Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-12-31
ON FREE PRESS, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 81, 1s47

vitude which destroys that it may posSeSS-in
bondage threc-fourths of the year
Let us trace the Journey of a" single " day"
of this season--the season of labor. In the
morning the professional man eats, in haste. his
hot rolls, and drinks his chocolate or coffee
striving to Danish from his foresight the APP
preaching labors. But calling to mind the ne
cessities of clients or patients. and more than
all, the " condition precedent" Of his dinner, at
eight stretches his halfrestcd limbs and hastens
to his office. On his way, he encounters the
mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound y of every
caling--urged to equal haste, by different mo-
tives. So early, however, the energies OF the
man are not really enlisted. The steam is
evidently condensing and adding force to the
machinery already under motion; but its rack
and piniun its band aud lever adjustment, is
not vet warmed by friction into free and rapid
plav. The city, all through its avenues, wears
the aspect Of a lake whose fretted surface fore
tells the heaving and the swelling. As the day
advanccs activity increases. The consciousness
of having responsibilities to meet, which, III the
morning. produces restessness but not motion,
so soon as business accumulates and the feeling
of interest is fully aroused, results in hurried
movement and nervous action. At about three
the noisy engine is laborng under It's maximum
pressure. Al are now at work, with all their
synpathics aud powers enlistcd-all is tnmnlt
and enthusiasm New York is now fully awake
and in its element. 1t is now living its true lie
IA life. as before remarked, peculiar to itself.
even among cities. The steam i, up, and the
engine, truly of the high pressure" order iarr-
ing from the rapid whir of It's manifold but con-
si~tent parts-furniShcs an illustration worthy
: t, be studied, of the extreme commercial ten
dency But niglt-one of the saicty-va,ves of
this otherwise seliruinous machine comes TO
! relieve the pressure and compel to rest. Broad
{ wav is now filled, not With men in the charac-
:. tiers of anxious spectators or light fingered mo-
d ney changers, but with men in the attitude Of
: animals - weary, peev,h and sleepy. Wal
r street the very " ~ wheel " of the engine whcr
t in motion, is now quiet As a country churcl
: yard, with no sound but that of the Waterman
d rap to break the oppressive silence. What ;
] contrast to the same Wall street an hour or TIVE
q before, when it was resolving the financial prob
: lens of the Union; when it embodied the iGe
= of commerce. and when delegates from the Ma
e tnns were discussing. in grating dialects, til
h crnt-pcr-ccnt profit and loss Of trade
This conceive, is a picture of New York f.
i, a day-not faithful. because not " colurcd to til
4 Hts.' Bat every day, from the beginning TO til
O. q '>e Of trade presents the same general out
Il ines tho san, exaggerated action the sam
At "vicipu," utr'a AMI, at night, the oppooit
,e eNtrem,--forced reposc.
pr Is it not strange, that so many. living eaSil
[ and happily in the country, will exchange tina
i. quiet for a home in the city, where a plctur
of like this is always warning them of uneaS
re- ness and strife Is it not strange, that aboy
he the playful tinkling of few cymDals, they car
81, not hear the united voices of half million le
,v low beings, steadily going M, to tell OF lior,
:, suffering, or poverty, or crime a. u.