The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-11-19
The City of Boston.

1t can be matter of no question that the
"city of notions" is highly indebted to the
railroads which centre there for her present
and her prospective prosperity Within the
last few years, no city on our Atlantic coast
has increased in wealth and population like
this--and none are now making greater pro-
gress than Boston. The following article from
the New York journal Of Commerce contains
much truth, and the remarks are those Of an
attentive observer Of passing events. We
commend it to the notice of our readers.-Am.
RaIr0ad Journal.
Any nan who visits this centre of eastern
Enterprise, will be astonshed at its growth
The last three years. especially, have made
1t almost TO burst with its swelling greatness.
Such people, so intelligent, enterprizing
and industrious, where everybody works, will
be rich, and will accomplish whatever they
undertake. But Boston has been more than
successful. Her railroads and other plans Of
improvement have surpassed the expectations
of their projectors, in their favorable results.
The number of her merchants has been i'm
ncnsely increased, while everybody does a
much larger business than formerly, espec
tally among the dry goods dealers. He was
y respectable jobbera few years ago who sold
100000 worth of goods; but now 800 to
500 thousand is a common thing. The stores
Of the dry goods jobbers are built like pala-
ces, with an eXuberance Of cost, which is al
most in bad taste. The renowned peninsula
is all built over snug and tight, and thousands
OF business men live ont Of town conveyed by
omn;buses and railroad cars. Hundred thou
sand dollar men are plenty now all about
and miliionaires are to be found here and
there.
The Bostonians attribute their very great
prosperity to their railroads, especially that
to Albany. This road has opened to them the
western trade more fully than they had it be-
fore, and has made Boston more accessible to
the west, at some seasons of the year, than
New York. Boston deserves whatever pros
perity she gains from this noble enterprise
1t was not built by her capitalists and retired
men. They never do such things The men
in active business, who had less personal in
terest in it, but more enterprise and public
spirit, did itas they must ever do such things
They could do it; for in Boston there is a
concentration of the public mind, which brings
out and directs its mighty force to great
achievements. We have no jealousy of Bos-
tons prosperity, and no fear that it is to I'M
dermne that of New York. But we should
be glad to see New York acting with as much
good sense and consecrated enterprise. Our
want characterization of sentiment-anything
like New York spirits perhaps the re-
suit, in a great measure, Of our property
Yet prosperity so treated is embedding, and
in the end may cost more than it is WORTH
Nature had made New York great, but art
sometimes overcomes nature. Nothing is
more plain, than thatwc ought to have Il rail
road to Albany, and ought to have had one
before Boston built hers. 1t is rcproach to
our sagacity, and to the character of our noble
city, that we have it not. In the effort to do
it we were sngularly unfortunate. In Boston
there never could have been the mismanage-
ment which it took us so long to overcome in
the Erie road and which we have yet to over
come in that to Albany"