Democratic banner., 1846-09-14
DEMOCRAT OF LINCOLN

Mr.. E!i:or: | Do not know when ! was so well
pleased as with the communication of"Citizcn".
He has well said that the people Of our young
city have been i'll 4 'feveTish state OF excitement.
owing to certain infcrncl improvements, made
or about to be ~ade. / say he has well said
And what pleased me most was the policy want
ed TO be pursued by Citizen He says that lie
believes thai 4 large majority Of the people are
disposed 10 LOOK atthin.s 'AiSp.ssionatcly.' Nrw
this is a fact, and bein; / large portion or majori-
" nan, | was 50 much pleased with
Citizens communication that ! took the subject
therein recommended into consideration. | haze
also hal un!". (ii,p.>eiaaatcl consi !~rration
che improvement Of North Carolina S:r'sf; az
being an Old citizen, AMI naturally e!ispassion1tc,
I will give nv opinion as TO the rhys and thsre-
! fores OF this 'fc, cri.h c1ritemcut,' Of a large por-
ton. Now, sir, ii | an not mistaken, they have
they have not been consulted. They think that
.thr present way across the branch, is at this tine
suficicnt-that coming in as it does, below TIE
ferry, the steam mills, and ccntreatle as to The
business houses, it is all that is needed Ly the
Elarpc p~ortion;' and they think that the country
p-op!c are satisfied, not harimg complnine" ofthe
present route. The large portion have in con-
'Silering this n latter, discovered Il d.ili .ul,y wlich
they must incur b. the order Of Tie Board, max
iHg the appropriation oif:ty dollars forcpcning y
Carolina street they have foInl, some how that
the streets in the lower end C: town lowing
i~perhap, to that part Of the town not being worth
IA citizen Of Louisiana. since of Bowling-Grccn,
but now Of P~i'tsfiell, Illinois, / mean the streets
across the branch Citizen, ifhe had Tired
mere as longasl have, woull join the Charge pOr-
ItiOn" in opposing that Improvement. What, tax
the people to improved the property of Mr.. ""''
of PittSfield, and thereby get themselves into a
lawsuit into the bargain? This at once accounts
or that 'icverish excitement that must have eX-
~ploIcd, but for the timely appeal Of 'Ci'izcn' to
the people--a tribunal not well calculated (espe-
cially when they consider things 'dispassionate-
ly' to decide as to their warts or the meals they
may be able to spare to supply them.
woull now suggest to the board. the pro-
ipriety Of withdrawing the fifty dollar appropria-
ton, and with it and a little more, buy i block
of ground lying across the branch for a Grave
Yard. There is a block on North Carolina street
adjoing would make a beautiful burying ground;
it is high, level and airy, and as before said, at
that place the streets are owned by the indi-
IYilual who Owls said block, which would su-
perceIe the necessity of closing the street spok-
en- Of by Citizen, which street belongs to the
town (or city). Another good effect it would
have, is that of preventing, in future a 'leverish
excitement in reference to the opening OF a
street owned in part by a private individual.
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, let me say To you
that in my Judgment the acts of the Board re-
iscmble that of the one-eyed horse, crossing the
bridge-he was SO iraid of falling off on the blind
side, that he actually fell over the other, no did
AJacL
have sir, to subscribe myselfa small portion
Of q 'iaFge portion Of that part oftho people who
think "DISPASsIONATELY."