The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-01-20

Argus 1lllen, Portland AarGlisiG, ir46
For sale hg J g. bingham H. Jnhnshury
FlsiHii Flint, ~ InhushirY Crutfri T. r..
Farhs' faAsumpslr, mud dealers ia medicine
generally
The genuine sigoed1 bar' on the wrappeI4
Mn CnnWIcEi-I see uol bul IL viii no.
come necessary 10 take sou Edlara 10 nski
aud BOT you right on Raj Rpud mhUelE, or
you uay succeed iH getting up ~ ~ blood
between tho PusHumpsic mud Vermont Cen. (
lrul Interests m l;T liuo existed between
lhe latter mud tllr Rutland, IN your IlApor
Of HE 3Orllnli you take occnsiou from tho
course pursued 10y tic Montpelier papers 10
spruk severely Of lhe condition Of tho Cen
lru aud deduce lhe conclusion lbul ils friends
had better mind their own business IliRn TO
engage Ia "bolstering up lhe humhugs got
: up by lhe enemies Of Ihe rHssumpsc rond
+ for the purpose ofiniuring IT,"
/ INV Sir, have no idcn that lllUR0 via arc
engaged IN lhe management, .of the Central
rond nre justly ehnrgable with any such thing,
+, nuditis probably the ease JhaIh very niiiiea'
Lle feeling exists at the present time between
those gentlemen and those charged with me
infringement Of ile Passumpsic. So much
for the nuce ia your paper, which pro-
sumo has drawn out some ceusorious re-
marks IN tho Vermont Whlchman. Thul pa
poe of December lGIh copied an article from
he bradford Gazette, which II is web under
stood originated among the dicnds Of HE
Meredith and plymouth BNp Road. That
article had for ts oljcci, not tie promotion
OF u fail Road from Wells River to Monlpe-
ler, aH ii osIenshly pretended, hui TO shake
the confidence oftl,o public IN the further
progress ulIhc POssulnpsic.
his probable The Montpelier papers, not
seeing the irup, were induced TO copy the mr.
practicable from their favored Village to
, Wells River, aud this without any particular
regard tor tie interests oftho Vermont Cen
ral or intent To inJure the Passumpsic, Thoy
however wero instrumental in giving public
ny To "a hynl humhug ntcndcfhnd in u meas
/ IRE calculated to iujurc the Pussumpsic Road.
The writer snys
VI 40 not saybul the Passunpsic road will
some day be bu,lt, hut ia the nature Of Things
, the day when this takes place must bc fnr,
I very fhr distant 4 road pushed beyond
p Wells River would uni pay.Iwo per ceLt on
. the money Invested, unless uuio,Lns ronicm.
-1t-1.,,cd with road from Montreal" Aud ia
. rognrd to tie CanndiDn Road he suys; II fear
the Cuundn project II destined never, or not
for many years TO succeed Now II j. posi-
he aud perhaps probable that the Nalchmau
. IN copying thi. arlclo was 80 olaled viii. the
idea orgcIung'u Rail Road from Montpelier
TO Wells River, ~ entirely to oycrlobk The "a.
bo,c and other paragraphs which snorr az
the further progress uflIie passumpsic, lQr il
says in the number for january lth.
allie Passumpsie rond wc never hiec op-
| posed IN my shape whatever
This charitable conclusion seems further
rolsblc from the fact TINT Ia Iuslil, mig itself
inr giving publicity TO the article, it entirely
oycrlooks or urglccrs to take notice Of these
objectionable features oflhe piece aud seems
to ltol yshi il has hceil called To oceo,Wt ly
,ihc CaIedonidn merely ior''supportinP What
uny bel Hvcrdcd and practicable project" %.
The Whtcuunn refers TO It's course IN char.-
7 wruug ground on tirr t1ritt=- tiiesiiott, aud
says; "1hc only aJIu.ion to /, trhe PnSsump-
sc Road which conhlailll affect it njtifioi,--
~ was the record of the action Of lis friends
adverse % the Central R6ad--on the Bridge
question. Irthey F~&rel the course which
produced the record we rejoice; aud if they
shall change that courrs sc will hasten JOY.
/ fully To- give them credit
Now although here is nh admission on the
part oftho WpichInnn of an net which might
"ulTecl the Passulnpsc Road injuriously," yet
we may churi,nbly hope TINT in that act it on
~ acted in It's own estimation as n judcious
mother would do in chnstsing n Maynard
hoy, Size would love him none The less, and
would hope tho whipping would lead him to
"regre" his misconduct and "chnnge his
course"
.Abed the friends ofthe Pussumpsic at the
J time thought the Ws,cinnau III it's ''his,ory of
the Bridge case" adopted an arbitrary s. un-
IwdrrantG6lo course ia lie classification of tho
members Of the Leg. voting on iltrt question.
| and although upon, n further examination of
the subjcct it is probable many will favor the
bridging of the LIKE, who at that time judg-
ed aud acted differently, ye, their change Of
views viii be traced 60 other causes than the
ebnstisement Inflicted by tho Waterman. A nd
II an u0k'nd feeling towards the Central Rail
Road interest were INDUCED by nny portion
OF the friends of the Passumpsic nctiug on
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