Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-11-16
THE staff house SUBJECT

The communication of &C - on the vexr-
iious State House" question, We leave to
speak for itself. Our readers can agree OF
disagree with any thing or a. that he states
IN the way Of opinion, or proposes in the
way Of legislation, withoa: the use OF any
direct comments Of cur own or W . at he has
said. Our own views on all that pertained
to the subject Of lccatin. and Paving for the
present State House, were sufficiently made
known when the subject VAS frs. opened
We have had no disposition to be drawn into
any farther discussion OF the subject.
and have avoided it, except when-from
the remarks made IN some Of the Moptpelie-
papers 10 former years. having direct refer
ence to what the citizens Of this place. col
lectively OF individually had done, or were
aid to have d0ne,-an omission on our
part to speak would have subjected US to
grievous Misrepresentation. We have never
aimed to look at thesubject in any other light
than that Of the pubic good, pubic prop-ietv
and 5ustioc, and what pertains to honorable
and far dealing on N. part OF md
RITUALS; and we shall look 1t i
IN no other now. We said, plainly, on the
evening when the act for rebuilding was en-
acted. to gentleman who, probably, more
than any other one. had influence 70
shape the bill as finally passed land who
CHARMED 30 ne that he fired u,pu-E ossly, 80 that
the building should not be paid for as large
portion Of the legislature, when they voted
for the bill, supposed it would be paid for,
VIZ by the citiz ems Of Montpelier, that he
would find the evil consequences Of that way
Of legislsting would not be soon over, that
serious troubles would inevitably follow from
1t. We believed it certain that 1t would
poison the action Of the Legislature for many
years to come. Some Of the ways in which it
does 60. are referred to by our correspondents
&C, ''and we fear the end oft is much farther
OF than We wish it 10 be-
We have been quite willing that our Leg
islators might, each for himself, do whatever
they thought their duty t. the State called
upon them 10 do, to get tie subject forever
out OF the legislature in an honest and fair
way and whoever ex"rts himself IL SINGER
ity and fairness for that object. wherever be
-esides, shall never meet with reproacbes
from Us for 50 doing. We warn every one.
however. that such result can never be
done by any halfway measures We do not
believe either, that any progress lie made to-
wards it by good deal q the talk which
Is put forth on the subject al Montpelier
such as that the State does not own It's State
house, DC. The State owns the present State
House Just as truly as it owned the tirH one
erected, which was built at the voluntary
cost Of individuals, or the second, which was
built partly at public and partly at private
cost. We do not believe either, that any
progress If made towards it, by lodging
around the subject from year to Yearly /
rolling up q State deb; without the first step (
beng taken towards paying dollar Of it /
" hat State debt We now have las grown out
Of this State House question, and it has
been growing for three years, and for aught
we gel see proposed, is TO be allowed TO 90 on
increasingly, till some men can be fouup /
in cur Legislature, clear-headed enough, /
resolute enough, fearless enough, unselhsh I
enough, and determined enough TO bring for |
ward and carry through definite plan for
Is absolute e1tiDguishment within reason
bic time, in a way which viii preserve the
lonOr Of the State, give its financial system
he attributes Of frnness and certainty, and
1 the same time commend itself to the good
ense of the people at large. The actual cost
f the State House is Of trifing consequence
ompared with the attainment Of ouch an
nd. For ourselves (toe speak for nobody else),
re do not believe the Estate House" question
az disappca- from our Legislative Halls ex-
spt in connection with the Inauguration Of
lch q system nor unless provision is made
Il FREEING the State from all proper claims
private individuals, legal, equita-
e or honorable, whether OF individuals low
Vins. or Of the heirs of those whe are dead,
7 az expenditures incurred by individuals
7 the erection Of either the present State
Ouse, or the on which was burned, or the
wooden she'll (which was wcrn out in tie
ste's service. y