The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-04-16
VOICE OF FREEDOM.
Brandon. Thursday April 10, 1916.
VT. Waterman on Railroads again.

PNOR
road Directors have been unsuccessful II
an attempt to connect with the Cheshire
and repeating its arguments to show tina
the Central route is a better way 10 60
from Burlington to Boston, than is tht
Bennington and Piltefeld way! Mr.
Walton also very modes,ly gives The emit.
Holly Gap" folks, a thrust "under thu
fifth rib" which must make them fee
rery bad Just hear him
Ia an accoun: of the Pittsield meeting
friendly to the Western Vermont Rail
road, the Massachusetts Eagle says:
"Mr. Strong Of Rutland stated that The
great majority Of the people al Rutland.
so far as he was capable Of judging, pre-
fevred this route (he Western 10 the
Cheshire road over MI. Holly, and if one
or the other projects were to be dropped
he had no doubt that nine temths Of the
business community. would prefer this 10
The Cheshire route"
Taking this all in all, the Mount Hol-
ly route would seem to be rather on the
decline.
Can any one now doubt thatlhe portion
Of Railroad chartered from Rutland to
Connecticut River, is all enguIphed in
the capacious nav OF the Central2 That
great ''critter," which could swallow the
"GuIph route" thinks it has got So miles
Of the Rutland route completely down its
huge throat, and is now reaching forth its
snakish head after the Western Vermont
Road !! and tells Mr.. Harbach it was
uuwise for him 10 provoke any conIrover-
sy with the Central
But, for the Information Of this viSilant
Waterman, l will just say TO HIM that
Geo. w. Strong Esq. Of Rutland, has not
yet been employed by the Stockholders Of
the Rutland route, to be their mouth piece.
as 10 preferences. When he has this ap.
poinlmeut, the Watchman shall be duly
informed. All the Boston capital Mr..
Walton can manufacture from G.. w.
S.rong's opinion, he will probably need,
to use as a substitute for the $4,000 held
back by the friends Of the "Gulf route p
DovLING,s HISTORY OF RoMANIsM.
We this week give the first insertion oi
tho Prospectus Of this work, and shall give
all the insertions desired by the Publisher.
This History is ably arranged, but does
not present the case between Catholics ard
Prolestan,s lmrartially. | do not sup
pose the author has knowingly, or perhaps
al all, stated any thing untrue, but at the
same time, many facts, important TO render
the work an impartial one, are kept back.
l. is to be regretted that any who
Religion should possess q aplr>
it of blgotry and Intolerance, Ye!
such we all know to be the fact. We
know that those who have professed right
eousness, in all ages, have aspired to DOM
and when they have been the dom
party, have used such means as the
public sentiment Of their time would all
10 infict injury on those in their
power. The Jews were a peculiar PEG.
ple,' and hesitated not 10 slaughter the
and this for the glory Of God !!
When the Catholics came into power,
hey acted on the principle laid down by
heir predecessors in protesting righteous
ness. When the Protestants in Europe
had gained sufficient power, they inflated
their predecessors. For proof OF this, sec
William CobbetL's Letters written in 1924.
IS aud other histories of the bloody
between the Catholics and Protest
ants. Coming 10 this country, look al the
dominant party, or sect, among the good
Behold the hanging of Qua
sers and the banishing Of Baptisls for her,
esq, and the execution of others, on vari-
ous pretences, and say. whether The same
desire 10 rule or ruin has not pervaded all
setts, as we'll as all parties. The British
Government is called Chrisuan-Pro.
her Officers must be members
Of the established (E~piscopalian) Church
and yet that power could order the subju~
CATION of the Chinese power, a. the can
mouth, because those ignorant hea-
then would not receive Opium from the
Britons, TO destroy the lives of
the benighted ChineseI Ard, later still,
This Protestant Government could slaugh.
ter 10000 Of the Ignorant Pagan or Ma.