Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-04-25
THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 25. 1850.
UPWe intend TO feel Of the public ru SC


yet nothing is done old places are rebuilt
and business revived ia hundreds Of tow rs
which have not one tenth cf The natural ad-
van,a.es Of Newport More than this, cv-
en-, is done. New places are bull, up,
where nature has done nothing, and ART
has TO do all ; yet these places iiour h and
soon become important business localities
Where so much has been done for US, and
where everything Is prepared by the hand
of the great Architect, all ready for Our
improvement, is really a wicked neglect
OF duty, and an objectionable refusal to do
wha, ls absolutely required of US. If the
! people OF Newport have made up their
minds to remain dormant forever, TO refuse
TO do anything themselves, or permit 9th
ers TO do t,-ihen let us know ths fact,
AMI The few who have any energy will
know precisely the position they occupy,
and they will also know that the soil Of
their nativity and the home Of their youth
cannot much longer remain the shrine of
their attachment.
We ask again " i'll no one make move
in this Rail road matter AS we stated
on a previous occasion, We want to see the
Town pledge liz credit f,r one hundred
thousand dollars Of ;he Stock and, our
word for II, a. Don as this is done, the
a'ance Of lhe Stock viii readily be sub
scribed. But SO long as we rem in mae.
/ tive ourselves, We who have the mos, vital
interest IN the matter, OF course spectators
or business men elsewhere will not embark
in ii, because they very naturally suppose
that the project cannot be a feasible one,
or our own people would lake il up. But
let Newport do something, and thus mani
fest her confidence in the project, and
enough will be found ready to unite with
US, and th"s complete the Road in a short
time. If tic Town vi ! make this move,
II wall no, require any tax on the people,
and The simple operation will be lha, the
Town Will loan lis credi, for It's own bene-
e., or that Of its citizens. AS soon rs Il @
road Is built, the Town can easily dispose
of its Stock, in small quantities, and the
profits of the Road will always more ,h1n
pay the interest Of the loan. Thus We
have the means TO yegencraie the place, if
we arr 50 disposed, without i0curring any
risk, and wiihou. suhjccling ourselves to
AVIATION.
If this Road could be constructed, other
avenues of business would be opened, and
new scheme! would be devised for The en-
lar. enen, Of our business operations, and
the increase Of our prosperity. We may
sit quietly in our Offices and hours, and
wonder ,elfdt can be done, md We may
won er un, Daoms lay, bu, We shal! ney-
er be the wiser. This is the grea, diff.
cnliy with New ort people, they dream too
lung-ihcy never act, AMI Consequently we
rema n and shall continue to 10 so, where
we were thirty years ago - and we shall
be fortunate if we do not sll e in The rear.
If some man who is advanced in wears will
Offer reso' Ut on at The next Town Meet
ing, raising a judicious Committee /, in
7esilgaie the matter, and report upon the
cypedicnry Of pledging the credit Of the
iowa for certain amount of Stock in this
Road the Committee to report at an ear
W day,-we have no doub, the natter
would meet with favorable consideration.
II is absolutely necessary, however, iha,
the matter should be introduced by an eld-
ely man, because if Il young man should
do II, no mater ho', marked his abilities,
cr how sound his Judgment, his youth alone
would doom it. Such is The wie ION of
Newport ; aud this policy of action has
driven most of The young men, who possess
any enterprise, out Of town, 10 seek bus:-
ness elsewhere. They Lave been going
for years, and they continue to GO. Their,
is hardly 4 city or town of any size or i'm
poriance in the couLtry, where you do not
find young men from Newport among its
successful aud prominent men. They have
not gone away from cho ce their attach
mcnt 10 the home of their youth is rs
strong as that Of any of us hut circum-
stances have driven them away, and they
would gladly return, If there was the slight
est inducemcnt for them to come The
morning of lie is too precious to be vast
ed, end, therefore, most Of our younp men
who arc good for anything, feel that they
must ever remain eXi'es from home. We
should be proud Of these men among the
rising generation, who belong here, and all
should desire to do something in order TO
revive the place, aud induce at leas, Dor |
lion oi them to co; back again to the |
scenes amid " hch they were nur,ured, and |
to which they still owe allegiance a, leas,
in memory
II we remain Idle much Ion. er, The .w'I
who have any life left Will become disgust
ed with such drowsiness, and, like hundreds |
before them, seek other fiel $ for the exrr-
else Of their talents and the employmen, OF
their faculties, where they will reap some
adequate reward for their earnest efforts