The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-03-12

be found within twenty years, who will
subscribe to all your parts of a political
creed, 10 constitute a majority, or even
plurality of the voters Of this country
Oilers may Judge differently. There is
no harm in expressing opinions. In fact
there is no way TO secure harmony and
concert Of action without expressions from
those engaged, in any cause.
VERMONT FARMERS & RAILROADS.
We infer from an article 10 the Ca!edo.
nian that some of the farmers OF Northern
Vermont are jealous of railroads, fearing
that they will bring the producers of the
West into ruinous competition with them.
This is a wrong view. The great dfti>
Guilty with Vermonlers now is that the
West has an advantage over them in get
ting to market. The pork and grain of
Michigan and the beef of Ohio can noao
be carried to Boston quicker and cheaper
than from Vermont. With great toll and
trouble and expense, our cattle dealers get
their droves to Brighton, reduced in
weight and beauty, and thete they meet
the beef of New York and even of Ken
tucky, in nice fat order, commanding The
top price of the market, while our YER
monlers must be content 10 be ranked a.
mong the "lean kline" The secret of this is,
that The Western men avail themselves of
water communication and railroads: they
have no driving to do, no wearing out of
the beasts by toilsome journey on foot.
Manifestly the only way TO remedy this
advantage is for Vermonters to hace rail-
roads too. We must get to market as
quickly and cheaply as we can-the cheap,
er we do it, the better can we compete with
others. But this is only single feature
OF the case. What is true OF beef, is more
or less true Of every thing else. Let the
people remember the facts: the freight of
your productions to market and of the
goods brought in return, as O tao you must
inecitGbly pay-and it is tax with which
all other taxes combined will. not begin 10
compare. We estimate the money paid
annually for freight in Vermont to be ma
ny times the cost of the state government.
| Will you reduce this tax at least one half?
will you save hundreds of thousands Of
dollars per year? Ifyou will, you will
sustain railroads; you will take stock in
them, if YOU can; you will encourage
them Watch. d Jour.
After replying TO short article which
appeared in the Voice some three weeks
since, Mr. Walton proceeds as follows:
We think it hardly fair, hardly honest,
TO attempt TO bamboozle Bostonians into
hostility to the Central road, for the sake
of building a road which you thus public
ly confess 10 be Ga New York road. -
That has been the business of the Rutland
managers in Boston for The last fortnight
though we are happy 20 say, that they
have utterly failed liz their assaults upon
the Central. TO aid their purpose, the
Rutland gentlemen overs,epped the bounds
Of propriety, and published in Boston the
attack upon Gov. Paine and The Directors
of the Central road, made by Messrs.
French and Keith of Barre We can
hardly characterize this as any thing short
of dishonorabIe act as well as an act
Iha. indicates that the managers of the
Rutland road are desperate. Friend Hol-
comb, we suppose this Gulf controversy,
| which gave rise to the Barre letter, is what
you call "the Central scrape." If so, we
advise you and your friends 10 base no
hopes upon that controversy. The Cen
trail road is not TO be impedcd by that.
H An article of Messrs. Keith and
French of Barre, (Which the Rutland gen.
,Iemen have republished in Boston, in the
vain hope of injuring the Central Road y
has given publicity TO exceedingly wrong
IMPRESSIONS as to the contracts on that
road. They have implicitly censured the
Directors for not accepting the lowest bid
and from this bid also they derive sup~
port for the Gulf Route. Now the fact is
shat this bid could mol be adopted: it was
Withdrawn by the bidder. The next low.
est bid, being the lowest remaining, was
adopted for the Western Division Of the
road but the bidders declined. Then the
contract was made with MIR Belknap, on
terms which it was believed will secure
the speedy construction of the road in a
thorough manner and at a reasonable cost.
Knowing these facts, we have ventured 10
give them-,hough without any authority
from the Directors of the Central road.
In reply to the foregoing, will say
SO far os my knowledge extends, or has
extended, there is no! now, nor has there
been at any time, on the part CT the Rut-
land Railroad advocates, attempts to frus>
Irate the building of.the Central road, any
farther than the Managers of the Central
have undertaken to block up our ,oay for
their benefit. When the Central advocates
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