Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

ment Of the present Canal Board-snd the Annual
Appropriation bilthe last Of which is still sleep
ing in committee
Of the first Of these, it is hard to prophecy tho
result. With large majority Of the friends Of
Prohibition in the legislature still the is lack.
ing to meet the difficulty fairly each having SONG
plan Of his own, which it lie assumed, is just tho
plan to Jeg,n to stop the evil, and nearly all treat
the vote Of the people Of last fall az conclusive, that
no prohibtory Law should be passed. That dodge
ofthe whiskcy b6was eminenty successful. Even
ou' 1"-S-~;, and his organ to assume that
aidI mat decision has been overruled by different
vote, the question Is settled. We have Law
under discu-ion which is intended to take from the
Treasury the price Of blood. 1t abolishes iconses,
and Furnishes with fine and imprisonment the keep
ing Of houses to sell it as beverage thus compel
ling all who wish to Triple, to carry flask, or keep
it in their houses at home ] am not so sanguiro
about the universal good results likely TO flow from
this law as are some Others Still look upon 1t az
positive good for the reason that get rid Of the
disgrace Of legalizing traffic that engenders nearly
all the crime Of our land. l am in hopes that IL
will pass
Tho sale Of Main Line Of Improvement, and
the adjustment Of the Canal Board, demanded
by the people. They have pettioned for it for years
past but the political sap-suckers, who have always
| drawn all their susenance from 1t, have ever sue
ceeded in defeating the measure by some cunning
trick 1t remains TO be seen how they will succeed
| this year.
The citizens of other States know very little Of
the curse Of our system of Internal Improvements
| They have become the verest harbor for political
rats From lock kee per, Camel Board, the pecu'
lation is apparent to all and all The revenues are
annually exhausted in repairs or in enlarging their
operations. And there is no remedy hut al sale
My own impression is that the Main Line rom
Philadelphia to Pittsburgh will, within the coming
year pass into tho hands of Company and that
our present Canal Board will be abolished.
may as well add that there is pr,po,, BILL
Gas we call certain class of bills in contradstinc
ton public), Of general character, that even
you Of the Green Mountain State may be interested
in it. 1t is law growing out of the Erie troubles
Those shameful riots which have disgraced our
State for the last twelve months and by which the
whole travelling community were hindered and an
noyed, not only by the delay, but the inconvenience
of the change Of cars, &C., have now settled down
into a settled upon the Company. The Eric
and North East Railroad located their track through
the streets of Erie years SINCE at the request
Of the ren in authority and peaceaby enjoyed tho
right, until the law was repealed that resulateu tue
guage Of their road And they undertook to relay
their track 20 as to avoid the "break Of guage. -
THIN the wrong of their first location became APP
parent aud the good citizens removed the track as
a nuisance Hence the riot between the friends Of
the road and the friends Of break Of guage at Erie
. wear Of lit CATION has accomplished but little -;
and from the Court, the enemies Of the road appl!
to the Legislature repeal the charter Of the road
on the ground that it has violated it. By this re
, healing law however, they give il new life upor
conditions which is equal to a break Of guage auc
thus it reserves Eric, the appe-and-pie traffic in
Z cidcnt upon a change Of And this repeating
C law is the law to which l alude. Whether it viii
a pass or not is doubtful.
One word on our L. S Senator question. 1t /
e likely that an effort to bring electing conyen
70 ton together again will be made but the result
would be problematical, should they succeed. Ger
Cameron has, as his friends claim, the America
~ nomination, and they will neither propose, nor az
80 cept, compromise which surrenders that right.
r Cameron's enemies relentless in their hate
ID shrewd, active, untiring, printers boy has tough
D. his way once into the Senate against the convention
ID al rules of old parties. An active politician in b
l. own way, he made abiding friends, and unforgivin
+, foes such elements rarely unite. shall be a.
tonished If Pennsylvania elects L. 5. Senator tn
session. The continued and shameful abuse Of Can
81 oron, l think is having the effect to better b
as chances. Still, that he must fail this session
ut seems to be certain and what may be the issues
20 year l cannot divine.
Yours &C. a. W.