Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1853-07-14
Prem the St. Joseph Cycle.
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Ma FDIroa - Fra the actions and con-
rersation Of certain gentlemen Of our town.
ssnkisDee in the Rail Read has been impaired,
snd some skcptical Individuals are disposed TO
crOAk hussug--POlhicai capital = speculation,
and any ether terms that cOaid convey the idea
ihz, The public had been daped, and that we are
to have no Rail Road after all the talk and eH-
penditure Of sOney. Now, would tell al such
geeilenen that their actions only tend TO lessen
them in the eshnatiOn Of ali liberal minded men,
and their position Of dog in the Manager can be
seen by anybody who has eyes.
Can any one believe that all the labor and time
thzs was spent in she beginning Of ahis snisrpriss
was spent for buu-unal When al parties, Wing,
Benton and Anti Benton, when all men, Farmers
and MeehssicS, Lawyers, Doctors. and Mer-
chants put their shoulders TO the wheel, IS II TO
b believed that it uas emily 10 advance the inter
e.; Of cue man CT se; Of mem No siv Tie inien-
ton vas 10 hSSea Rail Road.
/ Who believes thai the grant Of land IS hrEl-
bsgl Who believes that the len Of State credit
is AOsxg Who tslieves that the Thousands o.!
cash RAISED and expended was for bzleEal
Who believes that the advance Of land from 10
80 and $lo0 per acre has been produced By a
dream?
/ No rational man car believe these things, and
ne nan who is alive to bis position in society; or
Whs respects his reputation for sanity, should
breathe such thought, but cherish it slll-bcrn
I in bis benightsd mind.
I Is it supposed that 500 900 acres Of land are
yaluelessf l. IT thought that the bonds Of our
/ great State for 81 500. COO are worthless? Car
II lie imagined that $4,000 individual stock
subscribed BY men of all parties and vacations
is humbng? No SIR. No mind that Is not a
Opaque as brick-bst can harbour such an idea
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advance or Withhold $4,000, 600 because h,
Directors on our end love those on the othel
I end like brothers or not2 Do they care whethei
the Hannibal members are in favor Of IL o.
! l5foo railbed? Do they care whether the lin'
runs up Whitehead's or Palee's branch? They
do not inquire into these small personal and 10
cal matters, they look upon this road with
I more extended vision. They see its nationsli
ty, its utility, and more than all, lis ample secu
rIiy.
Would that could take these skeptics through
the vast prairies between here and Hannibal; lie
them walk as | have, over half million o
acres Of beautiful flowers, look over Who'll
world as bright and beautiful IS the vale 0
Cashmere, then would they awaken TO The fac
that we have great country, then would the
realize that we are great people, then woul
their hearts swell with honest pride, and the
would exclarn, these flowers shall not be "hor
TO blush unseen asd waste their sweetness o
the desert air. forever. We will dot thes
hill-.ops with cottages, we will cover thes
hill sides with golden grain. we will break thi
ETERNAL silence with the laugh Of children, I'll
= ploughmans whistle and the reapers song; So
E itude shall 90 beyond the Missouri, and max
way for thriving, happy men. We must an
Il triH hare Railroad! Then would these doub
. less believe as do, that no small political as p
! raions, no parsonal interest no individual biel
j. ering, no demagogueism can check the adyanc
!. Of this great enterprise. No short delay, 7
,. slight misfortune, no disappointed politician
d ns seekers after the loayes and fishes, and
fact, no directory can stop its onward cours
for with the personifcation Of energy in Il
r Presidents chair, this road will be complete
7, though every man from here 10 Hannibal oppose
f. it. So have patience, dear people, you wi
at have the railroad yel keep cool great sovereign
d your wishes shall be gratiied; put piece OF il
- in your mouths, you gentlemen who represe
Is the canine Iuadruped perched on the truss
hay. "Alrs well that ends WE'LL J.