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

The Festival Yesterday.
We hardly know how to begin the very brief
and imperfect notice We are compelled to make
of the dtings Yesterday, in Burlington. Orr
regret on account OF the want OF any more than
tho most general notes of occurrences. is, how
ever, greatly ameliorated BY the consideration
That our friends Of TIE Press in other States
were here in large numbers, and their reports
Of US we can nse, hereafter, with very plauSi
b1e pro'esaon Of modestv, at any rate. Coun
try Editors, who indulge in the ambitious lnxu-
~ Of dinrna hand bl which, initiating their
hctters, they call a" Daily Paper can't aGord
TO have Sub. Editors and Reporters and the
eomewhat impressive air with which they occa-
sionally make known, in conversation, that
they do issrc Daily" we are sorry to lie
obliged 10 say, becomes less impressive when
the Daily appears. Our brethren Of the quill
(ui;h whom we seldom take airs in the premise>)
appreciate the position, and as for "the rest of
mankind" we have large charity for their igno.
rance Of it, and work on" Any body who
expected us to be Editor Reporter. Stenograph-
cr, and a natural-born genius generally, yes
terdav, labored under deluson whose very
magnitude makes it ludcrous, and constitutes
our sufficient protection. We certainly wish,
for the sake of our readers, that we acere the
IIydra-headcd monster suggested, and each
bead better than its neighbor. But we are not,
and must " rely upon their indulgence
Tile most imposing ceremony of the
Day. yesterday, in our judg was the Ed.
1oRIAL Meeting in Strongs Hall. Nearly rlF
TY gentlemen of the Press assembled at the
hour designated. Massachusetts, New York
and New Hampshire were numerously, land we
were about superiluously to add ably represen-
ted. Col. ScHoUlER Of the Boston Atlas was
called on to preside, and Mr.. BUTrERrIELD OF
no Nnu, lI"", roh;~> p,'~io'. oi NJ II --'-'-o
OF the Albany knickerbocker acted as Secreta-
RES. Col SCHoULER on assuming the Chair
made tec,ous address, and for an hour ant
Il haia very pleasant interchange Of kind feel
ing and elevated sentiment was carried on be
tween the PRESIDENT, our friend MIR. SAKE o.
the Sentinel, sho will pardon us for saying it
uelalt OF others, that he did particularly well
4Hth bol Isl w VI tilc .AiIltIeI SuUluel
(whom FORTY YEARS service in the corps has
Hade honorable( Mr.. IIickok of the Worcester
Acgis. Mr.. ilAaT!N1s Of the Albany Knicker.
booker, the Hon. Mr.. kEYEs of the Dedham
Gazette, Gen. Wills N of the Boston Republ
can, Judge THOMPSON of the Green Mountain
Freemaii, Mr.. EILDRErH of the Bradford Ga
zette and others. The fine vocal powers of Mr.
SQuIR.s, at the instance OF Mr.. HASTINGS, were
contributed to promote (as fit were necessary !,
the .armony Of the meeting, We have only II
aud tlat considering the organization of the
meeting, we are fully justified in relying, a:
We do, upon the Patriot and KnickerbockeI fol
the I,t4j's OF the proceedings
- Of the Dinner at he MAMMOTH PAvIL
lo>, having been detained by Indispensable en-
aagcmens, we can only speak by the mouth o
"cOnmun rulnor, which every where pronuun
Gee it ALL that could have been expected iron
the well-establis reputation, ard the enter
p,s,ng ambition, Of Mr. WR:Gur. 1t was equal
" generous and unsparing in the most expen
s1ve luXuries, and the most substantial neces
sAres, and rreyer-iby aliirms Mr.. WRlGHr'
CAIN to be considered the very first caterer c
his day. We reached the Pavilion after " I'll
cloth MAS removed and when the business c
the occasion wan about 10 comm nee and be
very Wiling testimony to the elegance OF tn
past. prdlldlA display. 10 such entertainment
could be superior, either in qGality or LAWS
quantity.
Al about o'clock, the President of the Da
Judge FoLLtrr, Introduced the special purpo.
OF the Festival by very appropriate and el,
giant Introductory speech, which we are hap
to be able to lay before our readers. Judg
luLLETr said
The engrossing Dish and hore Of this con
lnuuly hIe now received It's practical cons VI
u,dhun.
The letters which have hitherto bound and co
iined Us within the narrow limits Of our Mou
tains and our valIies have been broken. Gre
physical ubstacles, mountain barriers, wink
nave hemlnt Us round since the wodds ere
ton have been removed, and Ocean, the gre
highway of nations, invites US TO partake IN h
countless benefits. We are no longer an iSol
ted or inland member OF our glorious contede
acy. a great triumph Of art, over nature in h
uiost stubborn iurm has brought 10 into clio
Profanity with our sister Statcs.
Two great lines Of railway, commencing
the shores Of the Atlantic, peftoranng wide
separated portions Of New England, have be-
MADE q terminate here, and are this day in oil
cessiul operation. With their various come
lions aad diyer2ing lines, all The great markt
of the East, South, West, and Nortr, are re
de. ed easily accessible and open TO The ent,
prise and productions of Vermont. A new e
dawns upon the State Her agriculture, l.
manufactures, her mechanic arts, her Co
merce, indeed all her industrial pursuits, f'
alike the quickeulng of IA new born inpu
AMI she already cunlemplates as we'll she ms
rapid inc ease Of her population and veal