Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-11-05

communication will be found below Now.
then, we have borne this impuiaiion quite long
enough. 1t is the staple Of the arguments of
the friends of the bridge, who row honor the
Lcg stature by their unlimited attendance and
counsel, that the bridge is opposed solely be.
cause it is assumed that It's construction would
be prejidicial to the local" interests Of Bur-
liag'on The Watchm says, above -" II
would seem from the Free Press of Sept 81
that the interests ,fhe tolcn NJ Buiington were
the most important Of ALI; and Montpelier
bar-rooms and poriicos rcsound with the con-
vincing cloquencc Of that description Of orators
who are obliged, by natural incaptcifv to sub.
s'ltn,c defamation for argument, and who
sert that nothing can be dane uiiiom asking
Brijngton.' Now. in reply to the sober mis-
statements of the Watchman. and TO the noisy
harrangucs of other diSjHicreStcd advocates of
the Bridge, touching the course of the Free
Press, and Of prominent citizens of Burlington
in relation to the project Of ob-rncting the nasi
cation Of Lake Champain we have simply to
say that they are all equally untrue and unjust
We defy the Waterman or any Of its co.abor-
ers, to find in the columns Of the Free Press
from the article of the '.3l of Sept" 20 which
specific alluson is madc) 10 ms one, sngl"
o!ection or argi,mem against The poi;cy of throv-
ing a bridge across tie ,rotcrs Of The LqLe n
Rouse's Pon that is tounded upon The alicgcd
" iocal" interests Of Burlington aionc. We
have never. in single instance. employed snch
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tions. We have never opposed the bridging nj
the Lake except for reasons that we believed to
be entitled to as much weight in Montpelier, 1r
in any other town in the State as in BnrIingon
We have never alluded to Burlington in the ar
Il les we have written on the subject. excepting
in the way of illustrating the gross mpolcy o
the legislation that should inilict injury upon
any one section of the State, without comforting
Il conpeaSa'ing dlraniage upon another section
arguing that such "A course would be "A sim
ple subtraction from the uporeuate wealth. and
prosreri,y Of the Stale We utterIv Je,,, tina,
wc have cvor ON any occ,.;o, nv in ant. man
n,r directly ar Lv fair i,,nlic,,i,r i, ,n,os;,,
the insane nroicct of brloipr ,ho I ,l;c s,ok,n
SOLELY sol n jo-.I bisncss-or the interests nj
a siugle class limited to the borders Of the lake
and concerned in its naycaion;" and when
tn, Waterman asserts that we hare. il cxchnr.
cos ,,s G.olin-s or :. ,y,,;r,c,,- fr .l,oso oe
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trraiy opposite character. We take It this
dor;,l il hrn,d onouuh In covor all tho no,tifnc
, a.. -
elng IN tue case, ana WIleh Tue Waterman VIII
quote an article Of ours that con'radicts orr
idea Of proprc,y' needs mcndine.
But it is Il little rcm,rkah that these of ~
-ive and mnfonndcd impuiationS upon the mo.
tires of the citizens and presses of Blrlingiol,
should proceed Sol4ly from lpntpelier and 81.
A!jaas An Indifferent spectator must look
upon the high-mndcd di>ntcre-tcdness Of the
advocates of the bridge in these quarters, as
worthy OF the proIonndest admiration The
ho'n'lies ct the Waterman and the Messenger,
on true P"o''c p"'''!' are q"''e refreshing
Inc f'ee rfeSS' "t Inc terminus OF t''ree rail-
ro'"S IL "'''''''c'' oy 'o "'9e'''7n PATRIOTISM OF
'"' st i"Pe'9 ~ "' t"'e VI VIC
Nv" VIC i''i'"' '''c I"''''''' ann INC oh'y f"-
s'''"n' we nave '"hcn VI reference To the rr~'r'
VI ''S'"I ''c H'"e' S'"'e ''''' P'"e'' was III I
s'Na''N" mo NE oy Tie '''l' u'c'""S h'r' III "'
Mr' hayward ana We stale It III The very
language OF Inc waterman -
ill. ii' is no ,'."sr r,,'.'s'no locnl contcst-'o
qnencc to the whole State and to neghboring 81 trs
ana deserves 10 De discussed ana decided upon higher
fights and corporation squabbl,sn
IAS is precisely tue ground we take. and
have uniformly taken. We say that every in
terest in the State, excepting that which is made
by law a Corlorate interest. is hostile to any
project for ob-tructng the navigation oc Lake
Champaign. We as>cr, that the project has It's
origin in Boston, and that lis design is solely To
give to that enierpri,iur, ip,olrent and thirty.
ing city decided commercial adfantapc: and
while we applaud the very etl;,rts that Eost,n i.
making Ia uii.mrn, hen. business nro.rerit,. uo
arc reminded h,, those o,,.,r,. ,L,, r.,,o,, hos
AN interest in nro;ec,s IF ir,orn.I ;,,nro,,,,or,
v;,l;, aud noar Lor h,r,,or, ,h,. :, g., ,;,,i.o
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