Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-30
The state House Question.

Ii ''"'c "o"sc 'f"o''o"
tls often sad that one must 60 away
from home to hear the news. An article In
the st. Adams Messenger OF the list has
brought the saying to mind. Speaking Of
the State House it says Il" y meeting has
already Ueen held IN burlington TO adopt
insult " aeoulo La'sora S,Inns
already pledged towards the EXPENSE of
building u State House in that Town.
Ground has also been selected, being a
tluaEs !o' III Wmici b. S Nn = Ipo ieS ~ NJ
lece street. his would be a most excellent
site for u State House. We understand that
the people OF Burlington have presented a
petition 70 uoy, ilG.t.ca ~ eaii an uA,t'
cable. that n location NAV be selected and
measures taken to build u new State
House
All that was news to us here. There has
been a plenty OF loose and informal talk go
ing on here, as in many places, ever since
the State House was burned, and the gene
raj sentiment has been that this is the best
place in the State for the State House but
there have been no pledges of seventy thou
sand dollars made, nor any selection of a
suitable site for the building, nor any petit
ton from the people of Burlington to the
Governor for HIM to call a session of the
Legislature to attend to the business. The
Messenger had got ahead Of us. Perhaps it
was our own fault though, and We will try
to oyertake it-especially when it is on so
good a track.
But if, when the Messenger wrote, we
had done none of the things which it gave
us credit for, we have done one Of them
since. Yesterday, Jan. 22I, there was IL
public meeting held, Of the citizens of Bur
Jinrton and adjacent towns, to consider the
subject of the State House question under
It's present conditions.
1t was a large meeting,of earnest and in
t~elligent men, and there was shown an
entire unanimity Of feeling in favor Of Il
fair and manly effort to secure the location
and erection of the new State House in
Burlington. No Zone spoke to dlsparaGe
the efforts or wishes oil any other LOCALITY IN
the state nor was any thlhS salu "hich
could have offended any eitizeh OIL any
other t1wnin the state huu any one oeeh
present lhere was an uhuoupte' eAP'eS'
sion OF opinion IN iavor oil inns pl'ce' US
one which, both at present ana prospective
ly'can better ACCOMMODATE the ptopIe d INC
STATE asa place lor ''e 'uui'"l' ''"n any
other town IN 'he o'"tc' l""v Nn"Nes"
cialln' a just an" Jar ,'a'"'' III '"'or u IT,
before the PEG PIC u INT Gkutt anu iH'lI
representatives. NO o'0'"'' properly speak
ing can be based on any o'her srouho IN
FAVOR o' hoh'le''er' h%u''l"s'on' "'i'A
oeiio"S rn'l'' Nor'i"'i' VI "hy Wv 0"n
winch has been spoken o.
A. to the exnense IF milling \ State
uouso tbouoh we concede the nronriotv If
the States HEARING + he entire cxnonse Of all
sroctiors which ore made for tbe accom,no.
do,ior IF its GanaroI AssombIv and nublic
officers il ;s we'll 10 hear in mind what has
been tbe practice If tbe State hitherto an
that suhisct. II has bocn wont to REGARD
cha ;ro;dortol ho,oft which tbo loco ion IF
the nuhlic buildings NAV bring TO = vicinity
~ irormstonoo 20 bo t,Lo, into tho
oooorrt and "a local contribution bovo
,oon roouirod borotoC,ro 70 - GREATER or
,oss evtont II is to saw tha least nroho lilo
that thew will be in this instance.
In ,iax NJ all these considerations tho
n,ootir, onno,nted nroner committoos to mi.
,i,to and carry ont sucb rlons far raising q
snhscrintion 70 bo available If w,nto1 os
stall ,oan, 70 than oood
Not,in, was said oF orv mott
tion ~ tbeGovcrnor n call m oxtr,
session bnt tbe necossitv Ior an ov.
-, so,s;,r Of tbo Io,;slotnro so rro.,u
.,,Lor Of &c oocord,ra n tho ,oror,l CONT.
=. .e... ,oo.raof tho state s., cro. lal
neen heard from we nave never doubted
'hat the more the ~sutJecti Is thought OF about
tile state the more clearly 1t VIII be felt
that to deier legislative action on the sub
Jeet 70 inc regular session. next iaIl' Will
put on Tor a whole year that which for the
public convenience ought to be attended to
very SOON ana by being so deferred the
question would inevitably become entanSIod