Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-06-03

| a Railroad IN our Town Expresses any w
lection to being taxed and yet, with the
legal right and duty undoubted, the lists
are made out from year to year, and this
property has no honorable mention upon 1t J!
Follow the line of Railroads in the State
of New York and you will find every inch
of land owned by them paying their taxes.
In every school district they are subdivid-
ed by its limits and pay their taxes. In
every highway district they are cut again
by its boundaries, and so on through every
tax paying channel up to the head of the
State they pay an honorable tribute to
the support of the government. New
| York is deriving immense revenue from
her canals and salt works, and here, with
no resources except such as are derived
from direct taxation, the people of Yer
mont have continually Disseminated
against Agriculture-her greatest interest
by throwing the great burthen of tax
alton upon this productive industry.
I have only referred to the action of
our own town. If this was the only cor
her in which such u state of things exist
ed, it seems to me it were sufficient for
your investigation For the constitution
expressly requires that you shall see to
this thing an. all palts Of tbs C0nam0n
I trealM." / believe, however, the same
state of things exists throughout the
whole State What | have said thereto.
fore of the evil and injustice here, applies
with equal force every where in the State
am aware that it is urged that rail
road property ought not to be taxed, be-
caase Mey are In dent This of course
should be considered in so far as to reduce
their pcrSonW property tax to the extent
of their debt, if it shall reach 50 far. A
farmer has right to offset his personal
property against his farm debt, bat he is
not entitled to any less valuation of his
real estate on this account | suppose
: the application of law to be the same in
both cases and this is a sufficient an
swcr
You will not infer that have any hos
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largely to the development Of the re-
sources of the State, and no hostile legis-
laticn should be inaugurated, or will be
tolerated by the people against them. All
the great industrial enterprises of our
State are ntHtlial benefits 10 each other.
and any policy detrimental to the one is
injurious to all others Our greatest in
tere-t Is agriculture. Ii by any system
or practice WI discriminate against this
interest. blight and decay Will surely
follow
| sincerely hope that You may regard
this subject as of sufficient Importance to
demand the Investigations OF the Conn
ell, and | am sure that sued a notice by
that honorable body will have the effect
Of correcting the evil
Very Respectfully Yours, &c,
: NJ. DoKR.
Rutland, June l, 1869
MINISTER HALE Our. Minister to
Spain, John :. Hale under date of April
~ writes . letter t" the New York Iri-
onhe' III reply to the charge that he had
abused ms amuasSadonal privilege by
smuggling goods INTO Spain From
winch We Judge that the real offender in
this business was the Secretary of Lega-
ton Ferry, who ontrageoasly abused DIR.
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Gently iH'o dream 'ha1 vast treasure
c""ii De ionild III " certain hlli IL ehllu
were SA'flueed 10 the guardian demon