Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-09-22
RAILROAD SPEECH MIR WEB
STER

Wv V'tWs's VNWk ~ wv 'aftH w 'ahs
In, n u on Friday. wss ,nv,cd TO JOIN
the Directors and their guess IN eclebs
nng at G'stJn, the compile ,. Of an TN.
por'an, stage Of progr,ss in The. Northern
Railroad. Which - now psW,ble two ,hm %
Of the distance from Concord, N. a., to the
Connrc,ieui River, aud which when com.
plc,cd, will make q continuous line of!laii
road from Ccorcii TO Montreal After the
collation., Mr. Webster was loudly called ior
and coming on, with his ovcrctco' on his
arm, addressed the asscmbagc IN familiar
manner u, some length After comment,
ing upon the wonderful chinges wrought
by steam and Railroad since his boyhood,
Mr.. w. said
IL, me- say, fellow cnizcns, iha, in the
history Of human invention, there . hardly
one 50 we'll calculated ms that Of railroads,
to tqunlizs the condition Of men. The
richest mus, travel in the cars, for there
they travel ia.tca the poorest can travel
IN the cars. while they could no, travel 9th
crwise, because this mode OF conveyance
costs but lille time or money Probably
there ntc in the multitude before mc those
who havcfricnds ut such distances that they
could hardly have visited them, had no,
Railroads come to their assistance 10 save
their time and save their expense Men
are thus brought together as ncighbors and
a-GnIlnlanccs who live two hundred miles
apart
We sometimes hear idle pr'judicss *.
pressed against railroads because they are
close corporations bu, so from the ncc.s.i.
~ OF the case they necessarily must be, BE-.
6 Sc the track OF railway cnnno, be
n road upon which every man may drive
his own carriagc
Sometimes 1t is true, these railroads inter.
rurl or annoy individuals in the cnjoymcn,
Of their property; for these cases the most
ample allowance ought TO made I have
myself had liule taste Of this inconvcn.
fence. When The directors OF the Road re-.
solved 10 lay j, out upon the river. las |
mus, say they were very wise in doing Nhey
showed themselves lille too loving to mo
coming so near my farm house iha, the
thunder Of their engines and the scream Of
their steam whistles. 10 say nothing Of 9th.
or inconvenience, not lluc disturbed the
peace and rcpo:e Of iis occupants There
is beside an awkward and ugly cmbank.
mcnl thrown up across my meadows. |,
Injr'.. the looks Of the fields.
have remarked fellow cilizcns. IN a,
Railroad directors and Railroad prolc ciors
are no enthusiastic lovers of landscape beau.
iy handsome field or lawn, beautiful
copscs aud oil the gorgeousnrss of fores,
scenery pass for llule in their eyes. Their
business ls TO cut and slash, io lrvel or de.
face finely rounded field an. I'LL up beau.
,'fully winding valleys, They are quite
ulililarian in their creed aud in their prac
tice. Their business is 10 make q good
road. They look upon a well constructed
cmbankm mont ns work of Au-s long.
deep cut through hard pan md rock. such
rs We have just passed. gives them dclgh,
10 behold and if they can find fair rcn.
son to run n tunnel under deep mountain,
they nre half in rnpturcs To be serious,
gentlemen, must say admire the skill,
the enterprise, aud that rather bold defiance
tors Of this road to bring it with an easy as.
cent more than 500 fec, above the level Of
the Mcrrimack river. We shall soon see
/, cross yonder mountains ridge, commonly
called The Height of Land and thence
pitch down into the fair valley Of the Con.
nsc,Icut
Fellow citizens, you who live along on
the line OF the Road must alreody begin to
feel its beneficial effects Your country is
rather rough one. There arc, indeed,
good lands nbou, the base OF the Kcarsar.
GO, or Beach Hill, Babcock's Hill. and
other places I'D ,cen, TO the load There
are other portions no. so fertile. We may
infer his from the names they hear. We
bsve come through 'Llnle Gains Hard
Scrabble, and Dunseswamr,' which latter
| understand, is an Indian word to signify
the poorest land in all creation But, El
citizens. health and industry, good morals
and good govcrnmen, have made your
homes among these mountains prosperous
and h,ppy. This grea, improvement, comes
TO your farther assistance II will give
new facIlnies. conncc, you more readily
with other portions Of the State, and mos,
"ssuredly. according to all experience, Gre.
ate new objects Tor the application Of your
enterprise and your labor You do moi yet
begin TO know The benefits which i, will
confer on you rel oicc mos, heartily that
my native State has adopted policy which
has ted to these results trnsi hn, policy
may be steadily pursued AL internal i'm
ptovemcnt in some really and n!rinsicaIIy
useful form shall reach every glen and ev
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