Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-02-20

connected with the common interests and
convenience Of the irhoie people, and too
suggestive of matters OF just state pride,
to be thus determined or considered.
During the period Of the year when our
Legislature is in session, it is impossible to
deny that unavoidable miasmatic agencies
render Montpelier one of the most uRhcaHhy
locations in our State so famous for its
pure and invigorating atmosphere. Who
that have had occasion to attend Sessions
of the Legislature can ever forget the abridg-
cd surface of habitable earth, the oppressive
nearness of wet hills, the cold and ponder
Gus iDgs, and the pervading mud, which
distinguish the 'sequestcred vale in which
Montpelier unhappily lies, and which the
most indeiatgable''effo Of its hosritable
citizens cannot at all remove
We disclaim utterly any feeling Of hos
tility to..Aontpclier, just so far AS res
poets its claim to be continued as the Capt.
tai of this State. Its inhabitants, we doubt
not, are just as hospitablc, generous, intel
lgent and public spirited as those OF any
town in Vermont. And we are infringing
in no respect, by these remarks, upon their
supposed rights. One town in the State,
other things being equal has just the same
right to the State House as another.
And here comes the question. IT, as we
no ;Joo Of locotinr tbn fonitol ot Nnntno-
i;or ,roro sbo orostion I and we rnnoot il
rnalIv IS\ n Nav ono thnn ,rLot io,rn in
our State, considered with reference solely
to the convenience, the interests AMI the
honor of the State, is entitled to Leour Capt
tai
Good old Bennington has her personal
claims, prodiglously stronger than those OF
Montpelier or half-a dozen other towns that
nave oeen mentioned we shou!u VI riEn'
S'au 10 nave our Legislature meet anu ind
'hei' PATRIOTISM ana otate lriue INV ,G''"cu
WITHIN slSnt anu nearing OIL "'Wh '''"
S'o"H"' hWfdhd, 100, Is NeierI"i' "il'"G
'"c c'ulniahts OF fcVoiutlohary scenes anu
MEMORIALS ana OIL her DeautiI" marine;
structure might nc raiseu tHurt crcu,t'ni'
" Ine1h ana 10 thc otate'-b 'H""S r""S,
no NJ, Tess memorable IN the carry strugS,eS D,
vermont than incompetence IN natural
scenery makes htr plausible oner ior the
stare capital anu bur"nSfoh, less known
IN the carrier annals oil Vermont, put well
known IN the later presents hcr clam:
Now, then, as MI webster sald, -" mere
shaIi we go we are prompt % answer
inns question: IN our judgment burning
ton presents ny lar the greatest anu Il'ust
conclusive combination 81 oiai'"S w tnC
iocu.ion' rNen "'se. ,ia ar..Gau GO ,.rao
nave 'ovrr'oile az ts ~ W
6l"I A'J6 .i;n,.% D..
lac''o"'ly DIS oe'l''"I % 'I'o' D"'
rLs.on possesses p'oul'4 Ill., s;,I"tt',,,,
Ky atc ~ po'rt as "'o ','t ho, a,'.o
VI ~" ~. noy;,"i 10 .a1 M
for extrinsic and nnhocoming ,',cnc;"s
would have done 50. The decision ay,ju,l
If can hardly hc called n reasonable dncis
ion. 1t was AZ weak in numbers as il was
in argument Tho solid sense of the State
nara. Gcgujesc,d in tho decision witness
the rencotcd movements durin, tLc r,.t
Gw vcors AMONG onr Rnnrcsont,tivrs
towards n reversal of that decision ylila
our State Uousa stood in ITS intcoritv and
baauty.-wi,na,s the st,tc-wi lie cnmr,airts
of norrowness of room and accommodation
If Inconvenience IF access Of nnr,mrort.
ohiennss whom occoes il rnocbo1 or ,,/,,y
S,ch,,;o, C.o,, n, ,r,ryJ ot Nontrclicr
we saw thcror,ra tbot nounlinsrl L.,i.-
ion was made and that If sucb n decision
/ Lod bnon modc il wouII Lovo hoo, in f.vor
of RurlinTtnn Tho nnostion thorrr,rn Of
tho locotion Of tho Stota cnnit,l r,s ~.
/ hayo so;J hcr,rcN 10 rm,L,tic1iI,,n ,',,' ana,
cart,inlv nm oncn ono r. no inc;d.d mon
| ;ts in,ripsin rlor;tS
What bovn Tho rr;yotn ;n.oro,ts tho NOR.
sonoI Joeiros or;nJ;yiIroi. In oitIor ,I,oc
~ 10 ,Y;,h 10 doc;s;nn 81 s,ch n o,,asti,,
j., ,,h;,h tbo poorio as ronroSontod BE-, thn
Stotn ava olono noncornod r p,rl;n,t3r !,
;noontosti,'Iu tho cli,r town r. Vor,',,,
,d ,,st a .,''''
oiti,nns ~, rro,o tho lorisI, oIront,,,ns ,,t
/ $780, .;,'aaa ,ho,,, o ", iI'n
position makes her the Capital of the State,
and outside of our State limits she has long
been S, looked upln. LISA wor d s'wonder
everywhere, among citizens of other States,
that she is not so in name as she has lonr
been in fact.
Our neiyhbor of the Brattleboro phmniy,
discussing the question of the location Of