Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-02-20

TINT point 10 BurIUgton the new fout, SO Tar ~
Grand Isle and the northern travel il concerned is
hunting And frankly say were the good people |
OF Grand Isc, Milton and Georsia, Que aud all, pre-
sent at our meeting, lhc spirit of rebellion, rs you
intimate, Mr. Editor, would not have risen among
hem but on the other hand they would have been
very apt to have joined W ~ our views upon the
subject. Surely, their po"d sense would not have ,
urged upon heavy outlay OF money, Pro. |
gress" seeks TO do for other ends TO build bridge
and road for them, when when built, they would
seldom it ever use
A CoicuhsTtE IorrR.
| A Colchester correspondent sends us the
above reply to the communication ot"Progrcss"
in our Daily Of the llh inst, in relation 10 the
proposed bridge over the Wiuooski near It's
mouth
1t must be conceded that "a Colchester
Voter" talks about the matter like Il man vino
! knows something whereof he is affirming and
! If is true, as he represents that "but very
few attended the meeting at which the vote
/ in favor Of II bridge passed, and that d" Il
! fair cxprc sion of the town was not then obtain
ed" 1t is apparent that our Sponlcnt. "Pro.
gress' has nothing reasonably to complain of.
We learn with some surprise and regret that
our Colchester friends about the Falls, regard
our comments on the communication of Pro-
gress' as being dictated in an unrlendly feeling
and as being fundamentally severe. Nothing,
certainly, could be further from onr intcntlon,uor
can any fair Interpretation of what we wrote be
so construed. We treated the matter as is us.
ual, under such circumstances, with all editors
---und all we said vas explicitly and ayowedly
on the ground that the assertions Of" Progress
were true The communication was given to
us by a respectable citizen and one ofthe torgeS'
tar pagers, Of CochGster,--so TINT the insinua-
ton Of our correspondent, about "lorcgn die
tation," must 20 for nothing. We assumed, Of
course, that what he represented is true and
lfit is not. the issue is not for US but for him. to
settle. That any body in Colchester should
lmpute to US any unircndiness to anybody else
in Colchester on such grounds. seems to be
straining point to tttc offence where it is man
fest none was intended
, Colchester will nQlestonahly take care Of
= herself, ami is quite competent to do so, as our
, correspondent intlmatc- = but that she is 'rc-
= sponsiblc only to hcrsc.E for the wisdom or pro-
pricty of her votes" is fact not so obviors sly
, true. We arc automatically iniorucd that at
= the former meeting" alluded to by ~ voter
# of Colchester" there were l26 Freeholdcrs
y present and voting, and that the vote was:-
. For the Bridge -, Against it. -. Now l26
;, may be a small gathering Of voters fo- Colches
K ter, but it is a respectfully large one for Bur-
lington, which is SomeWlnt more popu.ous than
- Colchester, and we should hold the wisdom
Y or propricty" of disc rdant votes, under such
7. circumstances, to be al "open question:" at
least. There arc other towns and other PEG.
pic besides Colchester, interested i'll the Bridge
and for wise and ludcious decision of the
matter, Colchester cannot nationally coniinc hcI
1t responsibility to herself alone" Like an III
-, dIvidual, she is Irresponsible" to society and tc
N her n eighbors, for the wisdom and propricty o
} her conduct.
le But the road-the road This is the burden
II Of our correspondents objection to the Bridge
fla Bridge should be built he intimatcs,
: roadio il might become necessary! Get rid o
tbs objection, and there is no trouble about tn,
rr Bridge! 1t seems to be somewhat ludicrou:
y argument, to be sure, but let it 90. The matte
Of the road is now in the hands Of Commits
'I sioncrs regularly appointed IT, then this Oh
:. jection.ble road uoud make it not less than
+ two mics FURTHER" TO Darlington than it is q
ID bo Su,,,l,rl,,l JJ,'l,
DIS not as severe" as the hill at Dradley's farm,
J. what has - a voter of Colchester to fear
-, Will sensible Commissioners lay ont "A roa,
b. under such extraordinary circumstances
Certainly not. Let the Commissioners idIsin
ID tcrcsted mem understand the matter, and there
US is no danger that any injustice will be done.
We assure " A voter OF Colchester" and a,
= the voters of Colchester, that We have the sin
=. cerest respect both for HIM ana thcm But tn
y question in discussion Is one regarding what i
+ held to be an important public work,-impor
Id tant to Burlington, Colchester Milton, Georgia
=, Grand Isle. We think it is best to consider
+, calmly and dispassonatcly. and neither suspec
Of nor attribute improper or unfrendly moireS il
any quart n; and when Ayoter Of Colchester
e. speaks of "Prorrcss AMI his co-lrorbcrs," a.
e. though somebody were trying to circunvent tn
FL g wisdom and proprie;y" Of Colchester he onl.
shows that he has lost his temper, and is not /
!, a favorable frame of mind for argument. |
II, this country, every tub stands on lis own bot
e, tom -
81
s., c. We copy the following from the y
y Y. Times -
The Popular Masses in France.
NJ It is quite possible that the event viii dis
i appoint every prediction. and the French PEG
e' pie remain passive beneath the rule Of thei
IL nondescript Government. All poiltlci! sign
OF fail with people so mcrcural Mr. G'liiar
b. Diet. in his correspondence with the Courier II,
EtafS- UniS. takes dispasSlonatc and pcrhaF
ed correct view of the subject. We are temple
ut to translate passage or twu:-
les The Constitution OF Jlun1ry b." he says, "h'
M met with a more favorable reception than antIcip;
-. ted. 1t has certainly produced ng decline "