Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-05-20
- the iollOwInR artlcls from tho
With a View q doing Iuli Justice to1

publcun, who has mounted our report, dts
putsd its correctness, and then run away
with the bright idea, AZ he thinks, that
Hannibal wants to quarrel with Palmyra,
10 Urder 10 have on excuse for slraighlen.
ing the rnilroad--a thing hannibOl cannO,
do i( she would.
We reitsra,e that our report was correct,
and made for information, and INST to 70.
ment quarrel.
The editor Of the Bloomington Republl.
can was not present ut the meeting, and
has no right to dispute the correctness Of
our report.
The editor OF the Courier quotes little
paragraph from our paper, and calls II
"Scurrilous"
When we made the statement contained
In tina, paragraph, we believed II tn be true,
and we believe It Is true, now, Bot il un.
true, it is not "Scurrilous," for there is moth.
ing low, or indecent, or abusive about the
expression. Il was intended simply to bc
u statement of fact, showing the preva.
ence Of certain sentiment. lr true 1t is
still farther from being "ScurrlouS." Mr..
King has now heen seventeen or eighteen
days engaged in obtaining stock for the
philadelphia, Palmyra and Scipio Plank
Road" We respectfully call upon him to
settle the Scipin question, by publishing the
results of his labors.
From the Hrnnihol Courier.
THE FEELING IN PALMYRA
An article was prepared Tor las, weeks pa.
per, touching the ilhbrr"l comments rr the our.
nal upon tho spirit manifested al the Pankroad
meeting recently hell in Palmyrr, which was
not published Tor want OF space. Had he mat.
ter not been 6roached by Anoher; anG The same
illibsral spirit been mamie s,c,l BY the Journal
in defending the report II frs, made OF the
meeting, we should mi again have taken up the
subject. The Journal asserts there was moth.
ing "scurrilOuS" in it's report; but we beg leave
Ia differ. What Interpretation does i, p,It upon
the following s,OtemenY which we find in its
article Of the I'd OF May, viz:
There are not half dozen men in Pllmyra
who will 60 for a plank road to Soipio, DO.
cause Hannibal might connect with il ut tina,
point"
This Is an unqualified statement, and there.
fore is a pcrveTSion Of public sentiment, in PAL.
myra, The hostility Of the Palmyreans is con.
fined 10 q few selfish capitalists, who will mo-,
subscribe single dollar to plankru,d GnterpriS.
IS, let them be as beneficial as they NAV
Again, disposition is prevalent in Palmvra 10
concentrate its capital and energies upon one
project first--ihat Of road to Philadelphia
and then, when that enterprise is under fair
Roadway, 10 extend its operations in whatever
direction may be most advantageous to them.-
| Al present, roads north and west hold OIL,
greater inducements TO Palmyra. than one to this
city; but, at distant day, road 10 Scipio will
find many ardent friends at our county
seat.
Another feature Of injustice iSvisble in the
article under consideration. The remarks of
Col. NsVis arc distorted, and that gentleman
ridlculed in an illtimed manner. We are far
from desiring TO introduce political prejudice
into affairs OF local nature; but the spleen
evineed in the tenor OF the Journals would be
pleasantries, justify tho presumption that they
were alloyed with party preferences. In fact,
the tone OF the Journals article gives evidence
Of local and political bias, which should not be
tolerated when questions Of such vital i'm,
POTtanoe arc before the public The Journal Is
too much inclined to hold up Hannibal as q
Kingdom, TO wkiChsths neighborinV towns and
counties owe allegiance, We regret to see this,
for il places the sentiments Of our citizens in !
false light, and does not do justice TO their lib,
eralily and enterprise.
The Ass editor OF Ihe Republican brayed ex,
eeedingly loud in his,lSst paper, over the wort
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