Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-12-17

city of the country. And, for one, he would
not undertake to estimate the increased extent
of her commerce when all the links in her chain
of railroad communication were completed.
There was another consideration which would
commend itself to those who would contemplate
the immediate future. It was that there would
soon be an entire railroad line from New York,
through New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield,
not only to Boston, but up the valleys of the
Connecticut and Passumpsic, to Montreal. II
was the impression of many that land in New
England was poor and doubtless such was the
fact with regard to great portion of it. But
throughout the whole United States, he did not
know Of a richer or more beautiful valley, as a
whole, than that of the Connecticut River
Parts of it were worth two hundred and fifty
dollars an acre. for the purpose of cultivation,
and there was no land in the West worth hall
so much. lie could not say so much for the
land Of the Merrimac valley, for cultivation but
that portion of the country was rich in water
power rich in manufacturing industry, and rich
in human energy and enterprise. applause
These were its elements of wealth and these
elements would soon be developed in a great
measure, by the means of railroad accommodate
ton, to surprising extent. The whole region
Of country along this line of road, distance
say of about one hundred and twenty miles, be-
fore our children had ceased to be active among
the sons of men, would be one of the richest
portions of the whole world. Such, he really
believed, was the destiny OF the Merrimac val
ley. flch-not IN the iertilty OF the soil on its
banks, but IN ITS almost iilmltable water power,
the energy and industry oil ITS people, and the
application OF these elements to the improve
mant and extension OF productive machinery.
1t might soon be said OF this beautiful river,
with even more truth than applied to the poets
glorious lines upon the Thames
Though with those streams in no resemblance hold
Whose toam Is amber, and whose gravel gold,
Search uo, Ts' bo,o g ny s wru. io sSo
A., "o' ''1 O.''oi'' o"' sun! It, '"o'' ;,
h''u ~" Mla' was tne pa',lIu''r cause Oh al
c p'o11iP. WV wv, W'a''' Why" ne '''e,a" ''
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oe morally dfr,s, i interest rIt hy ,ho noonlo !,
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.9 S"oeeas' NoehHa'l''i') IL was out tii'ee %
ib"i NcdiS Si'ic. With. having octhSIou w NiSi
his farm at Franklin, he observed line OF shin
giles str tchng across his fields. Asking hi'
man what was the meaning of all this, he wa
answered, :" It is the line OF our rail road On
rail- road That was the way the people talked
ABOUT IL. lie iangheu at tl'e iaea at lirst ana IL
tja ,,,ar,J ,lo,, ,,.a,,oJ or raiI rnaJ ,lo.o
" Nhv-vas t6o rnnjvNtba noonlo want IN rid,
boL;mi tho iron horso ,rJ ,hat rdo ,hov u,;I
have" Tanabtcr and cheersS This DIV the,
had had i Great ,nnlanso Thn result haI
nrnved nnt ,bat bis frinnJ was foo s,nguinc. bu
,h., hn ,,,,s ,nn ;noraJuio,s fCboo,sl
II was Tho n;rt and ;naue,ce If frne labor
il w,S Tho ind,,,n',,h,o ;ninS,r, or freq nconlf
th,, had dana a., ,b;s Thore wa. n,nifosted
IN It's acconplis hment, that Wtnout when the
most fertile field by nature must remain forever
barren. Human sagacity. skill and industry
the Jealous determination to improve and prof
BY abor-had done it all. That determination
had no where been more conspiculusly DISPLAYED
than here. New Hampshire, it was true. was
no classic ground She had no Viryil, aud nc
Eclornes She nd stern climate and a sterr
soil Bat her climate was fitted to invgoratt
man, and her soil was covered with the eviden
ces of the comforts of individual and social life
As the traveller pursued his way along her road
he saw all th's' lie saw those mountains
,hnna ,nar,s nr rnan nrnnros' schnoi horsas
with children clustered around their doors a
thick as bees. And they were bees, except il