Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-10-29
BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER

attention of our readers the article in our COL
umns signed "A Merchant" 1t will show
them, at least, that what is regarded as " hum
bug" III Buffalo, assumes the form OF respect
able verify in Rochester.
The communication of ga Merchant" we
find, also. in the Montreal Herald, a leading pa
per in Canada. 1t is copied into that journal
with express appreciation. And we notice this
fact the more particularly because it is extern
sively assumed, and especially by the Buffalo
papers, that the construction Of the projected
Ship Canal from the st. Lawrence to Lake
Champlain, will receive no favor from the Brit
ish Government in Canada, as being directly
hostile to their interests. No assumption could
be more fallacious in fact or in argument. The
Canadian Government and people have mani
testify the strongest business motives to push
forward the work to an early completion and
they are prompt to perceive and appreciate
them. The CanM from Caughnauaga 10 ST.
JOhnS meets wih hnircrsal encouragement in
Canaola. We copy the following portion of the
leading editorial with which the Montreal Her.
aid prcfaccs the communication Of the Roches.
ter paper. The passages we have marked by
Haiics sufficiently explain the business interests
that Canada has in the projected enterprise, and
indicate the policy and course that will be pur-
sued in reference to it by her business men.
The HrraM says
"And il it not evident that, with free and unbro
ken navigation to Quebec, Boston, and New York,
the whole OF that traffic must, inevitably, pnss through
our waters, rather than be subjected to translpnicnt
at Buffalo, and Albany. and three hundred and sixty
miles OF barge vigaton, on the Erie Canal With
such contamination. we scc no reason to doubt the
realization OF all Mr.. M.rritts most sangunc predic
tons and that, with the enjoyment Of such traffic,
the tolls from canals will, in very few years. not
onlB rcpdy the cdpdl nreStcd in them. bit ,rM pro.
duce ample tuRd to meet the crpcnscs of our gor-
ernment, aad, thus reiierc from aV sdring local,
! drafiOn. The benefits 10 be derived from the
strucon of n 81. Lawrence and Lake Champaign Ca
nal, will not, however be confined TO the profits de-
rvablc from the western tradc-- riH, at once, oen
10 MS ncr and a most rdiuabie market, for in
erhdastble Mmber districts, on the Otdmd--ycar by
year, is the demand for timber increasing in the Uni
ted States. and their forests, it is notorious arc
altogether inadequate TO afford the required supply
to It's they must resort tor it, and with a direct naviea-
ton from the st. Lawrence to the Hudson. can our
power 10 give them that supply admit OF doubt :
| IlihoW The projected tdndi, IL is abundantiy rri-
dcnt 0ur share ot thc westcrn transit trade rW be
limited 10 such p,rtion Of ii, as ire ship from
Montrcdl 10 Quebec; nth ii, wc shaH secure the
ThOlc, for no outlay enable the Erie Canal
to compete with the Lake and River route and, even
should the merchants OF New York be blind to
their own interests as to neacc, making shp-cannl
between Lake Champaign and the Hudson while We
are constructing ours, the result would only be as A
Merchant predict B0sion Ly the Buriingfon Rail
r0ads, mstead Of Ncw York, ,rouh become the At
idntic terminus Of tie great reStern Mshuay"
And yet the Buffalo Patriot Las profound
impression that
"John Bull is not yet in his doiagc, and has ncvcl
yet displayed any marked inclination To construct
commercial channels Tor the benefit OF other people
md the injury Of his oDn!"
Perhaps. if we lived in Buffalo, reason would
she'd This kind Of blue light into our own mind
so we will only say that the Pairio, has lailet
to see things through John Bulls spectacle.
his Nnle.
There appears TO us proprcty, in this con
noction, in saying a word in regard to the at
tempt that is now making to induce our owl
Legislature TO graft to a Railroad corporation
authority TO obstruct the navigation of our LAX,
by Drawbridgc at Rouse's Point. We pre-
sumo it will not be desired that no such navga
bic water as Lake Champlain should erer bt
bridged unless such a proceeding is demanded
by urgent considerations of PUBLIC Policy
The alleged interests of a Corporation, or the
prospect of commercial advantages to partcu
lar community, (and that not, by any means, the
community who are to grant the auhority0 fur
nish altogether inadequate reasons for throwing
distractions across great National Highways
The people who inhabit the shores of Lake
Champiain. ard whose business is carried on
directly or indirectly, upon its waters, have {
RIGHT. indeieasable except upon grounds of the
f highest State necessity, to the unnolested ant
unobstructed navigation of its channels. II
say that the wishes or the interests of corpo
ration constitutes such necessity is simply alb
surd. The commerce Of the Lake, (now amount
ing to upwards of SIX MILLIONS of dollars
has been nearly, if not quite, doubted within tn
past five or six years. The liberal Legislation
of Congress, facilitating commercial intcrcours
between the States and Canada, has great
contributed TO this rapid increase and yet thi
commerce Us but in its inancy-unless, indeed
our own State Legislature shall be 80 short
$ GIFTED as to throw obstacles in It's way.
But with the completion of the short line @
p Ship Canal Qcss than 30 miles, and at an ex
pcnse within $jO0,0OO) which will perfect
ship communication between the two great re
uionS OF Production and CONSUMPTION of our ey
tended country, the undoubtcd and immense in
crease of business to be done by means of on
=. Lake, that must be anticipated, renders NOR
: garing the impolicy of authorizing the slightes
y impeachment TO its navigation. 1t is the idles
= argument possible to assert that Drawbridg
o presents no such impeachment Why, then, ar
:. such bridges opposed and refused, over the ma,
igable waters Of the Hudson, and upon the grec
line of railway between New York and Wasl
f ngton and elsewhere? We hear it frequent
k asserted, as a reason for bridging lake Char
n plain, that the Drawbriges over thc Chart,
r. Rirer, at Boston, are unobiectionablc. Asd
q from the fact that this statement is clear be-
If ging of the question, there is no rational parall
= between the cases, The ship that arrives
d Boston harbor has finished her rouge and reacht
h her market. 1t is of little comparative cons,
II quencc, therefore, whether she passes throug
q hair a dozen drawbrdges or not. Her mast,
i has delivc. Cd his invoice TO his consignccs b.