Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-08-17
Aiken & Ninety-six Rail Road.

WHENEVER Ra!lrOad, or any oiher good ltoau mas
been projected in Edgelicd District, our voice has
been among the first TO be heard in lis vindcation
And as we are convinced that good Roads do as much
as anything else TO evnce the humanity and public
spirit of people, we trust that our tongue will cleave
to the roof of our mouth when 10 urge their
expcdiency and even necessity hpon the people Of this
District.
IF any body had told us, twenty years ago, That we
would live 10 see Newberry and Laurcis, and Green
willie out.s,rippng this District in any Thing like inter-
nal improvement, in the way of Roads, we would
have indignantly repelled the foul asperson.
But so il is, frllow-citizens have done the talk
ing and boasting, and our neighbors have done the
work
Abbevillc and Newberry, and Laurens, and most all
our sister Districts ringing with tie whistle of The
steam.car and poor old Edgefeld is where she was in
The first days Of The completion Of The South Carolina
Road.
A year or two ago, we submitted some arguments in
favor of the establishment of Railroads, which
venture now only 10 glance at.
Railroads enhance the value Of the lands of those
contiguous TO them. TO degree sufficient 10 reward
the subscribers most amply for The stock, and for the
little risk they have incurred. They convent
ence which is worth more than money 1t is difficult
TO estimate what farmer, or any other business man
loses by being absent from his plantation for a week
at The time in order 10 escort his wagons 10 market
and to sell his cotton and other produce. Negroes
neglect their business in the absence Of their master
Accidents occur when he is away, and everything in
measure stands still. There is not reader of the
Adueriiscr who cannot look back and count up hun
dreds he has lost by his necessary trips TO Hamburg
and other market towns. All this time, which is
money ITSELF and more precious than the precious
metals, will be saved by the building Of good and
sufficient Railroad.
Railroads too, enable the farmer avail himself Of
the change the markets and in that manner often
pay him in the Of four or five years three or
four times as much the amount Of stock he has
subscribed to build them up
But besides, everything that tends 10 promote the
rapid intercourse Of The people, with another tends
also TO promote, not only their wealth and happiness
but their union, good feeling and enlightenment
knowledge thus travels the wings of the wind, and
every progressive step OF science, Of any Of the
arts, is by this means, communicated from one
lremity Of the country TO another in tweny.four
hours, or perhaps from The rising 10 the going down Of
the SUM-
Railroads will be to an integ A,t race, what irav-
elling is 10 those who have the money TO spend they
will libcrazc the VIEWS refine the sentiments enlarge
The IDEAS, and wihal, promote their morality and
gion by roofing everything like bgotry, narrow
mindrdncss and prejudice
There is one argument in favor of Railroads, which
is rrefutabIc You have never heard of Road being
abandoned. Whelhcr not they pay the stockhold
ers they pay he citizens generally, and so bounousy,
that they are willing TO buy up The stock and keep
them running forever.
Why, Edgeisld has such vast resources that if she
obtain her Road through the central part of The Dis
trict such an impetus will be given 10 trade here,
to commerce, 10 agriculture 10 farming 10 education,
and to internal improvement Of every character. that
in ten years. the whole face Of the country, and The
condition of the people will have undergone entire
change and revolution.
We can furnish our part of the stock TOO, without
feeling the burden; for we are wholly unembarrsscd
with debt Of any klnd and hitherto we have risked
nothing in stock Of any except land, negroes and
the pure silver.
March up fcllow.cilizens TO HILL, ADDISON, Mo-
RAGNE and others, who have the books and prove the
metle Of your pasture.
Let no wmindedness, sucha village influence,
restrain your generous ardor and your manly enlhusi
asm. The village has no power. Tile Road runs
through the whole District The village would be
afraid exercise any undue CONTROL if possessed the
means to do So for it is dependent upon The country,
and is supported byit
The whole truth is, the country people have always
been omnipolent in this District, and the small town
Of Edgeleld has been more magned, by iou-mouiIed
demagosues, than any other lille place earth. We
have always had set Of dirty sycopiants i'll our
country, who have sought their promotion by
string up prejudice and jealousy between The villa
gers and country people.
Let such have an end The Railroad will have TO
SO through the whole District if it reach town, and
there is room for fraud and corrupliun and vllany.
Come forward men of Edgeied to the support of your
own interests. Enlist under the glorious banner Of
progress.
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