Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-11-28

UoltlOn unUbleCtlon be as this, and So wDr-
Thy TO be acc pied, III We" Of both the d. 1n.ty
and generosity Of tho State tow ards the most
ycnor' DC institution Of Learning within her
llhls, do, W uuN ersul admission, the finest
cholt If LII y ssIun and had not crafty
opponen, the amendment, the member for
Thcllold, swim much honed commentator
Of the speech, procured an adjournment imIIy-
datey alter lts delivery, the amendment would
have been agreed to. How mich credit re-
bounds to lhe State by this successful effort Of
penurlous Legislators to put money in her purse
without RESPECT TO her good name, and thus to
present ner before the world as placing high
e. value upon n crest than upon principle, it is
not dlhCut To estimate
10 sucn hlgh-.nlnle1 Nermonters Us Messrs.
NFLLoGG, STACY, EvERrs, SABIS MAYNARD,
and others, III the House, and Mcssrs. MAT
ToCKs, RoycE. SEYMOUR, NJ IRWIN, and Others
in the senate, who advocated the amendment,
tue "peuny-wlse and pound-fooll,l" course of
IFS opponents must have been matter of pro-
| found modification and regret, as we doubt not
| The University proposed to pay back eUery far
thing ofMe principal loaned to 1t by the State,
and only asked lin view OF ITS claims as d cher
ished Institution ol the cary founders of our
commonwealth. IN view Of It's struggles against
the disastrous effects of the fire winch once des-
troved ITS edlhces, and view Of It's effort in
the Cause OF Education to which it is solely
devuted,) that the State should release it from
the pngnten o. interest. " record it with hui
imitation and sorrow that a Vermont Legisla-
ture, representing Sttte free from debt,
tbnundIng IN all the resources which contribute
10 State prosperity and blessed with those In
ternnl improvements which are best calculated
20 render those resources available, refused H,s
requea! W" hope IA brighter day" may yet
dawn upon US!
but :" let bygoncS be by-goncs." 1t
m" be relied upon with good deal of GER
talnty that there is good time coming" It
Will not always be able to be said that the
L"@s',ture of tins prosperous aud intelligent
st 'te think more Of " the almighty dollar" than
they do Of anything else.
Our own opinion is that there is something
in the atmosphere Of Montpelier that represses
generous Impulses and freezes generous sentl-
lnents. The Representatives of the people
find there nothing but the most mercenary and
selfish examples. They are crowded, like
sheep IN pens, INTO the nlrrowest possible quar-
tiers they are herded together, atop of, and
across. each other, so that moderate sized
room Is made populous enough tc constitute a
parish THY are subjected to all manner of
Inconvenience and impertlnence, and expected
10 thank God that they are not treated worse
, they are reminded, at every step they take,
and at every corner they turn, that they are
looked upon victims sent to be "1eeced y
they are called on to sleep three-ln-a bed,
and to room together in such numbers
as to be perpeualy reminded of town-meet-
: lpgs, mss conventions, and other mis-
L ceIIaneous gatherings, where anything but
comfort or personal sympathy is consulted =
they perceive that they are regarded as par,
: OF the machinery that is to keep Montpelier
= from starvation. and are soon drilled into the
system which prevails there of giving the leas,
2 possible comfort and accommodation for the
! highest possible charges No new Representa-
: tive ever remains week without resigning al
u hone of ever carrying away a cent of his de-
benure. and without bee coming profoundly sen
she that hike DR.. Franklin's fool. hr is abou
- to pay too much for his whistle" He fnd
h
n the bare floor totr ad upon. notwithstanding he
= my have been accustomed, all his life, to car
z pets he finds hlnsefn a room where there i
r no hell by which he can, in any emergency, cal
= for ass stance or for attcnllnce he finds him
}, self obliged to rush, like herd Of swine" t
: tn breakfast or dinner table, at the first rud
knock upon his door, or run the risk of satisfy
q lng his hunger with what may happen, (cold, o
J. seven times heated over and worse than cold
n and conrlo neratpd Ike bread and milk poul
g tice( to be left by those who are first served =
= n" finds himself over-charged and cheated, il
J. eve direction and in every item, and # h
h'ppons TO be sufficiently subdued by the inhu
y ences around him, he submits he look
E aroun' HI \ and seas his fellow representatives
e IN 4 like condition Of unavoidable suffering
70 and subjected to like imposition, and h.
gives IN :" he knows he would be much NOR
5 comfortable, much more respected, much NOR
- respectable, anywhere else thaa III No ,oeiel
> bat he mas been sent there, and he nust RENAL
- AMI submit til n',ing God tor short Session
y n a imnatIent over lonr onnS ho rat, a., ,,,,