The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-10
Darious Hlattrrs.
Rallroaa specch of Mr. Websler.

Franklin. \. II. on tttday was invited
10 ioin the Directors and their guests in
celebrating at Grafton the completion of
an Important stage Of progress in the
Northern Railroad. which is now passi-
Die two-thirds IF the distance from Con,
cord n. H to the Connecticut River, and
which when completed. will make a con
~iinuous line of Raih DAD from Georgia To
Montreal. Alter the collation. Mr.. Web
ster was loudly called for, and coming
out with his overcoat on his arm. address
ed the a~ssemblage in a familiar manner
al some length. After commenting. &C
cording 10 a report in the Tribune, upon
the wonderful changes wrought by steam
and Railways since his boyhood, Mr.
Webster said.
"Let me say, fellow citizens, that in
the history Of human invention there is
hardly one so well calculated as that of
railroads to equalize the condition of
men. The richest must travel in the cars
for there they travel fastest; the poorest
can travel in the cars, while they could
not travel otherwise, because this mode
ofcorveyance costs but little time or mon
ey. Probably there are in the multitude
before me those who have friends at such
distances that they could hardly have vis'
lied them, had not Railroads cone to
their assistance to save their time and to
save expense. Men are thus brought 10.
gether as neighbors' aud acquaintances,
,ylo live 200 miles apart.
1--WE sometimes hear idle prejudices
expressed against Railroads because
they are close corporations: but SO from
the necessity of the case they necessarily
must be, because the track Of a railway
cannot be a road, upon which every man
may drive his own carriage. Sometimes,
il is true, these Railroads interrupt or
annoy individuals in the enjoyment Of
their property. for these cases the most
ample compensation ought to be made.
have myself had a little taste of this in.
convenience. When the Directors OF
the Road resolved to lay it out upon the
river, las | must say they were very wise
in dning) they showed themselves allttle
too loving to me, coming so near my farm
honse. that the thunder Of their engines,
aud the screams of their steam whistles,
to say nothing Of other lnconvenIencles,
not a little disturbed the peace aud repose
of its occupants. There is besides all
awkward aud ugly cmbankment thrown
across my meadows ltinjurcs the looks
of the fields. But | have remarked, ieI'
low. citizens, that Railroad directors and
Railroad projectors are no enthusiastic
lovers of landscape beauty; Il handsome
field or lawn, beautiful copses and all the
g-orgeousness Of forest scenery, pass foI
little in their eyes. Their business is
to cut and slash, to level or deface II fine.
ly rounded field and fill up beautifully
winding valleys. They are quite utllita.
rian IN their creed aud in their practice
Their business is to make a good Road
They look upon a we'll constructed EN-
bankment as a work Of Art-a long, deeI
cnl through hard pan and rock, such al
we have Just passed. gives them deligh
TO behold-and if they can find a fail
reason to run a tunnel through a deep
mountain, they aro halfin raptures. Tt
be serious gentlemen, ! must say ! ad'
miro the skill, enterprise, and that rather
bold defiance Of expense which have eli
abled the Directors of this road To bring
i, with an easy ascent more than 800 Ice
above the level Of the Merrimac river
We shall soon SEQ it cross yonder noun
tain ridge, commonly called the 'HoigIl
of Land, and thence pitch down into TIT
fair valley Of the Connecticut.
"Fellow.citizens you who live alon,
the limo OF the Road must already begii
to feel its beneficial effects. Your coun
try is rather a rough one. There are
indeed, good lands about the has,
Of tho Kearsarge, or Beach Hill, Dab
cocks Hill, aud other places ad%jaccnt Il
The road. There are other portions no
SO fertile. We may infer this from TIN
ame they bear. We have conc throug
Little Gains" "llard Scrabble" an,
"Dungeswamp." which latter under
stand is an Indian word to signify tn
poorest land in creation. But, iello'
citizens, health aud industry, good moral
aud good government have made you
homes among these mountains prosper
Gus aud happy. Thisgreat improvement
comes 10 your farther advance, 1t wi
give youuew facilities, connect you NOR
readily with other portions of the State
and most assurodly, according to ali OK
porieuce, create new objects for the AZ
plication Of your enterprise and yoLr ID
hor. You do not yet begin to know III
benefits which it will confer on you, | re
joice most heartily that my native Stat
has adopted n policy which has led
these results. trust that policy may b
steadily pursued till internal improve
ment in some really intrinsically useft
form shall reach every glen aud ever
mountain side in the State.
Death OF Silas Wright.
The circumstances Of Mr.. Wright
death hre thus stated by the Ogdensburg
Republican:
about half-past eight o'clock, A. N
Mr.. Wright called at the Post Office, a
parently inhis usual health. While sea
ed in chair IN the Post Office reading
letter, a young man. clerk in the ofic
who was alone, perceiviug that he hi
dropped the letter, and appeared as
seized by sudden pain. He was alarm
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