Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-03-04
PUBLIC MEETING.

Az I" A'ti - "AlS PIIllCNL injecting Vi lllt
citizens of Kenosha county, opposed to len
ding the credit of the comfy for railroad pur-
poses John Dexter was chosen chairman, and
+. Paddock Secretary.
Resolved, That committee of 2 be ap-
pointed to draft resolutions, and report to
said meeting Jesse Hooker, John Lacy, H.
S. Thorp, j. NJ. Kellogg, and John Bishop,
were appointed said committee.
The following resolutions were reported by
the committee, accepted by the meeting and
unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS, Petitions are circu lating ask
ing the Legislature to pass a bill, submitting
to the voters of this county, the question of
pledging the credit Of this county for funds
to aid in the construction Of arailroad there
fore,
Resolved, That we rs citizens and tax-pay-
ers, earnestly protest against the proposed
measure as unjust and impolitic.
Resolved, That any scheme that takes the
property of an individual by taxation or 9TH
erwiSe, and invests it in the stock of pri-
vate corporation, as this scheme proposes to
do, is flagrantly unjust and unconstitutional.
3. Resolved, That we as individuals pos
sess confidence in our ability to manage our
own pecuniary affairs, and when we desire the
guardianship of the city of Kcnosha, and the
non-taXpayers throughout the county to die
tate to us where we shall invest the proceeds
Of our industry, we will ask their advice.
4. Resolved that if we considered the i'm
portance Of the proposed railroad as great as
do its most ardent friends, we should never
theless oppose involving the county in debt
for its construction.
5. Resolved, That if the proposed meas
urc was unobjectionable on the ground of
justice and equity, VIC should deem it ruin
Gus policy to add one or two hundred thou
sand dollars to our present pecuniary burdens.
6. Resolved, That the fact that the county
is to furnish part Of the funds for the con
struction of the proposed road, is prima facia
evidence that the prospect Of its being good
investment is extremely doubtful, as money
is abundant in the eastern cities, and capital
is seeking an investment in every enterprise
that is expected to pay.
7. Resolved, That those farmers Of Ken
sha county that have surplus funds to invest
and think the rail road will benefit them, are
requested to subscribe literally toward it, and
not by their petitions to the Legislature, and
votes, compel those whose circumstances and
opinions are different, to do so against their
viii.
s. Resolved That we, the farmers of Ko-
nosha county, are uncompromislngiy oppos-
ed to aid all schemes cOncocted bv specula-
tors, in or out Of the city, to place us under
heavy burdens too grevous to be borne, and
that we will use our utmost eXertlOns to
avert the evil of eNorbient taxation.
8. Resolved, That we recommend to our
brethren in each town to rally and organize
in each school district, and take immediate
measures to resist the reckessness of unprin-
cipled monopolists to crush US under the
weight of enormous taxation.
10. Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed by the meeting, to circulate re-
monstrances and forward them to the Legis-
lature.
u. Resolved, That thu trainers Of our
constitution, acted wisely in framing the Or
ganic law of the state, in prohibiting the
Legislature from pledging the faith of the
state for internal improvements, and that a
true construction of the constitution equally
prohibits the pledging of county credit in
the same way, and for the same ends.
u. Resolved, That committee of two
be appointed to obtain and circulate remon-
strances u the town committees. Daniel
Williams and David u. Burnham were ap-
pointed said committee.
ID. Resolved, That committee of three
be appointed from the following towns by
the chair:
WHEATLAND-A Daton, A: Pierce, P.
Carson.
SALEM-L. Booth, Geo. w. Jackson VIM.
Vanwie.
BR1GHroS-Joseph Whitley,J w. Evans,
J. Wismon and Michael Mccormick
BRIsToL-John Lacy, II. S. Thorp, J. NJ.
Kellogg.
PARIs-A. P. Adams, VIM. S. Faris, J.
Craney.
pleasant PRAIRE-J. Smith, II. Shu-
art, J. G. Doust.
SoMMERs-Wm Smith, Geo Delong, AL
win Strong
IA Resolved, That we send a delegate to
Madison to represent our interests.
Is. Resolved That the proceedings Of
this meeting be published in all the Kenosha
papers. JOHN BUTTON, Chm.
FRANCIS PADDOCK, Sec'y.