Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-05-24
Letter from the Editor.
ISLAND House, Bellows Falls.
MAY Il. 1870.


never projected Railroad on a route OF more
diversified lovelness, grandeur and fertility than
that which is traversed by the Rutland and
Burlington Railroad. 1t is probiblc that no CONT
nuous 100 miles of country in the world pos
senses more picturesque beauty Of scenery,a ri;h'
err agricultural capacity,or large variety of ex-
haustless mineral wealth than the Valley o.
WESTERN VERMONT. IT tho multludes of our
friends from the confined streets of Cities and
from the Marts Of Trade, (Nhere the produc-
tons of our bounliul mother the Earth"
are converted, by the alchemy of Commerce,
into silver and gol' do not say So after attend
! ing the great Railroad Jubilee which the encr
gy Of Commodore JOHN WRlGlr, of Boston, is
preparing for them, on the 25lh proriao, then
will agree to be looked up1n as a =" fugtive'
from true prophecy, without the right of recla-
nation. If the VALLEY OF OTTER CREEK does
not give the brick and mortar denizens Of Bos-
ton, New York, Albany and Troy, and inter
mediate points, touch Of its quality, on or
about the 25th of June, it may forever after
bold its peace. The long days and busy nights,
between "now and them" will afford it
chance to grow, and | venture 10 " predesti-
nac," as Mr.. Smuggins fecoualy observes,
that it will thea be arrayed in gorgeous full.
ness Of that species Of apparel" which Divine
Wisdom long since selected, as an appropriate
= " warning to the pride of man! From Bur-
, lington to the famous 8 Summit" of Mount
IIolIey, a distance Of some 80 miles, the under
81, no ,rIt bo looy op1
a agents of PRODUCTION are at work on and in a
= soil whose resources nothing but neglect or
a ,buse can diminish. Mount lloIley, embracing
d the summit and, to some extent, both slopes OF
II the Green Mouna ", is one of the richest
Y agricultural towns in New England. BY the
d latest census, her inhabitants are less hume
" rous than her Cows and the products Of hel
:. Dairy will indefinitely increase, under the ina.
I gicaI stimulus Of all easily access bic market
ID Her intelligent and thriving population are fine
ell samples Of New England character; and per
htps can present no more universally salts
f,ctory and convincing prcGf Of this than b.
r. saying, that among her larger number Of vo
he tiers, there isn't much more than "a Corporals
{ Guard" of modern mis-named " democrats 4!
r, They are Home Industry men--lIARRY Ola
e. protectionists, Though for aught they inJiv
ct dua'y care, Tariffs and Free Trades may {" G
If. hang,'-they can live longer and better unde
ce ether than the biggest "bug' in the land
g. The generol 8 earth, and their strong arm
e. constitute system Of reserved rights" whc
on commercial legislation can neither create NJ
AN destroy.
"' The same Is true Of TIE whole Valley
- Western Vcrmont,-as it is, indeed, OF ii
State. 4" Free Trade" luckily cannot dcccu
"' pose nor diS-teriii.e the soil of Vermont, viii
&c stout hearts and TREE hands cultivate it; a,
this glorious Union might be separat, in
- thirty independent S pvercignties," and II
no. one of them would be found to be more sub,ta
u.s. TALLY and honorab'y INDEPEDENT than the g.
* liant and steady GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE
mn fee aud independent by the goodness al
ala grace of Cop!
, II feel not little curious to sec the col
parative statistics OF the exports and imports
!" Western Vermont, embracing the past fye a
''' the next five years. II our beloved Sisters t
bigger States, don't gather from it Sol
anu useful hints in regard t, the onomical adys
mr. tages of Free LABOR, " i'll consent to recei
'e'' a slight additional complexional shade and
pre-. sold as /" cha,tel :" Our summers are as
- As theirs in Virginia, and, accounts agree, Il
''> our soil is no better but if "O!d NIrgnu
VI dou't see cause, Of these bright days, to r
'ie pect the m jcsy of free labor in Vermont, a
l..
Resolutions, am mistaken. Old Rutla
County alone, before the facilitating aud
'he hausting system OF Slave labor is finally a
n II ished, will show herself richer in every
iasl element Of riches than the entire Old Domini
body and brooches - Every Slave that I"
80. Mo'her of Presidents owns is a sort of le
vour n color as well as conduc fastened upon
'aine feeble frame, aud sucking out the blood t
n warns and fertilizas her If you only ,oo
realize this noW, dear Old Ni:gnny, before
d. gel so weak that you will have to lean aga
III for Pennsylvania to stand up long enough TO ?
g ,,t o[ Indignation resolutions, it would be e.
IDEAL better for you -~1su'-y3u ~oHt
-, Old Virginny would come to Vermont.
noe. Railroad Presidents would rejoice to give
A" free pass" f she would only agree to
c' her natural eyes and be bound by her nat,
49, Judgment, in perceiving and estimating the
ference between the results of Free and 81
"'' Dor. But Old Vrginny is welded to Gus
H"' and " The resolutions of 3d." She canno
= s'' abroad because she is as obstinately mana
"s as her Siayes. II she would consent to p
u '"' by the experience of other people (Which
'"' VI body ever does, we admit she would be "
''"" State within the next calender year
se of
aa Of but began this letter chiefly to S
C., of the richness of the section of Couatry W
Iono is inter sected by the Rutland Road, and
oa,a5, diverged from that purpose so th,t whatI W
have said must be left partly to b inferred
have neither time nor space to attenpt an
tails of the remarkable fertility, Mineral
Agricultural, of that favored region, No
b. .L., | speak as ! would be glad to speak of Il
- ~ isiing and prospective improvements h d,
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