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

and let unite to honor her n, our Capital. And
above all, let US pay for and opr, the edifce il
which the legsl 'tion for the wtoir Sat, il to be
enacted. Heart burn ngs are one thing AMI good
practical common sense is another. 1t is easy to
be obstinate aud revengeful, but it is easier and
far more agre able to be forgiving and practical
to CONSIDER things as they are. wi hnut fretting
| over what we wished them tn be- Vermont is 4
small, compact, homo geneous State, "ri ,ht on the
goose" and don't let us quarrel n moment Ion ger
over our State Capital. our State House hut
pay for the latter like men, and turn our an ger and
hatred upon the detestable Administration Of the
Sham Democracy This is the way 10. feel"
Our readers will recollect that we had oc-
ca-ion some months ago to speak of the
coarse abuse which the Freeman poured
forth repeatedly in its columns, on Burling-
ton and on its tizens. Those gross attacks
were made partly in connecti m with discus
SONS on some legislative proceedings, more
or less related to the provisions for building
! the new State House, and partly in connex-
ion with a personal vituperative warfare
which was raging between the editor of the
! freeman and the editor Of the Tines of this
! place,-a warfare in which we thought
neither of the parti gained any credit.
We adverted at the time to those abusive
attacks of the Freeman, only so far as was
necessary to repel them as utterly ground
less, unprovoked by anything ever said or
done by the peoI lie Of Burlington, discredita-
BILE to all who encouraged and countenanced
them, and unworthy Of special attention
by those against whom they were directed.
/ Saeering and i'll tempered remarks of the
same kind have appeared from time to time,
! in the same sheet, since then, and have re-
ceived no public notice from us or from
Bat it is proper that our people should
know something Of the kind of warfare con-
tinually waged upon them, and for that pur-
pose we copy the first two articles above
They are as unprovoked as any of the pre-
vious ones. We can answer for ourselves,
and our readers will bear us witness, that
not even the indecent provocations OF the
Freeman have ever drawn from the Free
Press, a single dlscOurteous or sneerlng re-
mark about the people OF Montpelier-and
if we recollect Alright, the TINES, however
freely it NAV have enlarged on the dement's
Of the Freeman and Of DR.. Powers, has
taken care TO say, quite often too, that 1t
held the people of Montpelier generally in
IL hat Wa
have SAID before, that the Fres1n an, in Its
course of remarks on Burlington and Its
people, both in its beginning. its continu-
alton, and its latest exhibitions, shows a
perversity of spirit and lack of decency
which if it makes small beer Writings among
its readers laugh, ought to lower it constant
ly in the respect of the decent people Of the
State, and of the cons.derate portion Of the
community in which it is published.
The Freeman's third article and its quoted
one from the Times, we cannot let 90 by
without more particular notice. We DO
not wonder that the Freeman says the Times
article "puts forth ideas unexpected to US,
1.-THE Freeman most cert,inly from that
quarter" Without looking up for notice
anv Of the numerous paragraphs which have
appeared in the Times on the subject Of the
new State House-who was TO build it,
&c, we think the tone of its last article.
so grateful to this reviler Of Bur
lington, will sound que ~ to
those who have read the Tins for the year
past and good many will ask how comes
it that the Times shows new side up
suddenly? But the Freeman goes on Bur
lington, the first to compel NJ ntpelitr t.
bulld the new tie House. the first to ask
the State to refund - every dollar paid.
Really, the Freeman takes a long step. say
ing nothing of the gross mis-stat ment, rs u
fact, when it speaks Of Burlington as first
TO compel Montpelier to build the new
State House." we know of n, good ground
for its saying that Burlington is the first
to ask the State to refund "every dollar 50
paid" 1t seems to assume that the Times
speaks for Burlington. 1t VIII be good
while before Burlington will consent that
any dctum Of the Timss, or for that matter,
of any other paper, shall be taken as that Of
Burlington without express authority
As to the sentiment above quoted,
Burlington has not slid word
on the subject, one way or the other Quite
likely, too, it may not see any occasion to
say a word about it. When it does, the
Freeman shall have reliable notice. As u
the L" Capitol's being located at Montpelier
upon the merits Of the question alone, as
the Freeman asSerti, we do not Admit 1t. We
do not believe that half of the people Of the
State believe the question to have been 50
settled and that is all we care to say about
| it.
What we have said of the Freenan's artic-
les is all they are worthy Of. The Timex
article, so fragrant in the nostrils OF the
Freeman. demands different treatment. Al
ter a very commendatory notice of the new
State ouse, the Times, with sudden empha-
sis, asks, ''And now ,ohO shall pay for az"
Just as if the payment was not already pro-
vided for Again, the Times says
! "The State has got magnificent State House
! in Nontnelier. and now, we ask again, Uho sh4H
pau for il? Westy em2hatcally, the STATE and
nobody else Montpelier (by stringent complI-
! sion. n be sure) has built the edihce, and mas
! done IL in a manner creditab to the state, as
we'll as to herself We have one OF the finest
State Houses ia the Union, aud, the question OF
| location being definitely s-tted, we ought to pay
! Far H. Its simply ridiculous for the Legislature
of Vermont to SIT in anything bus ITS own State
| House"
stringent Compulsion " Who that has
read the Times for the year past does not
know that it has been loud in rep,Hing the
assumptions of the Montpelier papers, that
the State was compelling the people OF Mont
heller to bear the expense Of rebuilding the
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