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The Central Point.

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The Central Point.
While n Burlington few days a-- 1 vas
taking with An intelligent person IA regard 10
the prosperou. future Of Burlington, As shsd-
owet forth in the contemplated chip canals that
would make Of tia port Of Importance on the
route from ChicsZ0 20 New ork by water My
attention vas called TO the fact that Burlington
is the .nlst central point IN the State that the
place in STATE most easily accessible t the
cea;r.l roint, and in view Of the railroads s.
ready running, aud tne new one in the Misslsco
Valley to Richfori, this. will soon be to Troy and
Newport, it is easily scen th2t Burlington Is
and will be a central point. What follows The
Capital or the State House VIII the people
along the west side the State below Burlington
be siwsyr satisfied to 20 to Burlington, And then
come to Montpelier VIII all The northern part
of the State when once on board the Mia-sco
Valley cars take shy more pleasure IN gong 70
Montpelier than Burlington Which will be the
,horter route for the northern toWns IN Orleans
county. ria st. Adams 10 Remington, or ri1
Wells River to Montpelier,
A road over the proposed route from Mont
pelier to Newport would make Montpelier
central point for al the northern part Of the
State, and Lsmoille Valley, as ii now Is, Of the
WinootN Valley And a abort road from some
point on the Central to Rutland would give
equal facilities with the southern part Of the
State, and then geographically and practically
Montpelier would be sufficiently central 20 pre-
vent reasonable dissstisfsction.-C0r. -Honi-
pelier HGictmaH.
We never like to see printers ink w-stei On
the long defunct State House question, and only
CODY the above for its other lessons Montpelier
is strengthening its central position by mesns Of
the Wells River rosd and its citizens. now
fairly awake on railroad questions, are project
ing other similar enterprises, which vii bring
still more Of trade snd travel to tast centre
We grudgc to The capital not dollar Of the prcs-
psrity it thus secures But isJ not time tnst Bur
ington WISE doing something TO maintain Us
position, by the opening Of new inlets Of traie
I. It not no. about time that something tangible
was doing IN regsri to the Northern Vermont
road, which is to connect US with the -smoiIie
valley at Cambridge That il al enterprise Of
great Importance to Burlington. Oar citizens
should be wiling to put something more than
good words anil good will into it. We believe
they will 10 their share when the time CONES,
and that We trust the time il not far distant
1t il perhaps not surprising that the Spring
fell Republican is in bad humor nowalayt.
under the very poor sucee,s Of the raid on Gen.
Gr-n;s administration which it has done lie
utmos; to encourage; but We cannot but wonder
wig il is 60 venomous toward Senator Eimunds.
L hss not mentioned him for = long tine except
in some derogatory OF sneering phrase 1t nov
gee, the length of calling him " one Of the most
marrow Minded, servile and yet malignant men
now in public lie in this country
The Republican sdds:
HIS short speech against Mr. S3hurz lsst
Tuesl1y vas simply " bsckeniug character BY
insinuation, to borrow an apt phrase from
Judge Thurmsn.-And by very scandsl0us and
contemplate insinzstion At that 1t is not the
state Of Foote and COllamer which ought 70 be
thus disgrsced.
Turning to the Congressional Globe to find
out VIVA: the speech WAS. which is made by the
Republican the occasion Tor such scurrilous
allure Of Z Republican Senator, We find that MIR.
Elmunis, il s5me remarks on Mr.. summers
resolution, alluded to previous s;stemen. male
during the debate by Senat0r Schurz, TO the
effect that having been told by the Ssore,sry OF
War taa, the Prussisn minister hsl requested
the Secretary Of War to suspend the sale o. arms
for little while, 50 that Prussian agents slso
might have al opportunity to bid, he (s.hura)
went and inquired Of the Prussian legation
whether this vas sotually the case.
AIr Eimrnds said
| shall vote against the whole resolution, con-
siterug II to be the first instance in the history
Of sny country that has civilization OF honor,
whore one OF ifs legislative bodies has volunteer
ed on the assertion o. anybody, TO furnish
ground, If it can, for complaint on the part Of
ZONE foreign nAton against it, should there
fore, without undertaking to inpugn other Sen
stors) consider myself guilty OF Al set Of base
ness and of treason, in the moral sense Of the
tern, If ! were TO undertake to expote-if there
were sry evidence which would warrant such an
exposure IN point Of fAct-jhe conduct Of the
agents ant officers Of this government toward
foreign power.
Il, however, you ara to pGss any resolution at
Ill, then certainly for the people of this country
and for the honor Of this body, it is quite az ee-
ssnti.l that we shall know whether We ourselves 4
have been clean in this mN;tcr IS il is that We 4
should know whether our agents AID officers in .
the Executive Departments have observed ueu-
trslity for certainly above and beyond the
statute that the honorable Senator from Ohio re-
fers 20 1t would not he a thing thst this body
ought 10 tolerate sud countensnce if any Senator
makes himself the medium Of communicat NJ
the secrets obtained in his official capacity from
the executive department 70 any foreign lega-
ton whatever. II. Therefore. it should appear,
as It would almost teem from the abatement Of
the honorable Senator from Missouri, thai he
has obtained from the President of the Unitei
States OF from the Secretary Of War, the head
Of one his Departments, information touching
the sc,s Of the government, Snd has made haste
10 carry thai TO the representative Of the Prus-
sisn government, i would be a matter Of serious
inquiry whether such conduct ought not at lesst
10 ue repunsudeJ. ! DO not say that il 10,
because Do not wish to PREJUDICE anybody.
Mr. sshurz having a,ked If asking the Prut-
nan minister question was conveying infor-
naiion to him, Mr.. Eimunds rejoined
think II ls, Mr.. presiient How could the
honorable Senstor from Missouri, with the in
formation that be hsi received az 3 constitution
A. adviser q the President, ssk representative
oi the fTrfsian government whether such and
tuch things that The Secretary Of War had told
him we're 60, without communicating 10 him the
isct that the Secretary Of War had told him 20 ,
Nov, undertake TO sxy that il not toe business
Of Senator. Ny friend may smile il isone
Of the esslesf things in the world to smile. mar
uculsriy when You fee unhappy. Laughter I
| am not 10 Judge Of the conduct q the honor .,
lhe Sena'or flom Mssouri but can onIv s,v
that the l-st thing that passionate love and al
mirauon for my native country. whatever !,
might be, would have induced me to ia. would
BE- to carr the iuiorinston tia, tie Pre.ident ~
the United States or the Secretary Of War had
given TO ne, TO the representative Of any f,rei,,
poser whatever
| think IT lie not the thing for a Senator Of ,b.
United States, 70 whom toe confidence ~ tba
fre,ldent Is open, 10 whom the confidence of III
the departments is open by the Constitntio,
which makes ne their advisers in respect n for,
eign .hsirs, TO be in communication At ali with
the representative Of foreign power unon .nv
Topic upon which he has been converting or
oohsiuering' or counseling, or advising with hi,
own constitutional head. He has no busine,s
oeing 'he counselor for one side in q Transaction
- nave my communication with the repreyent.-
- ~, .geh" OF the other at all, as ii appear,
=; ny honorable friend no doubt disagree,
sa me. ne mas right to do 90; only sne,k
W "''en' therefore lay, above and beyond