Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-07

mt Montpelier, 1t will find itself mistaken
when the time of trial comes, if it ever shall
We presum, the people of M,rtr,lirr
would like to hav, the Leyisll -urs refund
the m ,nev which thew nav have exp, ii Il
towlriS the erection If the now Stat, House.
Perhaps they will ask for it. after the under
taking entered into for them by some OF
their citizens, (insisted upon. tor, BY those
/ who had charge of their interests in the
! Senate. when NJ. Un1arwp11 Of arlington.
| one Of the Seniors of Chitt,71,1 County,
m wed to strike on frpn tho bill that nro-
vison), shall have been fuNy comnlied with
We ara not aware however, thai
they have proposed doing so
If they do, tie request should he
considered IN its m art', and y decision mlds
on inst anil stltssm mike PRINCIPLES. Such
stnff rs th1t of havin, tia Sat, so,c1 u, ION
St1te Hus' ''-"own,nr IT'S own residence
like a gantlemlr" g., will h, f,r7d to have
very little eff'ct. how,v,r on any question
Of that SORT. Thnra WIS rlentv
Of that s'rt Of Tux in the LAgislatnra VIII n
the act for ro-Auillinr WIS plssel Vermont
o0ns her Sat, H'1S, now, and always has
OWNED her State House,
Once more
"TftNe LN-isla'ure hal fixed unn, darlington
r 49, I Z IL
81 tha' the State should build and furnish its own
Capitol and va insist u pom the same now"
Strictly spalking, that is slid. of course.
only for the Editor Of the TINES: vet there is
danger that it will b. taken inconsideratelv
hv many u represent santim ant of the poo
pie Of this pllca TIE off,r of the people Of
the na1p'a Of p lrling'11 - h n the expense
ofra-huiliing the Sat- House, if the legis-
lature should $40 fit to Iocata it hare. was
made in the strictes qoof faith, without
thought that if 50 built, dollar of it would
erer he refunded to them from the State
treasury, or ever asked for by them. Moth
ing was more frequent than the expression
both Town and County. What were
then the views Of the editor Of the
Times. we cannot say. He did not live
in Burlington then and had not lived here
for several years H is welcome to speak
for h'mseT, but not for the people of Bur-
lingt n. The charge frequently made at
Montpelier, during the extra session, that
Burling ton people were trying to effect their
object by bhfq7. as the phrase is. was a
sander, and nothing less and they will
rerel with indignation any imputation on
their good filth and strict honor, in all that
they said and did then, or have slid and
done since. All that the Timss says alb ,ut
" heart buruings'' about being " obstinate
and rev-ngefull," about being - forgiving
and practical" " considering things As they
are without fretting over what We wished
tn N to be-, is well enough as mere ab
strcd tax &; but as having any sort of appli-
cation to the people of Durlinst about the
State House subject, (aad say what the Tinlss
may about it, many about the Stat will IN
der stand its rcmarksto have such i reference
We deny 1t 10 III fullest ertent possible.
We have only one remark more to make
general one TIE act for rebuilding the
Stltehouse, we have always considered an in
stance Of dishonest iegs'ation We said 50
t. DR.. Powers, the evening when the Extra
Session closed, when he admitted to US that
the shaping Of the bill was such that he ex-
pected the prqoicql result would be different
from what in terms 1t was taken 10 mean
by large portion Of the legislature, and
that he So intended it, We told him that it
would bring s,rons trouble into the leGi>la-
tive halls OF the State, and effect a mis- hiei
which many years could not eradicate. WehAve
SAID 81 often since that time. We say S,
now. Computed with the evil influences which
must q Nv from legislating on such false prin-
ciples as were involved in that enactment,
we consider the cost Of fifty State Houses as
Of trifing importance.