Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1869 — Who Oppose Railroads. [ARTICLE]

Who Oppose Railroads.

It is difficult to perceive the mo* lives that would .-induce any person to cast his vote ugaitlfil an enterprise of such vital Importance to this section us the couutrv as the luianapolis, Delphi <fc Chicago Railroad, lie should ponder the question well before striking a blow that might prove fatal to his own, as well as the interestspf the whole community. Kvery intelligent and liberal minded citizen will, in view of the immense and varied benefits i that result'from the road, take a deep interest iu this question, and be found working on the side of progress and civilization. That there may be croakers in this community, who will oppose and attempt to dissuade others from favoring the appropriation, is not unlikolv. Such persons have always exhihited opposition to every public enterprise, and probably will continue to do so. If they have not the courage and manliness to do so publiclv, they will do it by innuendo, and in that stealthy manner that indicates insignificance and cowardice. But the Almighty in his wisdom has never entrusted any great enterprise to such hands, and in this advanced age it is becoming quite apparent that such feeble agencies, however dilligcutly applied, will not materially avert the onward march of civillization.— Correspondent Afonticelto lleruld. rtr" j 'he county Commissioners can not be compelled to pay one dollar of the appropriation which will be voted in this county next Saturday until the curt have run clear through the comity.