Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-08-12
ABROAD REPUTATION.
SHALL IT BE REWARDED ?
[Continued from the Daily of Aug. II

The Few observations required oy tnls hniFodd
Question, just sprung upon Us, the PEOPLE OF
VERMONT, by set of gentlemen down East,who ac-
tually vn both the Vermont & Canada and Central
Railroads, were suspended and postponed to record
the more interesting exercises and proceedings of
Commencement week As you listened to the
emanatons of the genius and thorough culture of
those fine lads, and to the mature and eloquent
wisdom Of Pease, Hickok and Curtis, enforcing, in
various views, by pungent emrrk and brilliant
illustration, the necessity and value of Ho EsTY
and HoxoR. Coon FAITH, EQuALIrY and JusrIcE,
in their commanding relations to the individual,
the S+a.o and Socety-were you not pleased to hear
such doctrines so opportunely preached? 1t re-
minded one of time, not lost in distant antiquity
nor resting in tradition, when much exposition
would have been thought superfuous ~ t cir
un versaI recogn ton, and-what is better still
their practical Observance. That those PRINCIPLES
have not been superseded by moral code new to
our people and their legislation, and that the
WORDS are not as yet to be expunged from our
Dictionaries, will. trust, DO evinced by the ac-
ton Of our next Legislature. And
/. As to the JUST and SETTLED POLICY of the
State overthrown thus far, y the selfish and
mononolizinr arrangements of those two Corpora
tions-rnaie one in effect-thwarting the honest III
tenion and plain charter provisions of the Legis-
Ia.ure. and now SOUGHT to be perpetuated:-That
/ policy may he described to be, the concession
Of equal power influence and advantages,
whether PoLrr1cAL or MATERIAL, to the two Sec
l ID in
! population. which are divided by the mountain
range between them. Our Governor and Lioute-
| nant Governor are taken alternately and for
equal periods from either side Of the noun tains,
and So are most Of the State officers. The mem
hers Of Congress AMI their Distrcts-the State
/ Senat mi practically the House of Representa-
tives-the JUDGES Of the Supreme Court and Sen
ators in Congress, are all arranged and selected
with strict reference to this principle. It rests
upon something more than mere party expedien-
CIV; it has become an inviolable rule and habit Of
public action; and its practical effect hiss been
most be1efceut in preventing the cal jealous
les. irrta.ions and aujmos'ties 20 which many Of
the States are subject and in binding the whole
people in the bonds Of mutual iatelest and good
will
Can any ono god reason be given why the
same great r-incf-le should be disrasardad, con-
temued and violated in respect to the GREATEST
! NtrrRr,L INTEREST Of the State? Had Yer
rnont-ore Of the smaller States-been level like
/ New jersey. FIR exluole and most Of the Western
! S'a-es single line of RAILROAD, ruunn ntrally
/ from her northern 70 her southern terminus only
/ would have been required. Now "mou0tainsi
/ te-oosed render ',g1 s,fs necessary-d ubiug the
+ est. and the permanent necessary expenses Of
maintaining tacm.-lnd this without increasing
/ the domestic On. exterior business by which they
/ are supported. And the main railroad of Wes-
/ tern Vermont Las tine additional and peculiar
/ draw back of Il permanent Steamboat competition
/ {, contend vith-a competition all natural and
/ right. veta severe cu.tailmeut Of its means Of
support IT, 1ae.adI,d to this.-not through
fair competition. bur coercion, through the hostile
/ ne. ID .. i1. uoi1ed corporatiors-the Western
/ Vermont road is 10 be despoil-d O., the Montreal
and Ogdensbur-h and Northern Vt. business
row swept away perf,rcc. by the Ceutal-jf this
/ ist. be the ESTABLISHED s.lte Of things f1- the
/ FUTURE, It Is condemned 70 crippled ard sickiy
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