Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-06-28

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"the Company" aud respectfully hope that it
feels 50 much better that it will be sout around
in day or two.
t. The Montpelier Patriot of this week
modestly administers to its subscribers an ao
palhc dose OF more than folv mortal colamnS u
Of its customary abuse of The President and other
Officers OF the Vermont Central Railroad COM
p,ny. and nevertheless, from all we can learn,
the trains run with their accustomed speed and
regularity over that Road, and it is even gen
orally supposed 10 be doing good business =
Sab "A lumilialing instance of disparity between
labors and achieve nents has not been heard of
since the classical days of the Mountain and
the mouse" Besides all this, the poor Patrioi
gets snubbnd both at home and abroad. NoJoly
seems to appreciate the Herculean patriotism
of its motives or the IIcrculean force of it.
blows. The Freemqn Of Yesterday provokingly
says:
The stock in The VI. Crn,ral has r.en in few
days, from nb2ot wenty-iv to oyer thIv dollars per
share. Is this attrbulIbr to the " jus'icc" OF the
VI Patriot, which, dnrill the tne has been so fiber
! '''f N'nl' 'ut ~ IL iNPl'l'
And the B,Sion POST whose propretors are
understood to b, large Stockholders in the Cen.
trail Road, and are known to be gentlemen quite
competent 10 protect their own interests, speaks
Of the writers in the Patriot and what it calls
their "crusade against Mr. President Painc;''
as follows -
But, rcnly, we cannot train in their company The
feeling they rvuce appears too rancurous to manatc
IRON worthy motives. and when they accuse the pres
ut being controlled IN ITS course by the consideration
OF Tree pass over the road we see upon what falls,
pa'trv, uyustnh.e ground they inpruch the conduct
u those vino differ from them IN opinion and il con.
rm. IN our first nnnresSion That their asScyi;gDS
HrN HhT0rthgot cnrFdcHce.
Unfortunate Pa'riot, It don't succeed in
"eening up fight" or even AN excitement.
But the Pairim repeats this week, its silly
imputaton upon all its brethren of the Prc,s
who are foolish enough to think that the Stoc'.
holIers of the Central Road are able to manage
their own business. Because The Free Press, and
other papers on the line Of the Road choose
to ieare the management Of the Central Road
where it belongs (w,th the Sockholiers) and
do not Join the Patriot in its perpetual lamen.
tations over the fading prosperity of Montpelier,
and the growing renoWn of "Panes tavern"
we are charged with being controlled by the
magic influence of ga free pass" All re
care TO reply is, that the Patriot estimates the
integrity Of lis neiahb,rs by a mighty low stan.
dard-and if the praise Of that paper is to be
estimated by the same rule which guides its
eeasUr, we are sorry for il. We look upon
both the Central aud Rutland Railroads as
Public Works which reflect credit upon the
energy and Intelligence, and contribute directly
to the prosperity, Of the State, We esteem il
, a pleasure, As well as duty, to do every thing
ia our power to promote the success of both
but he who permits himself to believe that We
are at all trammeled 10 the course we may pur
( sue towards them, by any personal iavors We
may have received from either, will discover
one OF these days, that he is, quoa9 hoe, Jack
ass. We think the systematic abnse OF the Di
, rectors of the Central Road by the Patriot is a
. SILLY As it is untounded. 1t has never done an
e good, and is very generally understood to have
; done no harm If the Central Road is not pro
= perIy managed, in its financial or other affairs
j. we should like to know who but the .SiocfhoH
+ ers are to apply the remedy 1t is no business
H.. certainly, of either the Patriot or the Free Pres.
It ~ The following are among the series @
e Resolutions adopted by the Addison Count
Wing Convention, last week. They will CON
J. mand the ready and hearty assent and approba
5 ton of The Wings Of Vermont-whose principle