Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-04-23

| 1Aosc who crolk about tn, inplre bust
ness condition AM prospects Of Burlington, we
do net mean to call .foo,s, by any means, (for
that would be neither polite nor true, pc rhaps;l
but they must not ask us to look upon them as
remark ibe for wisdom! They will live to
laugh at their own gloomy predictions Bur
llngton Is as certain to flourish prosper and al.
crease, as the sun is to rise. We have not a
lnomentary doubt on the subject. She will
"take the bits in her mouth" one of these DAYS.
and go on her way rejoicing The notion that
she Is depressed III spirits or discolrared in
hope IS the simplest absurIitv in the world!
She Is just settling back for spring, and the
Hood tide" of which she is destined to take
advantage, and which "lelds on to fortune" is
Just ripping upon her shores. We ask our
readers to mark the prediction.
But we are far from saying that Burlington
has ever been, or is now, up to her duty. She
possesses a1ci"tagss that size las long and al
most crlminllly neglected. Look at her
Here is our noble Lake, furnishing US I'm.
lmp9ded navigation from our wharvcs to and
through the Great Llkes Of the West. and
opening to US, on the most easy and inviting
terms, the III nen9e AMI exhlustle.sly incrcas-
ing Commerce Of the widest extent of ccnsun-
ing territory IN the world here are our Rail
roads, opening to us the Atlantic markets, by
cheap and rapid avenues and both enabling
us to bring to ourselves, chcqply and expedi.
tlousIy, every element and agent of wealth and
prosperity. And here is our inexhfstabe
'eaier porer, almost equal to half dozen
Lowells or Manchestcrs) absolutely implorinr
the directing and beneficial control of the
Mechanic and Artisan. Let us state to our
readers brief instance and comparisor:-
In ls25 the City Of Cincinnati, en- the Ohio
river, contained population of $4,000. In
that year 1--WE have it from pnjoubted authority
a meeting Of the principal men and capitalists
Of that City was held, to consider its clrcum.
stances AM prospects. Sng4ciqrs gentlemen
III that meeting argued ttat Cincinnati had
reached about the point at which it must re-
main. is population were chiefly consumers,
and there could he no rational anticipation.
they argued, th.t the growth Of the City and
Its consequent prosperity, could be materially
lncredSel. Other, land as the event proved wi
ser. thinkers were also present who, looking at
the vast extent of Country around them, dos-
tined rapidly to be nnmerous'y inhabited, ar
gued that Cinclnnati should tmn her attention
to MANuFAcruREs-not solely for her own
consumption, but to make herself the center of
supply. These counses prevailed ard we i'm
plorc our readers TO mark the result At this
moment the steam from a THOUSAND station |
airy Engines tls1s over Tint rich ana prosperous
City, every article that the wants or the l!xu-
RE. Of life demand is manufactured there
TIE consumption Of Coz, aIon, i, more than
TWO MILLIONS of bushels per annuu. to supply
these engines, and Cincinnati now numbers
1ourishlng ana prosperous AMI hapoy and in
tcllircn, population gilmore than one HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SOULS Her in
crease is something like 5000 per annun, unl
about 1850 buildings ire erected yearly within
her Enls
BIT Cincinnati, aside from her central resi-
ton between the East AMI the West, does not
possess h1'f the II lturll advantages Of Barring
ton. When she commenced this system of mln>
utAc'ures winch has advanced her 81 lapidy
in course Of wealth ard prosperity, she did not
possess a tenth Of our NATURAL Advantages. Ii
was energy, foresight, slgtCiy, effort, that
placed her where she is o.. basis of enduring
aud inevitably increasing progress. VIII not
Burlington learn soAlettiHg from this practical
lesson: We have Lot the least possible doubt
that she WILL. She has the power to do for
herself with ,oater, (which costs comparatively
nothing what Cincinnati has accomplished, by
vast, but most judlclous, expenditure of no
ncy, for steam. The day is not far dstant--it
is very near, we trust,-when Burlington will
be what Providence designed her to be, ard
what business and trade, and tie "concltena-
ton Of circumstances" invite her to be, , MAN
UFACTURING TOWN. Il We are mista-
ken IN this, we shall join the froqkcr9, and sub
init. But no such opportunities ard facilities
as we possess ever lCere rnincus neg lccted,
aud our faith Is as solid and strong as the oun-
dations Of our mountains