Central Railroad is the only one ,ohich
permits a connection Nth both Montreal
and Lake Ontario" | use the italics Of
W. in giving this extract. because they
add, doubtless. to The pognancy of this
consideration. But here | leave it.
will not ask he use OF your columns fur.
Their in reply than to say that if any body
supposcs tina. the Vermont Central Rail
road is the only one authorized 10 connect
with railroads from Montreal and Lake
OJtarlo, /! mus! be some oae with whom
j! is idle 10 discuss the matter II the
friends Of the Cen.ral road have succeeded
in convincing their friends that the words
Of their charter, qIoted by w, which per-
mits them TO run from some point on The
eastern shore Of Like Champ!ain, THENCE
up the GALLEY Of Onion Rirsr, &c. au-
lhorizes them TO commence at the Canada
line, or anywhere else where ii may De
convenient to meet the Montreal or Like
OAtsrio Railroad, then they have found q
most accommodating creduliy among
their listeners. That the Central Road
does mol possess any such privilege or az .
vantage, has been shown, and will prAc,i.
Gully appear in the end.
ne5e are Inc important advAntages,'
Mr. E li!or, which the advocates OF The Gen.
trail Road exhibit os the onts bv meaas OF
which they have succeeded in seducng U
portion Of the early and fast friends Of The
Rutland Road from its support. am
sorry, Tor the sake OF those who have been
SO easily overcome by them, that they arc
not more substantial. Their manifes, in,
sul1icicncy TO produce so jnpnrlant an el.
feet, indeed, irrcsisitbIy i'm pcls Us to the
conclusion lha, o;her, AMI less worthy mo.
tiyes, have been The controlling ones -
That such motives hare Produced the ex,
listing coalition between thu friends Of the