Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-01-07

lie Buildings. II have not the article before
me. and | may be in error ns to this.) It
need only he said that n majority of that
committee were the steadG,st Of Mont
heller (os their votes nrovedl ia the last. Int
If ;s trnc that tbov lad s1aicicnt Honesty
and courogo n rc1ort wbotcvrr tbcv tbought
was wrnne in tho nrogrcss IF tbc ,vork
confess IN nm admiration Of such men.
am occnsed If onno,nting thn House
COMMITTEES of Conference far The puypose of
pro,cutno nm orrnomont Ict ,voon tho two
Uonscs This z, ontiroiv without fopndo.
tion tho hol;of or - m;nnd thot Grds II moro
agreeable. and more in unison with its every.
dav life. to believe evil than GOOD.
The Uousr. with n majority Of ncorlv twcntv
members who wore hcoU, avnrobIc n Mont
heller. hod bvn mo;nr;tyy If moro than b;r,y
refused IN n,ko n, onnrorr;o t;on out II
| State funds. I was in such n cnsc hound bv
every rulo or Parliamentary n~rncti,c MS well
rs bv every nrinc;nle of honor and drcancv
to make n majority of that committee fuHy
REPRESENT thr mo;oritv of tbc Uonsc. Tho
| minority of that committee was COMPOSED
| of IL gentleman whose appointmcnt was,
think, quite satisfactory to Montpelier, and
| whose counscls. had they been followed.
would. | suspect. have produced II different
and less questionable plan, and it may he
result. The President of the Senate anpJintcd
n committee which fully represented the views
of the majority of Senate, which for aught
| can discover was pretty much the same thing
that | did, unless it can be maintained that
it was r2yhi to express the voice of the major
ity of the Senate for Montpelier, but radcahy
,croHg to express the voice OF the majority of
the House ag0iHN Montpelier. | cannot
help thinking chat "the peculiar fitness of
MIR. Merrill for the Speakcr,hip. would have
led him under the same circumstances, (al-
though a citizen of Montpclicr) to do the
same thing.
Lastly. | am accused Of having '%'rcfusad
to receive the propositions Of the Senate,
made after Il conference had been held.
! did nothing Of the kind. | laid both COM
munications before the House, which with
cntrc u%ndnHUiy, ordcred than 10 b. rcturnCd.
| have vet to hear any one question the strict
Ir priety Of that proceeding.
! will occupy no more of your space on
time with the refutation of the general in
situations contained in the article. Nci-
Their Burlington nor its representatives are
the ''f0cs' Of Montpelier, nor do we
mean To- he 81 if we can helm it bnt we nr,.
liable to the common inGrmities of human
nature, and We may he dra,cn into Il state OF
hostility by the temptttilns which sour
riiity and and vhuse offer us. ! should not
nave noticed tlIf article at AL, had not Il
r.snoct,,I lr riI j. n.y. W,rt"Einr .t,,i ,n,'t
this article embodied che sentiment Of your
people. In such 4 case, justice t. m.y'cll and
So " -, 'P'i."'S - '' l''P'e VI w
a IN sorry That Want Of success il, 4 meas
urc of ! ~gi>lition should have led the people
OF AinHtpaiIer, Tor whoni have always had
IN -" 800 ~ r~~;on =. T,"' . ID. ri " oro", %
fortune in the progress of dat measure, as
the lrrtt OF nn'"lrn">s IN the presiding officer
4srn.,"ns "'' vnt,.i' ,;i . "
ca.t on the water" AZ sur,lv rcturn ot last.
in the shape OF positive evils 10 those that
- cast iAcil~-W Sm'ntm JfeF's, ia q
nn, - clI.r
rlp,r, IA cynlo.. every bubblc Of SANDER rs
L appears, and should not have troubled
In" n]rt;"Ir w. ,r,i., , hnyn r'rii,i ,:o
deliberate mouii..t, or tho mamie of N,n,nc-
lier.
/ "l!'o'S!hlS, me '"'}ett now anu Il trust)
Grn Fc
Burlington. Jan. Cd, 1859.
On the subject If m. Sn., kc,sh;, If
which 50 much is made ,c will add some
,bir, and -, a.. N. r1n,,.ds, ri,
thoritv.
Hot,ip, u,s ,,a r. him ., #. Nau
riu'. withdrawing cycert that l,n y,uld not
withdraw and would he ha,t.r n,til thc
c,oni,r ortbo c,ncus y,bonb o v,s,.li ,1.,
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y ipcc's'i! 10 max an appropriation ana
"o Thought II would not DE- 'ar 10 MAKE any
''.''-'t - Az '''U a. h''"'"s ""s''' o"'
On ''-'n"t ne uiu i'o' ASA ANY l'e'S'S' nut
may "'"'u "'N' do III A'V'''o' "'''- "'H
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PIeuS5s' eons'ue'i"s IN ~ no''''"o'e "
ii"i' y 'H''' u d III "ii'9cl' HI" no CON
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ing 40 "'""s as '"'y were
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So necessary up
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of RI, ro1a c,itb Of its si,nor.