Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1869 — Jasper County's Decision. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County's Decision.

I.iivl Snturdjiy tit* pcoplo of Jasper v .unity, all» - r a thorough ojiti- \ «a*. placed themselves Viylil oh the record, and to-day sliiydbefure ifro'Mmrj-'Hi fnvyr of: railroad-, public h;i|trsrvj,*|jiM»l and eiviU/.atiott. llSf chief ojljnSKitiTOi to t lie 1 |ij>r >|>riation For the Indi:id:ipoii«, Delphi and Chicago railroad tva* mainly found among thpse affected by-the New Albany and Salem, and the Logaapport, iturliiii'toii and Peorin roads, ami even in (hose lo- ! ealltics Were found public sjdriud men willing to pay ihc* tax tor an ehfi*rprisc promising stteh lasting I enetits as would accrue from a ‘ ihoronghtare passiug entirely thro' ttie center of the county. The opponents to the measure worked unceasingly for what they considered was their best interests: - tticv la--4 * hored untiringly and made a gallant campaign, but iheyjjrcro beat, cn bv a handsome majnri'y ’I ho Note was large and .the result imost gratifying. \.»w if the railroad Company Joes «* il proposes Jasper county v, ill ri ccive an impetus that wiil advance it from us position among toe poorest counties in the Slate to occupy iiv proper place in the front r ink. And why m>t f \\ It hill its borders are ns line lands a< any to be tduud in tin- northern pai t tt£ the St:it»g a large mineral Held of riot less than one hundred and forty Mptare miles in extent, abounding whir the very best trou < r<, is but Ten or (w eb-e imics front the cult lift scat and will be pierced By flu? road; tltousitnds i»i acres ol \sTTtl land will be’brought into market and bold lo actual settler.-; and immigration instead of.passmg ttround w ill be ail raeted lliitlier, :im! w here To-.lav HM» eovole plow Is and tile wild fowl rears its young will be * nidi tiled larnis and smiling homes. Hailroads benefit every country iWrungh which lh<y are hnilt, aiid many who have bitterly opposed this road and the great advantages it int»!»t certainly bring, will wonder at ihcir own short-sightedness; . for no matter how .remote they are ! from the line of the toad it will j linvC a favorable influence upon ■ th-ir markets, making them more! than enough better to pay for the j f lira tax. tM'course some ill feeling was engendered during the campaign. This was to have been expected.— It would have been surprising had . it been otherwise. Si. Imig a< men are human,*'words will he said in debate, when conflicting interests hFuuh' the miiul am! excite the passions, that would not he uttered ill e-:ilitiei»- inomciits. Men should, expect this and in* prepared to eiVr+ook it. //»•,«* tfn miejnaniiHOtft ti\hu uioisl juffjH'r't*! i ne clee-ti«n-isuo-ViiE,_and. the <iue'tioii has bven decided according to the provisions of law, now it becomes; each of us to treat those w ho took an active part in the canvass in a kindly manner, conceding that all, j whither favoring,or oppus.ng the t»H*H>iir* - , were acting honestly for i what seemed his own and !ii> neighbor'* interest. Kotli parlies’' . liallmige admiration and respect for- the open, hold ami free-spoken 1 manner in which the campaign was . conducted, ,-imPlhe majority should j now strive to heal the soreness their J -triumph has caused by all the ! HM’*ns in their power.