Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-11-17

y marked ly liberal pto,lsiurs It'y
bal b IN ras'ci without sr'iou, oppo'
No sleh olsmor 90 hot y,y have TOW
t'afi stovt oan. u umay nouc, ~, sh'u
bought he ohantfs cav, the power
g. cettscaio every n,n', hoin',issi 1t he
pubic ,n,,f,s, snd ys ltct, ~, u n no
complaint IT,, emery he believed vas
only & top 1T me occsspn Bond slhcf-
Tas nouc. nn hbunjan, nu,icc ! be suL
Jsc, had long ten osntass,l by tie people
+ l. hii been d,cu,s,d IA ihe pubic pms
AID escr, ,msgiuaL.c iu.,fe,i that could
b, u ~. least degree al, o,ed lat tccn FOL
y snI Itop,ily t,pf,s,ai'i b. loic o.. COM.
mite. who lad had the rai'r u cons J.
taNon, Itc PROVISIONS Of ,ac ousiu,i
cAanU Tor lh.s TOAD bad Lr,n ,ufp1scly
l'h ini.hnrc, Al, III, time u was ctaul,i
It ~. uo' known what fouic tie t.j,ns
burg road would finally i,o,cc upon lhs
wasnow d.s,imn,d anI q trcim. n,crs.
sarv fr Them TO alter Their iofrn'f gran. 50
rs 10 make II oyetiiiv, AMI bcu,hcill. IhI.
gran, nh, rish. to bridge the Lake was
nothing new. EXISTED 10 n certain cS
/ ttni IA the original charter. IL was roN
ouls proposed to .a.cnd is operation n ln.
tie luuh,' IT,. a ua.p, e.. Il,
concern to the clux,ns Of to-. Sa'c \
most important avenue Of communicate IA
hitherto el.s.i to tho tep.su e ~" r',af
ls.'s oi bonuil,.. ,,,,nl aoI lncAharsutlc
/ fcri.iiy, was row Offered To hc orcu,d TO w.
[ Il would gtca, y cheapon all he produces
/ Of the wosi, aud rs bcn,.il. would b. felt bv
every inh,bnant Of The state T. be- sue
BRUSH iuletos,s were atiay,l asans, H..
nni they lof The purpose 81 d,icailns rs sue 10
cess Lad devised a famous canal ptol.ct
Which they pretend was II sppcrccdc rs
neocssly. But, TO say nothing OF Tie ,,l.
donI design y: The pIoJe:'. whach was con
coclci 10 operate ogains. tins bill, hnd Which
Would never exs, except IN tie bf,ins Of
/ rs oiiginaloIs, Who would ptc,,ni that
,v,n II carried INTO execution 1t would ever
be Of such benefit TO the p,op'c Of Vernon,
as the present measure would Afford 2 4
circuious and dangerous water com NUM-.
cation rs miles 10 length, by way Of The
St Invroncc and ST. Johns, ooulI never
compete successfully w:lh a railroad ouly
llj miles IA length, with gralr Of only
20 feet at the highest, and on which one
tram 81 cars could Transport! 2jj tons from
Osd,n,buIg TO Lake Champaln IN ten
hous l. was I'll, to think oil, \ canal
too, " ou!i be- constantly lamporoI hy IN
sp,clIon laws and custom house regulations.
and in time Of war we should be ,5,il'y cA.
cluI,d from It's tcncGs The region Of
the canal was regarded as The grea, base Of
military operations IN the even, of. war
between America and England |, was
Of the Creates, national importance ,ha, we
should have means OF comm, nicalion
along tho northern frontier, not within Brit
by Americ,n soldiers and AmcricLn bayo-
nus But ii is said ,hn, ,ransshipmcn,
from Bul!n ,,on TO Plausbursh would an.
sa,r all pfaclicaI purposes Blu, can il be-
suppose i,r a moment that the st,a, cx-
p.psc, delay md inconvoniencc tina, would
necessarily result from such break in the
line of ire ro,h, would no, douoet i'm
m.Gs,ly liom ITS ben, fits Would Il moi,
b. vastly greater injury TO the line Of the
ronds, ,han any harm that would be- lnflicl.
"a upon the navigation interests Of the Lake,
by bridge a, Rou.e's Point. |, was idle
md foolish TO think Otherwise B,sil,s
the navigation Interests were no, d,s'iu,d to
suticr. The carrying unde between the
upper aud lower portions of the lake in
Consequence ofthc completion Of ,his line
Of reads would be greatly increased. l.,
would have us full share Of the common
bcrcGi. But is was said the measure was
unconstitutional lfso, the road could take
nothing by grant. five lave no ii ut .ur
selves, We can convey none e. others; 50
=, all events the grant could be- harmless
one. Blu, lac thought it wa, a strange doe.
iInc ,ha, territory was 10, SUBJECT the ju.
risdiction in which i, les, 1t is not PIE
tended tia, these are tide wa'crs. What
authority Of control did Congress haze over
them; !, was singular indeed ifthcrc was
am thing in the law Of nature or the law oc
nun, that rcndcrcd the lake traycrsaLe by
canoes and sail vessels, and steamboats, al i
yet made it forbidden grould to cars drawn
by Locomotives, As for tie impodimcn, to
navigation ~ much talked Of, lac would on
u sny that 1t was an evidence before the
committee tia, draw bridge would lie no
oh.''"~'i"" wla,"""- :" o,.l;".-, "o.,Lo-
IL Lad been shown that about one month
Of tie na,igab!c season, might be regarded
as ,cmIc,'uous and tia, the delay at such
times would no, exceed one hour, and also
upon an average no more than one vessel 4
dny would pass tie bridge, For the sake
Of sa,in, them n detention in tie accic.
KAT, OF % hour- during the year til, lcgis
aturc Was called upon TO sacrifice the i'm
mcnsc interest that were s,akod upon tie
construction Of continuous line of dry
road Beside, there were ample security.
Tie b.l provided that ii the hlil-c
should Prove Of too grca, do,.imont to uny.
i.n,ion, !, may We removed at any time by
order Of the supreme Cont. THIS motion
to postpone indefinitely. under the rr,,cucc
If wat; of further time { cou,il,iaiinu was
familiar mode o. attack and hc Hoped i
would be ri-h,ly understood Il was d..
.-ucl merely to .i4ro q the decision a. g..